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Study to Determine the Mysteries of Human Voices

Over millions of years, our species has developed an increasingly complex vocal apparatus, which has now placed us at the top, in terms of speech performance. While most higher mammals have the ability to produce sounds, such as roars and pearls, using their vocal chords, none of them is capable of generating articul...

1 December 2009
18:01 GMT

Samantha Harris’ Workout Routine

Samantha Harris is 36 years old, mother to a 2-year-old daughter and with a schedule so busy that one can’t inevitably wonder how she can still make the time to see to her figure. This happens because working out is essential for the television star, not only because it helps her stay in shape, but because it m...

1 December 2009
16:31 GMT

GOES-14 Moves in Orbital Storage

Scientists in charge of operating the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-14), formerly known as GOES-O, say that all the instruments on the spacecraft are working well, and that it is currently being moved to an on-orbit storage location. The satellite is now awaiting deployment, after mission ma...

1 December 2009
16:01 GMT

Tips for a Healthy Manicure

They often say you can tell a lot of things about a person by simply looking into their eyes when addressing them. While the eyes will always remain the windows of the soul, they also say that a woman gives something away of her true nature by means of her hands. Manicure is essential from this perspective to create ...

1 December 2009
15:31 GMT

Nokia Sells Its Shares in Venyon Oy

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia announced today that it sold the shares it held in Venyon Oy to Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), which now becomes the only shareholder in the company. Venyon, a leading trusted service manager (TSM) in the mobile near field communication (NFC) market, has been created in 2006...

1 December 2009
15:21 GMT

PeachyBody Pants Melt Cellulite Away in Just 21 Days

While many women have already started their special pre-Christmas combo of dieting and working out (but mostly the former), others will opt for the easiest way out with the help of a new product that brags of being able to do away with cellulite in just 21 days. They’re called the PeachyBody pants and are avail...

1 December 2009
15:11 GMT

Multi-Beam, Multi-Functional Lasers Now Possible

Scientists from the Harvard University, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, recently demonstrated multi-beam, multi-functional lasers for the first time. The compact device emits light in the infrared wavelength spectrum, and is able to take on multiple applications at the same time. The experts unde...

1 December 2009
15:01 GMT

Loneliness Is Contagious, Study Proves

A new study, made possible by means of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, comes to show that loneliness, just like a common cold or other infection, can be contagious. This means that people who suffer from it tend to spread it to others who, in turn, are pushed to the periphery of the social network where...

1 December 2009
14:31 GMT

Amanda Holden Swears Off Botox

Not long ago, actress and television personality Amanda Holden was proudly saying that she had made of Botox a way of life and that she saw undergoing the procedure on a regular basis as important as, say, whitening one’s teeth. The star seems to have had a change of heart in the meantime, telling the Daily Mai...

1 December 2009
13:21 GMT

Get Your Image as the Bing Wallpaper for an Entire Day

Missed the chance to get your photo as the Bing background image for a whole day via the Summer Travel Photo Contest this past summer? Well, get your cameras ready, because Microsoft is giving you yet another shot to get one of your digital images as the Bing wallpaper for an entire day. The Home Sweet Homepage Photo...

1 December 2009
12:21 GMT

'White Space' Wireless Technologies, One Step Closer to Becoming a Reality

The move from analogue to digital TV broadcasts may be starting to be pay off as plans to fill the unused radio space, left vacant by the switch, with cheap broadband wireless Internet connections are moving forward. The US made the switch earlier this year, after several delays, and the US Federal Communications Co...

1 December 2009
11:50 GMT

Britney Spears Very Much in Love but Not Engaged

Long are the days when Britney Spears’ personal life was the closest thing to horror stories, with one visit to the psychiatric ward, car chases and public breakdowns. The same goes for her love life, which, not long ago, meant dating a paparazzo who reportedly made money off the relationship. Today, Britney Sp...

1 December 2009
11:41 GMT

NVIDIA Will Be Demonstrating New Quadro Cards at Autodesk University

Autodesk University will see some new additions to NVIDIA's line of Quadro graphics cards, each of which, despite not supporting DirectX 11, will supposedly improve productivity and creativity of 3D design operations by providing an acceleration, while in AutoCAD, 10 times better than that of consumer graphics a...

