Etsy IPO, High-Risk, Lacks Proven Sustainability? (video)

Etsy High-Risk, Lacks Proven Sustainability: Gellert -
James Gellert, chief executive officer at Rapid Ratings, discusses the business of Etsy as the e-commerce site went public last week in a $267 million IPO. He speaks on “Market Makers.”

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Alibaba After $25 Billion IPO, iPhone 6 Sales (videos)

iPhone 6 Sales Top 10M: How to Read the First Weekend -
JMP Securities Senior Analyst Alex Gauna discusses iPhone 6 sales on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg--Sept 22)

Alibaba IPO: What's Next After $25 Billion? -
Wedbush Securities Technology Analyst Gil Luria wieghs in on the Alibaba IPO. He speaks on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg Sept 22)


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3 Reasons Why Healthcare Will Favor Google Over Apple
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Hardware: The line here has blurred considerably since Apple first ... with some fairly impressive specs (and 4.3 stars out of 5) on Amazon for $148.


Wall Street Journal
Weekend iPhone Sales Exceed 10 Million
Wall Street Journal
Andreas Gibson celebrates with employees outside the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York after being the first to exit there with an iPhone 6 on ...
Apple Sells 10 Million New iPhones in First Weekend - New York Times
Apple sells 10M iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices in first weekend - CNET


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How The Apple Watch Could Change The World Of Local SEO
Forbes
Apple Apple recently unveiled the up-and-coming sixth generation of its iPhone, ... Wearable technology, like SmartWatches and Google Glass, have ...


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Alibaba vs. Amazon: Who Will Win the Global E-Commerce War?
Forbes
This article is by Mohanbir Sawhney, professor, and Sanjay Khosla, senior fellow, at Kellogg School of Management. They are the authors of Fewer, ...


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Is Facebook one of the best US companies?
USA TODAY
As the world's largest social network, Facebook (FB) has arguably been the ... As the forerunner, Facebook has handled this pressure expertly. ... Taking a page from Google's enviable corporate culture playbook, Facebook makes ...


New York Times
China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google
New York Times
American giants like Twitter and Facebook have long been censored by ... Even as Googleand other big technology companies have lobbied heavily for an ... In late July, antimonopoly investigators raided Microsoft offices in four ...


Wall Street Journal
German Amazon Workers on Strike
Wall Street Journal
Workers at the German warehouses of online retailer Amazon.de are on strike in Rheinberg, Germany. European Pressphoto Agency.

Google will (sort of) stop forcing Google Plus down your throat
Washington Post
The thing is, Google doesn't care about any of that. Why should it? The point of Google Plus was never to be a “Facebook killer,” despite what some ...

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Sizing Up Facebook

Sizing Up Facebook
Wall Street Journal
By BEN LEVISOHN As social-networking giant Facebook prepares to sell stock to the public for the first time, money managers are mobbing investor roadshows and deluging the deal's underwriters with requests for as many shares as they can get their hands ...

The ABCs of camera phone technology
Computerworld
We explain the technology and what you should look for. By Serdar Yegulalp Computerworld - Camera phones have come a long way since the first sub-megapixel models of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Aside from being more broadly available -- there's ...

Tech Report: Bing Revamp Includes Social Network Add-Ons To ...
By Andre Torrez
Tech Report: Bing Revamp Includes Social Network Add-Ons To Take On Google. May 10, 2012 10:11 PM. Share this. View Comments. The websites of Bing, Microsoft and Yahoo are displayed on a computer monitor. (Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
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OMG, is Amazon going to kill tech blogs too? — Tech News and ...
By Laura Hazard Owen
The Daily cites unidentified “multiple sources in the Seattle area” who say Amazon plans to launch three blogs: one “designed to compete in the tech news space with websites like Gizmodo and The Verge” that would be “populated with unbiased reviews that would link back to Amazon's retail site,” one on “film, comics, TV and other geek-related activities” and one on “the emerging market of mobile phone photography apps.” ... I've seen this technology other companies use it.
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Eight Great Tech Brands Losing Money - 24/7 Wall St.
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Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human ...
Today's technology scene seems overheated to some. Apple is the most valuable company on earth. Software apps are reaching tens of millions of users within ...
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Cool Technology of the Week ... We think the best we can do within the limitations of present server-side technology is to enforce the use of passwords on all devices .... HSPH's Leadership Strategies for Information Technology in Health Care ...
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Windows 8 RT Poses Security Dilemma
PCWorld
Windows 8 RT systems may be at greater risk than systems running more traditional versions of Windows. By David Jeffers, Content Works May 11, 2012 3:39 AM When Windows 8 hits the street later this year it will represent the boldest overhaul of the ...

Massive sunspot fires off powerful solar flares
msnbc.com
A huge sunspot that dwarfs the Earth is unleashing a series of powerful solar flares as it moves across the surface of the sun, NASA scientists say. The sunspot AR 1476 was detected by space telescopes on May 5. The huge sunspot is 60000 miles (100000 ...

