'Pulp Fiction' writer tweeting from jail?

'Pulp Fiction' writer tweeting from jail?
An inmate wrestles with his fear, boredom and remorse.

In defense of bloggers' free speech

In defense of bloggers' free speech
Bernard Bailyn, the Harvard historian who won a Pulitzer for his 1967 book "The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution," wrote about the critical role pamphlets played in 18th century America.

Don't bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google

There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google.

U.K. Pub Fined For Copyright Infringement Over Free Wi-Fi
It's a grey area, but something that small shops and providers of free wi-fi might want to begin thinking about. What happens if someone comes into your business, and uses your free wi-fi to download copyrighted material? For a pub in the U.K., it's an expensive question, to the tune of $13,000 (£8k).

Intel's Six-Core 'Gulftown' processor revealed, possibly headed to Mac Pro

Performance numbers of Intel's new six-core Xeon were prematurely revealed by Polish website PCLab , showing strong increases in performance for the chip rumored to be in the next iteration of the Mac Pro.

NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station

But there's another piece of debris in the space station's neighborhood. Mission Control decided late Friday that the outpost would not need to dodge a 10-year-old rocket chunk.

Retail mania, IE woes, EU charges

As in years past, this was a traditionally slow IT news week, especially in the U.S., where Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday was a primary focus, followed by the annual retail extravaganza known as Black Friday .

Holiday Tech Guide: Video Games
Washington Post @Play columnist Mike Musgrove will be online to discuss the latest video games and provide holiday gift giving advice.

Black Friday bargain-hunters start long before dawn
Recession-battered shoppers crowded Washington area malls, outlets and big-box stores Friday in search of deep discounts that would allow them to buy necessities, and a few luxuries, in an era of cutting back.

Space shuttle lands safely in Florida

Space shuttle lands safely in Florida
Space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth on Friday at 9:44 a.m. ET after an 11-day mission to the international space station.

California moves to restrict TVs' power usage; others may follow
Nick Canzoneri weighed several factors when he went shopping for a new flat-screen TV at the Best Buy in Gaithersburg earlier this week. He wanted the right brand ("Sony. I've had one for 20 years. I tend to stick with what I like . . .") and the right price. Size mattered, too. Canzoneri's son t...

Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

China to launch second lunar probe
China will launch a second lunar probe next October, state-run media reported Friday.
Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

SEATTLE a ' Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.

China to launch second moon mission next October

China to launch second moon mission next October

China is set to launch its second lunar probe next October in preparation for an unmanned moon landing by the end of 2012, space program officials said Friday.

A new kind of company, a new challenge for feds
One is a giant of the entertainment world -- a tangle of television networks, a film studio and a stable of hit shows. The other is a cable colossus, the nation's largest provider of cable TV and Internet access. Together, the possibilities are endless.

3G wireless still holds promise

3G wireless still holds promise
There's been a lot of talk in 2009 about the next generation of wireless technology, known as 4G wireless broadband, but the current generation of 3G wireless technology is far from dead.

Russia: no space for space tourists

Jet-powered Ford guns for 300 mph
Joe Wilkins knew there was only one way to give his supercharged, alcohol-injected Hemi-engined hot rod more power: Put a jet engine in the trunk.
Russia: no space for space tourists

Sergei Krikalyov said that since the space stations crew has doubled to six people, there is no room for tourists in the Russian spacecraft that link the station with Earth.

McDonald's going green

Google apologizes for 'Michelle Obama' search results
For most of the past week, when someone typed "Michelle Obama" in the popular search engine Google, one of the first images that came up was a picture of the American first lady altered to resemble a monkey.
McDonald's going green

In Germany, McDonald's is set to go all green as it swaps its trademark red backdrop for its famous Golden Arches to green.

Racist Obama pic on Google

WEB giant Google were forced into an apology today after a racist image of Michelle Obama appeared on its site when users searched for photos of the First Lady.

Dating a 'stud or dud?' Ask your phone

Dating a 'stud or dud?' Ask your phone
If that dreamy blind date seems too good to be true, or the guy at the bar with a martini and a pencil-thin moustache looks a little sketchy, the truth about them -- or at least some of it -- could be found on your phone.

