Monday, June 14, 2010

Road Trip Pic of the day, 6/14: What is this?
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:49:21 PDT ]
Are you an aviation buff? Then maybe you know what this plane is and its history. If you also know where it's located, you could win a prize in the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Moring Edition: Project Natal is now Kinect
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:48:45 PDT ]
The World Cup sets a record in Internet traffic, possible Nintendo 3DS screenshots are leaked, and Microsoft's project Natal gets an official name.

Trend Micro to buy cloud storage provider Humyo
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:55:22 PDT ]
Company eyes acquisition as way to provide its customers with secure online backup, recovery, and file synchronization.

Moring Edition: Project Natal is now Kinect
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:48:45 PDT ]
The World Cup sets a record in Internet traffic, possible Nintendo 3DS screenshots are leaked, and Microsoft's project Natal gets an official name.

iPhone 4 at Best Buy June 24, preorders start June 15
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:34:40 PDT ]
The electronics retailer will join Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Apple, and AT&T in selling the iPhone 4 the first day that the gadget is available to the public.

iPhone 4 at Best Buy June 24, preorders start June 15
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:34:40 PDT ]
The electronics retailer will join Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, Apple, and AT&T in selling the iPhone 4 the first day that the gadget is available to the public.

Road Trip Pic of the day, 6/14: What is this?
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:49:21 PDT ]
Are you an aviation buff? Then maybe you know what this plane is and its history. If you also know where it's located, you could win a prize in the Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Trend Micro to buy cloud storage provider Humyo
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:55:22 PDT ]
Company eyes acquisition as way to provide its customers with secure online backup, recovery, and file synchronization.

Are news sites protecting your personal info?
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:55:34 PDT ]
Dealbreaker gives freelance writer, an accused plagiarist, access to readers' personal info and he apparently used it to try to intimidate his critics.

Are news sites protecting your personal info?
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:55:34 PDT ]
Dealbreaker gives freelance writer, an accused plagiarist, access to readers' personal info and he apparently used it to try to intimidate his critics.

Why fans help choose SXSW's schedule
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:29:38 EDT ]
Over the past few years, the South by Southwest Interactive Festival has emerged as one of the most important events in the international new media landscape, bringing thousands of the industry's most creative thinkers to Austin, Texas, every March for five days of panels, networking and fun.

Kids, researchers try 'video playdates'
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:11:29 EDT ]
At first, Ella didn't really understand Skype. But don't blame her -- she was one year old, and just starting 'video play dates.'

Kids, researchers try 'video playdates'
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:11:29 EDT ]
At first, Ella didn't really understand Skype. But don't blame her -- she was one year old, and just starting 'video play dates.'

Why fans help choose SXSW's schedule
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:29:38 EDT ]
Over the past few years, the South by Southwest Interactive Festival has emerged as one of the most important events in the international new media landscape, bringing thousands of the industry's most creative thinkers to Austin, Texas, every March for five days of panels, networking and fun.

My first impressions of Microsoft's 'Kinect'
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:20:13 EDT ]
Microsoft and Cirque du Soleil jumped the gun on Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) events with a special pre-show gala Sunday night celebrating motion-control system Project Natal's official renaming as "Kinect."

My first impressions of Microsoft's 'Kinect'
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:20:13 EDT ]
Microsoft and Cirque du Soleil jumped the gun on Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) events with a special pre-show gala Sunday night celebrating motion-control system Project Natal's official renaming as "Kinect."

Video gaming 'history' to be made this week at E3
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:45:12 EDT ]
For gamers, it's a digital Christmas Eve, Mardi Gras and Fourth of July all rolled into one.

Video gaming 'history' to be made this week at E3
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:45:12 EDT ]
For gamers, it's a digital Christmas Eve, Mardi Gras and Fourth of July all rolled into one.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Could NATO obligations drag the US into a cyberwar?
[ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:52:10 GMT ]
The U.S. government could come to face a chilling question: Should it get dragged into a shooting war by a cyber attack on an ally? Or should it decline, and threaten the fiber of the NATO alliance?

Russian rocket primed for mission to station
[ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:36:32 GMT ]

The launch escape tower on Russia's Soyuz rocket blocks the sun as the launch vehicle is raised from a horizontal to a vertical position on its launch pad in Kazakhstan on Sunday.A Russian rocket set to carry a three-person U.S.-Russian crew to the international space station was moved Sunday to a launch pad in preparation for blastoff.


Slideshow: See the beauty of Brazil̢۪s biodiversity
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:33:12 GMT ]

Spectacular species are being preserved with the help of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program in Brazil's São Paulo State.Spectacular species are being preserved with the help of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program in Brazil's São Paulo State.


Cosmic Log: Oil flow strains the system
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:03:15 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How much oil is being lost every day in the Gulf of Mexico spill? That’s one big question, but here's another: How much oil can be captured?Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How much oil is being lost every day in the Gulf of Mexico spill? That’s one big question, but here's another: How much oil can be captured?


Asteroid probe makes fiery return to Earth
[ Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:08:30 GMT ]

June 13: Watch a video of the Hayabusa asteroid probe's descent and breakup, captured by a camera aboard NASA's DC-8 research airplane over Australia. (Other)A fiery burst of light over the Australian Outback late Sunday marked the return of a Japanese space probe, potentially carrying samples from an asteroid.


Oops: 'FML' meme now plastered on NY subway
[ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:18:04 PDT ]
A service merger means that a Manhattan station now bears the acronym of one of the Web's best-known profanities for expressing frustration.

Readers' favorite uses for the iPad
[ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:41:23 PDT ]
CNET readers' top 10 ways they have found nirvana with Apple's tablet.

