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Top Stories: Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) How does the brain zero in on a single bit of information, out of the tens of thousands that it is bombarded with daily? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered a mechanism that the brain uses to filter out distracting thoughts to focus on a single bit of information. IANS Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:03 -0500NEW YORK ? CDC Software Corp., a Chinese business software developer whose shares began trading in the United States last summer, said Monday its third-quarter profit rose 47 percent on lower co... Sign on San Diego Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:51:48 -0500Combined technology features policy administration with billing, claims and bureau reporting components; IDP clients Security Mutual and AFI commit to new solution. Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:46:04 -0500CHALLENGE: The obstacle to large financial firms' use of public clouds has been security, but industry groups and vendors are working to fix this. And internal clouds, protected within a firm's own fi... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:57 -0500: A small revolution has taken place over the past two years in the way capital markets firms, especially buy-side firms, buy and use software. Rather than purchase and install programs, they've grown... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:56 -0500Challenge: With a plethora of proposed regulations in the pipeline, financial services firms are facing more strenuous audits and data reporting requirements that could result in penalties if firms ge... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:55 -0500CHALLENGE: Institutional investors are already demanding more transparency from hedge funds. Not to be outdone, regulators are readying new rules for hedge fund reporting. Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:54 -0500The Challenge: Congress is working on legislation for OTC derivatives reform, but there is still no agreement on mandatory clearing of standardized instruments or on how exotic instruments will be han... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:52 -0500CHALLENGE: Social networking technology is changing the way consumers, investors and traders interact and share information. However, all companies are struggling to find ways to show how the trend is... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:51 -0500Cloud 9's platform-as-a-service component enables developers to collaborate within IT teams to create reusable data integration and data quality mappings in the cloud or on premise. Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:50 -0500CHALLENGE: Congress, economists and taxpayers agree on one thing: Large financial firms cannot continue to make large, risky bets (on highly leveraged subprime-related CDOs and CDSs, for example) and ... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:50 -0500WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's push to improve math and science education for children has some heavy hitters for the younger set: Elmo and Big Bird. Besides two of the best-kn... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:48 -0500Clicker is a new Web site that makes it easier to find the full-length, broadcast-quality TV shows and movies available around the Web via streaming. The interface is clean and easy to use, and if you... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:45 -0500ATHENS, Greece - The CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment says the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films. Jim Gianopulo... Star Tribune Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:44:59 -0500Cyberoam launches its Endpoint Data Protection suite to secure corporate data and manage IT assets WOBURN, MA--(Marketwire - November 23, 2009) - Cyberoam, a vendor of identity-based Unified Threa... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:16 -0500WAVX ) today announced that it ranked number 50 on Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500?, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean tec... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:04 -0500The increased computerization in U.S. hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for... Medical News Today Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:39:02 -0500ELKRIDGE, Md. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced ... Fresh News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:34:17 -0500Lawson for Equipment Service Management & Rental (ESM&R), version 1.2, a leading enterprise software package for dealers and distributors of heavy equipment and other large assets. The late... Fresh News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:34:10 -0500(CNN) -- A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals. CNN Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:54 -0500London, England (CNN) -- A possible rise in sea levels by 0.5 meters by 2050 could put at risk more than $28 trillion worth of assets in the world's largest coastal cities, according to a report compi... CNN Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:53 -0500(CNN) -- Authorities at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant were investigating what caused a weekend radiation leak that resulted in 150 workers being sent home, officials said Sunday. CNN Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:52 -0500(CNN) -- "The LHC is back," the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation more than a year after... CNN Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:22:50 -0500MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services, India's leading outsourcing firm, does not expect volume growth in the December quarter to match the September quarter as companies are still deciding on IT budge... Times Of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:16:57 -0500AUSTRALIA'S financial transactions regulator has given eBay subsidiary PayPal Australia until May next year to bulletproof its online payment service against money launderers and terrorism financ... Australian IT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:54 -0500FOLLOWING the adage that an operating system launch always jump-starts PC sales, hardware vendors are flooding the market with a range of new Windows 7-powered packages. Australian IT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:48 -0500Mater chief information officer Malcolm Thatcher says the e-patient record (EPR) system now holds more than 10 million pathology results and 12.5 million events, as well as demographic information.