Tokyo, Nov 18, 2009 (JCN) - KDDI Corp. will acquire a 50 percent stake in BRAC BD Mail Networks Ltd. of Bangladesh through a third-party allotment of new shares by the Dhaka-based Internet access serv...
JCN Network Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:14:23 -0500

The price of supercomputers is dropping quickly, in part because they are often built with the same off-the-shelf parts found in PCs, as a supercomputing conference here last week made clear. Just abo...
International Herald Tribune Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:12:28 -0500

I.B.M. , a team of nearly 100, including mathematicians and software developers, is working on a project to create an automatic translation tool, so-called machine translation, that has the speed and ...
International Herald Tribune Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:12:25 -0500

Whether it’s through social media, e-mail campaigns or revamped Web sites, local retailers say an increased focus on the Internet has helped steady or boost sales during the current economic dow...
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:48 -0500

NASA ’s Ares I-X test rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 28, carrying with it the potential future of manned space exploration, every aspect of the mission — launch, ...
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:25 -0500

Five9 Inc. is finally making a connection in a big way. The Pleasanton-based seller of on-demand call center software, which was founded in 2001, is seeing revenue growth of more than 70 percent this...
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:18 -0500

A local businessman is planning a building expansion, while looking to hire up to eight additional workers for his crate manufacturing company. It’s growth, he says, that indicates the aviation...
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:08 -0500

In 2007, Maryland’s information technology industry got its crash course in politics. Two years later, it’s the model student. A group of tech community leaders has organized a $1,000-pe...
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500

Technology startups in the Rio Grande Corridor, from Los Alamos to El Paso, have a new source of equity capital in which to tap. The newly formed...
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:03:38 -0500

Carl Hsu, Steven Mulkey and George Cheng of CyboSoft show the company’s patented software that helps industrial manufacturers and power plants control their processes.
Business Journal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:02:44 -0500

Patni Computers is quoting at Rs 448, higher by Rs 5 or 1%, on the BSE. The stock opened at Rs 443, and has touched a high of Rs 455 and a low of Rs 442 thus far.
Business Standard Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:45:06 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
Tampa Bay Online Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:15:12 -0500

In his first wide-ranging interview on the matter, the Apple senior vice-president explains his company's App Store vigilance—and why it sometimes loosens up...
BusinessWeek Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:32:26 -0500

I 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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:14:47 -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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:14:42 -0500

(11-22) 18:40 PST Oakland, Calif. (AP) -- Before the season even started, the Oakland Raiders picked this week's game to dedicate to Marquis Cooper, their former special teams star who died in a boat...
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:14:39 -0500

A notebook, number 2 pencils, and the newest essential school supply in Uruguay: a laptop. The South American nation is the first and only country to guarantee every elementary school student attendin...
Breitbart Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:02:08 -0500

Four 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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:35 -0500

Leaked 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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:35 -0500

The 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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:34 -0500

Gordon Brown is to set out his hope that investment from China can drive the economic recovery in Britain. The Prime Minister is to say he wants to see "thousands" of Chinese firms working in the UK...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:34 -0500

The Government is due to accept a range of recommendations aimed at driving down staff sickness and absence in the NHS. High rates of illness and stress are impacting on patient care, the final repo...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:34 -0500

Flood-hit communities are due to face up to the devastation brought about by the torrential downpours, as homes and businesses were cut off by collapsed or damaged bridges and schools were closed. S...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:33 -0500

The 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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:32 -0500

Hundreds 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 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:32 -0500

Some physicians might feel like the process of buying and implementing a new electronic medical record system is so complex that a formal education is required. It turns out you can get one. Several...
Amed News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:01:09 -0500

LONDON - Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday...
Asia One Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:55:29 -0500

Washington - Lots of people have waited until the official release of Windows 7 before buying a new computer. And now that the new version of Windows is out, the stampede is on. Just about any compute...
Earth Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:21:59 -0500

