Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Google wants more women in tech
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:37:47 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:37:47 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Pre-caffeine tech: Cyberwar, Sad Keanu
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 14:07:52 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Chinese hackers accessed U.S. weapon designs, reports the Washington Post. That collapsed I-5 bridge is gone from Google Maps — almost as quickly as it fell.Chill, Mom! Snapchat's self-destructing messages are about silliness, not sex, say kids. Iran's approaching vote brings receding Web ac...
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 14:07:52 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Chinese hackers accessed U.S. weapon designs, reports the Washington Post. That collapsed I-5 bridge is gone from Google Maps — almost as quickly as it fell.Chill, Mom! Snapchat's self-destructing messages are about silliness, not sex, say kids. Iran's approaching vote brings receding Web ac...
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Iran's approaching vote brings receding Web access
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 02:24:41 GMT ]
From a computer keyboard in London, an Iranian emigre plays the role of counselor, social media guru and all-around adviser for Internet users back home seeking ways around the cyber-blocks set up by authorities in Tehran. These have been busy days.His Twitter account — which goes under the handle of Nariman Gharib — registers a steady stream of calls for help from Iran and responses about new pro...
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 02:24:41 GMT ]
From a computer keyboard in London, an Iranian emigre plays the role of counselor, social media guru and all-around adviser for Internet users back home seeking ways around the cyber-blocks set up by authorities in Tehran. These have been busy days.His Twitter account — which goes under the handle of Nariman Gharib — registers a steady stream of calls for help from Iran and responses about new pro...
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Moon craters may hold ancient asteroid pieces
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 15:32:26 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comTwenty-five percent of the moon's impact craters may retain substantial remnants of the asteroids that created them, a new study finds.The surprising result suggests that scientists will have to work a little harder than they had perhaps anticipated to figure out what the moon is made of, researchers said."Future studies of the moon's composition will have to show that exposed...
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 15:32:26 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comTwenty-five percent of the moon's impact craters may retain substantial remnants of the asteroids that created them, a new study finds.The surprising result suggests that scientists will have to work a little harder than they had perhaps anticipated to figure out what the moon is made of, researchers said."Future studies of the moon's composition will have to show that exposed...
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Chinese hackers steal U.S. weapons systems designs, report says
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 15:32:27 GMT ]
Chinese hackers have gained access to designs of more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems, a U.S. report said on Monday, as Australian media said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia's new spy headquarters. Citing a report prepared for the Defense Department by the Defense Science Board, the Washington Post said the compromised U.S. designs included those for combat aircra...
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 15:32:27 GMT ]
Chinese hackers have gained access to designs of more than two dozen major U.S. weapons systems, a U.S. report said on Monday, as Australian media said Chinese hackers had stolen the blueprints for Australia's new spy headquarters. Citing a report prepared for the Defense Department by the Defense Science Board, the Washington Post said the compromised U.S. designs included those for combat aircra...
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Birth of the universe: What Planck can tell us
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 16:06:02 GMT ]
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comA map of the universe based on its oldest light is giving astronomers hope that they may be able to answer some of the deepest questions of the cosmos, including how it got started.Scientists met last week at the University of California, Davis to pore over the treasure trove of data published two months ago from the European Planck spacecraft. The observatory measures w...
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 16:06:02 GMT ]
By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comA map of the universe based on its oldest light is giving astronomers hope that they may be able to answer some of the deepest questions of the cosmos, including how it got started.Scientists met last week at the University of California, Davis to pore over the treasure trove of data published two months ago from the European Planck spacecraft. The observatory measures w...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook at AllThingsD: Join us Tuesday, 6 p.m. PT (live blog)
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 15:29:48 GMT ]
Join CNET for live coverage of Apple CEO Tim Cook's chat at the AllThingsD conference, which starts at 6 pm PT. Our live blog will kick off a little before the chat begin and will bring you updates, photos and running commentary. [Read more]
[ Tue, 28 May 2013 15:29:48 GMT ]
Join CNET for live coverage of Apple CEO Tim Cook's chat at the AllThingsD conference, which starts at 6 pm PT. Our live blog will kick off a little before the chat begin and will bring you updates, photos and running commentary. [Read more]
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Google wants more women in tech
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:37:47 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:37:47 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Europe investigates Apple's iPhone tactics: Report
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 15:46:50 GMT ]
The European Commission is investigating whether Apple is using anti-competitive iPhone sales tactics and technical restrictions to squeeze out rival smartphone makers from the European market, according to documents seen by the Financial Times.According to a questionnaire sent last week to several European mobile network operators, the Commission is focusing on distribution terms that might favou...
