UNITED KINGDOM: Teenage girl dies after receiving cervical cancer vaccine
A 14-year-old British girl died on Monday shortly after receiving a cervical cancer vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline. A link between the death and the drug has not yet been established, health officials said on Monday.
HEALTH: Eat less and live longer
The key to eternal youth could be cutting calories, scientists from the Institute of Healthy Ageing at University College London (UCL) have found, after experiments blocking the production of a certain protein suggested aging can be treated.
TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft has 388 million dollar patent case overturned
After being ordered by a US court to pay a record-breaking 388 million dollars in compensation to Uniloc for infringing on a patent held by the software firm last April, Microsoft has had the decision overturned on appeal.
ROMAN POLANSKI: Wikipedia page devoted to Polanski locked
"Until disputes have been resolved", the Wikipedia page devoted to Roman Polanski will be locked announced the popular online encyclopedia. After Polanski's arrest in Zurich, his Wikipedia entry was subject to a tug-of-war between editors.
SPACE: Reports signal evidence of water on moon
Molecules of water exist on the moon, according to reports based on the findings of the latest space missions. Data from India’s maiden moon mission found spectrographic evidence of water, which appears to concentrate closer to the poles.
MARKETING: French start-up rates Web users' online clout
A duo of French entrepreneurs have created a start-up, Traackr, which evaluates the influence of Web users who post blogs, videos, tweets, etc on a particular topic. Their aim is to then sell this knowledge to companies as a marketing tool.
UNITED NATIONS: China, US pledge concrete action at climate talks
China and the United States, the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters, have been notoriously slow to act on climate change. But delegates hope Tuesday's UN talks will change all that, some 100 days before a high-stakes summit in Copenhagen.
JUSTICE: European Commission reveals details of Intel probe
The European Commission has disclosed the details of its investigation into US computer chip giant Intel after slapping a record 1.06-billion-euro fine for anti-competitive practices on the company last spring.
WEB NEWS: Crunch week for climate keeps Web abuzz
In this edition: Web users keep up the pressure ahead of a crucial week for the fight against climate change; Iran's opposition alive and kicking in the streets and online; and a pigeon turns out to be quicker than high-speed Internet.
USA: Justice department disagree with the Google Book settlement
Google will have to wait longer before it can start scanning millions of books as the US Justice department asked the court to reject the settlement between the Internet giant and authors because of possible copyright and anti-trust issues.
H1N1 VIRUS: 10% of swine flu vaccine supply to be given to less-developed nations
Nine rich countries have agreed to donate approximately 10% of their swine flu vaccine supply to less-developed nations. The USA has joined Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK in the scheme.
INTERNET: Google 'Fast Flips' the way we look at news
Internet search giant Google has started a new experiment in the way Web users view news sites. The aim is to drive revenue back to news media, and of course to Google too.
SPACE: Saturn trapped in longest solar system thunderstorm
A thunderstorm spotted by the US space probe Cassini on Saturn in January is still raging, making it the longest ever lightning storm in the solar system. The previous record-breaker lasted seven and a half months.
FRANCE: Lawmakers approve controversial anti-piracy bill
After a summer of acrimonious debate, French lawmakers have approved an amended version of a controversial anti-piracy bill, known as 'Hadopi'. The legislation is intended to crack down on illegal downloading of copyrighted material.
INTERNET: Microsoft equips Bing with visual search
"Visual search", the new feature of Microsoft's Bing, lets Web users search using images instead of text. It's the first major update of the search engine, giving users something that competitor and market leader Google doesn't yet have.
OBITUARY: Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies aged 95
Nobel Prize winning scientist Norman Borlaug (left), an agricultural pioneer whose work was credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, has died at the age of 95, the New York Times has reported.
HEALTH: UK scientists first to create sperm in laboratory
British researchers at Newcastle University claim to have created human sperm using embryonic stem cells in a step they say could help develop treatments for male infertility.
INTERNET: French Senate adopts amended version of anti-piracy bill
France's upper house has adopted an amended version of a hotly contested Internet piracy bill. This new version modifies the section on sanctions for offenders, which was struck down by France's Constitutional Council on June 10.
SOFTWARE: Google platform to challenge Windows dominance
Google says it plans to launch its own operating system for personal computers by 2010 as it attempts to challenge the dominance of Microsoft's Windows franchise.