Central Europe

Philip N. Cohen: Family Diversity in the Later Stone Age — The DNA revolution has extended proof of the "traditional" family back to about 4,600 years ago, hundreds of years before Abraham's non-traditional family. New research from a burial site in central Europe confirms that a man, woman, and two young children buried together were a nuclear family -- the boys were the sons of the adults. The nuclear family discovery is not surprising, since we already had good reason to believe that some people in the Later Stone Age lived in this arrangement. Still, the nuclear family angle drove news reports of the discovery to headline status. The lead researcher... [Tags: biological family, burial site, central europe, clinical image, cohen family]

Yahoo OneSearch coming to T-Mobile phones? — According to InfoWorld, Marco Boerries, executive vice president and head of Yahoo’s Connected Life Division, let it slip that T-Mobile and Yahoo will be announcing a partnership to put the Yahoo OneSearch button on T-Mobile phones. If this rumor pans out, this is good news for Yahoo whose financial struggles are, well, numerous. Yahoo OneSearch may be Yahoo’s ray of hope as OneSearch is doing rather well in the mobile search market. AT&T also inked a deal with Yahoo back in September to bring OneSearch to AT&T handsets. Yahoo has an exclusive deal with O2 in the UK and... [Tags: advertisers, amp, central europe, eggs, executive vice]

Yahoo OneSearch coming to T-Mobile USA — T-Mobile USA will provide Yahoo's OneSearch search engine on its phones, a Yahoo executive said Wednesday.T-Mobile is placing a OneSearch button on its phones in a deal that is to be announced soon, said Marco Boerries, executive vice president and head of Yahoo's Connected Life Division, at the Open Mobile Summit conference in San Francisco. The carrier's decision to place a OneSearch button in the software of its subscribers' handsets is a much-needed win for Yahoo as it struggles against Google and Microsoft for search advertising dollars and looks for a successor to outgoing CEO Jerry Yang.[ Get the latest on... [Tags: android, central europe, executive vice, g1, google]

Sun releases StarOffice 9 — Support for Mac OS X and improved document format support are some of the improvements in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 9, which was released on Monday.It was a natural step for the Office suite to support Mac OS X, because of its increased popularity and because Apple users shouldn't be excluded from the move to open document formats, said Kent Åberg, business development manager for education and research at Sun Northern and Central Europe.[ Discover the top-rated IT products as rated by the InfoWorld Test Center. ]The support for many document formats is one of the main reasons customers should pick... [Tags: apple users, business development manager, central europe, document format, document formats]

Medvedev: ready to respond if U.S. ends missile plan — PARIS (Reuters) - Russia could cancel its deployment of missiles near the Polish border if U.S. President-elect Barack Obama scraps plans for a missile defense system in central Europe, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.... [Tags: barack obama, central europe, deployment, dmitry medvedev, missile defense system]

Extreme Weather Postpones Flowering Time Of Plants — Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average of 4 days. With this a so-called 100-year drought event equates to approximately a decade of global warming.... [Tags: central europe, decade, drought event, extreme weather events, flora]

Genome-wide Study Uncovers Increase Of Genetic Distances Towards Northern Europe — A recent study shows that genetic differences in Central Europe appear smaller than between and even within North European populations.... [Tags: central europe, european populations, genetic differences, genetic distances, northern europe]

Coup in fantasy kingdom inside Czech Republic — For a fictional place, the Kingdom of Wallachia has many of the trappings of a real-life realm – a flag, a currency, a university, a state limousine and a national passport. Now it can add a bitter power struggle to the list, for a very peculiar coup d'état has just shaken this quiet corner of central Europe where the line between fantasy and reality has become increasingly blurred.... [Tags: bitter power struggle, central europe, coup d, currency, czech republic]

Vodafone’s EMAPA region changed about — There must be a lot of fun at Vodafone’s Newbury headquarters with the phrase, ‘EMAPA’. We have a lot of Vodafone readers here so I thought it was right and proper that we addressed the news from Big Red this morning. There’s changes afoot. Big chaps are being moved about. Offices are set to be redecorated. However before we get into that, I have to make a comment about EMAPA. Whilst everyone else on the planet is organised into various regions that correspond with the rather cool sounding, ‘EMEA’ (Europe, Middle East and Africa’), Vodafone seems to use the ‘EMAPA’... [Tags: asia pacific, australia china, central europe, ceo, chaps]

