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Top Stories: Moscow, Dec 1 (DPA) The emblem for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was unveiled Tuesday, based on the unique use of an internet domain name of the Russian organizing committee. IANS Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:40:04 -0500London, December 1 : The latest ranking of the Top500 project has made a list of the world's fastest computers. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:50:03 -0500Mumbai, Dec 1 (ANI/Business Wire India): Fire Fighting Enterprises (FFE) has developed the technology to allow multiple Fireray 5000 optical beam smoke detector heads to operate from one single control unit. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:30:03 -0500Kochi, Dec 1 (ANI/Business Wire India): As a part of Business Software Alliance's (BSA) initiative to support the growth of legal software markets around the world, it has opened its membership to software development houses to join at a country level. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:30:03 -0500London, Dec 1 : 'Is Lady GaGa a man?' and 'Is Michael Jackson dead?' are among the 'Most Asked Questions Of 2009', according to a top Internet search engine. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:50:03 -0500The diameter of this development dome matches the tank dimensions of the upper stage of the ARES I launch vehicle under development by NASA, as well as the central stage of the European Ariane V launc... Space Daily Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:14:21 -0500CADS has launched version 2.0 of SMART Scaffolder – fast, easy and accurate scaffold software that helps scaffolders to estimate and design TG20-compliant scaffolds. SMART Scaffolder version 2.0... PR Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:12:15 -0500Pfizer Inc. will spend up to $115 million for rights to an Israeli biotech company's experimental drug and its promising technology for making that drug and others in carrot cells.The world's biggest ... eTaiwan News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:11:20 -0500RUSTON, LA. -- Allison Hightower scored a career-high 32 points and No. 7 LSU held off Louisiana Tech 77-74 on Tuesday night for its 31st straight victory over in-state opponents.LaSondra Barrett add... The Miami Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:09:26 -0500Washington - As capable as today's web browsers are, life online would be pretty difficult without browser plugins - add-on applications that are needed for everything from viewing YouTube videos to o... Earth Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:03:14 -0500With the media business in distress, the Federal Trade Commission is holding a two-day workshop Tuesday and Wednesday to examine the challenges facing the industry and to explore ways the government m... The China Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:02:26 -0500ONE of the country's largest energy generators, AGL, has awarded a five-year, $62.5 million contract to Telstra for IT managed services. Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:44:25 -0500A late buying surge powered Cyber Monday sales for a select group of retailers to a 13.7 percent increase over their 2008 results, the San Mateo Web analytics firm Coremetrics said Tuesday. San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:45 -0500Constellation will consist of a cloud-based tool accessible via a Web browser, as well as an on-premises component, SAP official David Meyer said during a private webinar conducted recently for a grou... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:43 -0500(12-01) 16:30 PST SONOMA -- A burglar broke in early today to the Sonoma home of a family of four killed over the weekend in a crash on Highway 37, ransacked the residence and stole their car, police... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:31:39 -0500Published Date: December 02, 2009 DUBAI: Imran Amjad peered at his computer screen on the trading floor of a nervous Dubai stock exchange yesterday, stoically scanning banks of figures that he hoped ... Kuwait Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:27:49 -0500British "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell smiles during the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London in this July 1, 2007 file photo. [Agencies]... China Daily Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:18:53 -0500Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is expected to reveal details of plans to install smart meters in millions of homes. The Government wants to have 47 million of the meters, which should help people cut ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:28 -0500US President Barack Obama has set out an ambitious timetable for the deployment of an additional 30,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and the start date for military withdrawal. In a highly anticipated ad... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:28 -0500The Iranian ambassador to the UK has held talks at the Foreign Office over the capture of five British sailors as fears grow for their safety. Rasoul Movahedian spoke to permanent under secretary Pe... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:27 -0500The Government is promoting new financial products and services that could be offered via the Post Office, ranging from a business account to children's savings. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson sa... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:26 -0500The UK is struggling to keep up as other developed nations see rising numbers of young people enter education, research has suggested. The country has slumped to the bottom of international educatio... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:26 -0500It would take one in four local authorities more than 10 years to house everyone on their social housing waiting list, research has claimed. Housing charity Shelter said it would take between 10 and... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:25 -0500Chancellor Alistair Darling has issued a warning to other European Union governments not to interfere with the competitiveness of the City of London. On the eve of a meeting of EU finance ministers ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:25 -0500A senior Tory has attacked the "fixation" of the green movement with imposing ever tougher targets for reducing carbon emissions, with potentially "crippling" costs for the economy. David Davis, an ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:24 -0500The Government is due to unveil plans for a post-recession "shake-up" of jobcentres in a bid to boost the chances of finding work for the unemployed. Employment minister Jim Knight will publish the ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:16:24 -0500SAN FRANCISCO - Shanda Online Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Chinese online gaming company Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd., said Tuesday that it named Jing Zhu as its chief technology officer. ... Star Tribune Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:06:46 -0500Even with the federal stimulus funding, educators at schools around the United States are telling us that times are tight and they are strapped to purchase the technology tools they need to improve st... PR Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:04:50 -0500Dome Co Ltd exhibited a lightweight concept car that is based on Honda Motor Co Ltd's Insight hybrid car and has exterior components made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) at SAMPE JAPAN 2009.... NE Asia Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:07 -0500Klipsch's ProMedia 2.1 Wireless Computer Speakers ($199.00; klipsch.com) include a powerful pair of 8.5-inch-tall stereo speakers (each offering 35 watts of total power) and a subwoofer (50 watts) for... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:48:18 -0500•Finally, if you're looking to buy excellent ear buds for a mobile-music lover, consider Shure's latest sound-isolating solution, the SE115m+ ($119.99; shure.com), a pair of comfortable and clea... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:48:17 -0500Whether classical, death metal or something in between, there's a high-tech gift idea for any music lover on your holiday list. Some gadgets are designed for those on the go, while others are meant fo... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:48:16 -0500MICROSOFT said it could find no evidence that recent security updates were causing problems with its new Windows 7 operating system, which some have dubbed the "black screen of death."... Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:36:34 -0500TOP mobile phone maker Nokia said it filed suits in Britain and the US last week alleging a number of leading technology firms operate cartels for mobile phone and monitor displays. Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:36:30 -0500GOOGLE says it will let publishers set a daily limit on the number of articles readers can view for free through the internet giant's search engine. Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:36:24 -0500Golden Gate Fields, a 70-year-old horse racing track perched on prime East Bay waterfront, is scheduled to be placed on the auction block in February as part of an effort by the track's owner to reduc... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:22:25 -0500The chief executive of car giant General Motors, which owns Vauxhall, has resigned. The firm's board of directors, meeting in Detroit, said it had accepted the resignation of Fritz Henderson. The ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:14 -0500US President Barack Obama is due to announce a troop surge of 30,000 soldiers to be deployed in Afghanistan by next summer, senior White House aides have confirmed. In advance of a much anticipated ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:13 -0500The Iranian ambassador to the UK has held talks at the Foreign Office over the capture of five British sailors as fears grow for their safety. Rasoul Movahedian spoke to permanent under secretary Pe... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:12 -0500Golfer Tiger Woods will be cited with a moving violation for careless driving following his early morning crash, Florida Highway Patrol has said. An investigation found that the 33-year-old billiona... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:11 -0500Hundreds of Norwegians have taken to the streets of Oslo to urge politicians to act over the murder of a young student in Britain. Business student Martine Vik Magnussen, 23, was raped and murdered ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:11 -0500The dog that savaged John-Paul Massey to death was an illegally-held pitbull-type dog banned for being too dangerous to keep, it has been revealed. The four-year-old boy was attacked by the dog in t... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:10 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesda... Tampa Bay Online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:00:25 -0500LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British TV and record producer Simon Cowell, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in British and U.S. show business, is planning to bring his "The X Factor" talent show to ... ABC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:58:32 -0500END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Sepp Blatter will go into the emergency meeting of his Fifa executive today with t... Times Online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:23:44 -0500END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> New technology including smart meters, “intelligent” electricity grids and teleconfe... Times Online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:22:55 -0500Microsoft on Tuesday denied a claim that its November security patch is among the possible causes of the black screen problems affecting some Windows users. On Friday, Prevx, a maker of antivirus s... Tech Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:19:57 -0500SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company today announced that Graham Smith, Chief Financial Officer at salesforce.com, will pr... RedOrbit Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:17:39 -0500BOSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in 10 years, C-suite executives at technology companies