Robot festival in Tokyo

From Twitter to advertising treasure
The Twitter phenomenon, in which anybody can tell his or her followers anything -- in 140 characters or less -- now has a payoff that can go beyond the thrill of self-publishing.
Robot festival in Tokyo

Nov 25An international robot exhibition in Tokyo showcases the changing face of robotics.

White House official's net neutrality comments irk AT&T
AT&T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China have really gotten under its skin.

Electronics retailers gear up for Black Friday

Electronics retailers gear up for Black Friday
For the past few years, holiday cheer has been in short supply for electronics retail chains.

Hot video games for holiday shopping

Hot video games for holiday shopping
Like a well-placed power-up, the right gift can light up the eyes of that video gamer in your life.
Tech Behind Video on Demand

How is the unmissable made unmissable? The BBC iPlayer has been one of the most successful BBC innovations in recent years.

Drug-resistant swine flu strain

Large Hadron Collider back online
"The LHC is back," the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation more than a year after an electrical failure shut it down.
Drug-resistant swine flu strain

Welsh people in the risk group for swine flu are being urged to get vaccinated after a form of swine flu, that is resistant to antiviral drugs, has begun to spread between hospital patients.

New attack targets weakness in Internet Explorer
Blueprints showing attackers how to exploit a previously unknown security hole in versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser recently were published online. The danger here is if IE users browse to a hacked or booby-trapped Web site that uses the exploit, that site could install malicious...

Hacked e-mails fuel climate debate

Hacked e-mails fuel climate debate
An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the e-mail server at a climate-research center, stole more than 1,000 e-mails about global warming and posted them online.

New attack fells Internet Explorer

A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

New technology, tight budgets hinder sex-offender monitoring

Report: Risings seas could cost trillions
A possible rise in sea levels by 0.5 meters by 2050 could put at risk more than $28 trillion worth of assets in the world's largest coastal cities, according to a report compiled for the insurance industry.
Baby Born While Astronaut Dad Spacewalks

Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.

New technology, tight budgets hinder sex-offender monitoring
The pursuit of Lee Shelton began the moment the convicted sex offender was released from prison.

University Will Display New Space Images

An Ohio university is celebrating the International Year of Astronomy by displaying never-before-seen photos from NASA space telescopes.

Oil's frontiers just keep expanding

Oil's frontiers just keep expanding

What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? Or perhaps Titusville, Pa.

Help File: Garmin and MSN Direct; Blu-ray movies on computer monitors
Q: I am thinking of replacing my four-year-old Garmin GPS unit with a newer Garmin that includes free lifetime traffic data and MSN Direct. Would that ease my holiday drives?

Four things you need to know about Apple

Article:Four things you need to know about Apple:/g/a/2009/11/20/urnidgns852573C40069388000257674008159FE.DTL Article:Four things you need to know about Apple:/g/a/2009/11/20/urnidgns852573C40069388000257674008159FE.DTL 15:42 PST -- All big companies have their critics.

Microsoft Windows 8 set for 2012 release

Three charged as Comcast hackers
Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast's homepage with a shout-out to other hackers.
Microsoft Windows 8 set for 2012 release

With Windows 7 having been released nearly a month since today to rave reviews worldwide, it does make us sit up and take notice that Microsoft has plans to roll out Windows 8 in 2012that's a mere 3 years since Windows 7 was launched, keep in sync with Microsoft's rhythm of releasing major and new software every four years apart.

Fast Forward: ‘Augmented reality' fuses your world and the Web
The cameras on some new phones don't show the world as you've known it.

Harnessing the wind

There are incentives out there, but to utilize wind power, it will cost you thousands of dollars, at least up front.But if you wait out the investment, homeowners like Gail and Dan Dulgar of Seneca County say you'll get paid back.In April the Dulgars installed a wind turbine in their back yard.

False alarms prompt space station scare

False alarms prompt space station scare
Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday.

Google OS: the end of the hard drive?

Google OS: the end of the hard drive?
Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.

Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk

A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.

Fast Forward: 'Augmented reality' fuses your world and the Web
The cameras on some new phones don't show the world as you've known it.

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta hints at new features in Mac version

The revised productivity suite brings interface tweaks, useful desktop innovations, and integration with minimalist Web apps Yardena Arar, PC World Microsoft has confirmed that a new version of Microsoft Office for Mac will be released next year, with Outlook for Mac replacing Entourage.

How Microsoft blew it on Windows Mobile

How Microsoft blew it on Windows Mobile
Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up worse than a mustachioed villain in a Jackie Chan movie.

