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SXSW Keeps Austin Weird, Wired and Wild - Wired News
 Wired News | SXSW Keeps Austin Weird, Wired and Wild Wired News Whether they came to show off their latest digital creations or brush up on their coding skills, the mobs who descended on this town for the annual geek spring break known as South by Southwest Interactive blew off steam Saturday night ... 'Faster,' 'instant' Digg 2.0 unveiled at SXSW Can virality and personality save Digg? Digg CEO Jay Adelson buys home in Mill Valley |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 10:38 pm
Microsoft working to patch serious Internet Explorer 6, 7 flaw - Afterdawn.com
 The Tech Herald | Microsoft working to patch serious Internet Explorer 6, 7 flaw Afterdawn.com Microsoft Corp. is racing to release a patch for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 to address a serious security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take control of a victim's computer. The Redmond-based software giant has picked up the pace on this ... Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix Microsoft races to plug IE hole after exploit code released IE Attacks Circulate as Microsoft Updates Advisory |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 10:10 pm
SpaceX Says Falcon 9 Rocket Test Fire Is a Success - ABC News
 Reuters | SpaceX Says Falcon 9 Rocket Test Fire Is a Success ABC News CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly ... SpaceX executes test of Falcon 9's engines SpaceX Fires Up SpaceX tests rocket engines for NASA role |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 9:48 pm
Why is the sun producing so few sunspots? - msnbc.com
 Scientific American | Why is the sun producing so few sunspots? msnbc.com A new study reports that the top of the gigantic conveyor belt of plasma moving inside the sun has been running at record-high speeds for the past five years. The phenomenon might be the reason why the sun has continued to have so few sunspots recently ... Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun Comet's dramatic death dive into the sun Video: Cold, Little Comet Is No Match for Big, Hot Sun |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 5:34 pm
Pi Day 2010 and Albert Einsteins Birthday Celebrated Today! - UK Today News
 Zee News | Pi Day 2010 and Albert Einsteins Birthday Celebrated Today! UK Today News Today is Pi Day 2010 ! Never heard of Pi Day before? This day happens to be the birth dates of the mathematical constant Pi as well as that of the great Albert Einstein. Pi Day 2010 is a day that remembers the mathematical constant 3.14 – which is ... 'Magna Carta of physics' on view for 1st time Pi Day and Albert Einstein birthday Pi Days — Albert Einstein's Birthday |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 5:14 pm
Privacy is Not Dead, Just Evolving - PC World
 PC World | Privacy is Not Dead, Just Evolving PC World It's a brave new world. Unfortunately--continuing the literary allusion--Big Brother is watching. As technology makes more information more accessible, it also threatens to expose information that is not intended to be shared. ... Google May Start Pre-Testing New Buzz Features With Users Privacy is not dead, says SXSWi keynoter Boyd RCR Unplugged: Bits, bytes and buzz from day two @SXSW Interactive |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 3:54 pm
US to roll out major broadband policy - Reuters
 Reuters | US to roll out major broadband policy Reuters An Afghan man uses the Internet at the Lincoln US support library in Herat December 13, 2009. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic ... FCC's Speed Test Checks Broadband Vendors' Claims Effort to Widen US Internet Access Sets Up Battle US to unveil new superfast broadband policy |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 2:07 pm
Government rebuked over global warming nursery rhyme adverts - Telegraph.co.uk
 Telegraph.co.uk | Government rebuked over global warming nursery rhyme adverts Telegraph.co.uk Two nursery rhyme adverts commissioned by the Government to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks. By Matthew Moore The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the adverts – which were based on the ... Kumi Naidoo on climate change denial 'deja vu' Global warming skepticism rising in the GOP Ed Miliband's adverts banned for overstating climate change |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 9:26 am
Apple Details iPad's Battery Replacement Plan - PC Magazine
 Washington Post | Apple Details iPad's Battery Replacement Plan PC Magazine It's no secret that the Cupertino-based developer has inched the totality of its product lines toward non-replaceable batteries. So what happens, then, when your iPhone or Macbook Pro battery loses its ability to hold much of a charge? ... Molding the iPad into a Business Tool Apple will replace iPad with new one for $99 if your battery dies Apple to replace iPads in need of new battery for $99 |
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 2:44 am
Microsoft Xbox Sales Top Wii, PS3 - InformationWeek
 PC World | Microsoft Xbox Sales Top Wii, PS3 InformationWeek But sales of all gaming hardware, including the Sony PS2, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS, are down from a year ago. By Antone Gonsalves Six months after being named the most unreliable video game console, with a failure rate eight times that of ... Face-Off: Microsoft vs. Sony on February Game Sales 360 On Top For First Time in 3 Years BioShock 2 PS3, Aliens vs. Predator Jump Into February Top 20 |
Posted on 12 March 2010 | 8:27 pm
