Around the Web 11.14.08: Big cuts at Sun, and photos of a planet orbiting another sun

-- Scientists use a camera to take pictures of a planet called Fomalhaut b orbiting a different sun. If you look closely, you may see an alien waving. LAT

-- Speaking of suns, it's a cloudy day for Sun Microsystems –- the company announced a restructuring that will cut up to 6,000 jobs, or 18% of its workers. CNet

-- College grads turn to engineering because the financial job market is tough. Business Week

-- Who will be Obama’s tech czar? The suspense is killing us! WashPost via LAT

-- Peter Chernin contemplates leaving MySpace parent News Corp. LAT

-- Google offers voice recognition search for the iPhone. Ask a question, it will answer. Just don't ask how the G1 is doing compared with the iPhone. NYT

-- A Silicon Valley man wants to create the world's largest chess game. Mercury News

-- If you want to be really uncool, clip your Bluetooth to your shirt with a new device. It could be the next Blackberry holster, worn by dads everywhere. Engadget

-- Nokia says phone sales will shrink next year, warns about Q4 earnings. Silicon Alley Insider

-- As the economy tanks, more people buy video games. Maybe because they don’t have jobs to entertain them anymore? USA Today

-- Alana Semuels

Photo: A dust ring surrounding the star Fomalhaut, as photographed by the Hubble Telescope. A planet, Fomalhaut b, is a tiny speck in the lower right portion of the ring. Credit: NASA

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FOMALHAUT IS KNOWN SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, before becoming the subject of attention of exoplanet hunters in the early 1980s. At that time, the NASA satellite, IRAS (Infrared Astronomy Satellite) detects infrared signature of a large amount of dust that can be interpreted as due to the presence of a planetary system.Full story:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2008/11/star-fomalhaut-is-known-since-ancient.html