Software programmers are designing apps for the Google-backed Android operating system, fired by frustration with Apple's rejections and delays...
BusinessWeek Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:10:02 -0500

Following an expose by TOI on November 5 that SMS tariffs are 50 to 100 times higher than what it costs service providers, a top Trai official said, “We are going to issue a consultation paper to...
Times Of India Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:07:29 -0500

SHANGHAI - (Business Wire) Praxair China has signed a multi-year agreement with MAGI Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. to supply bulk and process gases for its solar cell and module manufacturing faci...
Earth Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:00:58 -0500

It's easy to feel like you've gone back in time in parts of Nevada City - horse-drawn carriages clop past old Victorians, gas lamps glow on narrow downtown streets, storeowners don Victorian-era garb ...
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:51:14 -0500

The Government is due to accept a range of recommendations aimed at driving down staff sickness and absence in the NHS. High rates of illness and stress are impacting on patient care, the final repo...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:37:46 -0500

By Kenny Chee THE ways in which ordinary people play popular online computer game World Of Warcraft (WoW) - and go on in-game missions called "quests" - can be used to study how real-life t...
Asia One Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:31:42 -0500

By Joy Fang IF STARHUB were to carry SingTel's football programming on its channels, SingTel would ask why its mio TV could not carry StarHub's exclusive programmes too, said Acting Minister ...
Asia One Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:31:39 -0500

Caltex is in the "backyard" of China and India, says its managing director, Julian Segal. He tells CNBC's Karen Tso that demand for oil in Asia will continue to grow.
CNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:50:06 -0500

Residents of an Auckland retirement village now have a robot helper, thanks to new research into inexpensive robotic assistants for the elderly.The Korean YUJIN robot will work alongside human staff a...
Ninemsn Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:37:33 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - eBay Inc said on Sunday it had restored a search function on its website overnight Saturday after a glitch led to searches returning either limited or no results throughout the da...
Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:32:14 -0500

(11-22) 15:07 PST Green Bay, Wis. (AP) -- Sure, Aaron Rodgers enjoyed beating the San Francisco 49ers. It's the team he grew up rooting for, and the team that snubbed him on draft day in 2005.
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:19:12 -0500

An experienced canoeist has died after becoming trapped under his boat while riding a flooded river. Chris Wheeler, 46, from Reading, Berkshire, was pulled from the River Dart at Mel Tor, Poundsgate...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:06:01 -0500

The head of the long-awaited Iraq War Inquiry pledged to produce a "full and insightful" account of the decision-making process which took Britain into the conflict. On the eve of the first public h...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:06:00 -0500

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soar...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:05:59 -0500

Two men have been charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed and then run over by a car while on a trip to local shops, police said. Michael McCarthy, 19, left his home in Yoakley Road, S...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:05:59 -0500

LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? Becky Burke scored 16 points and No. 23 Louisville overcame a sloppy first half to beat Tennessee Tech 84-54 on Sunday. Chauntise Wright added 15 points and Deseree Byrd h...
Sign on San Diego Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:40:08 -0500

World's largest solar energy plant, Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features A green technology body with powers to direct a worldwide transition away from a high-carbon economy...
The Guardian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:23:37 -0500

The powers that be in the UK are incurring the ire of Brit internet users with the newly announced Digital Economy Bill. Echoing similar protests to those heard with New Zealand's controversial Secti...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:15:41 -0500

Zachery Peacock that he would need to contribute two 3-pointers against Boston University. Peacock delivered without a hitch, going 2 for 2 beyond the arc. The senior forward also led the No. 21...
Sports Illustrated Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:12:12 -0500

NSW households forced on to "smart meters'' face paying an extra $275 a year to run their air- conditioner and pool compared with those on standard power tariffs.
Australian IT Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:03:03 -0500

NEW DELHI: New telecom entrant STel has awarded a five-year IT outsourcing contract to Tech Mahindra, at least two people familiar with the transaction told ET last week. STel, which plans to compe...
Times of India Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:57:00 -0500

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soar...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:29 -0500

