Science
 | Times of India - KOLKATA: On Wednesday (November 9) early morning, a member of the solar system will fly past the earth at a distance closer than the moon. |
 | Times of India - PTI | Nov 4, 2011, 12.30PM IST MELBOURNE: Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, marine scientists have warned. |
 | The Guardian - Six men have emerged from a simulated trip to Mars. What did they miss? Tsunamis, financial crisis, and the randomness of life There are a handful of people who believe the Apollo moon shots never actually happened. |
 | Daily Mail - Earlier in the week the US Coast Guard warned of a pod of whales approaching the California coast and the dangers they faced to beach-goers, but nothing could prepare these swimmers for what happened to them next. |
 | Los Angeles Times - A new iceberg is forming in western Antarctica -- set to break off from the Pine Island Glacier -- and it's a big one. When the massive chunk of ice is finally fully separated from its even more massive parent chunk of ice, it will measure about 308 ... |
 | Washington Post (blog) - One of the small consolations of the Great Recessions was that global greenhouse-gas emissions had dipped slightly, giving the world a few years' breathing room to figure out how to tackle global warming. |
 | Oman Daily Observer - BRUSSELS - High-level UN talks starting later this month in South Africa should lay down a new "road map" leading to a comprehensive climate deal by 2015, Europe's top climate diplomat has said. |
 | The Seattle Times - Fracking - extracting natural gas from shale - transforms the energy marketplace in countless positive ways, writes David Brooks. But clashes between the industry and environmentalists are becoming brutal, threatening this promising bridge to energy ... |
 | Gant Daily - The history of six large herbivores - the woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, wild horse, reindeer, bison, and musk ox - is the subject of a study by an international group of scientists investigating how climate fluctuations and human activity affected ... |
Technology
 | T3 - The much mooted iOS Gmail application had been eagerly awaited prior to its launch yesterday afternoon promising to bring push notifications, Priority Inbox features, functional search and the auto completion of email addresses to Apple's collection of ... |
 | Reuters - Analysts work in a watch and warning center of a cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho September 29, 2011. |
 | London Free Press - Torn between slim design and powerful performance? Ultrabooks mean you don't have to choose By Steve Tilley, QMI Agency Once upon a time, a computer that could sit on a person's lap was called a “laptop computer. |
 | msnbc.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's chief of security operations has left the company just months after the world's largest technology company faced criticism over the tracking down of what has been widely reported as a missing iPhone prototype. |
 | Forbes - Social gaming company Zynga is taking the wraps off of CastleVille, the latest title in its popular “Ville” franchise. CastleVille, a medieval-era game of princes and princesses, is an extension of a core franchise for Zynga, with CityVille still being ... |
 | New York Times (blog) - No wonder Apple says Siri - its voice-activated “virtual assistant” for the new iPhone - is in beta. For the second day in a row, Siri suffered intermittent outages that prevented people from using the much talked-about feature in the ... |
 | Wired News (blog) - Steve Jobs ripped Microsoft a new one back in 1995, when former Apple employee Robert Cringely interviewed his old boss for a PBS special. |
 | Washington Post - The Amazon Kindle Fire e-reader and tablet has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) multi-color touchscreen and will go on sale for $199 on Nov. 15. |
 | ZDNet (blog) - Summary: Here's a twist: Motorola Mobility has secured an injunction against Apple selling mobile products in Germany. The tables have (allegedly) turned. |
 | WebProNews - I'm not sure what other writers are calling Google's algorithm update, as we've only had it for a day. I'm staying with the KISS (keep it simple stupid) method, and calling it “Google Fresh“. |
 | CNET (blog) - On Monday morning, Barnes & Noble is having a press conference to unveil next-generation Nook products. We'll be there starting at 9:45 am ET, live blogging the whole event. |
 | Christian Science Monitor - Google has rolled out a nausea-inducing Easter egg. So go on: Do a barrel roll. By Matthew Shaer / November 4, 2011 Do a barrel roll! |
 | Cinema Blend - The analysts have spoken; the gamers want it; GameStop wants to give it you; Activision just wants the money. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is just a few days away from release and GameStop has sent out word that more than 4400 stores all across the ... |
 | ITProPortal - After successfully acquiring a High-Court ruling made in favour to enforce the Copyright law of the UK, a group of Hollywood film studios, publishers and record companies sent a formal request to BT to block The Pirate Bay. |
 | PC Magazine - Security blog Dark Reading features a post today by Kelly Jackson Higgins called "Five Things To Do To Defend Against Duqu." Some of the suggestions make more sense than others, and I have a sixth rather important suggestion to add ... |
 | Wired News (blog) - Google is considering its own paid-cable TV service, potentially shaking up a territory long dominated by major industry players Comcast and AT&T. |
 | The Source - HTC launches their newest addition to the HTC family, The HTC Rezound which will be available exclusively on the Verizon wireless network just in time for the holiday season. |
 | ZDNet (blog) - Summary: Samsung stays at the top of the mobile manufacturer list in the US, but the iPhone 4S could make a significant dent in the next report. |
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