Tech News: Mark Zuckerberg Q&A (video), Government Malware

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, sidestepping communication through the media, held his second public question-and-answer session to address users directly. (Bloomberg 12/12)

Antivirus Companies Shouldn’t Have Hidden What They Knew About Regin Government Malware | MIT Technology Review: "Antivirus companies had tracked the sophisticated—and likely U.S.-backed—Regin malware for years. But they kept what they learned to themselves. Last week we learned about a striking piece of malware called Regin that has been infecting computer networks worldwide since 2008. It’s more sophisticated than any known criminal malware, and everyone believes a government is behind it. No country has taken credit for Regin, but there’s substantial evidence that it was built and operated by the United States. This isn’t the first government malware discovered. GhostNet is believed to be Chinese. Red October and Turla are believed to be Russian. The Mask is probably Spanish. Stuxnet and Flame are probably from the U.S. All these were discovered in the past five years, and named by researchers who inferred their creators from clues such as who the malware targeted. I dislike the “cyberwar” metaphor for espionage and hacking, but there is a war of sorts going on in cyberspace. Countries are using these weapons against each other. This affects all of us not just because we might be citizens of one of these countries, but because we are all potentially collateral damage...."

HP Will Release a “Revolutionary” New Operating System in 2015 | MIT Technology Review: "...The main difference between The Machine and conventional computers is that HP’s design will use a single kind of memory for both temporary and long-term data storage. Existing computers store their operating systems, programs, and files on either a hard disk drive or a flash drive. To run a program or load a document, data must be retrieved from the hard drive and loaded into a form of memory, called RAM, that is much faster but can’t store data very densely or keep hold of it when the power is turned off. HP plans to use a single kind of memory—in the form of memristors—for both long- and short-term data storage in The Machine..."


Quartz
The war against Google in Europe is escalating—but will it make any difference?
Quartz
Also yesterday, on another company blog, Google noted the release of a ... That spurred responses from Google, Yelp, and the Microsoft-sponsored ...


Wall Street Journal
Google pulls Amazon app from Play Store listing
CNNMoney
Amazon and Google are having an app store standoff, resulting in the ... avoiding the standoffs with app developers that Apple (AAPL, Tech30) is so ...
Google Removed Amazon's App From The Play Store - Business Insider

With Amazon Facing $1.5 Billion Income Tax Bill, Bezos Too Busy To Testify
Forbes
Amazon is in quite a tax battle with the IRS. According the Amazon 10-K (downloadable) there is about $1.5 billion in taxes at stake spread over a ...

CNET
Apple under scrutiny in Canada for its contracts with carriers
CNET
Canada's Competition Bureau said Thursday that it is investigating whether contracts that Apple's Canadian unit has with the country's domestic ...


Fortune
Google gives a big 'nyet' to Russian engineering operations
Fortune
The tech publication, which cites anonymous sources, adds that the Google engineers, most of whom are located in Moscow, will have the option of ...

Google Translate Adds 10 New Asian and African Languages
The Next Web
Multilinguals can now learn to say hello in 90 languages using Google Translate, ... You Can Now Shop atApple's Online Store with Paypal ... Microsoft sends out invites for Windows 10 event at headquarters on January 21 ... Mark Zuckerberg is thinking about how to let you 'Dislike' things on Facebook.

Selling Beats to Apple made Dr. Dre 2014's highest-paid musician
The Verge
Dr. Dre made an enormous amount of money in 2014. Forbes puts his single-year payday at $620 million, which is the most of any musician in history.

Google's Android Studio 1.0 Makes Building Apps Easy
Lifehacker
Windows/OS X/Linux: Google's Android Studio is out of beta, replacing Eclipse as the standard for Android application development. Aspiring Android ...

Industry Views: What Does Microsoft Mean for Bitcoin?
CoinDesk
Following Microsoft's decision to embrace bitcoin, CoinDesk surveys thought leaders in the industry for ...Technology ... Microsoft took the bitcoin world by surprise late last night with the sudden announcement that it would allow ...

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Facebook: why build a smartphone when you can hijack the Android OS?

