Good news: A team of scientists has discovered that we can predict super volcano eruptions “decades in advance.” Bad news: Another team of scientists has discovered that a volcano in Death Valley, California, “may explode at any time .” More
Good news: A team of scientists has discovered that we can predict super volcano eruptions “decades in advance.” Bad news: Another team of scientists has discovered that a volcano in Death Valley, California, “may explode at any time .” More
Full coverage as the social network launches the biggest-ever stock market listing for a technology company 12.22am: The Associated Press notes how the IPO filing casts a spotlight on some of Facebook’s inner workings for the first time.
Full coverage as the social network launches the biggest-ever stock market listing for a technology company 12.22am: The Associated Press notes how the IPO filing casts a spotlight on some of Facebook’s inner workings for the first time.
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Facebook’s IPO announcement – live
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Wednesday’s selection includes items on how a Facebook stock offering could affect California’s budget, Apple’s chance to reinvent manufacturing, eBay’s data center and Neil Young’s take on record companies and piracy.
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Wednesday’s selection includes items on how a Facebook stock offering could affect California’s budget, Apple’s chance to reinvent manufacturing, eBay’s data center and Neil Young’s take on record companies and piracy.
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Today’s Scuttlebot: iFactory Visions and eBay’s Data Power
On January 29, 2012, In Technology, by weimingking4869
While California employment figures show that Silicon Valley’s technology sector has more than made up for job losses that occurred early in the recession, the rebound has not helped everyone. Older tech workers still struggle to find work.
While California employment figures show that Silicon Valley’s technology sector has more than made up for job losses that occurred early in the recession, the rebound has not helped everyone. Older tech workers still struggle to find work.
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Old Techies Never Die; They Just Can’t Get Hired
On January 26, 2012, In Gadgets, by JamesBradshaw
You’re looking at the heart of the most powerful X-Ray laser machine ever created by humans, billions of times stronger than anything before it. It’s the Linac Coherent Light Source and it has made something that nobody has made before in this planet: the kind of matter that you can only find in the heart of stars and giant planets.
You’re looking at the heart of the most powerful X-Ray laser machine ever created by humans, billions of times stronger than anything before it. It’s the Linac Coherent Light Source and it has made something that nobody has made before in this planet: the kind of matter that you can only find in the heart of stars and giant planets.
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Scientists Create Star Matter In California
On January 17, 2012, In Gadgets, by helobka23
You’ve probably had it drilled into your head that your gadgets are doing terrible, terrible things to the environment — and not just ’cause they end up as toxic landfill in poorer countries. Many of your chargers and electronics continue to draw power even when they’re off or your device is disconnected.
You’ve probably had it drilled into your head that your gadgets are doing terrible, terrible things to the environment — and not just ’cause they end up as toxic landfill in poorer countries. Many of your chargers and electronics continue to draw power even when they’re off or your device is disconnected.
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California demands manufacturers ditch inefficient vampire chargers
A Google team leader explains how making Android’s source code open should make cheap smartphones and tablets available for people in the poorest countries A minor Twitterstorm blew through on Wednesday when MG Siegler, formerly of TechCrunch, noted that Andy Rubin, the head of Google’s Android mobile division, had deleted his famous first tweet about “the meaning of open” (a command line expression explaining how to build Android from the kernel.org repository). Update: he hadn’t deleted it; Twitter had temporarily lost it, but has now restored it , as it told Siegler: “During maintenance we encountered a bug.
A Google team leader explains how making Android’s source code open should make cheap smartphones and tablets available for people in the poorest countries A minor Twitterstorm blew through on Wednesday when MG Siegler, formerly of TechCrunch, noted that Andy Rubin, the head of Google’s Android mobile division, had deleted his famous first tweet about “the meaning of open” (a command line expression explaining how to build Android from the kernel.org repository). Update: he hadn’t deleted it; Twitter had temporarily lost it, but has now restored it , as it told Siegler: “During maintenance we encountered a bug.
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‘Closing the knowledge gap’: why Google wants Android to be open
On December 20, 2011, In Technology, by Lobo
A California judge ruled today that’s it’s okay to sue Facebook for showing your picture in an ad. That’s dumb, and to pretend that it’s anything but turns a blind eye to how that nearly everyone uses Facebook. More
A California judge ruled today that’s it’s okay to sue Facebook for showing your picture in an ad. That’s dumb, and to pretend that it’s anything but turns a blind eye to how that nearly everyone uses Facebook. More
On December 15, 2011, In Gadgets, Technology, by brumek13
Ken Mankoff is a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studies ice and ocean interactions. He also counts himself among a growing legion of environmental scientists who have begun using Microsoft’s Kinect to create detailed, 3D maps of caves, glaciers and even asteroids.
Ken Mankoff is a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studies ice and ocean interactions. He also counts himself among a growing legion of environmental scientists who have begun using Microsoft’s Kinect to create detailed, 3D maps of caves, glaciers and even asteroids.
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Microsoft Kinect used to map asteroids, glaciers, other scary things