Google Targeted in State Crackdown on Illicit Ads: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Google hasn’t done enough to satisfy an investigation by multiple states into whether it adequately screens illegal drug advertisements and illicit online videos, Mississippi’s top law enforcement official said. Bloomberg's Megan Hughes has more on "Bottom Line." (Source: Bloomberg July24) Samsung's Tizen Smartphone: Dead On Arrival? - InformationWeek: "...Samsung was scheduled to launch its first Tizen smartphone in Japan back in January. Japanese wireless network operators balked at the last moment and cancelled the launch. Later, Samsung announced the Z and its intent to sell the device in Russia during the third quarter. Developers knew something was fishy when the phone didn't make an appearance at a Moscow developer event earlier this month. Today's delay will likely put to rest any hopes that the device and Tizen platform will succeed...."
More Tech NEWS: USA TODAY Twitter stock surges on strong Q2 results USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter shares surged nearly 40% in after-hours trading with news that ... "Twitter is to Facebook what radio is to television.
Businessweek Google's Android Has a Fake-ID Problem Businessweek Google's (GOOG) Android operating system has a security flaw that could allow hackers to impersonate trusted applications and potentially hijack your ...
Boston Globe Chinese officials raid Microsoft offices Boston Globe BEIJING — Officials from a Chinese government agency that enforces anti-monopoly laws and other business regulations visited four Microsoft offices ...
CNN Facebook: Get Messenger app or else CNN (CNN) -- For mobile users who text with friends via Facebook, it's almost time to download the social-media giant's dedicated app for doing so, or lose ...
CIO Today Microsoft, IBM make cloud gains against Amazon Computerworld Computerworld - Microsoft and IBM are gaining momentum in the cloud ... "This is in stark contrast to Google, which has its cloud offerings out there, ...
CNNMoney Amazon launches 3-D printing store CNNMoney That's the sci-fi scenario Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) is inching closer to with the launch this week of its 3-D Printing Store, which offers shoppers over ...
Design & Trend Amazon Fire Phone not enticing enough to leave Apple, Android Los Angeles Times Amazon Fire Phone not enticing enough to leave Apple, Android ... Amazon released its first smartphone this month, but for most consumers, it doesn't .... of Android, meaning it looks and feels nothing like the software Google makes.
Facebook, Google vying for growth as Alibaba IPO looms: "...While Google's 22% top-line growth for the June quarter shows how healthy its business is 10 years after it went public, Facebook is gobbling up digital ad money -- Google's core market -- a lot faster. Facebook's advertising revenue shot up 67% year-over-year, lifting total top-line growth to 61%, as mobile advertising now comprises nearly two-thirds of the social network's sales. Meanwhile, analysts estimate Google gets somewhere between a quarter and a third of its revenue from mobile. Researcher eMarketer estimates Google will capture about a third of the online ad market this year, while Facebook garners 22%... Facebook is growing three times as fast as Google. Yet the No. 1 social media company is still just a fraction of the size of the No. 1 Internet search company, as measured by revenue and market cap. With both companies' latest financial results reported, Google as of Friday's close was valued at roughly $400 billion. That's second only to Apple's $589 billion and about double that of Facebook...." (read more at link above) Beijing Researchers Use Gene Editing to Create Disease-Resistant Wheat | MIT Technology Review: "Researchers have created wheat that is resistant to a common disease, using advanced gene editing methods." The Next Big Thing in Computer Memory | MIT Technology Review: "... The type of memory in question, resistive random access memory (RRAM), is being developed by several companies, but fabrication usually requires high-temperatures or voltages, making production difficult and expensive. The Rice researchers have shown a way to make RRAM at room temperature and with far lower voltages...." Shareholder report lays out why Alibaba should buy Yahoo | VentureBeat | Deals | by Richard Byrne Reilly: "....The push for Ma, Alibaba’s founder, to buy the massive IT giant is outlined in a report from Yahoo shareholder Eric Jackson, who owns Ironfire Capital. Jackson said such a deal would save Alibaba billions if Ma buys Yahoo as a tax-free way of reclaiming shares from his own company...As for the other investors who are interested in pushing Alibaba to buy Yahoo, speculation has centered on Yahoo shareholders Janus Capital, JAT Capital, and DE Shaw. Yahoo has a market valuation of $36 billion. Yahoo has about 800 million active users. Jackson did not reply to an email for comment. A Yahoo spokesperson declined to comment. Floating a report like Jackson’s is a common tactic by shareholder investors as one way they can promote their agendas regarding the company in question...."(read more at link above)
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While Google's Android and Apple's iOS appear to have first and second positions for the foreseeable future in the mobile OS wars, the interesting action is for the number 3 spot--BlackBerry, Windows, Tizen, Firefox, Ubuntu, or ??? BlackBerry Z10 greeted with caution; stock drops 8%: "Despite its high-profile launch in New York and a TV advertising blitz during March Madness for the company's new smartphone, BlackBerry's shares tumbled 8%, to $14.91, Friday. The dip came amid some reports of lackluster consumer reaction at retail stores to the new phone.
