Science
 | Independent Online - By Edna Molewa MEC for Public Works Maggie Govender with school pupils who showed off their climate-change posters at the Mandeni Sports Piaza yesterday. |
 | Gadling - Checking in with NASA this week, the future of space travel to Mars could get a boost when a sedan-sized Reconnaissance Orbiter blasts off later this month. |
 | ABC News - Russian space engineers are still struggling to fix a probe bound for a moon of Mars that instead got stuck in Earth's orbit. The Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-Ground) was launched Wednesday and reached preliminary orbit, but its engines never fired to send it ... |
 | PlanetSave.com - I don't watch a heap of news, so I was surprised to hear that people are expecting 2012 to end thanks to a massive solar flare as a result of the oncoming solar maximum. |
Technology
 | ZDNet (blog) - Summary: 'Batterygate' continues, even after the battery fix update of iOS 5.0.1 last week. But Apple cannot stand idly by as its users struggle with draining battery life. |
 | The Guardian - A curious thing happened to me the other day while I was playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which, if you're not familiar with such things, is a videogame in which you participate in a bloody big war. |
 | Babble (blog) - The “Do a Barrel Roll” search was the first time I'd heard about Google's hidden Easter eggs - secret search terms that are just plain fun. |
 | National Post (blog) - Enter the Neo. Part motorcycle and part toilet, it runs on eco-friendly biogas produced from sewage - and recently completed a journey of more than 1000 km across Japan. |
 | AFP - VIENNA - Austrian law student Max Schrems may be just one of about 800 million Facebook users, but that hasn't stopped him tackling the US giant behind the social networking website over its privacy policy. |
 | PC Magazine - Just how is video viewed? It's a timeless question with an ever-changing answer as new devices and services enter the market. And don't forget about the users, either: They're ultimately the ones doing all the viewing, ... |
 | Stuff.co.nz - FIRE BREATHING: The Nordic world of Skyrim offers a staggering cache of content, remarkable storytelling and wholly compelling encounters. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - The Apple iPhone 4S debuted in Hong Kong (香港) on Friday, setting off a scramble as thousands lined up to get their hands on one of the devices. |
 | Christian Post - By CP News Briefs Apple is recalling all first-generation iPod nanos due to overheating battery issues. The company has posted a notice on Friday, asking owners to immediately stop using the device and receive a free replacement. |
 | Wall St. Cheat Sheet - In a war over Web standards, Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) has given in to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and stopped development of its Flash Player for mobile browsers. |
 | The Red 99 - By mark.james · November 13, 2011 · No comments All's fair in love and war… Well, not if you ask the people working at EA. |
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