Friday, July 23, 2010

Web host to return Blogetery's blogs
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:51:11 PDT ]
Web hosting service Burst.net, which terminated Blogetery's service following an FBI terrorist investigation, says it will return data to the blogging platform.

What will inspire tomorrow's astronauts?
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:04:48 EDT ]
Chris Ferguson remembers being 9 years old, watching astronaut Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Web host to return Blogetery's blogs
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:51:11 PDT ]
Web hosting service Burst.net, which terminated Blogetery's service following an FBI terrorist investigation, says it will return data to the blogging platform.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/23: What is this?
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT ]
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/23: What is this?
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT ]
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Energy Dept. funds CO2 recycling, 'solar fuels'
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:27:40 PDT ]
Part of a stimulus plan, the Energy Department creates a California-based "innovation hub" for artificial photosynthesis and funds tests to use waste CO2 in building materials and plastics.

Energy Dept. funds CO2 recycling, 'solar fuels'
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:27:40 PDT ]
Part of a stimulus plan, the Energy Department creates a California-based "innovation hub" for artificial photosynthesis and funds tests to use waste CO2 in building materials and plastics.

Apple's free Bumpers: There's an app for that
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:37:24 PDT ]
You won't have to wait in line at a store to get your free case. You will have to download an app and wait 3-5 weeks for delivery. All told, not bad.

Apple's free Bumpers: There's an app for that
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:37:24 PDT ]
You won't have to wait in line at a store to get your free case. You will have to download an app and wait 3-5 weeks for delivery. All told, not bad.

What will inspire tomorrow's astronauts?
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:04:48 EDT ]
Chris Ferguson remembers being 9 years old, watching astronaut Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Apple: White iPhone 4 delayed again
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:44:22 EDT ]
If you're holding off on the iPhone 4 so you can get a white one, you'll have to wait a little longer.

Apple: White iPhone 4 delayed again
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:44:22 EDT ]
If you're holding off on the iPhone 4 so you can get a white one, you'll have to wait a little longer.

For all its might, Google is no 'product-killer'
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:18:36 EDT ]
Google has invested billions of dollars building dozens of different products across a wide swath of the technology industry, from productivity tools to mobile phones to e-commerce.

For all its might, Google is no 'product-killer'
[ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:18:36 EDT ]
Google has invested billions of dollars building dozens of different products across a wide swath of the technology industry, from productivity tools to mobile phones to e-commerce.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

New supersonic passenger jet set for takeoff
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:21:31 GMT ]

The Aerion Supersonic Business Jet will be able to carry a dozen passengers at speeds of up to Mach 1.5 for more than 4,000 miles. It is currently undergoing proof-of-concept aerodynamic testing.Supersonic passenger travel was grounded in 2003 because of falling revenues and rising maintenance costs. The Aerion Supersonic Business Jet promises to help travelers break the sound barrier again.


Peru archaeologists find hall for human sacrifice
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:08:22 GMT ]
An ancient ceremonial ground used by a Pre-Columbian civilization for human sacrifices has been uncovered on Peru's northern coast, archaeologists said on Thursday.

Mama wannabe monkey adopts baby of another species
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:04:32 GMT ]

A lion tamarin monkey at the London Zoo has adopted a baby monkey of another species. Here, the "mother" lion tamarin and the baby emperor tamarin. A childless female monkey has found a way to satiate her maternal drive adopt a baby from another species, zookeepers report today.


Twitter building its own data servers — finally!
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:49:02 GMT ]
Frequent availability issues caused by the blessing/curse of too many users may finally have a permanent solution: Twitter is building its own data center.

Top 10 new species of 2009 named
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:46 GMT ]

This bomb-dropping worm, Swima bombiviridis, is among the top 10 species discovered in 2009, according to the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. The annual roundup winnows down a list of about 20,000 species described each year to just a few mind-benders.
 
"It is a great way of getting the public involved in biodiversity," says Mary Liz Jameson, a biodiversity scientist at Wichita State University and chair of this year's selection committee. While the criteria for selection include scientific significance, Jameson admits that "the cool factor" also plays a part.
 
For example, the bomb-dropping worm found off the coast of California "has these green gills it can kind of throw off, and the predator will follow the gill instead of following the [worm], so it is tripping up the predator," Jameson said. "It's really cool."The International Institute for Species Exploration's annual top 10 species list includes some weird and wild choices.