Cool Visualization Shows World's Spending On Electronics By Country (We Spend A Lot) [Fun With Data] — Here we see ol' Mercator, if country sizes were drawn according to the amount of discretionary income spent on electronics by its citizens. As the world's largest economy, the US being the biggest blob here at $162 billion for 2007 is not that surprising. But what might be surprising is Japan, who spends more on recreation than clothing, household items and electronics combined—pretty interesting for such a style- and gadget-conscious nation. Also note central Europe's electronics spending, which is clearly becoming a force to be reckoned with if IFA in Berlin was any indication. Head over to the NYTimes for... [Tags: berlin, blob, central europe, citizens, data visualization]

Everyone but U.S. (read: us) gets Xperia Sept. 30 — Sony Ericsson has announced that Sept. 30 is when the Xperia X1 finally will see the light of day [via]. Just not in the United States. According to a news release, the following countries will get their hot little hands on one of the year's most anticipated phones: APAC: Indonesia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam Western Europe: Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal Central Europe: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic Middle East: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Africa: South Africa Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia Also in the works... [Tags: africa south, bangladesh, cambodia, central europe, czech republic]

Xperia™ X1 gets a launch date; 20 more days to go — Yes, it’s Official. Sony Ericsson has sent an official word out to the media that the most awaited phone from the company, the Xperia X1, will be made available in the countries of UK, Germany and Sweden starting September 30th, 2008. That’s just 20 days away. Enough has already been speculated and said about the phone, the first among the company’s Sub-Brand Xperia™. The Xperia™ X1 features a three-inch wide touchscreen and is powered by Windows Mobile. The phone features a full QWERTY keyboard and customisable panels for easy accessibility.  The handset will be launched in UK and will initially be available... [Tags: africa south, asia europe, central europe, china australia, contender]

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 to Hit Streets First in Europe, September 30 [Xperia X1] — Sony Ericsson's upcoming Xperia X1 smartphone is due to go on sale at first in Europe in just 20 days. It'll hit the streets in the UK, Germany and Sweden then, followed by many other countries throughout the remainder of 2008. To "start the countdown" SE will be launching a live global webcast on September 15 at 1PM London time, demonstrating the handset's fucntions. That's fab news, and confirms that rumor the phone would go on sale this year... just not in the US. Dates for North America and other countries will be out "in the coming months" apparently. Press... [Tags: alternative reality, apac, availability dates, central europe, china australia]

Time Warner's Shopping List: Scripps, Overseas Deals — Chatterers are still hoping that Time Warner (TWX) tries to make a run at NBC U later this fall, despite GE's constant insistence that it's not parting with Jeff Zucker and company., and Jeff Bewkes' insistence that's not a buyer. So what will Bewkes do with the $9 billion he's getting from the Time Warner Cable (TWC) spinoff? It's a relatively mundane plan, says BusinessWeek, which has gotten some guidance from Time Warner CFO John K. Martin: It's going to buy back some shares. It might buy Scripps, which has a bunch of valuable cable channels. TWX likes cable channels.... [Tags: businessweek, cable channels, central europe, cnbc, insistence]

Ericsson Slides On Weak Reception To Q2 Results — Ericsson (ERIC) shares are down sharply in early trading after the company reported disappointing Q2 results. As Marketwatch notes, profits of 1.9 billion Swedish kronor came in below the Street consensus of 2.94 billion, while revenue of 48.5 billion kronor were about in line. The company provided a cautious outlook on the telecommunications equipment market. “With no major changes in the market environment, we still find it prudent to plan for a flattish mobile infrastructure market in 2008 and our focus on adjusting our cost base remains,” CEO Carl-Henric Svaberg said in a statement. Ericsson said that sales “have continued... [Tags: bulwark, business mix, central europe, consensus, decline of the dollar]