Sci/Tech News

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Google 2Q profits rise 36%
Futures Magazine
The Internet giant posted 36% profit growth, easily beating most analysts' expectations, on strength in CPC, stable click volume growth, and emerging businesses like display and mobile. Google said its second-quarter net income rose to $2.51 billion, ...
Oracle wants to question Google's Larry Page in Android patent lawsuitLos Angeles Times
Google CEO eases investor worriesMarketWatch
Oracle Demands Face Time With Google's Larry Page in Android SuitPC Magazine
CNET -InformationWeek -San Francisco Chronicle
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Apple Changes Up Overseas App Store Pricing
PC Magazine
A dollar isn't what it used to be—and even electronics juggernaut Apple knows it. This week the company made some fairly significant changes to its international App Store pricing, CNET reports. The new scheme will mean cheaper albums ...
App developers withdraw from US as patent fears reach 'tipping point'The Guardian (blog)
Apple's Taiwanese App Store gets refund policyCNET (blog)
Apple Announces Volume Purchasing For BusinessesWashington Post
PCWorld -Telegraph.co.uk -InformationWeek
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Twitter Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of Its Launch
PC Magazine
Half a decade ago, we all thought tweeting was for the birds. Today marks the five-year anniversary of when Twitter opened to the public and introduced us to "tweeting"—something Twitter users now do over 200 million times a day. ...
Twitter: 1 Billion Items Delivered A Day Is Nice, Google+. We Do 350 Billion.TechCrunch
As Twitter Turns 5, It Delivers 350 Billion Tweets Each DayPCWorld
Twitter celebrates five years, still going strongCNET (blog)
AFP -Telegraph.co.uk
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Apple iOS 4.3.4 Update Fixes PDF Vulnerability
PC Magazine
Apple on Friday released iOS 4.3.4, which fixes an iOS vulnerability that could have let hackers remotely control iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. The update "fixes [a] security vulnerability associated with viewing malicious PDF ...
Apple Patches iPhone PDF Security Flaw with iOS 4.3.4 UpdateThe Mac Observer
iOS 4.3.4 and 4.2.9 Fix PDF VulnerabilityTidBITS
Apple fixes security flaw in iPhone, iPad softwareReuters
TG Daily -The iPad Guide -Fiercemobilecontent
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Microsoft briefly leaks social search tool Tulalip on Socl.com
Los Angeles Times
Microsoft published prototype designs of a new social search engine called Tulalip to the URL Socl.com Thursday, but then quickly took down the website, putting an apology in its place. "Thanks for stopping by," the replacement message at Socl.com said ...
Microsoft's Tulalip slip-up may have revealed its new social networkBetaNews
Is Microsoft Following Google Again?International Business Times
Microsoft Developers Leak Probably Social Networking Site, TulalipTechzone360
KIRO Seattle -Tom's Guide -VentureBeat
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Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Decline of Large Predators is Serious Threat To Ecosystem: Study
International Business Times
The loss of large predators and "apex consumers" at the top of the food chain has caused widespread disruption to ecosystems planetwide. A paper published in this week's Science, a peer-reviewed academic journal, reports the findings of an ...
Effect of predator loss studiedUPI.com
Loss of big predators disrupts Earth ecosystem: studyAFP
Loss of predators in the food chain can alter the ecosystemUSA Today
Washington Post -Telegraph.co.uk -Discovery News
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