Science & Tech News
- How to connect online with your kids23 May 2012, 10:16 pm
It's one of the pivotal scenes in "The Social Network," a eureka moment that implied a parting of the clouds, a spotlight-like beam of sun and a soft chord of angel voices: "Eduardo, I'm not talking about a dating site," says a chiseled version of Mark Zuckerberg. "I'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online."
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- Apple designer 'winces' over some choices23 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Apple's prized product designer Jonathan ("Jony") Ive is a constant source of fascination among the press -- doubly so after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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- How video games and porn are ruining a generation of guys23 May 2012, 5:34 pm
Is the overuse of video games and pervasiveness of online porn causing the demise of guys?
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- IBM worries Siri has loose lips23 May 2012, 1:54 pm
If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.
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- Daughter punished for Instagram pic23 May 2012, 1:35 pm
A Texas mom is raising some eyebrows with her punishment for an inappropriate photo that her daughter posted online.
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- TV remote inventor dies23 May 2012, 1:06 pm
The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96.
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- Behind Apple's 'upside-down' logo22 May 2012, 7:16 pm
Those new to the cult of Mac may not realize it, but there once was a time when that iconic logo that shines from the top of Apple notebooks used to be positioned, well, upside down. Anyone gazing at the back of an open PowerBook or iBook saw Apple's logo balancing on its stem, almost as if in the middle of a pirouette.
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- A look at Apple's 'spaceship' campus22 May 2012, 7:15 pm
It will cover 2.8 million square feet and have its own power plant inside its massive, gleaming circular design.
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- A 'Leap' forward in gesture control22 May 2012, 2:15 pm
You know that bit in "The Avengers" where Tony Stark spreads his fingers apart in mid-air and the stuff on the screen in front of him instantly appears on displays throughout the room?
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- Apps make expenses easy16 May 2012, 10:25 am
Recording travel expenses is a pain for business travelers, but portable scanners and smartphone apps could revolutionize the process.
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- Is it time to quit your long term cell phone contract?23 May 2012, 6:30 pm
Cell phone customers are fuming and they’re refusing to extend their long term service contracts, or at least that's the message based on recent subscriber numbers released by U.S. carriers.
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- Tech movers and shakers walk Webby Awards red carpet, remember their first Internet experience23 May 2012, 5:33 pm
The 16th annual Webby Awards took place Monday night in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom, where winners and celebrities walked the red carpet in support of innovation.
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- The wait is over: MIT researchers solve the ketchup problem23 May 2012, 3:38 pm
No more violent shaking. No more tapping the “57” logo. And certainly no more ketchup left to waste at the bottom of the bottle -- all thanks to PhD candidate Dave Smith and his team of MIT researchers.
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- Archaeologists unearth ancient Bethlehem seal23 May 2012, 3:37 pm
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old seal that bears the inscription "Bethlehem," the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday, in what experts believe to be the oldest artifact with the name of Jesus' traditional birthplace.
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- Photoshop fail shows Chinese officials lack hover craft23 May 2012, 2:40 pm
They floated like butterflies, now they are being stung -- for a second year running. Eleven months after officials in China were ridiculed for some of the worst Photoshop efforts on record, they are at it again.
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- Apple designer behind the iPod and iPhone receives knighthood23 May 2012, 2:20 pm
The designer behind many of Apple's most popular gadgets will be knighted Wednesday at Buckingham Palace in London.
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- New Nike product plus app coming to a sneaker near you23 May 2012, 2:00 pm
Your sneakers will come alive with the soon to be released-- Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training—apps plus shoes.
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- SpaceX's commercial spaceship chasing space station in orbit23 May 2012, 2:00 pm
The first commercial spacecraft ever launched toward the International Space Station is playing a game of catch-up today (May 23) as it heads toward an unprecedented rendezvous with the orbiting lab.Dragon, built by commercial rocket firm Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
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- Boy Scouts get high-tech to bring in new recruits22 May 2012, 10:34 pm
The Boy Scouts of America is trying to recruit a new generation of kids to join its troops with high-energy, high-tech activities that include thrill-inducing zip lines at a new adventure camp, apps and a television show.
