The Human Rights Council marks 20th anniversary on the Rights of the Child

The Human Rights Council devoted a full-day discussion with two panels on children’s rights to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The...

IBM Moves Closer To Creating Computer Based on Insights From The Brain

Scientists perform cat-scale cortical simulations and map the human brain in effort to build advanced chip technology November 18, 2009 at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM (NYSE:  IBM) announced...

Spear Phishing Emails Target U.S. Law and Public Relations Firms

Investigative Programs Cyber Investigations New E-Scams & Warnings —The FBI assesses with high confidence that hackers are using spear phishing e-mails with malicious payloads to exploit U.S. law firms and public relations...

President Obama Establishes Interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

– Attorney General Eric Holder, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairwoman Mary Schapiro today announced that President...

Unfriend Named New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year

Facebook fans will undoubtedly recognize the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year, unfriend. unfriend - verb - To remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site...

Oil and Gaz Enterprises Improves Performance with Windows 7

Major Oil and Gas Enterprises Improve Business Performance with Advanced Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Functionality Following the official launch of Windows 7 around the globe, Microsoft Corp. announced...

What to Expect From Google Caffeine

Google Caffeine’s sandbox, where the developer’s preview lived open for Webmaster feedback, was taken offline last week, replaced with a message from Google announcing its launch. “Based on the success...

Massive & comScore Announce Breakthrough In-Game Advertising Research Methodoly

AdEffx Action Lift for Gaming approach measures effectiveness of in-game advertising on online consumer behavior. For the first time ever, advertisers will now be able to see the direct impact...

Stay Connected with Free Airport Wi-Fi from Google this Holiday Season

– Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that it is working with airports across the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others...

Microsoft Launches Digital Video Series Microsoft Health Tech Today

Desmond Tutu among those included in this new monthly series at the intersection of health and information technology. Microsoft Corp. today announced “Microsoft Health Tech Today,” a fast-paced online video series...