Lower does of H1N1 vaccine may be enough

California approves new energy efficiency standards for TVs
The California Energy Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to become the first state to impose energy efficiency standards for televisions. The agency estimates the move will save consumers $1 billion a year in energy costs.
Lower does of H1N1 vaccine may be enough

With flu season hotting up, debate over the use of Influenza A vaccines continues to divide opinion.

Scientists model cat's brain with huge supercomputer, a step toward a better-reasoning machine

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brainan effort that tests the limits of technology.

Social network sites criticized on bullying

Social network sites criticized on bullying
The world's biggest social networking site has rejected criticism by a senior UK police officer responsible for preventing online bullying that it is failing to combat abuse.

In space race, watch out for China

In space race, watch out for China
When China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.

Could email be obsolete in a decade?

Dictionary word of the year: 'Unfriend'
It's prone to cause drama in the online world.
Could email be obsolete in a decade?

How often do you send an email these days? Me, I send loads each day. Whether it's emails to work colleagues through the day, or emails to friends during my lunch or when I'm home at work.

Security Fix Live
Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your technology questions and offers ways to protect yourself from online security threats.

Microsoft warns of Windows 7 security hole

Atlantis blasts off on schedule
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off from Florida on Monday afternoon to haul key spare parts to prolong the life of the International Space Station.
About 250K Droids Sold In First Week: Estimate
Have you been gifted with hearing that annoying default notification sound on the Motorola Droid yet? To be exact, that robotic Droid sound that makes people want to substitute the word "dork" for "Droid." At any rate, while Verizon has been quiet about the number of Droids sold in the first week, there are estimates, and the latest comes up with about 250,000 of the nascent app phone.
Microsoft warns of Windows 7 security hole
Microsoft has confirmed reports of a security flaw in its Windows operating system that hackers could use to temporarily destabilize Windows 7 PCs. The software giant also acknowledged that blueprints for exploiting the flaw are now available online. At issue is a so-called "denial-of-service"...

Microsoft founder Paul Allen has cancer

Microsoft founder Paul Allen has cancer
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, more than 25 years after he was treated for Hodgkin's disease, a spokesman at his company Vulcan Inc. told CNN on Monday.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, more than 25 years after he was treated for Hodgkin's disease, a spokesman at his company Vulcan Inc. told CNN on Monday.
Town offers free wireless internet

A town is to become the first in the UK to provide free wireless internet access to all its residents.

The virtual doctor visit: Health monitoring at home
Every morning at 10 a.m. sharp, Juanita Wood, 87, taps "okay" on a screen to start up a device that takes her blood pressure and transmits the information to her medical clinic. At 10:30 a.m., her husband, Arthur, 91, touch-starts his own device, neatly lined up next to hers. The machine calculates...

Leonid meteor shower to peak Tuesday

Leonid meteor shower to peak Tuesday
This year's Leonid meteor shower will peak early Tuesday, forecasters say, producing mild but pretty sparks over the United States and a more intense outburst over Asia.

Apple battles 'jailbreakers' over iPhone control

Apple battles 'jailbreakers' over iPhone control
When he was 17, George Hotz poured hundreds of hours of his summer vacation into a special project: learning the iPhone's secrets. His unpaid labor eventually paid off.

Top 5 Social Engineering Exploit Techniques

If you want to hack a corporation fast, Social Engineering techniques work every time and more often than not it works the first time.

States make strides in efficiency

Atlantis set to launch
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to blast off from Florida on Monday afternoon to haul key spare parts to prolong the life of the International Space Station.
States make strides in efficiency

Its romantic to think that all people need is the thought of contributing to the preservation of our planet for them to invest in climate change.

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Microsoft Confirms First Windows 7 Zero-Day Vulnerability

Microsoft on Friday confirmed the first Windows 7 unpatched security bug. It was first reported by Canadian researcher Laurent Gaffie on Wednesday, when he revealed the bug and posted proof-of-concept attack code to the Full Disclosure security mailing list and his blog.

Canada's space clown got 23 times more world attention than Afghan mission: study

Canada's first space clown can brag that his recent trip into the cosmos generated at least 23 times more international news coverage this year than this country's mission in Afghanistan.

All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future

WASHINGTON: Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? The News Corp.

