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Shocking recipe for making killer electrons (w/ Video) Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:10AMTake a bunch of fast-moving electrons, place them in orbit and then hit them with the shock waves from a solar storm. What do you get? Killer electrons. That's the shocking recipe revealed by ESA's Cluster mission.
comScore Releases February 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:21PMcomScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In February 2010, Americans conducted 14.5 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.5 percent search market share.
O Brave New Journalism Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 1:01PMI have the pleasure of teaching at the Center for Global Affairs at NYU, in both the graduate and Continuing Education programs. Every month, the MS in Global Affairs folks have a discussion (followed by a lunch) and this past Friday the topic was “New Directions in News Reporting.” Veteran reporter and professor of journalism, [...]
Study shows woody plant encroachment has increased stream flow in the Edwards Plateau Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:24AMA new study by Texas AgriLife Research scientists finds that contrary to widespread perceptions, springs in the Edwards Plateau, which provide much of the stream flows, have not been declining as a result of increased encroachment of woody plants. In fact, spring flows are twice as high as they were prior to 1950.
Phobos flyby success Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:24AMMars Express encountered Phobos last night, smoothly skimming past at just 67 km, the closest any manmade object has ever approached Mars' enigmatic moon. The data collected could help unlock the origin of not just Phobos but other 'second generation' moons.
Bully galaxy rules the neighborhood (w/ Video) Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:10AM(PhysOrg.com) -- In general, galaxies can be thought of as "social" - hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear to be hungry loners. These cosmic oddities have set astronomers on the "case of the missing neighbour galaxies".
American pika are thriving in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern Great Basin Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:09AMNew research addressing climate change questions, a priority focus of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, documents that American pika in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern Great Basin are thriving and persist in a wider range of temperatures than previously discovered. Results were recently published in a paper titled "Distribution and Climatic Relationships of the ...
Assessing antibiotic breakdown in manure Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:39AMAgricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Scott Yates is studying how oxytetracycline (OTC), an antibiotic that is administered to animals, breaks down in cattle manure.
Cyber warriors gather as online battles rage Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 5:35PMGlobal cyberattacks hit firms, governments: NetWitness San Francisco (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 - Hackers have created a "dangerous new" network of virus-infected computers in 2,500 businesses and government agencies around the world, a US Internet security firm warned Thursday.
Cyber warriors gather as online battles rage Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:40AMSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 28, 2010 - US national security leaders and top cyber warriors from around the world are gathering here to plot defenses against criminals and spies that increasingly plague the Internet.
Something’s broken in digital Fleet Street; video ads look part of the answer Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:55AMIn this extended interview, former Telegraph Group Managing Director Hugo Drayton talks with Danny Meadows-Klue about the changing business models of online publishers, the weaknesses of the paywall model, his move into the video ad industry a year ago, and why video could be a critical revenue stream for web publishers…
Something’s broken in digital Fleet Street; video ads look part of the answer Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:55AMIn this extended interview, former Telegraph Group Managing Director Hugo Drayton talks with Danny Meadows-Klue about the changing business models of online publishers, the weaknesses of the paywall model, his move into the video ad industry a year ago, and why video could be a critical revenue stream for web publishers…
CSA elections begin Sunday: President, VP and Treasurer each have two candidates in race Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:46AMCSA elections begin Sunday, Feb. 21 at noon and end on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 11:59 p.m. Positions to be determined in this election are President, Vice President, Treasurer and two Representatives from each the junior, sophomore and freshman class.
New Spybot.AKB Worm Spreads Across Peer-to-Peer Networks and Email, According to PandaLabs Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 2:18PMORLANDO, Fla., Feb.
New Spybot.AKB Worm Spreads Across Peer-to-Peer Networks and Email, According to PandaLabs Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 10:06AMPandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, the Cloud Security Company, has detected a new worm, Spybot.AKB. It spreads using Peer-to-Peer programs by copying itself to the usual shared folders with different names, and also via email.
comScore Releases January 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 3:02PMcomScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In January 2010, Americans conducted 15.2 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share.
