RIM keeps door open to sale of BlackBerry handset unit

RIM keeps door open to sale of handset unit as it looks beyond phones
ZDNet
Summary: BlackBerry maker RIM could license its software to other companies or sell off its hardware production, according to chief executive Thorsten Heins, who has also hinted BlackBerry software could be found in a wider array of products. Ben Woods ...

Beijing Smog Rules Would Shut Factories When Pollution Rises
Businessweek
The city of Beijing proposed rules that would increase fines for vehicle emissions and force more factory shutdowns when smog reaches dangerous levels, as officials stepped up efforts to fight pollution. Under the new rules, drivers could face 3,000 yuan ...

Clearwire Shareholders Want Sprint to Up Its Bid: Report
eWeek
Clearwire shareholders, liking the terms of Sprint's offer, but the dollars of Dish Network's offer, are insisting Sprint should increase its bid. Sprint needs control of partner Clearwire's considerable spectrum holdings, and Clearwire shareholders know it.

eWeek

Still going: Long-lived NASA rover Opportunity commencing tenth year of ...
Fox News
MARS – Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive. Some 5,000 miles away from the limelight surrounding Curiosity's every move, Opportunity this week quietly embarks on its tenth year of ...

Google looks to ditch passwords for good with NFC-based replacement
ZDNet
Summary: Google engineers are looking at ways to stop using passwords, which they believe are no longer enough to keep users safe. Liam Tung. By Liam Tung | January 21, 2013 -- 12:53 GMT (04:53 PST). Follow @liamT. Google engineers are testing new...

ZDNet

Sony introduces Xperia Tablet Z 10.1-inch 1080p Android tablet
ZDNet
Summary: Sony's latest Android tablet features a quad-core processor and measures just 6.9mm thick. Sean Portnoy. By Sean Portnoy for Laptops & Desktops | January 21, 2013 -- 13:01 GMT (05:01 PST). Follow @teklust. sony-xperia-tablet-z-android ...

ZDNet

Is Apple's rumored 4.8" iPhone 'Math' the iPhone 6?
Computerworld (blog)
Apple [AAPL] stock prices may be unstable, but one thing remains everlasting when it comes to Cupertino's dream machine: speculation. This morning we learn the company has a plan for a 4.8-inch iPhone 'Math' -- but might this be a hint at another plan?

Eric Schmidt and daughter Sophie recount North Korea experience
SlashGear
Eric Schmidt's trip to North Korea raised a few eyebrows, with the Google chairman's mission to push the open-internet prompting no small amount of speculation; now, thanks to separate accounts from Schmidt and his daughter, we get a glimpse of what went ...

SlashGear

Instagram Reports 90 Million Active Monthly Users Plus Three Business Tips
Forbes
After seeing poll results that 21 percent of Forbes readers don't even know what Instagram is, a few details might be in order on what it is as well as how you can use it in your business life. Read Kashmir Hill's post and scroll to the bottom for the poll: ...

Apple Forced Google's Hand On Android
ReadWriteWeb
By exercising too rigid of control over third-party developers, Apple forced Google to build its own mobile platform. To preserve the search box, Google had... ReadWritemobile. Previous Next. Previous; Show; Next. Apple Forced Google's Hand On Android ...

ReadWriteWeb

Carriers brace for a nasty quarter
CNN
Here we go again. It's time for a ride on the wireless carrier profit roller coaster. It sounds backwards, but the more smartphones carriers sell, the worse their profit margins get. The new phone you buy for $199 costs your carrier two or three times as much ...

Detroit motor show 2013: Ford Atlas
Telegraph.co.uk
Ford's F150 is one of the world's best-ever selling vehicles and has been America's best-selling pick-up for 36 years. So no pressure for this new one, which was unveiled in concept form as the Atlas at the Detroit motor show. Europeans tend to come over...

Telegraph.co.uk

Jupiter and Moon Have Close Encounter Tonight: See It Live Online
Space.com
The planet Jupiter and Earth's moon will star is a dazzling spectacle in the night sky tonight, weather permitting. But even if bad weather spoils your view, you can see celestial show live online in a free webcast. Jupiter and the moon will appear just a ...

HTC's New Flagship M7 Hardware Reportedly Leaked, Complete With Sense ...
TechCrunch
HTC had a disappointing year last year, despite early success with the One X and solid hardware releases in general. This year, it looks like it will be kicking things off in style with the launch of a new flagship device, called the HTC M7, a phone rumored for ...

The Climate Change Endgame
New York Times
WHETHER in Davos or almost anywhere else that leaders are discussing the world's problems, they are missing by far the biggest issue: the rapidly deteriorating global environment and its ability to support civilization. The situation is pretty much an endgame ...

