Top Stories: Melbourne, December 6 : Demand for latest gadgets and fashion-based entertainment by tech savy girls is steadily pushing dolls to their grave, experts have observed. ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:05 -0500Toronto, Dec 6 (IANS) Dalton McGuinty, premier of Canada's Ontario province, Saturday left for India on a week-long trade mission to sell green technology to the energy-starved country. IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:10:02 -0500Thanjore (Tamil Nadu), Dec 5 : Hundreds of housewives participated here in an idli making competition organised by a crop processing technology unit for their research purpose. ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:08 -0500TEHRAN, Iran ? Tehran residents say authorities have moved to limit Internet access ahead of expected anti-government protests to deny the opposition a vital means of communication. They sa... Sign on San Diego Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:58:44 -0500Amanda Collier started college last August armed with a certificate of eligibility to use Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits that her dad, a Coast Guardsman of 22 years, had earned and transferred to her. Montgomery Advertiser Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:49:57 -0500UNLV’s College of Engineering’s annual senior design competition is an opportunity for students to solve perplexing engineering problems from the everyday — a faster trip across campus — to ... Las Vegas Sun Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:27:26 -0500Call Centre Helper visitors have voted for the Corizon Enterprise Mashup Platform in their Top 10 Technologies for 2009, this first inclusion in the top 10 shows the time for mashups is coming (... PR Web Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:34:59 -0500E-crime is the fastest growing area of concern for business leaders. That's no surprise, since every recession so far in living history has been accompanied by a wave of innovation in fraud, scams and... 24 / 7 Press Release Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:13:23 -0500New Horizons 123 is an Internet marketing company for small businesses. Our services are customized for each client and can be purchased ala carte for those business owners who want to take baby steps... 24 / 7 Press Release Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:12:48 -0500Comcast Corp.'s chief executive, Brian Roberts, was gushing last week about his company's impending takeover of NBC Universal, saying the deal would give consumers what they want, "which is access to ... Associated Press Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:05:55 -0500But even the professionally wary can be gulled - or close to it. Just ask Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the FBI. Mueller recently received an e-mail message that seemed to be from his bank.... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:55:16 -0500-- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:55:14 -0500The simplest explanation of Tiger Woods' current predicament had nothing to do with lust, marital betrayal or fallen idols. It described the crafting of an icon and the takeover of sports by corporate... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:55:11 -0500At this point in 2008, the Giants already had signed Edgar Renteria, Jeremy Affeldt and Bobby Howry and were on the verge of finalizing a deal with Randy Johnson. The A's already had traded for Matt ... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:55:08 -0500"I was pissed," Riley said later. "It was a frustrating game." Good luck figuring out these Bears. Their late-season surge abruptly evaporated on a chilly night in the Pacific Northwest, where Washin... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:55:06 -0500I better eat quickly. Vancouver has more than its share of lively, artsy, bohemian neighborhoods full of great restaurants and clubs side-by-side with everyday working Canadian culture. But when hund... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:55:04 -0500Students compete during the 16th Teenagers' Technology Models Contest in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2009. More than 300 students from over 40 schools' robot teams all over the provin... People's Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:35:55 -0500Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Jonathan Dwyer ran in the game-winning score with 1:20 to play as 12th-ranked Georgia Tech won the ACC Championship with a thrilling 39-34 win over 25th-ranked Clemson at ... Sports Network Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:18:46 -0500NEW DELHI: Both BSNL and MTNL are set to miss the mobile number portability (MNP) deadline of December 31. The state-run telcos have informed the government that they will not be able to impleme... Times Of India Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:52:55 -0500In 1822 the English Mathematician Charles Babbage had an idea for a machine that would perform mathematical calculations rapidly and infallibly. This was long before the age of electrical circuitry, s... Time Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:40:08 -0500At this point in 2008, the Giants already had signed Edgar Renteria, Jeremy Affeldt and Bobby Howry and were on the verge of finalizing a deal with Randy Johnson. The A's already had traded for Matt ... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:38:33 -0500"I was pissed," Riley said later. "It was a frustrating game." Good luck figuring out these Bears. Their late-season surge abruptly evaporated on a chilly night in the Pacific Northwest, where Washin... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:38:30 -0500A city audit of the Lexington Public Library turned up 1,522 "adult materials" on the laptop computer assigned to Kathleen Imhoff, the library's former chief executive, that were not illegal but were ... Lexington Herald-Leader Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:34:21 -0500(CNN) -- A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a high-tech scavenger hunt for $40,000 Saturday by discovering the location of 10 red weather balloons. CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:18 -0500(CNN) -- A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a high-tech scavenger hunt for $40,000 Saturday by discovering the location of 10 red weather balloons. CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:15 -0500London, England (CNN) -- The UK's weather service, the Met Office is to publish station temperature records that make up the global land surface temperature record. CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:41:15 -0500The simplest explanation of Tiger Woods' current predicament had nothing to do with lust, marital betrayal or fallen idols. It described the crafting of an icon and the takeover of sports by corporate... San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:20:50 -0500(12-05) 16:53 PST ST. LOUIS, CA (AP) -- The maker of the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters is defending itself against claims that the must-have toy is unsafe. San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:20:48 -0500RICHMOND, Va. — During the worst campus shooting spree in American history, Virginia Tech officials locked down some administrative offices and warned their own families more than an hour and a... Gadsden Times Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:13:37 -0500Seriously ill cancer patients are being forced to undergo "cruel" back-to-work interviews despite the fact they should be exempt, charities have warned. Those who are terminally ill or undergoing ch... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:13 -0500About half of the public believe there is no proof that global warming is caused by humans, according to a new poll. The ICM survey for The Sunday Telegraph revealed that 46% of those quizzed did no... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:12 -0500The family of British student Meredith Kercher is due to return home from Italy after Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of her murder. The Kerchers were in the courtroom in Perugia w... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:12 -0500Alistair Darling is considering hitting bankers with a windfall tax on their bonuses, it has been reported. The Chancellor was said to be keen on the idea, which will dismay the City but appeal to t... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:12 -0500Representatives from more than 190 countries are gathering in Copenhagen for crunch UN talks on tackling global warming, amid calls for more ambitious action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avert ... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:11 -0500David Cameron has accused Gordon Brown of being "petty" and "spiteful" in his criticism of the Eton background of senior Tory figures. The Conservative leader, himself an Old Etonian, warned the Pri... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:11 -0500Gino D'Acampo, the winner of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and fellow contestant Stuart Manning are facing criminal charges for animal cruelty after cooking and eating a rat on the TV program... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:10 -0500The Tories have urged the Government to overhaul measures meant to improve the flow of credit to small businesses amid a continued decline in lending. Shadow business minister Mark Prisk called for ... Ananova Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:06:09 -0500TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Georgia Tech's swift turnaround under Paul Johnson now includes its first Atlantic Coast Conference title in more than a decade. Tampa Bay Online Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:01:41 -0500PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size ... Tampa Bay Online Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:01:38 -0500Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer (21) celebrates with teammate Anthony Allen (18) after scoring a second-quarter touchdown against Clemson during an Atlantic Coast Conference Championship NCAA... Sign on San Diego Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:45:36 -0500Jonathan Dwyer’s 15-yard touchdown run with 1:20 remaining gave the 12th-ranked Yellow Jackets a 39-34 victory over No. 25 Clemson in Saturday night’s ACC championship game. MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:34:34 -0500TAMPA, Fla. -- Georgia Tech's swift turnaround under Paul Johnson now includes its first Atlantic Coast Conference title in more than a decade.Jonathan Dwyer's 15-yard touchdown run with 1:20 remaini... The Miami Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:33:58 -0500Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer (21) celebrates with teammate Anthony Allen (18) after scoring a second-quarter touchdown against Clemson during an Atlantic Coast Conference Championship NCAA... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:22:14 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RUSTON, La. -- Kyle Gibson scored 29 points to lead three players with 20 or more points as Louisiana Tech raced past Northwestern State 98-70 on Saturday night. Olu Ashaolu s... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:22:10 -0500TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Georgia Tech's swift turnaround under Paul Johnson now includes its first Atlantic Coast Conference title in more than a decade. Jonathan Dwyer 's 15-yard touchdown run with 1... Sports Illustrated Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:19:38 -0500But even the professionally wary can be gulled - or close to it. Just ask Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the FBI. Mueller recently received an e-mail message that seemed to be from his bank.... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:58:48 -0500-- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:58:47 -0500Washington - Want the icons on your Windows desktop to look ultra clean? You might want to try removing the labels entirely. To do so, select an icon, click your right mouse button and then select Ren... Earth Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:08:16 -0500British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space - for a mere $US200,000 ($A215,680).The lunar-like landscap... Ninemsn Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:53:01 -0500I better eat quickly. Vancouver has more than its share of lively, artsy, bohemian neighborhoods full of great restaurants and clubs side-by-side with everyday working Canadian culture. But when hund... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:36:52 -0500Representatives from more than 190 countries are gathering in Copenhagen for crunch UN talks on tackling global warming, amid calls for more ambitious action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and avert ... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:23:27 -0500About half of the public believe there is no proof that global warming is caused by humans, according to a new poll. The ICM survey for The Sunday Telegraph revealed that 46% of those quizzed did no... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:23:26 -0500HELSINKI, FINLAND - Operators pushed market share of cellphones running Google's software a little higher in September quarter in Western Europe, but consumers showed little interest toward them, ... Asia One Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:17:28 -0500The Bloomberg L.P. president Daniel L. Doctoroff, center, with the engineers who developed software for baseball analysis. They are, from left, Stephen Orban, research and development manager for Bloo... International Herald Tribune Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:25:10 -0500Market share of smartphones running Google's Android operating system (OS) rose to 5.4 percent from 4.2 percent in July-September in Western Europe, a key area for the smartphone market. Reuters Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:19:56 -0500About half of the public believe there is no proof that global warming is caused by humans, according to a new poll. The ICM survey for The Sunday Telegraph revealed that 46% of those quizzed did no... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:57:31 -0500Eleven men have been arrested during violent skirmishes at a demonstration by the English Defence League. A 29-year-old WPC was taken to hospital after she suffered an arm injury while policing a co... 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