A long-standing scientific belief holds that stars tend to hang out in the same general part of a galaxy where they originally formed. Some astrophysicists have recently questioned whether that is true, and now new simulations show that, at least in galaxies similar to our own Milky Way, stars such as the sun can migrate great distances.

What's more, if our sun has moved far from where it was formed more than 4 billion years ago, that could change the entire notion that there are parts of galaxies – so-called habitable zones – that are more conducive to supporting life than other areas are.

"Our view of the extent of the habitable zone is based in part on the idea that certain chemical elements necessary for life are available in some parts of a galaxy's disk but not others," said Rok Roškar, a doctoral student in astronomy at the University of Washington. "If stars migrate, then that zone can't be a stationary place."

MIAMI and MADRID, Spain, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

VIENNA, Austria, September 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Microsoft to Sign Global Partnership With SWIFT, Driving Toward the Payments Platform of the Future" issued on 15 Sep 2008 07:01 GMT, by Microsoft Corp. nasdaq:MSFT over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the first paragraph, first sentence, should read "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)" rather than "Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions (SWIFT)" as originally issued inadvertently. Complete, corrected release follows:

- Microsoft renews commitment to SWIFT and achieves SWIFTReady Financial EAI Label for 2008.

COLLEGEVILLE, Pennsylvania, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- First African Nation Plans to Phase in Routine Vaccination Program Against Pneumococcal Disease for Infants and Young Children -

PAIGNTON, England, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent GSS8000, Industry's Most Powerful and Flexible Simulation System Featured at ION GNSS 2008

CRAWLEY, England, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent TestCenter(TM) FCoE Allows Equipment Providers, Enterprises to Validate Performance of Data Centres

Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a global provider of performance analysis and service management solutions, today announced the launch of Spirent TestCenter(TM) Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Solution, the industry's first test product to validate the performance characteristics of FCoE systems, an emerging technology for enterprise data centre networks. A demonstration of this FCoE solution is being showcased at the Spirent Proof of Concept (SPoC) Labs and Collaboration Centres in Beijing, London and Sunnyvale.

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NEW YORK, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Bayer, Roche and Pfizer Top the List, According to a New Study from Manhattan Research

- Cybercitizen(R) Health Europe Study Reveals How European Consumers Use the Internet for Health Information

Physician interest in live video detail from sales reps is growing, Manhattan Research, a leading provider of access to physician and consumer opinions on the global healthcare market, reveals today the top pharmaceutical web sites visited by European consumers. Bayer moves into the top spot from last year's ranking at #2. Roche and Pfizer take this year's second and third spots respectively.

BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Multinational Implementation Helps Mitigate Financial Crime With Sophisticated Data Analytics

Sibos Booth C219 - Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, today announced that Stockholm-based Skandiaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), one of Europe's leading banks, is now using Fiserv's NetEconomy Anti-money Laundering (AML) Compliance Manager solution. Designed to meet regulatory requirements and mitigate and manage potential money laundering activity, the AML implementation across 17 countries in Europe and Asia was delivered on budget over 18 months.

MUNICH, Germany, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- GEMA Takes Successful Court Action in Germany Against the Dutch Collecting Society Buma/Stemra and the Online Music Provider beatport

On 25 August 2008, Mannheim Regional Court granted an interim injunction against the download provider beatport as well as Buma/Stemra. The injunction prohibits beatport from making specific musical works from GEMA's repertoire available to the public over the Internet in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany without having previously obtained the consent of GEMA. Buma/Stemra is prohibited from licensing such use. Beatport has already recognised the interim injunction as the final ruling for itself.

SAN JOSE, California, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Energy-efficient 4-Way 1U, 2U & 4U SuperServers deliver breakthrough performance with new 6-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 7400 Series

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced availability of the industry's first line of 6-core, 4-way servers. Supermicro's 8015C-T, 8025C-3R and 8045C-3R SuperServers optimized for the 6-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor 7400 series feature a large memory footprint, incredible energy efficiency, and robust virtualization performance.

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