Scientists Spot Quadruple Helix DNA Working in Human Cells
Gizmodo
Scientists Spot Quadruple Helix DNA Working in Human Cells Forget the humble double helix: scientists from Cambridge University have now spotted four-stranded strings of DNA working inside human cells. The researchers have published a paper in ...

Kim Dotcom launches Mega file-sharing website a year after arrest on ...
Telegraph.co.uk
The flamboyant 6'7”, 20 stone entrepreneur unveiled the new site, called Mega, at a lavish press conference and launch party in the grounds of his New Zealand mansion. Megaupload, which Dotcom started in 2005, was one of the most popular websites until...

Telegraph.co.uk

First 2014 Chevrolet Corvette sells for record amount
Torque News
The very first production 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray VIN #0001 sells for a large amount at Barrett-Jackson along with four other performance Chevys. n/a. First production 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray VIN #0001. The all-new 2014 Chevrolet ...

Torque News

man gets 1 million Facebook likes so crush will sleep with him
New York Daily News
A Norwegian man may be about to get lucky – all thanks to Facebook. Petter Kverneng persuaded his high school crush, Cathrine Johansen, to have sex with him if he got 1 million likes on Facebook, and social media users immediately rushed to his aid.

New York Daily News

Facebook unveils new search tool
YNN
Another round of changes are soon coming to Facebook. A new search feature will enable users to find interests and likes within their friend group. That might seem convenient, but as our Candace Hopkins reports, some Facebook users are reluctant to ...

Two Irishmen found entombed in Civil War ship off the coast of Texas
IrishCentral
3D sonar imaging has provided a new look into the shipwreck of the USS Hatteras, a Union ship which was sunk off the coast of Galveston, Texas during the US Civil War. Only two men died the day the ship sank - Irishmen William Healy and John Cleary.

IrishCentral

Explorer's Scotch returned to Antarctic
KASA
SCOTTBASE, Antarctica (AP) — Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a ...

KASA

NASA To Test Balloon-Like 'Space-Homes'
Science World Report
(Photo : Bigelow Aerospace) An artist's conception shows a Bigelow Aerospace complex in Earth orbit. Such a station could serve as the precursor for prefabricated lunar bases after 2020. NASA has signed a $17.8 million contract with Bigelow Aerospace, ...

Science World Report

Alfa Romeo 4C coming to the US next year
SlashGear
If you're a fan of Italian sports cars and a Ferrari isn't in your budget, you'll be interested to hear that Alfa Romeo has a new two-seat sports car destined for the United States next year. The car is a sporty Alfa Romeo 4C and Fiat/Chrysler boss Sergio ...

SlashGear

Honda Recalling More Than 750K SUVs and Minivans in US and Canada
Auto Remarketing
Honda is recalling approximately 748,000 model-year 2009 through 2013 Pilot and 2011 through 2013 Odyssey vehicles in the United States and another 29,000 units in Canada. The recall stems from the need to inspect and if necessary replace the driver's...

Auto Remarketing

TF2′s Pyro, Spy and Heavy join Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
PC Gamer Magazine
We don't get too many kart racers on PC, and for that I'm entirely thankful. However, the word on the streets of Green Hill Zone is that Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a good 'un – and it's power-sliding its way to PC on January 31st. Not only that, but ...

It was Too Human to Survive: Pulled from XBL
Co-Optimus.com
Like a steam locomotion on a linear track we could all see this coming; Too Human has been pulled from the Xbox Live platform. After legal wranglings with Epic, Silicon Knights asked Microsoft to remove the game, demo, gamer pics and themes from their...

Co-Optimus.com

More details on Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 (N5100, N5110), Galaxy Tab 3 ...
Unwired View
As we told you last week, Samsung is getting ready to announce new Android tablets (alongside the Galaxy S4, of course). Sam Mobile quotes a “Korean insider”, saying that we'll see new generation Galaxy Tabs soon – these should use the name Galaxy ...

Microsoft gives back $20 on specially marked pre-orders
Examiner.com
Related topics. Video Games · Games · Xbox · gears of war · Dead Space 3. Advertisement. There is no doubt video game industry is competitive. It has become customary for pre-order incentives to be offered leading to a game's release. Yesterday, in an ...

FCC calls for gigabit broadband in every US state
TG Daily
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is calling for all 50 states to create at least one 'gigabit community' by 2015. The move would lead to new businesses and industries, better connectivity between citizens and services and more investment in high-tech ...

Kickstarter could save Gas Powered Games following mass layoffs
Computerandvideogames.com
Washington state studio Gas Powered Games is clinging on following deep cuts to its workforce over the weekend. Wildman Screenshot Estimates in the media suggest that as many as forty staff had been let go from the Dungeon Siege and Supreme ...

