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| Water World: New 'Super-Earth' Found |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:51:41 -0500 |
| Scientists report they have found an exoplanet -- a world orbiting a distant star, 22 light-years away -- that they call the best candidate yet to be the right temperature for liquid water and, perhaps, life. It is labeled GJ 667Cc, and it is located in the constellation Scorpio. |
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| Fun and Play Are Key to Survival for Bears, Humans and Even Ants |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:05:05 -0500 |
| Hungry wild polar bear prefers playing with a chained sled dog to eating it. It sounds like a paradox. How could play — defined as “apparently purposeless activity that’s fun to do and pleasurable” — be vital for grim survival in such an often random... |
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| Facebook's Success: Real Names Only |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:52:30 -0500 |
| Facebook, which filed for an IPO this week, says it has been a success largely because it requires people to use their real names online and thus be more civil to each other. No anonymous flaming allowed. Can it last? |
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| Madelyn Wins Out in Facebook Poll to Name Baby |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:40 -0500 |
| What’s in a name? A lot, according to the more-than-4,200 people who took the time to vote in Facebook poll to determine what Dave and Lindsey Meske of Crystal Lake, Ill., should name their newborn baby daughter. The Meskes set up the poll, which drew... |
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| Micron CEO Killed in Plane Crash |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:07 -0500 |
| Steve Appleton, the CEO of the semoconductor maker Micron Technology, Inc., was killed in a small plane crash at the airport in Boise, Idaho today. He was 51. |
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| Stunning Red Aurora Captured |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:44:11 -0500 |
| Alex Cherney, a software developer and self-described hobbyist astronomer based near Melbourne, captured a series of stunning Aurora Australis over the Mornington peninsula in Australia. “It was my first visual aurora,” he told ABCNews.com. “I was surprised, myself, when I saw it. I didn’t think it would be... |
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| SOPA and the Online Tsunami |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:12:48 -0500 |
| The unprecedented online revolt against PIPA and SOPA, congressional bills targeting online copyright and trademark infringement, has many Washington insiders scratching their collective heads. |
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| 18-Mile Crack Seen in Antarctic Glacier |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:53:45 -0500 |
| Antarctica is so vast that the pictures give you no sense of scale. The pencil-thin line across the satellite image of Pine Island Glacier (above) is actually more than 18 miles long, 800 feet across in places, and 180 feet deep. And it’s growing. In... |
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| Meet the New Facebook Millionaires |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:12:47 -0500 |
| Facebook, in one of the world's most widely anticipated IPOs, or initial public offerings of stock, filed papers to raise at least $5 billion and begin to sell stock this spring. |
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| Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP) |
| Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:08 GMT |
 AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
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| Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:03:54 GMT |
| Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp. |
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| Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:28:56 GMT |
| AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies. |
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| Android Alternatives to Apple's Siri Personal Assistant (ContributorNetwork) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:52:41 GMT |
| ContributorNetwork - When it was announced in October, one of the headline features of Apple's iPhone 4S was Siri, an "intelligent assistant" which answers spoken questions and takes orders given in natural English. It was less like Google's Voice Actions for Android, an app which understands a limited set of specific commands, and more like the computers on Star Trek. |
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| Glitches plague free Evi app for Android (Appolicious) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:00 GMT |
| Appolicious - The free Evi app for Android eluded me for days while I was testing it out. Every time I tried to search using the app, it told me all circuits were busy. But the super friendly voice assured me that they were working to correct the issue in the near future. In this day and age, a few days are a lifetime. |
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| Apple overturns Motorola's ban |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:08 GMT |
| Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany. |
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| FBI probes Anonymous phone hack |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:20 GMT |
| The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking. |
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| BT fibre optic 'game changer' vow |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:17 GMT |
| Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says. |
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| Hackers fool bank security system |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:12:32 GMT |
| Criminal hackers have found ways around new security devices used for online banking, the BBC has learned. |
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| Megaupload bail appeal rejected |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:48:27 GMT |
| Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted. |
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| Micron's Appleton dies in crash |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:54 GMT |
| Steve Appleton, the chief executive of memory-chip maker Micron, has died in a plane crash near Boise, Idaho. |
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| Microsoft launches Kinect for PCs |
| Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:49:26 GMT |
| A more costly version of Microsoft's record-breaking Kinect motion and voice sensor is now available for use on Windows. |
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| UK download speed gains 'uneven' |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:02:49 GMT |
| Ofcom reports a lopsided rise in the UK's broadband download speeds, noting that many subscribers could do better without paying much more. |
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| BT cuts costs to increase profits |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:29:21 GMT |
| Telecoms group BT reports a sharp rise in profits, thanks largely to a jump in the number of broadband users. |
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| S Korea activist held over tweet |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:10:59 GMT |
| Amnesty International demands the release of a man held by South Korean authorities after re-tweeting a North Korean "propaganda" message. |
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| Facebook unveils plans to float |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:54:15 GMT |
| The world's largest social networking site, Facebook, confirms plans to raise $5bn (£3.16bn) in a share sale and reveals it made $1bn profits. |
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| Panasonic predicts a record loss |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:11:05 GMT |
| Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March. |
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| Petitioners want 'ethical iPhone' |
| Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:29:41 GMT |
| An online petition calls on Apple to address growing concerns about the conditions of its Chinese factory workers. |
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| TripAdvisor rebuked for publicity |
| Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:59:50 GMT |
| The travel review website is told to make changes to its adverts and stop implying that all its reviews are honest and trusted. |
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| Self-steering bullet researched |
| Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:57:47 GMT |
| US researchers are developing a bullet that guides itself to a laser-illuminated target. But an expert is concerned it may be sold to the public. |
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| Largest optical telescope created |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:15:02 GMT |
| Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror. |
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