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- After IPO, experts debate Facebook’s next big thing22 May 2012, 6:48 pm
The next iPhone or iPad from Apple is surely around the corner, and Google is getting into everything from cloud computing to car making. But what the cards hold for $100 billion behemoth Facebook is far from clear, experts say.
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- Facebook and banks face lawsuit23 May 2012, 9:37 pm
Facebook, its founder Mark Zuckerberg, and the banks leading its flotation are sued over claims that financial information was not disclosed....
- Hewlett-Packard cuts 27,000 jobs23 May 2012, 9:34 pm
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer maker, is to cut 27,000 jobs by end of 2014 as part of a drive to "simplify" the business....
- Jury backs Google in Oracle fight23 May 2012, 7:23 pm
Internet giant Google did not infringe patents belonging to software developer Oracle, a court in California has ruled....
- Google funds computer teaching23 May 2012, 6:00 pm
The search firm's chairman announces funds to place new computer science teachers in English schools....
- Diablo sets PC game launch record23 May 2012, 4:47 pm
Diablo 3's publisher says it has become the fastest-selling PC-based videogame despite launch glitches....
- 4G disruption threatens millions23 May 2012, 4:01 pm
When 4G services start rolling out next year, two million homes will find it affects their TV signal, Freeview's boss warns....
- 123-Reg websites hit by attack23 May 2012, 2:53 pm
Businesses using 123-Reg's web hosting service go offline after reports of a DDoS attack from China....
- Apple's Jonathan Ive is knighted23 May 2012, 2:47 pm
Jonathan Ive - the British designer behind Apple's iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad - is knighted at Buckingham Palace....
- VIDEO: Tributes to TV remote inventor23 May 2012, 1:01 pm
The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said....
- Raspberry Pi's budget challengers23 May 2012, 12:54 pm
Two Asian Android-based micro-PCs offer users an alternative to the British-designed project....
- Facebook, banks sued over pre-IPO analyst calls23 May 2012, 10:25 pm
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc and lead underwriter Morgan Stanley were sued by shareholders who claimed they hid the social networking company's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering.
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- Pandora Media raises outlook as more people tune in23 May 2012, 10:21 pm
(Reuters) - Online streaming music service Pandora Media Inc reported better-than-expected revenue and raised its full-year guidance as more people tuned in.
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- Europe weighs on NetApp's outlook, stock slumps23 May 2012, 9:47 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NetApp Inc forecast revenue below expectations and its CEO warned he is cautious about the outlook for business in Europe, sending the data storage equipment maker's shares down nearly 22 percent in after-hours trade.
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- HP to lay off about 27,000, profit slides 31 percent23 May 2012, 9:42 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co said on Wednesday it would lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 percent of its workforce to jumpstart growth, and its shares rose 11 percent.
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- Dell's strategy questioned as shares dive23 May 2012, 8:30 pm
(Reuters) - Shares of Dell Inc plunged 17 percent Wednesday after a disappointing revenue forecast spurred fears that global tech spending is weakening faster than anticipated and raised doubts about the PC maker's strategy.
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- Apple: U.S. e-book lawsuit "fundamentally flawed"23 May 2012, 8:23 pm
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is rejecting charges that it conspired to fix prices of electronic books, calling the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit a "fundamentally flawed" endeavor that could discourage competition and harm consumers.
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- Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps23 May 2012, 8:20 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year.
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- Jury deals blow to Oracle in case vs. Google23 May 2012, 8:10 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a legal fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.
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- Yahoo under Levinsohn seen shifting to content, advertising23 May 2012, 1:43 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With two of its most distracting conflicts resolved in the past week and a half, Yahoo Inc hopes its new interim chief executive can focus on the biggest challenge of all: turning the company into an entertainment and information destination that wins back the advertising dollars flowing elsewhere.
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- SAP to buy Ariba, boosts cloud bet23 May 2012, 8:10 am
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top European software company SAP AG plans to buy Ariba Inc in a deal valuing the business and commerce network company at $4.3 billion, its latest maneuver against Oracle in the fast-growing Internet-based computing market.
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- Long-term contraception more effective than pills23 May 2012, 10:08 pm
(Reuters) - A large real-life test of birth control methods found more U.S. women got pregnant while using short-acting methods such as pills, patches and vaginal rings -- and the failure rate was highest when they were used by women under 21.
