Yahoo Data Breach, Protecting Yourself (video)

Yahoo Data Breach: Protecting Yourself:

Video above published Dec 15, 2016: Yahoo says more than a billion users were affected by a data breach that it says occurred in 2013. WSJ personal technology editor Wilson Rothman and WSJ's Tanya Rivero discuss tips for protecting yourself against future breaches.

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Anthem Data Breach, Hackers Sponsored by China? (video)

Feb. 6 -- Investigators of Anthem’s data breach are pursuing evidence that points to Chinese state-sponsored hackers who are stealing personal information from health-care companies for purposes other than pure profit, according to three people familiar with the probe. Bloomberg’s Michael Riley reports on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

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Sony, DarkSeoul, Hackers, North Korea Links (video)

What's the Deal With DarkSeoul?
Sony's hackers are demanding the studio stop showing 'The Interview.' Experts say the attacks on Sony show similarities with a hacking group called DarkSeoul with suspected links to North Korea. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Reuters
Sony's PlayStation store back online after cyber attack
Reuters
REUTERS - Sony Corp said its PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network had been disrupted by hackers in a distributed denial-of-service attack on Monday. Sony said its systems were back online and the company was investigating the cause of ...


The Week Magazine
Hackers sent Sony extortion email before security breach
The Week Magazine
The hackers behind a major attack against Sony last month reportedly emailed the company beforehand asking for money, Mashable reports. "Pay the damage, or Sony Pictures will be bombarded as a whole," the Nov. 21 email read. "You know us very well.


TechCrunch
Amazon To Let Shoppers Bargain For Lower Prices With New “Make An Offer” Option
TechCrunch
Amazon, pushing hard to pick up more business during the holiday season, wants you to make a deal. Taking a page from the likes of eBay and ...
Now you can haggle on Amazon - USA TODAY


CNET
Amazon tests delivery by bike in New York City
CNET
Amazon is testing bike messengers deliveries in New York City, which ... Google launchedGoogle Express last year in San Francisco and has since ...
Amazon wants an NYC bike messenger to bring you a package within an hour - The Verge


CNET
Facebook, Vessel put YouTube on notice: Your talent isn't safe
CNET
Over the last several months, Google has been actively striking deals with ... WhileFacebook is an obvious threat to YouTube, Google is by far more ... and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, to collect funds and target content creators. ... Don Reisinger is a technologycolumnist who has covered everything from ...


NBCNews.com
Amazon Official to FAA: Let Us Test Our Delivery Drones Outdoors
NBCNews.com
The massive flames that lit up downtown Los Angeles early Monday were terrifying, but thanks to modern firefighting technology and techniques, they ...

Google-backed password-killer crosses major milestone
The Verge
In October, Google unveiled a surprising new way to log into Chrome and ... Google's security key was one example, and another was Samsung's ... has built a program adapting Apple's now-open API to the FIDO protocols. ... Qualcomm, and Blackberry; service companies like Google, Microsoft, and ...

Facebook Video Is Driving YouTube Off Facebook
Business Insider
Outside of Facebook, YouTube still dominates in terms of video uploads and views. A Google spokeswoman told Business Insider that 300 hours of ...

Powerful, highly stealthy Linux trojan may have infected victims for years
Ars Technica
Researchers have uncovered an extremely stealthy trojan for Linux systems that attackers have been using to siphon sensitive data from governments and pharmaceutical companies around the world. The previously undiscovered malware represents a ...

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Why European Parliament Is Picking a Fight With Google (video)

Thursday the European Parliament voted  in favor of breaking up Google (the vote is not binding). The world's largest search engine is accused of squeezing out its competitors. Bloomberg spoke with a legal expert about what's driving this action. (Source: Bloomberg 11/26) 

European parliament votes | Ars Technica: " Although the vote is non-binding, it's a definite setback for the company...."


India Today
International Business|In Symbolic Vote, EU Parliament Passes Measure to Break Up Google
New York Times
A breakup of Google in Europe will almost certainly not happen, legal .... Google in Europe are major American technology companies like Microsoft ...
European Parliament Votes To Break Up Google - Forbes
European Parliament Approves Google Breakup Resolution - Wall Street Journal
European Parliament Backs Investigation To Split Google Search From Its Other Businesses - TechCrunch


Wall Street Journal
EU Says Google Should Extend 'Right to Be Forgotten' to '.com' Websites
Wall Street Journal
In a new set of guidelines agreed upon in Brussels on Wednesday, the body representing the European Union's 28 national privacy regulators said search engines should apply the bloc's new right to be forgotten to all of their websites—in particular .com ...

New York Times
Sunset Overdrive, This War of Mine, Super Smash Bros. and Civilization
New York Times
Hovering above the destruction in Sunset Overdrive, set in a city of murderous creatures....

NDTV
Sony settles with FTC on allegedly misleading PlayStation tweets
Los Angeles Times
Sony's PlayStation Vita may not have been so game-changing after all. Sony settled with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday over charges that it deceived customers in 2011 about the "game changing" advanced technology on the handheld gaming ...

CNET
Get 100 free MP3 albums from Microsoft
CNET
"We'll see your one free album, Google, and raise you a hundred!" The catch? Windows 8 and Windows Phone users only...

PCWorld
Twitter starts peeking at the other apps on your phone
PCWorld
Twitter, hungry for new data to fuel its targeted advertising, will start looking at what other apps its ...