Facebook and Microsoft Cancel Display Ad Relationship Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 1:29PMFour-year agreement is kaput in possible blow to Microsoft's ad representation ambitions.
Yahoo Ditches HotJobs Wednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 7:13PMHouse-cleaning continues at Yahoo as rival Monster lands HotJobs in $225 million deal.
The Phone Book's Days Appear Numbered Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 7:04AMAt the end of every year, a new telephone book, usually weighing a few pounds, lands with a thud on doorsteps across the country. The directory is estimated to consume millions of trees a year to produce. But with most Americans now carrying mobile phones, do we still need phone directories made out of paper?
Ventura company serves as national clearinghouse for parts, information Saturday, January 9, 2010 @ 7:13PMBusiness is heating up for Jack Santoro, owner of JES Enterprises, a Ventura company specializing in antique stoves.With the economy teetering toward a recovery, many consumers are more likely to salvage their old stoves and other appliances rather than shop for replacements.Others just treasure their old stoves, touting the superior quality to modern ovens. They’re “built like a tank” and ...
It's hip to be Square; Twitter inventor has new venture Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 6:18PMMobile payment system could revolutionize industry Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey has a new idea -- a mobile payment system that can be accessed by cell phone.
Twitter 2.0: API Rate Change Could Lead to a World of New Apps & Features Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 5:54PMOne of the best things about Twitter is its wildly creative ecosystem of applications built by people outside the company. Those apps have been constrained, though, by technical limits imposed on retrieving data from Twitter. Those limits are just about to be raised much higher and developers tell us that a whole new world of applications and features may become possible. Twitter's Director of ...
It's hip to be Square; Twitter inventor has new venture Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 10:12PMDEC. 21, 2009 -- Jim McKelvey, co-founder and instructor for Third Degree Glass Factory, presents the Square, a new electronic payment system developed by Twitter founder and St. Louis native Jack Dorsey. McKelvey and Dorsey are partners on the development of Square.
Twelve Days of Christmas? Who Needs 12 Days? Get Things Done Now on the Sprint Now Network Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 8:49AMOVERLAND PARK, Kan.----The song keeps playing on the radio, on and on about those 12 days: “Nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking… five golden rings” – all those people, all those cows, and the price of gold these days!
Cadbury defends against Kraft offer Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 12:56AMBritain's Cadbury PLC kicked off a robust defense against Kraft Foods Inc.'s 9.8 billion pound ($16.3 billion) hostile takeover offer on Monday, urging shareholders not to let the U.S. maker of cheese, cookies and macaroni dinners "steal your company with its derisory offer."
US-TECH Summary Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 8:05AMFacebook redraws site's privacy boundaries
US-TECH Summary Tuesday, December 8, 2009 @ 5:45PMEbay exec emails.
Biz Break: Nvidia, AMD surge; eBay wanted all of Craigslist Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 4:02PMIntel's graphics-chip delay bolsters rivals Nvidia and AMD. Meg Whitman is the first witness in the trial of a lawsuit by eBay and a countersuit by Craigslist. Plus: real-time Google search, Vevo, Facebook, Silicon Valley tech stocks.
The World at 4 p.m. Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 3:13PMThe supervisor is Mike Stewart (800-845-8450, ext. 1602). In Photos, Shahrzad Elghanayan (ext. 1900). In Multimedia/Graphics, Bernadette Tuazon (ext. 1901). Expanded AP content, beyond what appears on this wire, can be obtained from http://www.apexchange.com. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact customersupport(at)ap.org or call 877-836-9477.
US-TECH Summary Thursday, December 3, 2009 @ 5:30PMUniversity turns iPhones into musical instruments
Cosmic Log: Balloon hunt goes viral Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 3:38PMScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: More than 300 teams have signed up for a $40,000 balloon hunt organized by the Pentagon's think tank to study how social networking works.