Technology takes the guesswork out of sailing into stormy weather
When stormy weather threatens, modern technology is a sailor's best friend.

Microsoft Admits Windows 7 Upgrade Tool Uses GPL Source Code
In October, Microsoft announced a tool to allow netbooks lacking DVDs to install Windows 7; it was a key point of the new OS that it run on underpowered netbooks. Unfortunately, it improperly used GPL source code, which Microsoft admitted on Friday the 13th, a few days after pulling the tool.

Intel finally settles with AMD

Chip giant Intel Corp. has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices in a settlement that ends a five-year complaint over Intel's aggressive business practices.

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

NASA finds 'significant' water on the moon
NASA has discovered water on the moon, based on data from the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, that plunged into the moon last month, the principal investigator for LCROSS said Friday.
FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by Genzyme, the second time this year the biotechnology company has been cited for contamination issues.

Copyright overreach goes on world tour
Some of the better ideas in the computing industry never make it into stores, and not because of expensive hardware, complex code or inadequate bandwidth. You can blame laws that keep otherwise desirable products off of the market.
MacChat: Steve does great Jobs

PLE CEO Steve Jobs has been named Fortune magazine’s CEO of the Decade, and it’s hard to imagine a more worthy candidate.

The man who gave us the personal computer, graphical user interface and mouse has, in the past 10 years, redefined the entertainment and mobile communications industries with the iPod and iPhone, driven computer innovation with the Mac and Mac OS X and brought Apple back from the brink of destruction to become the second-biggest technology company after Microsoft.

Along the way, he found time to build up animation studio Pixar into a powerhouse that attracted Walt Disney.

Jobs had personal battles too, surviving a brush with cancer in 2004 and then complications which saw him receive a liver transplant earlier this year.

While Apple products inspire a religious devotion in their users, Jobs is something of a cult figure himself. Cast out into the wilderness in 1985 by the company he co-founded, he had a second coming in 1996 as its saviour when it was on the brink of bankruptcy.

The original iMac, launched in 1998, helped keep the company alive and from 2001 it was full steam ahead.

Upon Jobs’ return, Dell founder Michael Dell famously suggested he shut down the company and give the money back to the shareholders. Jobs responded by drawing a target over a picture of Dell and saying: ``We’re coming to get you.’’

Apple is now worth six times as much as Dell and has enough cash on hand to buy Dell outright.

Below is a look back at the Decade of Jobs and Apple:

January 2001: iTunes for Mac OS 9

March 2001: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, iTunes for Mac OS X

September 2001: Mac OS X 10.1 Puma

October 2001: Original iPod (Mac only)

January 2002: Flat-panel iMac

August 2002: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

January 2003: Safari web browser for Mac

April 2003: iTunes Store (Mac only)

October 2003: iTunes for Windows, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

January 2004: iPod mini

July 2004: Jobs undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer, appears on cover of Newsweek with 4G iPod

January 2005: iPod shuffle

April 2005: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

June 2005: Jobs announces the Mac is moving to Intel processors

September 2005: iPod nano

October 2005: iTunes Store launches in Australia, movies and TV shows added to iTunes Store US

January 2006: First Intel Macs launch, Macworld, Disney buys Pixar

February 2006: MacBook Pro replaces PowerBook

April 2006: Boot Camp beta enables Windows on Intel Macs

May 2006: MacBook replaces iBook

June 2007: iPhone released in US, Safari for Windows

September 2007: iPod touch

October 2007: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

January 2008: ``World’s thinnest notebook’’ MacBook Air

June 2008: TV shows added to iTunes Store Australia

July 2008: iPhone 3G is released worldwide, App Store launches

August 2008: Movies added to iTunes Store Australia

August 2008: Amid concerns over Jobs’ gaunt appearance, Bloomberg accidentally publishes his obituary

January 2009: Jobs begins six months’ medical leave, Apple share price plunges below $US80

April 2009: App Store’s billionth download

June 2009: iPhone 3GS released

August 2009: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

October 2009: Apple share price reaches all-time high of $US205

November 2009: App Store passes 100,000 apps

Source: Wikipedia

iTunes Preview: iTunes-Less Access To The iTunes Store

Facebook status update provides alibi
For 19-year-old Rodney Bradford, a simple Facebook status update turned into much more: a rock-solid alibi after he was accused of a crime.
iTunes Preview: iTunes-Less Access To The iTunes Store
While it's hard to imagine, there are people who don't have iTunes installed on their computer. Either its a work computer, a spare computer, or (gasp) they have a Zune or other MP3 player. Folks, Apple has a deal for you: no longer do you need to install iTunes if someone sends you an iTunes link. No, instead, there's iTunes Preview, which is essentially iTunes in a browser (more or less, click above to enlarge).