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- MediciNova asthma drug fails trial; shares crash23 May 2012, 10:01 pm
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company MediciNova Inc said its experimental asthma drug failed to meet the main goal of a second mid-stage trial, sending its shares down as much as 51 percent in extended trade.
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- U.S. advisers reject new use for J&J/Bayer's Xarelto23 May 2012, 9:51 pm
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. advisers recommended against expanding the use of Johnson & Johnson's blood thinner Xarelto as a way to reduce the risk of new heart attacks and strokes in people with heart problems.
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- Childhood cancer effects may linger in adults23 May 2012, 9:08 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survivors of childhood cancers have an increased risk of disfigurement and persistent hair loss later in life, and for some that may lead to long-term emotional distress, suggests a new study.
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- Long-term contraception more effective than pills23 May 2012, 9:05 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large real-life test of several types of contraception found more women got pregnant while using short-acting methods such as pills, patches and vaginal rings -- and the failure rate was highest when they were used by women under 21.
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- Too many people get angioplasties, study suggests23 May 2012, 8:38 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every seven patients having a non-emergency angioplasty to clear a clogged artery in the heart didn't meet criteria for needing the procedure, in a new study from New York.
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- Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle23 May 2012, 5:16 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition.
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- Miracle sweetener stevia may have a sour note23 May 2012, 4:35 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - The meteoric rise of a natural, healthy alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - might just be a little too good to be true.
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- Docs win most malpractice suits, but road is long23 May 2012, 4:26 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Malpractice claims against U.S. doctors are often dismissed, and when they go to trial, the verdict is usually in the doctor's favor, according to a new study.
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- Neurosearch denies share manipulation charges23 May 2012, 9:54 am
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish biopharma firm Neurosearch A/S said on Wednesday charges of share price manipulation had been filed against it, but it denied the allegations and said it was working with the authorities to clear up the matter.
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AP Tech News
- Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices23 May 2012, 5:52 pm
LONDON (AP) — Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds....
- Play on: Google posts synthesizer tribute to Moog23 May 2012, 4:49 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Moog's synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage — and it's completely playable....
- HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5B annually23 May 2012, 4:25 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to cut 27,000 jobs as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company to sell personal computers....
- Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents23 May 2012, 2:33 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices....
- Facebook stock climbs, but company faces lawsuits23 May 2012, 12:17 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company saw an increase in the company's stock price and shareholder lawsuits related to the social network's botched initial public offering....
- Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize23 May 2012, 10:27 am
MADRID (AP) — Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities....
- Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO23 May 2012, 12:06 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading....
- Facebook looks to settle 'sponsored story' suit22 May 2012, 6:12 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is close to settling a lawsuit over advertisements it calls "sponsored stories."...
- Why Facebook still doesn't look cheap22 May 2012, 6:12 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — If you were thinking of picking up a few shares of Facebook last week, when it went public at a price of $38, you might be seriously tempted now that the stock has fallen $7 in two days....
- SAP to buy Ariba for $4.5B, extending cloud push22 May 2012, 3:28 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Business software maker SAP AG on Tuesday said it will buy Ariba Inc., which makes Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online, for about $4.51 billion....
AP Health News
- Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay23 May 2012, 4:52 pm
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father....
- Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis23 May 2012, 1:37 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said Wednesday....
- UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term23 May 2012, 12:08 pm
GENEVA (AP) — Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general....
- UN: Fukushima workers' deaths not from radiation23 May 2012, 11:40 am
VIENNA (AP) — A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none of the six former reactor workers who have died since the catastrophe perished due to the effects of radiation....
- Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood22 May 2012, 10:57 am
LONDON (AP) — A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation....
- UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples22 May 2012, 10:52 am
LONDON (AP) — A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, recommendations likely to be followed by many of the U.K.'s medical centers....
- Born to run barefoot? Some end up getting injured22 May 2012, 3:02 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Swept by the barefoot running craze, ultramarathoner Ryan Carter ditched his sneakers for footwear that mimics the experience of striding unshod....
- Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa21 May 2012, 11:41 pm
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday....
- Final advice: Panel against routine prostate test21 May 2012, 5:22 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good....
- Study: Simple scope exam cuts colon cancer deaths21 May 2012, 11:14 am
A simple, cheaper exam of just the lower part of the bowel can cut the risk of developing colon cancer or dying of the disease, a large federal study finds....
