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 -0500Palermo (Italy), Dec 9 (IANS/AKI) Users of the popular internet social networking site Facebook have urged Giovanni Nicchi, the Sicilian mafia fugitive boss captured at the weekend, to become an informant. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:40:01 -0500Stuttgart, Dec 9 (DPA) 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. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:20:02 -0500HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) - Violent protests by students for a separate state to be carved out of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh shut down the main city of Hyderabad on Wednesday.Police ... West Australian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:25:04 -0500As the year draws to a close, we thought about the memorable quotes related to IT and offer, in no particular order, 15 that stuck with us.Hey! You! Get off of my cloud! "If there's no hardware or so... IT Business Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:13:17 -0500IDG News Service - The 21 year-old college student charged with hacking former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account was using a compromised computer that was secretly logging and reporti... Computerworld Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:07:10 -0500The Chinese Commodities Fair Sharjah will feature two key innovations from the land of the dragon - a wing ship and a multipurpose off-road vehicle nicknamed 'Hummer'. AME Info Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:03:56 -0500AppleInsider reports that the forthcoming builds are likely to be released to some developers in the next 48 hours. Dubbed 10Dxx it is not clear what Apple plans to fix in the new update. The last ve... The Inquirer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:52:14 -0500Yukio Sakamoto has just popped back from visiting his fortune-teller and claims that DRAM prices will bounce back in January. Apparently the tarot card the Sun was crossed by the Four of Cups which m... The Inquirer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:52:11 -0500Two key pieces of Google's effort to make Chrome a more competitive browser fell into place on Tuesday as Google released beta versions of the browser for Mac OS X and Linux. Tuesday's software relea... ZDNet UK Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:49:20 -0500The PsiXpda is an homage to the long gone but still much loved and greatly missed Psion portable computers. Many who have been in this industry for long enough to have experienced the Psion Series 5 v... ZDNet UK Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:49:11 -0500The 21 year-old college student charged with hacking former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account was using a compromised computer that was secretly logging and reporting information with... CIO Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:47:14 -0500The saga of Tiger Woods and his Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, has played out on a huge stage here in the United States, writ large on Web sites, TVs and tabloids alike. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:38:18 -0500(12-08) 21:52 PST -- Tenant advocates got a win at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday with initial approval of a plan to extend eviction protections to rental housing built within the pas... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:38:16 -0500A teenage boy is in a serious condition after being stabbed in a suspected gang fight. The boy, believed to be aged about 16, was knifed when two gangs of youths clashed in Tottenham Court Road, cen... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:45 -0500The effectiveness of the swine flu antiviral Tamiflu is being questioned amid disarray over government plans to inoculate more than three million young children against the bug. Research published i... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:45 -0500Ministers have been accused of undermining efforts to tackle prisoners' heroin addiction. Mike Trace, a former drugs adviser to Tony Blair, said provision of the heroin substitute methadone had rock... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:44 -0500Two men travelling on a quad bike have been hit and killed by a train, British Transport Police (BTP) said. A BTP spokesman said the incident happened at about 4.15am on the railway line at Rumney, ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:43 -0500French officials in Calais have decided to reopen a reception centre for UK-bound migrants - just three months after destroying a makeshift camp near the port to discourage thousands of hopefuls gathe... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:42 -0500Alistair Darling is to announce a major raid on the City and plans to harvest more tax from the rest of the public, as he delivers his crunch Pre-Budget Report. The Chancellor is expected to unveil ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:42 -0500The local authority in which Baby Peter died has been named among the country's nine worst-performing children's services - more than double the number rated lowest last year. Ofsted deemed as "poor... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:41 -0500Parents who claim their children's fingertips were severed by Maclaren buggies have announced plans to sue the beleaguered British-based manufacturer. More than 15 families have sought legal advice ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:41 -0500The UK has some of the worst cancer and heart attack survival rates in the developed world, a survey has revealed. Among 13 of the richest nations, Britain has the second lowest five-year bowel canc... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:40 -0500The parents of the 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year said there were "no words" to describe their loss but that he died doing a job that made them proud. Friends described Lance ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:23:40 -0500Mozilla Messaging pushed the stable release of email software Thunderbird 3 out of the nest on Tuesday. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, the... ZDNet Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:21:02 -0500After more than five years as a publicly available test version, Gmail shed its beta label in July. Now one feature key to the internet giant's cloud-computing aspirations, offline access to Gmail, al... ZDNet Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:57 -0500One can only hope that this is good news. The UK Border Agency's IT systems have, up until now, in our personal experience been deeply flawed.My wife's application was quite simply 'lost in the system... ZDNet Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:52 -0500(RTTNews) - IT services provider HCL Technologies said it has entered into a multi-million pounds, five-year technology infrastructure management and transformation engagement with News International... Quote.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:18:14 -0500SAP embarks on internet software drive Financial software company invests heavily in new technology available to customers over the internet... AccountancyAge Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:06 -0500MySpace and Facebook have both signed deals with Google to allow publicly available status updates to be indexed in real-time by the search giant. Up till now Google had only signed a similar deal wi... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:47:41 -0500Apple’s recent acquisition of cloud storage music site Lala is being tipped as iTunes first foray into streaming and music discovery. The purchase of the company has been confirmed by Apple but... Independent.ie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:47:40 -0500The government is planning to give anyone free access to postcode data.The move will be made as part of its commitment to make more use of technology and the web to transform official services. Curren... BBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:32:46 -0500In the EU27, 65% of households had access to the internet during the first quarter of 2009, compared with 60% during the first quarter of 2008, and 56% had a broadband internet connection in 2009, com... MaltaMedia Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:24:30 -0500Flimp's innovative technology solution allows marketers to search-optimize video and rich media web content without any programming or IT resources Hopkinton, MA (PRWEB) December 9, 2009 -- For years... Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:23:42 -0500The number of green jobs is growing throughout the Golden State, but it still represents just a tiny fraction of California's overall employment. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:23 -0500-- MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site Imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:20 -0500(12-08) 18:51 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, se... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:13 -0500The company that owns Great America has filed a lawsuit that would void a proposal between Santa Clara and the 49ers to build a 68,500-seat stadium on a city-owned parking lot used by the theme park. ... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:10 -0500(12-08) 18:43 PST ALAMEDA -- A man found shot to death in his Alameda home last week was a 40-year-old real estate agent who had been facing child molestation charges, police said Tuesday. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:10 -0500Tuesday inflicted the coldest morning of the year on the Bay Area - a record-setter in some parts - and any living thing breathing frosty air was either miserable or an unusually enthusiastic fan of t... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:06 -0500The local authority in which Baby Peter died has been named among the country's nine worst-performing children's services - more than double the number rated lowest last year. Ofsted deemed as "poor... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:10 -0500Ministers have been accused of undermining efforts to tackle prisoners' heroin addiction. Mike Trace, a former drugs adviser to Tony Blair, said provision of the heroin substitute methadone had rock... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:09 -0500This year's high street Christmas price war could be even more savage than the discounting frenzy of 2008, an industry body has said. Memories of shopping areas swathed in red sale banners could be ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:06 -0500Chancellor Alistair Darling is preparing to deliver his third pre-Budget report as Sky sources reveal there will be a one-off tax on bankers' bonuses. Over the weekend Sky revealed how Mr Darling wa... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:02 -0500Politics and economics may seem indivisible, but once in a while an event comes around where the balance between the two leans overwhelmingly towards the political. Today's pre-Budget report is such... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:01 -0500Sky News understands that the Government will impose a one-off tax on banks with excessive bonus pools. The news comes as Chancellor Alistair Darling prepares to deliver his Pre-Budget Report tomorr... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:01 -0500CS3 and CS4 on Windows and Mac last week. Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday release includes six security bulletins addressing 12 vulnerabilities in IE, Windows, Windows Server and Office. For more ... ZDNet Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:57:15 -0500Cognity S.A. , a local distributor for Trillium Software, will implement the Trillium Software System at Interamerican Insurance as part of a customer data integration (CDI) solution in order to cl... Market Wire Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:25:17 -0500The Ivy Tech Foundation received a $2.2 million grant from Community Partnerships Inc. to put toward its Advanced Manufacturing program at Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast. The money has been made... Journal Gazette Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:24:13 -0500Standard energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs (left) will be phased out in Europe between September 2009 and September 2012 to be replaced by more efficient halogen (centre), LED (right) and fluor... The Guardian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:21:25 -0500MT3511 RF MicroDigitizer™, a groundbreaking RF-to-digital converter, based on advanced radio frequency (RF) and digital silicon technologies, that brings software defined radio to the global ... Fresh News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:45 -0500/-- Stanford Who's Who welcomes John R. Markwell for his excellence in the field of consultation. As Principal Consultant of Tecasa Pty. Ltd. for the past 10 years, he has displayed the dedication req... 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:08:23 -0500LVIV, UKRAINE, December 09, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ELEKS Software, a global software services provider, announced today that "Doctor Eleks" - its Medical Information System, has passed Windows 7 l... 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:55 -0500SBP launches a new Case Studies section on their website, that has the role of presenting SBP's expertise and increasing the awareness on their services as a software outsourcing company. SBP is a Mic... 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:54 -0500LOUISVILLE, KY, December 09, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Halfpricesoft.com is a provider of easy-to-use 1099, W2 and Payroll Software solutions for accountants and small to medium size businesses. ezPa... 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:43 -0500STATEN ISLAND, NY, December 09, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Celerant Technology Corp. ranked in the top five for best retail software for the third year in a row in the RIS News 2009 Retail Software Le... 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:31 -0500MARKHAM, ON, CANADA, December 09, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Are you looking for the performance and exclusivity of a dedicated hosting environment but don't want to break your IT budget? If so, now i... 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:07:19 -0500The Kapitol Reef snorkel brings simplicity to under water breathing with their Kadence Technology that allows people of all ages to enjoy life under the sea. 24 / 7 Press Release Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:06:55 -0500"After nearly a decade working in government organisations, Vicki Coleman resigned her employment in October this year to pursue opportunities in the private sector," a RailCorp spokesman sa... Australian IT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:01:12 -0500Google News page is a major -- and conroversial -- news aggregator, has teamed up with The New York Times and the Washington Post to develop a new online tool that's designed to prioritize articles on... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:48:44 -0500(12-08) 13:09 PST -- The Harvard Law School professor who defended a Boston University doctoral student in a music piracy case plans to seek a new trial. San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:48:40 -0500Ministers have been accused of undermining efforts to tackle prisoners' heroin addiction. Mike Trace, a former drugs adviser to Tony Blair, said provision of the heroin substitute methadone had rock... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:12 -0500The local authority in which Baby Peter died has been named among the country's nine worst-performing children's services - more than double the number rated lowest last year. Ofsted deemed as "poor... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:11 -0500Company directors have published a recovery plan for the British economy as business groups and unions made a last minute plea to the Chancellor to take action in the pre-budget report to stimulate gr... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:10 -0500Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is back at the golfer's mansion after being released from hospital following the latest twist in his turbulent personal life. Barbro Holmberg, mother of Woods' Swedish wif... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:10 -0500Research In Motion (RIMM) bucked the downward trend, rising by 1.5% after the maker of the popular BlackBerry device unveiled a strategic partnership with China Mobile. "We view it as a positive d... Morning Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:29:15 -0500Transoma Medical Inc., an Arden Hills med-tech start-up considered so promising that it raised $43.7 million in venture capital in recent years, has closed its doors. The privately held maker of a ca... Star Tribune Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:05:05 -0500Toshiba Corp released the "Dynario," its fuel cell battery for use in mobile devices, at the end of October 2009 with a limited release of 3,000 units. The company has been silent on the battery since... NE Asia Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:48:05 -0500The enterprise computing giant confirmed it was reviewing its partnership opportunities in Australia following a visit by its vice-president and software chief Jamie Erbes."HP may review potentia... Australian IT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:56 -0500Some haven't received unemployment checks for more than a month because the state Employment Development Department's computers aren't programmed to recognize extensions approved by Obama. Associated Press Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:23 -0500Some haven't received unemployment checks for more than a month because the state Employment Development Department's computers aren't programmed to recognize extensions approved by Obama. Los Angeles Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:35:20 -0500The local authority in which Baby Peter died has been named among the country's nine worst-performing children's services - more than double the number rated lowest last year. Ofsted deemed as "poor... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:25 -0500Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is back at the golfer's mansion after being released from hospital following the latest twist in his turbulent personal life. Barbro Holmberg, mother of Woods' Swedish wif... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:23 -0500At least 127 people were killed in a series of co-ordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. The attacks included two suicide car bombings. Hundreds more were wounded in the worst wave of violence in the ... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:23 -0500Company directors have published a recovery plan for the British economy as business groups and unions made a last minute plea to the Chancellor to take action in the pre-budget report to stimulate gr... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:22 -0500Young black men are "over-represented" in youth prisons, a report has revealed. More than a third (36%) of 15 to 18-year old men held in youth custody in England and Wales are from black or other et... Ananova Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:21 -0500Higher Colleges of Technology and Emirates Post have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together in exploring opportunities for the UAE nationals to develop skills and careers in the Postal ... AME Info Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:08 -0500By The AsiaOne Techbot Not reading the fine print to an SMS contest might cost users $40 a month in service subscription fees, according to a report on the citizen journalism website STOMP. Reader v... Asia One Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:02:06 -0500Washington (CNN) -- Public school students in major metropolitan areas are showing improvement on test scores in mathematics compared with scores from previous years, according to a report released Tu... CNN Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:15:31 -0500The makers of personal navigation devices cut prices to the bone on Black Friday as more consumers opt for free navigation applications on smartphones... BusinessWeek Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:12:33 -0500John Chambers had pointed words for journalists skeptical of his company's foray into equipment for big corporate data centers, an area of technology traditionally dominated by computer makers. "... BusinessWeek Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:12:32 -0500At this week's European Commission hearing, the software maker will have difficulty winning approval for its purchase of Sun Microsystems... BusinessWeek Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:12:31 -0500BANGALORE: IT buyers are expanding their global sourcing networks as part of an effort to reduce their dependence on a few large locations such as India, says a new report by Everest Research Insti... Times Of India Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:09:31 -0500NEW DELHI: Consumer interests have become sandwiched in an industry war between incumbent GSM operators and Reliance and Tatas over the DoT's decision to implement 11-digit numbers by adding an ext... Times Of India Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:09:27 -0500After years of mixed messages on SSD, drivemaker Seagate has finally jumped into the SSD market with both feet. Its first entry, an enterprise-caliber trio of SLC-based drives, shows just how serious ... Ars Technica Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:58:39 -0500(12-08) 10:24 PST -- A gaping geographical digital divide is emerging in the E.U., with countries in the south such as Greece, Bulgaria and Romania being left behind by more technology-savvy northern... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:53:30 -0500Company directors have published a recovery plan for the British economy as business groups and unions made a last minute plea to the Chancellor to take action in the pre-budget report to stimulate gr... Ananova Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:38:26 -0500At least 127 people were killed in a series of co-ordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad. The attacks included two suicide car bombings. Hundreds more were wounded in the worst wave of violence in the ... Ananova Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:38:26 -0500Renewable technology which uses energy stored in the ground to heat buildings and provide hot water could be installed in hundreds of thousands of homes and offices by the end of the next decade, a re... Ananova Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:38:24 -0500Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is back at the golfer's mansion after being released from hospital following the latest twist in his turbulent personal life. Barbro Holmberg, mother of Woods' Swedish wif... Ananova Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:38:24 -0500Cisco 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 work and leisure. "Th... SINA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:32:34 -0500BY DAWN TAY VIDEO-streaming from YouTube and access to other sites in the United States will be smoother - and less prone to disruption - for StarHub users when a new undersea cable system starts ope... Asia One Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:32:09 -0500NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT)(TOKYO:6501), today announced it has acquired next generation packet core network components, including software products that support the tra... Fresh News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:54:01 -0500Texas Tech head coach Pat Knight reacts to his team's performance against TCU during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tom Penning... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:46:02 -0500Federal Communications Commission wants to turn those guidelines into hard rules and extend them to wireless, and that's creating a heated debate across the USA about "net neutrality" – the idea... USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:45:22 -0500 | 
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