New Drones Could Revolutionize Surveillance (video)

These New Drones Could Revolutionize Surveillance:

Video above published Nov 30, 2016:  Drones are quickly buzzing into new and unfamiliar territory, from military use to deliveries. But there's one type of commercial drone you may not have seen yet. It's designed by Massachusetts-based drone-maker Cyphy Works. And the startup has landed partnerships with UPS and the U.S. Army. Bloomberg's Anne Mostue visited the company's FAA-approved test facility for an exclusive look.

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Internet freedom in US declines, thanks to the NSA

U.S. ranks fourth in Internet freedom as surveillance grows worldwide - Network World: "Network World - Internet freedom has declined in the United States over the past year as a result of its surveillance policies, reflecting a trend that appears to have caught on worldwide, according to a recently released study. The study [PDF], conducted by Freedom House, gauged Internet freedom in 60 countries by tracking obstacles to access information online, limits on content, and violations of user rights. Among the issues cited in the report are government agencies’ outright blocking of specific Internet content, surveillance measures, and legal and violent repercussions taken against those who use the Internet to criticize governing or religious bodies. Iceland was the top-ranking nation on the list, which may not come as a surprise considering its recent role as a safe-haven for controversial Internet whistleblowers. . . ."

But as they say, what goes around, comes around --

NSA Investigators Stumped by What's Causing Power Surges That Destroy Equipment
Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center - WSJ.com: "Chronic electrical surges at the massive new data-storage facility central to the National Security Agency's spying operation have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of machinery and delayed the center's opening for a year, according to project documents and current and former officials. There have been 10 meltdowns in the past 13 months that have prevented the NSA from using computers at its new Utah data-storage center, slated to be the spy agency's largest, according to project documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. One project official described the electrical troubles—so-called arc fault failures—as "a flash of lightning inside a 2-foot box." These failures create fiery explosions, melt metal and cause circuits to fail, the official said."

RCS & RDS will introduce the fastest wired Internet connections: "The largest Internet provider in Romania, RCS & RDS will soon introduce the fastest data connection on the market. they will be available in November for residential customers in over 150 locations. speeds below have was possible due to the expansion of fiber networks. Future subscription Digi Net Fiberlink 500 allows a download speed of up to 500 Mbps and will have a monthly cost of £ 49 . Subscription Digi Net Fiberlink 1000 will provide a download speed of up to 1000 Mbps and will cost 59 lei , VAT is included."

Microsoft updates YouTube app for Windows Phone, apparently surrenders to Google as web player returns | Windows Phone Central: "Microsoft updates YouTube app for Windows Phone, apparently surrenders to Google as web player returns"

Samsung Plays Catch-Up on Software
Wall Street Journal
Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping up its hunt for acquisitions and building out its presence in Silicon Valley to try and overcome its key weakness: software. The South Korea-based company became the world's largest maker of smartphones by ...

Google, HP's Chromebook 11 on sale for $279
PCWorld
The new Chromebook 11 developed by Google and Hewlett-Packard has gone on sale for $279, and can be powered by the same charger used for Android tablets and smartphones. The laptop runs on Chrome OS, and is designed for people who do most of ...

LG starts production on bendy, strokey curved displays
Register
LG's display unit has confirmed it is beginning mass-production of a flexible, "unbreakable" screen for its new smartphones. The screen is capable of curving rather more than one might want on a handset but, more importantly, it's made of plastic.

Obama Administration Upholds Ban on Some Samsung Devices -- Update
Wall Street Journal
The Obama administration on Tuesday upheld a U.S. ban on the import and sale of some Samsung Electronics Co. (devices, backing Apple Inc. in a trade and patent battle with its South Korean rival. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman chose not to ...

Yahoo Mail celebrates Sweet 16 birthday with bevy of new features
TechSpot
Yahoo Mail is celebrating its Sweet 16 birthday and you're invited. To honor the occasion, Yahoo is offering users a wealth of new Mail features across the desktop, Android and iOS – many of which were previously only available in the $19.99-per-year Mail ...