Think having physical buttons on your smartphone isn't a big deal? Ask any longtime supporter of BlackBerry." Attack of the killer smartwatches ZDNet Summary: Rumors would have you believe that no fewer than four companies are busily readying smartwatches for public consumption. Problem is the public hasn't asked for them. James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | March 23, 2013 ... ZDNet
Pentagon Shoots Down Dump-BlackBerry Rumor TechNewsWorld Both the Pentagon and BlackBerry have said the mobile device maker's products still figure into the Department of Defense's plans to expand its use of commercial mobile devices. However, it now becomes a question of operating system security for the ...
Private SpaceX Cargo Capsule's Return to Earth Delayed One Day Space.com A private cargo capsule's trip home to Earth from the International Space Station has been delayed by one day to Tuesday because of weather concerns near its targeted splashdown site. SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft is now scheduled to splash ... Space.com
S- You Are Slow Destructoid (blog) I've finally been playing the new Tomb Raider for the past few days, and really enjoying it! I'd been really excited about it since I first heard about its premise, and I was sad that it got so much negative publicity prior to its release, but it seems like everything ... Destructoid (blog)
Barnes And Noble Will Give You a Free Nook Simple Touch If You Just Buy a ... Gizmodo Barnes And Noble Will Give You a Free Nook Simple Touch If You Just Buy a Given much thought to picking up a Nook HD+? Neither has anyone else, which is why Barnes and Noble is keen to sweeten the potential deal by adding a pretty enticing bonus to ...
Dropbox's Mailbox App Hits Million Mark Sci-Tech Today The Dropbox acquisition of Mailbox points to two evolutions going on, that of Dropbox and of e-mail. Dropbox has been rapidly adding services to complement what might otherwise become a commodity, online storage. In addition, Dropbox's competitor ... Sci-Tech Today
Comet, Not Asteroid, Killed Dinosaurs in Mass Extinction Event Science World Report (Photo : NASA/Continental Dynamics Workshop/NSF) A comet, not an asteroid, may have killed 70 percent of the world's species during the mass extinction that destroyed the dinosaurs. Billions of years ago when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, a celestial object... Science World Report
Denver Zoo Welcomes First Baby Gerenuk Science World Report Officials at the Denver Zoo are thrilled with the birth of the first gerenuk ever born at the zoo. Born to mother Layla and father Woody, the female named Blossom is the third generation female residing in the gerenuk exhibit. Gerenuk, a long-necked species of ...
Torment: Tides of Numenera Stretch Goal: Hire Planescape Torment Designer ... Game Politics The newest Kickstarter stretch goal for Torment: Tides of Numenera won't add any new bells and whistles into the game, but it will add an important person into the creative mix. inXile Entertainment's upcoming RPG will secure the services of Planescape ...
