Science
Reuters - (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) said it is diverting some flights on polar routes between Detroit and Asia to avoid disruptions to aircraft communications by a strong solar radiation storm. |
The Economist (blog) - The Climate Change Risk Assessment issued this week is a brave document. Put out by Defra (the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), this report claims to be the first attempt by government to assess the “potential risks and ... |
Daily Mail - By Daily Mail Reporter Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space - bringing the idea of an 'invisibility cloak' a step closer. |
Slate Magazine (blog) - By Slate V Staff Beautiful photographs of heavenly bodies can be seen everyday here on Earth. But when the star is Earth itself and the photo is taken in ultra-high definition, now that's a shot Annie Leibovitz would envy. |
Tecca - by Fox Van Allen | Last updated 4:07PM EST on January 26, 2012 Newt Gingrich may be planning to build a colony on the moon by 2020, but he may have some major competition. |
Naharnet - by Naharnet Newsdesk 26 January 2012, 15:59 The Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, bringing water and fuel to the International Space Station, the mission control center said. |
TIME - By AP Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) - Conservation staff in New Zealand have put down 33 stranded whales after several attempts to refloat them failed. |
CBS Local - ANN ARBOR - Solar storms - huge ejections of charged matter from the sun - have been battering the Earth this week. They've produced beautiful auroral displays around Earth's North and South poles, some extending pretty far south - not that we've been ... |
Huffington Post - How do wings provide enough lift to send airplanes soaring? You may have been told that lift is generated because air flowing above a wing must travel faster than air flowing underneath to cross the wing in the same amount of time. |
TruthDive - London, Jan 26 (ANI): Researchers have created world's shortest and purest X-ray laser pulses, thus paving the way to a new range of scientific discovery. |
Technology
 | TIME - By Sam Gustin | @samgustin | January 26, 2012 | + AP The New York Times is out with the second installment of its iEconomy series, which explores high-tech manufacturing in an era of globalization. |
 | InformationWeek - Nokia's big bet on Windows Phone operating system hasn't paid off yet as Symbian sales evaporate. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Nokia said Thursday that it recorded an operating loss of $1.25 billion in the fourth quarter as unexpectedly high ... |
 | Reuters - By Georgina Prodhan and Leila Abboud | MUNICH/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union will propose tough new rules in the coming days on how corporations handle Internet users' personal data, a long-awaited move that could have far-reaching implications ... |
 | Ninemsn - Tax Time 2011Doing your tax doesn't need to be daunting! Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. |
 | PadGadget - By Jillian | January 26, 2012 | No comment yet Ovum Research has released their annual developer survey with very surprising results: it appears Android may be aligning to overtake Apple as the platform of choice for developers during the next 12 ... |
 | Geek - It's no secret that Facebook is a haven for unscrupulous opportunists. Every week, a handful of new hyper-sensational wall posts manage to trick the unknowing masses into sharing and re-sharing links that push everything from survey scams to crapware. |
 | 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. |
 | WorldCarFans.com - The BMW 7-Series has been on the market for a few years, so the company is preparing to introduce a minor facelift for their flagship sedan. |
 | totallymotor.co.uk - The new Kia Rio here gets three doors, big wheels and electric-blue paint. Works for me! This week's relentless cavalcade of small cars continues with Kia opening the order books on the first three-door version of the Kia Rio, the Korean automaker's ... |
 | Washington Post (blog) - By Cecilia Kang Google co-founder Larry Page (Paul Sakuma - ASSOCIATED PRESS) Several lawmakers sent a letter Thursday to Google chief executive Larry Page, asking if new changes to the company's privacy policy give users enough control over their data ... |
 | PC Magazine - By Mark Hachman The number of phones that Motorola sold decreased from last year as the company lost $80 million on flat revenue, citing an increasingly competitive market. |
 | San Francisco Chronicle - Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc., the largest US phone company, predicted 2012 earnings that trailed analysts' estimates as record demand for smartphones such as the iPhone drive up subsidy costs. |
 | CNET - by Jeff Bakalar January 26, 2012 12:49 PM PST Follow @jeffbakalar First it was Microsoft to release an Xbox Live companion app onto the App Store, and now Valve is following suit with a similar piece of software--the Steam app--though it seems to be ... |
 | The Australian - NINTENDO sank to losses for the April-December period, battered by a price cut for its 3DS handheld, a strong yen that erodes overseas earnings and competition from mobile devices such as the iPhone that offer games-on-the-go. |
 | New Zealand Herald - Symantec is recommending that users of its pcAnywhere software disable the product following the theft of source code from the US computer security firm. |
 | PC Magazine - By Mark Hachman Intel and RealNetworks said Thursday that the companies have agreed to sell a "significant" number of its patents and its next-generation video codec technology to Intel for $120 million in cash. |
 | NewsFactor Network - By Barry Levine Analyst Al Hilwa said it "remains to be seen" if Hewlett-Packard's open-source webOS can catch on. It's also unclear, he said, "exactly what HP is trying to achieve" with the open-source webOS strategy. |
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