- Wyden To Obama: Hollywood Shouldn't Know More About TPP Than Congress23 May 2012, 9:31 pm
Senator Wyden has been at the forefront of raising concerns about the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement (as with many other issues we follow), specifically over the total lack of transparency from the USTR on the issue. While USTR Ron Kirk has pretended that "listening" to a few people is transparency, it's not. Actually sharing what you're doing is transparency.
Now, it's one thing for the USTR to refuse to share with the public what it's supposedly negotiating on their behalf -- but what ...
- You're Only Making Things Worse For Yourself (And Us Too), Media Industries (Part II)23 May 2012, 8:15 pm
Summary of Part One: Consumers, trained by content providers to think most entertainment can be enjoyed freely, no longer take copyright seriously as a legal or moral imperative. It's like a parking meter that's rarely checked. When we do get a (large) ticket, we're outraged. After all, no one else got one for doing exactly the same thing. Our cognitive dissonance has left copyright a law in name only.
Media industries have made things worse for themselves by training customers to think of ads ...
- Another Bogus Copyright Claim Silences Millions Of Rickrolls (Briefly)23 May 2012, 6:59 pm
Two years ago, we wrote about how YouTube took down the original "Rickroll" video of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up" -- perhaps the most well known internet meme ever. It seems that that video was taken down yet again, this time due to a "copyright claim from AVG Technologies."
Not surprisingly, soon after the news of this came out the video was put back up.
TorrentFreak claims that this AVG is the same as the maker of the popular anti-virus software, who almost certainly has...
- Boom: Jury Says No Patent Infringement By Google In Oracle Case23 May 2012, 6:08 pm
Remember back when Oracle was claiming that Google owed it billions of dollars for infringing on Oracle patents and copyrights? Yeah. Forget that. The jury just said that there's no patent infringement at all and the judge has dismissed the jury. All that's left in this phase of the case is for the judge to make a determination over the copyright issue -- and if he decides APIs cannot be covered by copyright, Oracle will have a complete and total loss. Of course, Oracle will almost certainl...
- YouTube Uploads Hit 72 Hours A Minute: How Can That Ever Be Pre-Screened For 'Objectionable' Material?23 May 2012, 5:24 pm
YouTube has announced that 72 hours of video is now being uploaded to its service every minute. Earlier this year, the statistic was that 60 hours of video was uploaded to its service every minute:
In 2007 we started at six hours [of uploads per minute], then in 2010 we were at 24 hours, then 35, then 48, and now...60 hours of video every minute, an increase of more than 25 percent in the last eight months.
This year, a 25% increase will probably take around around six months. In other word...
- Senator Ron Wyden Slams Cybersecurity Legislation Proposals For Eroding Trust & Privacy23 May 2012, 4:11 pm
Senator Ron Wyden took to the floor of the Senate earlier this week to speak out against pretty much all of the current cybersecurity proposals out there arguing that "privacy should be the default, not the exception." While noting that narrowly targeted cybersecurity rules could be helpful in protecting consumers, he stated that it seems clear that these bills are much more focused on opening up the internet for government to spy and monitor activities online:
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- Apple And Microsoft Behind Patent Troll Armed With Thousands Of Nortel Patents23 May 2012, 3:05 pm
You may recall last summer that Apple, Microsoft, EMC, RIM, Ericsson and Sony all teamed up to buy Nortel's patents for $4.5 billion. They beat out a team of Google and Intel who bid a bit less. While there was some antitrust scrutiny over the deal, it was dropped and the purchase went through. Apparently, the new owners picked off a bunch of patents to transfer to themselves... and then all (minus EMC, who, one hopes, was horrified by the plans) decided to support a massive new patent troll ...
- Who's The Coward? Thin-Skinned NY Politicians Try To Ban Anonymous Comments23 May 2012, 2:02 pm
Last fall, we were absolutely amazed at a paper written by some NY state politicians arguing that we have too much free speech, and that we need a "more refined" interpretation of the First Amendment, that outlaws things like "leaving improper messages on online message boards." Well... as covered by Dave Kravets at Wired, some NY state politicians have introduced the same bill, in both houses of the legislature, that would outlaw anonymous speech online. The actual bill is not particularly su...