Microsoft Exec Sings High Praise for ARM and Windows RT, Downplays Legacy ... Hot Hardware Surface RT tablets haven't exactly been through the roof. Out of the 1.5 million Surface tablet sales to date, a million of them belong to Surface RT, falling well short of Microsoft's expectations, assuming it's true that the Redmond outfit ordered 3 million Surface ... Hot Hardware
Apple blocks ad-injecting Mac trojan, Yontoo Ars Technica Don't lift a finger: Yontoo has been added to OS X's built-in protections. by Jacqui Cheng - Mar 22, 2013 9:17 pm UTC. OS X · 0. A day after Russian anti-virus firm Doctor Web highlighted an adware Mac trojan called "Yontoo," Apple has moved to block it.
Microsoft Cleared of Infringing Google Patents With Xbox Bloomberg Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video-gaming system doesn't violate the patent rights of Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said. In a one-paragraph notice yesterday, U.S. International Trade Commission Judge David Shaw sided with ...
Flash In East Coast Sky Has Social Media Buzzing KYW Newsradio PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There was a lot of buzz here and along the East Coast about a flash in the sky last night. Experts say it was a meteor. Peggy Morshack was just leaving the Philadelphia Museum of Art when a streaking light in the sky caught her ... KYW Newsradio
Mass extinction 200 million years ago has lessons for today The Courier-Journal (blog) Palisade Sill near Alpine, N.J., has geologic remnants of the end-Triassic extinction event. That's ancient lava you are looking at. Credit: Terrance Blackburn and Paul Olsen. Climate change and ocean acidification likely wiped out nearly 80 percent of marine ... The Courier-Journal (blog)
Enjoy the Web in a New Way with Google's Chrome Maze Overclockers Club If you need a little break from your daily grind or just want something new to do, Google has you covered. The folks in Mountain View have a new experiment for you to try, and so long as you have Google Chrome on your PC, you can take part. Google's ...
6 of 7 billion people have cellphones, 4.5 billion have toilets msnNOW Priorities, priorities, priorities. Six billion of world's 7 billion people have cellphones, but only 4.5 billion have a toilet, says a shocking UN report. The UN reports 22 emerging economy nations account for 80 percent of humanity's "open defecation." India, for ... msnNOW
Apple Fixed The Security Hole That Let Anyone Change Your Password With ... Business Insider Apple has restored its "iForgot" Apple ID password reset page after discovering a bug that let anyone change your passwords as long as they had your email address and birthday. The Verge first wrote about the security hole, and Apple quickly took down the ... Business Insider
T-Mobile's New LTE Network Spotted Being Tested In 8 Major U.S. Cities TechCrunch While T-Mobile is more than a bit late to the LTE game, the company confirmed on Monday that their new network would be launching by the end of the month. Where it would launch, however, was kept under wraps. That's the idea, at least. Thanks to some ... TechCrunch
Facebook Adds Weather Information To Events RedOrbit Facebook, the world's largest social network is moving one step closer to total Internet domination with the announcement that they will be adding weather forecasts to events and public place pages. According to PCMag's Stephanie Mlot, the new feature ... RedOrbit
SUV with versatility Vancouver Sun Agile, stylish, powerful, and versatile: That's the popular 2013 Dodge Durango. This is Chrysler's no-compromise midsize SUV, one that offers seven-passenger seating as standard, plus highway fuel efficiency of up to 32 mpg/8.8-litre per100 km, and ...
Sea turtle protection plan includes South Florida beaches Sun-Sentinel The entire coastline of Palm Beach County and the northern portion of Broward County would be designated critical habitat for loggerhead sea turtles, under a proposal announced Friday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The government plans to protect ...
SendGrid fires staffer for sex jokes tweet USA TODAY A software developer in San Francisco was fired Thursday after she tweeted a photo of a fellow conference attendee who made sexual jokes she overheard and considered offensive, triggering a firestorm of debates about sexism and social media decorum in ...
