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Facebook rolling out search history controls… which begs the question, why do ... Digital Trends Facebook announces you now have new control over your Facebook searches, which strongly suggests a strong focus on search is in the network's future. In what seems like the Nth feature release this weekend, Facebook has announced an update to its ... See all stories on this topic » Digital Trends

Makerbot's new Replicator is a printer for real things NBCNews.com "Desktop fabrication machine" may sound more like an item in a sci-fi book than a device you can buy today, but they do exist, and they're getting better. Makerbot's new Replicator 2 can print out 3-D models with precision that's measured in ... See all stories on this topic »

First day of fall 2012: Autumnal equinox is here Los Angeles Times The first day of fall. Autumnal equinox. Whatever you want to call it, we're starting a new season today. You might even say we're turning over a new leaf. Get it? The autumnal equinox ushers in the change from summer to fall. See all stories on this topic »

How Windows 8 will shake up the laptop market CNET (blog) Dozens of new laptops and tablets are coming with the Window 8 launch. Here's what you need to know ahead of time. by Dan Ackerman Starting October 26, laptop shoppers will be inundated with a flood of new PCs designed around Microsoft's new operating ... See all stories on this topic »

Sophos antivirus glitch causes false positive chaos PCWorld (blog) By John E Dunn, Techworld.com Security firm Sophos has had to issue an embarrassing apology after the company's antivirus program suddenly started classifying every and any software update - including the company's own - as 'Shh/Updater-B' malware. See all stories on this topic »

Game|Life Podcast: PlayStation Price Grows as Tokyo Game Show Shrinks Wired (blog) By Chris Kohler Tokyo Game Show attendees play a demo of a new PlayStation Vita game on Thursday. We dig into the big news and trends of this weekend's Tokyo Game Show, on this episode of the Game|Life podcast. As usual, Wired senior editors Chris ... See all stories on this topic » Wired (blog)

Previewing Mozilla Firefox OS, an HTML5-based interface Digital Trends The upcoming Mozilla Firefox OS is slated for a Q1 of 2013 release, but how is the development coming along? Here's our hands-on preview. In attendance at the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular in New York City last night was Mozilla Firefox, and we got some ... See all stories on this topic » Digital Trends

Space shuttle Endeavour resting at LAX before next big move Los Angeles Times After its dramatic flyover of California on Friday, the space shuttle Endeavour spent its first night in its temporary home at a United Airlines hanger at Los Angeles International Airport. The shuttle is to remain housed at the hangar until Oct. 12, ... See all stories on this topic »

Microsoft patches critical Flash bugs in Windows 8 Computerworld By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Microsoft on Friday updated Flash on Windows 8 to protect IE10 users from attacks that may have started months ago. More than a week before, Microsoft had backed away from an earlier position that held it would not patch ... See all stories on this topic »

How the Tabby Cat Got Its Stripes Slate Magazine (blog) By Slate V Staff MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. A cat's dress code, it seems, is its genetic code. See all stories on this topic » Slate Magazine (blog)

GM Offers Big Discounts to Boost Volt Sales ABC News General Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end America's dependence on oil. So it seemed like a good thing in August when sales of the $40000 car set a ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Astronomy Photos 2012: Royal Observatory Greenwich Announces Contest Winners ... Huffington Post "Summer Nights in Michigan," by Michael A. Rosinski, was a Highly Commended entry in this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. With so many eye-popping images coming from space-based cameras on Hubble, Cassini and Curiosity, ... See all stories on this topic »

BMW: Engine problems in 2013 M5, M6 cars MarketWatch By MarketWatch BMW AG halted deliveries and will recall some newly built 2013 M5 and M6 performance cars because of an engine oil pump problem that could lead to severe engine damage, Reuters reported on its website Friday. BMW is now contacting owners ... See all stories on this topic »

Vote for your favorite (or most wished for) Apple iPhone 5 ad Fortune (blog) By Philip Elmer-DeWitt September 22, 2012: 10:24 AM ET FORTUNE -- Following the release of the iPhone 5, Apple (AAPL) blitzed prime-time TV in the US Friday with four new ads, three for the iPhone 5 and one for the new EarPods. See all stories on this topic »

New NASA photo satellite to join 40-year mission Phys.Org This Aug. 7, 2012, photo provided by NASA shows the next Landsat imaging satellite during testing at Orbital Science Corporation's facility in Gilbert, Ariz. A team of nearly 140 international scientists and engineers will gather on Sept. See all stories on this topic »

