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HP board's selection of new CEO raises new doubts Boston Globe By Michael Liedtke AP Technology Writer / October 1, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board upset many investors when it forced out Mark Hurd as CEO nearly two months ago. Now, those directors appear to have baffled Wall Street with its ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

Android Apps Privacy Issue Not Google-Specific eWeek A portion of Google Android apps feed personal data to advertisers' servers, according to a new study. While that study was focused Android, though, doesn't mean privacy is an issue only for Android. A substantial portion of Google Android apps send ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft, AT&T to Unveil New Smartphones Wall Street Journal By ROGER CHENG Microsoft Corp. will formally unveil a lineup of smartphones using the revamped version of its mobile operating system on Oct. 11, and AT&T Inc. will begin offering them four weeks later, according to people familiar with the launch ... See all stories on this topic »

Zeus Trojan bust reveals sophisticated 'money mules' operation in US Computerworld By Jaikumar Vijayan The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan announced on Thursday that it had charged 37 individuals for their role in a scheme which involved the use of a sophisticated banking Trojan program and numerous "money mules" to steal from ... See all stories on this topic »

Annual Ig Nobel awards presented for the most 'improbable' research Telegraph.co.uk Roller-coaster rides can relieve symptoms of asthma, beards are a health hazard and randomly promoting workers creates more efficient companies are among a host of "improbable" scientific findings to win a spoof Nobel Prize this year. ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists unearth ancient giant penguin in Peru BBC News By Katia Moskvitch Science reporter, BBC News The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru. Scientists say the find shows that key features of the plumage were present quite early on in penguin evolution. ... See all stories on this topic »

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There's No Such Thing as a Free Big Mac - Science Business ... By Avik Roy Yesterday, I wrote about the coming health-insurance disruption that would be precipitated by ObamaCare's new regulations of insurers' "medical loss ratios." Today, the Internet is atwitter with commentary around a Wall Street Journal ... Science Business - http://blogs.forbes.com/sciencebiz/

small dead animals: The Science of Funding By EBD While the opposition claimed to be defendingscience -- "It is clear that by eliminating the long form census the Reform Conservative government is hoping to dilute science—which is appalling and sends a chill down my spine," said ... small dead animals - http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/

Promising hydrogen storage material identified | Science Blog By bjs New research by Rice University scientists suggests that a class of material known as metallacarborane could store hydrogen at or better than benchmarks set. Science Blog - http://scienceblog.com/

Safe science garb: Lab coats | The Safety Zone By Jyllian Kemsley A guest post by my C&EN colleague and sewing aficionado Cheryl Hogue. As Halloween approaches, demand certainly must rise for lab coats. They are. The Safety Zone - http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/

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Android Now Ties iPhone In Consumer Interest PC World One year ago, if you told an average person you were thinking about buying an Android, they'd have thought you were some sort of robot-mongering madman. Since the debut of the first Android handset in 2008, we've seen Google's mobile operating system ... See all stories on this topic » PC World

HP Names SAP Ex-Chief as Its New CEO, Shares Slide ABC News By Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co named Leo Apotheker, the former head of German software company SAP, as chief executive in a surprise appointment and HP shares dropped 3 percent. The recruitment of the long-time software ... See all stories on this topic »

Ig Nobels honor research on cursing, bat sex, socks CNET by Elinor Mills The Ig Nobel public health prize went to US government research from 1967 that found that microbes cling to bearded scientists. The experiment involved baby chicks and mannequins sporting natural hair beards. ... See all stories on this topic »

Ancient Penguins Were Giant, Colorful Beasts FOXNews By Stephanie Pappas Penguins didn't always boast tuxedo-like black-and-white markings, according to a new study. The discovery of the first ancient penguin fossil with evidence of feathers reveals the aquatic birds were once reddish-brown and gray. ... See all stories on this topic » FOXNews

NASA's future looks bleak amid policy shift for agency Los Angeles Times The demise of the Constellation moon rocket means 7000 job losses in a year. Funding for a heavy-lift rocket for asteroid missions also will be comparably less than that for the moon rocket. By Mark K. Matthews and Robert Block, Orlando Sentinel A new ... See all stories on this topic »

Google's WebP makes images more byte-size Computerworld By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - In its continuing attempts to make the Web faster, Google is trimming down the size of image files, which make up about 65% of the bytes on the Web. Google announced late this afternoon that it's releasing a developer ... See all stories on this topic »

