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Sex, alcohol, fat among world's big killers: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 5:24 pm -
Digital cinema still a work in progress
ORLANDO (Hollywood Reporter) - The movie industry seems almost embarrassed about the prospect of promising too much too soon regarding digital cinema.
October 28, 2009, 3:44 pm -
Disney launching iPhone, iPod touch applications
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is launching free iPhone and iPod touch applications, giving fans access to Disney content and interactive features anywhere.
October 28, 2009, 3:15 pm -
Bogong tour 09 takes over Parliament House
To work in bogong moth season in Parliament House is to be surrounded by death, corpses and confused survivors huddled in clumps in corners.
ABC - October 28, 2009, 2:08 pm -
Facebook challenges financial regulators: FINRA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn raise "serious new challenges" for financial regulators, the head of the largest U.S. independent securities regulator said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 10:31 am -
Woman arrested for offering sex for World Series tickets
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Police charged a 43-year-old woman with prostitution on Tuesday after she offered sexual services in exchange for tickets to the upcoming World Series.
October 28, 2009, 9:28 am -
U.S. panel: More study on Human Genome anthrax drug
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Animal data suggests a proposed Human Genome Sciences Inc drug may help people exposed to anthrax but more study is needed to show the treatment adds benefit beyond antibiotics alone, a U.S. advisory panel said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 9:25 am -
"Forza Motorsport 3" off starting line in US
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Racing videogame "Forza Motorsport 3" blasted off the US starting line on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 7:15 am -
Cisco to buy ScanSafe for $183 million
BOSTON (Reuters) - Cisco Systems is buying privately held Web security company ScanSafe for about $183 million, a move that will intensify its battle with security giants Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.
October 28, 2009, 6:31 am -
Gizmodo duped by virus ad, apologizes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement.
October 28, 2009, 6:04 am -
Examiner.com expanding into Canada
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Examiner.com, which operates a network of citizen journalism websites across the United States, is expanding into Canada.
October 28, 2009, 5:48 am -
Google marches deeper into telecom turf
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Tuesday made it more tempting for people to try its nascent Voice service that lets users merge home, office and mobile phones into a single number.
October 28, 2009, 5:41 am -
China sets up website to recover trafficked children: report
BEIJING (AFP) - Police in China have set up a website aimed at locating the families of up to 60 children recovered during a six-month crackdown on human trafficking, state press reported Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:23 am -
UN to text message food vouchers to Iraqi refugees
GENEVA (AFP) - Iraqi refugees in Syria will receive UN food vouchers through text messages on mobile phones, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:13 am -
Google eyeing India 3G market: report
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Internet giant Google is considering entering India's third-generation (3G) telecommunications market, a report said Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:13 am -
Blinkx adds music video search tool
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Online video search engine blinkx launched a new tool Tuesday to find and watch music videos on the Internet.
October 28, 2009, 3:13 am -
MSN in music talks with MySpace: AllThingsD
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft's MSN is in talks with MySpace about using the social network?s MySpace Music to help power music offerings on the software giant's online portal, technology blog AllThingsD said Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:13 am -
U.S. investigating optical disc drive industry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible violations of antitrust law in the optical disc drive industry, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
October 28, 2009, 3:05 am -
NASA postpones Ares rocket test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday delayed the test flight of an unmanned prototype moon rocket due to poor weather.
October 28, 2009, 2:52 am -
Cisco to buy ScanSafe for $183 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems said on Tuesday that it would buy privately held security software company ScanSafe for about $183 million to expand in a fast-growing segment of the Web-based security market.
October 28, 2009, 12:11 am