Opera to launch new WebKit-based browser for iOS and Android at MWC
NDTV
Browser company, Opera Software, intends to launch a new web browser for smartphones and tablets in February at the Mobile World Congress. Dubbed as Opera Ice, the browser will be released for iOS and Android devices, according to Opera Software ...

Oracle's Latest Java Update Comes With Security Holes, Researchers Say
eWeek
Security Explorations has found two bugs in the latest version of Java that can be combined to bypass its sandbox—a finding that comes on the heels of reports earlier this week that Oracle's recent update did not fully address a security flaw. Security ...

eWeek

Register fast for the SimCity beta!
PC Authority
Registration for the beta of Maxis epic city sim closes at 1pm today. You know what to do! Seriously, who sends out a beta announcement on a Saturday, when right-minded folks are relaxing over a weekend full of roleplaying, basketball, and tasty pizza.

21 Pythons Caught in Southern Florida: Report
TopNews Arab Emirates
21 Pythons Caught in Southern Florida: Report A recent report has confirmed that as many as 21 invasive snakes around southern Florida have been nailed down as part of the first week of the state's 2013 Python Challenge. As many as 777 people signed ...

TopNews Arab Emirates

Sony Entertainment Network PayPal support extended to North America
EL33TONLINE (blog)
Sony has been ramping up its browser-based services of late, recently launching the PlayStation web store in multiple territories and providing customers in certain parts of Europe with the option to top up their Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) wallets using ...

NASA sends Mona Lisa into space by LASER
Register
NASA has fired a greyscale image of the Mona Lisa to its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, as part of an experiment using optics instead of radio for deep-space communications. Any space-watcher knows the frustration at the delays imposed by skinny radio ...

DmC: Devil May Cry tops UK games sales chart
T3
Ninja Theory's Western-themed reboot of the Devil May Cry franchise, DmC: Devil May Cry, has debuted at the top of the UK videogames sales charts in its first week of release. This is also the first title published by Capcom that has reached first position in the ...

T3

Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch Review
Gamersyndrome
A japanese role playing game releasing on a home console has become quite a rare event during this generation. The decline of the genre is something probably very few could have anticipated but, with the newest big productions being incredibly shallow ...

Windows RT: Worthless or the future of Windows?
ZDNet (blog)
Windows RT: Worthless or the future of Windows? Moderated by Lawrence Dignan | January 21, 2013 -- 07:00 GMT (23:00 PST). Summary: Ed Bott sees a bright future for Microsoft's mobile Windows OS. But Matt Baxter-Reynolds sees no future at all.

ZDNet (blog)

Top 10 List: What a WJR Manager Learned At Detroit Auto Show Charity Preview
Deadline Detroit
Working at the Detroit Auto Show formal benefit inspired WJR's promotions manager to post a Letterman-style list Sunday afternoon. Lori Bennett, who's also a local news anchor at Doug-FM (WDRQ), went on Facebook to share "Top 10 things I learned from...

Deadline Detroit

RM Auctions Raises $36.4 Million in Annual Arizona Auction
GTspirit
At the recently concluded RM Auctions event in Arizona, the event managed to pull in a spectacular $36.4 million at the single-day Arizona Biltmore sale. This year marked the 14th year for the auction, and RM Auctions is claiming that 89% of all the car lots ...

GTspirit

Rumour - Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon to have multiplayer
Computerandvideogames.com
The official site for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon mentions the game will have local multiplayer, yet the game is still listed a single player title. Luigis Mansion: Dark Moon Screenshot The official website for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon makes the following ...

Array Radio Telescope Captures Beautiful Image of Manatee Nebula
French Tribune
Manatee Nebulas are the supernova remnants that have been named recently only. As per the revelations of a new report, the Very Large Array radio telescope network has come up with the nebula's newly captured beautiful picture. The Manatee Nebula ...

French Tribune

Why Haven't Chinese Cars Come to USA?
Forbes
Chinese automakers have been eyeing the U.S. market for years, yet not one has started selling cars here. They just aren't ready for prime time in one of the world's most competitive auto markets. The latest Chinese company to test the waters is Guangzhou ...

Forbes

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BlackBerry Fans Don't Like The New Keyboard Phone

Even Die-Hard BlackBerry Fans Don't Like The New Keyboard Phone
Business Insider
The phone will run BlackBerry 10, the new mobile operating system from RIM that will formally launch on Jan. 30. Now take a look at some of the comments on CrackBerry, a site dedicated to RIM news and full of readers who love BlackBerry. The reception of...