The Flintstones turns 50: The five dumbest moments Christian Science Monitor The Flintstones is a classic. Fifty years after the show first aired, Fred, Wilma, and the gang are still popular enough to gain a seat atop Google's homepage. But their place in the cartoon pantheon doesn't mean that they're infallible. ... See all stories on this topic »

Feds hit Zeus group, but the brains remain overseas Computerworld By Robert McMillan IDG News Service - US authorities dealt a significant blow to the most successful computer crime organization this week, but it's unclear whether the masterminds behind the Zeus malware will ever be brought to justice. ... See all stories on this topic »

Will FCC Take Up Net Neutrality Charge? InternetNews.com The combination of strong lobbying efforts on both sides and a midterm election doomed a House compromise bill on the controversial issue, leaving the FCC perhaps to go it alone. By Kenneth Corbin: More stories by this author: Now that all hope has ... See all stories on this topic »

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science podcast Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. ... www.podbean.com/search?k...v=science

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Google Android closes gap with Apple iPhone in consumer interest Apple Insider By Slash Lane A new survey of prospective smartphone buyers has found that hype from the iPhone 4 has died down, and Apple's smartphone is only slightly more preferable to consumers than devices running Google Android. The results, released Thursday by ... See all stories on this topic »

Former SAP Chief to Lead Hewlett-Packard New York Times By ASHLEE VANCE SAN FRANCISCO — The computer company Hewlett-Packard named Léo Apotheker as its chief executive and president on Thursday, after a two-month search. Mr. Apotheker previously served as chief executive of Germany's SAP, one of the largest ... See all stories on this topic »

Israeli cyber unit responsible for Iran computer worm – claim Telegraph.co.uk An elite Israeli military unit responsible for cyberwarfare has been accused of creating a virus that has crippled Iran's computer systems and stopped work at its newest nuclear power station. By Richard Spencer and Damien McElroy Computer experts have ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Dozens charged in use of Zeus Trojan to steal $3 million CNET by Elinor Mills The FBI and the US Attorney's office in southern New York announced charges today against 37 people accused of being part of an international crime ring that stole $3 million from bank accounts by infecting computers with the Zeus ... See all stories on this topic » CNET

Researchers Find First Planet That Could Support Life PC Magazine Researchers said Thursday that for the first time they've discovered an extrasolar planet that could harbor life, as it lies squarely in the so-called "habitable zone" of a nearby star. The planet, dubbed "Gliese 581g," is the sixth known planet found ... See all stories on this topic »

It's official: Shuttle tank program over in La. BusinessWeek By ALAN SAYRE After 37 years of playng a major role in the US space program, Lockheed Martin Corp. made it official: the era of building space shuttle fuel tanks at the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility is over, along with scores of jobs. ... See all stories on this topic »

Inkayacu – Peru's Giant Fossil Penguin and the Stories Its Feathers Tell Wired News By Brian Switek It sounds like the set-up for a bad joke: what was five feet tall, ate fish, and was grey-and-red all over? According to a paper published today in Science, the answer is Inkayacu paracasensis, a previously-unknown genus of prodigious ... See all stories on this topic »

Net Neutrality Deal Collapses, Waxman Says eWeek Sen. Harry Waxman (D-Calif.) says proposed legislation to regulate Internet service providers is dead. Legislation aimed at regulating how Internet providers such as Comcast offer Internet service to their customers has collapsed, said House Energy and ... See all stories on this topic »

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Philadelphia Science Festival: April 15-28, 2011 « Geekadelphia By Bianca "In an effort to raise awareness and engage its citizens in the science that makes this city great, Philadelphia's museums, cultural institutions, universities, and corporations are joining forces to launch the Philadelphia Science ... Geekadelphia - http://geekadelphia.com/

The Science of Sport: Contador tests positive By Ross Tucker and Jonathan Dugas Ultimately, though, if the science is accurate, then the bias in how it is interpreted is largely irrelevant, and I don't know enough of the pharmacology to really dig into that aspect, unfortunately. Some other thoughts - what is ... The Science of Sport - http://www.sportsscientists.com/

Few Americans Eat Right - Science News By scinews@sciencenews.org (Science News) The vast majority eat too few vitamin- and mineral-rich foods and overdo on fats, sugars and alcohol. Latest Science News Features,... - http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/43539

Chalking up one for science vs religion By David Bradley Apparently, atheists and agnostics performed very well in a survey of religious knowledge (on a par with Jews and Mormons ... Sciencebase Science Blog - http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/