Google poised to be your phone company

Google poised to be your phone company
Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.

iPhone hacker: worm or boy wonder?

Rickrolling iPhone hacker Ashley: worm or boy wonder? LOUISA HEARN November 13, 200911:17AM Comments 25 The infected iPhone screen, Rick Astley virus wallpaper image , and Ashley Towns .

New copyright laws could impose more restrictrions on digital technology
Some of the better ideas in the computing industry never make it into stores, and not because of expensive hardware, complex code or inadequate bandwidth. You can only blame laws that keep otherwise desirable products off the market.

Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players

Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players
It's oh-so enticing: you find a copy of a brand new game like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on a pirate site and the temptation to download it is too strong.

5 tips for fixing up your Facebook

5 tips for fixing up your Facebook
Still can't figure out Facebook's new settings? Want to hide FarmVille updates, or scrub your news feed of a pal's endless baby pictures? Here are five tips for navigating the ever-evolving world of Facebook.

'Modern Warfare 2' terrorism hits close to home

'Modern Warfare 2' terrorism hits close to home
The early hours of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" take gamers around the world and back again, but the new game's story hits close to home.

US fish have high mercury levels

Here's some news to put you off your fish supper; a report from the Environmental Protection Agency has said that nearly half of freshwater lakes and reservoirs in the US, contain fish with "potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury." It wasn't just mercury found in fish stocks; high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls or pesticides ...

New Data Stealing Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones
It's been a nasty week for jailbroken iPhones. First there was a blackmail hack, of sorts. Then there was a hack whick "rickrolled" devices, but was otherwise harmless (well, except for turning your iPhone into a Typhoid Mary). Using the same vulnerability, there's a new tool that allows a hacker to download user information off a jailbroken iPhone.

Microsoft bans up to 1m gamers with modified Xbox 360s

Microsoft says it is cutting off gamers who have modified their Xbox 360 consoles by adding extra chips or hard drives from its Xbox Live online services.

The Cloud, London

Cloud technology is fast becoming the method of choice for users that want to access all their information where-ever they are in the world... but an actual 'Digital Cloud' is being pondered to be a centre piece of the city's Olympic village.

Collider resumes hunt for 'God particle'

Collider resumes hunt for 'God particle'
Excitement is building around the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider as the European Organization for Nuclear Research gears up to circulate a high-energy proton beam around the machine's 17-mile tunnel.

Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews

Protesters hijack more than 200 Facebook groups
Hundreds of Facebook groups have been hijacked in recent days by users pointing out what they say is a weakness in how the social-networking site handles the administration of its groups.
So why is Google buying AdMob?

Google are about take a huge step towards acquiring a much larger stake in the mobile ad marketplace by purchasing mobile ad firm AdMob for a reported $750 million.

Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro discusses recent reviews and answers your personal tech questions.

Apple ships 50+ security updates

Lively start-up culture keeps Israel thriving
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns to Washington, D.C., Monday to address the General Assembly American Jewish Federations at a time of concern in Israel that the U.S.-Israel relationship is adrift.
New Intel Reader Reads Aloud To The Visually Impaired
Intel on Tuesday introduced a new e-book reader, one designed for the visually impaired, which can read digital files of books aloud, as well as capture images from printed material via a 5-megapixel digital camera and similarly read the text aloud at a variety of listening speeds.
Apple ships 50+ security updates
Apple has shipped a large security update for computers running its Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems for the Mac. The bundle contains security fixes for more than 50 vulnerabilities, including updates for components like Adaptive Firewall , FTP server , QuickTime and Spotlight . The...

Road Trains: Pile-ups guaranteed

The European Union has financed a study to look at how grouping vehicles into 'platoons' or 'road trains' on the continent's motorways could cut fuel consumption, journey times and congestion.

Firefox turns 5, faces new challenges

Firefox turns 5, faces new challenges
The first version of the popular Firefox browser was released five years ago this week. Firefox accounts for almost a quarter of browser usage today but faces new challenges from Google and Microsoft.