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Apple may finally replace Google Maps in iOS 6 with own in-house version
Washington Post
It's no big secret that Apple wants to get away from its dependency on Google Maps in iOS — the company has bought several mapping companies over the last few years, and iPhoto for iOS launched in March with maps provided by the OpenStreetMap ...

Assassin's Creed III Trailer Reveals More Revolutionary Gameplay
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Ubisoft this week released another trailer for the upcoming Assassin's Creed III, which is set during the American Revolution. The two-minute clip (below) shows American soldiers battling the British Redcoats on snowy hills, ...

Infographic: Moms Embrace Social Media, Smartphones
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Your mom might be bit more tech-savvy than you thought. Just in time for Mother's Day, new data from Nielsen indicates that moms commonly own smartphones, are active bloggers, and frequently use social media.

Facebook updates data use policy to give more information, explain how ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give users more clarity on how the information they share is used by the company. The move comes a week ahead of its expected initial public offering of stock.

Panasonic Posts Record Annual Net Loss
Wall Street Journal
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI TOKYO—Panasonic Corp. capped a brutal year for Japan's consumer-electronics industry by posting a $5.49 billion fiscal-fourth-quarter loss, as its troubled television operations dragged the conglomerate to its biggest-ever annual ...

Shuttle replica to launch, by water, for last trek
msnbc.com
HOUSTON — A space shuttle will launch later this month from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but instead of soaring into the sky, it will set sail on the water. The full-scale, high-fidelity space shuttle mockup, which was formerly known as ...

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Nvidia Q1 Profit Slumps Due To Kepler Supply Constraints
CRN
By Kristin Bent, CRN Nvidia reported Friday first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations but still marked a hefty drop from last year's first-quarter results, as supply constraints continued to limit shipments of its new Kepler-based ...

Facial Recognition App IDs Your Friends Using Facebook
Mashable
Want to make tagging friends in Facebook photos a bit easier? New facial recognition app Klik launched out of beta on Thursday. Simply download the iPhone app and get ready to snap of picture of your friends or family. Before you even click the button ...

Facebook Permeates Everything; App Center Will Be Its Mobile Extension
ReadWriteWeb
By Dan Rowinski / May 11, 2012 10:03 AM / View Comments Facebook will soon have an application store...well, not exactly. Facebook will soon have an application repository. A display showcase. Those are probably more apt descriptions of what the social ...

HTC EVO 4G LTE Review
SlashGear
As HTC ushers in their next generation of smartphones with their hero series of HTC One devices, so too does the impact spread to their other hard-hitting brand lines like what we're seeing here in the HTC EVO 4G LTE. What we've seen of this device ...

SlashGear

For Bing and Google, the future of search is social
Christian Science Monitor
Over the next few weeks, Microsoft will overhaul its Bing search engine to incorporate results from Facebook, Twitter and other social networking platforms. By Matthew Shaer / May 11, 2012 The new Bing results page, which incorporates social search.

Christian Science Monitor

Baidu Cloud set to launch next week
SlashGear
Android and iOS may be seeing massive success in Europe and the United States, but Baidu is poised to compete against both in China. The search based company is planning to launch a new version of its operating system, Baidu Cloud, which will feature ...

SlashGear

Nokia launches Reading app for Lumia smartphone users
CNET
Rolling out this week, the new Reading app and service will let Lumia phone owners find and read books in their native language. by Lance Whitney May 11, 2012 8:15 AM PDT Follow @lancewhit Nokia Lumia owners in Europe will soon be able to pick up and ...

LG Said to Plan Selling OLED TVs for More Than $9000 in U.S.
Bloomberg
LG Electronics Inc. (066570), the world's No. 2 television maker, plans to sell 55-inch sets using the new OLED technology for more than $9000 in the US, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The price is higher than that predicted by analysts ...

Halfbrick's iOS Hit 'Jetpack Joyride' Touches Down On Facebook
TechCrunch
Here's a little something to file away for when your weekend gets dull — the Australian devs at Halfbrick have brought their premier flying-around-and-dodging-things game to its new home away from iOS. Starting today, users looking to waste a few ...

Fun New Facebook Feature: Pay $2 To Get Your Friends' Attention
Forbes
Facebook has come up with a way to commoditize that terrible feeling of being ignored by your friends. The social network is testing out a new service, reports Stuff, that would allow Facebook users to pay to have their status updates, photos, ...

Forbes

Dish Network tech risks broadcast backlash: New satcaster product strips ads ...
Chicago Tribune
With a dispute still raging with AMC Networks, Dish Network may be teeing up a new battle with content companies thanks to a new technology introduced Thursday. The satcaster unveiled "Auto Hop," which enables viewers to watch TV shows from the Big ...

