Top Stories: Washington, November 21 : The high-performance computer QPACE (QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell) has been recognized as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world. ANI Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:10:08 -0500Munich, November 21 : Astronomers, using European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) 3.58-meter New Technology Telescope (NTT), are seeing through the opaque dust lanes of the giant cannibal galaxy Centaurus A, unveiling its "last meal" in unprecedented detail - a smaller spiral galaxy, currently twisted and warped. ANI Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:50:20 -0500London, November 21 : Scientists have come up with a computer model that predicts future changes in the world's forests, which has forecasted deforestation in the Congo Basin rainforest in the future. ANI Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:20:07 -0500GEORGE TOWN: Nearly 30 computers worth RM61,000 were seized from a 24-hour cybercafe in Bukit Mertajam for using pirated software. State Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism enforcement chief ... New Straits Times Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:58 -0500The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Pope have agreed to "consolidate" the relationship between their two churches. Dr Williams met Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. A Vatican stateme... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:49 -0500A town centre came to a standstill as thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects to two soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Thousands packed the streets of Grimsby as the bodies of Serg... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:48 -0500A man has died in hospital and another victim is being treated for gunshot wounds after a shooting at a nightclub. West Midlands Police said both men were shot at the Tropical Harmony club in Bilsto... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:48 -0500Every victim of crime should be visited by the police, irrespective of how serious the offence, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has indicated. Launching the first national television advertising campaig... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:47 -0500People in Wales at risk of contracting swine flu have been urged to get vaccinated against the virus after it emerged five people have been diagnosed with a strain resistant to Tamiflu. The advice c... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:46 -0500A bridge which collapsed sending a policeman tumbling to his death in a swollen river was inspected last year and found to be "structurally sound", a council said. No problems were identified at Nor... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:46 -0500An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment has embarked on the first spacewalk of his career, tackling a load of maintenance work outside the International Space Station.Atlanti... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:11:25 -0500A late charge by bulls helped key indices surpass crucial resistance levels. However, select momentum indicators are currently in a sell mode even while the trend is up. It seems that markets will rem... Business Standard Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:14 -0500(11-20) 19:53 PST ROME, Italy (AP) -- Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will s... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:55:19 -0500But after missing one too many exits because she was distracted by a phone call, Ms. Haskins decided it was time to get tough with herself. So she signed up for ZoomSafer, a free service that uses her... International Herald Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:10 -0500Asia Pacific Network Information Centre puts up NIXI application for public commentsRegistries handle allocation of number resources needed for routing internet traffic... The Hindu Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:08:06 -0500ITANAGAR: BSNL on Saturday launched its 3G mobile telephony here today enabling the people to avail video, voice and web access at a great speed. Launching the service R Sanyal, Chief General Ma... Times Of India Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:50:19 -0500(11-21) 07:42 PST GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine followi... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:35:16 -0500Over the years, Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop. Courier-Journal Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:41:49 -0500But after missing one too many exits because she was distracted by a phone call, Ms. Haskins decided it was time to get tough with herself. So she signed up for ZoomSafer, a free service that uses her... International Herald Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:27:25 -0500California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday. State A... Oakland Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:23:38 -0500Microsoft unveiled some details about Internet Explorer 9 this week at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. But what does Microsoft have in store for IE users from a security perspec... eWeek Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:13:05 -0500H ARWICH — Two students were arrested yesterday morning when hundreds of students held a sit-in demonstration at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School to protest what they claim are unfair dis... Boston Herald Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:57:55 -0500To those who are ready to lock up the Richmond gang rape defendants and throw away the key, Sarah Kunstler has a few words of caution: the Central Park Jogger. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:49:14 -0500Cisco launched an iPhone application Friday aimed at helping corporate security managers respond to threats on-the-go. Aimed squarely at enterprise IT departments, the app is networked to Cisco's S... Tech Web Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:10:42 -0500The nuclear physicists working on the Large Hadron Collider were surprised that they could so quickly get beams of protons whizzing near the speed of light during the restart late Friday, said James G... USA Today Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:51:06 -0500An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square.Although best known for painting the masterpiec... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:30 -0500A year after being advised to lift its game, Australia is making a leap forward in the field of space science, the federal government says.It has thrown $48.6 million at the problem, establishing a sp... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:26 -0500Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the new videogame from Activision Blizzard, keeps blowing away sales records.The company said on Wednesday that Modern Warfare 2 grossed an estimated $US550 million ($A... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:25 -0500A couple suspected of helping spread some of the internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said on Wednesday.Scotland Yard's electronic cr... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:22 -0500The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook and Twitter have been named by the Webby Awards as among the top 10 internet moments of the decade.Other events singled out on Wednes... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:20 -0500The space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), NASA officials said.The shuttle and its six astronauts left Florida's Kennedy Space Centre witho... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:18 -0500EMI Music announced on Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.EMI... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:16 -0500Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.Even the world's most powerful superco... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:13 -0500NASA and Microsoft have launched an interactive website that allows web surfers to become Mars explorers.The "Be a Martian" website invites members of the public to help scientists perform such resear... Ninemsn Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:44:11 -0500The Bank of England has outlined plans for "top-up" charges to boost bank balance sheets, as it sought to add the "missing ingredient" to financial regulation. The central bank said the impact of th... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:13:42 -0500Katie Price is gearing up for yet another Bushtucker Trial on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - but this time she will be partnered by a fellow contestant. TV presenter Kim Woodburn was chosen... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:13:40 -0500Two principles need to be part of the consciousness of every cybersecurity practitioner: First, security cannot hold back productivity. Technology that makes us more productive will get deployed and u... Tech News World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:44:52 -0500If you think that your Mac is less likely to get infected with a virus or a trojan than a PC is, you are absolutely correct. However, this in no way makes Mac users immune to cybercrime. Phishers, for... Tech News World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:44:51 -0500Before the Warriors played their third consecutive game with half of their roster, the NBA granted them a hardship exemption Friday, allowing them to sign forward-center... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:57 -0500Prime Minister Gordon Brown has arrived in Cumbria to see flood damage and meet people affected by the record breaking rainfall in the area. He joined Environment Hilary Benn and met members of the ... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:09 -0500Alcohol prices could rise by 10% next year because of tax increases, the head of a major brewer has said. Stuart MacFarlane from AB InBev UK, which owns brands including Beck's, Stella and Budweiser... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:09 -0500Katie Price is gearing up for yet another Bushtucker Trial on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - but this time she will be partnered by a fellow contestant. TV presenter Kim Woodburn was chosen... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:48:06 -0500If human beings had three or four hands, perhaps accessories such as Bluetooth headsets might not be necessary. But we don't. With just two hands, that means we're limited to what we can hold and cont... Tech Web Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:19:17 -0500LONDON: UK: India is falling behind China in its attempts to increase the use of English, risking squandering a key economic advantage, a new report says. A "huge shortage" of teachers and qualit... Times Of India Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:52:09 -0500The show must go on. That's the rallying cry for Macworld 2010, which is preparing to soldier on for the first time in 26 years without Apple as its anchor vendor. The show, a production of IDG World... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:50 -0500(11-20) 17:27 PST -- An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global war... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:49 -0500Maybe Monta Ellis is ready to shoulder a heavier load, after all. The guard carried the Warriors to a 108-94 win over streaking Portland, recording a season-high 34 points and adding eight assists, s... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:36:47 -0500The number of empty homes in England reached its highest level for five years during 2008. There was a 9% jump in the number of private homes that had been empty for at least six months during the y... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:23:21 -0500Katie Price is gearing up for yet another Bushtucker Trial on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - but this time she will be partnered by a fellow contestant. TV presenter Kim Woodburn was chosen... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:23:20 -0500By TALI ARBELAP BUSINESS WRITER NEW YORK -- The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more compan... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:36:51 -0500Apple's detractors is universal surprise. Their disappointment often stems from finding out that Apple isn't the company they thought it was. So I'm going to do all you would-be critics a favor, and e... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:00 -0500The emergency services are searching homes as residents braced themselves for more rain after England's wettest day on record caused chaos, flooding homes, sweeping away bridges and claiming the life ... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:59:29 -0500Katie Price is gearing up for yet another Bushtucker Trial on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - but this time she will be partnered by a fellow contestant. TV presenter Kim Woodburn was chosen... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:59:28 -0500Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ACTC) announced that it filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase I/II multicenter st... Medical News Today Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:29:15 -0500December is a busy season due to students shopping for items before traveling abroad to study, prompting a jump in online sales of electronic products. The China Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:00 -0500Flight director Brian Smith says he wishes he had an exact time for the birth because it would make all the planning easier. Nevertheless, he says Bresnik and everyone at Mission Control will be "100 ... USA Today Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:50 -0500Cyber-shot DSC-W290 is a great option. A wide-angle lens, a sharp 3-inch LCD screen, and a 720p HD movie mode also add to its overall appeal, but we have seen better image quality from similarly price... Macworld Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:37 -0500Sony unveiled the Reader Daily Edition , its first e-reader with a wireless connection, it said it would be available in December in time for the holidays. Macworld Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:36 -0500GIBRALTAR, November 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- 32Red Plc has confirmed that their affiliate program - 32Red Affiliates - has invested in substantial new technological improvements in order to furt... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:58 -0500XBOSoft CEO, Philip Lew gave a lecture at Beihang University in Beijing, China. He addressed the topic of defining software quality from an end user perspective and in particular, the implications of ... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:38 -0500ATHENS, GREECE November 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Orbitfiles.com, a major online file storage and backup service provider has recently released its latest version of the online backup software He... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:35 -0500TORONTO, ON November 21, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Building on the success of their popular VPS Hosting Plans, Cirrus Tech, hopes to attract small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that require a com... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:26 -0500Supplemental Manufacturing and Ingredients, LLC ("SMI") has licensed the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System to facilitate the company's entrance into t... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:01 -0500Fowler Software Design partnered with Metech Recycling to recycle 1,172 pounds of electronics at the 6th Annual Electronics Recycling Event in Denver, CO on Saturday, November 14th. 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:10:58 -0500Meta Health Technology, a leading provider of software solutions for health information management, has introduced PowerRac, its new web-based software tool that enables hospitals to effectively manag... Earth Times Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:02:28 -0500A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) / U.S. not ready for cyberwarfare, government warns as attacks rise... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:51:10 -0500Viewers of the movie "Planet 51," opening in theaters this weekend, will first see "Live Music," a computer-generated short that is a collaboration of 51 animators from 17 countries who were brought t... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:51:08 -0500The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday - or later - will receive it is Jan. 4, the nation's largest bookseller said Friday. "While we increased production based on the high co... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:51:04 -0500Hurricane Electric, a Fremont, Calif., ISP, will announce on Monday that its IPv6 network has doubled in size in less than a year -- a sign of how rapidly IPv6 traffic is increasing across the Interne... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:51:03 -0500What's the latest buzz among software engineers and computer geeks in Silicon Valley? Aside from the newly released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, it's a video released earlier this week of Pranav Mi... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:51:02 -0500Google 's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions about whether it will be any good. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:51:00 -0500(11-20) 18:20 PST OAKLAND -- When someone knocked on the door of his East Oakland home, 16-year-old Phillip Wright thought nothing of going to see who it was. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:58 -0500(11-20) 09:57 PST San Francisco (AP) -- California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Em... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:55 -0500(11-20) 18:34 PST BERKELEY -- Police arrested about 40 protesters inside UC Berkeley's Wheeler Hall tonight, ending an 11-hour occupation of the building on the third day of raucous protests and stri... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:53 -0500(11-20) 18:48 PST PHOENIX (AP) -- The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:51 -0500(11-20) 16:47 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal jury took only 20 minutes to reject claims by a graduate of UCSF Medical School who filed a $1 million civil rights suit accusing San Francisco police of ... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:50 -0500That lasted until her Orange County landlords informed her that the 48-pound animal exceeded the apartment complex's new, 35-pound weight limit for pets. Warner said she had a doctor's note that reco... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:50:48 -0500Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) is exploring the world's best Geographic Information System (GIS) software to create solutions for managing data structure within the organisation and across its ... AME Info Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:35:56 -0500New San Diego Incubator Adds Three More Start... When Tom Clancy introduced a panel discussion yesterday at a forum on analytics software, the founder of San Diego’s Tao Venture Partners said the fo... Sign on San Diego Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:15:44 -0500Deacom, Inc. today announced Supplemental Manufacturing and Ingredients, LLC ("SMI"), a manufacturer of dietary and nutritional supplements based in Tempe, Ariz., and the exclusive manufactu... PR Web Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:09:41 -0500"The technology sector is in trouble...as traders have reacted negatively to Dell's third-quarter earnings report," said Joseph Hargett of Schaeffer's Investment Research. "What's more, Dell's miss... Business Report Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:39:41 -0500(11-20) 13:17 PST -- Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach ... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:28:53 -0500(11-20) 13:16 PST -- Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:28:52 -0500British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the general election. Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox said ... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:40 -0500The emergency services are braced for more heavy rain after England's wettest day on record claimed the life of a "heroic" policeman and left thousands of others counting the cost of flooded homes and... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:38 -0500Katie Price is gearing up for yet another Bushtucker Trial on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! - but this time she will be partnered by a fellow contestant. TV presenter Kim Woodburn was chosen... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:37 -0500US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble said Friday it had sold out of its new electronic book reader, the "Nook," and the next shipments would not be available until after the holidays. &quo... Asia One Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:08:35 -0500Sony said that its wireless e-reader, the Daily Edition, might not make it to buyers before the end of the year, Barnes & Noble said its Nook e-reader is... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:58 -0500Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end-users, after announcing its intention to do so in August. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:56 -0500British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the general election. Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox said ... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:50:26 -0500Every victim of crime should be visited by the police, irrespective of how serious the offence, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has indicated. Launching the first national television advertising campaig... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:50:25 -0500The emergency services are braced for more heavy rain after England's wettest day on record claimed the life of a "heroic" policeman and left thousands of others counting the cost of flooded homes and... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:50:25 -0500Supermarkets are giving customers more money-off deals in the run-up to Christmas but they offer smaller savings than last year, research has suggested. A study carried out for The Grocer magazine b... 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