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Distractions helped relax Strauss

Centurion Andrew Strauss said the distractions surrounding the first Test against India in Chennai had helped to ease the pressure on the England squad.

Australia's tail has helped the home side post 445 in the first innings of the third cricket test against South Africa (Newstalk ZB)

Australia's tail has helped the home side post 445 in the first innings of the third cricket test against South Africa

Curator of NYC museum retires; helped launch career of Basquiat

NEW YORK - The founding director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an exhibition and art space that helped launch the careers of such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Donald Judd, is retiring this week.

HK shares to open up 1.3 pct helped by banks, refiners

HONG KONG, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares will open 1.3 percent higher on Wednesday helped by gains in Chinese financial stocks on hopes of support measures from Beijing while mainland refiners ride on lower oil prices.

A fluky Roger Johnson effort and a penalty from Michael Chopra helped Cardiff City to a comfortable 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. The game wont live long in the memory but, after an even first-half, the Bluebirds did enough after the break

A fluky Roger Johnson effort and a penalty from Michael Chopra helped Cardiff City to a comfortable 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. The game won¿t live long in the memory but, after an even first-half, the Bluebirds did enough after the break to deserve all three points.

Hackers \'Responsible\' for £546m of Illegal Deforestation in the AmazonHackers have accessed Brazilian government computer systems and helped 107 companies obtain permits that enabled them to fell over £546million ($833m) worth of tim

Hackers have accessed Brazilian government computer systems and helped 107 companies obtain permits that enabled them to fell over £546million ($833m) worth of timber illegally.

More Humiliation For Sony: PS3 R&D Funds Helped Build The Xbox (SNE)

PS3.jpgOf Sony's (SNE) many mistakes with the PS3 -- too high a price, reliance on Blu-ray as a selling point, few exclusive titles -- this might be the most embarrassing: Sony basically helped underwrite a lot of the research that its arch-rival, Microsoft (MSFT), used in the Xbox 360.

Gambhir credits Kirsten for recent form

Gautam Gambhir: "Gary helped me be at ease with myself. I now take it as it comes. Gary has helped me understand my game a lot better"

Swiss National Bank to Ease Policy Further as Price Pressures Alleviate

Switzerland’s consumer price index fell 0.7% in November despite expectations for a 0.2% decline, which helped to lower the annual rate of inflation to 1.5% from 2.6% in October. The breakdown of the report showed that energy prices dropped another 8.2% following a 1.5% drop in the previous month, while transportation costs fell 3.5% during the month. Falling oil prices have certainly helped to taper the upside risks for inflation throughout the global economy, and as price pressures alleviate, the Swiss National Bank may have room to ease policy further as they expect economic activity to deteriorate throughout the next year.

Massive Installs New Leader, Seals Extended Ad Deals With Activision Blizzard

imageMicrosoft’s Massive in-game ad division has a new leader: former Xbox Live GM JJ Richards. As ClickZ notes, Richards is a natural fit for the new position—he helped initiate MSFT’s acquisition of Massive in 2006, and has helped grow Xbox Live into a viable community (not to mention a steady revenue source for MSFT). Richards takes the helm from Cory Van Arsdale as Massive hosts its first game advertising upfront—a chance to show off its successful campaigns and lure both advertisers and game publishers in for new deals. Massive announced two such deals with Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) Blizzard today:

Bodi powers Titans while Warriors earn first win

Gulam Bodi's 65 ensured a smooth win for Titans who chased down 188 to beat Dolphins in Benoni. Dolphins' innings never really recovered from the position of 3 for 10 which Basheeru-Deen Walters (2 for 26) helped put them in, although Daryn Smit helped achieve a score of some respectability with a 52 from 66. Roelof van der Merwe's slow-left-arm earned him 3 for 30 from his nine overs. Titans stumbled in their reply to 14 for 2 but Bodi and Martin van Jaarsveld (45 from 64) gave their innings substance while Farhaan Behardien cracked 29 from 38 to complete a three-wicket win

Managing Last.FM's "Mountain of Data"

Rob Spengler writes "Last.FM co-founder Richard Jones says the biggest asset the company owns is 'hundreds of terabytes of user data.' Jones adds, '... playing with that data is one of the most fun things about working at the company.' Last.FM, for those who have been living on Mars for the last two years, is the largest online radio outlet, with millions of listeners per day. The company surpassed Pandora and others largely due to its unique datamining features: 'Audioscrobbler,' the company's song/artist naming algorithm, can correctly determine a track even with tens of thousands of false entries. Jones says sitting on that much data has even helped police: 'thieves listening to music on an Audioscrobbler-powered media player have helped police in the US, UK, and other countries track down users' stolen laptops.

How Sony helped Microsoft produce the Xbox 360

A new book by two IBM chip designers says Sony's Cell chip research was used to the benefit of Microsoft's Xbox 360 processor

Domestic games helped us warm up - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene: "We won't be complacent and won't underestimate the challenge that we have got ahead of us"

Groundwater springs helped shape Mars

Iani Chaos on Mars, an area where Light Toned Deposits, or LTD, are known to be present. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) [View Larger Image]

Engaging customers online helped build BT's network security brand in U.S.

Question: How do you establish a marketing dialogue with a smallish, specialized market largely influenced by thought-leaders and solutions?

How Sony inadvertently helped Microsoft's Xbox 360 development

An upcoming book penned by the lead engineer in charge of Cell's development -- The Race for a New Game Machine -- details the behind the scenes work that went into developing the Cell CPU developed jointly between Sony, IBM, and Toshiba. According to the book's authors, their early dev work on Cell played a key role in the development of the Xbox 360's Xenon CPU. From the Wall Street Journal:

David Leggat: Umpires must be helped

The sooner the appeal system is brought into cricket the better. For one thing, it will add an extra layer of support to umpires, helping them avoid being made to appear fools by the slow-mo replays, hot spots, snickos, hawkeyes and wiseguys in the commentary box.

New Book Explains How Sony Unknowingly Helped Microsoft

In 2001, Sony partnered with Toshiba and IBM to create the Cell processor for its upcoming PlayStation 3 console. Sony wanted a brand new processing architecture, so the three companies committed themselves to spending $400 million over five years to design the Cell, not to mention the additional costs of building two production facilities. The target launch date for the PlayStation 3 was Christmas 2005. Little did Sony know that in late 2002, IBM would be approached by Microsoft to create the chip for its upcoming rival game console, the soon-to-be-named Xbox 360. IBM's Adam Bennett showed Microsoft the specs for the Cell processor and told IBM to create a chip based around that core. The main benefit? Microsoft avoided a bulk of the R&D cost it would have otherwise had to spend.

Dog frozen to Wis. sidewalk; fat helped it survive

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A dog weighing more than 120 pounds survived being frozen to a sidewalk overnight, probably because he was insulated by layers of fat, authorities said. The Sheboygan County Humane Society says the "morbidly obese" dog, an aging border collie mix named Jiffy, froze to the sidewalk when he was left out overnight Wednesday. Shelter manager Carey Payne says few dogs could survive the single-digit temperatures, and it was probably the fat that made the difference.

Cricket: Five-wicket haul by Peter Siddle helped Australia to a 151-run lead over South Africa on day three of third Test

Siddle grabbed his maiden five-wicket Test haul. Photograph: Global Cricket Ventures/BCCI/Getty Images

Auckland : Chris Gayle's whirlwind display of hitting helped West Indies pull off a thrilling 15-run win in the first ever super over contest in an international Twenty20. When West Indies tied the scores at 155 off the last ball of their...

West Indies batsman, Runako Morton, right, remonstrates with England bowler James Anderson during their ODI match

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