Google I/O 2013--maps, music, social, search

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Google I/O: 10 Big Developments
InformationWeek
Google skipped the skydivers at Google I/O 2013, but broke interesting ground in maps, music, social and search. Take our tour. Google I/O: 10 Big Developments. Informationweek Discussions. InformationWeek encourages readers to engage in spirited, ...

NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Will Have Long Legacy, Despite Big ...
Space.com
Whether or not NASA's Kepler spacecraft can bounce back from the malfunction that has stalled its search for alien planets, the mission's place in history is assured, scientists say. Kepler has spotted more than 2,700 potential exoplanets to date, with many ...

Intel Missed a Chance to Make Processors for the iPhone: Otellini - eWeek
eWeek
Paul Otellini said Apple approached Intel about making the chip for the first iPhone, but that it didn't make financial sense at the time. Intel is a $53 billion company in desperate need of a strong mobile play, and according to former CEO Paul Otellini, he let a ...

Nintendo wants to take YouTube profits back from its players
NBCNews.com
Nintendo is now claiming advertising revenue from user-generated YouTube videos featuring gameplay footage from its titles. YouTube has always proved fertile ground for the entrepreneurial and tech savvy. But gamers may soon be getting the short end of ...

FCC nominee Wheeler will divest holdings if confirmed
Reuters
WASHINGTON | Fri May 17, 2013 4:11pm EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens ...

Oops! The 5 greatest scientific blunders
Fox News
Even geniuses make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes turn out to be genius in their own right, helping to illuminate some underlying mystery or impacting the way an entire field thinks. In celebration of happy accidents and enlightening errors, ...

Pixel's camera failure only one of many
CNET
The Chromebook Pixel may be pretty, but it can't talk to cameras -- among the many problems that keep it from being a prime-time laptop. The Chromebook Pixel ...

Teen's invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds
NBCNews.com
Eesha Khare, 18, of Saratoga, Calif., received the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award of $50,000 for the invention of a tiny energy-storage device. Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old ...

Apple Loop: The $610000 Cup of Coffee, Cook's Tax Talk, Bill Gates On ...
Forbes
Keeping you in the loop on some of the doings around Apple Apple this past week. The tax offensive. Apple CEO Tim Cook went on the offensive this week, talking to Politico and the Washington Post about the company's overseas cash hoard (which totals ...

How to upload documents, e-books to Google Play Books
CNET (blog)
Mixed in with all of the announcements and releases from Google I/O earlier this week, the Google Play Books service received an important update. Google Play Books users can now upload personal PDFs and e-books they currently own to the service.

Future Firefox takes tougher stance on mixed content
CNET
Mozilla might be fine with mixed company, but it's not fond of mixed content. A new tool to block unsecured content on secure sites makes its debut in the latest update to Firefox Aurora....

Now Here's An Interesting Problem About Google Glass And Prescription Lenses
Forbes
It's said that Google Google is experimenting with Google Glass and prescription lenses. To cater to those who need eyesight correction but don't want to either wear contacts or to cram the Google Glass frames on over their regular spectacles. Which sounds ...

NASA Announces Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded
National Geographic
An artist illustration of a meteor impacting the moon and resulting in an explosion that can be visible from Earth skies. A boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, igniting an explosion so bright that anyone looking up at the right ...

Infographic Charts Driving Distance Records on Mars, the Moon
PC Magazine
NASA is once again making history, this time with its Opportunity rover, which, on Thursday, logged a total 22.22 statute miles since landing on Mars in Jan. 2004. In effect, the Opportunity beat the (out-of-this) world record set in Dec. 1972, when Apollo 17 ...

Scientists agree on climate change. So why doesn't everyone else?
Washington Post (blog)
This might be the least surprising finding of the week: Since 1991, roughly 97 percent of all published scientific papers that take a position on the question agree that humans are warming the planet. A source of contention. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press) ...

Windows 8: 5 Hopeful Signs
InformationWeek
Thanks to new apps and smaller, cheap devices, Windows 8 is primed for a rebound -- if Windows 8.1 delivers....