1 December 2009
11:40 GMT

Windows 7 Trips Mac OS X, Makes Apple Lose OS Market Share

Inevitably, with the advent of a new Windows platform, the old operating system market share race received new fuel, sparking fresh OS usage rate measuring contests. Windows 7 is, of course, the start of this year’s end, having been released to the public for purchase over a month ago. Since General Availabilit...

1 December 2009
11:31 GMT

Bourne Director Leaves Franchise, So Does Matt Damon

It’s not uncommon for franchise stars to keep details about upcoming installments under wraps, so perhaps this is what Matt Damon was also doing when he said he was too old for a fourth “Bourne” film. Granted he was on board with the project, the franchise has hit a very serious bump in the road in ...

1 December 2009
11:28 GMT

VIA's Mobile-ITX is 50% Smaller Than the Pico-ITX

When the Pico-ITX came out, the general impression was that further miniaturization of PC form factors wouldn't come for quite a while. VIA just proved that assumption wrong by showcasing what will likely become the new standard in mobile embedded computing, the revolutionary Mobile-ITX form factor. This new 6cm...

1 December 2009
11:09 GMT

YouTube May Offer Paid TV Show Streams

YouTube is working overtime on getting those revenue streams flowing and, if you take Google's word on it, it seems to be 'paying' off. But advertising alone is not going to make it profitable, at least not fast enough for the company, so Google is also looking at premium paid content as a potential r...

1 December 2009
11:04 GMT

New Herschel Observations Boost Galaxy Research

Researchers at the McMaster University have recently revealed that the new data sets sent back by the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO) are providing them with new windows into the appearance, development and demise of galaxies. The telescope has been especially constructed to analyze regions of the electromagnetic sp...

1 December 2009
11:02 GMT

Sprint Launches 4G Services in Seattle

Mobile phone carrier Sprint announced today that it just launched its Sprint 4G mobile broadband services in the Seattle area. According to the company, the arrival of its services in this market should offer users the possibility to enjoy improved streaming video, fast file downloads and uploads, as well as great I...

1 December 2009
10:57 GMT

Windows Live Messenger Powers New Juku Service on MSN China

As far as its worldwide strategy is concerned, Microsoft has steered clear of the microblogging universe, although it did manage to embrace Twitter tightly with Bing search. In this regard, China is the exception that confirms the rule for the Redmond company. This because Microsoft has just unveiled a new service in...

1 December 2009
10:55 GMT

Michael Lohan Threatens Suicide on Twitter – Bogus Report

Lindsay Lohan has often taken her dirty laundry to air on Twitter, especially back in the days when she was still dating DJ Samantha Ronson. This could also explain why no one doubted the legitimacy of an account that seemed to belong to her father Michael, and that he used to announce his suicidal intents. Those pos...

1 December 2009
10:49 GMT

Hubble Images Impressive Cosmic Clouds

Using its impressive Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the Hubble Space Telescope has recently managed to snap a series of impressive photos of the Iris Nebula, a structure also known as NGC 7023. The nebula actually hides a stellar nursery, a region of intense stellar formation that produces new, blue stars at an i...

1 December 2009
10:49 GMT

Motorola DROID Sees Exchange 2010 and 2007 Support

Intermedia, the largest Microsoft Exchange hosting provider all around the world, announced today that it made all of its hosted Exchange services (including Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007) available for the recently launched Motorola DROID. The handset, as many of you might already know, is the second Android devi...

1 December 2009
10:40 GMT

Meryl Streep at 60: Happy to Be Alive

In a context in which more and more actresses in Hollywood are complaining about the double standard in the industry and the ageism that is forcing them to accept roles they wouldn’t have given a second thought had they been younger, there is at least one female star who’s thriving. Meryl Streep, aged 60,...

1 December 2009
10:32 GMT

NEC Launches the NEC MultiSync EA222WMe LED-Backlit LCD

NEC released what can be considered the greenest LCD display developed by the company so far. It is called the MultiSync EA222WMe and is a 22-inch LED-backlit Liquid Crystal Display monitor able to provide panel brightness equal to other panel types while consuming 20% less power. In addition, it weighs 25 percent le...

