Cannibal Galaxy caught having it’s "last meal"!

Ever heard about a Cannibal galaxy? Read on to find out more about an interesting galaxy that eats other galaxies! A new technique using near-infrared images, obtained with ESO’s 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT), allows astronomers to see through the opaque dust lanes of the giant cannibal galaxy Centaurus A, unveiling its “last meal” in unprecedented detail — a smaller spiral galaxy, currently twisted and warped. This amazing image also shows thousands of star clusters, strewn like glittering gems, churning inside Centaurus A. …

Researchers map the First Complete Human Epigenome

Although the human genome sequence lists every single DNA base of the roughly 3 billion bases that make up a human genome, it doesn’t tell biologists much about how its function is regulated. Now, for the first time researchers at the Salk Institute have released the first detailed map of the human epigenome, the layer of genetic control beyond the regulation inherent in the sequence of the genes themselves.

The study, published in the October 14, 2009 advance online edition of the journal Nature, compared the epigenomes …

“A Boy and His Blob” released for Wii

Majesco Entertainment today released “a boy and his blob” game for Wii. Developed by WayForward Technologies, this reimagining of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game is available for a new generation of fans on the 20th Anniversary of the original game. Chris Hoffman of Nintendo Power called it “a magical adventure full of mesmerizing sights and compelling gameplay”, giving it a score of 8.5/10.

“WayForward infused their unique creative vision into a boy and his blob while remaining true to …

Nero 9 Reloaded launched

Nero today announced the release of “Nero 9 Reloaded”, the latest update to one of the world’s most popular digital media and home entertainment software solutions. Compatible with Windows 7, Nero 9 Reloaded adds a number of new multimedia capabilities designed to deliver on the company’s commitment to liquid media, allowing content to be distributed anytime, anywhere and on any device. Nero 9 Reloaded comes bundled with Nero BackItUp & Burn software ($49.99 value) which will give even the most non-technical user a powerful solution for their data burning, restoration, recovery and syncing needs….

Three Scientists share 2009 Nobel for Physics

Three scientists will share the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday that Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith have been awarded the most prestigious science award for their work in the field of fiber optics and digital imaging technology.

Charles K. Kao, a British and U.S. citizen, won for “groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.” Willard S. Boyle, a Canadian and U.S. citizen, and George E. Smith, a …

NVIDIA and Microsoft join forces on GPU Computing

NVIDIA, the leader in GPU computing, today announced that it will work with Microsoft to promote NVIDIA Tesla graphics processing units (GPUs) for high performance parallel computing using the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system.

“The coupling of GPUs and CPUs illustrates the enormous power and opportunity of multicore co-processing,” said Dan Reed, corporate vice president of Extreme Computing at Microsoft. “NVIDIA’s work with Microsoft and the Windows HPC Server platform, is helping enable scientists and researchers in many fields achieve supercomputer performance on diverse applications.”
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Microsoft gets 10,000th Patent

Microsoft on Tuesday said it has just recorded its 10,000th U.S. patent, which is related to technology used in its Surface computing platform. The U.S. Patent No. 7,479,950 covers a new technology that lets users to place objects on the computer’s tablelike display and have them associated with the data or media stored on the computer’s hard drive.

For example, a group of photos from a particular vacation could be associated with a souvenir from the trip. Placing the souvenir on a Microsoft Surface computer might initiate …

Bill Gates releases Mosquitoes at tech conference

Earlier this week, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates released a glass full of mosquitoes at an elite technology conference. Why? Because Gates wanted to make a point about malaria. Gates performed the surprise stunt on Wednesday at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference in Long Beach, California.

“Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some. Here, I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected,” Gates said while releasing the mosquitoes in presence of some of the top …