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Facebook Groups: Hands On

PC Magazine - Michael Muchmore - ‎3 hours ago‎
Facebook can't seem to get out of the spotlight these days. Not only has a blockbuster movie about its creation hit the theaters, but the site recently updated its photo gallery features to include high-resolution images and a new viewer.

Connecting the dots to a Verizon iPhone

CNNMoney - David Goldman - ‎9 minutes ago‎
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Verizon iPhone rumors have been ongoing for years -- but this time, the timing is perfect and has all the makings of the real deal.

Firefox 4 to Add Microsoft's Bing as Search Option

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎10 minutes ago‎
When Firefox 4 finally makes its debut, the English language search bar will retain options for Google and Yahoo, but will also add Microsoft's Bing and ditch links to Answers.

Monsanto's Bug-Killing Corn Mostly Benefits Conventional Crops

Bloomberg - Jack Kaskey - ‎28 minutes ago‎
Genetically modified corn produced by Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co. has slashed populations of a crop- eating pest in the US Midwest, and most of the estimated $6.9 billion net benefit has accrued to ...

Logitech's Revue TV Box Set for October Release

TMC Net - Tracey E. Schelmetic - ‎2 hours ago‎
Logitech's Revue TV set-top box has been much talked about in the press, but until this week it was missing pertinent details such as when and where it will be available and how much it will cost.

Verizon Details LTE Launch Plans

Wireless Week - Brad Smith - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO—Verizon Wireless took the lid off plans for its nationwide LTE network launch Wednesday at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications show, unveiling 38 cities and 110 million people the network will cover ...

Cisco Umi Targets Home Telepresence

InternetNews.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Networking giant ups the ante on its telepresence portfolio, debuting the "umi" device that offers home users a new vehicle for collaboration and communication.

Motorola Sues Apple Over 18 Patent Infringements

eWeek - Michelle Maisto - ‎2 hours ago‎
Motorola is accusing Apple, both in the United States and with the ITC, of infringing on 18 patents related to the Apple iPhone, iPad, iTouch and some Mac computers.

3 share Nobel Prize in chemistry for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms

Washington Post - Karl Ritter, Malin Rising - ‎12 hours ago‎
An American and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.

Windows Phone 7: Miserable Failure, or Success In The Making?

eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - ‎2 hours ago‎
Windows Phone 7 could earn Microsoft significant market share against the iPhone and Android over the next few years, or totally fail--depending on which analyst you ask.

Microsoft: virus-infected computers should be quarantined

The Guardian - ‎2 hours ago‎
Virus-infected computers should be blocked from the internet and kept in quarantine until they are given a "health certificate", a top Microsoft security researcher suggested on Thursday.

Mini Review: Motorola Gets Foot in Office Door with Droid Pro

Wireless Week - Andrew Berg - ‎20 minutes ago‎
Motorola's new Droid Pro for Verizon Wireless is aimed at none other than Research In Motion's BlackBerry, the reigning king of the enterprise.

Does UK really need foreign scientists?

BBC News - ‎56 minutes ago‎
By Katia Moskvitch Science reporter, BBC News Some 10.5% of UK academics come from outside the country - so why the consternation about an immigration cap having a negative impact on British science?

T-Mobile Offering WiFi Calling on Android Phones with UMA

TMCnet - Susan J. Campbell - ‎6 hours ago‎
WiFi (News - Alert) calling on several T-Mobile phones is expected to become a reality now that the carrier is extending the service to several Android-based phones.

Sprint Bundles Apps

Wireless Week - Maisie Ramsay - ‎49 minutes ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO—Sprint Nextel is tackling app clutter with a new mobile content service that allows subscribers to download applications as a pack.

ACTA Text Released, Risks ISPs Becoming Copyright Police

Zeropaid - Jared Moya - ‎37 minutes ago‎
Latest draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been released, and although most of the controversial items like “three-strikes” have been removed, many still remain.

Stem cell poetry contest winners

USA Today - ‎2 hours ago‎
Stem cells are a hot topic in the courts right now, but they also turn out to make a nice subject for poetry. This year the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine held a Stem Cell Awareness Day poetry contest, which garners 18 entrants from six ...

Study: 82 percent of kids under 2 have online presence

CNN - Mark Milian - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Add three more babies to the pool of those likely to have their pictures posted on the internet. (CNN) -- Children can't change their DNA, and now it seems they're inheriting another permanent feature from their families -- an ...

Honda Is the Greenest Automaker … Again

Wired News - Chuck Squatriglia - ‎3 hours ago‎
Honda has won its fifth consecutive “greenest automaker” award from the Union of Concerned Scientists in what was the closest finish ever.

Libya applies secret sharia to block sexy URL shortener

Register - Jane Fae Ozimek - ‎6 hours ago‎
Size really does matter. It matters, that is, if you are looking to put up a website in Libya - and the use of a "shortener" results in creation of a domain name that is either too short, or contains the ...

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