'Diablo 3' for PlayStation 3 unveils first gameplay footage - watch Digital Spy Blizzard Entertainment is bringing the PC hit to PS3 and the upcoming PS4 as part of a strategic partnership with Sony. In addition to online multiplayer, the console version will feature four-player split-screen co-operative play and an optimised user interface.
GTC 2013: Nvidia doubles down on mobile ZDNet Summary: Nvidia has broadened its portfolio, stepped up product development and bet everything on a version of Tegra with integrated 4G LTE wireless in a bid to become more competitive in the cutthroat mobile chip business. John Morris. By John Morris ...
Google+ Introduces Photo-Only View PC Magazine Following Facebook's lead, Google this week tweaked its Google+ social network so users can now filter search results to show only photo posts. Google+ users can access the new photo filter from a drop-down menu on search result pages. Simply type what ...
Capcom Reviving DuckTales for Modern Consoles PC Magazine Be still, the hearts of '90s-era children: Capcom today announced plans to revive the classic NES DuckTales (woo-oo!) game. But you won't need to dust off the clunky Nintendo Entertainment System to climb back into Scrooge McDuck's top hat — with ...
A lizard robot for Mars: Scientists dream while Curiosity snoozes Los Angeles Times Curiosity may be sitting idle during the solar conjunction (more on that below), but there's fresh Mars-focused news. Researchers have suggested the rover could use a friend — a scuttling lizard robot. Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology ...
Apple nudges developers to make taller, Retina apps CNET A new rule requires developers' apps to work on the newest iPhones and iPods, as well as support higher pixel displays. Josh Lowensohn. by Josh Lowensohn. March 22, 2013 9:11 AM PDT Follow @Josh. Apple's Retina Display on the third-generation ...
Apple's IPad, IPhone Distribution Faces EU Antitrust Scrutiny Bloomberg Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s distribution practices for iPhones and iPad tablets are being examined by European Union antitrust regulators who said they'll act if they see any behavior harmful to customers. The European Commission is “currently looking at this ...
China chooses Ubuntu as state-endorsed operating system CNET Canonical, which runs Ubuntu, is working with the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the project. Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger. March 22, 2013 9:49 AM PDT. Canonical, the organization behind popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, ...
Blizzard reveals HearthStone strategy card game CNET (blog) World of Warcraft's maker officially announces a free-to-play collectible card game for PC, Mac, and iPad. The beta starts this summer, with a full product out by the end of the year. by Eddie Makuch. ...
Secrets of Bioshock Infinite Wall Street Journal (blog) On Tuesday, after years of waiting, video game fans will finally get to play BioShock Infinite, the highly anticipated release from Take-Two Interactive. While there's been lots of talk about the game's floating city and allusions to the notion of American ... Wall Street Journal (blog)
When Apple's new iPhones are due Fortune FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) will launch the iPhone 5S in June or July or before September. The company will launch a lower-priced iPhone simultaneously or maybe after September. Anyway, that's what these three analysts predict based on ... well, I'll let them ... Fortune
HP 3D Display Technology: Will IPhone 6 Have 3D Display? iScienceTimes.com iPhone: Hewlett-Packard unveiled its new 3D display technology that doesn't require special glasses to see. Suitable for small screens, will the iPhone 6, rumored to be released this summer, have 3D capability? (Photo: Reuters). Comments 0: Print: Email ... iScienceTimes.com
Big Bang Afterglow Reveals Older Universe, More Matter, Slower Expansion PBS A new map shows the oldest light in our universe, as detected with the precision by the Planck mission. Image by ESA and the Planck Collaboration. You may have seen this map, which has been making the rounds since its release by the European Space ... PBS
Firaxis' Haunted Hollow on iOS: The Next Angry Birds? iTech Post Get ready Angry Birds fans: Firaxis is about to blow your mind. The game developer best known for such titles as the Civilization series and last year's smash-hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown is gearing up to release Haunted Hollow for iPhone and iPad users. iTech Post
How Apple invites facile analysis Los Angeles Times For those of us not directly invested in Apple, the stock's trajectory over the last six months has been a thrill ride to rival anything you'll find at Magic Mountain. Since hitting an all-time peak of $705 in mid-September, the shares have been on a long slide, ... Los Angeles Times
Microsoft Releases Details Of Law Enforcement Requests Techdirt Kudos to Microsoft for joining companies like Google and Twitter in releasing transparency reports about government/law enforcement requests for information. On Thursday, Microsoft released data on law enforcement requests from 2012. The report covers ...