Looks like Zuckerberg has done Jeff Bezos one better--why bother with hardware, when you can just hijack the whole Android OS on any and every Android device--

By mounting an effective takeover of Android, Mr Zuckerberg aims to increase the amount of time mobile internet users spend on Facebook, without the risk and expense of developing his own hardware, or software from scratch. (source: Telegraph, infra)

On the earning calls for its most recent results, Zuckerberg said “We’re not going to build a phone”, but emphasised that it was easy to integrate with Android. That in itself speaks volumes – what was once a device simply to free phones from the desk is now much more: it’s a platform for multi-billion pound businesses who are still in their infancy, and the lens through which many users now see their entire world. That Facebook isn’t focusing on the device itself indicates how quickly mobiles are becoming commoditised. (source and read more at Facebook prepares Android 'takeover' - Telegraph: "Facebook will today make its boldest move yet in its bid to become a major player in the smartphone market currently dominated by Apple and Google.")

Google, BlackBerry, EarthLink and Red Hat ask DoJ and FTC to help starve patent trolls: "Google, BlackBerry, EarthLink and Red Hat -- have decided to do something about it, taking the fight directly to the FTC and DoJ. In a recent blog post, Google explains that -- along with its collaborators -- it has submitted comments to the aforementioned agencies, detailing the impact that "patent trolls" have on the economy."

Torment: Tides of Numenera is Most-Funded Kickstarter Game Ever
PC Magazine
That is, of course, one of the more beloved role-playing games that graced the Infinity Engine in the 90s with its delicious mix of "you can't die" and "what the heck is going on" kind of gameplay. We kid, of course, but not that much: When your chief travelling ...

New Malware Propagates on Skype, Mines Bitcoins
PC Magazine
Malware that makes money is the crux of a new Trojan that's allegedly making its way around the Web, passing its way from computer to computer using links sent via a user's Skype application. Once the malware has fired up on an unsuspecting user's ...

More than 2 billion gadgets are forecast to ship in 2013
PCWorld
Almost 2.4 billion computers, tablets and cellphones will ship this year, according to estimates from Gartner. That's a jump of nine percent on 2012 and—if Gartner's figures are correct—the industry has plenty more growth ahead. By 2017, Gartner expects just...

New Jersey braces for once-in-17-years cicada invasion
Fox News
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – Like clockwork, they're coming back -- after 17 years. "They" would be cicadas, the big, noisy bugs that climb out of the earth about every decade and a half to make everyone's life more exciting. Experts tell Gannett News Service that ...

New Mewtwo revealed for Pokemon X and Y
SlashGear
Pokemon X and Y promise a lot of new changes coming to the Pokemon handheld series, but one of these new changes will bring a wave of nostalgia from the classic days of Pokemon. Nintendo and Game Freak have released a trailer and teasers for a new ...

SlashGear

Developers finally unlocked bootloaders for many Motorola phones
SlashGear
The time has come. Motorola owners can rejoice because developers have finally unlocked the bootloaders to a good number of Motorola's devices. So far, it's been confirmed that the DROID RAZR HD, DROID RAZR MAXX HD, DROID RAZR M, and Atrix HD ...

SlashGear

Server attack forces Harmonix sites offline
Computerandvideogames.com
Rock Band developer Harmonix has taken down its websites as it investigates a possible attack on its servers. Rock Band Blitz Screenshot RockBand.com, DanceCentral.com, and Creators.RockBand.com have all been affected by the possible intrusion, ...

Facebook reveals its first TV ad for Facebook Home
SlashGear
Facebook has just revealed its first television commercial for Facebook Home, which is set to hit your television sets soon. The commercial is titled “Airplane” and it centers around a man who livens up his business trip by bringing his friends “on the journey ...

SlashGear

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D gets 3DS-exclusive content, 'easy' option
Computerandvideogames.com
Nintendo has revealed that the 3DS version of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D will contain new content not in the Wii original. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Screenshot As before, each level will contain letter collectibles that spell K-O-N-G. Collecting ...

New Black Rock Shooter: The Game trailer unveiled, PSN release date announced
Neoseeker
A trailer for the North American release of Black Rock Shooter: The Game was recently released for public consumption by NIS America. There's not a lot of gameplay footage in the trailer, but given that the Japanese version of the game has been out for ...

Facebook actually sorry for banning breastfeeding pic
CNET
Facebook and those mothers who wish to post breastfeeding pictures have had a long battle. In the case of one activist, she actually gets an apology for having breastfeeding pictures removed. ...

Tencent CEO promises free service for popular app
Xinhua
BOAO, April 7 (Xinhua)-- In response to netizens' complaints about the possibility of being charged for using the mobile chat application WeChat, Liu Chiping, president of Chinese Internet giant Tencent, said Sunday that the company's popular software will ...

HTC One vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 in detailed review
Product Reviews
A few days ago we looked at how the prices of the HTC One compared to the Samsung Galaxy S4, considering pre-orders have already begun for the former and are soon to begin for the latter. Because these handsets are being released so close to each ...