- The Internet Puts Up A Billboard In Front Of Lamar Smith's Office: Don't Mess With The Internet23 May 2012, 12:05 pm
You may recall that, back in March, on a whim based on a discussion at SXSW, Alexis Ohanian and Erik Martin (from Reddit) teamed up with Holmes Wilson (from Fight for the Future) to crowdfund a billboard to go up in Lamar Smith's district in Austin. It turns out that you internet people don't mind paying after all, and helped fund two billboards which have now gone up in Smith's district, including one across the street from his office in San Antonio, and a second one on "Lamar Blvd" in Austin
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- White House Petition Demanding Open Access Requirements For Federally Funded Research23 May 2012, 10:05 am
For years we've discussed the issue of open access for federally funded research. Currently, NIH has a program that requires any of the research that receives its funds to be available via public open access databases a year after its published elsewhere. While this still allows federally funded research to be locked up under a questionable copyright for a year, it's certainly better than locking it up for eternity. And while there have been some unfortunate efforts to ban NIH and other gover...
- Best Uses (So Far) of the Awesome Moog Google Doodle23 May 2012, 10:35 pm
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- Cellphones on Planes Are Not a Safety Threat23 May 2012, 10:09 pm
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- Why the Leap Is the Best Gesture-Control System We've Ever Tested23 May 2012, 9:58 pm
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- Digital Rights Groups Defend Antenna-Based Internet TV Service23 May 2012, 9:25 pm
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- Pot Prosecution Goes Up in Smoke Due to Warrantless GPS Tracking23 May 2012, 9:24 pm
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- Is IBM Blocking Siri and iCloud at Work Warranted?23 May 2012, 9:18 pm
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- Hands On With Clueful, the iOS App That Rats Out Privacy Risks23 May 2012, 8:03 pm
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- Antibiotic Overuse May Increase Superbug Evolution Rate23 May 2012, 7:46 pm
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- The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Brings Jane Austen to YouTube23 May 2012, 7:20 pm
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- Motorola Is Now the Apple of Google's Eye - Wall Street Journal23 May 2012, 10:31 pm
Telegraph.co.ukMotorola Is Now the Apple of Google's EyeWall Street JournalBy ROLFE WINKLER And THOROLD BARKER Those who thought Google was buying Motorola Mobility just for its treasure trove of patents can think again. Its plan to focus on "fewer, bigger bets, and create wonderful devices that are used by people around the ...Motorola Dreams Up a Sweeter TV InterfaceTechNewsWorldThe Google/Motorola Deal is Done. What Now?InformationWeekMeet Motorola Mobility's new CEOWashington Po...
- How to Play 'Take On Me' on the Moog Google Doodle - Mashable23 May 2012, 10:30 pm
CTV.caHow to Play 'Take On Me' on the Moog Google DoodleMashableCreative musicians throughout the world, both professional and amateur, have been jamming on the interactive Google Doodle that simulates a Moog synthesizer, named after the man who created the first modern synth, Robert Moog.Google creates online synthesizer as tribute to creator Bob MoogWashington PostDaft Punk's "Aerodynamic" performed on Google Moog DoodleCBS Newsall 449 news articles »...
- Apple, Samsung Chiefs Pick Up Their Marbles and Go Home - TechNewsWorld23 May 2012, 10:06 pm
NDTVApple, Samsung Chiefs Pick Up Their Marbles and Go HomeTechNewsWorldBy Erika Morphy The CEOs of Apple and Samsung and their brigades of lawyers tolerated each others' company for nine hours or so of court-ordered meetings, but they apparently didn't shake hands over any settlement terms. "Given the stakes of this ...Samsung Galaxy S III, the Next 'iPhone Killer,' Already Setting Pre-Order RecordsVision 2 MobileSamsung Galaxy a hit in U.K.Investor's Business DailyApple, S...
- Don't expect a patent offensive from victorious Google - CNET23 May 2012, 9:45 pm
Globe and MailDon't expect a patent offensive from victorious GoogleCNETGoogle could feel bolder now that a jury sided against Oracle's claims of patent infringement, but the company still has more to lose than gain in the courts. by Stephen Shankland May 23, 2012 2:41 PM PDT Follow @stshank Google took this case to the ...Oracle poured millions into failed patent trial, but will fight onArs TechnicaGoogle's Android Didn't Infringe Oracle Patents, Jury SaysSan Francisco Chronicle...