Zynga Upgrades Website, Cuts More Ties With Facebook Fox Business Despite being slapped with an “underperform” rating, Zynga's shares edged higher on Friday as the company unveiled a more personalized and streamlined website that further engages players and minimizes its dependence on Facebook (FB). The maker of ...
Apple working on 'drop-proof iPhone' Digital Spy Apple is exploring ways of preventing future iPhone models from sustaining screen damage when dropped, a recent patent filing suggests. The Cupertino firm's 'Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device' filing describes a means of ensuring that a ...
Forget about BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows Phone--globally (China, India, Asia, Africa), the new third smartphone OS will soon be Samsung-Intel's Tizen OS-- Tizen 2.0 SDK and source code released - Crave - Mobile Phones - CNET Asia: "If the name Tizen doesn't ring a bell, it may be time to get acquainted. Basically, Tizen is a Linux-based open-source software platform that is designed for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and in-car systems. Led by Intel and Samsung in a "technical steering group", Tizen emerged from the dusty ashes of Nokia's MeeGo. It is hoped to be Samsung's hedge against Google's Android, and to compete against iOS as well. . . ." Korean lawmaker who exposed Samsung corruption forced from office | The Verge: " . . . The conversations in question are part of what is known as the Samsung X-File, a trove of tapes illegally recorded by the government's intelligence service during the 1990s. The files include conversations between Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee and his brother in law, and reveal bribes allegedly paid by the conglomerate to prosecutors, politicians, and presidential candidates. But investigations into the X-File centered around the illegal nature of their recording and release — only Roh and MBC journalist Lee Sang-ho were indicted for their role in publishing the wiretaps, and none of the resulting evidence was admissible in prosecution. Lee was handed a suspended prison sentence in 2011 on the grounds that his reporting of private conversations was not in the public interest. However, Joongang Daily newspaper publisher Hong Seok-hyun was forced to resign as US ambassador over his implication in lobbying presidential candidates with Samsung bribes, as was Vice Justice Minister Kim Sang-hee. . . . " Yammer Earns Its Keep for Microsoft, One Kahlua Sundae at a Time Businessweek About six months ago Microsoft (MSFT) acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion. The price tag still seems shocking. Surely some engineers at Microsoft could look at Facebook (FB), mimic the social networking service, and make it slightly more corporate, just like ...
Republic Wireless Lowers Cost of Entry for No-Contract Service eWeek Republic Wireless is now offering the option of a $99 Android phone with unlimited service for $29 a month, instead of its usual $19 a month. Republic Wireless today addressed what can be the major pain point of the contract-free wireless service model—the ... eWeek
Microsoft Shoots for New Outlook.com Users by Targeting Less TechNewsWorld Microsoft's existing Hotmail user base may find plenty to like in its new Outlook.com email service, but getting others to switch will certainly be a challenge. One lure that could draw in the privacy-minded is a diminished focus on targeted advertising relevant to ...
Sony shows PlayStation 4 capabilities, but no box Fox News NEW YORK – Sony showed off what the PlayStation 4 can do, but not what it will look like. The Japanese electronics giant talked about its upcoming game console for the first time and said it will go on sale this holiday season. But Sony didn't reveal the ...
IBM MobileFirst Platform, Services Launch for Enterprise Customers eWeek IBM announced the launch of its new MobileFirst platform and services featuring new solutions in mobile security, analytics, app dev and more. Diving in deep with mobile solutions, IBM has unveiled IBM MobileFirst, a comprehensive mobile portfolio that ... eWeek
Private US firms take major role vs. cyberattacks Businessweek WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kevin Mandia, a retired military cybercrime investigator, decided to expose China as a primary threat to U.S. computer networks, he didn't have to consult with American diplomats in Beijing or declassify tactics to safely reveal ...