1 December 2009
10:30 GMT

Free Driver Update Scanner

Updating the drivers for the hardware components on your system is one of the most neglected jobs when it comes to keeping your computer in best shape. Windows Updates can help you with that in some cases, but it will largely provide updates for the popular hardware. Also, it will often supply generic drivers that do...

1 December 2009
10:30 GMT

Waze Debuts New International Partnership Program

The worldwide popular provider of community-based live maps and real-time road information waze announced today the launch of a new partnership program around the world, aimed at local map providers. According to the company, the launch of the new program is based on the successful international launch of its servic...

1 December 2009
10:27 GMT

Twitter Tops Michael Jackson, Google Zeitgeist 2009

Microsoft did it, Yahoo did it and now Google did it as well, though with a slight twist. Bing gave us the top searches of 2009, Yahoo came out with a similar top, but Google is now releasing the top fastest rising searches of the year which doesn't necessarily mean they were the most popular terms by volume. A...

1 December 2009
10:21 GMT

Windows 7 RTM Family Pack Limited Pilot in Australia for Christmas

Microsoft has debuted the Christmas holiday offerings down under, announcing a Windows 7 Family Pack limited pilot. Via the promotion, Australian customers will be able to buy no less than three Windows 7 Home Premium licenses for just $249 (RRP). According to the Redmond company, the promotion has been given green l...

1 December 2009
10:16 GMT

Bella and Edward’s Affair Has All Components of an Abusive Relationship

“New Moon,” the second film in “The Twilight Saga,” recently opened in theaters worldwide and has been setting new records in terms of grossing at the box-office. Fans know that the films deal with the extremely romantic love story between a vampire and a mortal girl but, according to a report...

1 December 2009
10:11 GMT

Expedition 21 Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

Three astronauts landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan a bit earlier, having returned from their six-month stays aboard the International Space Station (ISS). RosCosmos cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, European Space Agency (ESA) former ISS Commander Frank DeWinne, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Bob Thirsk ...

1 December 2009
10:10 GMT

Team Group Will Release 128GB X091 by the End of the year

Prior to this year's end, consumers will see a new USB flash drive released by Taiwanese company Team Group, a 128GB-capable stick measuring a mere 70 x 28.9 x 12.3, unlike its siblings, which are capable of 16, 32 and 64GB. The flash drive will weigh 48 grams, will have a metallic color and a chessboard-like pa...

1 December 2009
09:55 GMT

Glu Releases Guitar Hero 5 Mobile

Leading global publisher of mobile games Glu Mobile Inc. announced today the worldwide launch of its new Guitar Hero 5 Mobile. According to the company, the new title has been developed and published as a result of its exclusive global partnership with Activision Publishing, Inc. At the same time, the company also n...

1 December 2009
09:54 GMT

Friends Fear Susan Boyle Is Heading for Another Breakdown

Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing sensation that made international headlines once she auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent and stunned judges and audiences with her clear and very strong voice, is en route to another breakdown, friends believe. As of late, under the stress of the release of her first album, &ld...

1 December 2009
09:40 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks and Samsung Receive Green Awards

Infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks and South Korean leading mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics have been recently announced as being the winners of Juniper Research’s 2010 Future Mobile Green Awards. According to the research firm, Nokia Siemens Networks received the Gold Award in the...

1 December 2009
09:30 GMT

Three Security Vendors to Help bit.ly Fight Spam

The company operating bit.ly, the Internet's most popular URL shortening service, has enlisted the help of VeriSign, Websense and Sophos to protect its users from spam. Each of the vendors will provide bit.ly with fundamentally different URL checking technologies for what aims to be one of the most complete and ...

1 December 2009
09:30 GMT

New Arista Gigabit Ethernet Switch Features Citrix NetScaler VPX

The Arista 7048 is a data center class wire-speed multi-layer Gigabit Ethernet switch capable of delivering up to 40 gigabits of interconnect capacity. It runs the Arista Extensible Operating System (EOS) and is the first such switch to incorporate the Citrix Systems NetScaler VPX load balancing and application secur...

