Science
 | Reuters - This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was generated from data taken in April of 2010 by the Arecibo Radar Telescope in Puerto Rico. |
 | Business Recorder (blog) - The United Nations' (UN) International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is held annually on November 6 to educate people about the damaging effects of war and armed conflict on the environment. |
 | Science 2.0 - Estimates show that 2010 was by far a record year for CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and cement manufacture. Globally 9139 Teragrams, a teragram is a million metric tons, of oxidized carbon (Tg-C) were emitted from these sources. |
 | MarketWatch - A six-man international crew 'landed' back on Earth Friday after 18 months in a Mars simulation cell in Russia. The crew endured cramped quarters and dozens of experiments during their stay inside the simulation cell. |
 | God Discussion - NASA scientists are observing a huge crack that is forming in the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica. It is growing six feet wider each day and will soon break off into an iceberg the size of New York City. |
 | Xinhua - BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's space industry will develop quickly over the next 10 years as the country pushes ahead with its space programs after its first space docking on Thursday. |
 | DigitalJournal.com - A massive solar flare erupted on Thursday. Scientists have classified the solar flare as X1.9 flare, one of the most powerful flares the sun can produce. |
Technology
 | GMANews.TV - PARIS, October 31, 2011 (AFP) - Inspired by the gecko, scientists have developed a tank-like robot that can scale vertical walls and crawl over ledges without using suction cups, glue or other liquid bonds to adhere to the surface. |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - We know in general about hacking and cyber-espionage that comes out of China and, to a lesser extent, Russia. But rarely have US intelligence agencies so bluntly and publicly pointed the finger directly at those countries' governments. |
 | 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. |
 | GMANews.TV - An intermediate Web certificate authority had its trust revoked by browser maker Mozilla after it was found to issue "weak" and potentially compromisable certificates. |
 | GMANews.TV - As if its search were not "fresh" enough, search giant Google has tweaked its search algorithms further to bring users more recent and relevant results. |
 | Fortune (blog) - It's hard to imagine what more could have been done to drum up interest in Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs. The only biography of Apple's (AAPL) CEO written with Jobs' cooperation hit the bookstores 19 ... |
 | Business 2 Community - Barnes & Noble will debut the newest member of its Nook family on Monday (but Engadget has a sneak peek. The new version, called the Nook Tablet, looks a lot like the Nook Color and will have twice the ... |
 | Cinema Blend - Last fall Activision hyped Call of Duty: Black Ops' upcoming release with a commercial starring Kobe Bryant and Jimmy Kimmel. They released another star-studded trailer today for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with Superbad's Jonah Hill and Avatar's ... |
 | Forbes - The iPhone 4S battled supply and Siri outages besides fighting battery issues, while rival Android manufacturer HTC shot ahead of Apple in the third quarter, seeking to gain a better foothold in the mobile market. |
 | DailyFinance - By Motley Fool Staff Posted 3:53PM 11/05/11 Investing Top officials from the European Union's antitrust unit have launched an investigation into the legal arguments Samsung is using to stop Apple (NAS: AAPL) from selling its products. |
 | Planet Insane - The latest version of the iOS 5 was reportedly provided by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) to developers for evaluation in the hopes that it will resolve issues that have affected battery life. |
 | PlayStation LifeStyle - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception has it all: epic shootouts, blockbuster cinematics, and even a killer soundtrack. Lucky for you, you can download at least one of those right now on the PlayStation Network. |
 | Daily Mail - Technology isn't like music. Staging a comeback isn'ta case of tracking down your old band members, sending the drummer to a drying-out clinic, then stepping out in front of a roaring crowd of teary-eyed middle-aged people still 'living the dream'. |
 | Cubed3 - Leading search provider Google have a nifty new trick up their endless sleeve, a tribute to Nintendo's pioneers of space flight. |
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