San Jose Mercury News
Tablet shopping: iPad, Android or Windows?
San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK -- Time for a tablet? People tend to hold onto tablets longer than smartphones, so take time to weigh your options. A major consideration is what phone you or your gift recipient already has. Although it's possible for Android owners to have Apple's ...

CNET
Amazon Black Friday deals on Kindle and Fire devices start Thursday
CNET
Amazon is offering some impressive deals on its in-house Kindle readers, Fire tablets and Fire phones during the Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend....

Computerworld
Lenovo Pranks Shoppers for Yoga 3 Ad
PC Magazine
The laptop maker on Tuesday released a Yoga 3 promotional video featuring unsuspecting mallgoers and a broken Apple laptop. The prank featured members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater comedy troupe, who tricked passersby at the Plymouth ...

Computerandvideogames.com
Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass 'discontinued', free game offered
Computerandvideogames.com
In a drastic move following the marred launch of Assassin's Creed Unity, Ubisoft has "discontinued" the game's Season Pass and announced free offerings as compensation to owners of the game. Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallet detailed the move in a ...


TechCrunch
Identity Wars: Why Apple Pay Is About More Than Payments
TechCrunch
Editor's Note: Patrick Salyer is the chief executive officer of Gigya, a customer identity management company. There's been no shortage of attention ...

Microsoft reportedly planning Windows 10 event for January
Microsoft will hold an event this January to show off the new features of Windows 10, according to The Verge. Although January is traditionally ...

Hackers force message on websites via US firm - San Francisco Chronicle: "...The executive says hackers rerouted Internet traffic from its website to a computer server that generated a message to visitors that their site had been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. Published reports noted the message appeared on websites for several UK newspapers, CNBC and the National Hockey League. Gigya says no user or company data was compromised in the hack. The Syrian group aligns itself with Syrian President Bashar Assad..."

Here are most of Amazon's Black Friday videogame deals, all in one place

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Dice, App Could Rock the Concert-Ticketing Industry (video)

Dice Ticket App Founder Phil Hutcheon in Interview: Video - Bloomberg:
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Tired of having to print out tickets to get into a gig? Or having to re-type your payment information every time you want to buy? Fear not. A London-based company called Dice has streamlined the job and is working to put scalpers out of business with their app. Dice Founder Phil Hutcheon talks to Bloomberg's Angus Bennett about the company. (Source: Bloomberg 11/20)

Wall Street Journal
Google embraces open source with free Android game
ITProPortal
Many people consider open source to be the future. It is hard to argue with this, as it allows software to be adapted to different environments. Most importantly, it allows users to view the code, and prevents malicious aspects, such as backdoors. In other words ...

International Business Times
Now you can play Destiny for free, at least for a little while
Digital Trends
Bungie has released a free trial/demo version of Destiny, so anyone who's on the fence can it a try before taking the plunge into the massively multiplayer shooter. Called a “Trial” for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and a “Demo” for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, ...


Mashable
Dear Barbie, get it together. Love, female developers everywhere
Mashable
Barbie is a smart woman. We know this because Mattel has repeatedly reminded us of her accomplishments (see: all of Barbie's careers, which span from sign language instructor to world peace ambassador). Why, then, does she suddenly require the help of ...

CNET
Facebook bus drivers vote to join Teamsters
CNET
Drivers for the social network's shuttle bus contractor say they seek better schedules and wages that allow them to live near their jobs....

The Guardian
Webcam hackers could be watching you, watchdog warns
The Guardian
The Information Commissioner's Office said footage was being collected from security cameras used by businesses and the public...

Washington Times
LA becomes stage for high-speed luxury cars


CNET
Firefox dumps Google for search, signs on with Yahoo
CNET
Google's 10-year run as Firefox's default search engine in the US is over. Yahoo wants more search traffic, and a deal with Mozilla will bring it...

TechCrunch
Apple Relabels “Free” Download Buttons On iTunes And Mac App Store To “Get ...
TechCrunch
Across the iTunes and Mac App Stores today, a minor but also notable change is taking place with regard to how Apple is marketing its iOS and Mac applications. Instead of free apps being labeled as “FREE,” the download button now reads “GET.

BBC News
Apple to push Beats to all iPhones according to FT
BBC News
Apple is planning to push its Beats music streaming service to every iPhone in the new year, according to a report in the Financial Times newspaper. Apple will include the Beats app in its latest update to the iOS operating system used on iPhones and iPads, ...

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iPhone 6, Bigger Screens, Improved Battery Life (video)

iPhone 6: Bigger Screens and Improved Battery Life: Video - Bloomberg:
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ISI Group Senior Managing Director Brian Marshall and Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson discuss the demand for bigger screens and more improved battery performance on Apple’s iPhone. They speak with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg Aug6)

Obama on net neutrality: My administration is against Internet fast lanes - The Washington Post: "What Obama seems to be opposing is the idea of paid prioritization, or the notion that companies should be able to pay for better, smoother access to consumers. The remarks also seem to contrast with the FCC's current proposal on net neutrality, which would tacitly allow for such commercial deals so long as the agency didn't consider them "commercially unreasonable.""

As Google acquisition looms, Twitch becomes just like the YouTube beast it tried to distance itself from | ExtremeTech: "It’s been several months since YouTube and Twitch reportedly reached an agreement for the former to acquire the latter. While the rumor remains unconfirmed, recent changes to Twitch’s functionality and copyright policing imply that there’s truth to the idea — and the end results aren’t particularly good. First, there’s the loss of archival broadcast footage...."

