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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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