Product Reviews

EA the worst company in America? Again?
CNET
Electronic Arts COO attempts to express understanding of why his company is again in the Final Four of the Consumerist's Worst Company awards. Is the company really so bad? ...

Sea turtles leave Baltimore after winter rehabilitation
Baltimore Sun
Three endangered sea turtles that spent the winter in Baltimore departed Saturday evening, joining a caravan of at least 43 others bound for Florida's warm waters and a return to their natural habitat. The three turtles — Chet, Biff and Two-Bit — were among...

Woman claims to have solved time traveller mystery
Ninemsn
A woman has been captured in archival footage from 1938 holding what appears to be a mobile phone. The mystery of a young woman who appears to talk on a mobile phone in video footage from the 1930s may have been solved after a ...

Japanese 'tsunami fish' found alive
Telegraph.co.uk
The striped beakfish, which is native to Asian waters, was found alive in a small boat thought to have drifted to the US west coast after the Japanese tsunami in March 2011. The fish was found alive in a bait box on the boat by an official from the Washington ...

NASA to place an asteroid into orbit around the Moon
SlashGear
NASA will likely be funded $105 million for a new mission proposed by the Obama administration. President Obama will likely request the $105 million when he releases his federal budget request for 2014 next week. In the mission, NASA will seek out a ...

SlashGear

The US Army's newest recruit: Scarily lifelike robot created to test military's ...
Daily Mail
Dressed in a boiler suit and wearing a gas mask the figure strapped to a treadmill, bending and moving in a variety of bizarre poses looks more like something out of a Doctor Who episode than a member of the team at an American military hardware company ...

Daily Mail

Second beta test now in progress for Final Fantasy XIV: A Real Reborn
games.on.net
Square Enix has launched a second round of beta testing for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. As you're no doubt aware, Final Fantasy XIV launched in late 2010 as the second MMO in the long-running series, and was basically pants. No, really. It was so ...

games.on.net

PS4's Backward Compatibility Removed Due To Manufacturing Issues
Gaming Union
Sony has stated that it made the decision to remove backwards compatibility from the PS4 due to manufacturing issues, stating that it would have been difficult in the long run. The news comes after Sony also revealed that they thought long and hard about ...

Gaming Union

Innovation when Samsung steals from Apple
Society and Religion
At the D10 conference Steve Jobs had said, if the market speaks they will listen to the market. He said if they are doing the right thing users will buy their devices, and if they go off path users won't. Apple isn't a one-hit wonder; they've been around since the ...

Society and Religion

Top 5 DLCs I'd Like to See in Bioshock Infinite
Explosion
If you picked up the Bioshock: Infinite season pass, you know that we have been promised “new stories, new characters, and new weapons,” but none of the specifics of these additions have been clarified. Well, I”m going to give you my own personal wish list, ...

Explosion

Google to sell second-gen Nexus 7 tablet from July
Himalayan Times
Google is aiming to ship eight million of the Asustek-made tablets in the second half of the year, throwing down the gauntlet to other low-end tablets such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire and Apple Inc's iPad mini, the sources with knowledge of the new ...

Hackers target Israeli government websites - Technology on ...
By IAN DEITCH
JERUSALEM -- A weekend cyberattack campaign targeting Israeli government websites failed to cause serious disruption, officials said Sunday...
technolog

#13ntc Nonprofit Technology Conference: Plenary Session on ...
By Beth
The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference takes place in Minneapolis next week. It is the largest gathering of people who work in the nonprofit sector and.
Beth's Blog

Aavishkaar'13, MS Ramaiah Institute Of Technology, Bangalore ...
By Santosh
AAVISHKAAR is an annual showpiece of IEEE MSRIT student branch. IEEE-MSRIT, student branch of M S Ramaiah Institute Of Technology is one of the most active IEEE student chapters in the state.
Know a Fest - Campus Festivals in India

ICITEE 2013 : The 5th International Conference on Information ...
ICITEE 2013 : The 5th International Conference on Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. ... Theme: “Intelligent and Green Technologies for Sustainable Development” ​ ICITEE 2013 aims to strengthen the collaboration and ...
WikiCFP

Online Education: A Science and Technology Studies Perspective ...
By fsaba
This paper argues that research into the pedagogical value and potential of newtechnologies is limited by the implicit philosophical perspectives on technology that such research adopts. These perspectives either imbue technologies with ...
Distance-Educator.com