Amazon, Facebook, Google, And The New Tech Conglomerate
Forbes
Google Google and Facebook's acquisition spree has received much press and ... That may be true but thetechnology conglomerate era will be different from ... Aspiring conglomerates, such as Amazon, Google, andFacebook are ...


Wall Street Journal
Amazon Halts Some Disney Movie Preorders
Wall Street Journal
It is a tactic Amazon has used several times this year, including with Time Warner Inc....
Disney And Amazon In Fight Over Captain America And Maleficent Blu-rays - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News


USA TODAY
Report: Apple to unveil wearable device next month
USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Most observers expect Apple's upcoming September 9th event to focus on one or more new iPhones, with the long awaited Apple ...


Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog)
Amazon has a new target in its ongoing war with publisher Hachette: that book-hating, totalitarian, anti-democratic English author George Orwell.

Is Barnes & Noble Competing With Amazon? Perhaps Not
Forbes
Barnes & Noble is fighting Amazon by teaming with Google Google Shopping Express to enable same day delivery of books. There are two important ...


ThinkProgress
Android Users Flip Out Over New Facebook Messenger Privacy Rules
ThinkProgress
Users have been denouncing the Facebook's forced migration to the ... for the mobile app's liberal access terms; those came straight from Google. ... Facebook claims it has more freedom to shape policies for Apple's mobile ... governed by Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail's Terms of Use and Privacy ...


Daily Mail
Very easy rider: Now Google plans driverless robot motorbike - and wants permission to start ...
Daily Mail
Google has begun lobbying the state of California to allow it to test ... The technology giant has caused controversy over its driverless vehicle testing in ...

Amazon jabs Hachette in e-books dispute: 'We will never give up'
CNET
In a letter to readers posted online, Amazon again made its case for why .... Website distribution is becoming more generic with new web technology ...

Express Lane: Google's Challenge To Amazon Kicks Into A Higher Gear: "While Amazon is spending fortunes to expedite packages to you — negotiating for Sunday deliveries with the U.S. Postal Services, offering same-day service in more cities, and even experimenting with drones – Google’s Shopping Express has been built on the cheap. Using an army of contract workers, the company lets people order from more than a dozen brick-and-mortar merchants and then delivers the purchases usually the same day. With Whole Foods, Target and Costco as partners, Google is able to offer thousands of products while warehousing none of them...."

Amazon Fire Review: Innovative Features That Seem Humdrum | MIT Technology Review: ".... Firefly is off-putting because it seems like little more than a way to get people to buy more products from Amazon. Whenever Firefly recognizes an object, the first thing it asks is whether you want to buy it. Even when the object isn’t really a product, Amazon turns it into one... "

Google to recruit through coding competitions - The Economic Times: "MUMBAI: Google India has changed the way it recruits from engineering colleges, trashing paperbased tests in favour of Google Jams or coding competitions. Candidates will now have to crack coding puzzles online to clear the first few rounds of the placement tests at the coveted firm...."

How hackers used Google in stealing corporate data | CSO Online: "...The service allowed anyone to register a DNS zone, which is a distinct, contiguous portion of the domain name space in the DNS. The registrant could then create A records for the zone and point them to any IP address. In addition, Hurricane did not check whether newly created zones were already registered or owned by other parties, FireEye said.  Google and Hurricane were notified of the malicious use of their services, Moran said. Both companies had removed the attack mechanisms...."

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Mt. Gox, bitcoin fraud or hacking victim?

Questions are being asked that implicate Mt. Gox management in the bitcoin currency exchange collapse --

Hackers allege Mt. Gox CEO still controls 'stolen' Bitcoin | ZDNet: "Following the closure of Mt. Gox and the theft of Bitcoins worth millions, anonymous hackers claim to have published evidence that customer Bitcoin is not missing -- but instead is held at the heart of attempted fraud...."

Mt. Gox Seeks U.S. Court Protection During Japan Bankruptcy - Businessweek: "...“The facts known to date indicate that it was caused or related to a flaw in the software algorithm that underlies bitcoin, and ‘hacking’ attacks of one or more persons,” Mt. Gox Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles said in a sworn statement filed yesterday in Dallas. The Tokyo-based exchange filed for bankruptcy in a Japanese court at about the same time it was sued by an Illinois resident accusing it of misappropriation and fraud in U.S. court in Chicago. The U.S. bankruptcy case is In re MtGox Co. Ltd., 14-bk-31229, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas (Dallas). The lawsuit is Greene v. Mt. Gox Inc., 14-cv-01437, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago)...."

Google to Offer Android for Wearables
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google executive Sundar Pichai told the South by Southwest conference Sunday that the company plans to release in two weeks a software development kit based on Android for makers of wearable devices, such as smartwatches. Google plans to release its ...

Google's Pichai touts wearables SDK, 'APIs for hardware'
CNET
When it comes to auto manufacturers implementing Android, Pichai noted that in today's world, many choose to stick to Apple's iOS. But he likened that approach to walking into a hotel and finding that an in-room stereo system only works with iOS devices.

Google Searches for an App Role
Wall Street Journal
A year later, the company said the ads had driven over 145 million app installations from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store. The ads appear in the news feed of Facebook's popular mobile app and have proved particularly appealing to game ...

Microsoft, HP blaze business tablet trail
CNET
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft think the tablet is more lean forward than lean back. Are they right? The PC has one (at least) distinct advantage over Apple. Windows 8.1 isn't a mobile operating system like iOS. In other words, the same 64-bit Windows 8 ...

