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Top Stories: Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) How does the brain zero in on a single bit of information, out of the tens of thousands that it is bombarded with daily? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered a mechanism that the brain uses to filter out distracting thoughts to focus on a single bit of information. IANS Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:03 -0500CHALLENGE: Business intelligence tools can deliver decision-making insight to areas on Wall Street that sorely need it, such as portfolio and risk management. The catch? Data has to be clean, accurate... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:55 -0500CHALLENGE: Regulators are scrutinizing the surge in high-frequency trading strategies, which account for more than 60 percent of equities executions by some estimates. Charges of unfair access likely ... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:55 -0500CHALLENGE: Dark pools provide investors with a valuable venue for trading large blocks of securities, but regulations may change the way market participants interact with anonymous trading venues in 2... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:54 -0500During the first few months of 2009, many financial services executives believed that it would be a lost year -- most expected the markets to continue to tumble, or at best tread water, and anticipate... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:53 -0500With Black Friday only a few days off, I thought it would be timely to list a few of the products that I think stand out this year and, given that the economy is what it is, focus on things that are r... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:50 -0500Among the many reasons to be thankful for Linux and all that is FOSS are qualities like portability, flexibility, comprehensiveness, a cooperative nature, receptivity to innovation -- oh, and the fact... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:49 -0500Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) OS X operating system, Snow Leopard, through intuitive fumbling, less experienced ones may prefer the more formal approach released earlier this month by... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:48 -0500Baptist Cardiovascular Services, a division of Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., is proud to announce the addition of Aquapheresis Therapy using the Aquadex FlexFlow to its latest advancement ... PR Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:10:09 -0500WhitePages Launches Holiday List Manager and Offers Five Online Tips Designed to Save Consumers Time, Money and Stress as They Prepare to Send Out Holiday Greetings... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:27 -0500KNDR ) today announced that it has signed a Distribution Agreement with Kahalehoe Solar Inc. in Waianae, Hawaii. In Hawaii, 1 in 3 homes have solar water heating systems and the state offers one... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:07 -0500SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - November 23, 2009) - Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental software, announced today the release of its Long Term Monitoring Opt... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:04 -0500Paragon releases a solution for backup and recovery and a system upgrade utilities product designed to help cost-conscious businesses migrate to Windows 7. eWeek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52:56 -0500NEW DELHI: Software services firm HCL Technologies on Monday said it has won a contract worth $200 million from British insurer Equitable Life Assurance Society. The contact begins in March 2011... Times Of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:44:31 -0500UK software house called World Programming (WP) was a little spooked last week to discover it had been sued by a US business analysis software powerhouse, the SAS Institute. Last week SAS announced t... The Inquirer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:43:24 -0500CONSUMER organisation Choice will consider running a national price comparison website if leading supermarkets fail to provide a similar service. Australian IT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:41:49 -0500NASDAQ traded symbols and their current financial status. Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Dow Jones Indexes(SM) from Dow Jones & Company, Inc. SE... Market Watch Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:41:45 -0500+3.16% ) on Monday said net income rose to $43.1 million, or 84 cents a share, from $16.8 million, or 33 cents a share in the year-ago period. Sales fell 8% to $5.6 billion, amid an overall decline ... Market Watch Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:41:41 -0500Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will offload image and text rendering chores to the PC's graphic processor, one way the company plans to increase the browser's overall performance, according to the firm's ... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:40:06 -0500News Corp. initiated the discussions with Microsoft, the report said, citing an unnamed person close to the talks. The person said discussions are in early stages. The report comes two weeks after New... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:40:04 -0500The company, which creates computer-based learning products for CBSE students, plans to to invest Rs 300 crore in phases for R&D, Helix said in a statement. In addition, a sum of Rs 100 crore has... Business Standard Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:39:03 -0500NEW DELHI: Software services firm HCL Technologies on Monday said it has won a contract worth $200 million from British insurer Equitable Life Assurance Society. The contact begins in March 2011... Times of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:34:55 -0500Dozens of student protesters who took over a UC Santa Cruz administrative building after a systemwide tuition increase were removed Sunday morning when police officers in riot gear ordered them to exi... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:28:56 -0500As an art student living in San Francisco, Ben Wood rode his bicycle in the shadow of Coit Tower almost every day and always thought the white cylinder would make a great totem pole. San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:28:54 -0500A policeman has pleaded guilty to murdering his police constable fiancee. Martin Forshaw, 27, of Meadow Way, Tottington, Bury, admitted killing 31-year-old Claire Howarth, on the day his trial was d... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:18 -0500Householders and business owners in Cockermouth were being allowed back into their flooded properties, police said. The 900 homes and businesses affected by the floods in the Cumbrian town were bein... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:18 -0500Leaked documents have revealed the extent of tensions between UK military commanders in Iraq and their US allies. The British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel J.K.Tanner, branded his American militar... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:18 -0500Katie Price has left the I'm A Celebrity jungle, the ITV website said. The model had said she would not take part in the next bushtucker trial after she was nominated to face yet another test on the... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:17 -0500The finance industry has been hit with a pre-Christmas jobs blow with news of more than 700 job losses. The Accord trade union said the jobs will go at Lloyds Banking Groups offices in Aylesbury, Bu... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:17 -0500Four men are due to appear in court charged with terrorism offences following counter-terror raids. Officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit detained the men earlier this week in what was... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:16 -0500Irish rock giants U2 have been confirmed as the headline act for Glastonbury's 40th anniversary, founder Michael Eavis said. It will be their first appearance at the Somerset festival, which was lau... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:15 -0500Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended. The twins - dubbed "Jedward" - were booted off the show on Sunday night and said they w... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:15 -0500Google's dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Google executives, including CEO Eric Schmidt, have downplay... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:11:06 -0500, which occurs when Internet Explorer retrieves certain cascading style sheet (CSS) objects. Vupen warned that this flaw could allow an attacker to crash the browser, or to trick a user into visiting ... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:10:56 -0500Corp. has initiated discussions with Microsoft over a plan to have the media company's web content essentially delisted from the world's largest search engine Google, according to a report Sunday in t... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:10:52 -0500A valve on the drink bag in astronaut Robert Satcher Jr.'s suit came off Monday morning, as he was getting ready to step out. Mission Control instructed the crew to reattach the valve to the water pou... Tampa Bay Online Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:08:50 -0500XCEL ), a developer of patented mobile payments and banking platforms, today commented on the growing marketplace for its technology as it develops its applications to interface with various smart ... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:23 -050040% of cheating on spouses in Israel involves high-tech workers or their spouse at home, according to a study by Adv. Ronen Dlayahu, a divorce lawyer and chairman of the Israel Bar Association Tel Avi... Globes Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:36:32 -0500THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sharjah, an emirate of the UAE, has announced the setting up of a science and technology innovation centre at the Infopark, Kochi. The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (... Times Of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:18:35 -0500Computers Unlimited and Adobe link arms for anti-piracy push Resellers offered support on highlighting dangers of unauthorised software use... Infomatics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:18:04 -0500The traditional big ERP paradigm has reached its end. Instead, expect ERP systems to become modular, distributed, and a lot more nimble as they break apart... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:14:24 -0500CONCORD, Mass. - (Business Wire) Everyday Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of integrated solutions for School Transportation Information, announced today that Los Angeles Unified School District ... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:12:38 -0500Ace Metrix ™, the leader in on-demand television advertising intelligence, today announced that Greg Drew has joined its Board of Directors as an independent director. Drew, currently the chief ... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:12:35 -0500Householders and business owners in Cockermouth were being allowed back into their flooded properties, police said. The 900 homes and businesses affected by the floods in the Cumbrian town were bein... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:35 -0500Hundreds of knife-carrying yobs are to be shown graphic images of stab wounds in an effort to discourage them from reoffending. Doctors and nurses will show them real life pictures of the damage don... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:34 -0500Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended. The twins - dubbed "Jedward" - were booted off the show on Sunday night and said they w... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:32 -0500The Northern Ireland Assembly is expected to condemn the latest attempts to derail the peace process after a car bomb attack and gun battle involving suspected dissident republicans. The 400lb bomb ... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:31 -0500Well done Google. Up to a point.What we still need is a more reliable network - especially when mobile. I still can't travel by train from Brighton to London without losing numerous link drops or the ... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:23 -0500This blog is intended to provoke discussion and exchange between like minded software application developers, engineers, architects, project managers - and keen hobbyists too. ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:05 -0500Moms often struggle with the decision of whether to go back to work or to stay at home with their kids. They no longer have to choose between the two. Moms looking for "work from home" coach... PR Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:22:19 -0500Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and investment company, has revealed details of two infrastructure systems in use at Yas Island, its major new leisure and entert... AME Info Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:08:03 -0500Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Australia are deploying converged networks and paving the way for united communication (UC) systems. Around 26% of SMEs are currently using IP telephony on ... NE Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:06:51 -0500ABI Research forecasts annual mobile voice revenues to reach US$580 billion in 2010. From 2011 on, rising subscriber saturation will increasingly erode mobile voice revenues, not just in developed mar... NE Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:06:50 -0500Get ready for faster performance and lower power consumption from your next PC, as the next-generation main memory technology, Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) SDRAM, rises to dominance in the second quarter... NE Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:06:49 -0500The Nanhai People's Government of Foshan, Guangdong province and Fujitsu have agreed to jointly invest and build the Fujitsu South China Data Center, Fujitsu's first world-class data centre in China, ... NE Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:06:48 -0500The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank as well as some science experiments. The first two spacewalks of the mission went so well, and the astronauts accomplished so much extra work, that only a few ... USA Today Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:05:25 -0500(11-22) 21:12 PST -- Raiders defensive end Jay Richardson had a favor to ask of quarterback Bruce Gradkowski. Nothing major, like go all Colts offense out there, but a big favor by Oakland standards. San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:42:13 -0500Flood-hit communities are facing up to the devastation brought about by the torrential downpours, as homes and businesses found themselves cut off by collapsed or damaged bridges and schools were due ... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:28:31 -0500Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended. The twins - dubbed "Jedward" - were booted off the show on Sunday night and said they w... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:28:29 -0500Meanwhile, the chip sector lost ground for a second day, leading the tech decline, amid growing concerns about where the semiconductor market is headed. The double whammy set the Nasdaq Composite I... Morning Star Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:24:25 -0500The two will hook up a fresh oxygen tank as well as some science experiments. The first two spacewalks of the mission went so well, and the astronauts accomplished so much extra work, that only a few ... Tampa Bay Online Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:23:26 -0500LONDON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, announced today that its... Fresh News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:52:55 -0500A statewide push to make high school more meaningful to students is raising the profile of hands-on learning.In Sioux Falls, the construction of a special school will provide more space for existing t... Argus Leader Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:47:48 -0500(CNN) -- Online auction giant eBay apologized Sunday for a daylong glitch that inactivated the search function on its Web site, and said it will compensate sellers for their losses. CNN Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:41:40 -0500CALGARY, AB, CANADA, November 23, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Veterinarians and the clinic staff members are extremely busy people. Finding the time to learn software can be seen like a daunting task w... 24 / 7 Press Release Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:39:30 -0500AutoPlay Media Studio is a professional software development tool used by thousands of software developers to create professional autorun CD / DVD's and multimedia software. 24 / 7 Press Release Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:39:18 -0500Wine Collector mini includes wine database software for organizing any size collection. Using an integrated database of over 67,000 wines, IntelliScanner features automatic identification of scanned b... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:30:18 -0500Johannesburg — TECHNOLOGY services provider ConvergeNet has suffered a drop in profitability in the past year with delays in the awarding of government contracts compounding damage caused by the... All Africa Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:25:36 -0500I ride public transportation a lot. In the last few years, this has become more difficult because of all the people talking on their cell phones, almost always with loud voices. Can you tell me where ... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:24 -0500-- BART police are again facing questions about an officer's use of force after a rider posted a YouTube video of a glass-shattering altercation that bloodied an officer and a patron on the West Oakl... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:22 -0500(11-22) 17:41 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Police are looking for four or five men suspected of being involved in the fatal stabbing of a 33-year-old man on a busy street in San Francisco's Mission District ... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:21 -0500Alvin Ray Burns, Jr., was found shot in a car on the 8700 block of MacArthur Boulevard near Castlemont High School at about 11 p.m. Friday, said Officer Jeff Thomason, Oakland police spokesman. Burns ... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:19 -0500(11-23) 04:00 PST Green Bay, Wis. -- Burdened with the kind of rueful regret that comes from missed opportunities, the phrase "Oh, what might have been" is a good way to describe the 49ers of 2009 in... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:17 -0500The remaining drama was a showdown between Smith and himself, the first-half version versus the second-half model, the pro-set dud versus the shotgun-formation, spread-offense sensation. First-Half ... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:21:15 -0500A Boulder company has been awarded a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to build on its "smart grid" communications technologies. Power Tagging was selected from thousands of companies so i... Denver Post Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:08:37 -0500Flood-hit communities are facing up to the devastation brought about by the torrential downpours, as homes and businesses found themselves cut off by collapsed or damaged bridges and schools were due ... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:54 -0500The Tories have jumped on the Jedward bandwagon, branding Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling "Deadwood". A poster campaign features the faces of the Prime Minister and Chancellor imposed on a photogr... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:50 -0500Dubai Internet City (DIC), the region's largest managed ICT cluster and a member of TECOM Investments, today leveraged its participation at the IPTV World Forum Middle East and Africa 2009 to show sup... AME Info Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:41 -0500The International School of Choueifat (ISC)-Amman, one of the exceptional schools in the region and member of the global SABIS Schools Network, has started employing Sun Ray technology in alignment wi... AME Info Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:33 -0500Gulf International Trading Group (GITG), a leader in the trading of high-quality, eco-friendly construction materials in the Middle East, is one of this year's top eco-tech exhibitors at The Big 5 Int... AME Info Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:31 -0500ATLANTA, Georgia, November 21. THE Seminoles continued to push themselves on Day Two of the Georgia Tech Invite. Earning a combined seven event wins and 12 NCAA B-cut qualifying times, the Seminole... Swimming World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:43:00 -0500By Hideki Mochizuki, Swimming World Japanese correspondentTOKYO, Japan, November 21. THE Japanese Swimming Federation has decided not to end the ability to use tech suits domestically until the end of... Swimming World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:42:28 -0500GELV ) is pleased to provide shareholders with an update on the company's progress executing its strategy for the development of sustainable biomass-to-energy conversion solutions for the $154 bill... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:35:42 -0500The federal government plans to introduce new legislation Tuesday forcing Internet providers to alert police if they encounter any host sites linked to child pornography, The Vancouver Sun has learned... Vancouver Sun Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:19:18 -0500The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins and tub... Ninemsn Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:17:09 -0500NEW DELHI: The pay per-second tariff war gets a new leverage with Tata DoCoMo launching its plan to roaming services. Though a one paisa-per second tariff translates to 60 paise per minute and hence... Times Of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:15:50 -0500The US continues to impose restrictions on export of as many as 11 of its 16 dual use technology regimes to India, despite New Delhi being publicly praised by the administration for its impeccable tra... Business Standard Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:11:27 -0500GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- 11/23/09 -- Green Energy Live Inc. (OTCBB: GELV) is pleased to provide shareholders with an update on the company's progress executing its strategy for the development of sustai... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:09:55 -0500RA'ANANA, Israel, November 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Orsus' Situator provides a framework for fusing data silos from disparate security and safety systems as well as multiple command and contr... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:09:54 -0500MONTEVIDEO: A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school st... The Peninsula Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:01:11 -0500(11-22) 12:31 PST -- Microsoft's next browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will offload image and text rendering chores to the PC's graphic processor, one way the company plans to increase the browser... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:59:46 -0500? Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning. Europe is poised to reap the benefits of the new age of semantic search thanks to the work of European res... Science Daily Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:59:44 -0500Alvin Ray Burns, Jr., was found shot in a car on the 8700 block of MacArthur Boulevard near Castlemont High School at about 11 p.m. Friday, said Officer Jeff Thomason, Oakland police spokesman. Burns ... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:59:39 -0500 |
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