Saturday, February 11, 2012

11 FEB 2012, SAT: Sci & Tech

Science


Greens doubt if MGB would go after Caraga miners

Mindanao Gold Star Daily - 
BUTUAN City - Environmentalists here have expressed doubts that the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) would investigate four mining firms in Caraga for alleged violation of environmental laws.

Beach Volleyball Lures 96 Teams

Manila Bulletin - 
By CARLOS SACAMOS MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines' premier beach volleyball topurnament soon gets under way when the 15th Nestea Beach Volleyball tournament starts this month in some of the country's world-class beaches.

Guest lecturer says global warming probably not human-caused

The Horn - 
Fred Singer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia and chairman of the Science & Environmental Policy Project, said at a campus lecture he does not believe the rising level of CO2 in the atmosphere is causing global warming.

Girl Scouts activists win forest heroes award for challenging organization on...

Mongabay.com - 
UNFF Director Jan McAlpine with winners Paulo Adario, Rhiannon Tomtishen, Madison Vorva, Paul Nzegha Mzeka, Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, and Anatoly Lebedev.

Genetically engineered crops reach 11.5% of the total arable land

ZME Science - 
The first genetically engineered or biotech food products were released on the market for the first time in 1994. Consumers received them fairly well, and since then more production intensified, such that between 1997 and 2010, the total surface area ...

Can Tarsier Speak?:Listen To The Ultrasonic Scream of This Pint-Sized Primate

International Business Times AU - 
By Jackie Bargas | February 10, 2012 8:19 PM EST Tarsiers are among the most popular in Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.

Tiny Tarsiers Talk in High-Pitched Code

Wired News (blog) - 
By Wired UK By Mark Brown, Wired UK The Philippine tarsier is a tiny primate with a seriously high voice. The saucer-eyed mammal can let out (and listen to) squeaks and squeals at such a high frequency that it effectively gives the mammal a private ...

Mars exploration on the chopping block in Obama budget

Christian Science Monitor - 
As the president sends his budget to Capitol Hill Monday, it appears the most successful Mars exploration program in human history may be headed for serious downsizing.

Video of 'Woolly Mammoth' Surfaces

JDJournal.com - 
A video of a possible woolly mammoth has surfaced recently, which is an animal that most scientists say has not been around for the past four millennia.

Russian scientists reach lake under Antarctica

msnbc.com - 
AP Russian researchers at the Vostok station in Antarctica pose for a picture after reaching subglacial lake Vostok. Scientists hold the sign reading "05.02.12, Vostok station, boreshaft 5gr, lake at depth 3769.3 metres.

NASA Tv To Broadcast Space Station Spacewalk Feb. 16

OfficialWire (press release) - 
by OfficialWire Newsdesk Two cosmonauts will conduct a five-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Thursday, Feb. 16, to continue outfitting the International Space Station.

Study answers how the zebra got its stripes

Toronto Star - 
Debra Black Staff Reporter How did the zebra get its stripes? A team of researchers from Hungary and Sweden think they have the answer.

New Supercontinent in Earth's Future

Sci-Tech Today - 
Get ready for Amasia, the new supercontinent a team of Yale geologists suggests may form between 50 million and 200 million years from now as current continents shift.

Viral Video of 'Giant Worm' Creature in Iceland - Real or Hoax?

AllMediaNY - 
Humans are often fascinated by nature and its bizarre creatures, and crypto-zoology has long since been the extreme of speculating just what is out there.

India, EU to resolve differences over move to tax air travel

Economic Times - 
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union on Friday stuck to their respective stands on EU's move to tax air travel by including aviation in their Emissions Trading System (ETS), but decided to resolve the differences urgently.

Technology


Email viruses most likely to strike in the morning

GMA News - 
The period between 8 and 9 am EST (9 to 10 pm Manila time) appears to be a rush hour of sorts for cybercriminals to send out computer viruses, a security research firm said.

Apple iPad 3 Specs and Release Date

allvoices - 
By wendyzachary According to AllThingsD's John Paczkowski, a well known American journalist and technology blogger, Apple "has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events.

Chicago Auto Show – Ford Is Aiming at the Prius, Too

Gas 2.0 - 
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Ford actually brought several shades of green to Chicago this year, what with the Fusion, the CMAX, and the electric Focus all hanging around the ...

Windows 8: Farewell Start button?

New Zealand Herald - 
With Microsoft's latest operating system looming large on the digital landscape - set for a public beta launch at the end of the month - casualties are beginning to emerge.

Cupid takes on cancer

HealthCanal.com - 
Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and what better way to say "I love you" than with something decadent, delicious - and healthy.

Hirai: TVs profitable in 2 years / Sony to also focus on smartphones, medical ...

The Daily Yomiuri - 
Incoming Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai told The Yomiuri Shimbun he will make the company's sluggish TV business, which is expected to log an operating loss for the eighth consecutive year in fiscal 2011, profitable in two years.

FBI releases background check file on Steve Jobs

allvoices - 
By Jennifer Rees The FBI has made public a 10-year-old background check file it had maintained on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The file noted Jobs' early drug use besides citing interviews with people who hold that he distorted reality.

Hackers hit CIA, UN Web sites

CBS News - 
The CIA's Web site was down this afternoon in what looked like a distributed denial-of-service attack publicized by members of the online activist group Anonymous.

Tesla's Model X: SUV With a Conscience?

Slate Magazine (blog) - 
By Ben Johnson and Slate V Staff MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.

Federal safety regulators fine BMW $3 million for untimely reporting of safety ...

CanadianBusiness.com - 
By Joan Lowy, AP | February 10, 2012 WASHINGTON - German automaker BMW has agreed to pay $3 million for delays in reporting safety defects and recalls to the federal regulators, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday.

They Just Don't Get Google!

TheStreet.com - 
By Marek Fuchs 02/10/12 - 05:59 PM EST NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Long operating off in the ether of Internet search, Google(GOOG) is apparently coming to your living room.

SlashGear 101: Windows 8 on ARM

SlashGear - 
So, fellow Windows users, who among you can't wait to run to your local electronics store this fall and install Windows 8 - on your three-year-old home built benchmark buster?

Researchers say find Google Wallet security risk

Reuters - 
By Sinead Carew and Jim Finkle | NEW YORK Feb 10 (Reuters) - Security researchers say they have found a vulnerability in the Google Inc mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

Telus Misses Profit Estimates After Subsidizing Smartphones

Bloomberg - 
Telus Corp. (T), Canada's third-largest wireless carrier, reported fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates as the company spent more to subsidize the smartphones with which it is wooing customers.

Next up for Amazon's Kindle: a 9-inch model?

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Washington Post - 
Ensuring that Apple doesn't get all the spotlight, analyst Chad Bartley of Pacific Crest has thrown a report about a new Kindle Fire into the rumor mill.

Iran blocks access to some outside websites, services

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Computerworld - 
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - The Iranian government has severed some citizens' connections to secure websites and services, including Twitter and Google's Gmail, according to reports by Iranians and network experts.

Call of Duty takes big January hit

Financial Times (blog) - 
For anyone seeking holes in Activision's seemingly bulletproof Call of Duty franchise, there was a chink in the armour exposed in NPD US January sales figures released late on Thursday.

Rumor: Next-Gen Xbox Controller to Sport a Touch Screen

PC Magazine - 
By Damon Poeter New rumors are swirling about the look and features of Microsoft's next-generation Xbox gaming console, including a report that the so-called Xbox 720's controller could include a touch screen surrounded by the familiar buttons and ...

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