Apple's long IRS-Irish history
ZDNet
The talk around Apple's taxes appeared to be everywhere this past weekend: from the Internet to angry jokes on the radio. There were new reports of Apple shifting billions from Australia to Ireland, and discussion around soon-to-retire CFO Peter ...

Google Reaps Tax Breaks in $1.4 Billion Clean Energy Bet: Tech
Businessweek
On a Northern California farm where silage for animal feed once grew, Google Inc. (GOOG:US) is generating power from more than 100,000 solar panels to heat nearby homes - - and double down on an area of energy many investors shun. The Galt solar ...

Apple, Android Continue to Lead Smartphone Market: comScore
eWeek
Android ranked as the top smartphone platform in January with 51.7 percent market share, followed by Apple with 41.6 percent (up 1 percentage point), BlackBerry with 3.1 percent,Microsoft with 3.2 percent and Symbian with 0.2 percent. Google Sites ...

Will Apple's CarPlay And Connected Car Technology Mean A Bumpy Ride For ...
Forbes
Apple debuted CarPlay—a rebranded “iOS in the Car” initiative–at the Geneva International Motor Show last week and like all things Apple, it was a high-profile, high-end entrance to a sector that is ripe to be remade. Its partners for its connected ...

Google faces $5B antitrust fine in India — but this time it can't settle
ZDNet
Just as Google's antitrust case in the European Union wraps up after the two agreed on a settlement package, the search giant faces similar hefty fines for alleged antitrust behavior in India. Read this. Nokia, Microsoft deal to close despite India tax ...

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Reuters staffer accused of aiding hackers maintains innocence

Reuters staffer accused of aiding hackers maintains innocence - lawyer
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) - A Reuters.com editor maintained his innocence after being suspended with pay on Friday following a federal indictment on charges he aided members of the Anonymous hacking collective. Matthew Keys, 26, a deputy social ...

Hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils found
Fox News
Researchers in northeastern Spain say they've uncovered hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils, including four kinds that had never been found before in the region. The eggs likely were left behind by sauropods millions of years ago. Eggs, eggshell fragments ...

Lenovo Unveils Mainstream Business Ultrabook, ThinkPad T431s
PC Magazine
Lenovo this week announced the availability of its latest T-series ThinkPad laptop, and it's an ultrabook. The ThinkPad T431s Ultrabook is another in a long line of T-series laptops that are the mainstay of Lenovo-equipped office workers. The new T431s is ...

BlackBerry CEO calls Apple's iPhone user interface outdated
Apple Insider
The CEO of BlackBerry has criticized Apple for failing to overhaul the user interface of the iPhone to keep up with competing smartphone platforms. Since the iPhone launched in 2007, it's had largely the same interface with a grid of icons making users' ...

Researchers find microbial life at the bottom of the Mariana Trench
SlashGear
If you've ever dove to the bottom of a swimming pool, you know firsthand how much pressure just a few feet of water can apply to your body. Imagine the incredible pressures exerted on anything living at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. This particular trench ...

SlashGear

Aviary focuses on Windows 8 with new AMD partnership
VentureBeat
Aviary, the photo-editing toolkit, and chipmaker AMD announced today they're partnering to give Windows 8 users and developers a better, faster set of photo-editing tools and features. AMD Ventures put an undisclosed amount into the software startup, which ...

VentureBeat

Flickr app gets updated for iOS
SlashGear
If you're an iPhone user who uses the Flickr app frequently, the app was updated over the weekend. The update for the iOS version of the app brings an important new official feature that a lot of users will be appreciative of. With the new updates the app ...

SlashGear

This Is Why You'll Never Be Able To Play The New SimCity Offline
Business Insider
The bottom line: creator Maxis didn't think single player offline fit with the company's vision for the game. Here's part of what Bradshaw had to say: "Always-Connected is a big change from SimCities of the past. It didn't come down as an order from corporate...

Business Insider

The iPad's Uncontested Enterprise Run is Over
Forbes
Apple's iPad has had quite an impressive run in consumer and business markets. In fact , it has reshaped the entire direction of the PC and application market. For years, it was the only game in town in consumer until the. HP ElitePad 900. Amazon Kindle Fire ...

Forbes

THX sues Apple for speaker designs found in iDevices and iMacs
tuaw.com
THX has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging the computer maker has infringed on its speaker designs. As Bloomberg reports, THX holds a patent that was granted in 2008 that covers narrow profile speaker designs in consumer electronics and their ability to ...

Lightning Returns screens: Welcome to The Dead Dunes
Computerandvideogames.com
The latest images show off The Dead Dunes, one of the many locations from the game. "This region is covered with endless desert sands as far as the eye can see. Within it can be found the shanties which form a base for treasure hunters seeking their fortune ...

Instagram And Snapchat Becoming More Popular Among Kids, Facebook ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Relieved your kids aren't posting embarrassing messages and goofy self-portraits on Facebook? They're probably doing it on Instagram and Snapchat instead. The number of popular social media sites available on kids' mobile devices has ...


Robots compete to come in FIRST
Virginia Business Magazine
RICHMOND -- It wasn't necessarily battle bots, but high school students from more than 60 schools in Virginia, the Carolinas and Washington, D.C., packed the Stuart C. Siegel Center over the weekend to compete in a regional robotics competition.

Virginia Business Magazine

Nvidia gave AMD the PS4 because console margins are terrible
ExtremeTech
Consoles have historically been seen as banner products for the companies that manufacture or design their hardware. Nvidia's original Xbox win was a sizable windfall for the company in 2002-2003 and the GPU designs of the Xbox 360 and PS3 (built by...