Probe returns to Earth after asteroid landing
[ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:11:02 PDT ]
Japan's Hayabusa space probe returns to Earth after landing on an asteroid. It landed in Australia and may carry asteroid material.

Did students commit 'suicide by laptop'?
[ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:24:58 PDT ]
Fears are growing in Scotland that two college students may have rigged their laptops to deliver lethal injections in a suicide pact.

AT&T e-mail apologizes for iPad data breach
[ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:37:35 PDT ]
Company's chief privacy officer lays much of the blame with the group that discovered the hole, saying it was motivated by a desire for publicity.

Can online 'bill analyzers' cut your expenses?
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:02:15 EDT ]
Every year, I pay $200 or so too much for auto insurance. I also throw away about $500 extra for my cell phone plan.

Experts: We'll all work in the 'cloud' by 2020
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:29:46 EDT ]
In a recent survey of around 900 Internet and tech experts and social analysts, Elon University researchers found that most of their respondents said Internet users will "live mostly in the cloud" by 2020.

Why website crashes are unavoidable
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:41:07 EDT ]
This has been a week of crashing websites.

Kids, researchers experiment with 'video playdates'
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:11:29 EDT ]
At first, Ella didn't really understand Skype. But don't blame her -- she was one year old, and just starting 'video play dates.'

Pew survey: Our data is headed to the cloud
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:41:06 GMT ]
By 2020, Internet users will keep their data "mostly in the cloud," using Web-based programs and remote servers, and not on their home or work computers, according to a new  Pew  survey.

Pew survey: Our data is headed to the cloud
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:41:06 GMT ]
By 2020, Internet users will keep their data "mostly in the cloud," using Web-based programs and remote servers, and not on their home or work computers, according to a new  Pew  survey.

Cosmic Log: Satellites focus on World Cup
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:35:16 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Orbiting satellites provide out-of-this-world views of the 10 World Cup soccer stadiums in South Africa.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Orbiting satellites provide out-of-this-world views of the 10 World Cup soccer stadiums in South Africa.


Cosmic Log: Satellites focus on World Cup
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:35:16 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Orbiting satellites provide out-of-this-world views of the 10 World Cup soccer stadiums in South Africa.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Orbiting satellites provide out-of-this-world views of the 10 World Cup soccer stadiums in South Africa.


Could NATO obligations drag the US into a cyberwar?
[ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:52:10 GMT ]
The U.S. government could come to face a chilling question: Should it get dragged into a shooting war by a cyber attack on an ally? Or should it decline, and threaten the fiber of the NATO alliance?

Could NATO obligations drag the US into a cyberwar?
[ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:52:10 GMT ]
The U.S. government could come to face a chilling question: Should it get dragged into a shooting war by a cyber attack on an ally? Or should it decline, and threaten the fiber of the NATO alliance?

Slideshow: See the beauty of Brazil̢۪s biodiversity
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:33:12 GMT ]

Spectacular species are being preserved with the help of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program in Brazil's São Paulo State.Spectacular species are being preserved with the help of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program in Brazil's São Paulo State.


Solar light bulb to shine on developing world
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:09:50 PDT ]
The Nokero solar-powered LED light bulb is designed for the more than 1 billion people who rely on kerosene lamps due to limited or no electricity.

VMware teams up with Novell on Suse Linux
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:59:38 PDT ]
VMware will standardize its virtual appliance-based products on Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server to try to ward off a growing threat from Microsoft.

Cosmic Log: Oil flow strains the system
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:03:15 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How much oil is being lost every day in the Gulf of Mexico spill? That’s one big question, but here's another: How much oil can be captured?Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How much oil is being lost every day in the Gulf of Mexico spill? That’s one big question, but here's another: How much oil can be captured?


Slideshow: See the beauty of Brazil̢۪s biodiversity
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:33:12 GMT ]

Spectacular species are being preserved with the help of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program in Brazil's São Paulo State.Spectacular species are being preserved with the help of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program in Brazil's São Paulo State.


Cosmic Log: Oil flow strains the system
[ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:03:15 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How much oil is being lost every day in the Gulf of Mexico spill? That’s one big question, but here's another: How much oil can be captured?Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: How much oil is being lost every day in the Gulf of Mexico spill? That’s one big question, but here's another: How much oil can be captured?


Solar light bulb to shine on developing world
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:09:50 PDT ]
The Nokero solar-powered LED light bulb is designed for the more than 1 billion people who rely on kerosene lamps due to limited or no electricity.

VMware teams up with Novell on Suse Linux
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:59:38 PDT ]
VMware will standardize its virtual appliance-based products on Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server to try to ward off a growing threat from Microsoft.

Judge deals possibly final blow to SCO over Linux
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:42:10 PDT ]
SCO's request for a new trial is rejected, and an April decision that deemed Novell the rightful owner of key Unix copyrights is upheld.

Judge deals possibly final blow to SCO over Linux
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:42:10 PDT ]
SCO's request for a new trial is rejected, and an April decision that deemed Novell the rightful owner of key Unix copyrights is upheld.

Soldier leaked Google attack investigation details, hacker says
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:45:25 PDT ]
Hacker Adrian Lamo says the Army analyst who confided to him about leaking air-strike videos and diplomatic cables also told him he leaked details about a U.S. investigation of cyberattacks on Google.

Soldier leaked Google attack investigation details, hacker says
[ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:45:25 PDT ]
Hacker Adrian Lamo says the Army analyst who confided to him about leaking air-strike videos and diplomatic cables also told him he leaked details about a U.S. investigation of cyberattacks on Google.