Stream your TV--Jasmine's Tech Dos & Don'ts
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:46:31 PDT ]
Get schooled by CNET editor Jasmine France. This week she gives tips on watching and downloading video on the Web.

Tech's results are in (earnings roundup)
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:54:58 PDT ]
And overall things are looking pretty good. See earnings results for Amazon, Microsoft, AT&T, Netflix, eBay, VMware, Yahoo, Apple, IBM, AMD, Google, and Intel.

Baidu hacking lawsuit allowed to proceed
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:06:27 PDT ]
U.S. district judge says China's leading Internet search company has a "plausible" case related to a hacking that disabled the company's site for hours.

ABC taps YouTube Direct for local video curation
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:55:57 PDT ]
YouTube and ABC's local Bay Area station have gone public with their new effort to curate local news clips. Rumors of the collaboration had surfaced late last month.

Twitter finds West Coast is happier than East
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:14:00 PDT ]
Researchers from Harvard and Northeastern quantify and visualize happiness by examining tweets. A happier West Coast is among their conclusions.

Five things that could topple Facebook's empire
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:01:42 EDT ]
Facebook is primed to announce this week that it's amassed a half billion active friends, a milestone reinforcing its status as the king of social networks -- a company to be regarded with the seriousness and power (if not revenue) of Google, Apple, Yahoo and Microsoft.

Video games hope to hit big at Comic-Con
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:19:39 EDT ]
Fresh off their E3 convention in June, video-game makers are setting their sights on new audiences as they arrive at the Comic-Con convention opening Thursday in San Diego, California.

Should Facebook add a dislike button?
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:19:32 EDT ]
Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about social media. He is writing a weekly column about social networking and tech for CNN.com.

Who in the world still isn't on Facebook?
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:18:18 EDT ]
Seriously ... at this point, who's not on Facebook?

Send up the signal! Batman-singing pug is missing
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:36:08 GMT ]

Teddy Almond Turtle (right) is the star of the self-explanatory video, and, as meme-aggregating website Urlesque writes, "He has a preternatural grasp of the English language and he knows better than to say meaningless things like 'woof' and 'arf.' This pug yells for Batman." Teddy Almond Turtle sounds like he's yelling "Batman" when he howls —so much so that since his YouTube video went viral, it's been repeatedly mashed up the theme from the 1960s "Batman" series.


Send up the signal! Batman-singing pug is missing
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:36:08 GMT ]

Teddy Almond Turtle (right) is the star of the self-explanatory video, and, as meme-aggregating website Urlesque writes, "He has a preternatural grasp of the English language and he knows better than to say meaningless things like 'woof' and 'arf.' This pug yells for Batman." Teddy Almond Turtle sounds like he's yelling "Batman" when he howls —so much so that since his YouTube video went viral, it's been repeatedly mashed up the theme from the 1960s "Batman" series.


Lenovo plans Android tablet
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:34:17 GMT ]
Lenovo Group, the world's No.4 PC brand, said it will roll out its own tablet PC, becoming the latest technology company to jump on the bandwagon for computers styled after Apple's popular iPad.

Lenovo plans Android tablet
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:34:17 GMT ]
Lenovo Group, the world's No.4 PC brand, said it will roll out its own tablet PC, becoming the latest technology company to jump on the bandwagon for computers styled after Apple's popular iPad.

Flipboard for iPad: Part revolution, part ridiculous
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:57:30 GMT ]

"Flipboard may be the iPad's most powerful content aggregator, but it'll take a skilled user to filter what's really important," says Jared Newman of PCWorld.On a platform filled with ways to consume media, Flipboard's iPad app fills the niche of making Twitter and Facebook status updates seem more important than they are.


Flipboard for iPad: Part revolution, part ridiculous
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:57:30 GMT ]

"Flipboard may be the iPad's most powerful content aggregator, but it'll take a skilled user to filter what's really important," says Jared Newman of PCWorld.On a platform filled with ways to consume media, Flipboard's iPad app fills the niche of making Twitter and Facebook status updates seem more important than they are.


