Archive for November, 2009

Bruni-Sarkozy urges action on HIV (source: BBC)

The French first lady is campaigning to increase access to HIV drugs for women and children in the developing world. (source: BBC) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Grey hair ‘not caused by stress’ (source: BBC)

A woman’s genes are much more likely than lifestyle factors such as stress or diet to cause greying hair, a study suggests. (source: BBC) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Iran seizes crew of UK racing yacht

Five British nationals who were the crew of a racing yacht were detained by the Iranian Navy on November 25 and remain held in Iran, the British Foreign Office said.

Sources: Florida State coach Bobby Bowden to announce retirement Tuesday

Legendary Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who built one of college football’s greatest dynasties in 34 seasons with the Seminoles, plans to announce his retirement Tuesday morning, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.

Four-week decline in flu-like cases, officials say (source: USATODAY)

Federal health officials reported Monday that cases of flu-like illness in the USA have declined for four weeks in a row. (source: USATODAY) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Heated rhetoric opens health bill debate

Sen. Harry Reid launched what is expected to be a rancorous legislative battle by hailing the health care debate as one of the most important in U.S. history.

Nintendo primed for holiday console dominance

Based on Thanksgiving week numbers provided by Nintendo, an analyst has concludes that the Wii appears likely to have far outsold the Xbox and PS3 in November.

Eclipse tells ex-community director to ‘go away’

Bjorn Freeman-Mason had become a thorn in the Eclipse Foundation’s side, so Eclipse executive Mike Milinkovich very directly said, “You’re a jerk. Go away.”

Practice overtaking theory in cloud computing

The practice of using cloud computing to solve real development, deployment, and operations problems is generating more buzz than the vision and theory.

Health Leaders Gear For World AIDS Day (source: CBS News)

The Head of the U.N. AIDS Program Plans To Be In South Africa (source: CBS News) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com