Online Technology Key to Mental Health Interventions | Reportage ...
By Antigone Anagnostellis
A new study has confirmed that looking to online technologies may be the key to dealing with supporting patients of mental illness. Rachel Worsley reports.
Reportage Online

Bracelet uses social network to protect civil rights activists
By David Szondy
Civil Rights Defenders is bit hazy on the technology, which is understandable. However, it did reveal that it uses GPS and GSM technology and that the bracelet is programmed with "individual protocols for security." In addition to the bracelets, ...
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

Critical Mass: "Technology & Art: Gimmick or Transformation ...
By Leah Harrison
This panel discussion opened the Ulysses Festival, whose 2013 theme is "Brave New Worlds: Technology and Art." Featured speakers included UNC Charlotte dance professor Sybil Huskey, Opera Carolina's Director of Production Michael ...
Critical Mass

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Microsoft dims as smartphones and tablets rise

Microsoft's platform dominance is dying--

Microsoft threatened as smartphones and tablets rise, Gartner warns
The Guardian
Latest figures suggest that Windows Phone, its smartphone OS, shipped on about 3% of devices in fourth quarter of 2012, compared to 20% for Apple's iPhone and over 70% for Android - of which 50% connected to Google's servers and 20% were "white box"...

The Guardian

Google Moves Beyond WebKit With Blink
InformationWeek
As a browser rendering engine, WebKit has been used for years in Apple Safari and GoogleChrome to generate the layout of Web pages from HTML, CSS and JavaScript code. Recently, Opera committed to adopting WebKit. But Microsoft and Mozilla each ...

Apple's iMessage encryption trips up feds' surveillance
CNET
Encryption used in Apple's iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects' conversations, an internal government document reveals. An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by ...

What Google's next Nexus 7 needs
Computerworld (blog)
Google may have a second-generation Nexus 7 on the way this summer -- and for the first time, we're hearing some specifics about what the tablet might include. According to unnamed sources who spoke with Reuters, the next Nexus 7 will sport a higher ...

Computerworld (blog)

Google's Quickoffice upgrade: A dagger aimed at Office for iOS and Android
Computerworld (blog)
He arrives at that number for calculating that Microsoft would get $50 per copy of Office, and that 25% of all Android and iOS tablet users would buy a copy. Users would actually pay around $70 for Office, because Apple and Google Play take 30% cuts.

Google Glass gets competition from China's Baidu
Computerworld
The description of Baidu Eye sounds a lot like Google's Glass, which has a transparent screen over the right lens, showing a list of options that include taking photos and videos, sending and receiving email, and sharing images with social networks.

Google Versus the EU
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Six European data agencies launched investigations into Google this week in an action coordinated through a Working Party established by the Commission. The action pivots on the data that Google collects from users of its services, data such as...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

60-inch Apple TV to come out later this year
Christian Science Monitor
In a research note Wednesday, Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets says the "iTV" will be 60 inches on the diagonal, but could also come in 50- and 55-inch versions.Apple will also release a small "iRing" that fits on the viewer's finger, allowing ...

Christian Science Monitor

Amazon Cloud Drive app available for OS X
CNET (blog)
Amazon's Cloud Drive is one of many online storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive, andMicrosoft's SkyDrive where you can save pictures and documents for access on another system with Internet access. While the Cloud Drive service has been ...

Google changes how Android stats are collected
ZDNet
Search giant Google has changed the way that it collects statistics on Android device usage in an attempt to give developers a better picture of the version landscape.Google used to collect information on the versions of Android in use by keeping a ...

ZDNet

Chromium Blog: Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project
By Google Chrome Blog
I think it is good for Google to move fast on their own phase. Google started working with Firefox and found that they need their own to move web as fast as they can and Chrome born. i guess blink will enable them to bring programable css like ...
Chromium Blog

Google Forks WebKit And Launches Blink, A New Rendering ...
By Frederic Lardinois
In an unusual move – and after a lot of back and forth between the KHTML team and Apple – Appleannounced in 2005 that it would open source WebKit, and Google then adapted it for its Chrome browser. Interestingly, Google actually used a ...
TechCrunch

Google Forking WebKit to Create New Web Rendering Engine for ...
By Jordan Golson
Google announced today that the company is forking the WebKit rendering engine to create its own web rendering engine called 'Blink'. Google had been the using Apple-initiated WebKit project to power its Chrome web browser.
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Arthur Frommer takes brand back from Google, will keep ... - Engadget
By Richard Lawler
The tale of Google and Frommer's famed travel guides has taken another twist this evening. Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz reports Arthur Frommer confirmed over the phone that he has retaken control of the brand from Google, and ...
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Opera Confirms It Will Follow Google, Ditch WebKit for Blink
By Emil Protalinski
Google on Wednesday made a huge announcement to fork WebKit and build a new rendering called Blink. Opera, which only recently decided to replace its own Presto rendering engine for WebKit, has confirmed with TNW that it will be ...
The Next Web

In Sign of Global Warming, 1600 Years of Ice in Peru's Andes Melted in 25 Years
New York Times
Glacial ice in the Peruvian Andes that took at least 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years, scientists reported Thursday, the latest indication that the recent spike in global temperatures has thrown the natural world out of balance.

