Science
Fox News - Nov. 7, 2011: This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 shows the space rock 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometers, from Earth. |
Times of India - The guardians of the world's most important standards of weights and measures have turned to the weird universe of quantum physics to try to resolve a dilemma. |
GMANews.TV - While they may miss a partial solar eclipse this month, stargazers in November can expect a two-day treat in mid-November with the Leonids meteor shower. |
Xinhua - BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe and China's Yinghuo-1 satellite were launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Zenit-2SB rocket at 00:16 am Moscow time Wednesday (2016 GMT Tuesday). |
The Guardian - The six men who spent months together on a space mission that never left a Moscow car park. Photograph: Misha Japaridze/AP After 520 days locked in a container in a Moscow car park with just each other for company, the six would-be astronauts hailed as ... |
History - When prehistoric artists adorned cave walls with colorful images of nature, they painted it like they saw it, according to a new study. |
eTaiwan News - AP Canada's environment minister says he expects Canada to face international criticism at upcoming climate talks for refusing to sign onto a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. |
RedOrbit - According to new research released on Monday, the carbon-dioxide emissions of the average American increase until around the age of 65. |
Technology
GTspirit - The opening event for the Lamborghini Academy in 2012 has been scheduled and the organisation has released their new Lamborghini Winter Academy. |
Computerworld - Computerworld - A Google executive was quick to fire back at Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's description of Google+ as "their own little version of Facebook. |
Malaya - MOBILE professionals now have a tablet PC catering especially to their needs as Dell Philippines has recently announced the availability of the Latitude ST Tablet in the country. |
Economic Times - SEOUL: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday defended his company as a great innovator, contradicting an unflattering portrait drawn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs before he died last month. |
CanadianBusiness.com (blog) - My Google+ wall is looking a little less like a barren wasteland this week. There's at least one identifiable reason for that. |
Piki Geek - In simple news that will make your time shooting strangers marginally more efficient, the Battlefield 3 team has rolled out a server status page. |
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Consumer Reports recommended the newest Apple iPhone on Tuesday, the first time that the magazine has done so for an iPhone in almost two years when it gave thumbs up to the iPhone 3GS in 2009. |
India Infoline.com - Sony India, has further strengthened its leading Cyber-shot camera line-up with the launch of DSC-TX55, which is a just 12.2 mm thick (measurement excludes lens cover), making it even slimmer than a standard AA-size battery. |
Forbes - The Pentagon and top military official stress the importance of offensive tactics in the emerging realm of cyber-attacks, as they struggle to set guidelines for online warfare. |
Wall Street Journal (blog) - Heavy smog continued to plague central Beijing, on November 1, 2011, as mist and lack of wind trapped hazardously high levels of particulate matter. |
PC Advisor - Short battery life is one of the most commonly complained about issues when it comes to smartphones and devices that run Google's Android mobile platform are no exception. |
Sydney Morning Herald (blog) - On Monday night I queued outside JB HiFi with hundreds of others to be among the first in the world to (legally) get my hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. There were no prize giveaways or fanfare, but it was highly enjoyable nonetheless. |
PCWorld - As budget media tablets race to bottom on price, e-book readers are the real winners receiving deep price cuts and improved features. |
Written by  in 539 Google+ circles PCWorld - The iPhone App Store has a reputation for rock-solid security, but that rep took a hit this week when an app that could run unauthorized code and control phones remotely was released to the public. |
InformationWeek - Microsoft put a six-story Windows phone in one of the world's busiest intersections and filled it with rock bands, dancers, and zombies to make a statement. |
Reuters UK - A woman walks outside Research in Motion's (RIM) headquarters in Slough, southern England in this October 13, 2011 file photo. |
Jalopnik - New updates to Honda's robot Asimo allow it to now move without the assistance of a human operator, travel over uneven surfaces, and better recognize voices and faces. |
CBS News - Mozilla released Firefox 8 today, a version that weeds out some add-ons and that will shoulder more responsibility for the organization's new fast-development process. |
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