In order to raise funds for cancer research, Actor Michael Douglas has agreed to come together with a mob of stars at this week's "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon. A spokesperson for Douglas told Access Hollywood that the veteran actor will show up at a multi-network TV charity affair that is scheduled for Sept. 10

Other than him, a number of other famous Hollywood personalities, athletes, and musicians will also be seen at the event, which intends to gather funds for cancer research.

According to reports, the Food and Drug Administration is on the verge of giving a green flag to a genetically tailored salmon as a safe food item. It is notable that if its gets approval, then it would be the first genetically modified animal that will get a thumbs-up and will be deemed fit for human ingestion.

It is heard that beginning from 19th September, the FDA will have public meetings to discuss about the fish, which grows to twice the market size and as quick as a normal salmon.

A new research has revealed that children are threatened to get exposed to contentious chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which can be released from the fillings and sealants used by many dentists.

The findings of the study conducted by Dr. Abby F. Fleisch, a pediatrician in the department of medicine at Children's Hospital Boston and colleagues, are published in the October issue of Pediatrics.

The researchers from the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in Marshfield brought out a report in which they concluded that symptoms of swine flu are a little worse than other seasonal flu, rest both are similar in nature.

The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. There were high hospitalization and death rates related to H1N1 influenza, as it dominated the other seasonal flu and affected proportionately more people.

A study that appeared in the journal Science claims to have discovered two new genetic mutations that give birth to ovarian cancer and can prove beneficial in finding therapies that could eliminate tumours.

The research was carried out by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center headed by Bert Vogelstein. It involved the screening of 18,000 protein-encoding genes mutations in ovarian clear-cell tumors from eight patients.

The federal appeals court ordered the Federal Government not to give funds for the stem cell research project. But the U. S. Government has requested the court to remove the ban as soon as possible and give green signal to the stem cell research work.

According to Obama administration lawyers, the ban imposed by the U. S. District Judge, Royce Lamberth is causing a hindrance in the research work, where the stem cell can be studied and used for making some life-saving medicines.

Lamberth, on the other hand, has rejected the Government's appeal to lift the temporary ban from the project.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, insurance companies have decided to increase the premium amount for some of the clients.

The health insurers in the United States are holding Obama Government responsible for the hike.

Companies like Aetna Inc., BlueCross, BlueShield, and other smaller carriers have told the regulators to raise the premiums from 1% to 9% in order to pay the amount coming from the health law.

The increased rates will be applicable for individual plans and for those people who run small business. Some insurers are urging to increase the health premium by 20%.

Network operator O2's recent over-the-air Android 2.1 update for Dell Streak removed more features than it added, many of the Streak owners on O2 network complained.

Dell Streak owners who updated their devices from Android OS 1.6 to Android OS 2.1 said their devices refused to connect with PCs, rendering phone data backups futile.

Those who updated their Dell Streaks to Android OS 2.1, encountered problems with the touchscreen, voice commands, Internet browsing and the appearance of back-to-front volume keys.

Mobile operator 3UK is offering the Android-based HTC Desire smartphone for as little as £20 per month on a two-year contract.

However, the deal requires customers to pay £40 for the HTC Desire, taking the total cost of ownership to £520. Still, the deal is the cheapest of all the available deals for the handset.

The deal offers 900 minutes or texts to other networks, 5000 3-to-3 minutes, web browsing data allowance worth 1GB, Windows Live Messenger and free Skype.

According to a study conducted by researchers at Oxford University, intake of large doses of B vitamins on a daily basis can reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), thereby slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

The trial was done by researcher David Smith and his team. For the trial, as many as 168 volunteers suffering from MCI participated.

Qualcomm chief executive Dr Paul Jacobs used company's Innovation Qualcomm (IQ) event in London to confirm that the firm was working on a 1.5 GHz processor that would power the future smartphones and tablets.

In a Q&A session, Jacobs said that the company was sampling the chip. He added that the company was sampling MSM8260, clocked at 1.2GHz, and it would be ready for mass production in the first half of 2011, while the 1.5GHz QSD8672 would appear in devices during the second half of 2011.

Confirming the upcoming chip, Jacobs said, "We have a 1.5Ghz processor coming.”

Salesforce.com is working on a mobile version of its Chatter business networking app to allow users to keep abreast with others on the move.

During its Cloudforce conference in London, Salesforce chairman and chief executive Marc Benioff said that the new service, Chatter Mobile, would help users know what is happening in your entire enterprise from anywhere.

Speaking on the topic, Mr. Benioff said, “Chatter Mobile means you can know what is happening in your entire enterprise wherever you are.”

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it had plans to offer Kinect bundle with a price tag of $400 when it would launch motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console on November 4.

The company said that the bundle would be comprised of a 250GB Xbox 360 Slim, the Kinect controller-free peripheral and a video game, called Kinect Adventures.

The bundle has been priced decently as the 250GB console and Kinect peripheral retails for $300 and $149, respectively.

As expected, Apple released the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 4.1, on Wednesday.

Apart from addressing bugs and bringing performance improvements to the iPhone and iPod touch, the newest iOS firmware provides users with access to Game Center and FaceTime calling from the iPhone app's Favorites tab.

It fixed crucial bugs including those that caused the proximity sensor problem and lethargic performance of the iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G. In addition, it added new features such as HDR photos and HD video uploading through Wi-Fi.

World’s dominant search engine Google on Wednesday unveiled a new feature, dubbed Google Instant, to allow users to get results in real time as they type their search terms.

Unveiling Google Instant, company’s vice president of search products, Marissa Mayer, claimed that the new feature would yield a much smarter and faster search that before. She added that it would search at the speed of thought.