Google survey: 40% of India's urban voters undecided, Narendra ...

NDTV
New Delhi: Over 40 per cent urban Indian voters are undecided on the political party of their choice, a survey by Google India has revealed, months ahead of ...

India Today

Apple may sell 5 million to 10 million iWatches in first year: analyst

USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple could sell up to 10 million iWatches in the first year it launches the product, adding more than $2.5 billion to the company's top line ...

ValueWalk

Google's Schmidt: Android more secure than iPhone

ZDNet
ORLANDO — Delivered with a spice of arrogance, Google's executive chairman ... on Monday declared the Android platform more secure than Apple's iPhone....

Apple Insider

Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty ...

Computerworld
Fratric is also well known: In 2012, before he joined Google, he won second place ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and ...

Help Net Security

Google's Enterprise Cloud Problem

InformationWeek
But a cloud stigma still sticks to Google in the enterprise. ... They consistently compare the company with Microsoft. ... But naysayers should remember this: Apple rode into the enterprise on the strength of consumer affinity ... Amazon.com To Hire 70,000 In Fourth Quarter · IBM Debuts Educational Network For Pediatricians, ...

Business Insider Australia

Google in talks with DTH cable providers to bring YouTube to TV ...

Economic Times
Google in talks with DTH cable providers to bring YouTube to TV screens ...MUMBAI: Google is making a big push to boost YouTube usage in India and is in ...

Economic Times

Microsoft offers Equinix customers private Azure access

PCWorld
Microsoft will soon allow customers of Internet business exchange (IBX) ...Equinix also struck a similar agreement for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May, ...

New York Times

Amazon Wins Ruling for $600 Million CIA Cloud Contract

Bloomberg
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) defeated International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)'s effort to reopen bidding for a $600 million Central Intelligence Agency cloud ...

Times of India

Amazon Hints at Bay Area Grocery Service

Wall Street Journal (blog)
Amazon.com gave the strongest indication yet it will bring its grocery-delivery ... Google and eBay both offer same-day delivery, though not fresh groceries....

Wall Street Journal

Google Updates Glass With Transit Directions

Mashable
You might think that anyone who can afford a $1,500 pair of interactive glasses might not be inclined to ride public transit, but Google has a different vision in ...

Evening Standard

Microsoft: The Cloud Can't Be Slave to the Past - NYTimes.com

By QUENTIN HARDY
It's an interesting claim, anyway. Microsoft has long been in thrall to the Windows operating system and its associated products. Now, says the head of its cloud ...

NYT Bits 

Samsung and Google working together on 'Gear Glass'? - CNET News

Eric Mack
Could Google and Samsung be collaborating to bring Glass to the streets next year? (Credit: Google+/Google Glass). Just a few days ago, I casually polled other ...Crave: gorgeous gadgets and other crushworthy stuff. - CNET 

Google Glass edges toward launch with latest software update ...

Trevor Mogg
Each Glass software update pushes Google's device another step closer to its commercial launch, with October's release bringing with it transit directions, links ...

Digital Trends 

Google's Eric Schmidt says Android is more secure than the iPhone

Cody Lee
Google's Eric Schmidt says Android is more secure than the iPhone. By Cody ... when he said that the Android platform was more secure than Apple's iPhone…

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NSA trashed the Fourth Amendment in its Internet Surveillance

NSA illegality -- where was the "Congressional oversight" or Obama? Oh, never mind, they really don't care about the US Constitution -- nor apparently does the NSA -- and but for Edward Snowden, none of this would be coming to light!

NSA illegally collected thousands of emails before Fisa court halted program | World news | theguardian.com: "The secretive court that oversees surveillance programs found in 2011 that the National Security Agency illegally collected tens of thousands of emails between Americans in violation of the fourth amendment to the US constitution."