Business Insider

Samsung Year in Review: Galaxy Triumphs, Apple Losses
PC Magazine
Samsung produces a number of products – from kitchen appliances to PCs – but it was the company's mobile division that made the most headlines in 2012. The Korea-based company dominated the mobile phone space, introducing several new Galaxy ...

Chinese court orders Apple to cough £100k to writers for violating copyright
Register
Apple got a nasty post-Christmas present in China on Thursday when a Beijing court hit it with a 1.03m yuan (£102,000) fine after ruling the fruity tech titan was responsible for applications which appeared on its App Store containing unlicensed content.

Progress Where They Make iPhones
New York Times
Apple, whose products the world cannot get enough of, has been justifiably criticized for poor working conditions and low wages at the factories of its chief supplier in China, Foxconn. Now, however, there are signs that all the negative attention, including ...

Top apps to outfit a new iPad or iPad mini
Ars Technica
You know the scenario: a friend or family member got an iPad or iPad mini as a gift this week. Now they want to know what to do with the pretty slab of aluminum and glass. The App Store can be an overwhelming place, with programs that can transform the ...

Ars Technica

OUYA developers share console first-impressions
SlashGear
OUYA's Developer Console kits are winging their way to eager coders, and the first demos of the provisional interface and gameplay experience are emerging. Early game partners CodeZombieGames took some time out of tinkering with their new toy to run ...

Just in from Oort for '13: comet with 'amazing tail
Houston Chronicle (blog)
CommentsComments(1)Comments(). |. Email. E-mail. |. Print. A comet due to pass near Earth in 2013 just might outshine the moon in the night sky. Reuters reports that the comet, ISON, could appear in the sky as early as October 2013. It will be 1.2 million ...

Making way for the future at Kennedy Space Center
Florida Today
An image of the proposed Space Launch System rests amid the boxes. The heavy-lift rocket, initially, will use some shuttle-derived components. / PHOTOS BY RIK JESSE/FLORIDA TODAY. By the numbers. $18 billion: Value of shuttle property that needed to ...

The Higgs Fiasco and the Electric Sun [ w/ videos]
Guardian Express
Famed physicist and science writer Michio Kaku said it best: if physics doesn't discover the Higgs Boson Particle it would be a “disaster” for modern physics. The entire edifice of cosmology we've been taught to believe real – from the Big Bang to black holes, ...

Tech test: How to make Facebook a warmer, smaller space
Arizona Daily Star
A woman I haven't spoken to in six years is pregnant with her second son. Another college acquaintance reads the Bible a lot. A high school classmate likes to rant about politics. A college dormmate thinks he works too much. On Facebook, I'm connected to a ...

Economic wave may course through icy, but melting, Arctic
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
WASHINGTON -- In a twist to the debate over global warming, melting Arctic sea ice is making it easier to transport the fossil fuels that produce the planet-warming gases, which appear to be causing it to thaw in the first place. As a result, a record number of ...

Getting Around Safely on New Year's Eve: BART, Tipsy Tow, Broadway Shuttle
Patch.com
No designated driver? Or just don't want the hassle of driving on New Year's Eve? Here are options: BART. BART is extending its service until 3 a.m. on New Year's morning. In addition to normal weekday service of trains running every 20 minutes, BART will ...

Diablo 3 PvP Release Date Delayed Again: Team Deathmatch Development Put ...
Latinos Post
The long-awaited Diablo 3 Team Deathmatch PvP mode has been indefinitely delayed, according to the game's developer Blizzard. Diablo III released in May without a feature allowing players to battle each other. Blizzard promised a future update would ...

Latinos Post

Chippewa Valley Audobon Club participates in 60th annual Christmas bird count
The Morning Sun
On Dec. 16, almost 40 members of the Chippewa Valley Audubon Club took to their posts and spent the day counting different bird species in the area. The club has been participating in the annual Christmas Bird Count for the past 60 years, CVAC member ...

BBB Tip of the Week: Mobile apps for kids
The Spokesman Review
Companies with mobile applications focusing on kids could find themselves under Federal Trade Commission scrutiny for failing to follow the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. In a recent report from the FTC, many mobile apps for kids collect their ...

FCC Makes Internet On Airplanes Easier To Achieve
Latinos Post
In an age where many of us are tied onto the Internet in some way at almost any given point of the day, it seems almost outdated that there are still a few places, such as subways, where we lost all contact with the digital web. Recently, however, a small victory ...

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Endangered tigers making a comeback in Asia
GlobalPost
Tigers play at a buddhist temple in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand, on April 24, 2012. Worldwide, tiger stocks are estimated to have fallen to only 3,200 tigers from approximately 100,000 a century ago. (PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images) ...

