Monday, April 22, 2013
Google chairman on Boston bombings: 'The first thing you hear online may not be correct'
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:05:00 GMT ]
While Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, believes that the digital world made significant contributions in the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, he cautions that we need to be careful. The Internet doesn't always get things right on the first try, he explained Monday during an interview with TODAY's Matt Lauer."There is a rush to judgement online, but overall, we get to the ri...
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:05:00 GMT ]
While Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, believes that the digital world made significant contributions in the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, he cautions that we need to be careful. The Internet doesn't always get things right on the first try, he explained Monday during an interview with TODAY's Matt Lauer."There is a rush to judgement online, but overall, we get to the ri...
| |
Birds, bears and badgers in Google's Earth Day Doodle
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:05:00 GMT ]
Google has a new interactive doodle up on its home page for Earth Day. Let the doodle play for a while and you'll see a landscape that changes with the seasons. The scene begins with snow-capped green hills but moves on to a dry earth and dry-ish grass, and then back to bright green hills again.While this circle of life is replayed over and over, again and again, the birds flap about in the sky, t...
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:05:00 GMT ]
Google has a new interactive doodle up on its home page for Earth Day. Let the doodle play for a while and you'll see a landscape that changes with the seasons. The scene begins with snow-capped green hills but moves on to a dry earth and dry-ish grass, and then back to bright green hills again.While this circle of life is replayed over and over, again and again, the birds flap about in the sky, t...
| |
Get $250 million off your ticket to the moon!
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:27:45 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comGood news for all you frugal travelers out there: A private startup's manned moon missions could end up costing around $500 million per seat instead of the originally advertised $750 million.The Golden Spike Co., which aims to start flying paying customers to the lunar surface and back by 2020, has pegged the cost of these two-person trips at about $1.5 billion. But the compan...
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:27:45 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comGood news for all you frugal travelers out there: A private startup's manned moon missions could end up costing around $500 million per seat instead of the originally advertised $750 million.The Golden Spike Co., which aims to start flying paying customers to the lunar surface and back by 2020, has pegged the cost of these two-person trips at about $1.5 billion. But the compan...
| |
Loophole in spooky quantum entanglement theory closed
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:55:20 GMT ]
By Tia GhoseLiveScienceThe weird way entangled particles stay connected even when separated by large distances — a phenomenon Albert Einstein called "spooky" — has been confirmed once again, this time with a key loophole in the experiment eliminated.The results from the new experiment confirm one of the wildest predictions of quantum mechanics: that a pair of "entangled" particles, once measured, ...
[ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:55:20 GMT ]
By Tia GhoseLiveScienceThe weird way entangled particles stay connected even when separated by large distances — a phenomenon Albert Einstein called "spooky" — has been confirmed once again, this time with a key loophole in the experiment eliminated.The results from the new experiment confirm one of the wildest predictions of quantum mechanics: that a pair of "entangled" particles, once measured, ...
| |
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Bing leads to 5 times more malware than Google? Not so, says Microsoft
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:00:25 GMT ]
Microsoft has finally responded to a study claiming that Bing’s search results delivered five times as much malware than Google’s, and its answer is simple: the study is flawed.Last week, AV-TEST conducted a malware study that analyzed millions of websites and found that Bing was showing much more malware to users than its more popular rival (see graph below).But David Felstead, Senior Development...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:00:25 GMT ]
Microsoft has finally responded to a study claiming that Bing’s search results delivered five times as much malware than Google’s, and its answer is simple: the study is flawed.Last week, AV-TEST conducted a malware study that analyzed millions of websites and found that Bing was showing much more malware to users than its more popular rival (see graph below).But David Felstead, Senior Development...
| |
Strong winds postpone new US rocket's launch debut
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:28:09 GMT ]
The launch debut of a new privately built rocket will have to wait at least one more day after strong winds thwarted an attempted liftoff on Saturday.The unmanned Antares rocket was poised to launch into orbit Saturday afternoon from a new seaside pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility along Virginia's Eastern Shore when the foul weather intervened. The rocket's next chance to launch occurs Sunday ...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:28:09 GMT ]
The launch debut of a new privately built rocket will have to wait at least one more day after strong winds thwarted an attempted liftoff on Saturday.The unmanned Antares rocket was poised to launch into orbit Saturday afternoon from a new seaside pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility along Virginia's Eastern Shore when the foul weather intervened. The rocket's next chance to launch occurs Sunday ...
