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Top Stories: London, Dec 9 : Moneyfacing - the act of placing a banknote in front of one's face - has become the latest craze to infect the web. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:50:15 -0500New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI/Business Wire India): Leading mobile content technology provider mTouche Technology Bhd has set up a joint venture company-mBit Infotech Pvt. Ltd in India to launch peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile content platform for major Indian telecommunication service providers. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:17 -0500BioWare , a division of Electronic Arts Inc., re-invented the fantasy role-playing genre with its recent release of Dragon Age: Origins. With game patches issued days after the title’s debut,... Fresh News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:51:01 -0500(AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill, File)FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, Tiger Woods from the U.S. smiles during a press conference before the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston ... Examiner Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:48 -0500(AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill, File)FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, Tiger Woods from the U.S. smiles during a press conference before the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston ... Examiner Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:09 -0500A cross-sectional image of a 300mm wafer whose thickness was reduced to 7μm. MOSFETs were formed by using a process technology for 45nm CMOS logic devices. NE Asia Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:42:47 -0500FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, Tiger Woods from the U.S. smiles during a press conference before the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston Heath Golf Club, in Melbourne, Au... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:41:47 -0500The German software maker is blazing new trails by letting customers pay for licenses over longer stretches. Microsoft, Oracle, and Adobe aren't far behind... Business Week Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:36:46 -0500James Victore Bassim Hamadeh's $5 million company, University Readers, has to keep track of about 1,000 professors scattered around the country. That's a tall order for the 25-employee San Diego ... Business Week Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:36:25 -0500SAN JOSE, Calif: The Tiger Woods sex scandal has been a boon for online publications, even though it hasn't generated the same amount of Internet traffic as Michael Jackson's death or President Bar... Times Of India Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:20 -0500Dec 10 2009 by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail A NEW £44m institute dedicated to helping business make the most of super-computing will be based in Wales, the Government announced yesterday. ... IC Wales Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:01 -0500MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A dose of realism seemed to pervade the ballrooms and hallways of the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, a new luxury hotel with views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and a stone's throw away... Market Watch Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:13 -0500MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A dose of realism seemed to pervade the ballrooms and hallways of the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, a new luxury hotel with views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and a stone's throw away... Market Watch Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:01 -0500MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A dose of realism seemed to pervade the ballrooms and hallways of the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, a new luxury hotel with views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and a stone's throw away... Market Watch Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:29:57 -0500MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A dose of realism seemed to pervade the ballrooms and hallways of the Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel, a new luxury hotel with views of the Santa Cruz Mountains and a stone's throw away... Market Watch Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:29:54 -0500BioWare , a division of Electronic Arts Inc., re-invented the fantasy role-playing genre with its recent release of Dragon Age: Origins. With game patches issued days after the title’s debut, Bi... Earth Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:26:35 -0500(12-09) 12:39 PST -- Apple has set in motion the manufacturing of a tablet computer, with a launch target of next March or April, according to Yair Reiner, an analyst with investment banker Oppenheim... San Francisco Chronicle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:16:44 -0500(12-09) 11:47 PST -- BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) updated its BlackBerry Desktop Software for Apple Mac computers to v1.0.2, fixing a number of minor performance issues. The update is a ... San Francisco Chronicle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:16:38 -0500(12-09) 11:44 PST -- Savvis said Tuesday that it has signed up more than a dozen enterprise customers for a trial of its new private cloud service, which will be widely available by the middle of nex... San Francisco Chronicle Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:16:36 -0500Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French president Nicolas Sarkozy will present a united public front after weeks of Anglo-French feuding over top jobs in Europe. The pair are meeting in Brussels ahea... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:23 -0500MPs are braced for further embarrassment over their expenses with the publication of their claims during the last financial year. Hundreds of thousands of claims, and their supporting receipts, will... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:23 -0500Carbon emissions must start to fall within 10 years to limit the global temperature rise to the crucial 2C mark, experts at the Met Office warned. Even if emissions peaked in 2020, there would be a ... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:21 -0500Senior doctors have called for an immediate end to the "profoundly harmful" detention of children in immigration removal centres. The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health, GPs and psychiat... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:21 -0500Madeleine McCann's parents are due to fly to Portugal for the start of a libel trial against former Portuguese policeman Goncalo Amaral. Kate and Gerry McCann are planning to attend the opening of t... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:20 -0500Five young Americans captured in Pakistan were being questioned for possible links to terror groups after their families found a disturbing farewell video saying Muslims must be defended. Frantic re... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:20 -0500Three men are due to be sentenced after being convicted of charges connected to the foiled terrorist plot to blow up airliners. Adam Khatib, 23, of Walthamstow, east London, was found guilty on Wedn... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:19 -0500A cash-saving decision to put off buying a new computer system for HM Revenue and Customs is undermining the taxman's ability to recover debts from late payers, an influential committee of MPs has sai... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:19 -0500Public sector workers will see their pay capped as the Government tries to deal with Britain's spiralling national debt. Revealing his final pre-Budget report before the election, the Chancellor ann... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:15 -0500Almost 30 years after a soft drinks gadget took the nation by storm, makers are getting busy with the fizzy once again: SodaStream is making a comeback. The syrup-mixing, gas-squirting drinks machin... Ananova Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:14 -0500There were shepherds on the hill, and the Doctor popped his head out of the TARDIS and said "you might want to see this" and they were astounded. WHY do we pay for a TV licence? to honour the Docto... ZDNet Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:56:57 -0500With the company's spinoff from Time Warner Inc. complete, AOL's stock is set to officially begin trading Thursday. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong plans to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Tampa Bay Online Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:55:12 -0500. All of Facebook's more than 350 million members will be required to refine settings with a new software tool that lets them specify who gets to be privy to each photo, video, update or other pi... Asia One Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:54:06 -0500SAN FRANCISCO - AOL is becoming an independent Internet company again. With the company's spinoff from Time Warner Inc. complete, AOL's stock is set to officially begin trading Thursday. AOL CEO Tim... Star Tribune Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:30:40 -0500KUNC Congress is considering extending a popular research and development tax credit that businesses say creates jobs. Legislation that just passed the House would extend the credit for another year. ... NPR Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:27:20 -0500JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Wesley Jenkins scored a season-high 25 points and Saint Peter's held off N.J. Tech 65-54 on Wednesday night.The Peacocks (4-4) led for most of the game, but allowed the Highlande... The Miami Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:25:32 -0500FACEBOOK, the world's No.1 internet social network, took a step toward opening up parts of its site to outsiders by introducing a broad revision of its users' privacy settings. Australian IT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:58:36 -0500The fight over 'net neutrality' So imagine: What happens if the Internet breaks? Picture people wandering the streets lost without GPS or maps on their iPhones, unable to pay for food or other goods w... MSN Money Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:50:26 -0500Fusion Garage jumped ahead with the demonstration of JooJoo, a handheld Internet and entertainment gadget with a 12.1-inch touch screen. Tablets are a new category of handheld devices with large scree... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:45:26 -0500(12-09) 11:01 PST -- In an aggressive move, MySpace will open its users' public activity stream data to external developers, so that third-party applications and Web sites are able to display these s... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:45:22 -0500Facebook is rolling out changes on Wednesday to its privacy settings intended to make them simpler to adjust and understand by its 350 million end users. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:45:19 -0500MPs are braced for further embarrassment over their expenses with the publication of their claims during the last financial year. Hundreds of thousands of claims, and their supporting receipts, will... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:30:20 -0500A cash-saving decision to put off buying a new computer system for HM Revenue and Customs is undermining the taxman's ability to recover debts from late payers, an influential committee of MPs has sai... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:30:19 -0500Former deputy prime minister John Prescott will appear in sit-com Gavin And Stacey. The BBC said Mr Prescott will attend man-eater Nessa's wedding in the final episode of the third series - she has ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:30:16 -0500Booming sales of flat-screen televisions could cause a rise in accidents at home this Christmas, safety campaigners have warned. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) said the hi... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:30:15 -0500BLACKSBURG, Va. ? Dorenzo Hudson and Jeff Allen each scored 24 points to lead Virginia Tech past Virginia Military Institute 98-73 on Wednesday night. It was the Hokies' fourth straight vic... Sign on San Diego Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:01:17 -0500Posted on: Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 18:00 CST On rare occasions, an infant is born with outward appearance of a female but the XY chromosomes of a male. If the child has a normal Y chromosome --... RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:53:35 -0500The average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day ? an increase of about 350 percent over nearly three decades ? according to a report published Wednesday by ... International Herald Tribune Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:46:48 -0500Paris - "That's a tennis racquet, not a fly swatter," says Jean-Marc with a laugh. "Watch out, I'm gonna make you run," replies Delphine, hitting the ball sharply into the corner of the court. There's... Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:44:33 -0500STUTTGART -- German officials are planning to step up the fight against online viruses by phoning Internet users to warn them their computers are infected, an industry summit was told Tuesday. Germany... The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:40 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's “plumber” to a platform and provider of products for online w... The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:37 -0500Heartland Payment Systems Inc., the bank-card payment processor, won dismissal of a lawsuit on claims it misled investors about its computers' security before 130 million credit and debit card numbers... The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:03 -0500Do you browse the Web on your phone, iPod touch or other portable wireless device? Congratulations, you're one of the 450 million mobile Internet users, according to IDC. The analyst firm today predic... Beta News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:40:41 -0500OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada moved Thursday to "close the cyberspace door" on Internet predators in a unanimous ruling that is expected to make it easier to enforce Canada's criminal ban again... National Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:32:16 -05003 Recommendations Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 SDK has been reduced to 10MB, a tenfold reduction from the 100MB size of the predecessor Visual Studio 2008 SDK, a Microsoft official said on Wednesda... InfoWorld Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:21:45 -0500This holiday season is the first chance for most retailers to test the selling power of Facebook and Twitter, and one early survey shows the strategy is working. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:30 -0500Developer News subscribers will receive the latest Apple App Store submission tips, such as the importance of App name and icon consistency, plus data on App Store submission approvals (92% approved w... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:28 -0500The vendor has been building a series of on-demand products with a Java-based platform it acquired through the 2006 purchase of Frictionless Commerce, maker of e-sourcing applications. At some point,... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:26 -0500(12-09) 08:06 PST -- AT&T is moving even closer to charging special usage fees to heavy data users, including those with iPhones and other smartphones. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:18 -0500Home values in the Bay Area and nation continue to sink, but they're no longer plummeting, according to a real estate report being released today. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:11:14 -0500NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte has developed for license a new software product, LDC Suite(TM), which is designed to assist banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions that ... RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:51:02 -0500DFMSim today announced that it has received a multiple unit purchase order for SMARTreporter, its newest manufacturing software product. The customer is a leading Japanese supplier of metrology and in... RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:51:02 -0500SEATTLE -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Finovate event series is back for 2010, showcasing cutting-edge companies demoing the latest and greatest technological innovations in finance and banking. Finovat... Fresh News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:42:17 -0500A system that turns brain waves into FM radio signals and decodes them as sound is the first totally wireless brain-computer interface. For now, 26-year-old Erik Ramsey, left almost entirely paralyze... Wired News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:34:43 -0500Computing experts from Aberdeen University developed the machine in partnership with Glasgow Science Centre, to teach young people about what computing technology can achieve.The Joking Computer has t... The Scotsman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:24:00 -0500One of the most requested Christmas gifts this season is something even Santa's elves can't produce ? time with family. Children who emailed letters to Santa through Windows Live Hotmail this ye... Ninemsn Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:23:10 -0500HYDERABAD: Mahindra Satyam has announced the appointment of Vineet Nayyar as the company’s chairman. Nayyar was so far heading the company as vice-chairman . Announcing this after the company... Times Of India Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:21:47 -0500AT&T is planning to find ways to convince heavy iPhone users to stop using so much data (despite paying for unlimited plans), as a way to ameliorate the perpetually clogged 3G networks in San Fran... Wired News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:20:23 -0500Doctor Who , but a strange spiral observed in the skies above Norway on Wednesday morning was actually a failed Russian missile launch, says a Harvard astrophysicist who monitors space launches. New Scientist Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:19:26 -0500PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd today unveiled seven projects that would receive a total of $26.5m as part of the $60m Digital Regions initiative. Australian IT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:18:17 -0500Microsoft's oft-stated claim to have 90-something percent of the netbook market sewn up. The netbook phenomenon started as a Linux-only affair, but Microsoft has managed to get Windows XP onto the maj... ZDNet UK Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:17:09 -0500Recommend This Adobe released critical updates for its Flash Player and AIR applications yesterday to patch over major security holes, coinciding with Microsoft's regular... InfoWorld Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:17:01 -0500HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia will close its two flagship stores in the United States, a market where the world's top cell phone maker is struggling to gain ground. Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:12 -0500Hong Kong, Dec 10, 2009 - (ACN Newswire) - Xing Lin Medical Information Technology Company Ltd (formerly known as Brilliant Arts Multi-Media Holding Limited) (HKSE Code: 8130.HK) ("Xing Lin Medic... Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:15:05 -0500SEATTLE - (Business Wire) The Finovate event series is back for 2010, showcasing cutting-edge companies demoing the latest and greatest technological innovations in finance and banking. FinovateSpring... Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:14:52 -0500(12-09) 06:40 PST -- Microsoft Tuesday created a new division designed to brings its cloud and on-premises software development together and provide a consistent platform for corporate customers. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:05:23 -0500Symantec anti-malware, back-up and storage management software will be available for subscription on an hourly pay-as-you-go basis through a menu on the Amazon EC2 site or through Symantec. "The code... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:05:21 -0500(12-09) 06:40 PST -- Responding to criticism that its anti-piracy mechanisms could slow the growth of the eBook industry, Adobe Systems Inc. plans to liberalize its approach toward Digital Rights Man... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:05:18 -0500Motorola Droid to the expanding list of hacked devices that give more adventurous users greater control over how they can use their smartphones. Late Tuesday... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:05:15 -0500(12-09) 14:02 PST NOVATO -- There might be a monkey loose in Novato. The Marin Humane Society has gotten two reports of simian sightings over the past week, and spokeswoman Carrie Harrington said so... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:05:13 -0500Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a pay squeeze for millions of public sector workers and a national insurance (NI) hike as he tried to convince nervous markets that he was rebuilding shattere... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:47 -0500A cash-saving decision to put off buying a new computer system for HM Revenue and Customs is undermining the taxman's ability to recover debts from late payers, an influential committee of MPs has sai... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:46 -0500A coroner has criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to adequately maintain a helicopter which crashed and caught fire in Iraq, claiming the lives of two SAS soldiers. Herefordshire Coroner ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:46 -0500The Chancellor has unveiled a package of measures to boost employment, including help for young people looking for a job. With youth unemployment nearing a million, Alistair Darling said more help w... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:45 -0500Adverts featuring Tiger Woods have disappeared from prime-time television broadcasts in the United States amid lurid allegations about the golfer's private life. The world's number one golfer landed... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:44 -0500Booming sales of flat-screen televisions could cause a rise in accidents at home this Christmas, safety campaigners have warned. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) said the hi... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:43 -0500GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) -- Employees of Internet auction site eBay shared confidential information gained from Craigslist with other employees developing eBay's own online classifieds business, an eBay ... Tampa Bay Online Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:44:27 -0500ASUR ), a leading provider of workforce management software, today announced financial results for the Fiscal 2010 first quarter, ended October 31, 2009. Q1 Highlights:... Market Wire Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:04:28 -0500THE rate of fraud in credit cards and other payments systems rose by almost 30 per cent in the year to June, driven by an increase in fraudulent use of credit cards on the internet. Australian IT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:37:54 -0500Fortune , then the Wall Street Journal and others, Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner cited supply chain sources Wednesday who said that Apple is gearing up to sell a million tablets a month, with the li... InfoWorld Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:34:24 -0500SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Craigslist executives were well aware that eBay Inc could compete in online classifieds when they negotiated a deal to sell it a minority stake, a former eBay executive testi... Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:33:36 -0500IT services firm HCL Technologies Ltd., one of the major India offshore companies, this week said it won a multimillion-dollar contract to manage data centers and infrastructure operations for News Co... CIO Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:33:03 -0500After questioning 7500 businesspeople in 24 countries, office IT provider Servcorp found eight per cent of respondents ranked Australia's internet service as the world's best. The United States toppe... The West Australian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:29:21 -0500The change comes after the DOJ issued its latest joint status report regarding its 2002 antitrust settlement with Microsoft. The settlement required Microsoft to make available technical documentatio... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:22:05 -0500(12-09) 05:23 PST -- Barnes & Noble, Sony and other eBook vendors may be the manufacturing brawn in the ongoing e-reader war, but the brains directing the challenge against Amazon.com Inc.'s mark... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:22:04 -0500(12-09) 04:40 PST -- Google's new beta of Chrome for the Mac is nearly twice as fast as Mozilla's Firefox, but can't keep up with Apple's Safari, benchmark tests show. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:22:02 -0500(12-09) 11:48 PST FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have welcomed a baby boy. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:21:59 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. Tampa Bay Online Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:01:28 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday - reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers w... Tampa Bay Online Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:01:26 -0500 |
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