Sunday, April 3, 2011

Tweaking the climate to save it: Who decides? (AP)

Tweaking the climate to save it: Who decides? (AP)

Tweaking the climate to save it: Who decides? (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:00 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 1968 image taken during the Apollo VIII mission and released by NASA shows the planet Earth. If Earth overheats, can it be artificially cooled? Should the effort begin now? Who would decide? The very idea of 'geoengineering,' and the unknown risks of tweaking our climate, left many participants in a March 2011 conference of international experts in Chicheley, England uneasy. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)AP - To the quiet green solitude of an English country estate they retreated, to think the unthinkable.

Google profile in China shrinking (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2010 file photo, a Chinese flag flaps in the wind in front of the Google China headquarters in Beijing. A year after a public spat with Beijing over censorship, Google Inc. says its business with Chinese advertisers is growing even as the Internet giant's share of online searches in China plunges. A major Chinese portal announced last week it would no longer use Google for search, compounding its rapid loss of market share since March last year when it closed its local search engine. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)AP - A year after a public spat with Beijing over censorship, Google Inc. says its business with Chinese advertisers is growing even as the Internet giant's share of online searches in China plunges.

Disney and Pixar Go Viral With "Cars 2" Faux Ads [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Mashable - Building on the highly successful campaign from Toy Story 3, the marketers at Disney Pixar have crafted this hilarious and well-produced faux used car advertisement in honor of Cars 2.

20 Game-Changing Events That Shaped the Internet, Part 2 (PC World)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:00 PM PDT

PC World - We take the Internet for granted now, but a lot of developments helped to make it the gargantuan shopping, socializing, commerce-helping, video-sharing behemoth it is today.

20 Game-Changing Events That Shaped the Internet, Part 1 (PC World)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:00 PM PDT

PC World - Today we all use our smartphones and our broadband-equipped home and work PCs to instantly access information and data on just about any topic via the Internet.

Security breach widens at retailers, others (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 07:31 PM PDT

AP - Best Buy Co., TiVo Inc., and Walgreen Co. are the latest in a seemingly endless string of companies to warn over the weekend that hackers gained access to customers' files, including email addresses.

Thinking Space Pro Android app offers note-taking for visual thinkers (Appolicious)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Appolicious - I reviewed Thinking Space when it first came out on Android. It's a neat application through which you can build a "mind map" — capturing an idea, concept, meeting or brainstorming session in a mixture of text, word balloons and arrows connecting them. This update re-works the user interface to make the application easier and faster to use.

Social Media: Facebook Cozies Up to Obama and Congress (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:55 PM PDT

Time.com - Social-networking powerhouse Facebook is one of many tech firms expanding their presence in Washington, but Mark Zuckerberg and his company's overtures are raising some eyebrows

Q-and-A: The BlackBerry PlayBook Can Run Which Android Apps? (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:24 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - In a news release dated March 24, RIM announced that its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would launch with optional "app players," which "will allow users to download BlackBerry Java apps and Android apps from BlackBerry App World and run them on their BlackBerry PlayBook."

HOW TO: Land a Job at Facebook (Mashable)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 09:56 AM PDT

Mashable - So you want to work at Facebook, one of the world's hottest companies -- what do you have to get your foot in the door and get noticed?

Facebook goes audible with Friends Aloud Lite app (Appolicious)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - If keeping up with your Facebook news feed is so important to you that you do dumb things like read it while driving, Friends Aloud Lite can make your life safer while making sure you don't miss a status.

Vivendi to take full control of SFR (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT

AP - Vivendi SA said Sunday it agreed to acquire Vodafone Group PLC's 44 percent stake in French mobile operator SFR for 7.95 billion euros ($11.3 billion).

Email Provider Epsilon Responsible For Gigantic Security Breach (Mashable)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 06:48 AM PDT

Mashable - Epsilon, the world's largest permission-based email marketing services company that serves TiVo users and many more, reported a breach in its security Friday, and the list of companies affected keeps on growing.

Apple debuts first iPad 2 ad: 'We Believe' (Digital Trends)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Digital Trends - With the initial buzz surrounding the iPad 2 now gone, Apple has released the first television advertisement for its second-generation tablet.

Windows 8 to Replace Your Toolbar with a Ribbon (PC World)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 03:31 PM PDT

PC World - Just hours after an early build of Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system leaked we're starting to get a good idea of how the latest version of Windows is shaping up.
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