ExtremeTech

Bat-Catching Spiders Present Everywhere Except Antarctica: Study
Nature World News
Antarctica - the large, frozen wasteland with conditions so hostile that no organism calls it a permanent home - is the only place in the world that has no bat-catching spiders, says a new study. The latest finding adds to the list of organisms hunted down by the ...

Nature World News

Pebble smartwatch gets a Mario watch face in first public SDK, because why not?
Engadget
In case you missed our Pebble smartwatch review, here's a one-sentence recap: its functionality is pretty limited at the moment, but it does what it does very well, and it's reasonably priced, too -- especially if you were able to snag it for just $99. And it'll be an ...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Gets Ex-Mozilla Engineer As CTO
US Market Buzz
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has appointed a new Chief Technology Officer replacing previous CTOs Cory Ondrejka and Mike Vernal. The new person is Mike Schroepfer and a former engineer with Mozilla, the company which makes the Firefox browsers.

Sony's Xperia Z arrives on Orange
Inquirer
JAPANESE PHONE MAKER Sony's Xperia Z smartphone is now available on Orange, as it becomes the latest mobile network to offer the smartphone in the UK. Despite EE's promise that Orange and T-Mobile would remain affordable 3G-only networks, the...

Inquirer

Life on Mars! Unless it's ET, Who Cares?
LiveScience.com
NASA scientists announced on March 12 that the Red Planet could have supported ancient life — though they don't yet have evidence that it did. A sample of rock drilled by the Curiosity rover revealed conditions that could have supported ancient microbes at ...

VIDEO: BMX demonstrators jump over volunteer at Detroit Bike City
MLive.com
DETROIT, MI - High-flying BMX demonstrators were entertaining the crowd at Detroit Bike City on Saturday, and we've embedded a video of the stunt bikers hopping over a volunteer, who snaps pictures of them bearing down on her. Detroit Bike City marked ...

Feral hogs posing problems at Missouri wildlife refuge
STLtoday.com
PUXICO, Mo. • The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Missouri will be closed for a day while conservation crews conduct a one-day aerial operation to kill feral hogs. The Dexter Daily Statesman reports that the Missouri Department of Conservation ...

Google Chrome: Best security tips for safer browsing
PCWorld (blog)
There's a lot to like about Google Chrome's built-in security features. The browser offers unique sandboxing functions and privilege restrictions, and even updates itself in the background to help better protect you from hackers and malware. But like all ...

Google Keep briefly teases note-taking utility for Drive, vanishes soon after
Engadget
Another day, another leak from Google. As The Next Web reports, a note-collecting service called Keep was accessible on Google Drive for a short period of time last night -- and if your short-term memory is a bit cloudy, Drive itself got leaked in a similarly ...

The Last of Us PS3 preview reveals campaign length
Product Reviews
We have some important news for those of you looking to pick up The Last of Us, when it releases exclusively on PS3 this Summer. A recent interview with Naughty Dog has stealthily revealed the exact time duration that the single-player campaign will take on ...

Ken Levine Talks Everything from Shodan, to Big Daddy, to Elizabeth: The ...
New Gamer Nation
For all those Bioshock fans out there, Ken Levine, Creative Director at Irrational Games, gave quite a long talk at BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) a few days ago in a presentation entitled “From Shodan, to Big Daddy, to Elizabeth: The ...

Sanders to Hold Town Meeting on Global Warming; Sen. Sanders, Bernard (I ...
Power Engineering Magazine
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold a town meeting in Montpelier on Saturday to discuss how global warming is impacting Vermont. Sanders will be joined by environmental experts who will explore what can be done to reverse climate change. Author and ...

Astronomers Gearing Up for Possible 'Comet of the Century'
Space.com
Astronomers are already getting set for the arrival of Comet ISON, which may become one of the brightest comets ever seen when it cruises through the inner solar system this fall. NASA has brought together a small team of experts to organize an observing ...

Taiwan's participation in telescope project helps astronomy stature
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, March 18 (CNA) Taiwan's participation in the world's largest ground-based telescope project in Chile has helped upgrade its stature in the field of astronomy and has strengthened its state-of- the-art technology, a researcher said Monday.

Battlefield 4: first promo image emerges
Computerandvideogames.com
A promotional image for Battlefield 4 has emerged via AGB ahead of the shooter's official unveiling later this month. Battlefield 4 Screenshot Last week EA sent out invites to a GDC event on March 26 at which it promises to reveal the game and "celebrate a ...

High tech specs divide digital community
KRMG
Wearing a pair of glasses which house a small computer appeals to some, but others find it a potential invasion of privacy and a distraction that could make texting while driving seem safe. Dubbed "Google Glass," the high tech specs look like something ...

Tornado debris study could lead to better warnings
Houston Chronicle
ATLANTA (AP) — Photos and mementoes that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles during a Southern tornado outbreak two years ago are giving researchers new insight on how debris is carried by the storms and how it could threaten the public.

FCC cracks down on campaign robocalls to cell phones
CNET
Two companies face fines of nearly $5 million for allegedly making millions of artificial voice messages without consumers' prior consent....

Scientists create living embryo of extinct frog that gives birth through its MOUTH
Daily Mail
An extinct frog is on the verge of revival after scientists used cloning technology to implant a 'dead' cell nucleus into a fresh egg from another frog species. Although the resulting embryos lived for just a few days, the groundbreaking research by an ...