Samsung to open mini-stores in Best Buys
Christian Science Monitor
Samsung is expected to open 1,400 mini-stores in Best Buy. Reuters. Enlarge. In what looks like a direct challenge to Apple, Samsung has teamed up with Best Buy to bring Samsung boutiques into Best Buys nation-wide. Skip to next paragraph. Recent posts ...

Christian Science Monitor

Apple's iMessage Encryption Too Tough for FBI
The Mac Observer
Encryption It services 2 billion messages a day—or more, that was in the fall—and all those messages have one thing in common: U.S. law enforcement can't intercept them. CNet reported that the the FBI alerted law enforcement agencies around the country ...

The Mac Observer

Scientists use 3D printer to make tissue-like material
Sydney Morning Herald
British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes, according to findings released on Thursday. The material is made up of thousands of connected water droplets, encapsulated ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Google to Return Frommer Brand After Buying Travel Guide in 2012
Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG) is returning the Frommer's travel-guide brand to its founder, while keeping the other content it acquired from publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. (JW/A) in August. Google, the world's largest Internet-search engine, acquired Frommer's last ...

Farthest Star Explosion Yet Revealed by Hubble
Space.com
Astronomers have spotted the most distant massive star explosion of its kind, a supernova that could help scientists better understand the nature of the universe. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists recently caught sight of Supernova UDS10Wil ...

Space.com

Finally! Apple Reveals their Hybrid Notebook Tablet Details
Patently Apple
Patently Apple has been the only one that has been pounding the table for a notebook tablet hybrid going all the way back to 2008 and prior to any talk of this from the Intel camp who is now preparing their Ultrabook Convertible for release this summer.

Mars rover takes some downtime
BBC News
The US space agency's Curiosity Mars rover is about to enter several weeks of low activity as the Red Planet moves behind the Sun as viewed from Earth. The alignment interferes with normal communications. Curiosity will remain stationary throughout the ...

BBM Music is shutting down on June 2nd, won't be coming to BB10
ZDNet
Summary: I enjoyed BBM Music and found it encouraged me to use BBM while helping me discover new friends. I was hoping to see it on BB10, but now we hear it will be shutting down soon. Matthew Miller. By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell ...

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China chooses Ubuntu as state-endorsed operating system

Looks like Ubuntu Linux will become the next major OS (PCs, tablets, smartphones) and perhaps, eventually, the number one OS in the world (China could easily deliver one billion users)--

China chooses Ubuntu as state-endorsed operating system | Business Tech - CNET News: "Canonical, the organization behind popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, is working alongside the Chinese government to deliver a state-endorsed operating system. According to Canonical, it's working alongside the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to bring a suitable Ubuntu version to China. The operating system, which will be known as Ubuntu Kylin, is expected to be released in April."

HTC to Roll Out New Phone This Week
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI—HTC Corp. said Sunday that it will roll out its new flagship handset HTC One in the U.K., Germany and Taiwan this week after the Taiwanese smartphone maker delayed the launch earlier this month due in part to a shortage of several key ...

Microsoft teasers, tips and tidbits: 5 things to know now
PCWorld (blog)
Microsoft has had a busy week, judging from the breadth of the buzz about the company's next ventures. Windows 8 is shipping on all its myriad platforms; now what? Plenty, say a mix of official and clandestine sources. Microsoft has more in store for Windows ...

Canonical Teams With China to Create National OS
Tom's Hardware Guide
"[CISP] has selected Canonical's Ubuntu as the basis for that reference architecture in order to provide a flexible, open, widely-used and standardized operating system," the company said. "The announcement is part of the Chinese government's five year plan ...

Facebook Events now show weather foreecasts
SlashGear
Facebook has updated its Events feature to include weather forecasts. The weather forecasts only begin to appear when the event is happening within the next 10 days, however, but its a nifty little feature that should aid when planning a get-together.