Biometric USB password key worthy of 'Mission: Impossible' CNET Unsatisfied with regular old USB password protection devices, myIDkey kicks things up a few notches with biometrics, Bluetooth, and voice search. It even self-destructs. Amanda Kooser. by Amanda Kooser. February 20, 2013 4:05 PM PST Follow @akooser ...
Foxconn: Our hiring freeze has nothing to do with iPhone 5 Register Apple's main manufacturing buddy Foxconn has frozen hiring at a Shenzhen plant and other factories across China, but denies it has anything to do with the fruity firm in particular. The parts-manufacturer for tech firms ranging from Apple to Dell said today that ...
Endangered sharks return to Bahamas 'home' BBC News Previously thought to be wide-ranging animals, a tagging survey has revealed that the sharks frequently revisit the same areas around the island. Conservationists have listed the sharks as Vulnerable globally and Critically Endangered in parts of their range. BBC News
PlayStation 4: Everything You Need To Know GameSpot PlayStation 4: Everything You Need To Know. Playstation 4 - See The Future · Watch this video. Is the Future of gaming here? What do you think of the ...
Yota Devices in MegaFon Talks on Dual-Screen Phone Debut Bloomberg Yota Devices, a Russian smartphone startup, is in talks to sign up the country's second-biggest wireless operator as its first customer for a dual-screen handset the manufacturer plans to introduce in the second half. The phonemaker is negotiating with OAO ...
Eduardo Saverin: From Silicon Valley to Singapore Wall Street Journal Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin recently courted controversy by surrendering his U.S. citizenship in favor of life in Singapore, where he has resided since 2009. He sits down with the WSJ's Almar Latour to talk about why he moved. ...
How to disable Java on your Mac Macworld With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees' Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle's subsequent software patches, it's time to revisit the question of whether Java can be used securely. After the Flashback malware attack that ...
Gorgeous Pic of a Star-Forming Region Hides Three Monster Stars Slate Magazine (blog) Monsters lurk in our galaxy. They may not look like much when you first see them. In fact, in some pictures they're so hard to see you need to have them pointed out to you. But that's OK, because sometimes the picture is so jaw-droppingly spectacular it's no ...
Private group may try to launch humans to Mars in five years Houston Chronicle (blog) Private group may try to launch humans to Mars in five years. Thursday, February 21, 2013. Comment. Comments. |. Email. E-mail. |. Print. On Wednesday afternoon a space communications firm, the Griffin Communications Group, sent out a news release ... Houston Chronicle (blog)
Yahoo! 'OPTIMISES'! website! for! fondleslabs! AND Facebook! Register Yahoo! has once again redesigned its website as the ailing internet company attempts to squeeze more ad juice out of its online estate. The Purple Palace's CEO Marissa Mayer announced the latest makeover in a blog post on Wednesday that was peppered ...
Chrome launcher for offline apps comes to Windows ZDNet Summary: Google's Chrome 'app launcher' for offline browser apps is coming to Windows, with Mac and Linux to follow in due course. Liam Tung. Google has released an early ... ZDNet
It's Craigslist, Only on a Phone — and Beautiful TIME Craigslist, the online-classifieds site, is famous for two things: being incredibly popular, and hardly changing at all. So it's not stunning that it doesn't have a mobile app. But it's also not surprising that a bunch of third parties, seeing a market opportunity, have... TIME
FCC plans to ease wireless congestion ZDNet Summary: The Federal Communications Commission is proposing steps to help ease the burden on public Wi-Fi networks. Charlie Osborne. By Charlie Osborne for Between the Lines | February 21, 2013 -- 10:17 GMT (02:17 PST). Follow @ZDNetCharlie ...
