Thursday, July 7, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


News Corp. to Close News of the World After Hacking Scandal - San Francisco Chronicle

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:13 PM PDT


The Guardian

News Corp. to Close News of the World After Hacking Scandal
San Francisco Chronicle
July 7 (Bloomberg) -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. will shut the News of the World, the 168-year-old Sunday tabloid, after allegations that its journalists tapped the voicemails of murder victims and their families and paid police officers for stories. ...
UK's News of the World Closes After Phone Hacking ScandalPCWorld
Murdoch Forced to Kill Britain's Largest Tabloid Due to Hacking ScandalDailyTech
Murdoch savvy like a fox in shutting tabloidThe Associated Press
The Guardian -Telegraph.co.uk -Washington Post
all 4,744 news articles »

Should you fear new ISP copyright enforcers? - CNET

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:35 PM PDT


CNET

Should you fear new ISP copyright enforcers?
CNET
A partnership announced today between big entertainment companies and some of the nation's largest Internet service providers will not mean the end of online piracy. To be sure, the parties involved know this. ...
ISPs, movie, music, TV groups in copyright dealAFP
ISPs team up to take out web piracyVentureBeat
Entertainment, broadband firms adopt piracy warning systemChicago Tribune
Bloomberg -Ars Technica -Light Reading
all 64 news articles »

Cancer Patient Saved With Lab-Grown Windpipe - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:16 PM PDT


USA Today

Cancer Patient Saved With Lab-Grown Windpipe
Wall Street Journal
Doctors have replaced the cancer-stricken windpipe of a patient with an organ made in a lab, a landmark achievement for regenerative medicine. The patient no longer has cancer and is expected to have a normal life expectancy, ...
Lab-made organ implanted for first timeCNN
Patient gets world's first artificial tracheaUSA Today
Surgeons implant first synthetic organUPI.com
AFP -Bloomberg -Telegraph.co.uk
all 225 news articles »

Bionic's 'coming soon' release date sparks Android fan zeal - Computerworld

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:17 PM PDT


DailyTech

Bionic's 'coming soon' release date sparks Android fan zeal
Computerworld
Computerworld - Summer smartphone releases have become as commonplace as new summer movies. But the movie industry does a much better job of scheduling and keeping a definitive release date. Motorola Mobility's new Droid Bionic ...
Droid Bionic: Coming Soon to Best Buy?PC Magazine
Motorola Droid 3 Roars in with New FeaturesPCWorld
Motorola Droid 3 Avaialble at Verizon Wireless for Pre-OrderDailyTech
TG Daily -ZDNet (blog) -TIME
all 184 news articles »

PDFs that exploit iPhone, iPad zero-day available on the Web - Computerworld

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

PDFs that exploit iPhone, iPad zero-day available on the Web
Computerworld
Computerworld - Hours after developers revealed they had exploited bugs in Apple's iOS to "jailbreak" iPhones and iPads, German government security authorities warned that one of the flaws could be put to malicious use. ...
Apple Promises to Fix iPhone Security ProblemsFox News
Hackers expose flaw in Apple iPad, iPhone softwareReuters
Apple Plans Fix for iPhone FlawWall Street Journal
msnbc.com -CNET (blog) -Register
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Free Beats Paid in Generating Revenue on Apple's App Store [STATS] - Mashable

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:44 PM PDT


MTV.com (blog)

Free Beats Paid in Generating Revenue on Apple's App Store [STATS]
Mashable
Here's something that might seem counter-intuitive. Free iPhone and iPod touch games generate more revenue than their paid counterparts on Apple's 15 billion download-strong App Store. The new finding comes from mobile analytics company Flurry. ...
Are iOS Devices About to Take Over Console Gaming?Gotta Be Mobile
Apple Passes 15B App Downloads; 'AppStore' Claim DeniedInformationWeek
Apple trumpets 15 billion App Store downloadsComputerworld
GigaOm -Reuters -CNET (blog)
all 408 news articles »

What's after the Hubble space telescope? Possibly nothing - Ars Technica

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT


Fox News

What's after the Hubble space telescope? Possibly nothing
Ars Technica
As negotiations over the US debt limit continue, potential cutbacks to a huge range of programs may come as part of any deal. But in the background, regular budget work has gone ahead, and on Wednesday ...
It's Like the House Appropriations Committee Subpanel Doesn't Even Think Deep ...Vanity Fair
Nasa backs mission amid cull callBBC News
Threat of James Webb Space Telescope Cancellation Rattles Astronomy CommunityScientific American (blog)
Fox News -New York Times -AFP
all 133 news articles »

Ancient Irish roots discovered for modern polar bear - CBS News

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:54 PM PDT


Daily Mail

Ancient Irish roots discovered for modern polar bear
CBS News
Twisted lines of ancestry seem to have intertwined two very different species: the water-loving polar bear and the forest-loving Irish brown bear. Despite being so different, the two seem to have found love: Meeting and breeding at least once during ...
Genetic evidence reveals that polar bears originally came from Irelandio9
DNA hints at polar bears' Irish ancestryScience News
DNA points to ancestor of all polar bearsUPI.com
Wired News (blog) -USA Today -Alaska Dispatch
all 82 news articles »

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