Our Favorite PS2 Moments
MTV.com (blog)
With Sony's announcement that they would soon start saying goodby to the PS2 (in Japan, at least), it felt like a good time to revisit some of the great (and not so great) moments with the console.

MTV.com (blog)

New Curiosity Rover badge on Foursquare
TG Daily
Foursquare users can earn the Mars Curiosity Rover badge by liking NASA on Foursquare and checking into any NASA visitor center or any location described as a science museum or planetarium. The check-in is one of the few locations available on another ...

TG Daily

Apple Smart Watch reportedly in the works with Intel
TrustedReviews
Latest Apple rumours have suggested that the Cupertino company has partnered with Intel to work on a new Apple Smart Watch device, tipped for an early 2013 unveiling. Seemingly set to follow a design similar to that of the past generation iPod Nanos, the...

TrustedReviews

One Big Problem for Windows Phone Users
Entrepreneur (blog)
Everyone is talking about Microsoft's new Windows Phone milestone. It's a big one: The company announced it published a whopping 75,000 new apps for its mobile operating system. Not bad. If I remember correctly, I don't think Windows Phone had 75,000 ...

Entrepreneur (blog)

Turtles targeted by humans while crawling across roads (VIDEO)
GlobalPost
Researchers at Clemson University found that some drivers showed their dark sides by intentionally moving to hit the slow-moving reptiles....

User Privacy in turmoil as Deleted Snapchat and Poke videos resurface.
Wireless HDTV News (blog)
Snapchat has been in the news for its dependable mass use in the recent times as it deletes the shared content almost instantaneously. Facebook Poke was launched recently as a competitor with this name already prevailing in the instant messaging market.

Ford Fusion Energi Plug-in Hybrid Tops Toyota Prius- says EPA
Design & Trend
Environmental Protection Agency certified the upcoming 2013 Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid as the car that provides 100 miles a gallon. The recently elected as the "Green Car of the year" has been rated Friday Dec.28, 2012 by an EPA-determined of 108 ...

Design & Trend

The Top 10 Apple Stories Of 2012 Include Some Highs And Many Lows
AppAdvice
Although 2012 wasn't quite Apple's annus horribilis, it wasn't the best year for the tech giant. Here are the Top 10 stories that made news during the year that was. The story of the year. iOS 6 Maps. For Apple, 2012 won't be remembered for the iPad mini, ...

AppAdvice

Snowmobile Trails Open in Manitowoc County
WGBA-TV
MANITOWOC COUNTY, WI— Good news for snowmobilers in Northeast Wisconsin. All snowmobile trails in Manitowoc County are open, nearly 250 miles of trails. Snowmobilers are cautioned however, portions of the public trail on plowed fields which have ...

Fujitsu: Windows 8 demand sucks
Afterdawn.com
President Masami Yamamoto said consumer demand for the new operating system has been "weak" and its own computer sales have been affected by the lackluster response. The company had initially expected PC shipments to reach seven million units, ...

Afterdawn.com

LG's 5.5-inch smartphone, 324ppi 7-inch tablet to be unveiled at CES?
IntoMobile
Looks like LG is preparing quite a show for the upcoming CES. The rumors we've got suggest the Korean company will unveil few awesome devices in Las Vegas, including the new 4.7-inch smartphone, 5.5-inch phablet and a 7-inch tablet. The first device on ...

Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban, for 3 Minutes
New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A ban on YouTube, which Pakistan imposed after an anti-Islam video caused riots in much of the Muslim world, was lifted Saturday, only to be reinstated — after three minutes — when it was discovered that blasphemous material ...

HISTORICAL PLATES DON'T EXEMPT SMOG TESTING
U-T San Diego
QUESTION: I have a car with historical plates and thought it was exempt from a smog test. My friend said that's not so. Is this true? ANSWER: Vehicles with historical plates that are 1976 model year and newer are not exempt from smog requirements.

Cycloramic app spins phones 360 degrees to take panoramas
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
Cycloramic is one of the most dazzling apps this year, both for making tripod-quality panoramic shots possible without a tripod and for being a cool party trick. Available for $1 but functional only with the iPhone 5, the app gets your phone to swivel 360 degrees ...

MacBook Air 2012 Specs Upgraded: Apple Replaces Processor for June 2013 ...
Latinos Post
Apple's upcoming line of MacBook ultrabooks will receive a new processor, according to sources close to tech site Digitimes (via CNET). "The sources noted that pressure on ultrabook vendors mainly comes from the Air's price since Apple is likely to reduce...

Latinos Post

Lyft and its pink-mustache ride sharing service is now sniffing around Seattle
GeekWire
You might start seeing a few more pink mustaches on the streets of Seattle in 2013. Lyft, the San Francisco ride sharing service known for the pink mustaches attached to participating vehicles, is eyeing Seattle and L.A. as its next cities, TechCrunch reports.

