Science
 | msnbc.com - Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this flare, shown here in red/orange as that is the color typically used to show light in the 304 Angstrom wavelength. |
 | ABC News - The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is preparing to welcome the space shuttle Discovery into its collection. Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough (cluff) says the shuttle will be flown to Washington Dulles International Airport on the back of ... |
 | News24 - A seal swims in a tank at the Pieterburen seal crèche, north of the town of Groningen. (Peter Dejong, AP) Pieterburen - A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number ... |
 | Huffington Post - Laser researchers at Stanford University's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are beaming over a pair of research papers they've just published. |
 | Telegraph.co.uk - Two Toronto students post a video of a Lego toy they sent into near space using homemade equipment. A video posted on YouTube appeared to show the amazing voyage of a Lego man sent into space on a homemade spacecraft by two Toronto students. |
 | Tecca - by Mariella Moon | Last updated 7:09PM EST on January 25, 2012 Since we're far from familiar with every existing species of animal, scientists are naturally hard at work probing the depths of Earth's jungles and ocean to find more. |
 | msnbc.com - AP In this Tuesday photo provided by Project Jonah, stranded pilot whales are helped by volunteers at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island. |
 | The Hindu - In a pioneering research, scientists claim to have produced the world's first magnetic soap that is composed of iron-rich salts dissolved in water. |
 | Voice of America (blog) - Image of the surface of Venus taken by the space probe, Venera 13 (Photo: L. Ksanfomaliti-Solar System Research) A renowned Russian astronomer drew lots of attention after claiming there is life on Venus. |
 | Written by  in 1,236 Google+ circles Gizmodo - Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk around on Mars? For 99.99999% of us, this may be as close as we ever get. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has given us the honor of taking the lid off of this awesome, interactive eye-candy. |
 | Cambridge Network - Research by a team of scientists suggests that a variant of the so-called speed gene found in top racehorses can be traced back to a single British mare living around 300 years ago. |
 | Florida Today - A supply-filled Russian cargo carrier is in hot pursuit of the International Space Station tonight after launching from a spaceport on the central steppes of Kazakhstan. |
 | Independent Online - By Sapa An ancient dinosaur nesting site, the oldest ever found, has been excavated in the Free State, the University of the Witwatersrand said on Wednesday. |
Technology
 | BusinessWeek - By Adam Satariano Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. shares rose to a record after quarterly profit more than doubled as holiday demand for the iPhone and iPad cemented its position as the most valuable technology company. |
 | Financial Post (blog) - Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) BlackBerry signage hangs above the company's booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
 | Computerworld - By Grant Gross IDG News Service - Data protection and online privacy rules proposed for the European Union could hinder the development of new Web-based business models and bog down companies with regulations, some US critics said Wednesday. |
 | Zee News - Davos: Looking to empower poor people with the aid of mobile phones, a WEF group of young leaders is developing an online platform to provide them with mobile applications related to education. |
 | AllFacebook - The Washington attorney general's office is joining Facebook's legal department in combating a problem that up until now has been fought only with security technology. |
 | Social Barrel - Hybrid malware is the new type of cyber threat, announces BitDefender. This type of malware results from the infection with viruses of the worms on the computers affected. |
 | Easier (press release) - The new Kia Rio is available to order now in three door guise for the first time in its history. The line-up of ultra-efficient engines, easy-to-understand trim levels and external dimensions from the five door, that went on sale in September last year ... |
 | GMA News - The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) has launched a new Web portal focused on helping girls and women access training, job opportunities, and career information in the fast-growing information and communication (ICT) sector. |
 | GMA News - With recent advances in printed electronics, it may soon be possible to print a "computer" on a plastic strip. But the device a Norway-based company is building is not your everyday computer - it's a smart tag with transistors, a battery and a display. |
 | All about the iPhone - by monis on January 25, 2012 · Geohot is from those days when we didn't even know how to unlock an iPhone. In fact, he is the first person who came up with a hardware method to run first generation iPhone on any cellular network. |
 | Written by  in 562 Google+ circles Los Angeles Times - Anonymous has lobbed many online attacks against high-profile websites, but so far the hacktivist group has never hacked into the world's largest social network, Facebook. |
 | ARNnet - Acer Computer Australia has named Antonio Leone as its latest product business manager for tablet PCs. The role was formerly filled by David Niu. |
 | Timmins Times - Kodak, that venerable North American institution, filed for bankruptcy this past week. I greeted the news with sadness - sadness for the disappearance of the familiar golden yellow & red boxes, the product quality and the possible demise of the family ... |
 | Financial Express - Google has paved the way for the introduction of a raft of more personalised services and advertising online, as it disclosed an overhaul of the privacy policies and terms of service that cover many of its different products. |
 | Yahoo!7 News - JAWORZYNA SLASKA, Poland (AFP) - Inch by grimy inch, a group of volunteers at a Polish railway museum is scraping away at decades of rust and soot to restore old locomotives to their former glory. |
 | CNET (blog) - With Mobile World Congress bearing down on us next month, Android-related leaks continue to surface. Such is the case with an oft-rumored Samsung Galaxy S II successor. |
 | Written by  in 900 Google+ circles CNET - by Seth Rosenblatt January 25, 2012 3:49 PM PST Follow @b1g1nj4p4n Hewlett-Packard kicked the first open source component to WebOS out the door today, along with a calendar for when its source code will be completely open. |
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