1 December 2009
09:27 GMT

Lady Gaga Takes a Tumble Live in Concert

Lady Gaga kicked off her Monster Ball tour, doing her best to make sure that it was, as she promised not long ago, the most “delicious” tour the music industry has ever seen. There were plenty of costume changes and more than enough theatricality, good singing and plenty of interaction with the fans. As M...

1 December 2009
09:21 GMT

Google, Facebook and Twitter Turn Red for World AIDS Day

Today is World Aids day and, as you would expect, many web companies are showing their support for the cause. Google didn't go the usual route and sport a doodle to mark the occasion. Instead, it shows a message below the search box with a link to a Google.org page with more information. Twitter went even furth...

1 December 2009
09:16 GMT

Introducing ‘Samsung Diva Collection 2010’

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics announced today the launch of Samsung Diva Collection 2010,’ a new series of handsets that are aimed mainly at female cell phone users. According to the company, the new collection includes devices like the Diva (S7070) and the Diva folder (S5150), yet they a...

1 December 2009
09:09 GMT

Pete Doherty Booed for Singing Nazi Anthem, May Face Prosecution

British rocker and former Libertines frontman Pete Doherty has disgraced himself with organizers of the on3 music festival in Munich, but also with fans in Germany, after he got on stage and sang a Nazi anthem, the Telegraph reports. Apparently under the influence, Doherty was forced by the organizers to leave the st...

1 December 2009
08:59 GMT

Dell Releases New Mobile Workstation with Core i7, Dell Precision M6500

The product page on the company's site dubs the Dell precision M6500 as “the most powerful mobile workstation” and claims it delivers “unlimited creative power” and “specifications that some desktop workstations might struggle to deliver.” Although there have been many recent ...

1 December 2009
08:58 GMT

New Views of Unborn Babies Now Possible

Scientists in the United Kingdom have recently demonstrated a new type of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device in action. The technology has been around for a couple of years, but it hasn't really caught on until now, the researchers say. The MRI instrument is able to show doctors and expecting parents intima...

1 December 2009
08:58 GMT

SQL Server 2008 R2 General Availability by May 6, 2010

It appears that the next generation data platform from Microsoft has got an official general availability deadline set before the end of the first week of May 2010. Or at least, semi-official, considering that the sources of the GA date are not exactly among Microsoft official channels. However, customers looking for...

1 December 2009
08:57 GMT

Zii TRINITY, a New Platform for Android and Plaszma OSes

ZiiLABS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd., announced today the launch of Zii TRINITY, a 3.5G/4G smartphone and development platform that features support for the Android operating system, as well as for the native Linux-based Plaszma OS. The Zii TRINITY platform comes with support for High Defin...

1 December 2009
08:44 GMT

PLUG Technology to Resolve Levee Breaches

Hurricane Katrina (2005), one of the largest natural disasters in the history of the United States, is still a fresh memory in the minds of New Orleans residents, and of citizens across the country. The unimaginable extent of the damages caused by the floods left authorities at the time wondering where to start rescu...

1 December 2009
08:22 GMT

VirtualBox 3.1.0 for Linux Brings Teleportation Feature

Sun Microsystems proudly announced on the last day of November that its popular virtualization software, VirtualBox, reached version 3.1.0. This major update brings lots of new features, many bugfixes and improvements over previous 3.0.x versions. The big and breathtaking news is that users are now able to migrate li...

1 December 2009
07:58 GMT

Windows 7 RTM Tips and Tricks from Users via Microsoft

Microsoft is letting users running the latest iteration of the Windows client share their experiences with the world. Essentially, the Redmond company is making TechNet Magazine a medium through which Windows 7 users can publish tips and tricks on the operating system. Content judged worth of publication will find it...

1 December 2009
06:58 GMT

Google Wants to Build an Actual 'Cloud' for the 2012 London Olympics

Google, M.I.T, and Umberto Eco are teaming up to build a cloud, literally. The Cloud is, to be precise, an ambitious architectural undertaking which they hope to have ready in time for the London Olympics in 2012. And here's the interesting part, the 'cloud' will be “fed by real time inform...