Daily Mail

MessageMe Gets Vine'd; Facebook Pulls Access to Friend-Finding
PC Magazine
Or, at least, Facebook doesn't seem to be very keen on allowing apps to tap into Facebook's platform if they contain similar features as Facebook's own apps and services. Case in point: MessageMe, a full-featured messaging app that launched just last week ...

Verizon Wants to Pay Broadcasters Based on Unique Viewers Complains They ...
Dslreports
A report in the Wall Street Journal states that Verizon is proposing a new pay system to several "midtier and smaller" media companies where Verizon would only pay for channels if customers are actually watching them. The proposal would involve Verizon ...

Legend of Zelda hack makes Link the damsel in distress
SlashGear
Inspired by the father who modded Donkey Kong so his daughter could play the Princess, another person had the idea of modifying another classic Nintendo game. Kenna W has always loved The Legend of Zelda series, and she always wanted to play the ...

RSS inventor won't miss Google Reader
Tech Digest
google-reader-top.jpg The internet may be weeping at the news that Google Reader may be about to close, but one person of note won't be shedding a tear. Dave Winer, an instrumental figure in both the invention of RSS feeds and blogs, couldn't give a hoot.

Tech Digest

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Pocket Gamer
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on 3DS has all of the hallmarks of its PSP predecessors: the same playing mechanics, the same esoterica, and the same productivity-destroying gameplay. But it arrives in a new context. Thanks to the recent success of hardcore ...

Infamous iPad Hacker Makes No Apologies As He Faces Jail Time
Business Insider
Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, the hacker who called attention to AT&T's poor security by releasing hundreds of thousands of iPad owners' email addresses, will be sentenced in a New Jersey court on Monday for computer crimes. Despite facing as much as ...

Business Insider

Updated Kinect for Windows software adds 3D scanning tricks
Wired.co.uk
Microsoft's Xbox Kinect, the fastest selling gaming peripheral of all time, has just become a little bit more open for tinkering, thanks to a new software development kit (SDK) released by Microsoft on 18 March. For a little over a year, Microsoft has released SDK ...

Wired.co.uk

Higgs boson case strengthened by new CERN data analysis
Newsday
New results from the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva "strongly indicate" that the particle discovered last year is a Higgs boson, the European Organization for Nuclear Research said. The particle, which scientists said in July was probably the long-sought...

Newsday

Apple loses right to use 'iPhone' trademark in Mexico
Computer Business Review
Apple suffered a blow over the iPhone trademark in Mexico after the country's Supreme Court upheld a ruling that the local technology services firm owns the iPhone brand in the country. The dispute with Apple started in 2009 when the company tried to ...

Iterations: The Improbable, Captivating Pivot From Orchestra To Mailbox
TechCrunch
On Friday, Dropbox's acquisition of Mailbox marked the first time the tech community lit up in amazement and awe of a consumer transaction since Facebook ...

TechCrunch

Climate Change This Week: Earth Shoots UP on GHG, Biggest Security Threat ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Global Warming Gases Spike in 2012, packing in the second highest yearly amount recorded yet, reports Alex Kirby at Climate News Network, while fellow CNN colleague Paul Brown noted that no one seems to have noticed it, or its grave implications .

Huffington Post (blog)

See Jupiter near moon in daytime sky on March 17 or 18
EarthSky (blog)
March 17 and 18, 2013 provide opportunities to view the bright planet Jupiter near the waxing crescent moon in a daytime sky. The post below – describing the details of this kind of viewing and offering advice on how to do it – is reprinted with permission from ...
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Bank Attackers Used PHP Websites As Launch Pads - Security -
InformationWeek
WordPress sites with outdated TimThumb plug-in were among PHP-based sites hackers used to launch this fall's massive DDoS attacks, reports Arbor Network. By Mathew J. Schwartz · InformationWeek. December 14, 2012 11:36 AM. Who Is Hacking U.S. ...

One reliable prediction for 2013: BYOD still a bear for IT
Computerworld
Computerworld - Next year could well be the year that many IT leaders finally start to get their mobile computing management house in order. The process of integrating consumer smartphones, tablets and other devices into the workplace has been chaotic for ...

Google fights mobile misclicks with new ad format
Washington Post
Google is fighting a small but annoying problem on mobile devices: fat-finger ad clicks. In a company blog post Thursday, Google said that its data show that most of the time people accidentally hit ad links when they're tapping near the bottom of their screens ...

Google+ team delivers boatload of improvements for mobile users | Internet ...
CNET
Both iOS and Android have received a wide array of updates, including "on-the-go profile editing." Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger. December 14, 2012 9:57 AM PST. A look at Google+ for the iPhone. (Credit: Google+). Google+ Vice President of ...

A&E launches iPad apps with free access to full episodes
CNET
iPad owners can now watch shows from A&E, History, and Lifetime for free through three new apps. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. December 14, 2012 7:58 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET). Fans of such shows ...

Reviewed.com roundup: Nook HD tablet and more
USA TODAY
For over 10 years, Reviewed.com has put thousands of products to the test, all for the sake of the informed purchase. We've had a busy week working with some new stuff and investigating new technology. Here's what we've been up to.

iPhone or Android? The Case for Each - Digits - WSJ
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Among the smartphones available today, the Samsung Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5 sit at the top of many wish lists. Both of them are the best-available iPhone and Android phone, respectively. But how do you choose whether to buy an Android smartphone ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Opponents say ITU treaty threatens Internet freedom
PCWorld (blog)
The United States joined 20 other counties in refusing to sign a treaty that the objectors say will harm Internet freedom. The proposal was hammered out at an international communications conference that ended Friday in Dubai. A major hangup of the treaty ...