&qu... Australian IT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:43 -0500It is estimated that 5-10 per cent of addresses will require new techniques to accurately geocode.The IntelliGeoLocator coding would be usable in online mapping products and GPS devices to improve use... Australian IT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:34 -0500Global markets Resource plays led gains in both Europe and Asia as gold futures ran up to record highs. India's Reliance reportedly bid $12 billion for the assets of the bankrupt LyondellBasell Ind... Market Watch Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:20 -0500A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening than its predecessor. Mikko Hyponen, chief research of... ZDNet UK Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:12:01 -0500, which occurs when Internet Explorer retrieves certain cascading style sheet (CSS) objects. Vupen warned that this flaw could allow an attacker to crash the browser, or to trick a user into visiting ... ZDNet UK Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:57 -0500Doing more with less. Enhanced business agility. Reduced costs. The demands on IT have never been greater, particularly in light of lower revenue and uncertain demand for the goods and services offere... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:55 -0500The world's biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is in operation again after more than a year of repairs. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Cern, said in a stateme... ZDNet UK Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:53 -0500Instead of data being stored in a single device, info should be easily shared between devices so they can each offer strong functionality, researchers say... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:53 -0500SINGAPORE (Reuters) - You've got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates "tweets" can tell. Reuters Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:11:03 -0500SAN DIEGO, Nov. 23 -- Arkeia Software, a leading provider of fast, easy-to-use and affordable network backup solutions, today announced that LinkStar has become the latest hosting company to deploy Ar... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:09:48 -0500KT will start offering the 32GB and 16GB versions of iPhone 3GS on Nov. 28, the company said in a statement on its Web site. It will also offer the 8GB iPhone 3G. The announcement comes after South K... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:59:51 -0500Forget the quest for skyscraping icons. Here's the real message in San Francisco's newly released plan for the blocks around the Transbay Terminal: Mission Street, not Market Street, is downtown's mai... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:59:48 -0500Householders and business owners in Cockermouth were being allowed back into their flooded properties, police said. The 900 homes and businesses affected by the floods in the Cumbrian town were bein... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:49 -0500A policeman has pleaded guilty to murdering his police constable fiancee. Martin Forshaw, 27, of Meadow Way, Tottington, Bury, admitted killing 31-year-old Claire Howarth, on the day his trial was d... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:49 -0500Leaked 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 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:48 -0500Britain must put itself at the heart of Europe to protect jobs and support economic growth, Gordon Brown has insisted. In thinly-veiled criticism of the Tories, the Prime Minister claimed that retre... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:48 -0500Irish rock giants U2 have been confirmed as the headline act for Glastonbury's 40th anniversary, founder Michael Eavis said. It will be their first appearance at the Somerset festival, which was lau... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:47 -0500Seven out of 10 parents think their child takes plenty of exercise, despite only one in 10 doing enough, a poll has found. Research for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) found there was a "reality ... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:47 -0500Katie Price has left the I'm A Celebrity jungle, the ITV website said. The model had said she would not take part in the next bushtucker trial after she was nominated to face yet another test on the... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:47 -0500Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended. The twins - dubbed "Jedward" - were booted off the show on Sunday night and said they w... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:46 -0500The finance industry has been hit with a pre-Christmas jobs blow with news of more than 700 job losses. The Accord trade union said the jobs will go at Lloyds Banking Groups offices in Aylesbury, Bu... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:45 -0500A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening than its predecessor. Mikko Hyponen, chief research of... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:54 -0500European regulators have agreed to extend the deadline to review Oracle's acquisition of Sun, giving Oracle some more time to develop arguments in reply to the European Commission's concerns, accordin... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:51 -0500Tech Data Corp.'s (TECD) fiscal third-quarter earnings more than doubled on prior-year currency-exchange charges, yet profit topped analysts expectations even as sales slid amid softened demand. Morning Star Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:41:57 -0500Monday's spacewalk was delayed an hour by problems with an astronaut's suit. A valve on the drink bag in Robert Satcher Jr.'s suit came off as he was getting ready to step out. Mission Control told th... Tampa Bay Online Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:40:37 -0500CHALLENGE: Business intelligence tools can deliver decision-making insight to areas on Wall Street that sorely need it, such as portfolio and risk management. The catch? Data has to be clean, accurate... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:55 -0500CHALLENGE: Regulators are scrutinizing the surge in high-frequency trading strategies, which account for more than 60 percent of equities executions by some estimates. Charges of unfair access likely ... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:55 -0500CHALLENGE: Dark pools provide investors with a valuable venue for trading large blocks of securities, but regulations may change the way market participants interact with anonymous trading venues in 2... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:54 -0500During the first few months of 2009, many financial services executives believed that it would be a lost year -- most expected the markets to continue to tumble, or at best tread water, and anticipate... Tech Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:53 -0500With Black Friday only a few days off, I thought it would be timely to list a few of the products that I think stand out this year and, given that the economy is what it is, focus on things that are r... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:50 -0500Among the many reasons to be thankful for Linux and all that is FOSS are qualities like portability, flexibility, comprehensiveness, a cooperative nature, receptivity to innovation -- oh, and the fact... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:49 -0500Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) OS X operating system, Snow Leopard, through intuitive fumbling, less experienced ones may prefer the more formal approach released earlier this month by... Tech News World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:12:48 -0500Baptist Cardiovascular Services, a division of Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., is proud to announce the addition of Aquapheresis Therapy using the Aquadex FlexFlow to its latest advancement ... PR Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:10:09 -0500WhitePages Launches Holiday List Manager and Offers Five Online Tips Designed to Save Consumers Time, Money and Stress as They Prepare to Send Out Holiday Greetings... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:27 -0500KNDR ) today announced that it has signed a Distribution Agreement with Kahalehoe Solar Inc. in Waianae, Hawaii. In Hawaii, 1 in 3 homes have solar water heating systems and the state offers one... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:07 -0500SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - November 23, 2009) - Locus Technologies (Locus), the industry leader in web-based environmental software, announced today the release of its Long Term Monitoring Opt... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:04 -0500Paragon releases a solution for backup and recovery and a system upgrade utilities product designed to help cost-conscious businesses migrate to Windows 7. eWeek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52:56 -0500NEW DELHI: Software services firm HCL Technologies on Monday said it has won a contract worth $200 million from British insurer Equitable Life Assurance Society. The contact begins in March 2011... Times Of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:44:31 -0500UK software house called World Programming (WP) was a little spooked last week to discover it had been sued by a US business analysis software powerhouse, the SAS Institute. Last week SAS announced t... The Inquirer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:43:24 -0500CONSUMER organisation Choice will consider running a national price comparison website if leading supermarkets fail to provide a similar service. Australian IT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:41:49 -0500Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will offload image and text rendering chores to the PC's graphic processor, one way the company plans to increase the browser's overall performance, according to the firm's ... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:40:06 -0500News Corp. initiated the discussions with Microsoft, the report said, citing an unnamed person close to the talks. The person said discussions are in early stages. The report comes two weeks after New... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:40:04 -0500The company, which creates computer-based learning products for CBSE students, plans to to invest Rs 300 crore in phases for R&D, Helix said in a statement. In addition, a sum of Rs 100 crore has... Business Standard Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:39:03 -0500NEW DELHI: Software services firm HCL Technologies on Monday said it has won a contract worth $200 million from British insurer Equitable Life Assurance Society. The contact begins in March 2011... Times of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:34:55 -0500Dozens of student protesters who took over a UC Santa Cruz administrative building after a systemwide tuition increase were removed Sunday morning when police officers in riot gear ordered them to exi... San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:28:56 -0500As an art student living in San Francisco, Ben Wood rode his bicycle in the shadow of Coit Tower almost every day and always thought the white cylinder would make a great totem pole. San Francisco Chronicle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:28:54 -0500Householders and business owners in Cockermouth were being allowed back into their flooded properties, police said. The 900 homes and businesses affected by the floods in the Cumbrian town were bein... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:18 -0500Four 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 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:16 -0500Irish rock giants U2 have been confirmed as the headline act for Glastonbury's 40th anniversary, founder Michael Eavis said. It will be their first appearance at the Somerset festival, which was lau... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:15 -0500Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended. The twins - dubbed "Jedward" - were booted off the show on Sunday night and said they w... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:14:15 -0500Google's dual-pronged operating-system strategy will likely produce a single OS down the road, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Google executives, including CEO Eric Schmidt, have downplay... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:11:06 -0500, which occurs when Internet Explorer retrieves certain cascading style sheet (CSS) objects. Vupen warned that this flaw could allow an attacker to crash the browser, or to trick a user into visiting ... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:10:56 -0500Corp. has initiated discussions with Microsoft over a plan to have the media company's web content essentially delisted from the world's largest search engine Google, according to a report Sunday in t... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:10:52 -0500A valve on the drink bag in astronaut Robert Satcher Jr.'s suit came off Monday morning, as he was getting ready to step out. Mission Control instructed the crew to reattach the valve to the water pou... Tampa Bay Online Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:08:50 -0500XCEL ), a developer of patented mobile payments and banking platforms, today commented on the growing marketplace for its technology as it develops its applications to interface with various smart ... Market Wire Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:40:23 -050040% of cheating on spouses in Israel involves high-tech workers or their spouse at home, according to a study by Adv. Ronen Dlayahu, a divorce lawyer and chairman of the Israel Bar Association Tel Avi... Globes Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:36:32 -0500THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sharjah, an emirate of the UAE, has announced the setting up of a science and technology innovation centre at the Infopark, Kochi. The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (... Times Of India Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:18:35 -0500Computers Unlimited and Adobe link arms for anti-piracy push Resellers offered support on highlighting dangers of unauthorised software use... Infomatics Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:18:04 -0500The traditional big ERP paradigm has reached its end. Instead, expect ERP systems to become modular, distributed, and a lot more nimble as they break apart... InfoWorld Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:14:24 -0500CONCORD, Mass. - (Business Wire) Everyday Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of integrated solutions for School Transportation Information, announced today that Los Angeles Unified School District ... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:12:38 -0500Ace Metrix ™, the leader in on-demand television advertising intelligence, today announced that Greg Drew has joined its Board of Directors as an independent director. Drew, currently the chief ... Earth Times Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:12:35 -0500Householders and business owners in Cockermouth were being allowed back into their flooded properties, police said. The 900 homes and businesses affected by the floods in the Cumbrian town were bein... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:35 -0500Hundreds 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 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:34 -0500Tuneless twins John and Edward Grimes said they are "up for any challenge" now their X Factor dream has ended. The twins - dubbed "Jedward" - were booted off the show on Sunday night and said they w... Ananova Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:32 -0500The 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 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:49:31 -0500Well done Google. Up to a point.What we still need is a more reliable network - especially when mobile. I still can't travel by train from Brighton to London without losing numerous link drops or the ... ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:23 -0500This blog is intended to provoke discussion and exchange between like minded software application developers, engineers, architects, project managers - and keen hobbyists too. ZDNet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:05 -0500Moms often struggle with the decision of whether to go back to work or to stay at home with their kids. They no longer have to choose between the two. Moms looking for "work from home" coach... PR Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:22:19 -0500 |
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