1 December 2009
06:46 GMT

Transcend Releases New USB JetFlash Drives

In keeping with the spirit of diminutive storage modules, the new USB flash drives from Transcend come as an addition to the company's line of JetFlash USB flash drives. The products have a streamlined, contoured design and work on the USB 2.0 interface. The modules measure 60.9 x 19.3 x 8.5 mm, which makes them...

1 December 2009
06:40 GMT

Nokia Announces the Launch of Qt 4.6

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today the launch of Qt 4.6, the latest flavor of its cross-platform application and UI framework. According to the company, the new release comes around with new platform support and powerful new graphical capabilities, as well as with support for multi-touch gestures. More...

1 December 2009
06:39 GMT

Opera Mobile 9.5 Powers the Browsing on GSmart S1200

Norwegian software company Opera Software announced on Monday that its Opera Mobile 9.5 solution has been selected by GIGA-BYTE Communications to power the “Hami” widget service available on the company's Gigabyte GSmart S1200 Windows phone. Hami, which comes from the Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Tel...

1 December 2009
06:26 GMT

'Ion Tiger' Sets New Endurance Record

Between November 16 and 17, the Ion Tiger managed to fly for 26 straight hours carrying a 5-pound (2.5-kilogram) payload, and setting a new, unofficial record. The small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) uses hydrogen fuel cells for power, and appears to be making good use of them too. The advanced aircraft was designed and...

1 December 2009
06:25 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials vs. Kaspersky, Nod32, BitDefender, Symantec, McAfee

Believe it or not, but the recently introduced, free security solution from Microsoft manages to hold its own against fully-fledged, paid security suites from heavyweight players on the security market, at least when it comes down to generic detection and heuristic techniques. In fact, Microsoft Security Essentials 1...

1 December 2009
06:22 GMT

MiFi 2372 Already Available from Bell

Canadian wireless carrier Bell announced on Monday the launch of the MiFi 2372 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot from Novatel Wireless, an award winning device that will enable users to enjoy Wi-Fi connectivity on the carrier's network for a number of up to five devices. According to Bell, the new MiFi 2372 comes with...

1 December 2009
06:09 GMT

X-FAB Sells UK-Based Wafer Fabrication Plant to Plus Semi

X-FAB UK is a semiconductor manufacturing plant that represents less than five percent of the total capacity of X-FAB Silicon Foundries Group. The latter was interested in strategically aligning its facilities in order to achieve further growth as a business and this meant either closing or selling the wafer manufact...

1 December 2009
06:07 GMT

Nanoparticles Can Now Withstand Extreme Heat

Scientists have been trying to produce metallic nanoparticles able to withstand large temperatures for a long time, but their efforts have thus far been in vein. These small structures could come in handy as catalysts for hydrogen production, or as active components in new catalysts systems, which might see cars emit...

1 December 2009
06:01 GMT

Microsoft Simulation Platform to Be Used in Warfighter Training

Thanks to Lockheed Martin, the Microsoft Simulation Platform will be used for warfighter training by organizations around the world, in the future. The Redmond company expanded on an existing alliance with Lockheed Martin over Microsoft ESP, a move which will permit the evolution of ESP’s current capabilities. ...

1 December 2009
05:51 GMT

Verizon to Deliver Updates for Samsung Intensity and Trance

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly getting ready to release a series of software updates for two of the handsets it currently has available for its users, namely the Samsung Intensity (SCH U-490) and Samsung Trance (SCH U-450). Moreover, the said updates are believed to come over-the-air to users, w...

1 December 2009
05:47 GMT

Infamous Pharmacy Spammer Gets Fifteen Million Dollar Fine

Lance Atkinson, the notorious Australia-based ringleader of the Herbal King spam gang, was fined over $15 million in a default judgment, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announces. Jody Smith, a U.S. resident and one of his co-conspirators, has agreed to forfeit over $800,000 and is faced with a prison sentenc...

1 December 2009
05:35 GMT

Google's Chrome Developer Tools Now Include a Heap Profiler

Google has a lot of work ahead of it trying to convince more users to switch to its fledgling web browser Chrome. The browser is definitely a lot more polished and feature-rich than it was a year ago and its user numbers are growing at a healthy pace according to Google. But there is another crowd which the company ...