An experienced canoeist has died after becoming trapped under his boat while riding a flooded river. Chris Wheeler, 46, from Reading, Berkshire, was pulled from the River Dart at Mel Tor, Poundsgate...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:28 -0500

A leaked Government report on "lessons learnt" after the Iraq war reveals "appalling" failures that left the British Army ill-equipped for battle and the subsequent occupation, it has been reported. ...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:27 -0500

Simon Cowell called them an "unstoppable machine" but John and Edward were deadwood after being voted off X Factor. The hyper-quiffed identical pop twins, known as Jedward, came up against Olly Murs...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:37:26 -0500

*Have you created IDs and passwords to enter other SPH online sites such as AsiaOne Careers? If so, then checking this box will mean that your BTO ID and password will override those earlier IDs an...
Business Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:52:22 -0500

A TOUR of its carefully tended, 300-acre corporate campus here leaves little doubt why surveys, year after year, rate the SAS Institute, the world’s largest private software company, among the ...
Gadsden Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:59 -0500

An experienced canoeist has died after becoming trapped under his boat while riding a flooded river. Chris Wheeler, 46, from Reading, Berkshire, was pulled from the River Dart at Mel Tor, Poundsgate...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:14 -0500

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soar...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:13 -0500

Couples who have hit a "rocky patch" will be offered counselling on the NHS if their relationship problems are causing depression, it has emerged. The free advice will be available from April as par...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:12 -0500

Simon Cowell called them an "unstoppable machine" but John and Edward were deadwood after being voted off X Factor. The hyper-quiffed identical pop twins, known as Jedward, came up against Olly Murs...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:10 -0500

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it.
Tampa Bay Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:05:04 -0500

San Juan, PR (Sports Network) - Zachery Peacock had 22 points as 21st-ranked Georgia Tech used a big second half to take an 85-67 win over Boston University on the final day of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off...
Sports Network Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:44:25 -0500

Kampala Stanbic Bank has launched a new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and internet based banking platform. The initiative brings speed and convenience to the payment of tuition fees by students as...
Daily Monitor Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:39:42 -0500

MUMBAI: After FMCG firms and marketers, now venture capital firms are discovering rural India. US-based venture capital firm Walden International, which re-entered India in June 2008 after a gap of...
Times Of India Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:18:34 -0500

MUMBAI: Tata Docomo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, on Saturday extended its per-second-billing scheme to roaming calls, intensifying the tariff war in India’s fast-growing wireless telecom ...
Times Of India Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:18:33 -0500

MUMBAI: After FMCG firms and marketers, now venture capital firms are discovering rural India. US-based venture capital firm Walden International, which re-entered India in June 2008 after a gap of...
Times of India Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:09:24 -0500

BANGALORE: As America’s top banks emerge from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the economy starts showing signs of recovery, Indian outsourcing vendors, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS...
Times of India Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:09:21 -0500

An experienced canoeist has died after becoming trapped under his boat while riding a flooded river. Chris Wheeler, 46, from Reading, Berkshire, was pulled from the River Dart at Mel Tor, Poundsgate...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:50:56 -0500

The Liberal Democrats would support whichever party had the most seats if there was a hung parliament, Nick Clegg indicated. The party leader said it was inevitable that whoever received the "strong...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:50:52 -0500

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soar...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:50:51 -0500

Couples who have hit a "rocky patch" will be offered counselling on the NHS if their relationship problems are causing depression, it has emerged. The free advice will be available from April as par...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:50:50 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
Tampa Bay Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:45:41 -0500

Foundation and an online seminar about working from home.In October, Mr. Chow’s income from Twitter ads was around $3,000. “I get paid for pushing a button,” he said. It is perhaps t...
International Herald Tribune Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:16:26 -0500

NEW YORK -- Will it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of daytime t...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:06:06 -0500

An astronaut on the space shuttle Atlantis has become a father while in orbit.Astronaut Randy Bresnik, who ventured out on his first spacewalk on Saturday, became a dad on Sunday when his wife Rebbeca...
Ninemsn Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:59:21 -0500