The lights go out for Earth Hour
Washington Post
More than 7,000 cities and towns across the globe — including many well-known spots — go dark for 60 minutes to get people thinking about climate change. Before Earth Hour: The National Library is illuminated in Minsk, Belarus. At left. 1 / 23. Rate this ...

Linkpost | 3.24.2013
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM – Apple reportedly spent about $20 million for the company, which provides indoor GPS services in large spaces, such as malls.

Part 2: Whitehead acknowledgment adds to state's aviation legacy
Shelton Herald
Andy Kosch with a replica of Gustave Whitehead's No. 21, now recognized by Jane's All the World's Aircraft as the first powered aircraft to leave the ground, at the Connecticut Air and Space Museum in Stratford. (Photo by John Kovach). For more than a ...

Shelton Herald

Meteorite or Asteroid Sudden Strike Confirmed by NASA Scientists
Guardian Express
How many of you have heard about the Meteorite, or small asteroid as it's been called, that entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia on February, 15, 2013? Many, some, a few residents on the planet? Did you think it was a hoax, conspiracy, something ...

PAX East 2013 preview: DuckTales Remastered hands-on
GameZone
You needn't look further than the crowd at Capcom's PAX East panel to know that DuckTales is just one of those games. The uproarious cheers and impromptu DuckTales theme song sing-a-long indicated that Capcom has made the right move by bringing ...

GameZone

Walking Dead on PS Vita, Sony's new handheld, to shock and fright users
Guardian Express
According to IGN, The Walking Dead video game on PS Vita, Sony's new handheld device, will surprise users in terms of shock and fright. Moreover, the game will soon be available. I'm sure there will be a lot of zombie apocalypse-based gamer's who will be ...

Rocketdyne retirees interested in rocket engine recovery
Joplin Globe
NEVADA, Mo. — Retirees of the former Rocketdyne plant watched this past week with interest as a team sponsored by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recovered an F-1 engine from a Saturn V rocket on the ocean's floor. Bezos was seeking to recover an engine ...

Nebraskan swallows may be evolving to avoid becoming roadkill
The Verge
A 30-year study of birds and roadkill may have given us a look into how animals respond to man-made changes in the environment. According to a study published last week in Current Biology, an area in southwestern Nebraska has seen a marked drop in ...

Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 Riding Crest of Wii U's Failure
Eagle's Rant
Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 Riding Crest of Wii U's Failure There's a silver lining to be found in ever cloud it seems and in the case of the ailing Nintendo Wii U, both the Microsoft Xbox 720 and the Sony PlayStation 4 are gathering serious momentum in its...

Eagle's Rant

Mankind Gets First Look at the Dark Side of the Moon
Nature World News
The dark side of the Moon has long intrigued scientists, and not the shadow cast by the ever-changing alignment of the Earth, Sun and Moon. Rather, they're fascinated by the extreme poles of the Moon's surface that, due to its nearly perfectly perpendicular ...

Friday Night Flash That Lit Up East Coast Skies Identified as a Meteor
LongIsland.com
NASA said a "fireball" meteor was seen up and down the East Coast Friday night, and it landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. See anything strange in the sky on Friday night? You weren't the only one. A bright streak of light was seen by people across Long ...

NASA Halts Education and Outreach Efforts
Daily Beast
What do politicians have against aliens? It was bad enough when it was announced that several air-traffic-control towers were shutting down across the nation. But now NASA? Due to sequestration-induced cutbacks, the space agency is halting its education ...

Daily Beast

Mass Effect 4 a fresh new take on for the franchise
Attack of the Fanboy
Bioware has made no secrets about a new Mass Effect game coming out of their Montreal studio. This weekend at PAX, Casey Hudson explained that the next entry in the Mass Effect sereis will be a “fresh and new” start for the franchise. Hudson will still be ...

Attack of the Fanboy

Fla. coast protected for sea turtles
UPI.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 23 (UPI) -- Much of Florida's space coast is being declared "critical habitat" to protect the threatened loggerhead sea turtle, federal wildlife officials said. That means sea walls built below the mean low tide line will face ...

Magic 2014 announced at PAX East; original trading card game comes to ...
Nerdvana (blog)
Wizards of the Coast announced its product lineup for Magic 2014 this week at PAX East, revealing that the digital version would debut for the first time on Android devices. Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers will also be available as an app for iPad, ...

Nerdvana (blog)

Take A Spin (VIDEO): The 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series
stupidDOPE.com
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series went for a spin, compliments of the Drive Channel. The car was taken to Paul Ricard Racing circuit in France and thrown on the road. The 631 horsepower beast machine has seven speeds and with a weight of ...