Syria government supporters hack Financial Times
Reuters UK
By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba. Fri May 17, 2013 9:58pm BST. (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as ...

New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
Reuters
Sat May 18, 2013 9:59am EDT. * Microsoft set to unveil new Xbox Tuesday. * Renews contest with Sony, Nintendo for $65 bln game market. * Xbox key to Microsoft's broader push into consumers' lives. By Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby ...

There's good news and bad news for Windows Phone business users
ZDNet
Summary: VPN support may not be coming to Windows Phone 8 this year, as was rumored and hoped for by many business users. But Good Technology's secure messaging app is now on WP8. By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | May ...

Mac users beware, 'Apple-certified' malware is here
GMA News
Users of computers running Apple Inc.'s OS X operating system may have to look out for this malware, which takes screenshots of the victim machine, a Mac-oriented site reported. The malware runs in the background and takes screenshots which it stores in a ...

Even without big Apps news at I/O, small changes matter
Computerworld
IDG News Service - Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and ...

Nintendo, Sega team up for 'Sonic: Lost World' and other games
GMA News
Japanese gaming icons Nintendo and Sega are briefly setting aside their rivalry and will be working together on three games, including one featuring Nintendo's Mario and Sega's Sonic. The Market for Computer and Video Games website cited a Nintendo ...

Defense Dept. approves use of Apple devices; Yahoo may be Tumblr, report says
Washington Post
TECHNOLOGY. Pentagon approves use of Apple devices. The Defense Department said Friday that it has approved Apple devices for use on its networks, meaning that it can issue its employees iPhones and iPads at the office. Apple joins Samsung and ...

NASA signs off on sampling mission to Earth-threatening asteroid
Register
NASA has given final approval for a billion-dollar mission that will visit one of the most potentially dangerous asteroids to Earth, collect samples, and then bring it back home for analysis. OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission. Asteroid sampler to set off in ...

NASA facility will install a quantum-driven computer
Science Recorder
A NASA facility has just paid to have installed a new computer that will make use of quantum effects. This quantum computer, called the D-Wave Two Processor, could be as much 3,600 times faster than similarly sized conventional computers. For $15 million ...

MacBook Air 2013 Rumors: MacBook Air Inventory Low, Hints to New MacBook ...
Latinos Post
A Macbook Air Pro is pictured during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 in San Francisco, California June 11, 2012. (Photo : Reuters). Inventory of the 13-inch MacBook Air is reportedly drying up, just in time for Apple's annual Worldwide ...

Watch YouTube Videos and Shop Haircare Products in One Fell Swoop
Hot Hardware
Get ready for what could be a barrage of infomercials and home shopping-type channels on YouTube. That's because the Google-owned video sharing site is introducing a new channel gadget that will enable companies to set up shop and connect viewers ...

Endangered Species Act Turns 40 Today, Authorities Acting with Zeal towards ...
French Tribune
Back in 1973 on this day, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act under the President Nixon and today marks the 40th anniversary of the same. The act was passed after the concerns were raised over many species of Flora and Fauna were at the ...

Drive On: Millionth Jeep is milestone worth celebrating - USA Today
USA TODAY
Making 1 million of anything is quite an achievement. But 1 million Jeeps is truly special. It happenedFriday at Chrysler Group's Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio. As soon as the 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 10th Anniversary Edition rolled off the line, there ...

The Last of Us will debut 'play while it downloads' feature on the PS3 - Engadget
Engadget
Even though we don't yet know what the PlayStation 4 looks like or how much it will cost, one of the many details revealed at Sony's February event was that games will be playable even as they download. Now it turns out we won't have to wait for the new ...

Spacewatch: Solar maximum
The Guardian
There is no greater influence on the Earth and its space environment than that of our local star, the Sun. The level of solar activity, as indicated most clearly by the number of sunspots, ebbs and flows over an average cycle of 11 years as does the frequency of ...

University of Glasgow makes 3D models with single-pixel sensors, skips the ...
Engadget
Most approaches to capturing 3D models of real-world objects involve multiple cameras that are rarely cheap, and are sometimes tricky to calibrate. The University of Glasgow has developed a method that ditches those cameras altogether. Its system has four ...

