Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon (AP)

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon (AP)

Nobel Prize honors super-strong, super-thin carbon (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:48 PM PDT

Professor Andre Geim, left, and Dr Konstantin Novoselov who have have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics are seen outside Manchester University, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Oct, 5, 2010. The scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for 'groundbreaking experiments' with the thinnest, strongest material known to mankind a carbon vital for the creation of faster computers and transparent touch screens. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - It is the thinnest and strongest material known to mankind — no thicker than a single atom and 100 times tougher than steel. Could graphene be the next plastic? Maybe so, says one of two scientists who won a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for isolating and studying it.

Apple challenges $625.5M patent-infringement award (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:07 PM PDT

AP - Apple Inc. is challenging a federal jury's order that it pay $625.5 million in damages for violating a small technology company's patents.

Euro terror alert spotlights voiceprint technology (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:47 PM PDT

A police officer with a dog, patrols a central London train station, Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Britain's Foreign Office has upgraded its travel advice for France and Germany, warning Britons going to those countries that the threat of terrorism there is high. Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May said that the threat of terrorism in the U.K. remains unchanged at 'severe,' meaning an attack is highly likely. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Did their voices betray them? The discovery of an alleged terror plot against Europe owes at least some of its success to "voiceprint" technology that allows law enforcement to electronically match a voice to its owner.

Survey: Android is tops when it comes to 'recent' smartphone buyers (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:18 PM PDT

The Motorola Droid smartphone. Google's Android operating system gained US smartphone market share in the quarter which ended in July while Blackberry maker Research in Motion, Apple and Microsoft lost ground, digital tracking firm comScore said.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)Ben Patterson - Nearly one in three who bought a smartphone in the past six months snapped up an Android handset, according to a new survey from Nielsen, leaving the iPhone and BlackBerry handsets to battle it out for second place.

OnLive nixes monthly fee for streaming games (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:42 AM PDT

Ben Patterson - The promise behind OnLive is enticing: high-end games like Assassin’s Creed II, Borderlands, and Batman: Arkham Asylum streamed to your PC or Mac from the vaunted "cloud," all through a tiny desktop client. Unfortunately, there's a catch: monthly access fees in addition to the cost of the games themselves.

Remains of the Day: Fame and fortune (Macworld)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Macworld - As always, my most grateful thanks to my colleague Jason Snell for filling in on remainders duty during my virus-imposed absenceâ€"Jason, you can get out of my chair. No, seriously. Out of the chair. You have a magazine and web site to run.

Yahoo spruces up its online ads with Dapper deal (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT

AP - Yahoo is trying to spruce up its online advertising service by buying a startup called Dapper.

Motorola, Verizon to sell Droid business phone (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Motorola Inc said on Tuesday Verizon Wireless would sell the Droid Pro, the mobile phone maker's first device for business customers based on Google Inc's popular Android operating system.

Qualcomm suspends Flo TV sales (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Qualcomm is suspending direct consumer sales of its mobile television service and devices as it looks for strategic options and plans lay-offs for its Flo TV business, which has failed to take off.

Facebook Spammer Tries to Cash in on $873 Million Fine (PC World)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:40 PM PDT

PC World - Facebook calls him a spammer and a U.S. court has fined him US$873 million. But Montreal's Adam Guerbuez doesn't seem to care; he calls himself the US$873 million man and says he won't pay a cent.

Qualcomm pulls plug on Flo TV device sales (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Qualcomm Chairman and CEO Paul E. Jacobs is silhouetted by an ad for FLO TV in January 2010. US technology company Qualcomm said Tuesday that it was suspending sales of its Flo TV AFP - US technology company Qualcomm said Tuesday that it was suspending sales of its Flo TV "personal television" sets as it examines the future of the mobile TV service.

Is Digg About to Unbury the Bury Button? (Mashable)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Mashable - If a recent poll from Digg founder Kevin Rose is any indication, Digg is considering bringing back the Bury button.

Mobile apps can create security issues (Appolicious)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT

Appolicious - A few months ago, Citibank (C) notified users of its iPhone mobile app of a potentially huge boo-boo it had made.

Adobe patches Reader, Acrobat security holes (Macworld)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:35 PM PDT

Macworld - Adobe rushed out a pair of updates to its Reader and Acrobat Pro products on the Mac Tuesday to tackle security holes in the software. The updates also improve stability of Reader and Acrobat, according to Adobe.

IBM Adds Notes Capabilities to LotusLive (PC World)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:50 PM PDT

PC World - IBM has upgraded its hosted collaboration suite, LotusLive, with additional capabilities, including a revamped e-mail and calendaring service called LotusLive Notes, and a new set of collaboration tools, called Communities.

Mobile Malware Exploits on the Way, Experts Say (PC World)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT

PC World - Smartphone exploits are coming, as cybercriminals start to figure out how to make money by hacking mobile devices, two mobile security experts said Tuesday.

Google Asks Court to Dismiss Oracle's Android Lawsuit (PC World)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

PC World - Google has made a sweeping request that a court throw out the copyright- and patent-infringement lawsuit filed in August by Oracle over Java use in Android, a popular, open-source mobile phone platform created by Google.

Women's website starts petition to save 'Huge' (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Reuters - A day after ABC Family canceled its freshman series "Huge," Jezebel.com has started an online petition to save the weight-loss drama.
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