Some (Unasked-for) Advice for Smaller, Non-Metro Newspapers Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 10:30AMAccording to some critics, too often I've focused on the adaptation of and suggested solutions for larger metro newspapers to survive the digital transition.
Dubai’s Meltdown; The Biz Behind This Year's Hottest Toy Monday, November 30, 2009 @ 11:37AMMeltdown in Dubai? The boom that put indoor ski slopes in the desert and man-made islands in the Persian Gulf looks to be coming to an end. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Dubai World, a state owned company controlled by the city-state, announced that it would stop paying back its debts. The Wall Street Journal has the news and says that the United Arab Emirates has not yet promised to bail out ...
Police Blotter Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 12:59AMWILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents:
Seoul Metropolitan Government Offers Free Trips to Korea in Latest “Sell Your Seoul” Campaign Tuesday, November 24, 2009 @ 9:00AMSeoul Metropolitan Government promotes Asia travel with launch of “Sell Your Seoul” social media campaign
CNN - 5 Ways To Pump Up Your Income Monday, November 23, 2009 @ 7:04AMWish You Had A Little More Money In Your Wallet These Days? Who Doesn't?
comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for October 2009 Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:18PMRESTON, Va., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly analysis of U.S. Web activity at the top online properties for October 2009 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service.
Internet supermarket booms in bad times Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 12:50PMThe Internet global supermarket is booming because people and businesses are looking for bargains and new outlets in bad times, a new report says.
Internet market booms Monday, November 16, 2009 @ 2:52AMThe internet global supermarket is booming because people are looking for bargains in bad times.
Internet supermarket booms in bad times Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 11:23PMPARIS - The Internet global supermarket is booming because people and businesses are looking for bargains and new outlets in bad times, a new report says. And the this great global shopping mall can only expand rapidly as mobile phone use explodes, the Chinese get involved and advertisers jump in, the OECD forecasts.
Internet supermarket booms in bad times Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 1:07AMPARIS -The Internet global supermarket is booming because people and businesses are looking for bargains and new outlets in bad times, a new report says. Read more...
Personalization moving into screening spotlight Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 2:33AMConsumers are increasingly relying on humans to help them sift through the huge amounts of news, video, music and other media online, as social networking and old-fashioned editorial filtering promise ever more personalized results, according to speakers at a... Sponsored Topics: Social network service - Services - Personalization - Online Communities - Media
Craigslist is the wilder West WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK REPORT A SCAM Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 2:46AMWe've Got Your Back is a column warning the public about frauds and other illegal activities against consumers.
Africa world's fastest growing mobile phone market Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 11:38AM(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile phone subscriptions in Africa have defied the world economic crisis by growing faster than in any other region of the world since 2003, according to a United Nations report published yesterday.
Google Seeks Marketing Chief in North America Sunday, October 18, 2009 @ 11:44PMIs Google preparing to boost its marketing investment and fight Bing on its own terms?
Mark Tapscott Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 1:32PMEditorial Page Editor Mark Tapscott was voted Conservative Journalist of the Year for 2008 by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and he was inducted into the Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame in 2006. Before joining the Examiner in 2006, he was director of The Heritage Foundation's Center for Media and Public Policy and founded its Database 101 Computer-Assisted Research ...
Jose Antonio Vargas: The Future of News -- Connection, Conversation, Community Thursday, October 1, 2009 @ 11:59AMIt's time for young journalists and, just as important, young technologists to show how news is expanding and being re-defined in a world under Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
comScore Releases August 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ 6:35PMRESTON, Va., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace.
comScore Releases August 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ 3:05PMcomScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In August 2009, Americans conducted more than 13.9 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 64.6 percent search market share.
There's Lots to Love About Facebook Lite Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 8:31PMWith optimized HTML, fewer ads, and smaller images, Facebook Lite tastes great and is less filling.