1 December 2009
05:29 GMT

Stitcher Brings Streaming-Audio App to Android

Android mobile phone users around the world can now enjoy a new application on their devices, namely Stitcher. The new software solution is a free app available for download from the Android Market, which will deliver on-demand news and talk radio directly to the handsets running under Google's Android operatin...

1 December 2009
05:25 GMT

VID-AR597 for Radeon HD 5970 Pictured

Besides the top-end specifications and full support for the latest DirectX 11 graphics, one of the most impressive features of the recently released Radeon HD 5970 graphics adapter is the fact that, despite being ultra fast and highly capable even in basic operational mode, it has a high overclocking potential.Natura...

1 December 2009
05:17 GMT

Our Relations with the Urban Environment May Soon Change

People who have had at least marginal contact with Google Maps, or Yahoo Maps, among other similar applications, will have an easy time getting accustomed to seeing their cities from above, but this time in 3D. The technology is not new, but plans are to transform it considerably, in the sense that users will soon be...

1 December 2009
05:01 GMT

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP 1 Arrives

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just released the Service Pack 1 for its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino. The new release comes around with a series of fixes and improvements for the BES 5.0 solution, which has been launched into the wild back at WES 20...

1 December 2009
04:58 GMT

Yahoo's Top 10 Searches for 2009

December is just beginning and we're already starting to get flooded with round-ups, tops, and the likes, all trying to sum up 2009 in a nice orderly and succinct fashion. Bing came out with its top searches of 2009 yesterday, and now Yahoo is doing the same. Normally, you'd expect some differences but for...

1 December 2009
04:47 GMT

32nm Notebooks Might Get SDXC Capabilities by CES 2010

The SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity), showcased at CES 2009 back in January, is a type of memory that has a maximum data capacity of 2TB. Although, currently, the data transfer speed is only 104MB/s, future models are expected to boast speeds of 300MB/s.Considering the advancements in all other aspects of note...

1 December 2009
04:38 GMT

The Shifty Science Behind the Movie 2012

After seeing the much hyped movie 2012, which began running in theaters around the world a few weeks ago, scientists started questioning the validity of the claims the movie makes. Though it was meant to play at the craze that appears to be taking over the world, which has it that, two years from now, the planet as w...

1 December 2009
04:35 GMT

Windows Home Server Holiday Discounts Now Live

If extra storage, automatic backup, and holiday gifts are concepts that go hand in hand for you, then Microsoft has a great lineup of products that fit the description above. At the start of this week, the Redmond company announced a number of special promotions with Windows Home Server at the core. In this regard, t...

1 December 2009
04:34 GMT

Eyewitness Speaks of Tiger Woods’ Car Crash

Over the weekend, Tiger Woods was involved in a one-vehicle car crash. The exact details of the accident have not yet been established, with the police investigation still underway, which is partly why it has generated so much controversy. An eyewitness is now coming forward to recall what he’s seen on the scen...

1 December 2009
04:32 GMT

Motorola DROID Sees Great Momentum

Motorola DROID is the second mobile phone released on the market by handset maker Motorola with Google's Android operating system on board, and also the only device currently available with the Eclair (aka Android 2.0) flavor of the platform. The handset has been launched on November 6 on the airwaves of Verizo...

1 December 2009
04:28 GMT

Bendable Antennas to Revolutionize Electronics

Scientists are thrilled about the creation of a new class of devices, bendable antennas that could see numerous applications in the near future. Ranging from advanced portable devices to gadgets that need to be folded or rolled up before deployment could all benefit from the new instruments, which can be bent, twiste...

1 December 2009
04:09 GMT

Rihanna Shooting Video for ‘Hard’

Rihanna’s much anticipated album, “Rated R,” bringing a change in sound and drawing inspiration from much stronger emotions than any other previous material from her, is already out in stores and is getting music critics quite ecstatic. To further promote it, the singer will be releasing a video for...

1 December 2009
04:06 GMT

IBM Buys Real-Time Enterprise Database Monitoring and Protection Provider Guardium

IBM seems bent on becoming a prominent supplier of security and compliance solutions for the public sector, fact seen in its continued efforts to expand its Business Analytics and Optimization Consulting organization. It plans to integrate Guardium into its Information Management Software portfolio that has more than...