Marvel Heroes Launch Date
Zam News
RuneScape 3 Coming Summer 2013Runescape to receive massive update evolving into RuneScape 3 Summer 2013; GW2: The RazingThe third installment of Flame and Frost will be released on March 26. Marvel Heroes Launch DateDetails on the Marvel ...

'Dishonored' (ALL) The Knife of Dunwall DLC - New Screens
WorthPlaying.com
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. Creatively eliminate your targets with the flexible combat system as you combine the numerous supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual ...

Top China college in focus with ties to army's cyber-spying unit
NDTV
Shanghai: Faculty members at a top Chinese university have collaborated for years on technical research papers with a People's Liberation Army (PLA) unit accused of being at the heart of China's alleged cyber-war against Western commercial targets.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist Video Walkthrough
New Gamer Nation
One of the flagship titles that Ubisoft is showcasing at PAX East 2013 this weekend is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist and in light of that, they have released an all new video walkthrough for the Abandoned Mill level showing three distinct play styles.

New Gamer Nation

Barnes & Nobles now offering a free e-reader with purchase of the NOOK HD+ ...
Afterdawn.com
Barnes & Nobles now offering a free e-reader with purchase of the NOOK HD+ Barnes & Noble, in an effort to boost sales of their flagship tablet, will offer a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader with purchases of the NOOK HD+. From March 24th until March 31st,...

Afterdawn.com

Six of 19 beached whales dead, some to be euthanased
Times LIVE
Six of 19 beached whales dead, some to be euthanased. Some of the pilot whales that beached at Noordhoek Beach on Sunday morning will be put to death, the National ...

Times LIVE

'Fuse' for May release in UK and US
Digital Spy
The game centres around Fuse, a volatile energy source that each of its four playable characters can use for different weapons. Customers who pre-order the title will receive numerous bonuses, including new armor, weapons customisation and team perks.

Lockheed Martin Looking To Use Quantum Computing For Product Development
RedOrbit
A US-based aerospace and defense developer is looking to become the first company in the world to use quantum computing technology as part of its commercial business ventures. According to Quentin Hardy of the New York Times, Lockheed Martin is ...

RedOrbit

Chinese firms reportedly losing interest in US taxpayer-backed Fisker, citing loan ...
Fox News
Chinese firms in talks to buy electric car maker Fisker Automotive reportedly are having second thoughts, balking over the possibility that Fisker's U.S. government loan would compel any buyer to churn out cars at an aging GM plant in Delaware. The Wall ...

3 of the Week's Biggest Surprises
Motley Fool
Say what you want about the tech sector, but it's never boring. Any given week will keep tech investors flooded with product announcements, earnings surprises, and crazy strategy shifts that absolutely nobody saw coming. These are three of the most ...

Apple ID security issue fixed, password page back online
CNET
The page was taken down yesterday, after reports of an exploit that could let hackers with a user's e-mail address and birth date change the user's Apple ID password. The company has fixed the issue. Edward Moyer. by Edward Moyer. March 23, 2013 9:03 ...

PAX East: 2K Games announces XCOM Enemy Unknown for iOS; debut trailer ...
The Gaming Vault
One of the best games of 2012 and certainly, a vision of the RTS genre performing at its zenith, XCOM Enemy Unknown has now been confirmed to arrive on iOS later this year by publisher 2K Games. Best of all, this will be no cut-down version of the ...

Complex Magazine "40 Hottest Women in Tech" List Actually Ranked Them By ...
PolicyMic
Every one loves a good top 40 list. They're catchy, easy reading (or listening), and usually make a good guilty pleasure debate over who made the cut. But outside of Time Magazine's annual 100 Most Influential People list, we don't often see "top" lists of ...

PolicyMic

Build-Your-Own Motorola X Phone to Revolutionize Android Market?
Press Blue
Build-Your-Own Motorola X Phone to Revolutionize Android Market? Here's a rumor to chew over – what if the Motorola X Phone were to launch with no specs and features at all? A hollow, empty shell of a Smartphone, if you will? Yeah it sound like complete ...

Press Blue

Monitoring your kids on Facebook? Try harder
TheNewsTribune.com
Rebecca Levey, mother of 10-year-old twin girls, says it is important to educate children on the risks of Internet social media sites. (KATHY WILLENS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS). WASHINGTON –. After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook ...

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Letter revealing the structure of DNA to be sold for £1.2 million
Telegraph.co.uk
Francis Crick used the handwritten note to tell his son Michael that he and his colleague Jim Watson had "probably" made a "most important discovery". The scientist describes in the letter to his 12 year old son that their finding may explain how "life comes ...