| |
Girl Scouts chapter to add video game patch
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:28:10 GMT ]
As recent campaigns across social media have shown, the game industry has slowly begun to own up to its troublesome legacy of sexism — expanding roles for women in the business while updating representations of them in the games.The Girl Scouts of America has introduced a unique approach to addressing the gender imbalance: Show girls the merit of game design from a young age. In partnership with W...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:28:10 GMT ]
As recent campaigns across social media have shown, the game industry has slowly begun to own up to its troublesome legacy of sexism — expanding roles for women in the business while updating representations of them in the games.The Girl Scouts of America has introduced a unique approach to addressing the gender imbalance: Show girls the merit of game design from a young age. In partnership with W...
| |
CBS News says some of its Twitter accounts were hacked
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:55:25 GMT ]
(Reuters) - Social media accounts maintained by CBS News programs, "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours," were compromised on Saturday, the two programs' official Twitter accounts said. A post on the "60 Minutes" Twitter microblog account, @60Minutes, said, "PLEASE NOTE: Our Twitter account was compromised earlier today. We are working with Twitter to resolve." Another post read, "A message that was posted ...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:55:25 GMT ]
(Reuters) - Social media accounts maintained by CBS News programs, "60 Minutes" and "48 Hours," were compromised on Saturday, the two programs' official Twitter accounts said. A post on the "60 Minutes" Twitter microblog account, @60Minutes, said, "PLEASE NOTE: Our Twitter account was compromised earlier today. We are working with Twitter to resolve." Another post read, "A message that was posted ...
| |
Purported TV-caption slipup pegs Zooey Deschanel as alleged Boston bomber
[ Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:53:27 GMT ]
In what might be one of the more unfortunate closed-captioning snafus of recent years, a Twitter user posts a photo of what he says is a Fox affiliate mistakenly presenting the heart-object of certain nerds as suspect No. 2. [Read more]
[ Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:53:27 GMT ]
In what might be one of the more unfortunate closed-captioning snafus of recent years, a Twitter user posts a photo of what he says is a Fox affiliate mistakenly presenting the heart-object of certain nerds as suspect No. 2. [Read more]
| |
Saturday, April 20, 2013
During space station fix-up, Russian becomes world's oldest spacewalker
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:13:50 GMT ]
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut became the world's oldest spacewalker Friday, joining a much younger cosmonaut's son for a little maintenance work outside the International Space Station.Pavel Vinogradov, a cosmonaut for two decades, claimed the honor as he emerged from the hatch with Roman Romanenko. But he inadvertently added to the bo...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:13:50 GMT ]
By Marcia Dunn, The Associated PressCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut became the world's oldest spacewalker Friday, joining a much younger cosmonaut's son for a little maintenance work outside the International Space Station.Pavel Vinogradov, a cosmonaut for two decades, claimed the honor as he emerged from the hatch with Roman Romanenko. But he inadvertently added to the bo...
| |
LulzSec hackergets year in prison for Sony Pictures breach
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:13:57 GMT ]
Correction: The Sony property that was hacked — Sony Pictures — was misidentified in an earlier version of this story as PlayStation Network, which was also compromised in 2011. The U.S. district court ruling only applies to the Sony Pictures hack.Cody Kretsinger, a hacker affiliated with LulzSec's breach of Sony Pictures in 2011, has been sentenced to a year-long prison term.According to a report...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:13:57 GMT ]
Correction: The Sony property that was hacked — Sony Pictures — was misidentified in an earlier version of this story as PlayStation Network, which was also compromised in 2011. The U.S. district court ruling only applies to the Sony Pictures hack.Cody Kretsinger, a hacker affiliated with LulzSec's breach of Sony Pictures in 2011, has been sentenced to a year-long prison term.According to a report...
| |
To the moon? Bigelow Aerospace and NASA look at private exploration
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:14:20 GMT ]
Bigelow Aerospace and NASA say they've agreed to look at ways for private ventures to contribute to human exploration missions, perhaps including construction of a moon base. But the space agency emphasized that it's keeping its own focus squarely on corraling an asteroid and then going to Mars."As part of our broader commercial space strategy, NASA signed a Space Act Agreement with Bigelow Aerosp...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:14:20 GMT ]
Bigelow Aerospace and NASA say they've agreed to look at ways for private ventures to contribute to human exploration missions, perhaps including construction of a moon base. But the space agency emphasized that it's keeping its own focus squarely on corraling an asteroid and then going to Mars."As part of our broader commercial space strategy, NASA signed a Space Act Agreement with Bigelow Aerosp...
| |
Secret weapon? How thermal imaging helped catch bomb suspect
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:20:58 GMT ]
Thermal-imaging devices have been used to seek out pot-growing operations, map Martian geology — and now, to watch the second suspect in this week's Boston Marathon bombings as he was holed up in his last hiding place.Authorities said a helicopter equipped with a thermal imager spotted the heat signature of a person inside a tarp-covered boat, sitting in a backyard in Watertown, Mass. Police used ...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:20:58 GMT ]
Thermal-imaging devices have been used to seek out pot-growing operations, map Martian geology — and now, to watch the second suspect in this week's Boston Marathon bombings as he was holed up in his last hiding place.Authorities said a helicopter equipped with a thermal imager spotted the heat signature of a person inside a tarp-covered boat, sitting in a backyard in Watertown, Mass. Police used ...
| |
Who gets to name alien planets?