Zuckerberg, Brin and other valley notables create foundation to reward health ... Long Beach Press-Telegram SAN FRANCISCO -- Launching one of the world's richest science prizes, a foundation created by Silicon Valley tech luminaries on Wednesday awarded $3 million each to 11 health researchers studying stem cells, genetics, cancer and other diseases.
Close call: Asteroid misses Earth by 17000 miles Concordiensis Last Friday, two unrelated cosmic events gripped the public imagination and the international media's attention. First, a meteor struck a rural part of the Russian Federation causing widespread injury and panic. Then, a 160-foot wide asteroid known to ...
Why Apple's 'Next Big Thing' Might Not be a Gadget Uncommon Wisdom Daily Co-founder Steve Wozniak recently told Bloomberg that the company is “kind of losing that” edge. For Apple, its shares may have a little more room to go to the downside as other companies scramble to fill the current innovation gap in the lucrative tech ...
Solar Flare Producing Sunspot Forming On The Sun, NASA Images Massive ... PlanetSave.com An enormous sunspot, six times larger than the Earth is currently forming on the Sun. NASA researchers predict that the sunspot could begin triggering powerful solar flares in a couple of days. 20130221-001730.jpg. The enormous sunspot has been ...
Tiniest Planet Yet Discovered by NASA Outside our Solar System Science World Report (Photo : NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) The tiniest planet beyond our Solar System has been discovered by NASA. The artist's concept depicts the new planet dubbed Kepler-37b. The planet is slightly larger than our moon, measuring about one-third the size of... Science World Report
Sign The White House Petition To Make Cellphone Unlocking Legal Again ReadWriteWeb Tinkerers, open source ideologues, mobile developers and enthusiasts and even plain old mobile consumers who want a bit of choice, you got some bad news earlier this year: It is now illegal to unlock your smartphone. Through a decree from the Library Of... ReadWriteWeb
Canseco Going to Correspondents' Dinner? Daily Beast The nerd prom just won some serious street cred. The website's press director on Wednesday invited former baseball legend Jose Canseco to the White House Correspondents' Dinner after he tweeted up a storm about politics. On Wednesday, Canseco ... Daily Beast
Twitter's hacking problem CNN Hackers took over the Twitter accounts of both Jeep and and Burger King this week. NEW YORK (CNNMoney). Twitter has a problem: While the social network is trying to woo brands and advertising money to its platform, companies' Twitter accounts keep ...
UCSD scientists tackle brain mapping fox5sandiego.com SAN DIEGO – Dr. Ralph Greenspan and his team at the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind in San Diego are doing trailblazing research in brain mapping, a project the White House recently said they will be devoting billions of dollars towards. brain mapping ... fox5sandiego.com
Road Construction Dig Leads To Discovery Of Whale Species Cinema Blend Highway widening is usually good for areas where traffic is packed, but in general, cutting open new land for highways doesn't frequently lead to major scientific discoveries. However, a recent highway widening project in California's Laguna Canyon led to ... Cinema Blend
NVIDIA plans construction of a new, very polygonal HQ Engadget Well, someone had to offer a counterpart to the giant donut. NVIDIA has decided that its ongoing success in 3D graphics and mobile processors merits a suitably geometric new headquarters, so it's upping the stakes among oddly-shaped offices: it's planning ...
Google acquires Celebration software firm for $125M [Orlando Sentinel] Businessweek Feb. 21 -- Google on Wednesday acquired Channel Intelligence, a Celebration-based software company, for $125 million in cash. Channel Intelligence develops technology that streamlines the online-buying process. The purchase of the software company ...
Google Glass patent application shows detailed diagrams Engadget Along with a lot of publicity, Project Glass from Google has generated a bevy of approved patents and applications, but the latest one shows that the search giant's trying to wrap up the whole kit and kaboodle -- replete with detailed diagrams and descriptions ...
Crysis 3 Hunter Edition CNET As far as console games go, it doesn't get much prettier than Crysis 3, the latest effort from developer Crytek. Built upon the eponymous CryEngine, Crysis 3 again takes place in a dilapidated futuristic vision of New York City, 24 years after the events in Crysis ...