Observations of an Asteroid Provide Hints of How the Earth Came Together
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By KENNETH CHANG / The New York Times Observations by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show that Vesta formed within the first few million years of the solar system, that its surface is in places as bright as snow and in others as dark as coal,...

Report: FTC Probing Facebook, Instagram Deal
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram is reportedly getting the once-over from the Federal Trade Commission. As reported by the Financial Times, the agency is examining the deal on competition grounds, ...

Reuters Science News Summary
Chicago Tribune
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Maya lunar calendar notes discovered in Guatemala WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the wall of a tiny structure buried under forest debris in Guatemala, archaeologists have discovered a scribe's notes ...

Development Team of Pebble Watches Reaches over $10000000 in Crowd Funding on ...
CollegeNews
The Pebble is a watch that basically connects to your iPhone or Android phones through bluetooth technology. With this watch you can basically run apps directly from your watch and has a beautiful high resolution e-paper display.

CollegeNews

SpaceX to Offer Trips to Private Space Stations
PC Magazine
By Adario Strange SpaceX has made a name for itself by promising to open the corridors of space to the general public at high-end consumer prices. But the real dream for many who envision traveling into space involves the opportunity to actually spend ...

Amazon conjures rights to borrow Harry Potter ebooks
Mother Nature Network
While Pottermore remains the exclusive destination for purchasing digital copies of the Harry Potter series, Kindle users can borrow the book starting June 19. By Agence France-PresseThu, May 10 2012 at 3:10 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon said May 10 it ...

Mother Nature Network

Deutsche Telekom Said to Talk to MetroPCS on T-Mobile USA Merger
Bloomberg
Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is discussing a merger of its T-Mobile USA unit with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) as it reviews options for the customer-losing business, according to people familiar with the matter. Deutsche Telekom is considering a ...

Bloomberg

Samsung Launches Low-end Windows Phone With 4-inch Display
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Samsung Electronics has announced the Samsung Omnia M, a Windows Phone with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display that will first become available in Europe, the company said on Friday. Samsung isn't providing any pricing, ...

Hidden alien planet revealed by its own gravity
msnbc.com
Detective astronomers have discovered at least one unseen alien planet, and possibly another, around a distant star by observing the odd behavior of a planet already known to orbit the same star. The newfound planet has about the mass of Saturn and ...

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iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak teased
SlashGear
Worried about upgrading to iOS 5.1 in fear of losing your jailbreak? Don't worry too much. Developers and hackers have been working behind the scenes in order to provide a working untethered jailbreak in the future, with pod2g teasing a video via ...

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Facebook sets price range for IPO

Facebook sets price range for IPO
Los Angeles Times
By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times Facebook Inc. takes its show on the road next week to build support for an initial public offering that it said could value the company at as much as $96 billion — eclipsing the first offerings of search giantGoogle ...

British, US researchers say patch on 425-year-old map yields new clue to fate ...
Washington Post
CHAPEL HILL, NC — A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the late 16th century. Experts from the First Colony Foundation ...

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble: An e-book marriage
BusinessWeek
Microsoft (MSFT) is investing $300 million for a 17.6 percent stake in a new subsidiary that combines Barnes & Noble's (BKS) Nook e-reader and college bookstore businesses. The transaction, which will turn the software maker into a direct competitor of ...

Rumored iPhone 5 to feature a 4-inch screen, new Dock connector?
CNET
Apple's upcoming smartphone will come with a 4-inch screen, due mainly to a thinner, taller body, according to Apple-focused site iLounge, citing an unnamed source. The site's source claims Apple's new iPhone will be 10mm taller than the iPhone 4S, ...

CNET

Video-chatting is popular among 12- to 17-year-olds, study finds
Los Angeles Times
Pew Research Center says 37% of Internet users in that age range communicate using applications such as Skype, Google Talk and iChat. That stereotypical image of the American teenager glued to the phone needs an update.

Recommended: Zombie ants fight fungus with fungus
msnbc.com
Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars. Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. E-mail Alan, or connect via Facebook, Twitter or Google+. This zombie ant has been taken over by a brain-manipulating ...

Europe's more stringent view of online privacy
San Francisco Chronicle
Jacob Kohnstamm has emerged as a central figure in the simmering international debate over digital privacy - and as a consistent critic of major US Internet companies. Kohnstamm is chairman of both the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Article 29 ...

Rio de Janeiro stripping away 'visual pollution'
The Associated Press
By FLORA CHARNER, AP – 2 minutes ago RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Officials in Rio de Janeiro are trying to make one of the globe's most beautiful cities even more stunning. Some 50 workers began tearing down billboards in front of iconic Guanabara Bay on ...

Is iPhone 4S obsolete?
BetaNews
By Joe Wilcox I repeatedly ask you questions in headlines, because I ask myself. This one is top of mind following today's Samsung Galaxy S III announcement. My eyes bugger at the differences in size, features and most importantly benefits -- the ...

CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook's 5 core values in letter to potential ...
Washington Post
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined five core values for Facebook in a letter to potential investors. The letter appeared in regulatory filings Facebook filed in February for its initial public offering of stock. Here is that portion of the letter: ...

Jury note raises possibility that verdict won't be reached in 1st round of ...
Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court jury is having a difficult time reaching a verdict in a complex copyright infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google. A question posed late Thursday in a note from one of the 12 jurors raised the specter of an ...

Shares of BlackBerry maker hit eight-year low
The Seattle Times
Shares of Research in Motion Ltd. hit an eight-year low Thursday and have fallen more than 15 percent in the past three days, after the company unveiled a prototype BlackBerry with new software. By ROB GILLIES Associated Press No comments have been ...

Magazine slams Facebook's 'labyrinthian' policies
San Francisco Chronicle
Facebook isn't clear enough in telling its 150 million users in the United States how to protect personal information, according to Consumer Reports. About 13 million of those users haven't set online privacy controls, indicating that many people can't ...

LG Optimus LTE2 revealed
SlashGear
It's kind of hard for any smartphone – heck, for any product whatsoever – to make any sort of splash today with Samsung's Galaxy S III taking the entire mobile spotlight for anyone who cares anything about the interesting. But nevertheless, LG decided ...

SlashGear

Apple still exploring haptic touch for iPhones, iPads
CNET
The brain power in Cupertino, Calif., seems to have no end as another patent application has surfaced that shows Apple's interest in haptic technology for its touch-screen iOS devices. by Joe Aimonetti May 3, 2012 4:00 PM PDT Haptic technology allows ...

Amazon's Kindle Fire sales fall as iPad lead grows
San Francisco Chronicle
TABLETS Kindle Fire hurt by iPad demand Amazon.com's Kindle Fire sales slumped in the first quarter as Apple's iPad widened its lead in the tablet market to 68 percent, according to IDC. The Kindle Fire, which runs on Google's Android operating system, ...

Report: Apple Could Spend $500 Million to Develop Liquidmetal Alloy
PC Magazine
By Damon Poeter Apple could spend upwards of half a billion dollars over the next few years to develop Liquidmetal for use in device casings and computer enclosures, according to one of the scientists who invented the alloy. "I estimate that Apple will ...

Dolby Labs gets Microsoft Windows 8 nod
msnbc.com
SAN FRANCISCO — Dolby Laboratories Inc. shares soared Thursday after the company said its digital audio encoding program will be included in Microsoft Inc.'s Windows 8 operating system. Dolby also reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results.

Greenland glaciers speeding up, but not as fast as worst-case scenario
msnbc.com
By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters WASHINGTON -- Some of Greenland's glaciers are moving about 30 percent faster than they did 10 years ago, contributing to rising global sea levels, but that still may not be enough to reach the most extreme projections for ...

Elder Scrolls MMO Will be Released for Mac, Too
Forbes
I own a Mac. Considering I work in something close to a creative profession, it's not a hard guess. But, by necessity, this means that I'ma console gamer. My laptop can handle Civilization, The Sims, Blizzard titles, and not a whole lot more.

'Super Moon' to light up night sky
msnbc.com
This weekend, the full moon will be closer to Earth than at any other time this year. NBC's Brian Williams reports. >> warning of a bit, bright, and harmless object in the sky on saturday night. this weekend, the full moon will be closer to the earth...

Logitech introduces light-powered protection for the iPad
eChannelLine
Logitech has announced the expansion of both its solar and tablet accessories lineups with the Logitech Solar Keyboard Folio. Made for the new, third-generation iPad as well as the iPad 2, the ultra-slim, book-style case and keyboard offer stylish ...

Judge again orders Apple, Samsung to streamline claims in iPad patent case
Computerworld
By Stephen Lawson IDG News Service - Apple and Samsung Electronics have until Monday to further boil down the number of claims to be considered in the sweeping intellectual-property lawsuit concerning their smartphone and tablet products, ...

How To Bring Back Windows Phone Marketplace On Zune
everythingWM
Before you continue reading, we warn you this how-to involves quite a bit of PC knowledge, and a registry editor. Well, that was fast, after Microsoft recently completely removed the Windows Phone marketplace browser from the Zune program, ...

Exclusive: $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle launching next week with two-year ...
The Verge
By Tom Warren on May 2, 2012 10:57 am 328Comments Microsoft is planning to launch a $99 Xbox console package with a monthly subscription as early as next week, according to our sources. The software giant will offer the 4GB console with a Kinect sensor ...

Solar System's Death Glimpsed in White Dwarf Stars
Wired News
By Dave Mosher Four dead planetary systems, each lit by the burned-out core of a star that once resembled the sun, provide a harrowing forecast for Earth's eventual demise. Astronomers used the space-based Hubble telescope to probe the chemical ...