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:49:23 GMT ]
A fledgling commercial venture called Uwingu stirred up an international controversy when it started soliciting friendlier names for planets beyond our solar system. The International Astronomical Union issued a statement saying that Uwingu's pay-to-play scheme has "no bearing on the official naming process," and that the IAU is the "single arbiter" on the names for all celestial objects.But is it...
[ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:49:23 GMT ]
A fledgling commercial venture called Uwingu stirred up an international controversy when it started soliciting friendlier names for planets beyond our solar system. The International Astronomical Union issued a statement saying that Uwingu's pay-to-play scheme has "no bearing on the official naming process," and that the IAU is the "single arbiter" on the names for all celestial objects.But is it...
| |
Friday, April 19, 2013
Tweeting police chatter creates confusion over Boston suspect
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:51:22 GMT ]
As authorities closed in on the Boston Marathon bombing suspects -- one of whom was killed during a violent shootout in Boston's Watertown suburb early Friday night -- Twitter and other social media outlets lit up with outtakes from police scanner reports, including a moment when eavesdropping tweeters heard the name of a missing Brown University student come over the airwaves in conjunction with ...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:51:22 GMT ]
As authorities closed in on the Boston Marathon bombing suspects -- one of whom was killed during a violent shootout in Boston's Watertown suburb early Friday night -- Twitter and other social media outlets lit up with outtakes from police scanner reports, including a moment when eavesdropping tweeters heard the name of a missing Brown University student come over the airwaves in conjunction with ...
| |
Dinosaurs sat on nests like birds, shells reveal
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:19:07 GMT ]
By Stephanie PappasLiveScience Dinosaurs laid eggs, of that there is no doubt. But what scientists haven't been as clear on is whether they brooded over their eggs like birds or buried them like crocodiles.Now, a new study finds that at least one dinosaur took a birdlike approach to hatching eggs. Troodon was a small, meat-eating dinosaur that grew to be about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long. The dinosau...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:19:07 GMT ]
By Stephanie PappasLiveScience Dinosaurs laid eggs, of that there is no doubt. But what scientists haven't been as clear on is whether they brooded over their eggs like birds or buried them like crocodiles.Now, a new study finds that at least one dinosaur took a birdlike approach to hatching eggs. Troodon was a small, meat-eating dinosaur that grew to be about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long. The dinosau...
| |
Pre-caffeine tech: Twitter confusion, Google strictness and more
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:35:39 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.As authorities closed in on the Boston Marathon bombing suspects — one of whom was killed during a violent shootout in Boston's Watertown suburb early Friday—Twitter and other social media outlets lit up with outtakes from police scanner reports. Some caused confusion.The first wave of Googl...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:35:39 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.As authorities closed in on the Boston Marathon bombing suspects — one of whom was killed during a violent shootout in Boston's Watertown suburb early Friday—Twitter and other social media outlets lit up with outtakes from police scanner reports. Some caused confusion.The first wave of Googl...
| |
'Hard work': Russian spacewalkers swap experiments on space station
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:46:36 GMT ]
By Megan Gannon Space.com Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday to upgrade the orbiting lab with new experiments.Clad in their bulky Orlan spacesuits, veteran cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko began their spacewalk just after 10 a.m. ET to install a space weather experiment to the space station's hull and prepare the outpost for the arrival...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:46:36 GMT ]
By Megan Gannon Space.com Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday to upgrade the orbiting lab with new experiments.Clad in their bulky Orlan spacesuits, veteran cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko began their spacewalk just after 10 a.m. ET to install a space weather experiment to the space station's hull and prepare the outpost for the arrival...
| |
Painful treatment possible for King Richard III's scoliosis
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:03:00 GMT ]
By Jeanna BrynerLiveScience King Richard III may not have been a hunchback as portrayed by Shakespeare, but he did suffer from the spine-curving condition scoliosis, and he may have undergone painful medical treatments to straighten it out, scientists reported Friday.Archaeologists announced in February that bones excavated from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, belonged to the medie...
[ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:03:00 GMT ]
By Jeanna BrynerLiveScience King Richard III may not have been a hunchback as portrayed by Shakespeare, but he did suffer from the spine-curving condition scoliosis, and he may have undergone painful medical treatments to straighten it out, scientists reported Friday.Archaeologists announced in February that bones excavated from underneath a parking lot in Leicester, England, belonged to the medie...
| |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)