Windows RT Ported To HTC HD2 (Handset Proves To Be Forever Young)
Mobile & Apps
The HTC HD2 is appearing to be a phone that will live on forever, despite being three years old with dated hardware. The handset is known to boot several different operating systems and now it ups the ante by firing up Windows RT. Follow us ...

Mobile & Apps

"Retro City Rampage" Sets Its Destructive Sights on XBLA in January
Crunchyroll News
PlayStation 3, Vita, and PC players have known the pure joy of Retro City Rampage since its October debut, but Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii owners are still sittin' on their hands waiting. That wait is almost over, though! The WiiWare version was recently given ...

Crunchyroll News

Motorola Droid RAZR, RAZR MAXX Jelly Bean - First A Mistake, Now A ...
G 4 Games
We haven't heard much about the update ever since but a few days ago the story took a rather unexpected twist. To be more precise, some Droid RAZR / MAXX owners have been welcomed to the land of Jelly Bean, while others have not. A series of events ...

G 4 Games

Jimmy Westlake's 2013 Cosmic Calendar of Celestial Events
Steamboat Pilot & Today
Moon meets Jupiter on Dec. 4, 2004: The moon and the dazzling planet Jupiter will cross paths several times in 2013, but the most spectacular meeting will occur Jan. 21. Even a pair of binoculars should reveal Jupiter's two largest moons, Ganymede and ...

Refurbished Porn? 5-Year-Old Finds Naughty Photos on Nintendo 3DS ...
Latinos Post
(Photo : Reuters) Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo Co., Ltd., poses with the new Nintendo 3DS during an interview after Nintendo's E3 presentation at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles June 15, 2010. A 5-year-old received a surprising -- and ...

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First True Earth-Like Alien Planet Will Be Discovered In 2013, Say Scientists ...
Latinos Post
Finding a planet like ours has been one of the cornerstones of space exploration ever since we first broke through our atmosphere. While a true Earth-like planet has yet to be found, experts are marking 2013 on their calendar as the year we finally stumble ...

Latinos Post

Death Valley Is The Hottest Place On Earth (Once Again)
LAist
Death Valley can once again bask in the triple-digit glow of being the earth's hottest place on record. That title was challenged by a reading taken in a city on the tip of Libya called Al Aziziyah on Sept. 13, 1922. It claimed to have been 136.4 degree Fahrenheit ...

Tomb Raider Multiplayer Confirmed By OXM
ZoKnowsGaming
According to OXM, the upcoming reboot of the Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider franchise on schedule to release early next year will include a multiplayer mode. The publication's February 2013 issue, which hits stands on Jan. 8 and is available now to...

ZoKnowsGaming

Take in meteor shower if weather cooperates
TheNewsTribune.com
Being a fan of winter meteor showers requires a lot of hope and patience. There are plenty of opportunities to be wowed by the celestial displays, but there also are plenty of clouds. The News Tribune. The News Tribune. Published: Dec. 30, 2012 at 12:05 a.m. ...

MyPerfectAutomobile Reports on: Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid Update ...
Melodika.net (press release)
Mitsubishi Motors is aiming for a late January launch of its Outlander plug-in hybrid, a four-wheel-drive SUV. With no competition in the segment from other hybrids, Mitsubishi spokespersons refer to the new model as a game-changer of sorts, since it is the ...

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CEO vows to turn RIM into "lean, mean machine"

BlackBerry CEO vows to turn RIM into "lean, mean machine"
Reuters
* Heins at annual meeting says BB10 will turn RIM around * CEO acknowledges shareholders' discontent * Company's slate of directors elected by shareholders * Few direct questions about RIM's direction posed * RIM shares drop 5 pct to $7.29 on Nasdaq By ...

'Seven Minutes of Terror' Video Grabs Online Audience for NASA
New York Times
The video is called “Seven Minutes of Terror,” and describes, with the suspense and cinematography of a movie preview, what will happen next month when a one-ton spacecraft launched in November smacks into Mars. “We've got literally seven minutes to ...

EMC Upgrades NetWorker For Performance, Clouds
InformationWeek
EMC Networker 8.0 adds a new architecture to boost backup performance and includes multi-tenancy so service providers can support multiple clients in the cloud. By Deni Connor EMC on Tuesday enhanced its enterprise backup and recovery product with ...

Ouya to Enter Gaming Market with $99 Android-Powered Console
PCWorld
By Jared Newman, PCWorld Jul 10, 2012 9:50 AM While the world waits for new game consoles from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, a newcomer plans to take them on with a $99 Android-based set-top box called Ouya. The Ouya has specs that are on par with ...