Analyst: iPad, iPhone, Apple to feel squeeze in 2013
CNET
Prospects aren't as rosy as expected, UBS says, for lots of reasons, from rising competition and a supply chain squeeze to the iPad Mini going cannibal. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. December 14, 2012 7:29 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. (Credit: CNET) ...

IPCC critical of climate change report leak
BBC News
The UN climate science panel has criticised a blogger who has published a draft version of its next report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is preparing what is known as its Fifth Assessment Report for publication next year. The work ...

BBC News

'King tides' bring 2nd day of minor flooding to California beach city
Washington Post
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A Southern California beach town is sloshing through another day of minor flooding because of a so-called king tide. TV news reports show ankle-deep water on some streets in Sunset Beach near Huntington Harbour shortly ...

Sharp unveils 64-inch UHD TV, priced at $31000
SlashGear
If you have 31 big ones laying around and want to blow it all on a new television set, Sharp actually has one for you that may fit the bill. The company has unveiled what they call the ICC Purios, and it's a 64-inch Ultra HD television that will only be ...

Gigabit Internet Just Out of Reach in Seattle
TidBITS
On 13 December 2012, the City of Seattle announced a breakthrough in a previously shelved plan to bring fiber-based Internet service directly to homes and businesses. A partnership with a private firm, Gigabit Squared, and the University of Washington will ...

Google ends copyright dispute with Belgian newspapers
TechSpot
Google has settled a long-running dispute with Belgian newspapers over copyright complaints. The case dates back to 2006 when a group of publishers sued Google claiming the use of headlines and snippets of Belgian newspaper articles in Google New ...

Apple Doubles iPad Mini Display Orders - Hardware - Macintosh -
InformationWeek
Stronger than expected demand has led Apple to increase the number of iPad Mini displays on order from 6 million to 12 million. By Eric Zeman · InformationWeek. December 14, 2012 11:30 AM. 12 Best iPhone, iPad Apps Of 2012. (click image for larger view ...

Dell and SUSE team up to promote OpenStack
ZDNet
Summary: The use of OpenStack often turns into a computer science project. Many in the industry, including Dell and SUSE, are working to create an easy to deploy and use product based upon OpenStack. Dell and SUSE just announced that they are ...

Apple's iPhone 5 Launches in 33 Countries, Including China | News & Opinion ...
PC Magazine
After hitting store shelves in South Korea last week, Apple's iPhone 5 is making its debut today in 33 countries, including China. In Beijing, a snowy morning and competitive pre-registration lottery made for an uncharacteristically low turnout, according to a ...

Apple's iPhone Guilty of Infringing Three Nokia, Sony Patents Held by Shell ...
DailyTech
Apple, Inc. (AAPL) has lost an important, but under publicized patent infringement jury trial regarding its iPhone. The trial was held in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, a jurisdiction that is viewed as plaintiff friendly (much like East Texas) and ...

DailyTech

Hoax-loving McAfee said run from Belize was no hoax
San Jose Mercury News
John McAfee's blog, www.whoismcafee.com, asks the media to respect his privacy but the Silicon Valley software guru nevertheless continues to grant interviews and told CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning that he loves drugs but doesn't do them anymore ...

Ford executive Jim Farley says Transit van will eventually replace Econoline for ...
Plain Dealer
van.jpg Ford's 2014 Transit van will launch late next year, replacing the automaker's Avon Lake-built Econoline, a best seller for 33 years. Though it will continue producing some van models at the Ohio plant for some time, Ford officials say they will eventually...

Plain Dealer

Geminid meteor shower amazes night-sky watchers
Washington Post
An onslaught of Geminid meteors dashed through the cloudless skies Thursday night and early Friday morning, putting on a dazzling spectacle. Israelis enjoy a hot water spring on the shore of the Dead Sea near the Israeli.  ...

IAB to FTC: Don't Be a Grinch
Adweek
Let's hope the Federal Trade Commission has a sense of humor. On the eve of the agency's release of updates to the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, the Interactive Advertising Bureau has come up with a cartoon and a message in a blog post: Don't ...

Ford to Address Fuel-Economy Concerns - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal
Ford Motor Co. is working with the Environmental Protection Agency on whether it needs to change the method for determining the fuel economy of hybrid vehicles after reports that its new hybrids don't attain their advertised mileage in real-world driving.

Kids Go Fishing, Catch 13000-Year-Old Mastodon Bone Instead
The Mary Sue
Eleven-year-old cousins Eric Stamatin and Andrew Gainariu of Michigan went on a simple fishing trip and wound up making the news. Not because they caught a huge fish, but because they found a prehistoric bone. “I thought it was a rock at first, but a couple ...

Emo NASA Is Taking Its Feelings Out on the Moon
Vanity Fair
Taking a step back for a moment, we would like to admit that before the launch, temper tantrum, depressive spiral, and nascent online-shopping addiction of the Curiosity rover, we did not really pay attention to NASA. Like most journalists, we are essentially ...

Judge dismisses speed camera violation case - baltimoresun.com
Baltimore Sun
An automatic speed camera citation was issued to a car owned by Daniel Doty for going 38 in a 25. But there was a problem, as his car was standing still. (Baltimore Sun video). By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun. 1:11 p.m. EST, December 14, 2012 ...

