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Top Stories: Paris, December 22 : An European Space Agency (ESA) led effort is all set to use silicon technology to enable astronomy's clearest X-ray view yet of the most violent regions of space. ANI Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:01:09 -0500Kabul, Dec. 22 : US troops stationed in Afghanistan will soon use spy planes, that will provide them crucial information about Al Qaeda and the Taliban, with the help of its technology that can capture still images, video and even eavesdrop. ANI Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:34 -0500London, December 22 : Britney Spears is the most searched for name on the Internet over the past decade, says a new survey. ANI Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:14 -0500BOISE, Idaho ? Semiconductor maker Micron Technology Inc. reported Tuesday it moved to a profit in its fiscal first quarter as sales jumped 24 percent, driven by higher volume and prices. I... Sign on San Diego Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:40:55 -0500An appeals court on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Microsoft Word 2007 and other Office 2007 products by Jan. 11 because the software infringes on a patent held by a Canadian company. The j... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:35:38 -0500Facebook on Tuesday released a list of the words and themes that appeared most frequently in users' status updates in 2009. Not surprisingly, the list includes popular celebrities—both living an... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:35:36 -0500/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Absolute(R) Software Corporation ("Absolute" or the "Company") (TSX: ABT), the leading provider of firmware-based, patented, computer theft recovery, data protection and IT as... RedOrbit Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:33:29 -0500Oulu is the core of mobile technology in the world enhancing new business, writes the online publication Hitechnews.biz. The expertise in R&D in wireless communications has been verified on severa... PR Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:33:04 -0500The BBC Trust provisionally backed the broadcaster's involvement in the internet TV project Canvas yesterday, despite the objections of rival BSkyB, which says the BBC's involvement would distort the ... The Independent Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:26:40 -0500PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- 3-D interest does not stop in Hollywood. According to an analysis of world patent activity published today by the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters,... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:24:15 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Warner Music Group Corp. said Tuesday that it will provide music videos, concerts and other programming to Hulu, a free online video site. The agreement also inclu... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:14:45 -0500How about a photo frame that runs a never-ending collection of photos? Just insert your memory card and watch the rotation. The drawback is cost, if you want a good-sized one. Sony's 10-inch DPF-V1000... USA Today Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:14:04 -0500Mayon volcano spews ash anew in a mild eruption as viewed from Legazpi city in Albay province, 500 kilometers southeast of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Dec. 22, 2009. Almost all of the 47,000 residents... USA Today Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:14:03 -0500The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. MSNBC Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:13:10 -0500(CNN) -- Can Hewlett-Packard's motion-tracking webcams see African-Americans? It's a question posed on a now-viral YouTube video and the company says it's looking into it. CNN Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:42 -0500A Russian rocket carrying three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the United States has docked at the International Space Station, the Russian flight control centre says.The Soyuz rocket, which blaste... Ninemsn Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:06:27 -0500TELSTRA has formally kicked off the public listing of its $US1 billion ($1.1bn)-plus Chinese real estate website Soufun by appointing no less than five investment banks to handle the float. Australian IT Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:01:32 -0500Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its review of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with JDA's acquisition ... Earth Times Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:58:31 -0500Roger Lau and Thomas Heinz, both 26 and from Medford, were arraigned in Somerville District Court on Tuesday on forcible child rape charges. Lau faces four counts, Heinz faces one. Middlesex District... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:48:06 -0500Britain has endured more travel misery as authorities were accused of failing to act "sooner and more thoroughly" to avert the chaos. Road, rail and air travellers all faced delays as snow turned to... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:12 -0500The bodies of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been returned to the UK. Lance Corporal David Kirkness, 24, and Rifleman James Brown, 18, both of 3rd Battalion The Rifles, died when ... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:11 -0500Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has been cautioned for attacking his former Russian girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova. The 62-year-old was questioned by police after clashing with his on-off girlfriend in the ... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:11 -0500Eurostar services thrown into chaos by snow will not return to normal until "after Christmas", the company's chief executive conceded. Passengers left stranded for three days during the saga reacted... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:10 -0500A judge who bailed a spurned lover who went on to murder his terrified ex-girlfriend just six weeks later has been named. Judge Stuart Baker overruled a decision by magistrates to remand Alan Entwis... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:10 -0500Labour MP John Hutton has admitted that he was the Cabinet minister responsible for saying that Gordon Brown would be a "disaster" as Prime Minister. Mr Hutton had previously denied long-running rum... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:09 -0500One of the killers of British student Meredith Kercher had his sentence halved by an appeal court. But it refused to quash the conviction of Rudy Guede who was found guilty of helping American Amand... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:09 -0500The UK has now lost 6% of its entire economic output in its longest ever recession, official figures have confirmed. The current slump is on a par with the 1980s recession which blighted former prem... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:08 -0500A brother of Gerry Adams wanted on suspicion of sexually abusing his daughter has handed himself in to police. Liam Adams presented himself at a Garda station in Co Sligo in the Irish Republic on Mo... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:33:07 -0500Micron Technology Inc. (MU) swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit--its first in three years--on higher sales volumes and prices as well as a large prior-year write-down. Morning Star Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:29:23 -0500Micron Technology Inc. (MU) swung to a fiscal first-quarter profit--its first in three years--on higher sales volumes and prices as well as a large prior-year write-down. Morning Star Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:29:13 -0500The tech sector slipped into the red Thursday, swept up in a broader market retreat triggered by worries about higher jobless claims. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) fell by 1.2% to 2,... Morning Star Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:29:03 -0500RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Red Hat Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income fell by 32 percent as the company grappled with higher expenses that included a legal settlement. But results still ex... Tampa Bay Online Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:27:49 -0500SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Pacific WebWorks Inc. said it has reached a settlement agreement with Google Inc. in a trademark infringement lawsuit the Internet search leader filed this month. Tampa Bay Online Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:27:48 -0500Whatever is under your tree or its equivalent this holiday season, odds are good it plugs into the wall, runs on batteries, or is controlled by a silicon chip. Computer technology is not only around u... U.S. News & World Report Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:50:23 -0500TIBX ) today announced results for its fourth quarter, which ended on November 30, 2009. Total revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 was $195.6 million and net income was $31.7 million, o... Market Wire Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:39:58 -0500PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- 3-D interest does not stop in Hollywood. According to an analysis of world patent activity published today by the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters,... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:16 -0500BOISE, Idaho -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc., (NYSE:MU) today announced results of operations for its first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended December 3, 2009. For the first quarter... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:15 -0500PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/22/09 -- TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced results for its fourth quarter, which ended on November 30, 2009. Total revenue for the fourth qua... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:13 -0500HP is investigating the facial-tracking software used with some of its PCs after a YouTube video surfaced that seems to show software failing to recognize African-Americans. In the video, the facial-t... eWeek Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:24:55 -0500Recommend This Opera Software this week is offering a pre-alpha release of its Opera 10.5 browser and upgraded beta releases of its Opera Mobile 10 browser. The company on Tuesday released Opera 10.5 ... InfoWorld Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:11:10 -0500CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many U.S. consumers stayed away from malls and headed online to take care of their holiday shopping last weekend as a major snowstorm hit the East Coast, data released on Tuesday s... Reuters Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:10:17 -0500CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Zacks Research Equity Strategist, Dirk Van Dijk says that S&P 500 earnings are continuing to show red ink. He tracks companies on the Zacks.com web site, naming names, wh... Earth Times Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:09:21 -0500Meet “Black Desi.” He and his friend “White Wanda” made a video titled “HP computers are racist,” which has been a viral hit in recent weeks. (See above.) In an att... Wired News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:03:27 -0500"research" a Web version of its Cognos BI software. "The data model differs from company to company, which is why you just can't put it into a multi-tenant environment," said Rob Ashe, general manage... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:00 -0500Police and emergency responders were called to a Cape Coral home about 7:40 a.m. Tuesday Authorities say Liam Perk was walking by the family's 8-year-old Weimaraner when, without any apparent provoca... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:59:54 -0500(12-22) 09:49 PST Oakland, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland police are looking for the growers of at least 1,000 marijuana plants found after a small fire at a one-time Oakland fortune cookie factory. San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:59:51 -0500BEIJING—China has issued new regulations that expand its Internet controls by tightening procedures for domain name registration. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology posted the ... U.S. News & World Report Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:54:55 -0500Facebook on Tuesday released a list of the words and themes that appeared most frequently in users' status updates in 2009. Not surprisingly, the list includes popular celebrities—both living an... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:50:28 -0500MONROEVILLE, Pa., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Compunetix, Inc., the world's leading provider of collaboration technologies, announced today the release of the latest version of its CONTEX Summit(TM) Syste... RedOrbit Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:48:30 -0500OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 22, 2009) - Canada's Transport Minister John Baird today announced that effective August 31, 2011, auto manufacturers must install a safety technology in Canadian v... Market Wire Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:45:03 -0500Mumbai December 9th, 2009 - Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade Sandra Pupatello, Mr. Sarosh Ginwala (Executive Director, Chem Process Systems), Ms. Tarun Channa (President, Canasia Pow... Market Wire Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:57 -0500SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/22/09 -- Nitro PDF Software, the company that revolutionized the PDF software space with the introduction of the first truly compelling alternative to Adobe&#... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:39:51 -0500Retailers are celebrating their first real mobile marketing holiday this year with smartphone applications that they hope will help them ring in the New Year with a stronger mobile presence, but as th... CNBC Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:36:35 -0500Hewlett-Packard Co is looking into the facial-tracking software used in its personal computers, after a customer calling himself "Black Desi" said the program was racist because it was unable to fo... Times of India Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:30:56 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA -- Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. fell Tuesday after the company sold a video games unit, a move it said would lead to a wider loss in its fiscal fir... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:29:30 -0500/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Absolute(R) Software Corporation ("Absolute" or the "Company") (TSX: ABT), the leading provider of firmware-based, patented, computer theft recovery, data ... Earth Times Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:14:13 -0500It’s a problem that’s as frustrating as it is ridiculous: many of us are now walking around with incredibly powerful mobile phones capable of rendering 3D graphics and multitasking. Yet tr... Tech Crunch Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:12:01 -0500Seems those acquisition talks between Google Inc. and Yelp weren't so advanced after all. Citing anonymous sources, TechCrunch reported on Thursday that the deal for the popular review site was "very... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:04:00 -0500China Mobile, the world's largest carrier by accounts, previously offered the BlackBerry in China for large business users, but it only this month said it would start offering the device to consumers ... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:03:58 -0500Unlike many boot camps that provide anecdotal lessons from green-tech panelists, the NYU-Poly CleantechExecs program will offer 10 intensive, day-long work sessions and seminars featuring best clean-t... Breitbart Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:50:05 -0500Eurostar services thrown into chaos by snow will not return to normal until "after Christmas", the company's chief executive conceded. Passengers left stranded for three days during the saga reacted... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:49:02 -0500Britain has endured more travel misery as authorities were accused of failing to act "sooner and more thoroughly" to avert the chaos. Road, rail and air travellers all faced delays as snow turned to... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:49:02 -0500The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody has denied two counts of raping a teenager. Jack Tweed allegedly met the 19-year-old at a West End nightclub before taking her to his home in Brandesbury Sq... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:48:58 -0500Labour MP John Hutton has admitted that he was the Cabinet minister responsible for saying that Gordon Brown would be a "disaster" as Prime Minister. Mr Hutton had previously denied long-running rum... Ananova Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:48:58 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordi... Tampa Bay Online Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:43:34 -0500BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli revealed the findings of an audit Tuesday, performed on the Buffalo City School District. WKBW Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:26:07 -0500Intel has released a patch for its series of silicon-based security protections after researchers from Poland identified flaws that allowed them to completely bypass the extensions. The implementatio... The Register Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:23:56 -0500Hewlett-Packard is investigating a claim that Webcams built into its PCs are incapable of tracking the facial movements of black individuals and only function properly when Caucasians or people of oth... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:35 -0500Apple has released a firmware update for its 27-inch iMac, fixing problems with the all-in-one computer's graphics cards. The fix is for the ATI Radeon HD 4670 and 4850 graphics cards made by Advac... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:34 -0500A study by the University of Utah found that texting while operating a motor vehicle can be up to six times more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving. The study, "... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:33 -0500The boom in 802.11n wireless technology has produced an early IPO filing from Meru Networks, which seeks to raise capital to fund its drive into enterprise wireless markets. The Sunnyvale, Calif. f... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:32 -0500The My Rate program postpones the customer costs associated with telemetry devices and gives drivers a way to monitor their driving behavior in order to modify their habits in a way that will secure t... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:31 -0500The payment processor agreed to submit the report of an independent expert on its plans to improve the security of its computer system since the announcement of the cyber breach on January 20, 2009. Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:22 -0500ABFSG will use the Teradata product to enable the gathering of insights for all of the company's sales, marketing and customer service-related business units. Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:14 -0500SunGard released a new version of its VPM portfolio accounting solution for hedge funds. SunGard's VPM version 9.0 provides hedge funds with an enterprise-level portfolio accounting application that i... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:13 -0500Almost 7 months after President Obama announced he would personally select a new White House cybersecurity coordinator position to help orchestrate and integrate federal cybersecurity policies and age... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:11 -0500Thousands of iPhone app developers make enough money hawking software through Apple's App Store to cover, say, the monthly grocery bill. But only a handful sell enough to quit their day jobs. The latt... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:04 -0500See you, 2009. Can't say that we'll miss you. The results of InformationWeek Analytics' Outlook 2010 survey, where we asked 360 business technology pros about their plans for the year ahead, don't ... Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:02 -0500Intel Shrinks Atom, Boosts Performance The Atom platform, which now integrates the graphics and memory controller on the same piece of silicon as the CPU, is primarily used in netbooks. Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:01 -0500Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 Mini-Notebook Fujitsu on Monday became one of the first major computer makers to introduce a netbook powered by Intel's latest Atom platform. Tech Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:20:59 -0500BEIJING - China has issued new regulations that expand its Internet controls by tightening procedures for domain name registration. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology posted the new... Star Tribune Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:20:21 -0500Alexander Lukashenko has often been referred to as Europe's last dictator. All of a sudden, though, he seems to be on a push to rapidly liberalize Belarus' economy and turn it into a high-tech paradis... Spiegal Online Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:20:05 -0500Can psychic mediums really see the future? Do psychic readings really work? New Online Psychic Network by BitWine invites everyone to try for themselves, hassle-free via live Internet psychic chat tec... PR Web Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:18:28 -0500SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - December 22, 2009) - Nitro PDF Software, the company that revolutionized the PDF software space with the introduction of the first truly compelling alternative to Ad... Market Wire Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:14:58 -0500BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies has appointed Rajan Kohli as Chief Marketing Officer, IT business. According to a release, Mr. Rajan joined Wipro from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and ... The Hindu Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:11:20 -0500Take a look at the designs for what could someday be the world's cheapest PC, and you may start to wish you were a third-grade child in Burundi.One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), MIT professor Nicholas Negr... Forbes Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:11:03 -0500-- Ford Motor Company is the only automaker to use the same type of motion-capture software in its virtual engineering labs as Hollywood employs to create such motion pictures as "Avatar," "Lord of ... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:10:09 -0500International Game Technology (IGT) has been named a recipient of International Data Group’s (IDG) InfoWorld 100 Awards for 2009. The annual InfoWorld Awards honor the 100 most innovative use... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:10:09 -0500ARLINGTON, Va. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- More than 45 consumer electronics companies headquartered in the Northwest region of the United States will showcase their latest technology at the 2010 Interna... Fresh News Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:10:02 -0500ROME: Videos posted on the Internet sought to stir doubts on Tuesday over a December 13 attack on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi by hinting it was staged to create sympathy for the embattled Italian... Channel News Asia Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:06:30 -0500Clearview Staffing Software Inc. , an Addison-based provider of health care temp scheduling software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. API president and CEO J.P. Fingado said t... Business Journal Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:05:18 -0500LLC to design, install and integrate an enhanced command and control system for the port. This new command and control system will control all of the port’s security subsystems, both existing a... Business Journal Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:05:13 -0500 |
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