s Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) . It will be known as C++ 2011."Perhaps the most heartening thing to me is that this standard is widely considered among committee old-timers as the highest-quality FDIS document we have shipped," wrote Herb Sutter, Microsoft architect and chair of the ISO C++ standards committee, in a blog post.Computer…

or ever was — life on Mars, it may be related to us. In fact, life on Earth may have been seeded by alien microbes that traveled here in chunks of rock blasted off Mars by asteroid impacts.That's the idea motivating MIT's Chris Carr and his colleagues, who are developing an instrument that would detect…

China and other emerging nations such as Brazil and India are becoming leaders in science to rival traditional "scientific superpowers" like the United States, Europe and Japan, a top British academy said on Monday.A report by the Royal Society science academy also found some rapidly emerging scientific nations not usually associated with a strong science…

TAMPA, Fla. – Pavel Datsyuk scored twice, Danny Cleary had a goal and two assists and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Thursday night.Niklas Kronwall, Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings, who have won three in a row and seven of 11.Tampa Bay got goals…

BEIJING (AFP) – China said Tuesday its inflation rate stayed stubbornly high at 4.9 percent in January, prompting analysts to predict further steps by the government to cool prices.The consumer price index, the key gauge of inflation in the world's second largest economy, was "lower than market expectations" according to the National Bureau of Statistics,…

NEWARK, Del. – Chris Fouch scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half as Drexel came back to defeat Delaware 58-48 in a Colonial Athletic Association game on Saturday night.Fouch scored 11 points during a 13-4 run that gave the Dragons (16-7, 8-5) a 42-40 lead after they had trailed 36-29.The sophomore guard…

NEW YORK – Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke leads the world's biggest retailer, which has 2.1 million employees and serves 200 million customers each week. He crisscrosses the globe every month, yet still finds time to spend with his family.Here are excerpts from a recent interview Duke did with The Associated Press in New York:Q. When…

UnitedV.I. Plumbing, a locally-owned San Francisco Bay Area plumbing company, is offering homeowners two ways to save 15% of installation of a tankless hot water heater or any other plumbing service.Nocato, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) February 05, 2011 United V.I. Plumbing of Novato, a well-respected , is offering homeowners savings on services. Through the end of June,…

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Actress and music diva Jennifer Lopez will top the bill at US President Barack Obama's annual Super Bowl party on Sunday, as the Green Bay Packers take on the Pittsburgh Steelers for the NFL championship.J-Lo will be joined by husband Marc Anthony at the White House party, also featuring top officials including…

NEW DELHI (AFP) – The works of India's most famous artist M.F. Husain were back on display Saturday at the country's biggest art fair after being withdrawn because of fear of attack by Hindu extremists.Husain, a Muslim known as the "Picasso of India," has been accused by Hindu hardliners of insulting their faith for portraying…