Wired News

Esa selects 1bn-euro Juice probe to Jupiter
BBC News
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News The European Space Agency (Esa) is to mount a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. The probe, called Juice, has just been approved at a meeting of member state delegations in Paris.

BBC News

How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet
New York Times
Legal and technology researchers estimate that it would take about a month for Internet users to read the privacy policies of all the Web sites they visit in a year. So in the interest of time, here is the deal: You know that dream where you suddenly ...

Spotify Releases iPad App at Last, With New Sonic Exploration Features
Wired News
By Evolver.fm By Eliot Van Buskirk, Evolver.fm When we finally saw Spotify's new iPad app in the company's New York City offices this week, we breathed a sigh of relief on behalf of all the breathless Spotify fans who have been demanding its release.

Wired News

Black Ops II Day 1 Preorders Already Beating MW3's
Escapist Magazine
Every year, the annual Call of Duty outperforms its predecessors and every year, gamers, journalists and analysts alike wonder if the franchise's success has peaked. When will the yearly Call of Duty sell fewer games than the one that came a year...

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Facebook IPO: What the filing reveals about the company's data centers

Facebook IPO: What the filing reveals about the company's data centers
Washington Post
To a run a site as massive as Facebook inherently requires a massive infrastructure of data centers. The Web site's IPO filing on Wednesday sheds some light on just how much it costs to maintain and construct such facilities. According to the document, ...

Google Docs for Android Gets Offline Access
PCWorld
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets, Googlesaid in a blog post on Wednesday. The upgraded app makes offline access possible for Google documents, ...

How Much Are Facebook Execs Making? (Hint: More Than You)
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius It's probably safe to assume that Mark Zuckerberg has a bit more cash on hand than the average person, but until today, we weren't exactly sure how much the Facebook CEO, and other company execs, were taking home each year.

Foodspotting 3.0 - New Food Discovery Experience
PC Magazine
By BrothaTech I'm not really a foodie, but others swear by the title. I am a smartphone fan, so I feel it's my duty to let all you mobile foodies know that Foodspotting, the premier app for discovering new cuisine, has released version 3.0 that claims ...

Google fires back at "dishonest" Microsoft ad
DailyTech
If you read the story yesterday about Microsoft trying to take advantage of Google's woes centering on its new change in privacy policies and had mental images of pots and kettles; you aren't alone. Microsoft is trying to woo consumers that use Google ...

DailyTech

Facebook IPO filing addresses mobile, e-commerce, salaries
Macworld
by Cameron Scott, IDG News Service Facebook's application Wednesday to sell shares on the open market includes hints about its plans for mobile use and online payments, and reveals previously guarded information about how much its executives get paid.

Newfound Alien Planet is Best Candidate Yet to Support Life, Scientists Say
Space.com
by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer A potentially habitable alien planet — one that scientists say is the best candidate yet to harbor water, and possibly even life, on its surface — has been found around a nearby star. The planet is located in the ...

Far side of the moon filmed by Nasa spacecraft
Telegraph.co.uk
Rare and spectacular video footage of the far side of the Moon has been captured by a Nasa spacecraft. By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent One whole face of the Moon can never be seen from Earth because it constantly faces away from our planet.

SpaceX Successfully Test Fires Its SuperDraco Rocket Engine
Forbes
SpaceX has successfully tested its SuperDraco engines, a crucial component in developing its reusable spacecraft. (Image Credit: SpaceX) Ever since SpaceX and NASA announced that the company is delaying its Dragon spacecraft's historic docking with the ...

Forbes

Rumors Claim Strange Apple Event in February
The Mac Observer
As if rumors of pending iPad and iPhone refreshes aren't enough, a new rumor claims that Apple is planning a media event for early February. Instead of calling the even “special,” however, this event is being called “strange.

Apple releases Mac OS X 10.7.3
Inquirer
By Lawrence Latif FRUIT THEMED TOY MAKER Apple has released its third point release update for Mac OS X 10.7, bringing numerous security fixes. Apple's Mac OS X 10.7.3 update was released for both client and server versions of the operating system with ...

Spider Web's Strength Is in the Silk and the Design
Kansas City infoZine
While researchers have long known of the incredible strength of spider silk, the robust nature of the tiny filaments cannot alone explain how webs survive multiple tears and winds that exceed hurricane strength. Washington, DC - infoZine - Now, ...

Caldera Eruption “Early Warning System”? Not so Fast.
Wired News (blog)
By Erik Klemetti A view across the Santorini caldera. The newest eruptions in the caldera can be seen on the right on Nea Kameni. Now, I'm not going to pick apart this paper by Timothy Druitt and others as such – the study, called “Decadal to monthly ...

Are jellyfish hijacking the world's oceans?
The State Column
Are jellyfish hijacking the world's oceans? Scientists have been asking themselves this question for quite some time. However, a report published in the journal BioScience recently answered this question and the answer is probably not.