Making a Word Meme
New York Times
Agree, disagree, read the book or not: “Lean In,” the title of Sheryl Sandberg's manifesto on women's empowerment, has quickly become one of those ubiquitous slogans. ...

New "smart" digitally enhanced rifle ships this week (Video included)
al.com (blog)
"Even a novice shooter can become an elite long-range marksman in minutes." That bold statement comes directly from the new gun's maker, TrackingPoint. TrackingPoint also says that with the new "smart" rifle, it has created the world's first "long range ...

Why do planets farthest from sun have highest winds? Team closes in on answer
Christian Science Monitor
Astronomers have long marveled that the fastest wind speeds in the solar system have been clocked on the planets farthest from the sun....

The Coming Human Cloning Controversies
National Review Online
I learned about the first successful human cloning last Monday, but couldn't write about it until Wednesday because of a news embargo. The peer reviewed paper in Cell was rushed to print because is a huge deal. But, much to my surprise, it only made mild ...

Streamonomics – The Fight For Fractions of a Cent in Online Music
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Next week online radio company Pandora is set to release quarterly numbers, expected to show its user base growing fast alongside the number of hours of music each user tunes in for. And while the company is a success story for signing up customers and ...

Charged up about an electric vehicle
Financial Times
My tennis partner recently and proudly introduced me to his new Tesla Model S, a magnificent-looking electric car – so “today”, so “green”. I note the purchase price was less than half that quoted in the FT. He did not need Tesla's financing deal, but took ...

She's in the game: NY Times Co. exec joins EA board
New York Business Journal
An attendee tries out an Electronic Arts video game during a media event at the company's headquarters in Redwood City, CA. Staff New York Business Journal. New York Times Co. executive Denise Warren has joined the board of directors for Electronic ...

Sadly, more Suicides from Foxconn Factory have been reported
Patently Apple
According to a new press release by China Labor Watch, another Foxconn employee from their Zhengzhou factory where Apple's iPhone is assembled jumped off a building to his death last Tuesday. The news that was officially made public hours ago stated ...

BBM for iOS and Android will only work on smartphones at launch
MobileSyrup.com
BlackBerry stunned the world, plus brought truth to years of rumours, when they announced their popular messaging service BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) would be coming to iOS and Android this Summer. The app will be free and is “subject to approval by ...

HTC Pledges To Pump Up 'One' Production While Samsung's New Flagship ...
eu.techcrunch
Oh HTC. You've produced one of the finest Android smartphones ever (seriously, just look at all these reviews), but you've faced more than your share of challenges when it came to actually pumping your top-tier One smartphone. As it happens, that may all ...

Eric Schmidt of Google to Meet With British Prime Minister
New York Times (blog)
Given the grilling that Google has gotten this week in Parliament, you might think that Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of the company, would be persona non grata in London these days. Not so, it appears. Mr. Schmidt is one of 16 high-level ...

One issue holding up Apple iRadio: The economics of skipping songs
CNET
Apple, which has been aiming for a summer rollout of a streaming music service, has hit a negotiating snag with Sony Music over some of the features that it is building into its product. More specifically, Apple and Sony Music, the world's second ...

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Google I/O

Google I/O 2013--Larry Page speaks and answers questions, updates for Google+, Maps, cloud services, photo services, new music service, and more, much more . . . 

Google plans big updates for search, new music service - USA Today
USA TODAY
While Google's co-founder was upbeat about the potential of technology, he seemed less optimistic about the state of the industry. He took jabs at the company's rivals, Microsoft and Oracle, and others for not supporting open standards, and focusing on ...

Google reveals Play Music All Access subscription service
BBC News
Google Play Music All Access offers users the ability to listen to millions of tracks in addition to the ones they already own. The firm described it as "radio without rules". The facility is set to compete with Spotify, Xbox Music, Rdio, Pandora and ...

Google CEO on innovation: 'We're at 1% of what's possible'
Computerworld
What was noticeable was the lack of Android news, as well as any new details aboutGoogle Glass, the company's upcoming, futuristic-looking computerized eye glasses. Industry analysts had expected Google to show off new Glass apps, since developers...

