Thursday, July 14, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


Spotify has US music lovers excited - CBS News

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:16 PM PDT


BusinessWeek

Spotify has US music lovers excited
CBS News
(CBS/What's Trending) - Spotify has hit American soil, and it's off to a good start. Amid excellent reviews and hype across the pond from established users and excitement at home from new users, the service is bound to continue to grow. ...
How Spotify's Casual Encounters Seduce Young US Music LoversFast Company
Spotify launches in the USSalon
Spotify launches unlimited free US serviceRegister
Los Angeles Times -PC Magazine -OCRegister
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Google Booming: Strong Earnings Easily Beat Estimates - InformationWeek

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:29 PM PDT


The Age

Google Booming: Strong Earnings Easily Beat Estimates
InformationWeek
Never mind the record quarterly revenue, CEO Larry Page is "super excited" that Google+ has surpassed 10 million users. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google delivered strong Q2 earnings on Thursday, handily beating analysts' estimates and sending ...
Google 2Q Profit Rises 36%, Beating ExpectationsWall Street Journal
Google Profits Up 36%, Besting Wall St. ExpectationsReuters
Google Android Now On 130M Total Devices, With 6B App DownloadsWashington Post
San Francisco Chronicle -CNET -VentureBeat
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US Military Outlines Cyber Security Strategy - InformationWeek

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT


Globe and Mail

US Military Outlines Cyber Security Strategy
InformationWeek
The strategy focuses on bolstering the military's cyber defenses with new technology, new organizations, and new partnerships with the private sector and foreign allies. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The US military could respond to serious ...
Pentagon Admits Major Data Breach as It Unveils Defensive Cyber-StrategyeWeek
Deterrence Is New Focus Of US Cyberwar PlansWall Street Journal
Pentagon Seeks Cyber Security Strategy After Massive Hack of 24000 FilesInternational Business Times
BBC News -Sydney Morning Herald -Voice of America
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Google is Changing the Way You Think, Say Researchers - PCWorld

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:15 PM PDT


Business Insider

Google is Changing the Way You Think, Say Researchers
PCWorld
Is Google changing the way we think? At least one researcher thinks so: Columbia University researcher Betsy Sparrow says that search engines like Google are changing human thought patterns. ...
Is the World Wide Web becoming our external memory drive?Los Angeles Times
Google Is Destroying Our MemoriesBusiness Insider
Study: We Now Rely on the Google for MemoryInternational Business Times
ZDNet (blog) -Bloomberg -Ars Technica
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Apple Lion, App Store Moves Business User Friendly - InformationWeek

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 12:52 PM PDT


NDTV.com

Apple Lion, App Store Moves Business User Friendly
InformationWeek
The updated Lion operating system and new business app store represent significant advances in Apple's enterprise strategy. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek Apple's products, while inventive and a big hit with consumers, have always caused more than a ...
Apple's MacBook Air refresh may boost RAM, SSD specsApple Insider
Q&A: Mac OS X Lion -- roar or snore?msnbc.com
New Macbook Air May Boost RAM, SSD SpecsInternational Business Times
Macgasm -SlashGear -CNET
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Rainbow Toad Rediscovered, Photographed for First Time - National Geographic

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:36 PM PDT


The Hindu

Rainbow Toad Rediscovered, Photographed for First Time
National Geographic
A colorful, toxic toad that was last seen 87 years ago—and never photographed—has been rediscovered in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Called the Sambas stream toad or Bornean rainbow toad, the elusive amphibian was last spotted by European explorers in ...
Lost rainbow toad is rediscoveredBBC News
Bornean Rainbow Toad spotted for first time in nearly 90 yearsGlobe and Mail
Rare Toad Shows Its True Colours For First TimeIrish Weather Online
TG Daily -msnbc.com -Register
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Asteroid Vesta Comes into Focus: Big Pic - Discovery News

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:10 PM PDT


BBC News

Asteroid Vesta Comes into Focus: Big Pic
Discovery News
July 14, 2011 -- Only two months ago, the large asteroid Vesta was just a bright star in the lens of Dawn's camera. Then, last month, NASA released a new photograph of this mysterious rock when the probe was only 300000 miles (480000 kilometers) from ...
US Spacecraft to Rendezvous with AsteroidVoice of America
Spacecraft approaching orbit of asteroidUPI.com
Dawn probe set to orbit Asteroid VestaBBC News
Space.com -ZDNet -USA Today (blog)
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