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Expands Mirrorless Lineup With K-01
PC Magazine
By Jim Fisher Pentax Ricoh Imaging has announced its second mirrorless Pentax-branded camera, the K-01. Unlike the company's previous entry into the category, the small-sensor Pentax Q, the K-01 features an APS-C image sensor, the same size found in ...

Best and worst things to buy in February
CBS News
It's a leap year, meaning February affords shoppers an extra day to find the best deals on a host of goods. Throw in Presidents' Day sales and post-Valentine's Day bargains, and consumers should be able to find deep discounts on all sorts of items, ...

Facebook Builds Washington Presence With PAC
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg David Paul Morris/Bloomberg In this file photo Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks at a press event at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, ...

Bloomberg

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) New iPod Nano To Have Camera?
eMoneyDaily
It has been reported that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s new iPod Nano will come with a built-in camera. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) New iPod Nano To Have Camera? According to a report, the US based technology giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is planning to ...

eMoneyDaily

iPad 3 photos show quad-core processor, Wi-Fi and global LTE options
BGR
A source claiming to be in possession of an iPad 3 prototype provided BGR with images containing details about Apple's highly anticipated third-generation tablet. From the data in the photos, which contain the output from an iPad 3 using a development ...

Apple iOS bug may expose your iMessage texts, pictures and video
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Suppose you're having problems with your iPhone – say, you get that occasional message that no SIM card is installed. A friend, trying to help you out, swaps the SIM from her iPhone into yours to see if it works – a common diagnostic tactic.

Houston Chronicle (blog)

Vizio's 58-inch 21:9 CinemaWide TV coming in March for $3499
The Verge
By Jeff Blagdon on February 1, 2012 10:49 pm 2Comments Although Vizio announced its new 58-inch CinemaWide HDTV at CES last month it held back on pricing and a few key specs. The company filled in the rest of the blanks today, letting us know that the ...

Harley-Davidson plans 110th anniversary party for Milwaukee
Today's TMJ4
By Jay Sorgi MILWAUKEE - Organizers with Harley-Davidson are planning another huge anniversary party for the City of Milwaukee next year. Harley is putting together its 110th anniversary celebration for Labor Day weekend in Milwaukee.

FCC Pushes E-Textbooks on US Schools Facing Budget Crunch
BusinessWeek
By Eric Engleman Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- A Federal Communications Commission effort to bring digital textbooks to US students faces resistance from schools with limited budgets for buying devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer.

US set to be hit hardest by tropical cyclones
TG Daily
Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by the end of the century, according to Yale and MIT researchers, because of economic growth as well as climate change. Global tropical damage is expected to double to $56 billion per year, ...

TG Daily

Skyrim 1.4 Update Live On Steam
TheGamersHub
The update, detailed last month, also includes support for Steam Workshop so when the Creation Kit goes live it can be used instantly. Bethesda have also said that the patch has been submitted to console manufacturers this week and so should be in the ...

European Premier Technology Research Group Focuses Upon ...
mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) said today, that based upon a scientific review of mPhase's patents, it has received a formal invitation to present its scientific advances in microfluidics at the nanoscale level to a scientific research ...
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Prison Planet.com » Microsoft buys eugenics technology from Merck
By admin
This gene-targeting vaccine research technology purchased by Microsoft was developed by the company known as Rosetta Biosciences, formerly owned by Merck. Their software is described as a way to “figure out how genes interact with ...
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New technology helps make learning fun | WLFI - Lafayette, Indiana
By Elisabeth Rentschler
Many Tippecanoe School Corporation students traded in their pencils for electronic markers.
News | WLFI TV

Cameras vs fists: Can technology save Palestinians from beatings ...
By RT
The Israeli government has vowed to end systematic attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, but has done little to curb the violence. Now an Israeli human rights group is using technology to tackle the ...
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Technology is 90% Psychology | NTEN
By Holly
Flickr photo: Dom de OliveiraIf you've ever implemented a technology project at a nonprofit, you know it's true: technology is 90% psychology. Success rarely hinges on the hardware and the software;technology hinges on the humans ...
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My View: Technology and engineering, the forgotten part of STEM ...
By Donna Krache, Exec. Producer
by Matt Walton, Special to CNN Editor's note: Matt Walton a technology and engineering education teacher at Glen Allen High School in Henrico County, Virginia.
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Six interesting technology law issues raised in the Facebook IPO ...
By Evan Brown (@internetcases)
A number of these risks are examples of technology law issues that almost any internet company would face, particularly companies whose product is the users. (1) Advertising regulation. In providing detail about the nature of this risk, ...
Internet Cases

ExxonMobil licenses oil sands steam injection technology to Baker ...
By Mike Millikin
The ExxonMobil-patented technology provides more effective regulation and distribution of steam in long horizontal wells for in-situ oil sands production. The technology reduces the number of wells needed, lowers operating costs by reducing ...
Green Car Congress

Technology Terminology: What's in a Name? | SmartData Collective
By Dave Menninger
When it comes to technology, debates about whether a particular name suits its category are rampant. Here is a link to one such argument about the term “big data” from Curt Monash, an analyst whom I respect a great deal.
SmartData Collective - The world's...