Google improves interface, photos in Google+ social network
PCWorld
Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some major enhancements to photo sharing. There's little Google can do to improve one essential feature, ...

Google ordered to muzzle defamatory autocompletes by German court
ZDNet
The complainant claimed that when his name was searched on Google from May 2010, the site's autocomplete feature suggested additional terms "RS (full name) Scientology" and "RS (full name) scam", despite no evidence of a connection between him and ...

A stock Android Galaxy S4 from Google will cost you $649
Computerworld
Google already sells the Nexus 4 smartphone running stock Android 4.2 for as little as $299, without a contract, on Amazon. Some members of the I/O audience moaned their disappointment at the higher $649 price of the special GS4 when it was announced.

No new glasses for Google
Boston Herald
Evolutionary is likely the key buzzword for this year's Google I/O, according to analysts. While last year's annual developers conference was a spectacle with Google Glass-wearing skydivers parachuting to a San Francisco convention center for the ...

Google Nexus 4 up for India pre-orders at Rs. 25990
NDTV
Google Nexus 4, the flagship smartphone from Google, which is manufactured by LG is available for pre-orders on ecommerce site Flipkart at a price of Rs. 25,990 for the 16GB internal storage variant. The estimated release date for the phone has been ...

Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook
Boston.com
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online and on mobile gadgets is ...

Meet Google's Russian rival
Times of India
HANOI: Vietnam's booming internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched US web companies. That's not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit which believes it can unseat the American ...

Google Lat Long: Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every ...
By Lat Long
In the past, such a notion would have been unbelievable: a map was just a map, and you got the same one for New York City, whether you were searching for the Empire State Building or the coffee shop down the street. What if, instead, you ...
Google Lat Long

Major Redesign of Google Maps Is Unveiled - NYTimes.com
By By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The new Google Maps shows personalized maps for every user that change in real-time, depending on a person's search. The maps also have a new look, including incorporating 3D satellite imagery from Google Earth in maps shown in Web ...
NYT Bits

Google Launches Android Studio And New Features For Developer ...
By Drew Olanoff
Ellie Powers, Product Manager at Google, shared these new features, including ways to make money. The console will now have optimization tips, such as assistance for translation. The app translation service allows you to get professional ...
TechCrunch

Google Unifies Cross-Platform Messaging Services With 'Hangouts ...
By Juli Clover
Google has unveiled a new unified messaging service that is designed to work on Android, iOS, and the web. Called Hangouts, the app incorporates and...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Google CEO Larry Page speaks at I/O about competition and ...
By Matthew Panzarino
“I was really lucky growing up,” said Google CEO Larry Page at the I/O conference today. “My dad was really interested in technology. One time we drove across the country to go to a robotics conference…it was one of the only times that I ever ...
The Next Web

Breakdown Imperils NASA's Hunt for Other Earths
New York Times
Published: May 15, 2013. NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has been shut down by the failure of one of the reaction wheels that keep it pointed, the space agency announced Wednesday. Multimedia. Interactive Feature · Kepler's Tally of Planets ...

'Leveling up' on Google Play Services means enhancing quality and utilizing ...
VentureBeat
When you think of the Google Play store, it's easy to conjure images of piracy, poorly performing apps, and clumsy micro-transactions. Google is keenly aware of these faults and, with its new dedication to cross-platform Google Play support, wants to help ...

Cisco's Profit Climbs 14% on Services Sales Growth
Wall Street Journal
Cisco Systems Inc. delivered a sign of improving tech-sector demand as the company's newer software and services businesses more than offset weaker revenue from its traditional networking products. The company's fiscal third-quarter profit grew 14%, ...

Galaxy S4 shot of pure Android boosts relationships, not sales
CNET
The special Google version of Samsung's phone isn't likely to be a big seller, but there are other reasons to offer it. Shara Tibken. by Shara Tibken. May 15, 2013 3:45 PM PDT Follow @sharatibken ...

New Yorker Launches 'Strongbox' Anonymous Submission System
PC Magazine
Forty years ago, Bob Woodward had a dark parking garage and Deep Throat. Today, The New Yorker has an Internet dropbox. Strongbox is an online whistleblower system that allows sources to share documents and messages with the magazine's writers ...

