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Can Microsoft Surface, Best Buy Save Each Other? - Hardware - InformationWeek Microsoft needs to get its Windows 8 tablet in front of as many eyeballs as possible, and the retailer needs hot products to drive in-store sales. | Paul McDougall | December 15, 2012 09:06 AM. Microsoft Surface Tablet: 10 Coolest Features. (click image for ... See all stories on this topic »

Section of Panama Jungle Holds Over 25000 Bug Species Fox News It's census time in the Panamanian jungle for the millions of insects that call the region home. A multinational group of scientists, including one from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., just completed the first ever census of insects in the Panamanian ... See all stories on this topic »

5 Ways Google Maps Beats Apple Maps - Mobility - Smartphones - InformationWeek Google Maps' triumphant return to the iPhone exposes just how bad Apple's app really is. By Eric Zeman · InformationWeek. December 15, 2012 09:06 AM. 10 Best Business Tools In Google+. (click image for larger view and for slideshow). Google published ... See all stories on this topic »

Walmart selling third-generation 16GB Apple iPad with Retina Display for $399 ... ZDNet Summary: The iPad deal will be sweetened starting Monday, when it includes a $30 iTunes gift card. Sean Portnoy. By Sean Portnoy for Laptops & Desktops | December 15, 2012 -- 01:02 GMT (17:02 PST). Follow @teklust ... See all stories on this topic »

Ford Fuel-Economy Controversy: Is EPA Test to Blame? Wall Street Journal (blog) Ford Motor Co. is trying to turn the tables in a controversy over fuel economy ratings for some of its new hybrids, suggesting the problem is how the government's ratings for such cars are calculated. The company's C-Max hybrid wagon and Fusion hybrid are ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Hands On: Facebook 2.0 for Android gets native code for better speed PCWorld Ian is an independent writer based in Tel Aviv, Israel. His current focus is on all things tech including mobile devices, desktop and laptop computers, software, social networks, Web apps, tech-related legislation and corporate tech news. More by Ian Paul ... See all stories on this topic »

Ray Kurzweil joining Google PCWorld The 64-year-old, whose work includes computer and machine intelligence, neuroscience and virtual reality, revealed the move on his blogon Friday. Kurzweil said his work at Google would focus on new projects involving machine learning and language ... See all stories on this topic » PCWorld

NHTSA takes it investigation of Ford's acceleration problem to the next level SlashGear Back on October 27, we reported that the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration had opened an investigation against Ford due to reports of sticky throttles. In a related matter, the NHTSA has now increased its investigation of other Ford models, ... See all stories on this topic »

Wal-Mart offers holiday deals on some iPads, iPhones - Life Inc. Today.com (blog) Update 7:25 p.m. ET: A spokeswoman for Wal-Mart said Friday that the company inadvertantly said that the fourth-generation iPad would be available for $399. In fact, it is an older model iPad that is available for that price. Wal-Mart said Friday that it had ... See all stories on this topic » Today.com (blog)

Three New Slow Loris Species Discovered in Borneo; Rare Venomous Primates ... Scientific American (blog) Kayan loris Protecting the adorable but endangered slow loris—the world's only venomous primate—from the illegal pet trade suddenly got a little harder. According to a paper pending publication in the American Journal of Primatology, what was once ... See all stories on this topic » Scientific American (blog)

How To Gift Apps From The iOS 6 App Store Forbes Something seems to have changed in iOS 6. It used to be easy to gift an app to others, but I can't for the life of me see how to do it now. Any help? Please!?! Thanks in advance. Actually, up until recently it hasn't been possible to gift apps from the iOS 6 app ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Uncle says woman stunned with Taser wants to pursue charges against Nashua ... Nashua Telegraph NASHUA – The Newton, Mass., woman on whom police used a Taser in the middle of the Pheasant Lane Mall on Tuesday says she did nothing wrong and plans to file a complaint against police, according to her uncle. David Chen, owner of Thousand Crane ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists pinpoint the age of cheese: 7000 years old and counting Science Recorder Scientists have reportedly discovered pottery fragments that suggest cheese-making is a much older process than previously thought. The pottery pieces, which have small holes throughout, are thought to be more than 7,000 years old and may have been ... See all stories on this topic » Science Recorder