Global cuteness increased by discovery of new loris
New Scientist (blog)
Gaze into this slow loris's adorably furry face and you'll see more than the world's cutest animal. The mask-like colouration of the fur around its eyes and on the top of its head has led it to be recognised as a brand new species. Nycticebus kayan joins N.

New Scientist (blog)

Leaf sales rebound as Nissan battles mixed reviews, plans for 'long haul'
Nashville Business Journal
The Nissan Leaf entered the record books for the second time in 2012, when this convoy of 225 cars around the Silverstone racing circuit broke the Guinness World Record for the “largest parade of electric vehicles.” ...

Dell bows out of Android smartphone market globally - Crave - Mobile Phones ...
CNET
Jeff Clarke, Dell's consumer business head, said at the company's Dell World conference that the company will not be jumping back into the smartphone ring anytime soon and that "it needs a lot of investments to really be successful". The move also means ...

CNET

Mercedes Valued at Half of BMW as Zetsche Loses Investors: Cars
Bloomberg
Play. Battle of the Luxury Automakers: BMW vs. Daimler. Daimler AG (DAI) investors value Mercedes- Benz at half what Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) is worth as Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche's effort to reclaim the title of world's biggest ...

Bloomberg

Do You Need to Keep Up With Facebook's Privacy Changes? | News & Opinion ...
PC Magazine
Anytime Facebook makes changes to its Privacy Settings, as it did once again on Wednesday, a number of users panic. An equal number of users berate the panickers for panicking, and many more don't even realize anything changed. Do Facebook's privacy ...

To Gain From Rising Sales, GM Redesigns Pickups
New York Times
PONTIAC, Mich. — Signs of recovery in the housing and construction industries have given a much-needed lift to the market for full-size pickup trucks, which took a beating during the recession. Add to Portfolio. General Motors · Go to your Portfolio » ...

New York Times

The pope's Twitter presence
Washington Post
On Faith reached out to some of the Catholic Church's most influential online voices to get a sense of how the faithful are reacting to the news this week that Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics, is using Twitter. Here are some excerpts.

Best Buy to sell Microsoft Surface, joining Staples
Washington Post
Best Buy will join Staples this weekend in selling Microsoft's Surface tablet, previously available only online and at Microsoft's own stores. The electronics retailer made the announcement Thursday, saying that it will start selling the device on Dec. 16. Staples ...

Smartphone Taxi E-Hail Apps: New Convenience or Potential Deathtrap
Forbes
Yesterday, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (T&LC) approved an “e-hail” pilot program allowing taxi cabs to be hailed via smartphone apps. Several apps – including those from Uber (http://www.uber.com/) , Hailo (http://www.hailocab.com/) ...

Forbes

Mayan Doomsday Stress: How to Cope
Fox News
If there's one date everyone has their eye on this year, it's December 21st, the day when the world will reportedly come to an end. The ancient Maya invented the Long Count, known as a calendar that “transplanted the roots of Maya culture all the way back to ...

Evidence of Very Old Cheesemaking in Europe
New York Times
Observatory. Evidence of Very Old Cheesemaking in Europe. By SINDYA N. BHANOO. Published: December 13, 2012. As long as 7,000 years ago, cheese was being made in northern Europe — albeit in a simple and functional form, a new study reports.

Google puts stop to accidental porn - Technology on NBCNews.com
NBCNews.com
In an effort to avoid showing sexually explicit content when someone enters an ambiguous — but entirely innocent — search query, Google has tweaked its Image Search. The only downside is that you'll have to work a tiny bit harder to dig up — ahem ...

iTunes 11 minor update brings back duplicate finder
CNET
Apple's iTunes 11 gets its first update, one that brings back the duplicate-song finding feature and fixes a handful of bugs. Josh Lowensohn. by Josh Lowensohn. December 13, 2012 3:17 PM PST Follow @Josh. Apple this afternoon pushed out its first update ...

Cassini spots Titan 'mini-Nile'
Register
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent back images of what the space agency says is “the first time images have revealed a river system this vast and in such high resolution anywhere other than Earth”. NASA image mini-Nile. NASA image: Mini-Nile on Titan ...

This "Massive" Cybersecurity Attack Targets Your Money
Money Morning
If you haven't yet been the victim of a cybersecurity attack, you might be soon depending on what bank you use. Computer security firm McAfee issued a report yesterday (Thursday) alleging a "massive cyberattack" was being planned for next spring.

Money Morning

Woman tasered after 'trying to buy too many iPhones' - Techworld.com
Techworld.com
Apple has come in for heavy criticism after a woman was allegedly tasered by police at one of its stores after refusing to leave when told she would not be allowed to buy more than two iPhones. Xiaojie Li of Newton in Massachusetts bought two iPhone 5s at ...

The Amazon 'could survive global warming': Study claims its tree species have ...
Daily Mail
Some common species of tree in the Amazon date back more than 8 million years and have survived through epochs of massive temperature fluctuations, researchers say. The findings suggest that man-made global warming may have little effect on the robust...

Daily Mail

Cosmic Dawn: How the Universe's Lights Went On
TIME
Astronomers call it the cosmic dawn, and it's nearly as poetic as it sounds. This is the time, a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, when the first stars and galaxies burst into existence, bringing light to the cosmos and putting an end to the period known ...

Apple and Google (Briefly) Join Forces
DailyFinance
In the video below, Motley Fool analyst Lyons George talks about how two of the world's biggest tech companies, Apple and Google , are joining hands in an effort to put together a bid to acquire Eastman Kodak's patent portfolio. Kodak is going through a ...

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