UPDATE 4-Google launches streaming music service ahead of Apple
Reuters
Wed May 15, 2013 7:10pm EDT. * Google music streaming service costlier than Pandora. * Google shares jump about 3 pct, Pandora down 1 pct. * Amazon, Apple reportedly working on streaming music. By Alexei Oreskovic and Edwin Chan ...

Google+'s stream gets Pinterest-like makeover at I/O
CNET
A new redesign for Google+'s news stream makes it look a bit like Pinterest with a responsive design. Google+ gets whole new look. The Google+ news stream is getting a ...

Google sends Microsoft cease and desist letter for Windows Phone YouTube ...
Android Authority
All input fields are optional, fill out as much or as little as you'd like. Name/Nickname: Email. What's the tip? Website. File. File. Would you like to be credited with the tip? Remain anonomys? Let us know. Captcha ...

Tim Cook scheduled to testify to Senate about Apple's offshore tax practices
The Verge
Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly been called to testify at Tuesday's Senate hearing on offshore profit shifting. The hearing is being conducted by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which has the authority to investigate things like federal...

Seven Ways Technology Is Rendering the Automobile Obsolete ...
By Tanya Snyder
In all of these ways, recent technological advances have made it easier and more desirable for people to cut down on driving. They're not reducing their mileage out of a sense of civic duty or environmental commitment; they're driving less ...
Streetsblog New York City

Google to Launch Music-Streaming Service
Wall Street Journal
Amazon.com Inc. is working on a device for streaming audio through speakers or a television set and would offer a music-subscription service to compete with Pandora or Spotify, people familiar with the matter have said. Like Apple and Google, Amazon ...

In court filing, Justice Dept. accuses Apple of e-book price fixing
Washington Post
The Justice Department accused Apple executives, including its late chief executive Steve Jobs, of leading a conspiracy that raised e-book prices in an attempt to hurt Amazon and other competitors, according to ...

Google's Larry Page opens up about rare vocal cords condition
The Guardian
Jobs took two formal medical leaves as Apple's CEO before resigning from the job about six weeks before his death from cancer. When Page had his health issue, Google had simply said Page was dealing with a throat problem that would not get in the way ...

Google I/O Features Sensor Network
InformationWeek (blog)
Having constructed a set of cloud services, Google would like to see more tenants move in.Google's approach to working with developers is notably different than Apple's. Apple, in keeping with its preference for control, requires third-party ...

Microsoft update to address Windows 8 complaints, confusion will be free; to ...
Washington Post
That could allow Windows 8 devices to compete with Apple's iPad Mini and similar-size tablets fromAmazon.com Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc. Reller said the company will make it easy for consumers to get the update from the start screen.

Google Plans Separate Play, YouTube Music Subscription Plans ...
By Peter Kafka
And, yes, Google still plans to launch a separate subscription music service later this year, via its YouTube site. Make sense? Of course not. It makes lots of sense for both YouTube and Play, which was built for Google's Android devices, to sell ...
AllThingsD

About 2-step verification - Accounts Help - Google Help
2-step verification adds an extra layer of security to your Google Account. In addition to your username and password, you'll enter a code that Google will send ...
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744?hl=en

Bringing it all together: 15 GB now shared between Drive, Gmail ...
Life gets a bit easier when your Google products work well together—whether that's inserting a Drive file into an email or sharing a photo from Drive on Google+ .
googledrive.blogspot.com/.../bringing-it-all-together-15-gb-n...

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Nokia Maps For iOS A Good Stop-Gap Until Native Google

Hands On With Nokia's Here Maps For iOS: Good Stop-Gap Until Native Google ...
TechCrunch
We told you about Nokia Here's iOS launch this morning, something Nokia CEO Stephen Elop promised us last week, but now we've had the chance to actually put it through its paces. Here's a short demo video of Nokia Here doing its thing on an iPhone 5, ...