IPCC Leaked Draft Prompts New Internet Flap Mother Jones On Thursday, someone posted part of a draft version of the forthcoming report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) online, prompting a new round of internet freak-out over the report and the panel. The IPCC's fifth assessment report ... See all stories on this topic » Mother Jones

Texting and Walking Really Not a Good Idea Mashable We know you've heard over and over about the dangers of texting and driving. You've gotten yourself a fancy Bluetooth headset and now have a glowing blue light in your ear. Or perhaps you ask Siri to make phone calls for you, limiting the need to take your ... See all stories on this topic »

Space Travelers Need Medical Clearance : Space & The Future : Science World ... Science World Report (Photo : Reuters) Clinicians will be asked to provide medical clearance for these people. For this purpose a team of experts from North America provided certain advice to the clinicians who required direction when advising patients on space travel. See all stories on this topic » Science World Report

App Brings TV to Phones, Tablets HispanicBusiness.com Comcast, one of several TV channel providers that lets subscribers stream TV shows on their mobile devices via WI-FI, has begun offering an app to download shows from four of its pay channels, so subscribers can take the shows and movies with them to ... See all stories on this topic »

Snapchat Releases Video-Sharing, Is Prototyping Monetization Features (Oh ... TechCrunch Android_Release_CamScreen (1) Snapchat, the popular impermanent photo-sharing mobile app, is rolling out a major new feature: video sharing. Users can now share 10-second videos the same way they share pictures — by taking the picture or video, ... See all stories on this topic »

Speeding Ticket For Motionless Car: Traffic Camera Epic Fail The Inquisitr Baltimore, MD – An automated police camera issued a speeding ticket for a motionless car. In what is being called a "perfect storm of errors" the city of Baltimore issued a citation for a stationary vehicle, which was validated by a human police officer and not ... See all stories on this topic » The Inquisitr

Report: BMW M4 rendered, will be faster and lighter than current M3 Coupe eGMCarTech Now that we've finally seen the new BMW 4 Series Coupe Concept, which will make its public debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show next month, news of the M version of the coupe is starting to trickle in. We recently heard via CARandDRIVER, that BMW will ... See all stories on this topic » eGMCarTech

TEASED! FIRST Picture Of Ferrari's All-New Flagship's Rear End Surfaces AutoSpies.com It wasn't too long ago that we brought you the FIRST teaser photograph of Ferrari's all-new Enzo replacement. While it's been quite sometime since the Enzo was around, the time has come for an all-new flagship to follow legendary greats like the 288 GTO, ... See all stories on this topic » AutoSpies.com

Maine birders take part in Christmas Bird Count Boston.com FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Bird enthusiasts are fanning out across Maine to record their bird sightings as part of the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count. The event, now in its 113th year, kicked off nationally on Friday. Bird-watching ... See all stories on this topic »

How different countries of the world restrict the Internet - Tech - IBNLive IBNLive Dubai: Envoys in Dubai signed a new UN telecommunications treaty on Friday that a US-led delegation says endorses greater government control of the Internet. The US and more than 20 other countries refused to ratify the accord by the 193-nation ... See all stories on this topic » IBNLive

GM dropping hybrid powertrains in pickup trucks Torque News With the release of General Motor's plans for its half ton pickup trucks, the 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 and the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, it's clear that the new models will eschew a hybrid powertrain. Why? n/a. 2014 Chevrolet Sierra 1500 ... See all stories on this topic » Torque News

iPhone 5 to outsell iPhone 4S: Taiwan's telecom operators - CNA ENGLISH NEWS Focus Taiwan News Channel Taipei, Dec. 15 (CNA) The sales peak for the iPhone 5 should be able to last over three months in Taiwan, and the latest Apple phone will ultimately outsell its predecessor iPhone 4S, mainly due to its bigger upgrade and more significant changes from the ... See all stories on this topic »