NSA's Reach: 75% of U.S. Internet Traffic
The NSA's surveillance network covers more Americans' Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed, reaching roughly 75 percent of all U.S. internet traffic. Siobhan Gorman reports on the News Hub (source: Wall Street Journal)

US intelligence director's office launches a Tumblr in response to surveillance concerns | The Verge: "The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the highest intelligence agency in the country, just unveiled its "IC On the Record" Tumblr, promising to post newly unclassified documents about various government surveillance programs. The ODNI is the organization in charge of all the other big US spy organizations, including the NSA and CIA."

LEAKED: German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 – Links The NSA | InvestmentWatch: "LEAKED: German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 – Links The NSA"

Microsoft: Analyst Says Forget Fundamentals For The Next Six Months
Forbes
The analyst cites conversations with shareholders who are frustrated by Ballmer's failures, chiefly being outflanked by Apple and Google in the mobile device world, which has cannibalized the bread-and-butter PC business that Microsoft is tied into.

Microsoft turns Scroogled into 'Schoolgled' in new anti-Google attack ad
Computerworld
Along with the usual blizzard of marketing copy and statistics, Microsoft posted examples of the likely ad placements on Google for searches of "chemistry" and "stock market," then compared them to ad-free pages on Bing. A 30-second television spot was ...

Ubuntu Edge misses its target by $20 million, Canonical founder vows 2014 release regardless | NDTV Gadgets: "Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, which had announced a crowd-funding campaign to build the first batch of Ubuntu Edge phones, has failed to raise a target funding of $32 million to manufacture a limited batch of 40,000 devices. The Indiegogo crowdfunding service which was being used by Canonical for the campaign, was only able to raise $12.8 million ($12,809,906 to be precise) before meeting the campaign's deadline ...."

Apple said to be eyeing HBO, Viacom, ESPN as TV partners
CNET
Apple has been holding talks with ESPN, HBO, Viacom, and several other major networks to ink deals that would see those firms bring their programming to apps on its rumored television, the Quartz news site reported on Thursday, citing people who claim...

Google's Startup Brings Sightseeing App to Glass
ABC News
Google Glass, a spectacle-like computing device drawing lots of attention, can serve as an automated tour guide with the help of a new application from a little-known startup hatched within the Internet's most powerful company. The app, called "Field ...

Apple reports issue with iMessage, iCloud services
Washington Post
Apple reported that some of its users are unable to use iCloud services such as Documents in the Cloud, Photo Stream, iPhoto Journals and backup services, as well as problems with its iMessage service. Some iMessage users may not be able to send or ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook profiled as a tough, no-nonsense leader
CNET
Tim Cook doesn't like to talk about himself or reveal any of the inner workings of Apple'soperations. There has been a rumor of late that the Apple board of directors is concerned about the pace of change at the company. After a year, Apple is about ...

Microsoft Bribe Probe Reaches Into Pakistan, Russia Deals
Wall Street Journal
A U.S. investigation into Microsoft Corp.'s relationships with business partners that allegedly bribed foreign officials in return for contracts includes activity in Russia and Pakistan, a sign that the probe is wider reaching than previously known ...

Apple invention would let you check the status of another iPhone user
CNET
To accomplish this feat, a person's iPhone would talk to Apple on the backend to report its status and call preferences. Such settings as location, signal strength, battery life, and mode (Normal, Airplane, or Vibration) would be sent to Apple's ...

Yahoo Overtakes Google in Monthly Traffic Stats
ABC News
According to ComScore's Media Metric, which ranks the top U.S. web sites, Yahoo's web properties edged ahead of Google's in unique visitors during the month of July. Yahoo notched 196.6 million uniques, while Google trailed behind with 192.3 million.