Drones capture mountain scenery in Pakistan Thegardenisland.com 1 hour ago • AP ISLAMABAD (AP) — The use of drones in Pakistan normally brings to mind images of US spy planes attacking tribal areas. But drones now are being used to capture a different kind of picture in the country — showing some of the world's ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple seeks US Samsung sales ban, $707 million more in damages Reuters | SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc has asked for a court order for a permanent US sales ban on Samsung Electronics products alleged to have violated its patents along with additional damages of $707 million on top of the billion-dollar verdict won by the ... See all stories on this topic »

SpaceX preps for International Space Station resupply mission TG Daily NASA and SpaceX plan to launch a cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 7, 2012 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch of the unmanned Dragon spacecraft will be the first of 12 contracted flights ... See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

Weta Workshop creates a working Portal turret for Valve Geek Valve teased a video of an amazing, working turret from the Portal games the other day on their Valve Store Facebook page. No one knew where it came from or who made it. Now Valve has published another video, this time it's an unboxing of the adorable, ... See all stories on this topic » Geek

Nokia Kicks Apple's Map In The Apps InformationWeek Apple issued a mea culpa late Thursday in an attempt to deflect criticism of its Apple Maps application, which is a core part of iOS 6. Nokia took the opportunity to jump on Apple's mistake. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Apple kicked Google Maps out of ... See all stories on this topic »

Gas prices drop, but they aren't likely to plunge 77Square.com 11 hours ago • AP Gas prices are finally heading lower, but motorists shouldn't expect the numbers at the pump to drop quickly this autumn. The national average for retail gasoline fell about a penny Friday to $3.833 per gallon, according to AAA, ... See all stories on this topic »

First HTC 8X Windows Phone 8 Camera And Video Samples Appear, Tease Us TmoNews It seems like the competition for "world's best smartphone camera" is heating up with the introduction of the iPhone 5, Lumia 920 and now the HTC 8X. The 8X camera features an f/2.0 aperture at 28mm with 8 megapixels supported by a backside illuminated ... See all stories on this topic » TmoNews

Tipping into new climate territory as scientists put fears on ice Sydney Morning Herald AS ARCTIC sea ice hits a record low, focus is turning to climate ''tipping points'' - a threshold that, once crossed, cannot be reversed and will create fundamental changes to other areas. ''It's a trigger that leads to more warming at a regional level ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Curiosity Rover Witnesses a (Very) Partial Solar Eclipse on Mars Scientific American Mars doesn't have much in the way of moons—just two small, lumpy objects called Phobos and Deimos. But those tiny natural satellites can still make their presence felt. On September 13 NASA's Curiosity rover documented a brief passage of Phobos, ... See all stories on this topic » Scientific American

Game company Valve Software launching hardware trial in 2013 Times LIVE Valve Software, creator of the Half-Life and Portal series and operator of dominant download portal Steam, is angling for a 2013 beta test of various new hardware prototypes. Speaking to Engadget, Valve employee and reknowned hardware tinkerer Jeri ... See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

Will New Phone Networks Hold Up? Wall Street Journal By SPENCER E. ANTE What if you didn't finish building it, and they came anyway? Some of the country's biggest cellphone carriers may be about to find out. The rollout of Apple's iPhone 5 means a big test for super-fast LTE networks. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

NYPD Attends iPhone 5 Launches to Register Devices PC Magazine By Stephanie Mlot New York's Police Department has taken an interest in Apple's iPhone 5, but not for their own use. The Gothamist reported today that while cops were stationed at New York Apple stores today to keep the crowds calm, they were also on ... See all stories on this topic »

BASIC group calls for adoption of "Kyoto 2" in Doha Reuters By Maria Carolina Marcello and Marcelo Teixeira | BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Ministers from Brazil, India, China and South Africa called for an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, the world's only treaty that forces countries to cut greenhouse gas ... See all stories on this topic »

iPhone 5: Say hello to scuffgate? CNET Some dissatisfied iPhone 5 owners are taking to message boards and social media to complain about finding small nicks, scratches, or scuffs on their new smartphone right out of the box. by Christopher MacManus This image provided to CNET shows a brand ... See all stories on this topic »

New Release: Motorola's S11-FLEX HD Bluetooth Headphones Techie Insider As Motorola unveils its new S11-FLEXHD Wireless Headphones; lovers of wireless headphones cannot but expect anything but the very latest in technology. Motorola S11-FLEXHD wireless headphones combine the best of both worlds. Users have much to look out ... See all stories on this topic » Techie Insider

Verizon finally releasing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for Galaxy Nexus ZDNet Summary: After a long wait, Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners can rejoice over the latest Android upgrade. By Rachel King for Between the Lines | September 21, 2012 -- 19:54 GMT (12:54 PDT) Verizon Wireless has announced that it will finally be rolling out ... See all stories on this topic »