Why Facebook's about to slow down (and that's probably good)

CNN
(CNN) -- Bad news: Your Facebook page is likely about to slow down. Good news: The change will help keep online thieves away. According to a recent blog post, Facebook is in the process of moving all of its users in North America -- and soon the rest of the ...

MetroPCS dated 8 companies before marrying T-Mobile
CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- In a long, drawn-out dating process reminiscent of reality TV show "The Bachelor," MetroPCS explored its options with almost every potential suitor in the country before finally settling on T-Mobile last month. The discount wireless ...

Windows 8 tablets to be handed out to Emirates' flight crew
CNET
The luxury airline announces that it is delivering 1,000 HP ElitePad 900 tablets to its flight attendants, which will run on Windows 8 and come with a built-in airline-specific business app. Dara Kerr. by Dara Kerr. November 19, 2012 6:37 PM PST Follow @ ...

Iowa scientists warn of need for climate change action
Reuters
By Kay Henderson. DES MOINES | Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:13pm EST. DES MOINES (Reuters) - A group of scientists in the top U.S. grain-growing state of Iowa said on Monday that this year's harsh drought was a sign of things to come and should spur more ...

Sony Unveils PlayStation 3, Vita Black Friday Deals
PC Magazine
Once the turkey and cranberry sauce is finished and the football games end, families can spend more time together — playing video games. Sony is getting in on the Black Friday deals, announcing exclusive deals on several PlayStation 3 and PlayStation ...

iPhone 5 ship time drops to two weeks
CNET
iPhone 5 buyers now face a wait of just two weeks when ordering the new phone via Apple's online store. This latest estimate follows a drop to two to three weeks around November 12. Prior to that, buyers had been looking at a ship time of three to four weeks ...

New US auto sedans fall short: consumer reports
Reuters
Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:39am EST. (Reuters) - The 2013 Dodge Dart is "underpowered," according to testers for Consumer Reports magazine, which also said it was "underwhelmed" by the performance of two American luxury cars, General Motors Co's (GM.

Swollen SUPER-GIGANTO PLANET sighted in Andromeda
Register
A gigantic super-planet has been snapped by astroboffins orbiting the massive star Kappa Andromedae. Artist's impression of Kappa And b. The super-Jupiter dwarfs any of the planets found in the Solar System, with a mass at least 13 times that of ...

Western Digital boosts Black hard drive capacity to 4TB
PCWorld
Roman has covered technology since the early 1990s. His career started at MacUser, and he's worked for MacAddict, Mac|Life, TechTV, PC/Computing, and Windows NT Systems. More by Roman Loyola · Western Digital has had 4TB internal hard drives for ...

Oprah oops: Surface endorsement sent from iPad
NBCNews.com
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey had a major online no-no when she sent out a tweet about how much she loved the new Microsoft Surface tablet. One problem — she sent it from her Apple iPad. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. Share This: facebook · twitter ...

NBCNews.com

Intel CEO Otellini to take early retirement
TG Daily
Intel CEO Paul Otellini has unexpectedly announced that he intends to retire, three years before the mandatory age. He's been with the company for 40 years, and CEO for seven, but says he plans to go in May. "I've been privileged to lead one of the world's...

TG Daily

Greenhouse gases hit record high
BBC News
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record high in 2011, the World Meteorological Organization has said. In its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin released on Tuesday, the organisation said that carbon dioxide levels reached 391 parts per million ...

BBC News

Nintendo warns against Wii U update being interrupted
BBC News
Owners of Nintendo's new Wii U console have been facing lengthy waits to make full use of it because they need to install a large firmware update. The software - which adds features including access to the Miiverse social network - is about one gigabyte...

BBC News

eBay store for refurbished Apple products is run by Apple
SlashGear
If you want save some money and purchased Apple products on eBay, often you take your chances with individual sellers. Apple has been confirmed to have its own store on eBay selling Apple certified refurbished products. The products sold in the store ...

Do you know a chimp who's feeling doleful? Mid-life crisis, probably
Register
Boffins investigating the feelings of hundreds of chimpanzees, orangutans and varied great apes say that the creatures get depressed in their middle years just as humans - perhaps especially human males - do. They consider that this affirms Charles ...