Telegraph.co.uk

New Theory Suggests That A Comet Was The Culprit Behind Chicxulub ...
RedOrbit
One of the most popular theories on the disappearance of the dinosaurs surrounds the 110 mile-wide Chicxulub crater in Mexico. Many scientists believe the extinction was caused by an asteroid that crashed into Earth, leaving only a massive crater behind.

RedOrbit

Fujifilm XP200 and S8400W Go Extreme in Ruggedness and Zoom
PetaPixel
Fujifilm has announced two new consumer-level cameras that go extreme in different ways. The first is the new FinePix XP200, a new rugged cameras for outdoor environments. The second is the FinePix S8400W, a bridge camera that packs a massive zoom ...

PetaPixel

Low Cost 8" & 9.7" Tablets From Archos Are Now Available In US
News For Shoppers
The Archos 80 Titanium features a dual core Cortex A-9 processor that's clocked at 1.6 GHz. It runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, has a Mali-400 MP4 GPU, 1 GB RAM, a microSD card that allows for up to 64 GB expansion, rear and back cameras, and an 8-inch IPS...

News For Shoppers

T-Mobile began testing 4G LTE network
Kabir News
Reports by OpenSignal.com suggest T-Mobile began testing its new 4G LTE network in several cities including: Las Vegas, New York, Kansas City, Denver, Seattle, San Diego, New Orleans, Las Vegas and the San Francisco Bay Area. T-Mobile's unofficial...

Kabir News

Supergiant Games' Transistor will feature Bastion narrator Logan Cunningham ...
Neoseeker
Logan Cunningham, the voice of Rucks from Bastion, has earned himself quite a following since his work on Supergiant Games' wildly successful action title. So when Supergiant announced their new game, Transistor, you can imagine how badly fans hoped ...

Australian Researchers Show Signs of Progress in Reviving Extinct Species
Nature World News
(Photo : Reuters) An endangered poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is seen at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, January 15, 2013. Should it go extinct, scientists may one day be able to revive it. In 1983 one of the world's most decidedly bizarre species of frog ...

Nature World News

Unusually Low Sun Activity Expected to Give Way to Maximum And Solar Storms ...
Science World Report
The 11-year cycle of solar activity was supposed to be at a maximum in these months, but our sun is instead very quiet until now, apart from the occasional CME shot towards Earth, with only light effects for the last two this week and last month. But scientists ...

Exclusive: 2013 Ford Fusion at the Denver Auto Show
Torque News
Kendra Clayton of Ford talks us through the highlights of the all-new 2013 Ford Fusion, including its five powertrain options and safety features, at the 2013 Denver Auto Show in Colorado. n/a. Kendra Clayton 2013 Ford Fusion Energi. Ford hit the 2013 ...

Torque News

Biology Prevents Men to Pursue Friends' Wives, Claims Study
Latinos Post
(Photo : Reuters) A couple sits along the seafront promenade at dusk in Mumbai's suburbs May 16, 2012. Scientist have discovered that a man's biology may prevent him from attempting to pursue a friend's spouse or girlfriend, a new study shows. In a study of ...

Latinos Post

Google+ Quietly Rolls Out a Photos-Only Filter for Search Results
PetaPixel
Facebook announced its photos-only news feed filter earlier this month (alongside a major News Feed revamp) at a major press event surrounded by much fanfare. Now, Google has followed suit with its Google+ social network — albeit much, much more ...
 
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Vagrant Sea Otter Settles into Vancouver Aquarium; How You Can Help Choose ...
Latinos Post
Last fall, an eight-week old motherless sea otter was spotted wandering alongside a tarmac road in Homer, Alaska. The vagrant pup, malnourished and un-groomed, found a home in the I.Sea.U division of the Alaska SeaLife Center by the order of the U.S. ...

Latinos Post

35 years after launch, Voyager 1 still in earth's solar system
South China Morning Post
A spacecraft that took off from Cape Canaveral 35 years ago is continuing its journey out of the solar system, Nasa said. The Voyager 1 probe was fired into space to observe the outer planets and the mysterious interstellar medium that lies beyond the solar ...

Huge and widespread volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Triassic extinction
Eureka! Science News
More than 200 million years ago, a massive extinction decimated 76 percent of marine and terrestrial species, marking the end of the Triassic period and the onset of the Jurassic. This devastating event cleared the way for dinosaurs to dominate Earth for the ...

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