Archaeologists find new structure at Stonehenge
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:54:00 GMT ]

People attend the annual summer solstice at the Stonehenge monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, southern England June 21, 2010. Archaeologists have discovered a wooden version of British prehistoric monument Stonehenge at the same site, the


Archaeologists find new structure at Stonehenge
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:54:00 GMT ]

People attend the annual summer solstice at the Stonehenge monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, southern England June 21, 2010. Archaeologists have discovered a wooden version of British prehistoric monument Stonehenge at the same site, the


Top 10 new species of 2009 named
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:46 GMT ]

This bomb-dropping worm, Swima bombiviridis, is among the top 10 species discovered in 2009, according to the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. The annual roundup winnows down a list of about 20,000 species described each year to just a few mind-benders.
 
"It is a great way of getting the public involved in biodiversity," says Mary Liz Jameson, a biodiversity scientist at Wichita State University and chair of this year's selection committee. While the criteria for selection include scientific significance, Jameson admits that "the cool factor" also plays a part.
 
For example, the bomb-dropping worm found off the coast of California "has these green gills it can kind of throw off, and the predator will follow the gill instead of following the [worm], so it is tripping up the predator," Jameson said. "It's really cool."The International Institute for Species Exploration's annual top 10 species list includes some weird and wild choices.


Top 10 new species of 2009 named
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:09:46 GMT ]

This bomb-dropping worm, Swima bombiviridis, is among the top 10 species discovered in 2009, according to the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. The annual roundup winnows down a list of about 20,000 species described each year to just a few mind-benders.
 
"It is a great way of getting the public involved in biodiversity," says Mary Liz Jameson, a biodiversity scientist at Wichita State University and chair of this year's selection committee. While the criteria for selection include scientific significance, Jameson admits that "the cool factor" also plays a part.
 
For example, the bomb-dropping worm found off the coast of California "has these green gills it can kind of throw off, and the predator will follow the gill instead of following the [worm], so it is tripping up the predator," Jameson said. "It's really cool."The International Institute for Species Exploration's annual top 10 species list includes some weird and wild choices.


3D camcorders for consumers
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:26:11 PDT ]
Lenovo confirms it is working on a LePad tablet to compete with you know what, Google Maps and Google Earth get updated boundaries, and Panasonic is ready to launch a 3D camcorder for the masses.

3D camcorders for consumers
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:26:11 PDT ]
Lenovo confirms it is working on a LePad tablet to compete with you know what, Google Maps and Google Earth get updated boundaries, and Panasonic is ready to launch a 3D camcorder for the masses.

Mark Zuckerberg on 'The Simpsons?' No, really
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:30:59 PDT ]
The Facebook CEO isn't known to elicit many laughs, but a rumor from a reliable entertainment blog suggests he'll voice a cartoon version of himself this fall.

Mark Zuckerberg on 'The Simpsons?' No, really
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:30:59 PDT ]
The Facebook CEO isn't known to elicit many laughs, but a rumor from a reliable entertainment blog suggests he'll voice a cartoon version of himself this fall.

Nokia profit plunges 40 percent
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:41:36 PDT ]
Struggling against rivals such as Apple and Samsung, Nokia sees its second-quarter earnings plummet while sales inch up 1 percent.

Nokia profit plunges 40 percent
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:41:36 PDT ]
Struggling against rivals such as Apple and Samsung, Nokia sees its second-quarter earnings plummet while sales inch up 1 percent.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/22: What is this?
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT ]
If you know what this is and where it is located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/22: What is this?
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT ]
If you know what this is and where it is located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

Apple promotes Jeff Williams to senior VP
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:51:40 PDT ]
Like anything else at Apple, this promotion will probably result in rampant speculation about exactly what's going on internally.

Apple promotes Jeff Williams to senior VP
[ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:51:40 PDT ]
Like anything else at Apple, this promotion will probably result in rampant speculation about exactly what's going on internally.

Netiquette: How to handle a cyberstalker
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:31:31 EDT ]
Unless you're one of those internet hermits still jammin' around with a Hotmail address (How's 1997? Can you bring me back a slap bracelet?), you likely have a few of what you might teasingly call "stalkers."

Netiquette: How to handle a cyberstalker
[ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:31:31 EDT ]
Unless you're one of those internet hermits still jammin' around with a Hotmail address (How's 1997? Can you bring me back a slap bracelet?), you likely have a few of what you might teasingly call "stalkers."