Reviewed.com roundup: Nook HD tablet and more USA TODAY For over 10 years, Reviewed.com has put thousands of products to the test, all for the sake of the informed purchase. We've had a busy week working with some new stuff and investigating new technology. Here's what we've been up to. See all stories on this topic »

Hailing Taxis via Smartphone Comes to New York City Businessweek Catching a cab in midtown Manhattan at 4:30 on a weekday afternoon is the closest most New Yorkers will ever get to hunting. You have to know the patterns of your prey: its favorite haunts, its preferred routes, its tendency to vanish when your need is most ... See all stories on this topic »

Bank Attackers Used PHP Websites As Launch Pads - Security - InformationWeek WordPress sites with outdated TimThumb plug-in were among PHP-based sites hackers used to launch this fall's massive DDoS attacks, reports Arbor Network. By Mathew J. Schwartz · InformationWeek. December 14, 2012 11:36 AM. Who Is Hacking U.S. ... See all stories on this topic »

McAfee 'not out of the woods' legally - SFGate San Francisco Chronicle Software developer John McAfee is a free man because he managed to elude police in Belize and slip into Guatemala, from where - like any run-of-the-mill illegal immigrant - he was deported. Whether he stays free in the United States or is sent back to Belize ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Chronicle

Google drops Exchange ActiveSync support for free email accounts ZDNet Summary: Google's decision to restrict support for enterprise-class syncing is the latest move in a bid to move customers to its paid products and to push free Gmail users to its mobile apps. Ed Bott. By Ed Bott for The Ed Bott Report | December 14, 2012 ... See all stories on this topic »

Google fights mobile misclicks with new ad format Washington Post Google is fighting a small but annoying problem on mobile devices: fat-finger ad clicks. In a company blog post Thursday, Google said that its data show that most of the time when people accidentally hit ad links its because they're tapping near the bottom of ... See all stories on this topic »

LEAP OFFERS FINANCING FOR TOP-TIER CELLPHONES U-T San Diego Leap Wireless has begun offering financing for customers in hopes of easing sticker shock for smartphones that the San Diego wireless operator now sells to its Cricket customers. Leap, which provides no-contract wireless service, has teamed up with ... See all stories on this topic »

A 'hubble'ing view Khaleej Times Are you a space enthusiast, who often wonders what the universe looked like millions of years ago? Have you ever wanted to know how stars and planets emerged? The Hubble telescope's deepest-ever view of space can provide you with awe-inspiring ... See all stories on this topic »

McAfee warns of Project Blitzkrieg hack attack on US banks Register Security firm McAfee warns that there is a credible threat of a coordinated Spring offensive against at least 30 US banks next year by Eastern European fraudsters. Talk of Project Blitzkrieg started after a message in September on a hacking board from a user ... See all stories on this topic »

40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Begins Trip Back to Earth from Moon klyq Earth from Moon Apollo 17 orbits the Moon and sees the Earth. (NASA Goddard Photo and Video) During their time orbiting the Moon, the Apollo 17 astronauts had a view of the Earth that only a dozen people have shared. When you look out the window of a ... See all stories on this topic »

Delightful geological puzzles for Mars rover Brisbane Times The gift that keeps on giving ... everything from Opportunity over the past eight years has been a bonus. Photo: NASA. WHILE many obsessed over speculation that NASA's newest Mars rover, Curiosity, had dug up signs of life – it had not – it is the agency's ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Dell Drops Android and Quits Smartphone Business The Droid Guy As one of the big manufacturer of personal computers, Dell had been trying to compete in the smartphone business over the past few years. But recently, they had just announced that they are going to drop Android and will quit in the smartphone business ... See all stories on this topic »

O.C. officials expect smaller 'king tides' - latimes.com Los Angeles Times Orange County coastal communities were gearing up for more flooding Friday, although "king tides" in the area are expected to be smaller that those experienced earlier this week, officials said. The tides, named for their size, are expected to be two-tenths of a ... See all stories on this topic »

