Until not too long ago, IT professionals could pick rich clients or thin clients. Each had its pros and cons in terms of costs, application performance and data security and manageability. Lately, however, a number of new client-server models have

09 DEC 2008The French Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses published the final report of their investigation into the Airbus A340-600 accident at Toulouse Airport in November 2007. A ground crew was conducting pre-delivery engine and brake tests when the airplane ran

The decoding of the nuclear genome should be complete by year's end, say researchers - early glimpses are already ruling some theories about our extinct close relatives

The completion date for an engineering mega-project to divert water to China's drought-ridden capital city is postponed again

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the UK must delete DNA samples from people who have never been convicted of a crime

A fast, cheap method of producing moulds from butterfly wings and lotus leaves could lead to the development of cheaper self-cleaning surfaces

Fatal diseases are threatening a comeback among American children as insurance companies fail to meet the costs of immunisation

Natural oil oozing out from the seabed matches the amount spilled by humans into the oceans - now free NASA satellite images mean scientists can monitor slicks daily

A protein that plays a crucial role in conception could be the key to creating a contraceptive that doesn't tinker with a woman's hormones

A long-standing mystery about why atmospheric methane levels spike at the start of every winter could be explained by the squeezing effect of ice formation

Following a spate of embarrassing hacking incidents in US government departments, a "National Office for Cyberspace" is needed, says a report

If everyone on the planet received identical greenhouse-gas emission rights, it could help reduce global emissions and bolster poor countries, according to a Chinese study

How to change the ISA Server 2006 Enterprise NLB mechanism from Unicast to Multicast.

December 9, 2008 Subscribers of the TRINITY network receive free anti-virus protection following another successful deployment of DrWeb AV-Desk in the Krasnoyarsk region. PUBLICITY company that owns and administers the TRINITY network decided on adopting Dr.Web AV-Desk in autumn 2008.

Some users are having problems with the Apple Aluminum keyboards causing crashes when attached to their MacBook computers.

When Macs boot up, users have the option to provide key sequences for various boot options: reset PRAM, select boot volume, single-user mode, etc. However, some users may experience problems were

Using novel imaging, labeling and data-analysis techniques, scientists from the California Institute of Technology have been able to visualize, for the first time, large numbers of cells moving en masse during some of the earliest stages of embryonic development.

Researchers from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key step required for cell division in a study that could help improve therapies to treat cancer. Their work

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flameretardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs, say UC Davis

An international coalition of researchers and physicians has developed a system to standardize studies of neuroblastoma across the world to enable quicker identification of optimal treatments for this sometimes difficult-to-manage form of pediatric cancer.