Mars Cave-Exploration Mission Entices Scientists
Space.com
NASA is mapping out a strategy to return bits of rock and soil from the Martian surface to Earth, but the most intriguing Red Planet samples lie in underground caverns, some scientists say. The space agency's next steps at Mars are geared toward mounting a ...

The best apps for Black Friday shopping
MarketWatch
Getting the lowest prices on Black Friday usually requires an early store arrival and fast feet, but this year shoppers may find that their smartphone is the best savings tool. Amazon made waves last year by offering an app that compares competitors' in-store...

MarketWatch

The Unlocked Galaxy S III Mini Quietly Goes On Sale At Amazon
TechCrunch
The Galaxy S Mini didn't make a splash hitting U.S. shelves, but the teacup version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III has in fact arrived stateside. Right now, we've noticed that Amazon is selling the handset for 409.95 unlocked. That's actually relatively ...

peter chou
CNET (blog)
HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou said today that he was happy with the settlement reached with Apple, and called the estimates floating around "outrageous." Earlier this month, Apple and HTC struck a 10-year cross-licensing agreement, putting to bed a ...

Microsoft smacks down Apple and Android handsets with Windows Phone duel
Inquirer
The firm has already run a "smoked by Windows Phone" promotional campaign and now it's back with what we think is called "annoyed by Windows Phone". The adverts are a series of mini movies involving people, conversations about mobile phones and ...

Inquirer

Michigan business: 5 steps to get Black Friday deals; Ford has hopes for 3 ...
Detroit Free Press
Here is a roundup of Michigan business news: Schuette: Seniors could face increases of 66% if BCBSM is allowed to be tax-exempt. Most people in the U.S. are talking about the fiscal cliff, but in Michigan, the precipice in the news is the senior cliff.

Tesla Model S: the car of the future
Telegraph.co.uk
In the future, this new Tesla Model S electric car might just be remembered alongside the Mini or the Ford Model T as an automotive game-changer. Yes, it will only be built in small numbers, its 265-mile range might not be enough for you, and it will be ...

Telegraph.co.uk

BioWare announces Mass Effect 3 Special Edition for Wii U
SlashGear
If you bought the Nintendo Wii U game console when it launched earlier this month or if Santa will be bringing you one for Christmas, you will be glad to hear that EA and BioWare have announced they will be bringing one of the best games of the year to the...

SlashGear

No. 1 factor in selecting wireless service? Network coverage
CNET
CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why even the nation's most "reliable network" isn't worth much if the network coverage is lacking. And she explains why a Verizon iPhone 5 won't work on any other 4G LTE network. Marguerite Reardon. by Marguerite ...

Cell Phone and Wireless Service to Be Installed in 30 New Subway Stations
New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
Wireless and cell phone service slated for installation in MTA subway stations this year was delayed by Hurricane Sandy, but will be finished during the first quarter of 2013, officials announced Monday. “New York is always bustling during the holidays, and ...

Facebook and Yahoo! - is some kind of merger on the cards?
iTWire
Rumours of secret meetings between Mayer and Sandberg leave us wondering if there's something major about to happen. With so many CEOs in so short a time, the young and fresh Marissa Mayer brought something new to Yahoo! When she joined in July ...

Shocking World Bank Climate Report: 'Can a 4°C [7°F] World Be Avoided?
Energy Collective
Another day, another staid international organization reviews the latest climate science and rings the loudest possible alarm. The World Bank's sobering new report, “Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided,” warns that “we're on track ...

Ford C-Max Energi to receive sales boost from GE
MLive.com
DEARBORN, MI- Sales of Ford Motor Co.'s C-Max Energi will get a boost in sales thanks to General Electric Co. GE will purchase 2,000 of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles from the Dearborn-based automaker, officials announced Tuesday. For GE, the...

MLive.com

Solar prominences erupt -- and the best is yet to come [Video]
Los Angeles Times
A solar prominence can be a thing of beauty -- a glowing red, looping structure that can twist and turn hundreds of thousands of miles into space from the surface of the sun and last up to several months. Two such structures went bad on Friday, however, ...