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 15:46:50 GMT ]
The European Commission is investigating whether Apple is using anti-competitive iPhone sales tactics and technical restrictions to squeeze out rival smartphone makers from the European market, according to documents seen by the Financial Times.According to a questionnaire sent last week to several European mobile network operators, the Commission is focusing on distribution terms that might favou...
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Google wants more women in tech
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:37:47 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:37:47 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
Google's quest to get more women in tech
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:02:34 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
[ Mon, 27 May 2013 11:02:34 EDT ]
Google is a company focused on problem solving. It has untold amounts of computing power at its disposal working away to try and solve big problems. One issue the company is currently addressing requires a more analog approach: upping the number of female computer engineers.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Xbox? More like Xbody: Future game consoles will get under your skin
[ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:37:42 GMT ]
Imagine playing through a level of the popular zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" on a system that tracks your heart rate, eye movements, even how clammy your skin is getting, all to measure just how scared you are.For 250 lucky — or extremely unlucky — test subjects, fear-based gaming was a reality, at least in an experimental program led by the game studio Valve. If the game could sense that a player ...
[ Sat, 25 May 2013 14:37:42 GMT ]
Imagine playing through a level of the popular zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" on a system that tracks your heart rate, eye movements, even how clammy your skin is getting, all to measure just how scared you are.For 250 lucky — or extremely unlucky — test subjects, fear-based gaming was a reality, at least in an experimental program led by the game studio Valve. If the game could sense that a player ...
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Students' robots to race in mock Mars rover challenge
[ Sat, 25 May 2013 21:13:49 GMT ]
SALT LAKE CITY — What does it take to build and command a vehicle capable of exploring Mars? Ninety students from around the world are about to find out. Next week, in a remote desert in southern Utah, 10 teams from the United States, Canada, India and Poland will compete in the annual University Rover Challenge. The competition is hosted by the Mars Society, a non-profit research organizati...
[ Sat, 25 May 2013 21:13:49 GMT ]
SALT LAKE CITY — What does it take to build and command a vehicle capable of exploring Mars? Ninety students from around the world are about to find out. Next week, in a remote desert in southern Utah, 10 teams from the United States, Canada, India and Poland will compete in the annual University Rover Challenge. The competition is hosted by the Mars Society, a non-profit research organizati...
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Ancient cave art unearthed in Mexico
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:05 GMT ]
By Megan Gannon, LiveScience In the mountains of northeastern Mexico, archaeologists have unearthed thousands of ancient paintings on the walls of caves and ravines from a time before Spanish rule.The rock art offers rare evidence from native cultures living in the area around the Sierra de San Carlos, a mountain range in Mexico's state of Tamaulipas, researchers say.Almost 5,000 of these pain...
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:05 GMT ]
By Megan Gannon, LiveScience In the mountains of northeastern Mexico, archaeologists have unearthed thousands of ancient paintings on the walls of caves and ravines from a time before Spanish rule.The rock art offers rare evidence from native cultures living in the area around the Sierra de San Carlos, a mountain range in Mexico's state of Tamaulipas, researchers say.Almost 5,000 of these pain...
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Alien planets could shed light on Earth's climate future
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:06 GMT ]
By Leslie Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, SPACE.comA Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the rocky worlds Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan. The symposium also included discussions about exoplanets, the sun and past, present and...
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:06 GMT ]
By Leslie Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, SPACE.comA Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the rocky worlds Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan. The symposium also included discussions about exoplanets, the sun and past, present and...
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Spotted: First evidence of leopard eating a chimp
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:07 GMT ]
By Douglas Main, LiveScienceOnly rarely have people seen what happens when chimpanzees and leopards come into close quarters in the wilds of Africa. On these occasions, chimpanzees have made loud, fearful calls, or played the aggressor: In one case, chimps even surrounded a leopard den and killed a cub.But the big-brained primates don't always win: For the first time, scientists have found evid...
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:07 GMT ]
By Douglas Main, LiveScienceOnly rarely have people seen what happens when chimpanzees and leopards come into close quarters in the wilds of Africa. On these occasions, chimpanzees have made loud, fearful calls, or played the aggressor: In one case, chimps even surrounded a leopard den and killed a cub.But the big-brained primates don't always win: For the first time, scientists have found evid...
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Grant Morrison: Google Glass is 'half-fish, half-man' (Q&A)
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
The influential author, who has both created cult classic comics and written popular heroes like Batman and the X-Men, tells CNET's Seth Rosenblatt that as technology makes us superhuman, personal privacy will die -- and that's a good thing. [Read more]
[ Sun, 26 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT ]
The influential author, who has both created cult classic comics and written popular heroes like Batman and the X-Men, tells CNET's Seth Rosenblatt that as technology makes us superhuman, personal privacy will die -- and that's a good thing. [Read more]
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