Obesity link with MS

Obesity link with MS

A study by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health has found that being obese as a teenager may be linked with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis as an adult.

Discovery Communications launches science news Web site
Silver Spring-based Discovery Communications announced Monday that it has launched a new Web site dedicated to reporting science and technology news.

Airport bus to run on food waste

East Midlands Airport in the UK plans to introduce passenger buses powered by food waste as part of its bid to become 100% environmentally friendly.

Sprint Commits Another $1 Billion to Clearwire

Apple tablet could cement Jobs' legacy
Apple is rumored to be working on a wireless tablet that would serve as an e-reader. The device could be CEO Steve Jobs' attempt to boost his legacy by saving the struggling print media.
Sprint Commits Another $1 Billion to Clearwire

Sprint and its investor partners have agreed to invest another $1.5 billion in Clearwire, provider of WiMax services.

Space power

Space power

An image from Japan's Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer shows a giant space solar power system .

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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in concessional loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries, as the Asian powerhouse looked to deflect criticism that its investments in the continent were motivated purely by greed.

Going to the office . . . in Second Life

Going to the office . . . in Second Life
As recession-minded businesses cut back on travel for employees, online communities such as Second Life are filling the void. More than 1,400 companies and agencies now use Second Life avatars to hold virtual meetings and conduct training.
Simulated Photos Show Turbines Off Sc Coast

A photo simulation made as part of a South Carolina utility's research into wind power shows large wind turbines would barely be visible if built eight miles off the state's coast.

Apple's App Store tops 100,000 programmes

Apple announced that outside developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programmes for iPhones and iPod Touch devices.

Fast Forward: Verizon's Droid takes on Apple's iPhone

Q&A: How design can change the world
The title of Warren Berger's recently published book -- "Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life and Maybe Even the World" -- is ambitious.
Developer: Proposed wind farm site is too windy

A wind-power company says a western Maine site it's been looking at is too windy for turbines.

Fast Forward: Verizon's Droid takes on Apple's iPhone
Please don't call the Droid an "iPhone killer." Verizon Wireless's new Motorola smartphone , running Google's Android open-source software , won't drive Apple's device from the market. (Besides, labeling anything an iPod or iPhone killer usually seems to ensure its quick demise.)

Google releases Dashboard tool

Google releases Dashboard tool
Ever wonder what information Google knows about you? With a click or two, now you can find out.

How green IT can save you money

Since the recession the number of companies employing green initiatives has fallen sharply as companies put so called "unnecessary" outlays on the back burner.

Motorola's new Droid smartphone for Verizon is a worthy competitor of Apple's iPhone

Google tries its hand at customer service
If you rely on a compelling service that happens to be free, what level of customer support are you entitled to receive?
Will the Sahara one day power Europe?

The solar potential of Africa is widely known. The continent would have more than enough to satisfy the energy needs of every country within its borders, and could even have some left over.

Motorola's new Droid smartphone for Verizon is a worthy competitor of Apple's iPhone
Please don't call the Droid an "iPhone killer." Verizon Wireless's new Motorola smartphone, running Google's Android open-source software, won't drive Apple's device from the market. (Besides, labeling anything an iPod or iPhone killer usually seems to ensure its quick demise.) But the Droid is a...

Hacker Unlocks iPhone 3GS From "Carrier Prison"

Life-logging camera may help fight memory loss
A small, wearable camera that captures images automatically could change the way memory loss patients, in particular those with Alzheimer's, are treated, experts say.
Hacker Unlocks iPhone 3GS From "Carrier Prison"
Geohot has done it again. He recently released an iPhone OS 3.1.2 jailbreak, and now he's released a software unlock for the device as well. This enables users to slip a different carrier's SIM into the device so it can be used on another network.

X-ray machine voted top scientific invention

X-ray machine voted top scientific invention
The X-ray machine was Wednesday named the most important scientific invention, in a poll marking the centenary of the Science Museum in London.

Apps of the week: Games to entertain kids

Apps of the week: Games to entertain kids
Your kids may be too young for their own cell phones.

China says space plans peaceful

China says space plans peaceful

China's foreign ministry insisted on Thursday that the country's intentions in space were peaceful, after comments from top air force brass preparing to celebrate a 60th anniversary worried analysts in the United States.