Visit lion, tigers and (panda) bears - Oh, my! - Google Lat Long Blog
By Lat Long
You can now use Google Maps and Street View to preview the must-see spots at zoos around the world before heading there in person, or take a virtual trip to some of the most famous zoos and animal parks, right from your living room.
Google Lat Long

Google Keep Adds Reminders, Google Now Integration - TechCrunch
By Frederic Lardinois
When you walk into a grocery store now (and your grocery list is tagged with the store's location), you will get a Google Now alert to remind you of all the milk and cereal you have to buy. To make this easier, Keep now also auto-completes ...
TechCrunch

Apple Hires Former Levi's Senior VP for Retail Team - Mac Rumors
By Juli Clover
A source says that Atienza will be the director of all retail matters for many regions within the West Coast of the United States, and this role is one of the highest ranking retail positions inside of Apple. Several internal and external candidates were .... 12 hours ago on iOS Blog · Google CEO Larry Page has had informal discussions with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and other NFL executives that included talks about the NFL Sunday Ticket package that DirecTV currently holds.
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Yahoo Climbs Back Above Google in U.S. Web Traffic - Liz Gannes ...
By Liz Gannes
Yahoo properties got more unique U.S. visitors than any other company's in July, according to comScore. They had 196.6 million, compared to 192.3 million for previous leader Google. What's more, Yahoo's numbers didn't include the new ...
AllThingsD

ComScore crowns Yahoo over Google | VentureBeat
By Christina Farr
Vevo coming to Apple TV, attempts to free itself from sharing ad-revenue · Surprisingly, people spend more time reading books on smartphones than tablets · Mobile · Delectable brings cutting edge ... from Twitter to Facebook to Tumblr. Media companies which VentureBeat tracks include Google, Yahoo, Amazon.com, Microsoft and its Windows Live services and Bing search engine, Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Gawker Media, Demand Media, and The Huffington Post.
VentureBeat

Former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky lands at top venture capital firm
PCWorld
Steven Sinofsky, who exited Microsoft abruptly weeks after his Windows 8 brainchild shipped, has found a new gig at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Sinofsky has joined as a board partner, a role in which he will represent Andreessen Horowitz on ...

Lonely wolf? Wolves howl when they miss their friends
NBCNews.com
Researchers found that wolves tend to howl more frequently when a leader or a partner leave the pack, as opposed to a less valued packmate. Wolves are skilled and ferocious hunters, but when it it comes to relationships, they're real softies. When a ...

First thing on our Christmas wish list: MakerBot Digitizer 3-D scanner
NBCNews.com
Though the tech beat is all about the cutting edge, it's rare we actually get to talk about a totally new produce. MakerBot's Digitizer — a $1,400 turntable that scans objects so you can print them on a 3-D printer — may seem logical to any fan of sci-fi, but as ...

The Surprise Leader In Design Patents
Forbes
Design is increasingly important in unlocking value in technology (think the iPhone) but the design patent is the battleground where this new value is defended (as in the Apple Apple vs Samsung patent dispute). Design patent grants are increasing in number ...

Requiem for the Ubuntu Edge: The phone is dead, but the dream lives on
PCWorld
We are gathered here today to mourn the death of the Ubuntu Edge. This ambitious project blurred the line between smartphone and PC, and while it burned but only briefly, it burned brightly enough that its legacy will live on in the hearts of future generation ...

Russian spacewalkers encounter faulty equipment
Marietta Daily Journal
In this image from video made available by NASA, cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Aleksandr Misurkin participate in a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/NASA). slideshow. In this image from video ...

PS4 release date: video
Telegraph.co.uk
The launch date for the Sony console which will take on the Xbox One for a slice of the Christmas market was revealed at the Gamescom 2013 convention in Cologne, Germany. The PS4 will hit UK shelves on 29 November, two weeks after the US launch on ...

MERS virus fragment found in bat from Saudi Arabia
CBC.ca
Scientists from Saudi Arabia and the United States have reported finding a partial match for the MERS coronavirus in a sample taken from a bat in Saudi Arabia. The fragment of viral DNA was extracted from a fecal swab from an Egyptian tomb bat — the ...

Low-Cost iPhone Could Be Risky for Apple
Sci-Tech Today
Putting lower-cost models out that can get iPhones in the hands of first-time users is crucial to Apple. The company could just focus on its existing, older models, the 4 and 4S for those users. But newer devices offer advantages, said analyst Gerry Purdy.

