Niman, a Biomedical researcher Pittsburgh has put together an interactive map which tracks known and suspected outbreaks of the H1N1 Swine Flu. The World Health Organization (WHO) raised their pandemic alert level to 4 on Monday April 27th 2009. Level 4 warnings officially mean that the WHO considers there to be "sustained human to human transmission". Levels 5 and 6 represent "widespread human infection".

To view the map click here.

Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new study suggests an intriguing potential link to mental health later in life, as well.

A team of Swedish and Danish researchers tracked coffee consumption in a group of 1,409 middle-age men and women for an average of 21 years. During that time, 61 participants developed dementia, 48 with Alzheimer’s disease.

After controlling for numerous socioeconomic and health factors, including high cholesterol and high blood pressure, the scientists found that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less. People who drank more than five cups a day also were at reduced risk of dementia, the researchers said, but there were not enough people in this group to draw statistically significant conclusions.

Read more: Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

Microsoft Corp. confirmed today that European Union regulators have formally accused the company of breaking antitrust laws by including the company's Internet Explorer (IE) browser with the Windows operating system.

"Yesterday, Microsoft received a Statement of Objections from the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission," the company said in a statement on Friday. "The Statement of Objections expresses the Commission's preliminary view that the inclusion of Internet Explorer in Windows since 1996 has violated European competition law."

According to Microsoft, the EU claimed that "other browsers are foreclosed from competing because Windows includes Internet Explorer."

The Norwegian browser maker that first filed a complaint with about Internet Explorer applauded the EU's move. "We commend the Commission for taking the next step towards restoring competition in a market that Microsoft has strangled for more than a decade," said Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Opera Software ASA. "This demonstrates that the Commission is serious about getting Microsoft to start competing on the merits in the browser market and letting consumers have a real choice of browsers."

In December 2007, Norwegian browser maker Opera Software ASA filed a complaint with the EU that argued Microsoft stifled competition by bundling IE with Windows, and that the U.S. developer hindered interoperability by not following accepted Web standards.

Read more: EU Hits Microsoft with New Antitrust Charges

Zune owners now have a fix for their failing devices thanks to Microsoft that has posted instructions on how to start the new year off with a working digital music player. On Thursday, 30GB Zunes suffered a crippling glitch causing the digital music players to lock up, reboot themselves and freeze. Zune users are calling Microsoft's screw-up "Zune 2K9," a reference to the Y2K bug. The problem was caused by the Zune's internal clock and its inability to handle leap years, according to Microsoft.

Microsoft posted instructions on its support site Zune.net/support on how to thaw your Zune from its deep freeze and get it working again. However, if you're a Zune Pass subscriber with music managed by DRM copyright protection, Microsoft says you might have to take extra steps to play those music tracks.

The Zune fix is outlined below. Microsoft says it will also issue a fix for the device so that this problem won't re-occur the next leap year, in 2012.

Read more: Microsoft Offers Official Fix for Failing Zunes