Archive for November, 2009

Yahoo improves its search engine »

Munich, Nov 29 – Searches on the Yahoo engine should soon deliver more results, thanks in part to new filter functions, reports the company.

US Black Friday shoppers spend more than in 2008 »

Washington, Nov 29 – US shoppers were out in full force Saturday during the year’s most important weekend for retailers after laying out an estimated $10.66 billion on Black Friday in stores.

US software major returns to India with new partner »

San Ramon (California), Nov 28 – Pervasive Software, a global leader in embeddable data management and integration software, has returned to India with a new partner, nearly three years after closing its development centre in Bangalore.

Uli Hoeness elected Bayern Munich president »

Munich, Nov 28 – Uli Hoeness was elected Bayern Munich president Friday night, moving up at the German Bundesliga football top club after three decades as their general manager.

Blackburn boss Allardyce recovering after heart surgery »

London, Nov 28 – Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce underwent a procedure on his heart and is expected to be out of hospital soon.

New method may treat arterial disease »

Washington, Nov 28 – A discovery that grew out of a collaboration between engineers and doctors shows promise in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs.

Jay Z wants to be dad soon »

London, Nov 28 – American hip-hop artist Jay-Z wants to start a family with wife Beyonce Knowles, though the latter is not yet keen to have babies.

Megan Fox gifts sports car to boyfriend »

London, Nov 28 – Hollywood actress Megan Fox believes in pampering her boyfriend Brian Austin Green — she has just gifted him a sports car.

Jessica Biel believes aliens do exist »

London, Nov 28 – American actress Jessica Biel, who has lent her voice to an extra-terrestrial being in new animated movie “Planet 51″, says she does believe that there’s life on other planets.

Fly sperm force females to do housework post sex »

London, Nov 28 – Male fruit fly sperm is coated with a chemical sex peptide which aborts the female’s noon siesta and compels it into an intense period of foraging activity, according to new research.