New milestone for China: Probe snaps close-ups of asteroid Toutatis NBCNews.com (blog) By Alan Boyle. Follow @b0yle. China's official news agency is reporting that the country's Chang'e 2 deep-space probe made an amazing flyby of the asteroid Toutatis this week, snapping a series of pictures as it passed just 2 miles away. The achievement ... See all stories on this topic » NBCNews.com (blog)

Government Agency Will Give RIM Another Chance New York Times (blog) Thorsten Heins, the chief executive of Research In Motion, discussing the BlackBerry 10 in Robert Galbraith/Reuters Thorsten Heins, the chief executive of Research In Motion, discussing the BlackBerry 10 in September. Perhaps there's hope for the ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Google ends copyright dispute with Belgian newspapers TechSpot Google has settled a long-running dispute with Belgian newspapers over copyright complaints. The case dates back to 2006 when a group of publishers sued Google claiming the use of headlines and snippets of Belgian newspaper articles in Google New ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA to play demolition derby with moon, moon likely to win msnNOW Is this NASA meets Jackass? The space agency will deliberately crash two probes into the moon on Monday, hitting the rim of a lunar crater at over 3,000mph. The space nerds in Houston say this isn't a destructive prank, but the safest way to dispose of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Long Lasting Motorola Droid Razr MAXX HD Hits Amazon Wireless Sale List Mobile bloom News droidrazrmaxxhd A recent recipient of the much ballyhooed and long-awaited Jelly Bean 4.1 Android operating system, the Droid Razr MAXX HD recently hit the Amazon Wireless seasonal holiday sale. Retailing for approximately $149 on contract at the ... See all stories on this topic »

End of the World Poll: Is the Apocalypse Coming Dec. 21? Patch.com Apparently, there's an apocalypse coming. Seriously, though, even NASA is getting in on the action. The agency created a page on its website devoted to debunking the Mayan apocalypse idea—not least because the Mayans never predicted any such thing. See all stories on this topic »

Falling gas prices aid holiday trips Brunswick News For 17-year-old Josh Tate, a few cents off a gallon of gasoline may not mean big savings when puttering around town. But when he drives to northern Wisconsin this Christmas break to visit his mother, the lower price will be easier on his wallet, and ... See all stories on this topic »

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) Wins In Apple Lawsuit ValueWalk Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been found guilty by a Delaware Court of infringing on three Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Nokia Corporation ADR (NYSE:NOK) patents for its iPhone. MobileMedia Ideas LLC, a Sony-owned holding company, MPEG-LA and Nokia ... See all stories on this topic » ValueWalk

Ford Looking To "Change The Game" With New Transit Commercial Vans ... Auto World News Ford revealed plans for a new Transit full-sized commercial van that will be released in the U.S. sometime late 2013. The truck is being advertised as the company's largest full-size commercial van ever produced and will be able to hold approximately 15 ... See all stories on this topic » Auto World News

Rockstar Wants A 'Grand Theft Auto' That Features All Of The Previous Cities MTV.com (blog) Imagine if Rockstar made a "Grand Theft Auto" game that combined all of the cities featured in past games in the franchise. It could be a beautiful thing and recent comments hint that this is something Rockstar wants to accomplish. In a recent interview with ... See all stories on this topic » MTV.com (blog)

Leaf sales rebound as Nissan battles mixed reviews, plans for 'long haul' Nashville Business Journal The Nissan Leaf entered the record books for the second time in 2012, when this convoy of 225 cars around the Silverstone racing circuit broke the Guinness World Record for the "largest parade of electric vehicles." ... See all stories on this topic »

Google makes it harder to find porn pictures TrustedReviews Search giant Google has altered its image search algorithm, making it harder for users to stumble across porn pictures accidentally. Bringing Google Image search in line with the company's web and video services, both of which already filter out pornographic ... See all stories on this topic » TrustedReviews

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