Andrew Wetzler: New wolf bills: bad science, bad policy, and bad ... By Andrew Wetzler The Endangered Species Act is one of the most powerful -- and most successful -- environmental laws ever enacted. And one of the center-pieces of that success is the gray wolf, whose reintroduction and rebound in the Northern Rocky ... The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/

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Could 'Goldilocks' planet be just right for life? The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Astronomers say they have for the first time spotted a planet beyond our own in what is sometimes called the Goldilocks zone for life: Not too hot, not too cold. Juuuust right. Not too far from its star, not too close. ... See all stories on this topic »

Google, Facebook Tout Serendipity Engines, Personalized Media eWeek Google CEO Eric Schmidt touted autonomous search while Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the future of media will be personalized. The circle of machines is drawing closer. One day after Google CEO Eric Schmidt touted autonomous search as a serendipity ... See all stories on this topic »

Let The Apple TV Hacking Begin! (AAPL) San Francisco Chronicle Apple's new Apple TV is starting to arrive at buyers' homes. So it's time to officially commence the Apple TV hacking and jailbreak movement! That is, it's time to start tinkering around with making apps for this thing before Apple gives everyone the ... See all stories on this topic »

Android Apps Disclose More Than Users Know InformationWeek Half of applications studied share location information and unique identifiers with advertisers, many without disclosing this to users. By Mathew J. Schwartz In fact, half of studied Android applications share location information and unique ... See all stories on this topic »

Patent Protection Key to Windows Phone License PC World By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Microsoft may be one of the only remaining mobile operating-system providers that charges handset makers a licensing fee, but in exchange vendors get at least one important benefit: protection from intellectual property ... See all stories on this topic »

Skype, Facebook Partnership Would Boost Both Firms InformationWeek By W. David Gardner It's been nearly two months since Skype announced its planned initial public offering and, while there's been no public movement on the stock offering, the company has been working to beef up its paid businesses. ... See all stories on this topic »

Lotus aims to revive 'Bond car' glory days Financial Times By John Reed in Paris Lotus wants to return to its "Bond car" glory days of the 1970s and 1980s and take on Porsche with a plan to relaunch its brand and triple its production of luxury sports cars within five years. The legendary but perennially ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Celebrates 50 Years of The Flintstones: A Doodle Flashback PC World Yabba Dabba Doodle! Google is celebrating the 50th anniversary of "The Flintstones" Thursday with a special Google Doodle featuring Fred, Wilma and the rest of the Bedrock crew. Long before "The Flintstones" were a lunchtime and afterschool favorite ... See all stories on this topic » PC World

Officials to unveil charges in bank cyber crime CNNMoney By Ben Rooney, staff reporterSeptember 30, 2010: 11:43 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Law enforcement officials plan to announce charges against more than 60 individuals allegedly involved in a global cyber crime that used Internet viruses to steal ... See all stories on this topic »

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Science's rules | john hawks weblog By John Hawks The idea that science can, and should, be run according to fixed and universal rules, is both unrealistic and pernicious. It is unrealistic, for it takes too simple a view of the talents of man and of the circumstances which encourage, ... john hawks weblog - http://johnhawks.net/

Communicating About Climate Science, Part II | The Intersection ... Energy | On Wednesday, I did a first post about climate science communication. But because many other issues arise in this discussion than are addressed in the video tha. Discover Magazine | rsslist - http://discovermagazine.com/2009/oct/10-where-does-sex-live-in-brain-from-top-to-bottom

Make: Online : "Children's product" ruling could impact edu ... By Gareth Branwyn Science kit makers argue that having to safety-test everything, from paper clips to rulers to binder clips, would be too expensive and... um... they're already common household items. That salt and dirt look pretty dangerous, though. ... MAKE Magazine - http://blog.makezine.com/

Brain Scams: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences By Cordelia Fine In Cordelia Fine's new book Delusions of Gender, she debunks the "neurosexist" myths of evolutionary psychology. In the process, she explores the neuroscience behind why male and female brains might be different - and why they might ... io9 - http://io9.com/

Candidates Question Climate Science | KQED's Climate Watch By Gretchen Weber Third-party candidates for governor call the science of global warming junk science and a scam at worst. KQED's Climate Watch - http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/