Western Digital ships NAS-specific WD Red hard drive
CNET
Western Digital announces the availability of the WD Red hard drive, available up to 3TB, and designed specifically for network-attached storage (NAS) systems. by Dong Ngo The WD Red hard drive is designed specifically for NAS servers.

Crowdfunding Site Kickstarter Expanding to UK
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo The hugely popular crowd-sourced funding website Kickstarter is planning to officially launch in the UK later this year, it announced on its Twitter feed Monday. "People in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter ...

Oracle Adds to Social-media Software Arsenal With Involver Acquisition
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Oracle said Tuesday it is buying startup Involver, a move that adds to its burgeoning array of marketing, analytics and customer service software aimed at the social Web. The deal is expected to close within the next few ...

Google Releases Jelly Bean Source Code
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius The move means developers will now be able to play around with the latest version of Google's mobile OS, which was announced last month at the Google I/O developer conference. Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru, a software engineer on the ...

Apple will start selling iPad in China July 20
Businessweek
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple will start selling the iPad in China on July 20 after paying $60 million to settle a dispute over the ownership of the tablet computer's name. Apple Inc. says it will begin selling its latest iPad starting at $499 and the older ...

Motorola Atrix HD Packs High-End Specs Into a $100 Phone
Wired News
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Mid-range smartphones are getting better — on paper at least. On Tuesday, Motorola introduced the Atrix HD, a $100 phone packed with high-end specs. The Atrix HD, a follow up to last year's Atrix handset, features a 4.5-inch ...

Dropbox doubles plan sizes; intros 500GB option
ZDNet
Summary: Need 500GB of cloud storage space just for your own files? Dropbox can do that now. Dropbox is getting bigger -- at least for Pro subscribers. Accordingly thanks to user demand, Dropbox is doubling the space of its Pro 50 and 100GB plans.

Video: Call of Duty: Black Ops II villain backstory
USA TODAY
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Treyarch is shedding a little more light on the villain in its upcoming release Call of Duty: Black Ops II, due Nov. 13 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PCs. This new video, also available on YouTube and the official Call of ...

Amid Higgs boson celebrations, Indians see a snub (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
As the world celebrates the discovery of what is thought to be the elusive Higgs boson, many Indians are saying that more attention needs to be given to the Indian scientist Satyendranath Bose, for whom the boson is named.

Christian Science Monitor

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Coming in September, Will Challenge VMware
eWeek
At its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft confirmed that the final version of Windows Server 2012 is set for September and the company plans to target VMware customers. Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 will be released to manufacturers sometime in ...

The strange sound of Northern lights captured by Finnish researchers (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Northern lights (or aurora borealis) sound like a kind of clapping, or applause, just 230 feet above the ground. The study confirms reports by wilderness travelers who say they've heard strange noises when the northern lights appear.

Christian Science Monitor

San Francisco turns its back on Apple after green registry pull-out
Ars Technica
by Jacqui Cheng - Jul 10, 2012 5:26 pm UTC Some of Apple's products have fallen under fire for not being repairable enough, which may have led the company to pull out of EPEAT. The City of San Francisco will no longer be buying Macs following Apple's ...

Ars Technica

Too Early To Tell If DNSChanger Was Overhyped
Tom's Guide
Despite last week's scary headlines, reports of problems caused by DNSChanger aren't as widespread as expected. That's definitely a good thing, but it doesn't mean Internet users are out of the woods just yet. Here's the scoop so far: the FBI shut down ...

Google+ released for iPad, we go hands-on
SlashGear
Today Google has been so kind as bump up their official Google+ app for iPhone (and iPad) that'll allow people around the world to explore the social network with great ease. This version of Google+ is made for iPhone, but is perfectly suited for the ...

SlashGear

Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy charges: source
Reuters
(Reuters) - Google Inc is close to settling charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple Inc's Safari browser, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Google will pay $22.5 million to settle the matter, ...

Apple Releases Mountain Lion 'Golden Master' to Developers
PC Magazine
By Stephanie Mlot Apple on Monday shipped to developers the Golden Master version of OS X Mountain Lion, indicating that the final version of the OS, expected sometime this month, is imminent. As reported by MacRumors, the Golden Master version is ...

Facebook Jobs Could Kill LinkedIn's Momentum
Forbes
Facebook is apparently working on a job postings board that it will launch later this summer, according to a report by the WSJ. “Facebook Jobs” will be an aggregator which pulls in job postings by third party providers and makes them available in one...

Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change
The Guardian
Climate change researchers have been able to attribute recent examples of extreme weather to the effects of human activity on the planet's climate systems for the first time, marking a major step forward in climate research. The findings make it much ...