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Innovative construction in the Middle East

Over the past decade, areas of the Middle East such as the United Arab Emirates have defined themselves with innovative construction projects and producing some of the most distinctive buildings in the world.

Cashmore: Twitter lists and real-time journalism

Cashmore: Twitter lists and real-time journalism
The Twitter community is abuzz this week about the site's new "Lists" feature, which allows users to create collections of interesting people to follow on the micro-messaging service.

Apps of the week: Games to entertain kids

Apps of the week: Games to entertain kids
Your kids may be too young for their own cell phones.
Elevator To Space? Theya Re Really Trying

Rocketing off to space? Some think an elevator might be the way to go. The so-called space elevator is the future goal of this week's $2 million Space Elevator Games in the Mojave Desert.

A trip into the secret, online 'cloud'

A trip into the secret, online 'cloud'
When you store photos and documents online, where do they really go? CNN went on a scavenger hunt into "the cloud" of the Internet to find out. The journey ends in a rural valley in California ... and in a fog.

The wonder of sustainable building materials

Review: Rock on with 'Brutal Legend'
From the ingenious mind of game designer Tim Schafer ("Day of the Tentacle," "Psychonauts") comes an uber-fun fantasy adventure starring funny man Jack Black as Eddie Riggs, an aging roadie who longs for the glory days of heavy metal music.
The wonder of sustainable building materials

The idea of sustainable buildings involves the integration of a variety of strategies during the design, construction and operation stages of a building project.

Great white sharks coming closer to shore than thought, researchers find
For years, humans have thought of great white sharks wandering the sea at random, only occasionally venturing close to shore.

Would You Pay $30 / Month for TV Via iTunes?
Pay attention now. We're not talking Apple TV. We're talking about something that Apple has been pitching to TV networks, according to Media Memo. The question for you: would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes?

Smart phone market dominance

New technologies such as ebook reader Kindle and gaming system N-Gage could potentially fail, if smart phones such as the iPhone continue to dominate the market.

My week creating 'digital memory'

My week creating 'digital memory'
CNN.com reporter John Sutter spent a week testing the theory of "e-memory," which says people can snap photos or shoot video to create searchable databases of their lives. Here's how it went.

How GPS devices pinpoint the location of moving objects

'Scubacraft' probes ocean's surface, depths
The vehicle shown above may be both yellow and submersible, but please don't call it a submarine. It's a Scubacraft, the first self-contained submersible that's also a capable surface watercraft.
Trident Laser Accelerates Protons To Record Energies

Using this technique, scientists can now accelerate particles to extremely high velocities that would otherwise only be possible using large accelerator facilities.

How GPS devices pinpoint the location of moving objects
America has seen its last Lost Generation. Thanks to an invisible armada of incessantly broadcasting satellites, collectively called the Global Positioning System, and to the explosive proliferation of GPS receivers in gadgets from dashboard map units to cellphones to dog collars, even the cartog...

Microsoft: Worms Are Most Prevalent Security Problem

The Conficker worm continues to be one of the most prevalent threats facing PCs running Windows, according to a new security report published by Microsoft.

The new Droid by Motorola

Verizon Wireless' answer to the iPhonethe Droidwill go on sale next week for $200. Verizon revealed details today after intensely advertising the device in recent weeks.

Kids on social networks: Too soon?
Status updates and FarmVille aren't just for adults or teens anymore. Researchers say more children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace. But how young is too young?
OnLoveDigital Love: Looking for love on virtual-reality Web sites
A recent study by four academics, including professors from Harvard Business School and Duke University, suggests that online dating sites regularly leave users disappointed because they present potential matches as a rundown of characteristics -- age, race, religion, income -- that in no way emb...

Animal experiments in the UK

Animal experiments are a subject that will get a lot of people's blood boiling. I won't buy a product if it's been tested on animals, and I know a lot of people feel the same way.

Scientist known as father of China's space program dies

Scientist known as father of China's space program dies

He was 98. Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, began his career in the U.S. and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics before returning to China in 1955, driven out of the United States at the height of anticommunist fervour.

Help File: Bungled bundled software on a Dell; yet another phishing fraud
Q: My Dell Windows XP laptop keeps showing the same "Windows Installer" prompt telling me to insert a disc I don't have to run some Sonic program. How do I stop it?