- Diablo III Sales Bode Well for PC Games, Poorly for Always-Online Haters - 1UP.com23 May 2012, 9:37 pm
BBC NewsDiablo III Sales Bode Well for PC Games, Poorly for Always-Online Haters1UP.comBlizzard says Diablo III has already broken the sales record for biggest PC game launch. By Chris Pereira, 05/23/2012 Diablo III was expected to do well, but with so many factors to take into account -- competition from Torchlight II, an always-online ...Play Diablo III On Your iPadEscapist MagazineDiablo III passes World of Warcraft: Cataclysm as fastest-selling PC game of ...Digitaltrends.comDiablo III revie...
- What Would Jony Ive Do? Think Knighthood - Wired News23 May 2012, 9:27 pm
Sydney Morning HeraldWhat Would Jony Ive Do? Think KnighthoodWired NewsBy Anonymous Hello, Wired readers. Just a line to let you know that it's a greener and more pleasant land for me today — I've been knighted! Princess Anne performed the honors at Buckingham Palace Wednesday. Amid a small crowd of dignitaries, ...Apple design chief Jonathan Ive is knightedBBC NewsApple VP: New project is 'most important,' 'best work we've done'Los Angeles TimesJonathan Ive: simpli...
- Is IBM Blocking Siri and iCloud at Work Warranted? - Wired News23 May 2012, 9:20 pm
ForbesIs IBM Blocking Siri and iCloud at Work Warranted?Wired NewsIs BYOD really worth the hassle if employees cannot use devices fully? Have your say below. Image: ajleon/Flickr IBM has learned the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) has risks, thanks to free wheeling apps. So IBM is going beyond education to a strict ...IBM blocks Dropbox and iCloud as well as SiriSlashGearIBM bans Siri use due to security risks: Should you?Digitaltrends.comIBM Banishes Apple's Siri Due To Privacy ConcernsForbesC...
- How whales open their huge mouths - BBC News23 May 2012, 7:29 pm
BBC NewsHow whales open their huge mouthsBBC NewsBy Victoria Gill BBC Nature Researchers have discovered how very large whales co-ordinate their jaw muscles and bones to take gigantic mouthfuls of prey. For a blue whale, the largest animal that has ever existed, each mouthful can scoop up 100 tonnes ...Whale Sensory Organ In Animals' Jaws Helps With Feeding, Scientists SayHuffington PostScientists find new organ behind whales' giant gulpFOX 4 NewsKriller instinct: Special organ helps co-...
- Search for Streaming Video Via Verizon Wireless Viewdini - PC Magazine22 May 2012, 5:36 pm
Mobile & AppsSearch for Streaming Video Via Verizon Wireless ViewdiniPC MagazineBy Chloe Albanesius Verizon Wireless today announced a new app that will let users search for streaming video options available on their mobile device. Dubbed viewdini, the app will search across Comcast Xfinity, Hulu Plus, mSpot, and Netflix for ...Verizon Attacks Critics, Scorns T-Mobile Claims for SpectrumeWeekVerizon announces 'Viewdini' video aggregator app for mobile devicesCNETVerizon hires Loop Capita...
- Google Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer - PCWorld21 May 2012, 1:54 pm
Sydney Morning HeraldGoogle Chrome Overtakes Internet ExplorerPCWorldBy Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld May 21, 2012 6:52 AM Google's Chrome is now the most popular Web browser worldwide, surpassing Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the first time, according to the latest figures from StatCounter. After years of slowly chipping ...Chrome Browser Usage Artificially BoostedPC MagazineGoogle Chrome becomes most used Web browserLos Angeles TimesInternet Explorer no longer most-used browser in the wo...
- Google Doodle is Playable Moog: Gotta-See Videos23 May 2012, 6:42 pm
Play with the new Google doodle. Record up to four tracks and share!...
- Google Doodle Does Dr Who Theme: DNews Nuggets23 May 2012, 6:16 pm
Forget "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," today's interactive Google Doodle has brought out the professional procrastinators!...
