Friday, May 31, 2013
Pre-caffeine tech: Grumpy Cat, secret pigs
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 14:13:01 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Grumpy Cat is going to the big screen.Evernote now offers two-factor verification in wake of a recent hack.Researchers say they've recovered blood samples from a 10,000-year-old mammoth, but outside experts are skeptical about the claims — and particularly about suggestions that the mammoth ...
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 14:13:01 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Grumpy Cat is going to the big screen.Evernote now offers two-factor verification in wake of a recent hack.Researchers say they've recovered blood samples from a 10,000-year-old mammoth, but outside experts are skeptical about the claims — and particularly about suggestions that the mammoth ...
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Shaman 'rainmaking' center discovered in South Africa
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:38:36 GMT ]
By Owen JarusLiveScience A towering "rain control" site, where shamans would have asked the gods to open up the skies centuries ago, has been discovered in South Africa.Located in a semiarid area of the country, near Botswana and Zimbabwe, the site of Ratho Kroonkop (RKK) sits atop a 1,000-foot-tall (300 meters) hill and contains two naturally formed "rock tanks." These tanks are depressions in th...
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:38:36 GMT ]
By Owen JarusLiveScience A towering "rain control" site, where shamans would have asked the gods to open up the skies centuries ago, has been discovered in South Africa.Located in a semiarid area of the country, near Botswana and Zimbabwe, the site of Ratho Kroonkop (RKK) sits atop a 1,000-foot-tall (300 meters) hill and contains two naturally formed "rock tanks." These tanks are depressions in th...
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'Internship' stars Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson face Google interns
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:55:24 GMT ]
Two years after a call from Vince Vaughn to Google about a movie idea, a San Francisco theater packed with Googlers, including 100 interns, had their chance to preview the film and ask the stars questions. [Read more]
[ Fri, 31 May 2013 15:55:24 GMT ]
Two years after a call from Vince Vaughn to Google about a movie idea, a San Francisco theater packed with Googlers, including 100 interns, had their chance to preview the film and ask the stars questions. [Read more]
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Windows 8.1: Microsoft doubles down on new touch interface
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 13:32:28 GMT ]
Windows 8, a touch-friendly reimagining of Microsoft's age-old point-and-click operating system, still seems to have a problem winning people over. To that end, Windows 8.1 — announced Thursday but not available until late 2013 — will bring new functionality, while smoothing over some of the prickliest areas of the touchscreen interface.Before we get any further, let me answer the biggest question...
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 13:32:28 GMT ]
Windows 8, a touch-friendly reimagining of Microsoft's age-old point-and-click operating system, still seems to have a problem winning people over. To that end, Windows 8.1 — announced Thursday but not available until late 2013 — will bring new functionality, while smoothing over some of the prickliest areas of the touchscreen interface.Before we get any further, let me answer the biggest question...
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Asteroid 1998 QE2's close encounter generates a wave of attention online
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 13:55:08 GMT ]
Asteroid 1998 QE2, a space rock more than nine times as long as the QE2 ocean liner, is due to sail past Earth on Friday — generating a huge wave of observations and online commentary.The 1.7-mile-wide (2.7-kilometer-wide) near-Earth asteroid won't pose any threat to our planet: Its orbit will bring it no closer than 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers). Nevertheless, it's sparking interest ...
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 13:55:08 GMT ]
Asteroid 1998 QE2, a space rock more than nine times as long as the QE2 ocean liner, is due to sail past Earth on Friday — generating a huge wave of observations and online commentary.The 1.7-mile-wide (2.7-kilometer-wide) near-Earth asteroid won't pose any threat to our planet: Its orbit will bring it no closer than 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers). Nevertheless, it's sparking interest ...
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Can 'XCOM: Enemy Unknown' bring hardcore gaming to iOS?
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 13:55:10 GMT ]
If you've ever played a game on your smartphone, it was probably something like like "Angry Birds" or "Temple Run" — seemingly simple apps that can be enjoyed in short spurts. Recently, the runaway success of flinging birds at cartoon pigs has attracted game industry heavyweights like Activision and Electronic Arts to the mobile playing field as well. But as bigger and bigger publishers flock to t...