The Voice-Off - Android Vs. Siri - NYTimes.com: " . . . And that’s fine. That’s why there’s choice: two camps in this philosophical school. (Well, there’s also Windows Phone and BlackBerry, but their speech recognition is extremely rudimentary.) And so: Put down your swords, fanboys. Both systems are exceedingly useful, once you spend the time to learn them. (Here’s a site with a good list of Android voice commands: j.mp/12kEFDo. And here’s one for Siri: j.mp/16Yy4yy.) Though Siri has the edge, the gap has closed substantially, and both systems are rapidly improving. . . . "

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Glenn Greenwald asks the Question that Obama fears

Glenn Greenwald asks the question no one in the Obama administration wants asked, much less answered:

On the Espionage Act charges against Edward Snowden | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Who is actually bringing 'injury to America': those who are secretly building a massive surveillance system or those who inform citizens that it's being done?"(read more at link supra)

Sony Releasing Fix for Bricked PS3 Consoles Thursday
PC Magazine
Good news and bad news for PlayStation 3 owners. We'll start with the bad: If your system was the unfortunate victim of the less-than-ideal firmware update Sony released this past Tuesday, then you have a bit of time to wait before you're going to be able to ...

Meet one of NASA's newest astronauts now (before she heads to Mars)
Fox News
Ever dreamed of being an astronaut? It wouldn't hurt, but you don't even have to be a rocket scientist to make that dream come true. Just ask Jessica Meir. NASA just announced its new 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class, selecting eight candidates from the ...

Lenovo Expands Windows 8 Device Lineup
CRN
With interest growing around hybrid and touchscreen devices, Lenovo is expanding its range of Windows 8 touch-enabled tablets and laptops. Lenovo Thursday unveiled the Miix tablet. Running on Windows 8, the Miix comes with an Intel Atom dual-core ...

Could Climate Change Worsen Southeast Asia's Forest Fires?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Southeast Asia could have to brace for more forest fires and clouds of smoke if climate change takes hold, a World Bank expert suggests. As temperatures climb, some parts of Southeast Asia will likely flood with rising sea levels while others face drought and ...

Google-Waze Deal Under FTC Antitrust Review
Mashable
Google's acquisition of the popular social traffic app Waze is under review by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which wants to make sure the deal doesn't go against U.S. antitrust regulations. Google confirmed the FTC antitrust review on Sunday, ...

Christie's Will Auction The Original Apple Computer From 1977 And It's Expected ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Christie's auction house will start accepting bids on the Apple 1, the original Apple computer made by the company's co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1977, on June 24. The auction is online only and Christie's says it expects the final bid to be ...

Halo No Longer A Trilogy, Now A 'Saga'
Forbes
Last week, before Microsoft pulled a 180 on their DRM and internet policies, I remarked that because the Xbox One was in a rather rough spot, it was going to have to rely on Halo as a system seller now more than ever. The playing field has been leveled a bit ...

Get ready to howl: Supermoon to rise this weekend
USA TODAY
Skies over the Desert Southwest and the lower Ohio Valley into the mid-Atlantic and southern New England will offer the clearest views of the supermoon. full moon new york. A full moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York in April 2012.

Moon, Earth Rendezvous in Close Encounter of a Lunar Kind
Bloomberg
The moon, in movie parlance, is ready for its close-up this weekend as its orbit brings the satellite nearer to Earth than at any time this year, making it bigger and brighter than normal on the celestial screen. The moon and Earth will be about 221,824 miles ...

Too much #hashtag! Time to wise up about the pound sign
NBCNews.com (blog)
We're officially in the era of too many hashtags. Nearly three-quarters of social media users stick them in posts, according to a March 2013 study from RadiumOne. But quickly scan Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Tumblr — and now Facebook — and even that ...

Oracle set for major Microsoft, Salesforce, Netsuite partnerships
Register
Oracle is embarking on a spree of partnerships to assure the success of its much-ballyhooed 12c database among cloud companies. The red giant's chief, Larry Ellison, announced during Oracle's disappointing fourth quarter earnings call yesterday that ...