1 December 2009
04:03 GMT

Windows 7 60-Second Videos for Business Insiders

A new release of a mammoth operating system like Windows is never just about the bits that end up on customers’ computers. Microsoft has to labor extensively in order to get the software and hardware ecosystem of products aligned with a new version of Windows, as well as update documentation and provide new con...

1 December 2009
03:54 GMT

More Rumors on Google's Phone Emerge

Search engine-based company Google has been rumored a few times before to plan launching on the market its own mobile phone, a so-called “true Google Phone” that will, obviously, run under the company's Android operating system. While Google stepped up at a certain point and ruled out the possibilit...

1 December 2009
03:46 GMT

People Endow God with Their Own Views

In a find that could explain why some people feel a close and direct “relationship” with their respective gods, scientists have determined that each individual tends to endow the deity with their own personal beliefs. These may include views on abortion and same-gender marriages. Persuaded that they speak...

1 December 2009
03:46 GMT

Google Gears Takes the Backseat as the Company Focuses on HTML 5

Google is always looking for new challenges, and this can be a blessing and a curse at the same time. It means that the company is always launching new projects and entering new markets, but it also means that it can drop a project just as fast as it picked it up if it gets bored with it. This seems to be happening ...

1 December 2009
03:38 GMT

Vista to Windows 7 RTM Upgrades May Fail If Daemon Tools and Alcohol 120% Are Installed

While it has received indisputable accolades as Microsoft’s best operating system to date, Windows 7 is no stranger to problems either, albeit to an extremely smaller degree than its predecessor, Windows Vista. Some of the issues reported by Microsoft involve failed Vista to Windows 7 upgrade attempts, which ca...

1 December 2009
03:22 GMT

Taylor Lautner to Host SNL

Fans have been struggling for months to get British actor – and star of “New Moon” as well – Robert Pattinson as host for Saturday Night Live. Online petitions have been drawn up, signed, and forwarded to the powers-that-be, but until now, nothing has come of them. On the other hand, with the ...

1 December 2009
03:21 GMT

Samsung Also Making 30nm 32Gb MLC NAND with Asynchronous DDR Interface

Minutes after it announced the mass production of 3-bit MLC NAND chips, Samsung revealed that it had also been working on implementing Asynchronous Double Data Rate (DDR) interface into its NAND memory, effectively creating 32 gigabit MLC NAND memory chips based on the 30nm process. This development comes only eight ...

1 December 2009
03:12 GMT

Vampires: The Origins and History

There is no question that vampires are one of the hottest topics today. They can be seen everywhere, in the make-up teenagers wear, on the T-shirts they have, in bookstores, movie theaters, posters, notebooks and so on. They have always remained hidden somewhere in the public mind, but from time to time, they spring ...

1 December 2009
03:08 GMT

Barbara Walters Names Adam Lambert One of 2009’s Most Fascinating People

They often say that Adam Lambert is destined for greatness, which would, of course, translate into a successful career while also managing to breathe new life into the music industry. If one asks Barbara Walters, the famous television personality, she would probably agree to that as well, especially since she just na...

1 December 2009
03:01 GMT

AT&T Launches 1GHz-Powered LG Expo

Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Monday the upcoming launch of LG eXpo, the first handset that arrives in the United States with a 1GHz processor on board. Starting with December 7, AT&T enterprise customers will be able to purchase the new handset from the company's website, while enjoying its High Speed Pac...

1 December 2009
03:00 GMT

Three Astronauts Leave ISS, Only Two Remain

Three astronauts left the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, letting only two members of the former Expedition 21 crew take care of the orbital facility. A Russian, a Canadian and a Belgian took with them one of the Soyuz capsules docked to the station at all times, and are headed for a landing on the stepp...

1 December 2009
02:50 GMT

Mass Production of Samsung's 30nm 3-bit MLC NAND Chips Commenced

Korean company Samsung opened up a new possibility for growth in the area of flash memory when it introduced the first 50nm-class, 16Gb multi-level-cell NAND memory device back in 2005. This advancement allowed for flash memory devices to reach performance higher than that of SLC (single-level-cell). After that, flas...

1 December 2009
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