(11-22) 10:05 PST East Providence, R.I. (AP) -- The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacr...
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:41:38 -0500

Early predictions for this year's Dungeness season were pretty much gloom and doom, but - happily for lovers of local crab - that doesn't seem to be case.
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:41:35 -0500

An experienced canoeist has died after becoming trapped under his boat while riding a flooded river. Chris Wheeler, 46, from Reading, Berkshire, was pulled from the River Dart at Mel Tor, Poundsgate...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:28:30 -0500

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soar...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:28:29 -0500

The Liberal Democrats would support whichever party had the most seats if there was a hung parliament, Nick Clegg indicated. The party leader said it was inevitable that whoever received the "strong...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:28:28 -0500

Couples who have hit a "rocky patch" will be offered counselling on the NHS if their relationship problems are causing depression, it has emerged. The free advice will be available from April as par...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:28:23 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
Tampa Bay Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:23:18 -0500

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it.
Tampa Bay Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:23:17 -0500

NEW YORK (AP) -- Will it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of dayt...
Tampa Bay Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:23:14 -0500

In this Nov. 14, 2009 photo, a customer purchases a newspaper in Palo Alto, Calif. While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:41:45 -0500

(11-22) 07:31 PST LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern...
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:18:32 -0500

For most of us, though, aquariums are of limited interest. In a standard setup, the fish simply swim around and around, pursuing their piscine interests as best they can in a confined space. They are ...
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:18:29 -0500

An experienced canoeist has died after becoming trapped under his boat while riding a flooded river. Chris Wheeler, 46, from Reading, Berkshire, was pulled from the River Dart at Mel Tor, Poundsgate...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:25 -0500

The Conservatives would hold an "emergency budget" within 50 days of winning a general election, David Cameron said. The Tory leader insisted the financial package would be needed to tackle the soar...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:24 -0500

The Liberal Democrats would support whichever party had the most seats if there was a hung parliament, Nick Clegg indicated. The party leader said it was inevitable that whoever received the "strong...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:22 -0500

Couples who have hit a "rocky patch" will be offered counselling on the NHS if their relationship problems are causing depression, it has emerged. The free advice will be available from April as par...
Ananova Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:21 -0500

The group took a hit from the chip sector which lost ground for a second day, amid growing concerns about where the semiconductor market is headed. The double whammy set the Nasdaq Composite Index ...
Morning Star Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:01:25 -0500

Christchurch technology company Emendo can tell public hospitals how many patients will come through the doors this weekend. Emendo uses a range of mathematical algorithms to predict patient numbers ...
New Zealand Herald Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:20:16 -0500

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni, seen here at the end of their recent visit to Qatar, were lampooned on The Simpsons on Nov. 15.
CBC News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:16:43 -0500

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni, seen here at the end of their recent visit to Qatar, were lampooned on The Simpsons on Nov. 15.
CBC News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:16:19 -0500

Focus on issues facing customers in fast-moving consumer goods, fashion industries Campbell, CA (PRWEB) September 30, 2009 -- Centric Software hosted a fashion and consumer goods Customer Advisory Bo...
Earth Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:03:31 -0500

Focus on speeding sample development, on-time product design and delivery Campbell, Calif. (PRWEB) August 26, 2009 -- Klim USA, a rapidly growing maker of advanced technical riding gear for today's a...
Earth Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:03:31 -0500

Subject material will challenge apparel companies to consider new strategies for success in current economic environment, examine practices of Apparel Magazine All-Star Award winner Klim USA. Campbel...
Earth Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:03:30 -0500

A federal grand jury in Charleston, W.Va., has linked five Minnesotans to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in several states into paying at least $3.3 million to bogus ...
Pioneer Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:56:34 -0500

Unless Congress acts soon, people who lose their jobs will also begin losing the generous federal subsidy for Cobra health insurance premiums starting next month.
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:19 -0500