Groom's regrets on his $11m wedding
New Zealand Herald
Napster co-founder and former Facebook president Sean Parker and his wife Alexandra Lenas. Photo / AP. It should have been the best day of his life - but the internet mogul who spent a reported US$9million ($11.6million) on his wedding continues to have ...

Facebook Security Bug Exposed Personal Account Information, Emails And ...
TechCrunch
A Facebook security bug exposed users' personal contact information (email or phone number) to other users who were connected to them; the bug has affected 6 million accounts. “When people upload their contact lists or address books to Facebook, we try ...

Google Makes Google News In Germany Opt-In Only To Avoid Paying Fees ...
TechCrunch
Google News in Germany will soon change. Starting August 1, it will only index sources that have decided to explicitly opt-in to being shown on the search giant's news-aggregation service. Google News remains an opt-out service in the other 60 countries ...

Ruins of hidden Maya city, Chactun, discovered in Mexico
Los Angeles Times
Deep in the jungles of Mexico, scientists have discovered a Maya city, complete with signs of pyramids, remnants of palace buildings and ball courts. This hidden archeological gem, named Chactún (which means “red stone” or “great stone”) was described by ...

Rumor: Google may help you get rid of your junk with its new service
Ars Technica
. . . the search giant is preparing to launch a new service, integrated into Google Plus, that will help you get rid of your stuff. It’s called Google Mine, and it will purportedly help users share their actual, tangible belongings with friends and keep track of what those friends are sharing, too. ...

How Samsung can save Windows 8 tablets
PCWorld
Windows 8 tablets aren't in good shape: Microsoft's OS gets plenty of hate for its desktop functionality, and many people aren't willing to pay premium prices for the ability to run Office—and not much else—on what amounts to be keyboard-less PCs. Indeed ...

Tiny Tiny RSS
PC Magazine
Gives full control over look and feel of RSS reader. New features like daily digests. Can create multiple users. Android app available. Cons Really slow. Setup and maintenance is intensive and can be intimidating. Updates aren't automatic. No iOS app.

Batteries on the Head of a Pin
Wall Street Journal
People take batteries for granted, but they shouldn't. All kinds of technological advances hinge on developing smaller and more powerful mobile energy sources. Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Illinois are reporting just such a creation, ...

Fake AV and ransomware: Coming soon to an Android device near you
PCWorld
A message on your smartphone or tablet warning that your device is infected with malware is cause for concern. If you've never installed the type of antimalware app that would produce that type of warning in the first place, it should be an even bigger red flag.

Nissan Unveils $100/Month EV Battery Replacement Program
PC Magazine
The Nissan Leaf hit the electric vehicle scene three years ago, providing an alternative to gasoline-powered cars with its lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack. But like any other device, constant use over time tends to zap all the juice. In response, the ...

HTC's 2012 Was So Bad That Execs Had Their Pay Cut In Half
Business Insider
In 2011, top HTC executives earned a combined NT$1.36 billion (about $50 million), according to its annual report released in Taiwan on Friday and cited by Dou. In 2012, they were paid NT$660.5 million (about $22 million) including salary, retirement pay, ...

Beaming Internet to the Boondocks, Via Balloon
WLRN
This is SCIENCE FRIDAY, I'm Ira Flatow. If you have a smartphone, you might take the Internet for granted, right? It's always there. But around the world, some four and a half billion people still are not connected. Google, being in the Internet business, has a ...

Instagram's new video service might train us all to be artists
Washington Post
Instagram announced this week that it would add a mobile video component to its photo-sharing service. Some industry watchers noted that the new app's 15-second limit is also a typical advertisement length, and wondered whether the whole plot was just a ...

Tesla unveils battery-swapping tech for fast car charging
Register
Even as Tesla Motors labors to build out its North American network of "Supercharger" recharging stations, the electric carmaker has unveiled an additional system that promises to get its vehicles juiced up and ready to run in less time than it takes to fill a ...

