Wednesday, February 15, 2012

15 FEB 2012, WED: Sci & Tech

Science


Got the recipe for Earth Hour?

WWF-UK - 
Ready, steady, cook! If you think you've got just the recipe for WWF's Earth Hour, you need to be quick and let us know before our recipe competition deadline this Sunday, 19 February.

Mayor challenges villages to clean up

Sun.Star - 
By JM Agreda TO AVOID being tagged as the dirtiest village, Mayor Mauricio Domogan challenged barangays to join the city's crusade to solve the garbage problem.

NASA to exchange 'flagship' missions for small-ball projects

Christian Science Monitor - 
NASA is drastically scaling back its Mars exploration initiatives in exchange for smaller, more efficient missions, agency officials say.

New York's 'once-a-century' storms to become common: study

AFP - 
PARIS - Massive storm surges that statistically threaten New York City once a century could occur at intervals from three to 20 years by 2100, according to estimates by US scientists published Tuesday.

Atom smasher to set new power record

Fox News - 
A proton-proton collision at the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN laboratory in Geneva that produced more than 100 charged particles.

NASA retires its last mainframe

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ZDNet (blog) - 
By Joe McKendrick | February 14, 2012, 2:02pm PST Summary: 'Mainframes' and 'moonshots' are two words that were almost synonymous in the 1960s, as are 'iPhones' and 'apps' today.

Lake Vostok can help us with exploration of icy Jupiter moon

msnbc.com - 
Jupiter's moon, Europa, is thought to hide an ocean beneath an icy layer. This liquid ocean bears striking similarities to lakes buried beneath the Antarctic ice.

Technology


Globe unveils new prepaid promos

The Online Zamboanga Times - 
MANILA - In another unprecedented move to give its subscribers unrestricted experience in mobile service, Globe Telecom unveiled Tuesday its newest portfolio of prepaid promos that will cater to the diverse needs of its customers.

'Porsche-d' to the limit

Inquirer.net - 
PORSCHE power is women power too: PGA Cars' Menchie Ramirez; the author; Riva Galvez Tan of Manila Standard Today; Eileen Ava Gan Young of MediaVest; Inquirer Motoring columnist Aida Sevilla Mendoza; Nicole Limos of Town and Country and PGA Cars' Joy ...

Rockstar: Don't Expect Any 'GTA V' News For A While

MTV.com (blog) - 
This really isn't so much as news as the announcement of non-news on the part of Rockstar, who are cautioning fans not to expect too much new info about the next game—at least for the next couple of months as they presumably plug away at the upcoming ...

Beware, that Valentine's Day mail may steal your data

Times of India - 
BANGALORE: Even as people gear up to celebrate St Valentine's Day, spammers are working overtime to hack into computers of online users on the romantic occasion with spam mails having catchy words in the subject line, warns global computer security ...

Activists Lobby Capitol Opposing Mountaintop Removal, Supporting Renewable Energy

WFPL - 
by Erica Peterson on February 14, 2012 Environmental activists are urging state lawmakers to stop supporting mountaintop removal coal mining and throw their weight behind renewable energy legislation.

Angry Birds fly to Facebook

NEWS.com.au - 
Angry Birds has become a popular global brand with merchandise becoming increasingly popular. Pictures: Rovio Entertainment Source: Supplied ANGRY Birds, the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, has been catapulted to the world of Facebook in a bid by ...

Google's Motorola Acquisition Approved US, EU Regulators Approve Deal in Unison

Dslreports - 
by Karl Bode 14 minutes ago tags: competition · business · hardware · bandwidth In August of last year Google announced they'd be acquiring Motorola Mobility, which includes both Motorola's wireless and set top box units (and 17000 wireless patents), ...

Samsung Galaxy Note launches in Canada today

Vancouver Sun (blog) - 
The Galaxy Note, Samsung's attempt at a one-size-fits-all cross between a tablet and a smartphone goes on sale today in Canada.

RootSmart Malware: Is Google's Bouncer Up to Par?

Decoded Science - 
Some Android phones are, despite Google's best efforts, still vulnerable to the newly discovered RootSmart malware. Is your smartphone protected against this malicious code?

Deal of the Day: Save $100 On Core i7 Dell XPS 15

LAPTOP Magazine (blog) - 
Looking for a killer gaming rig, without being tied down by a desktop? Today's deal of the day will be right up your alley. The 15.6-inch Dell XPS 15 (L502X) is gaming powerhouse.

Japan firms plan wind farm near Fukushima: report

AFP - 
TOKYO - A group of Japanese firms led by trading house Marubeni Corp. plans to build a large floating experimental wind farm off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, which was hit by a nuclear disaster last year, a report said Tuesday.

Iran increasingly controls its Internet

Washington Post - 
TEHRAN - Whenever Maysam, a prominent Iranian blogger, connects to the Internet from his office in the bazaar, he switches on a special connection that for years would bypass the Islamic republic's increasingly effective firewall.

Valentine's Day Deals Offered by Gameloft For Android Games

Gold Star Daily World News (blog) - 
Android gamers are getting more than just flowers and chocolates for Valentine's Day because, mobile phone game developer, Gameloft, is having a special Valentine's Day deal.

Toy Fair 2012: The hottest new toys from the show floor

CNET - 
Once again hundreds of companies were teasing upcoming products at Toy Fair in New York. We don't cover a whole lot of kids toys here at CNET, but every year we make the journey to Toy Fair, which is once again in town at the Javitz Center in New York.

Trend Micro reveals new fraud victimizing Facebook users

Malaya - 
BY RICHMOND S. MERCURIO COMPUTER security firm Trend Micro recently revealed an online fraud surfacing the Internet this Valentine's season which victimizes Facebook users.

2015 Ford Focus RS characteristics revealed

Inrumor - 
Rihanna and Gwyneth Paltrow posed backstage at this year's Grammy Awards, wearing somewhat similar dresses. New rumors suggest that the Xbox 720 will be delivered with a touch screen controller.

2013 Cadillac XTS to get 'active' safety system

The Province - 
By Grace MacAluso, The Windsor Star February 14, 2012 1:17 PM The Cadillac 2013 XTS is unveiled during the LA Auto Show on November 16, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

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