- Stuntman Lands Safely After 2,400-Foot Plunge23 May 2012, 5:26 pm
Stuntman Gary Connery wore a specially-designed wingsuit and landed without a parachute....
- First Terrestrial Animals Shuffled Onto Land23 May 2012, 5:00 pm
When creatures made their way onto land for the first time, it wasn't pretty....
- Video: Baby Penguin Meets Human for the First Time23 May 2012, 4:49 pm
A baby Gentoo penguin recently met a human for the first time and the footage is adorable....
- Seal Proves Bethlehem Existed Centuries Before Jesus23 May 2012, 4:25 pm
The first physical evidence is found of Bethlehem's existence centuries before the town became known as Jesus' birthplace....
- Is 'Planet X 2.0' Lurking Beyond Pluto's Orbit?23 May 2012, 4:05 pm
A new simulation hints at the existence of a world, four times the mass of Earth, is causing the peculiar orbits of scattered disk objects....
- Pollution-Sniffing Robotic Fish to the Rescue23 May 2012, 3:57 pm
Scientists have created a robotic fish to sniff out polluters....
- How the Blue Whale Eats Whatever It Wants23 May 2012, 3:49 pm
The world's largest animal feeds by lunging and gulping huge volumes of prey-laden water....
- CSI: Kenya - Forensics Lab to Solve Animal Crimes23 May 2012, 1:29 pm
Kenyan crime fighters will soon have the tools to solve hippo whodunits, meerkat murders and other wildlife crimes....
- Fukushima's radiation effects: World experts to assess impacts from Japanese power plant23 May 2012, 9:05 pm
World experts on the effects of atomic radiation have agreed to start an assessment of the radiological impact of the events at the TEPCO (Fukushima-Daiichi) nuclear power plant following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami....
- Fever during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of autism or developmental delay23 May 2012, 8:19 pm
Mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental delay than were mothers of typically developing children, and that taking medication to treat fever countered its effect....
- RNA: From messenger to guardian of genome integrity23 May 2012, 8:13 pm
A new and unexpected role for RNA is identified: the defence of genome integrity and stability. New research shows that an until now unknown class of RNA -- the newly christened DDRNA -- plays a key role in activation of the molecular alarms necessary to safeguard our genome when DNA damage from internal or external factors occurs....
- Factors behind past lemur species extinctions put surviving species in 'ecological retreat'23 May 2012, 6:57 pm
At least 17 species of lemurs have vanished on Madagascar over the last 2,000 years, with human activity likely a central factor. New research examined eight of those extinctions, and findings suggest that surviving species don't necessarily benefit when competitors die out....
- Hacking code of leaf vein architecture solves mysteries, allows predictions of past climate23 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Life scientists have discovered new laws leaves follow as they grow and evolve. These easy-to-apply mathematical rules can be used to better predict the climates of the past, as determined from the fossil record. This research has a range of fundamental implications in global ecology, and can improve prediction and interpretation of climate in the deep past from leaf fossils....
- Stem-cell-growing surface enables bone repair23 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Researchers have demonstrated that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into multiple cell types. Their success brings stem cell therapies another step closer....
- Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections23 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules produced in the skin to fend off infection-causing microbes. Vitamin D has been credited with a role in their production and in the body’s overall immune response, but scientists say a hormone previously associated only with maintaining calcium homeostasis and bone health is also critical, boosting AMP expression when dietary vitamin D levels are inadequate....
- Americans find doing their own taxes simpler than improving diet and health23 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Most Americans (52 percent) have concluded that figuring out their income taxes is easier than knowing what they should and shouldn’t eat to be healthier, according to a new survey....
- How immune cells change wiring of developing mouse brain23 May 2012, 5:55 pm
Researchers have shown in mice how immune cells in the brain target and remove unused connections between brain cells during normal development. This research sheds light on how brain activity influences brain development, and highlights the newly found importance of the immune system in how the brain is wired, as well as how the brain forms new connections throughout life in response to change....
- An introduced bird competitor tips the balance against Hawaiian species23 May 2012, 5:55 pm
Tens of thousands of birds native to Hawaii have been lost in the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, when the Japanese white-eye, a small perching bird originally introduced to Hawaii in 1929 to control insects, increased in numbers. The increase was initiated in a restoration area on the refuge....
