Microsoft will bring its cloud computing platform Windows Azure to full production starting January 2010. The service will start collecting charges starting February 2010.

The new chief of Walt Disney Studios pulled the plug from the $150 million project Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was the last project that the previous chief Dick Cook had approved.

Transparency International released its 15th annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) – a measure of domestic, public sector corruption with New Zealand winning as the least corrupt country in the world. The United States ranked 19th.

A new set of guidelines for the prevention of breast cancers among women is creating confusion, not to mention dismay, among the public. For example, a woman should start annual check-ups at the age of 50 rather than the current practice of 40. That’s 10 years of possible time that one may develop and die from breast cancer

The New Oxford American Dictionary (OAD) has announced that its Word of the Year for 2009 is “unfriend”. This is defined as the act of removing a friend from a list of friends in a social network site, notably Facebook.

Popular video-sharing site YouTube will now allow users to upload and view videos in full HD. A 1080p test video is currently uploaded at the site.

The mystery of how arsenic has widely spread in Bangladesh waters was finally solved. The culprit is the tens of thousands of man-made ponds that were designed to protect villagers from unclean and disease-ridden surface waters.

Kosovo held its first elections since declaring itself as an independent nation. Kosovo broke away from Serbia last February 2008. Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo as independent. The polls were generally peaceful.

Google Street View, the famous Google product which showcases views of major cities of the world from the street is under attack again from an authority in Switzerland.

If you’ve been watching the news on TV or reading the newspaper or simply viewing them online, you probably have heard about the latest virus in Ukraine.