No regrets for Hoffman
2010-09-08 13:36:42
Charley Hoffman insists he is not disappointed to have missed out on the US Ryder Cup team following his win in Boston.

Google Instant Will Save 350 Million Hours Of User Time Per Year
2010-09-08 13:35:04
Here at the Google Search Event in San Francisco, Google engineer Ben Gomes brought up the fact that the search engine serves up billions of queries every day, the average query length being 20 characters and the average time for a user to pick a result being 15 seconds. 'There are billions of queries and tens of billions of documents, getting people from the right query to the right document is fun,' said engineer Othar Hansson. Google's latest feature launch is all about speeding up this process. Says Google's Marissa Mayer, 'Google Instant will save 350 million hours of user time, over a year,' basing her rough estimate on a figure of each instant search saving two to five seconds of user time, in places where Google Instant is rolled out.

No shocks for Irish duo
2010-09-08 13:26:16
Corey Pavin's wildcard picks for next month's Ryder Cup came as little surprise to Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley.

'No guarantees' over Moray bases
2010-09-08 13:23:34
The Scottish Secretary says he can give 'no guarantees' about the future of two Scottish RAF bases.

Bradford four in England squad
2010-09-08 13:22:05
England coach Steve McNamara picks four players from his old side Bradford in the Four Nations train-on squad.

MySpace Beefs Up The Stream With Full-Screen Videos
2010-09-08 13:21:06
MySpace is adding a new feature today that allows users to embed video streams within their activity streams. Powered by Redux, videos are seen directly within an activity stream and instantly plays video that you or a friend has shared, selected as a favorite, uploaded, and rated from your Stream. The actual player will show a real-time stream of MySpace videos based on what their friends are sharing and what’s trending on MySpace. The player will also include comments from friends that scroll/change. And users can also see which friend posted the content.

Mystery eye problem at dairy show caused by cow urine (Reuters)
2010-09-08 13:21:05
Reuters - The cause of a mystery eye ailment that struck about 50 visitors to a dairy pavilion at an agricultural show in Australia has been traced -- to cow urine.

Radford play-off ban overturned
2010-09-08 13:17:40
Hull forward Lee Radford's suspension that will see him miss his side's play-off tie against Hull KR on Saturday.

Google Instant For Mobile Coming Later This Fall
2010-09-08 13:17:05
Today at their Search event, Google showed of a huge update: Google Instant. As you can probably guess, this is a way to search in realtime simply by typing. While this new feature is rolling out on Google for users in the U.S. today (and the world shortly), that's only on google.com. But Google gave a sneak preview of what's coming next: Google Instant for Mobile, coming 'later this Fall.' While Google Instant is awesome on a desktop or laptop, it will arguably be even more useful on mobile. 'Typing on a phone is just slower, so the feedback is even more useful,' Google engineer Othar Hansson noted.

Zynga Swallows The Facebook Credits Pill Whole
2010-09-08 13:15:19
In May Zynga and Facebook ended their months long fight and entered into a five year deal to use Facebook Credits as the primary monetization engine for Zynga games on the Facebook platform. Zynga began rolling out Facebook Credits on some of its games months ago. But now they've made Facebook Credits the primary payment solution on all of their games across the Facebook platform other than Poker and a few other smaller games. Users can wire transfer cash, or use Facebook Credits, but that's it. Other third party payment providers have been removed. The migration has clearly had bumps - a slew of Zynga users are screaming murder in the forums over various payments failures. Which makes sense since Zynga is almost certainly accounting for the lion's share of the Facebook Credits business.

Ferrari escape further punishment
2010-09-08 13:15:15
Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.

Higgins cleared of fixing claims
2010-09-08 13:12:42
John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

Aisin appoints new president of North America operations
2010-09-08 13:12:00
Toyota-affiliated supplier Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd. has appointed Masayasu 'Mike' Saito as president of its North American operations, company spokesman Joe Rohatynski said today. Saito's responsibilities include Aisin World Corp.

Britons drown off Spanish coast
2010-09-08 13:00:49
A Briton is thought to have drowned after going to the aid of his father, who also died, while the pair swam in the sea off Spain's Costa Tropical.

Google Instant: It Searches Before You Type
2010-09-08 12:56:04
We called it! So Google will be rolling out starting today search results that update while you type, 'Google Instant', a feature which they had tested in the wild. The results stream to you, taking what you've typed so far as a cue. According to Google, the feature consists of three gears: *Instant Results -- Google Results now dynamically change as you type, typing in a 'w' will get you a 5-day forecast in San Francisco, instantly. *Predictions -- The search attempts to predict exactly what you want, showing the results that it thinks you want in grey text, allowing you to chose. *Scroll To Search -- Using the down arrow key will let you scroll through each of the suggestions, and the results page will update as you go along.

Secretive militia
2010-09-08 12:47:35
West Bank crackdown pushes Hamas militia deeper underground

Glee cast on the new season
2010-09-08 12:46:38
The cast of Glee talk about what is in store for the new season of the show.

Live From Google’s Search Event: The Importance Of Fast
2010-09-08 12:46:05
Over the last 24 hours there's been a significant buildup to a special Google event that's being held this morning at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art. The search giant is clearly excited: Google featured a kinetic logo on its homepage yesterday, and they now have a logo that went live last night hints at live updating search. The event is about to kick off, and it's sure to bring some big news. We'll be live blogging it below and will also be writing individual posts calling out the biggest news. You can watch a live stream of the event here.

Search begins for Afzaal
2010-09-08 12:42:59
Surrey have released former England batsman Usman Afzaal following a disappointing season for the club.

New-style device killed soldier
2010-09-08 12:38:24
A 29-year-old soldier on foot patrol in Afghanistan was killed by a sophisticated explosive device which was hard to detect, an inquest hears.