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Wired
After Office 365 Cloud Deal, How Cozy Are RIM, Microsoft?
It should come as no surprise that business-friendly BlackBerrys get Microsoft's Office 365 via the cloud. But some say the move may be a sign of a bigger deal going on between the two companies.
by Mike Barton
8 Feb 2012 at 12:55pm
FBI Puts Cloud Providers on Notice Over Security Rules
The FBI is taking a tough line on cloud vendors looking to do business with U.S. law enforcement agencies, saying Tuesday that there would be no compromise in its new rule that all such services comply with the agency's Criminal Justice Information Systems security requirements.
by Mike Barton
8 Feb 2012 at 11:07am
The Unusual Physics of Floating Pyramids
When it comes to drifting through the air, top-heavy designs are more stable than bottom-heavy ones like pyramids. The finding may lead to robots that fly not like insects or birds but like jellyfish.
by ScienceNow
8 Feb 2012 at 11:00am
Video: Darpa's Robotic Dog Wanders the Wilderness
The last time we saw AlphaDog, Darpa's newest four-legged robot, the big lug was flailing around in the lab. Now, however, AlphaDog's been let off his leash.
by Katie Drummond
8 Feb 2012 at 9:00am
YouTube Expands Channels Initiative With New Automotive Offerings
by Mike Isaac
8 Feb 2012 at 8:53am
Adobe Confirms: No Flash for Chrome on Android
by Gilbertson
8 Feb 2012 at 8:24am
Tiny Tarsiers Talk in High-Pitched Code
The Philippine tarsier is a saucer-eyed primate that can let out -- and listen to -- squeaks and squeals at such a high frequency that it effectively gives the mammal a private communication channel.
by Wired UK
8 Feb 2012 at 7:04am
Patent Troll Claims Ownership of Interactive Web ? And Might Win
by Joe Mullin
8 Feb 2012 at 6:50am
Mitsubishi EV Tops Greenest Car Rankings
For the first time in 12 years, an electric vehicle is the greenest new car sold in the United States. The Mitsubishi i ? known everywhere else as the i-MiEV ? came out on top when the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy crunched the numbers.
by Keith Barry
8 Feb 2012 at 6:30am
Online Homework During the Super Bowl
An online homework server shows two curious dips in online homework completion during the Super Bowl. Dot Physics blogger Rhett Allain wonders if the half-time show and end of the game had anything to do with the anomalies.
by Rhett Allain
8 Feb 2012 at 5:35am
MacWorld News
Tapbots releases Tweetbot for iPad, updates iPhone app
On Wednesday, Tapbots expanded its Twitter client Tweetbot's reach by bringing it to the iPad, and updating Tweetbot for iPhone to version 2.0 at the same time.
by Serenity Caldwell
8 Feb 2012 at 12:03pm
In UK, Apple grows PC market share while rivals stuggle
Apple sold 267,000 Macs in the UK in the final quarter of 2011, increasing its share of the PC market in that country to 9.1 percent.
by Ben Camm-Jones
8 Feb 2012 at 11:45am
Sprint losses hit $1.3 billon over iPhone costs
Sprint says it sold 1.8 million iPhones between October and December 2011, of which roughly 720,000 were new customers, but the cost of subsidizing Apple's smartphone raised the company's losses during the fourth quarter.
by Matt Peckham
8 Feb 2012 at 11:19am
Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online
Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow.
by Lucian Constantin
8 Feb 2012 at 10:46am
WeatherMin elegantly displays the weather
WeatherMin provides an elegant display for keeping tabs on your local weather.
by Dan Frakes
8 Feb 2012 at 10:00am
Apple to stream McCartney concert live to iTunes, Apple TV
Apple is hosting a live performance by Paul McCartney on February 9 on iTunes and Apple TV. Could this be a harbinger of future live content from the company?
by Jim Metzendorf
8 Feb 2012 at 9:30am
The Week in iOS Accessories: Stomp on it!
This week's roundup of accessories includes ways to use your iPhone or iPad with either your hands or your feet. Or without either, if you choose.
by Joel Mathis
8 Feb 2012 at 9:00am
Olympus OM-D E-M5: Mirrorless camera built to compete with DSLRs
Olympus's new Micro Four-Thirds camera is based on a wish list from photographers in Japan, and the result is an interchangeable-lens model that shoots quickly, withstands water, and boasts outstanding maneuvers in the dark.
by Tim Moynihan
8 Feb 2012 at 8:30am
(Insider)
The Macalope Daily: Discipline
Apple's discipline in not releasing things until they're ready keeps the company from making crappy products like the early Windows tablets and netbooks.