Cork Institute of Technology: Two New Graduate Conversion ...
By Tom Murphy
Responding to the shifting technological and business landscape, the Cork Institute of Technology(CIT) has launched two new graduate conversion programmes which are for graduates from non-computing disciplines to gain an academic ...
New Tech Post

FIFA To Make 'Definitive' Goal-Line Technology Decision on July 2 ...
By Nick Ironside
The Independent is reporting that on July 2, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) will make a "definitive decision" on the heavily debated topic of goal-line technology. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Frank Lampard's shot ...
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Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email ...
It kind of evolved from being about technology to more of just living in the moment . I think that's what my biggest thing is: There's not so much chasing for me now ...
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Has Facebook Peaked Too Soon?

Has Facebook Peaked Too Soon?
Forbes
There's a delicate art in working out when it is best to IPO a company. There are a number of different factors which will influence the price or valuation of the company. And according to one way of looking at these it's possible that Facebook has got ...

Steve Ballmer Reboots
BusinessWeek
By Ashlee Vance They had his dining room waiting. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive and one of the richest men in the world, often eats privately at a Bellevue (Wash.) steakhouse whose name remains, at the behest of his security guards, ...

BusinessWeek

New 4G auction plan could clear deadlock
ZDNet UK
By David Meyer, ZDNet UK, 12 January, 2012 16:09 @superglaze The telecoms regulator Ofcom has issued revised proposals for the upcoming 4G spectrum auction, in a move that may end delays to the rollout of fast mobile broadband. ...
 
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world's smallest vertebrate
Fox News
NEW ORLEANS – A frog that can perch on the tip of your pinkie with room to spare has been claimed as the world's smallest vertebrate species, out-tinying a fish that got the title in 2006. But the discoverer of another weensy fish disputes the claim. ...

Fox News

Microsoft Licenses Patents To LG For Android, Chrome OS Devices
Wall Street Journal
By Matt Jarzemsky Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) agreed to license a "broad" assortment of patents to LG Electronics Inc. (066570.SE, Q.LGE), the software company's latest such deal with a maker of mobile devices ...

Xerox CEO's cure for US educational woes: 'Cool' and cash
Register
CES 2012 The Chairman and CEO of Xerox believes that one way to fix the US educational system is to make science, technology, engineering, and math "cool". Another is money. "We have to celebrate the things that we desire," Ursula Burns told her ...

Microsoft Eclipses Yahoo in US Search for 1st Time
Fox News
Microsoft Corp. has finally reached a long-sought and expensive goal - its Bing search engine now ranks second behind Google in the Internet's most lucrative market. Bing and Microsoft's other websites fielded 2.75 billion search requests in the US ...

Fox News

First Wireless Speaker From a High-End Company
Discovery News
Yesterday in a private press briefing away from the bustling CES tradeshow floor, Bang & Olufsen revealed their new offshoot: B&O Play. With the same extreme attention to humanistic design, detail, craftsmanship and performance that characterizes the ...

Google Science Fair Opens Today!
National Geographic
The annual Google Science Fair opens today, calling anyone and everyone 13 to 18 years old to push the edges of our knowledge and help pave the way to the future. Just like a school science fair, entrants submit their idea, perform their experiments ...

EPA Web tool tracks major greenhouse gas sources
Los Angeles Times
By Neela Banerjee The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new interactive website Wednesday that allows users to track the total annual greenhouse gas emissions of power plants, oil refineries and other big industrial facilities that account for ...

Los Angeles Times

Bookies set odds on Apple NYC launch
Register
By Caleb Cox • Get more from this author With so many flooding the interweb on a daily basis, it can be rather difficult to assess the legitimacy of Apple rumours. But you can always trust a bookie, right? Paddy Power has started taking wagers on what ...

Google's love-hate relationship with China back on
CNET
by Don Reisinger January 12, 2012 7:27 AM PST Google and China have had a strained relationship over the years, but now, the search giant is trying to change that. According to the Wall Street Journal, which sat down with Daniel Alegre, Google's top...

CNET

League of Legends developer takes anti-SOPA stance, urges players to write to ...
VentureBeat
Riot Games, developer of popular free-to-play online game League of Legends, has announced its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Chief Executive Office Brandon Beck announced in a forum statement “While we do support efforts to prevent ...

Gray wolf moving east in northeastern Calif.
San Jose Mercury News
AP SUSANVILLE, Calif.—A lone gray wolf that has zigzagged hundreds of miles through Oregon and California has been moving east and is now in Lassen County. California wildlife officials said Tuesday that the male wolf, the first gray seen in the state ...