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 13:55:10 GMT ]
If you've ever played a game on your smartphone, it was probably something like like "Angry Birds" or "Temple Run" — seemingly simple apps that can be enjoyed in short spurts. Recently, the runaway success of flinging birds at cartoon pigs has attracted game industry heavyweights like Activision and Electronic Arts to the mobile playing field as well. But as bigger and bigger publishers flock to t...
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Sonar image hints Amelia Earhart's plane found
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 16:01:26 GMT ]
By Rossella LorenziDiscovery NewsA grainy sonar image captured off an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati might represent the remains of the Electra, the two-engine aircraft legendary aviator Amelia Earhart was piloting when she vanished on July 2, 1937 in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.Released by The International Group for Histor...
[ Thu, 30 May 2013 16:01:26 GMT ]
By Rossella LorenziDiscovery NewsA grainy sonar image captured off an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati might represent the remains of the Electra, the two-engine aircraft legendary aviator Amelia Earhart was piloting when she vanished on July 2, 1937 in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator.Released by The International Group for Histor...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook fixes policies, YouTube slows things down
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 13:25:10 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.PlayStation fans are flocking to Twitter, to express their disdain for DRM.Tablet sales are expected to surpass laptop sales this year. (And by 2015, the tablets may also surpass PCs as well!)Facebook is changing its policy on "humorous" posts and images that make light of rape and violence ...
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 13:25:10 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.PlayStation fans are flocking to Twitter, to express their disdain for DRM.Tablet sales are expected to surpass laptop sales this year. (And by 2015, the tablets may also surpass PCs as well!)Facebook is changing its policy on "humorous" posts and images that make light of rape and violence ...
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60 years after first Everest ascent, anyone can climb (online)
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 04:17:34 GMT ]
Sixty years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay struggled to make the first ascent of Mt. Everest — but today, anyone with an Internet connection can easily trek to basecamp, take a virtual flight over the region's glaciers, and see how the mountain has changed over the years. "What we've heard from the scientists that study these specific glaciers is that the melt rate is increasing dramat...
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 04:17:34 GMT ]
Sixty years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay struggled to make the first ascent of Mt. Everest — but today, anyone with an Internet connection can easily trek to basecamp, take a virtual flight over the region's glaciers, and see how the mountain has changed over the years. "What we've heard from the scientists that study these specific glaciers is that the melt rate is increasing dramat...
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Listen to this: Spotify adds personalized music recommendations
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 13:53:34 GMT ]
With over 20 million tracks, Spotify was never lacking in tunes — it just needed a decent way to help you discover new songs and artists. And now the popular music streaming service has just that.The new feature is dubbed Discover and it — quite obviously — is there to help you find some sweet sounds. Discover is being added to Spotify's Web player first and it's basically a news feed of sorts. Yo...
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 13:53:34 GMT ]
With over 20 million tracks, Spotify was never lacking in tunes — it just needed a decent way to help you discover new songs and artists. And now the popular music streaming service has just that.The new feature is dubbed Discover and it — quite obviously — is there to help you find some sweet sounds. Discover is being added to Spotify's Web player first and it's basically a news feed of sorts. Yo...
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Space plane's secret mission hits 5-month mark
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 15:36:29 GMT ]
By Leonard DavidSpace.comThe U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has quietly passed the five-month mark on its latest secret mission in Earth orbit.The unmanned X-37B spacecraft launched into space atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 11, 2012, kicking off a mission whose objectives and payloads are classified.The winged craft is known as Orbital Te...
[ Wed, 29 May 2013 15:36:29 GMT ]
By Leonard DavidSpace.comThe U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has quietly passed the five-month mark on its latest secret mission in Earth orbit.The unmanned X-37B spacecraft launched into space atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 11, 2012, kicking off a mission whose objectives and payloads are classified.The winged craft is known as Orbital Te...
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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.
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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