saw their 2009 total cash compensation target remain flat with the prior year, while comparabl... RedOrbit Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:17:31 -0500ACTL ) Maurice Carson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the 2009 Barclays Capital Global Technology Conference, to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisc... Market Wire Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:14:46 -0500Many an Israeli technology company found its road to profit passing through the East in the last decade. They hired where labor was cheap, mainly India, but also Eastern Europe and China. Now the tide... Haaretz Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:10:10 -0500NEW YORK -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced that Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the FBR Capital Markets 2009 Fall Investor... Fresh News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:09:14 -0500PHOENIX, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OnTrac, the regional leader in regional overnight package delivery, announced today the availability of a certified OnTrac module in Clippership, version 14.4. (Logo:... Fresh News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:09:11 -0500Square Inc. , a mobile phone credit card payment processing startup led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has signed a lease agreement, according to a news release from Cleveland-based developer Fore... Business Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:04:19 -0500Square Inc. , a mobile phone credit card payment processing startup led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has signed a lease agreement, according to a news release from Cleveland-based developer Fore... San Francisco Business Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:04:13 -0500ISuppli said promotional prices are 22% lower than before Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. ISuppli estimates 6% more TV sets will be sold during a seven-day period t... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:59:53 -0500[Updates with iTunes customer reaction, in brackets below.] Fring, the first to offer an iPhone app that allowed users to make calls using the internet instead of their precious cell minutes, just ro... Wired News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:50:04 -0500The Red Planet is experiencing a partial radio blackout this week, as both of NASA's Mars orbiters have been felled by technical glitches. Until one of the probes can be brought back online later this... New Scientist Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:49:01 -0500INDIA'S Serious Fraud Investigation Office has filed seven cases of Companies Act violations against Ramalinga Raju and others involved in the accounting fraud at Satyam Computer Services, a seni... Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:47:54 -0500Recommend This Java Platform Enterprise Edition (EE) 6, featuring a capability for function-based profiles, has been approved by the official Java standards body, with an implementation of the specif... InfoWorld Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:46:19 -0500SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it could find no evidence that recent security updates were causing problems with its new Windows 7 operating system, which some have dubbed the "bla... Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:45:27 -0500In most years, come rain or shine, executive pay at technology startups always goes up because the competition for talent is always so intense. In 2009, however, cash compensation for CEOs at private ... Tech Crunch Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:42:56 -0500Two of the companies locating at 901 Mission St., Hub Bay Area and TechShop, are so called incubators, which will provide space, funding and counseling to early start-ups. The third, Square, develops ... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:45 -0500(12-01) 11:50 PST RICHMOND -- The six young men accused of gang raping a 16-year-old Richmond High School student after she left a campus homecoming dance in October pleaded not guilty today in a cou... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:42 -0500(12-01) 15:28 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco police have arrested a man in the stabbing of a Muni Metro passenger Monday, authorities said today. San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:34:40 -0500The Iranian ambassador to the UK has held talks at the Foreign Office over the capture of five British sailors as fears grow for their safety. Rasoul Movahedian spoke to permanent under secretary Pe... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:01 -0500Last month was the wettest November on record with an average of 217.4mm of rain across the UK, the Met Office has said. Floods devastated Cumbria as rainfall topped the previous record of 193.6mm, ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:01 -0500Singer Pete Doherty has apologised for offending festival-goers in Germany when he performed a Nazi-era rendition of their national anthem. Crowds in Munich booed the Babyshambles frontman when he s... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:00 -0500Tory leader David Cameron has pledged a clear-out of "over the top" health and safety legislation. He said overbearing rules and regulations were "a straitjacket on personal initiative and responsib... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:20:00 -0500Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said he is considering granting computer hacker Gary McKinnon extra time to apply for a judicial review of his case. Mr McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, faces u... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:19:59 -0500The chief executive of car giant General Motors, which owns Vauxhall, has resigned. The firm's board of directors, meeting in Detroit, said it had accepted the resignation of Fritz Henderson. The ... Ananova Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:19:58 -0500One of the nation's iconic industrial businesses, GE has spent 23 years making sitcoms and blockbuster movies along with jet engines, dishwashers and light bulbs. The pairing of glitzy entertainment a... Tampa Bay Online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:15:07 -0500MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Basic cable rates in Wisconsin increased an average of 21 percent over the past two years, despite a new law designed to increase competition and lower costs, an audit released T... Tampa Bay Online Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:15:04 -0500SAP, which angered many customers this year by announcing plans to increase support pricing, said Tuesday that it would delay a decision on any changes until early 2010. In the meantime, the busine... Tech Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:41:13 -0500With the clock ticking away on Cisco's Tuesday deadline for Tandberg stockholders to approve the acquisition of the Norwegian videoconferencing company, Cisco again extended its $3.4 billion offer, th... Tech Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:41:12 -0500"We will bring in more world-class engineers to help us deliver on our vision," said Carlos Icaza, Ansca Mobile co-founder and CEO, in a statement. "Our mission is to lower the barrier for developing ... Tech Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:41:10 -0500Who and what were the focal points for Internet searches in the past year, and what does that data reveal about our world? The leading search engines just churned out their annual lists, and Michael J... Tech News World Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:41:09 -0500Calculators are part of a growing list of hand held technology under the threat of becoming obsolete in the modern progressive technological age. DiscountMugs.com is now selling a multifunctional calc... PR Web Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:38:39 -0500ATCO ), the innovator and distributor of the Long Range Acoustic Device™ (LRAD®) product line, today reported record revenues of $15.8 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009... Market Wire Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:36:26 -0500FORM ) today introduced a new MEMS probing contact technology for its advanced probe cards for wire bond logic and system-on-chip (SoC) wafer testing. The new TrueScale Multi-Tier™ contact te... Market Wire Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:36:22 -0500ZDNet News : Dec 01, 2009 1:10:04 PM India has blocked service to all mobile phones without a valid identity code, as part of anti-terrorist measures being implemented by the Indian government. On... ZDNet Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:23:14 -0500FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 14, 2009, the General Electric (GE) logo is shown on a microwave oven at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. As GE prepares for an expected $30 billion deal that wil... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:21:56 -0500Keynote Quartet FX ’10 on Tuesday. The updated collection of slideshow themes includes new versions of Jumsoft’s Keynote Themes FX, Keynote Backgrounds FX, Keynote Objects FX, and Keynote Animatio... Macworld Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:19:43 -0500Nintendo Wii might be leading the video game market, but at least one game developer is suspect of its software. Lightning Fish Games CEO Simon Prytherch... CNet Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:14:41 -0500Nintendo Wii might be leading the video game market, but at least one game developer is suspect of its software. Lightning Fish Games CEO Simon Prytherch... CNet Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:13:54 -0500Nintendo Wii might be leading the video game market, but at least one game developer is suspect of its software. Lightning Fish Games CEO Simon Prytherch... CNet Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:13:54 -0500TELSTRA has confirmed plans to float China's top real estate website, SouFun, in a move that is likely to generate a profit for the telecommunications giant. Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:54 -0500OPTUS has countered Telstra's latest high-speed broadband upgrade in Melbourne by announcing it will revamp its entire east coast cable network for a 10th of the price it cost Telstra to do just ... Australian IT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:51 -0500Recommend This After reversing course on Exchange 2007 support, Microsoft now says a third service pack for the messaging server that adds compatibility with Windows Server 2008 R2 will ship in the se... InfoWorld Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:08:41 -0500Recommend This A cable industry trade group has proposed a program that would help low-income families of middle-school students get broadband service in their homes, with cable broadband providers pi... InfoWorld Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:08:38 -0500Though already available in other Asian countries such as Japan — where it went on sale last year — the slim smartphone got a late start in South Korea amid regulatory hurdles and tough ne... Japan Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:08:25 -0500BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers are spreading a vicious computer virus through spam email messages that urge recipients to visit a bogus website offering vaccinations to protect them against another virus ... Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:07:49 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - Holiday sales of Sirius XM Radio's satellite radio players are so far matching expectations, helped in part by an advertising blitz featuring footage of Elvis Presley and Michael ... Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:07:48 -0500(12-01) 13:49 PST -- Three technology companies have agreed to lease the lower floors of The Chronicle building, the first steps in a broader plan to create what the developers and city are portrayin... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:56:23 -0500Social Networking Issues, Part 1 The new Twitter-supported way is now available embedded in the regular Twitter Web interface and through the Twitter API. In the Web interface the retweet option app... 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