Photo-sharing site Color Labs announces shut down
CNET
Startup was reportedly the target of an acqui-hire by Apple, which was supposedly more interested in the company's employees rather than its technology. Steven Musil. by Steven Musil. November 19, 2012 10:22 PM PST Follow @stevenmusil. Color Labs ...

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 review: Flexible in more than one way
PCWorld
Sarah is a freelance writer and editor based in Silicon Valley. She has a love/hate relationship with social media and a bad habit of describing technology as "sexy." More by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal. Lenovo's Yoga is aptly named – it's flexible in more than ...

Why Google 'vertical' search shouldn't face antitrust action
CNET
commentary One of the areas where Google has attracted antitrust attention is "vertical" search. There are good reasons why it shouldn't be hindered from offering this. Danny Sullivan. by Danny Sullivan. November 19, 2012 1:25 PM PST Follow @ ...

Cisco To Acquire Meraki for $1.2B
InformationWeek
Cisco said Sunday that it has reached a $1.2 billion cash agreement to acquire Meraki, a San Francisco-based provider of networking systems that can be managed from the cloud. Meraki's product lineup includes wireless LAN systems, security appliances, ...

RIM, Apple, Facebook: Tech Premarket
TheStreet.com
... Apple, Facebook: Tech Premarket. Add Comment. By James Rogers 11/20/12 - 07:07 AM EST. Stock quotes in this article: RIMM, AAPL, FB, HPQ · Tweet. NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Research In Motion (RIMM) was a big gainer in premarket trading Tuesday, ...

Why can't you just buy an iPad mini?
ZDNet
Summary: It's a good thing Apple's devices are so simple to use because their buying process is the polar opposite of simple. Ken Hess. By Ken Hess for Consumerization: BYOD | November 20, 2012 -- 02:54 GMT (18:54 PST). Follow @kenhess. A few days ...

Fishing nations maintain tuna quotas
The Associated Press
AGADIR, Morocco (AP) — Fishing countries on Monday voted to keep up strict limits on catching Atlantic Bluefin tuna, overruling fierce opposition from critics who argue that the key sushi ingredient is on the rebound. Observers at a week-long meeting in the ...

The Associated Press

Astronauts touch down in Kazakhstan
Washington Post
A Soyuz space capsule with three crew members arrived in Kazakhstan on Monday. The crew, including one American, were on the International Space Station for 125 days. Associated Press. Correction: Clarification: RELATED. The FOLD · E-mail · Save/ ...

Android 4.2 Deletes December From People App
PC Magazine
Back in 2007, Facebook was accused of ruining Christmas with its Beacon feature. Is it Google's turn? Not exactly, but it appears that the People app within Android 4.2 wants to kick off the New Year a bit early. Those who want to enter in a December birthday ...

LA Auto Show preview: Audi confirms four new diesel models [Google+ Hangout]
Los Angeles Times
Four rings, four diesels. It's an easy way to remember what Audi has planned for next week's Los Angeles Auto Show. The company announced Monday that it will be unveiling a quartet of fuel-efficient oil-burners at the L.A. Auto Show that are not yet available ...

Scientists Find Cheaper Way to Ensure Internet Security
New York Times
Scientists at Toshiba and Cambridge University have perfected a technique that offers a less expensive way to ensure the security of the high-speed fiber optic cables that are the backbone of the modern Internet. The research, which will be published ...

Why New Species Usually Move to Museums and Herbaria?
French Tribune
Researchers blame lack of experts, funds and resources for the long `shelf life' of all the new species. If the reports of the November 20th issue of the Cell Press journal Current Biology are studied, one will find that there are several worlds' most unfamiliar ...

French Tribune

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) plans to build the first zero carbon data center in ...
Property Mentor
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is reportedly planning to build an experimental biogas-powered data center in the US state of Wyoming in March 2013, as part of a move to enable its data centers to be less reliant on the traditional power grid.

Review: Hitman: Absolution
Crave Online
Hitman: Absolution is a bit of a strange beast. This game has a lot of awesome moments, but the overall package isn't exactly what Hitman fans remember loving. Hitman: Absolution is more of a tale of reaction than slow and methodical planning. You won't ...

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