Vegetables Respond to a Daily Clock, Even After Harvest
Boise State Public Radio
You open the door of your fridge and the light goes on, right? What if the light in your fridge could stay on and be programmed to help your veggies taste better or be more nutritious? Why? Well, it turns out that that ...

World wide amateur radio Field Day (VIDEO)
Broken Arrow Ledger
UP AND AWAY — Members of the Broken Arrow Amateur Radio Club erect a 60 foot support tower that will accommodate a directional antenna. Part of the annual World Wide Field Day for ham radio operators, the club will contact other radio enthusiasts ...

NASA Hops on BepiColombo Mission with Europe and Japan to Explore Mercury
Latinos Post
NASA Mariner 10 orthographic photomosaic of the southern hemisphere of Mercury. This mosaic is composed of images from the second encounter, covering the equator to the south pole. (Photo : NASA). NASA announced that it will be participating in the ...

Twitter Search: Website Will Target You With Geolocated Ads
Design & Trend
Twitter is developing geographically-promoted tweets to assist retailers in targeting costumers ...

Virgin Mobile USA to carry iPhone 5 for $550
Computerworld
Computerworld - Virgin Mobile USA will begin selling the iPhone 5 next Friday, June 28. A 16 GB version will cost $549.99. For $35 a month, as part Virgin's Beyond Talk plan, the pre-paid carrier will provide unlimited 3G and 4G LTE data, and unlimited ...

Apple's long-lived MacBook Air goes on and on
Chicago Daily Herald
When it comes to consumer electronics, the discussion usually revolves around faster, sleeker, smaller, cheaper. In an increasingly mobile world, though, the most important characteristic may be longer — as in, how long the battery lasts between charges.

Trade-In your iPhone 4, 4S for Free iPhone 5 at Best Buy for Next Nine Days
USFinancePost
Trade-In your iPhone 4 4S for Free iPhone 5 at Best Buy Best Buy presented an offer that lasted just for a day on the 1st of June: to exchange your iPhone 4 or even iPhone 4s for a new and shining iPhone 5. This deal was so booming, that the vendors ...

Suborbital rocket sends experiments — and ashes — into space and back
NBCNews.com
. . . suborbital sounding rocket launched seven space-technology experiments — plus some unusual commercial payloads — from New Mexico's Spaceport America on Friday. The 20-foot-tall ...

Obama takes heat over 'transparent' FISA court
USA TODAY
The critics are having a field day with President Obama's comment this week that the court that oversees the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is "transparent." The FISA court conducts its business in secret (though some documents have been leaked in ...

Google could face court action after more personal data from Street View cars ...
Metro
Google faces possible court action from the UK's information watchdog after further personal data was found to have been collected by its Street View cars. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has demanded the internet search giant destroy four discs ...

Windows Phone 8 variant of HTC One coming soon?
Unwired View
Almost everyone is praising HTC's One for being an excellent Android smartphone, and that's mainly because the Taiwanese company has managed to find a near flawless combination of design, specs, and software capabilities. So it should come as no ...

NOAA Satellite Vegetation Images Show Just How Green Earth Is [Viral Video]
Social News Daily
How green is our planet? An NOAA video is going viral for showing the planet's vegetation via satellite images to give the viewer an idea of just how green Earth is. The video is the result of a collaboration between NASA and NOAA, who teamed up to map all ...

New York City launches free phone-charge kiosks
Toronto Star
No sooner did New York City and AT&T start installing free solar-powered mobile charging kiosks than the first Brooklynite pulled up a lawn chair to sunbathe and power up at the same time. Then singer-songwriter Chris Conly tweeted his relief: ...

Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Pair of Galaxies
TopNews United States
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured pictures of two interacting galaxies. The pair of galaxies is known as Arp 142. The galaxies are exchanging material from each other, changing their original structure. The researchers said that in some cases two ...

Pirate Bay founder sentenced to 2 years for hacking
Times of India
STOCKHOLM: A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for hacking into computers at a company that manages data for Swedish authorities and making illegal online money transfers, a court said.

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