(This story is viewable exclusively by Macworld Insider members.)
by The Macalope
8 Feb 2012 at 7:30am
The iPad at work, Day 3: making adjustments
After three days of working with nothing but his iPad, Dan Moren knew how to do what he needed to do for work--but he also knew what the iPad really can't do on the job.
by Dan Moren
8 Feb 2012 at 7:20am
US CERT Technical Cyber Alert System Documents
SB12-037: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 30, 2012
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 30, 2012
SB12-030: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 23, 2012
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 23, 2012
TA12-024A: "Anonymous" DDoS Activity
"Anonymous" DDoS Activity
SB12-023: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 16, 2012
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 16, 2012
SB12-016: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 9, 2012
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 9, 2012
TA12-010A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities
SB12-009: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 2, 2012
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 2, 2012
TA12-006A: Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack
SB12-002: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 26, 2011
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 26, 2011
SB11-360: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 19, 2011
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of December 19, 2011
Slashdot
File Sharing In the Post MegaUpload Era
An anonymous reader writes "This report looks at file sharing in the post MegaUpload era. The main finding — file sharing did not go away. It did not even decrease much in North America. Mainly, file sharing became staggeringly less efficient. Instead of terabytes of North America MegaUpload traffic going to US servers, most file sharing traffic now comes from Europe over far more expensive transatlantic links."
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by samzenpus
8 Feb 2012 at 12:47pm
BigDog Robot Gets Much Bigger
savuporo writes "Well known Boston Dynamics BigDog prototype now has a bigger brother named 'LS3' or Legged Squad Support System. It's intended to carry heavy loads for long treks and have enough autonomy to follow soldiers around, listen to voice commands and navigate autonomously."
Read more of this story at Sla...
by samzenpus
8 Feb 2012 at 12:05pm
Virtual Reality Helmet Designed For Deep Space Surgery
pigrabbitbear writes in with a link about a virtual reality helmet designed to help people deal with medical emergencies in space. "Humans are pretty fragile. A bad break in your hip can mean surgery and months of rehab. That's pretty bad, but what if you fall and break your hip on the Moon, or even Mars? You'd be hundreds of thousands or millions of miles from a fully stocked hospital and a surgeon with steady hands. There's the option of doctor-assisted surgery from Earth — a fellow astron...
by samzenpus
8 Feb 2012 at 11:22am
Accidental Empires To See Reboot In Blog Format
New submitter shuttah writes "Robert X. Cringely, author of the 1992 influential book Accidental Empires , will be republishing and updating (including pictures and new chapters) the now twenty year-old book via the launch of a new blog also by the author. Cringeley tells us, 'So next month I'll be starting a second blog with its own URL just for Accidental Empires. I, Cringely will continue right here as ever (no changes at all), but on the book blog I will over several months publish — a c...
by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 10:42am
The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers
New submitter HungryMonkey writes "According to the latest EBITDA numbers from AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon, the subsidies they have to pay Apple in order to carry the iPhone are drastically reducing their profits. From the Article: '"A logical conclusion is that the iPhone is not good for wireless carriers," says Mike McCormack, an analyst at Nomura Securities. "When we look at the direct and indirect economics that Apple has managed to extract from the carriers, the carrier-level value destru...
by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 10:02am
Yahoo Replaces Half Its Board of Directors
itwbennett writes "Yahoo's restructuring continued Tuesday with the ouster of 4 board members, including chairman Roy Bostock, according to an IDG News Service report. The move follows the resignation of Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang in January and gives investors something they'd been calling for, says analyst Greg Sterling: 'Investors have felt for a long time that the board was just rubber stamping what the leadership was doing. They want a reinvigorated board with some independence. People...
by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 9:40am
RIAA Chief Whines That SOPA Opponents Were "Unfair"
First time submitter shoutingloudly writes "In a NY Times op-ed today, RIAA chief Cary H. Sherman accuses the opponents of SOPA of having engaged in shady rhetorical tactics. He (wrongly) accuses opponents such as Wikipedia and Google of having disseminated misinformation about the bills. He lashes out at the use of the term 'censorship,' which he calls a 'loaded and inflammatory term.' Most /. readers will get the many unintentional jokes in this inaccurate, hypocritical screed by one of th...
by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 9:24am
Superpoke Players Sue Google
mikejuk writes "SuperPoke Pets is another casualty of Google's aggressive spring cleanup... But unlike other users of Google's trashed software, Superpoke users have decided to fight back with a class action. The aim is to recover the money they spend on virtual gold used as a currency to buy clothes for their virtual pets. The total 'amount in controversy' exceeds $5,000,000 — a sum that is credible given that there were at least 7,000,000 users. So if you are considering adding a virtual c...
by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 8:43am
NRC Emails Reveal Confusion In Aftermath of Fukushima
mdsolar writes "The Washington Post is reporting on the NRC response to the Fukushima disaster. Aspects include an abusive relationship with Steven Chu, a secret database on fuel pool fires that was not shared, and a Washington Two Step on Vermont Yankee. Pretty sordid."
The NRC website has a bunch of documents relating to their response and attempts to consult the Japanese government (it might take a few months to work through). On a related note, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ran a re...
by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 8:21am
U.S. Navy Receives First Industry Built Railgun Prototype
Zothecula writes "Two years after BAE Systems was awarded a US$21 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop an advanced Electromagnetic Railgun for the U.S. Navy, the company has delivered the first industry-built prototype demonstrator to the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren. The prototype launcher is now being prepared for testing which is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks."
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by Unknown Lamer
8 Feb 2012 at 7:58am
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