Google TV adds OnLive game service
TG Daily
In addition to touting major hardware support at CES, Google TV is also getting new content partners. OnLive, a cloud-based gaming service, has pledged to support Google TV with a dedicated app that lets users play games from their TV with no external ...

TG Daily

Stratfor relaunches website after Christmas hack
BBC News
Global intelligence analysis firm Stratfor has relaunched its website after a hack attack forced it offline on Christmas Day. The attack brought down Stratfor's servers and exposed thousands of customer credit card numbers and other personal ...

BBC News

Facebook Comments Box Goes Mobile, No Twitter for Olympics Volunteers
Mashable
Welcome to this morning's edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Facebook has launched its Comments Box plugin for ...

Ericsson seeks to cash in on patents
Computerworld
By Mikael Ricknäs IDG News Service - As wireless access is added to new types of devices, Ericsson is reorganizing its licensing department in an effort to make more money from its patents, the company said on Thursday. The Swedish telecommunication ...

Tech Today: Google Makes New Push in China
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Tom Loftus Google Makes New Push in China: Two years after a high-profile spat with China over censorship, the search giant is making a big push in the country, hiring engineers and working to capitalize on the popularity of its Android devices ...

Sony Singing Apple's Tune
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Daisuke Wakabayashi Sony's music service is moving into Apple's neighborhood. Sony's subscription-based streaming music service, Music Unlimited, will be available as an app for Apple iPhones and iPads sometime this quarter. Sony Corp. ...

Kia Chooses Las Vegas, Not Detroit, for EV Debuts
New York Times (blog)
By JERRY GARRETT Jerry Garrett for The New York TimesKia Naimo EV, one of the electric vehicles shown by Kia at the Consumer Electronics Show. LAS VEGAS — Rather than at a traditional auto salon like the one running concurrently in Detroit, ...

New York Times (blog)

An Otherworldly Discovery: Billions of Other Planets
Wall Street Journal
By ROBERT LEE HOTZ Astronomers said Wednesday that each of the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way probably has at least one companion planet. Lee Hotz has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP Astronomers said Wednesday that each of the 100 billion stars ...

Wall Street Journal

2013 Cadillac ATS: Rear- or all-wheel drive sport sedan - Detroit Free Press
San Francisco Luxury News
What's going on in the world of luxury autos? You know how we love Mercedes, Bentley, Maybach and the rest. Here is an interesting item we saw. Light and luxurious, powerful and fuel-efficient, the Cadillac ATS was created to challenge the BMW 3 series ...

Powerful Performance and Efficiency added to the 2013 Porsche Boxster
Automotive Discovery
The 2013 Porsche Boxster highlights the most comprehensive changes in the history of this favorite Porsche model. Not only did the chassis get completely redesigned, but the two-seat convertible also has an entirely replaced lightweight body. ...

Internet piracy bill splits technology, entertainment industries ...
Legislation to thwart Internet piracy is dividing Capitol Hill lawmakers and has the entertainment industry facing off against the technology industry. At least one major social media website is planning a daylong blackout next week to protest the ...
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Griffin Technology knows CES is no child's play | Ubergizmo
By Edwin Kee
[CES 2012] When it comes to a high profile show like CES, you know for sure that getting everything in place can prove to be quite a challenge, and all parties from PR firms to the product company itself have [...]
Ubergizmo

Homeland Security Is Monitoring The Drudge Report, The New York ...
By Adam Clark Estes
It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks for at least the past 18 months.
The Atlantic Wire

Twitter fights Google over "bad" search technology — RT
By RT
It's a battle of the Internet bigwigs in Silicon Valley. Following a change in Google's search feature format, Twitter has challenged the move as a “bad” one for the Web giants.
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Kodak Says Apple is Stealing Technology in iPhone, iPad, iPod ...
By Joshua L. Weinstein
Kodak sues over technology that lets people share photographs directly from digital cameras without having to transfer pictures to computers.
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CES 2012: Nanosys Redefining "Colorful" In Computer Screens with ...
By Jaymi Heimbuch
With a relatively minor change in manufacturing processes, companies making everythign from laptops to TVs can give viewers 100% color accuracy without using extra energy.
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Samsung Demoes Ultra-Wide Band Wireless USB Technology [CES ...
By Quentyn Kennemer
We had a chance to hang out with Samsung at CES and they were on hand to show off some of the wares that you don't see in the news everyday. One of those things.
Android Phone Fans

Al's Journal : Clean Energy Technology Saves You Money
By Al Gore
"Here's the plain and simple fact – clean energy technology can actually save you money. Chances are you know this, but there's a lot of misinformation out there – so here's a quick fact check for when you hear claims that clean energy isn't ...
Al's Journal

Mascoma readies commercial strategy for Mascoma Grain Technology
By Meghan Sapp
In New Hampshire, Mascoma says that it has implemented key components of the commercialization strategy for its Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT, yeast product, which is the first commercial application of Mascoma's proprietary ...
Biofuels Digest

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