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Gliese 581g, a new planet like Earth: Could humans live there? Christian Science Monitor Gliese 581g would be the first Earth-like planet found orbiting in a star's habitable zone. The new plant is located in a region where temperatures could sustain life and liquid water on its surface. Astronomers have found a planet that is in the ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Nintendo shares tumble on 3DS player delay AFP TOKYO — Entertainment giant Nintendo saw its shares tumble by nearly 10 percent on Thursday after it slashed its profit outlook and said its 3DS console would not be ready in time for the key Christmas season. The Japanese video game giant's shares ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Google Phone Gallery works with Android carriers not against them SlashGear By Chris Davies on Thu Sep 30th, 2010 0 Comments Google's attempt to bypass the carriers didn't quite work, despite the Nexus One building up quite a fan base, and so the search giant has obviously decided that it works better as an Android mouthpiece ... See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

Five Unique Features of the Nokia N8 Techtree.com Consumers have already made up their mind about the Nokia N8 ever since Nokia showcased the device to the press and the situation doesn't seem to be too good for Nokia. Even hardcore fans who once upon a time stood by Nokia gave up long ago. ... See all stories on this topic » Techtree.com

Skype and Facebook Discuss Alliance DailyFinance Internet phone provider Skype and Facebook Inc are in discussions to join forces on communications services, The Wall Street Journal said. As part of a partnership to be announced in the next few weeks, Facebook users will be able to sign into Skype ... See all stories on this topic »

RIM PlayBook QNX OS Headed to BlackBerry Smartphones: Report eWeek RIM's BlackBerry smartphones will eventually run a version of the open-source QNX OS that will debut on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, a RIM executive reportedly confirmed. A version of the QNX operating system, which will debut on Research In ... See all stories on this topic »

Some Android apps caught covertly sending GPS data to advertisers Ars Technica By Ryan Paul | Last updated September 30, 2010 7:31 AM The results of a study conducted by researchers from Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs have revealed that a significant number of popular Android applications transmit private ... See all stories on this topic »

In Schmidt's vision, Google will search before you even ask Computerworld By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - In the not-so-distant future, you'll be walking down the street and your phone will beep and offer you a few lunch suggestions just around the corner, or it may tell you that the museum across the street is having an ... See all stories on this topic »

Mars, Here We Come! Congress Approves $19 Billion NASA Budget FOXNews By Tariq Malik Congress passed a vital NASA authorization bill late Wednesday, paving the way for an extra space shuttle flight next year and a new human spaceflight plan that takes aim at missions to an asteroid -- and ultimately even to Mars. ... See all stories on this topic »

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Alien life certain to exist on Earth-like planet, scientists say Telegraph.co.uk The chances of alien life existing on a newly-discovered Earth-like planet are 100 per cent, an astronomer has claimed. By Heidi Blake Gliese 581g was discovered orbiting a nearby star at a distance that places it squarely in the "habitable zone" where ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Nintendo hit by Christmas delay BBC News Shares in games company Nintendo have sunk following news that its new console will not go on sales during the crucial Christmas season. Nintendo admitted that its 3DS machine, which features 3D technology, will not be ready in time, and more than ... See all stories on this topic »

Nokia Starts Shipping New N8 Smartphone Wall Street Journal By Dominic Chopping and Gustav Sandstrom STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)-- Shares in Nokia Corp. (NOK) traded higher Thursday after the handset maker said it has started shipping its much-anticipated N8 smartphone, having warned only last week that it would hold ... See all stories on this topic »

Budget Deal Propels NASA on New Path Wall Street Journal By ANDY PASZTOR In unusual bipartisan fashion, the House on Wednesday approved a three-year $58-billion compromise bill intended to revive NASA's manned-exploration programs while funding plans for pioneering private rockets able to blast astronauts ... See all stories on this topic »

Net neutrality deal collapses TG Daily A last attempt at a compromise on net neutrality has come to nothing, with the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman, saying he's been unable to drum up any support from Republicans. Waxman had been hoping to come up with a ... See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

Finally: Google Modifies Gmail Conversation View Tom's Guide Google's Wiltse Carpenter seems to really like Gmail's conversation view (aka message threading). In a blog post dated Wednesday, he compared the feature to cilantro--you either love it, or you hate it, noting the websites dedicated to hating the herb. ... See all stories on this topic »

Google Instant Search Blacklist: List of banned terms Product Reviews Google Instant Search has certainly made things much easier when searching for something, but there are certain words that have been banned. Some words that come from the adult industry have certainly made that blacklist, while others will come as a ... See all stories on this topic » Product Reviews

Amazon.com launches Kindle for the Web beta Computerworld By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - Amazon.com Wednesday introduced a beta version of Kindle for the Web, which makes samples and first chapters of Kindle books available through a Web browser. The new offering doesn't require readers to download or ... See all stories on this topic »

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