The Guardian

Triboelectric Generator Produces Electricity by Harnessing Friction Between ...
Green Building Elements
This schematic shows the fabrication process for patterned surfaces in the triboelectric nanogenerators and pressure sensors. A patterned silicon wafer serves as the mold for fabrication of PDMS thin films with micro-patterned features.

Samsung Galaxy S III review: Best of new Android phones (video)
Salt Lake Tribune
By Vince Horiuchi About every two months, I edge closer to dumping my iPhone and buying a new Android phone. They're becoming that good. But the very notion Android handsets are getting much better more quickly is also what makes me ultimately not buy ...

Samsung Wins UK Apple Ruling Over 'Not as Cool' Galaxy Tab
Bloomberg
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) won a legal ruling after a UK judge said its Galaxy tablets aren't “cool” enough to be confused with Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad. The design for three Galaxy tablets doesn't infringe Apple's registered design, ...

Recommended: Two studies show 'weird life' microbe can't live on arsenic
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+. Why was this such a big deal to begin with?

Verizon's cable deals make headway but regulatory doubts linger
Reuters
By Diane Bartz | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The telecoms regulator is prepared to approve Verizon Wireless' plan to buy airwaves from cable companies, according to people with knowledge of the situation, though the company still has to convince the Justice ...

Space Worms Live Long and Prosper
Discovery News
A microscopic worm used in experiments on the space station not only seems to enjoy living in a microgravity environment, it also appears to get a lifespan boost. This intriguing discovery was made by University of Nottingham scientists who have flown...

Cellphone Surveillance Is Up 'Dramatically': Here's The Information Law ...
Huffington Post
In the first audit of its kind, Cellphone carriers disclosed that US law enforcement officials made over 1.3 million requests for customer information last year, and the frequency of cellphone surveillance is on the rise. In June, Rep.

US official: Higher ocean acidity is climate change's 'evil twin,' major ...
Washington Post
SYDNEY — Oceans' rising acid levels have emerged as one of the biggest threats to coral reefs, acting as the “osteoporosis of the sea” and threatening everything from food security to tourism to livelihoods, the head of a US scientific agency said ...

Information Technology Spending to Hit $3.6 Trillion in 2012, Report Says
New York Times (blog)
Fueled by an accelerating move to cloud computing, and by a boom in associated telecommunications services, worldwide information technology spending is increasing somewhat faster than expected, according to industry analysts at Gartner. Over all ...
I'm A 'Tech Savvy' Pro, But Am I CIO Timber?
InformationWeek
Dear John: I am a 54-year-old, tech-savvy leader in my field, and I aspire to be more. Since the dawn of information technology, I have studied and watched the industry with great interest. During that time, I also raised a family, cultivated a ...


Global tech market growth stabilizing: Gartner
Reuters
(Reuters) - Growth in technology spending by companies and the public sector is stabilizing at much lower levels than last year, due to economic worries in many key markets, research firm Gartner said.
Global tech market growth stabilising - Gartner
Reuters
IT budgets seen rising 3 pct in 2012 vs 7.9 pct in 2011* Economy worries in Europe, U.S., China weighBy Tarmo VirkiJuly 9 (Reuters) - Growth in technology spending bycompanies and the public sector.


House panel probes UN agency's tech shipments
Boston.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel is investigating whether a U.N. agency provided computers and other technology to Iran and North Korea in possible violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions.


Neo Technology to Sponsor and Present at O'Reilly Media's OSCON 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN MATEO, CA, Jul 09, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Neo Technology, creators of Neo4j, the world's leading graph database, today announced that it will sponsor and present sessions at O'Reilly Media's OSCON event in Portland, Oregon, taking ...


U.S. Tech Leadership On Solid Ground, IT Pros Say
InformationWeek
Two years ago, under the moniker Innovation Mandate, InformationWeek fielded a survey and conducted scores of interviews to gauge whether U.S. IT pros and the industry at large think this country is declining as a global technology leader--and if so ...

A Reality Series Finds Silicon Valley Cringing
New York Times
The new Bravo reality series “Silicon Valley” puts a spotlight, and not necessarily a flattering one, on the technology industry. ... for rowdy housewives and excitable chefs: its own Bravo reality series. But the tech world is not quite ready for its ...

2X Entrepreneur Turned Venture Capitalist | Both Sides of The Table: "I can’t say for sure, but it feels to me like the re-urbanization of technology companies is driven by a broader trend of the tech industry overall – cloud computing. In driving down the costs of building businesses it’s driving down the age of startup founders and thus they’re starting companies where young people want to live – in urban environments."

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