Smuggled iPhone 5s Sell for as Much as $3700 in Moscow ABC News In the days of the Soviet Union a tourist in Moscow could pay for his or her entire trip by selling a suitcase full of smuggled Levi's jeans. Now, one could make substantially more sneaking a handbag full of the latest Apple products into Russia. See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Meet New York's Next Taxi Wall Street Journal (blog) By Jonathan Welsh A taxi version of Nissan Motor Co's NV200 van officially became New York's "Taxi of Tomorrow" when the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission, or TLC, voted today to approve regulations that require taxi fleets to replace retiring cabs ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog)

Baxter the Robot Works for $22k, No Bathroom Breaks Required TechNewsWorld By Richard Adhikari Baxter, an industrial robot that adapts to its surroundings, is making its debut. The robot, made by Rethink Robotics, is easily programmed to perform simple, repetitive tasks and easily moved via a wheeled base. See all stories on this topic »

Bin in Hawaii confirmed to be Japan tsunami debris The Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a large plastic storage bin is the first confirmed piece of marine debris from last year's Japan tsunamis to arrive in Hawaii. NOAA spokesman Ben Sherman says Japanese consular ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

Facebook's compliance with European privacy regulations turns off facial ... Digital Trends Facebook has made a number of changes to its platform to comply with the requests by Ireland's Data Protection Committee, as the latest audit shows. Google hasn't been the only one facing scrutiny for privacy violations under the watchful eye of ... See all stories on this topic » Digital Trends

Kickstarter cracks down on hardware vapor TG Daily Kickstarter has bolstered its new hardware and product design project guidelines in an effort to prevent scams and temper unrealistic expectations. Indeed, the site recently banned product simulations, meaning projects can no longer simulate events to ... See all stories on this topic »

GM recalls 474000 sedans for transmission problem AFP WASHINGTON — General Motors is recalling nearly 474000 Saturn, Chevrolet and Pontiac sedans in the United States, Canada and elsewhere to fix a transmission problem that could allow the cars to move when in "park," the company said Friday. See all stories on this topic » AFP

African hunter-gatherers are offshoots of earliest human split CBS News (LiveScience) The Khoe-San people of southern Africa, who speak a language based on clicking sounds, are descendants of the most ancient genetic split found yet in living humans, finds an international group of scientists. The results also reveal some ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

One-thousand-year-old graves discovered in the Phillipines Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI) Manila - Archaeologists have discovered an ancient village on a mountain in the midst of pristine jungle in the Phillipines. The village, believed to date back a thousand years, contains limestone coffins of a type never before found in this ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple's turn to be accused of copying Brisbane Times Find out which chip companies investors bought and sold after the latest iPhone was dissected and its insides analysed by experts. SWITZERLAND'S national rail company has accused Apple of stealing the look of its station clocks for the iOS 6 operating ... See all stories on this topic »

Analysis: American family values - It's crunch time for Motor City Chicago Tribune DETROIT (Reuters) - The recovery of Detroit's automakers is about to face its stiffest challenge yet on an unlikely battlefield: The sizzling market for midsize family sedans, as General Motors and Ford square off against Japanese, Korean and German ... See all stories on this topic »

Game Review: Borderlands 2 Military.com AP| by LOU KESTEN Pandora isn't the kind of place where you want to take a vacation. The weather's either freezing cold or stiflingly hot. The wildlife is aggressively unfriendly, from the bugs that squirt you with acid to the apelike "bullymongs" that ... See all stories on this topic » Military.com

60 US Cities to Celebrate 2012 National Plug In Day EV World San Francisco, CA - On Sunday, September 23, National Plug In Day events are taking place in more than 60 cities nationwide organized by Plug In America, Sierra Club, Electric Auto Association, and local groups. These free events invite the public to ... See all stories on this topic » EV World

Don't say cheese! NJ bans smiles on licenses KMBC Kansas City Driver's license photos are notorious for capturing the worst side of a motorist's profile. But license photos in New Jersey may get a little worse after state officials said they had to forbid smiling widely in poses due to software issues. See all stories on this topic »

Quanto: M&M's compact SUV launched at a starting price of Rs 5.82 lakh Economic Times NEW DELHI: In a fast growing Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) market, Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday launched its entry-level compact SUV, Quanto at a starting price of Rs 5.82 lakhs. The 7-seater SUV comes with four variants: C2 priced at Rs 5.82 lakhs, ... See all stories on this topic »

You must see this amazing picture of the meteor shower over the Cliffs of ... JOE There was a meteor shower over Ireland last night? If you missed it, don't worry, this amazing picture is all you need to see. We don't get meteor showers in Ireland that often, so plenty of people probably thought that their eyes were deceiving them ... See all stories on this topic » JOE

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