In major milestone, Curiosity's drill delivers first sample CNET It's the first time any rover has drilled into a rock to collect a sample anywhere but on Earth, says NASA, as its Curiosity rover collects about a tablespoon of powdered Martian rock for testing. William Harwood. by William Harwood. February 20, 2013 4:48 PM ...
HTC One Can Compete With Apple, Samsung InformationWeek HTC is in a spot of trouble. For reasons unknown, the brand has fallen out of favor with smartphone buyers in recent quarters, leaving the Taiwan-based company with a shrinking share of the market. Despite bringing solid devices to the market throughout ...
BBC Launches Sports App for Android Phones and Tablets Tom's Hardware Guide The BBC has announced the launch of a new app for sports-loving Android users. The BBC Sport app will allow users access sports news, videos, and updates curated by the BBC's team of sports journalists. The app features top stories and breaking sports ...
It's like 'Six degrees of Kevin Bacon' but for web pages GMA News Just nineteen clicks or less separate any two pages on the Web, a physicist has claimed. Hungarian physicist Albert-László Barabási said he made the finding after creating a simulated model of some 14 billion pages now on the World Wide Web. Barabási's ...
iPhone Beats Galaxy S III, But Victory May Be Fleeting InformationWeek Apple's iPhone 5 was best-selling smartphone worldwide during closing months of 2012, but Samsung is readying its iPhone-killer for 2013. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | February 20, 2013 11:30 AM. 12 Best iPhone, iPad ...
'Blower' V6 replaces Range Rover V8 Independent Online Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that the 2014 Range Rover - which will be in showrooms in Europe and North America by the third quarter of this year - will be available with a new and more powerful 250kW supercharged V6 engine. The new engine will ... Independent Online
The First Shift: Details of Volkswagen's electric e-Golf revealed National Post Volkswagen goes electric, Audi to sell more SUVs and Mercedes-Benz and BMW continue to disagree. New VW e-Golf heading for Swiss show Despite a growing lack of confidence within the industry, shrinking taxpayer support and less-than-stellar retail ... National Post
Field research on polar bears freezes out pre-conceived notions San Jose Mercury News LAFAYETTE -- When Oakland author and firefighter Zac Unger rushed north to Canada to save the polar bear population from the fiery furnace of global warming in 2008, he came to a startling conclusion -- the polar bears didn't need saving. "Never Look a ...
New products are presented to Apple's board 6-18 months prior to launch Apple Insider Members of Apple's Board of Directors are sometimes informed about new products up to a year and a half before they are unveiled to the public, the board's chairman has revealed. Arthur Levinson. Arthur D. Levinson, former CEO of Genentech and current ...
Higgs Boson Field Could Lead to the End of the Universe 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis Scientists believe the recently discovered Higgs boson particle could lead to the end of the universe. Listen: Brian Murphy with the Holcomb Observatory at Butler University says the Higgs field, which is created by the Higgs boson particle, can cause a bubble ...
ZTE and NVIDIA announce world's first Tegra 4 Super Phone SlashGear The world is about to get its first Super Phone working with NVIDIA's new Tegra 4 quad-core processor, and the manufacturer of this masterpiece has been announced as ZTE. This will be the first time the Tegra 4 will be available on a smartphone in the world ... SlashGear
Qualcomm Snapdragon Voice Activation revealed with “always-on” action SlashGear This week Qualcomm has upped the ante with a selection of features for their next-generation chipsets for mobile devices. The most recent announcement is for Snapdragon Voice Activation, this technology built in to the Qualcomm Fluence PRO suite of the ... SlashGear
The McLaren P1 offers over 900hp of hybrid power, emission free driving Torque News McLaren has just announced the drivetrain details for their upcoming P1 supercar and the specs are better than many expected – with over 900 horsepower from a hybrid drivetrain that also allows for brief periods of all electric, emission free driving. n/a ... Torque News
