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• News Corp. to Close News of the World After Hacking Scandal - San Francisco Chronicle
• Should you fear new ISP copyright enforcers? - CNET
• Cancer Patient Saved With Lab-Grown Windpipe - Wall Street Journal
• Bionic's 'coming soon' release date sparks Android fan zeal - Computerworld
• PDFs that exploit iPhone, iPad zero-day available on the Web - Computerworld
• Free Beats Paid in Generating Revenue on Apple's App Store [STATS] - Mashable
• What's after the Hubble space telescope? Possibly nothing - Ars Technica
• Ancient Irish roots discovered for modern polar bear - CBS 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 all 661 news articles »

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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