Science
AFP - WASHINGTON - High levels of pollution may be turning the planet's oceans acidic at a faster rate than at any time in the past 300 million years, with unknown consequences for future sea life, researchers said Thursday. |
Gadling - by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) on Mar 1st 2012 at 5:00PM If you're in the mood for taking a beautiful, cosmic, time-lapse break, consider this your opportunity. |
Mackay Daily Mercury - THE Queensland Resources Council says the coal export industry is supporting a wide-ranging environmental impact assessment for the proposed Abbot Point expansion to ensure the highest possible level of protection for the Great Barrier Reef. |
RT - Four dozen high-tech computing devices disappeared from the offices of NASA over a two-year span, including one laptop that contained the code needed to command the International Space Station. |
Christian Science Monitor - Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Lab wowed attendees at this year's TED conference with a video of tiny robot quadroters performing the James Bond theme music. |
Written by  GlobalPost (blog) - Scientists have found fossils of ancient fleas that measured nearly an inch long and most likely fed off feathered dinosaurs. Ancient fleas whose fossils were discovered in China may have fed on dinosaurs like this one. |
ABC Online - By Natalie Poyhonen Marine scientists in north Queensland have discovered baby coral on the Great Barrier Reef can clone itself before developing into adult coral. |
ZDNet - by Andy Smith | March 1, 2012 12:16pm PST | Image 1 of 8 An 460 foot wide asteroid is making the rounds over the Internet as a potential threat to Earth in 2040. |
FierceFinanceIT - An IBM press release quotes a manager involved in the company's quantum computing project: "The quantum computing work we are doing shows it is no longer just a brute force physics experiment. |
Reuters India - By Robert Evans | GENEVA (Reuters) - Three key research centres and a consortium of Internet companies said on Thursday they would work together on a European cloud computing platform to handle the continent's rapidly growing demand for computer ... |
Daily Mail - By Daniel Miller Archaeologists exploring a 1st century Christian burial chamber have discovered an ancient inscription on a coffin lid which they believe confirms the site is the final resting place of Jesus. |
Technology
The Independent - Marvellous long-form Question to Which the Answer is No from the Daily Mail this morning. Number 761... A lack of proper careers advice has led to a generation of young people being unaware of what they n... The Bedouin of Israel and the occupied ... |
Washington Post - March 1 (Bloomberg) -- A lawyer representing Proview International Holdings Ltd. in its dispute with Apple Inc. over the iPad trademark in China said he hopes the US company makes contact to begin settlement talks. |
ZDNet (blog) - By Mary Jo Foley | March 1, 2012, 3:41pm PST Summary: On the plus side, business users might be able to boot straight to the Desktop in Windows 8. On the minus side, the inability for WOA tablets to join AD domains seems likely. |
Business Insider - XBiz, the trade newswire for the adult entertainment industry, just released its 2012 market research report. Don't laugh, this is serious business: Sales are thought to be $14 billion a year, although that number is murky because so many companies are ... |
Financial Express - New York/San Francisco/Washington: Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO. |
NEWS.com.au - Paul Gilding told audiences at Tuesday's TED talk that our obsession with modern technology could lead to our downfall. Picture: Brett Faulkner Source: news. |
Inquirer.net - MANILA, Philippines—Globe Telecom has unveiled more ways by which consumers can use their smartphones for e-commerce, targeting those who do not own credit cards. |
Sun.Star - By Mia A. Aznar THE difference between local startup companies and those located in Silicon Valley is the access to funding. Otherwise, Jojo Flores, co-founder of Plug and Play Tech Center based in Silicon Valley, California, believes the level of ... |
Written by  ZDNet (blog) - By Charlie Osborne | March 1, 2012, 11:26am PST Summary: Does multi-tasking and keeping Facebook open have a detrimental effect on student grades? |
TheChronicleHerald.ca - The 2013 Lexus GS350's rated fuel consumption has dropped from 9.3 litres/100 km city/highway combined to 9.1, while horsepower and torque have each increased by three. |
Barron's (blog) - By Tiernan Ray As I mentioned earlier this morning, Nomura Equity Research's telecoms analyst Stuart Jeffrey related today that he was “disappointed” with what he saw from Nokia (NOK) at the Mobile World Congress telecom show that went on the last ... |
CNET (blog) - BARCELONA, Spain--Typically, attending the last day of a conference puts you face to face with the frantic stragglers trying to grab one last meeting, or the dazed wanderers biding time before a welcome flight home. |
AppAdvice - After a spurt of renewed popularity, News.me has rolled out an iPhone version of its app to join its longstanding iPad cousin. The iPhone app, just like the tablet version, analyzes what your friends are talking about on Twitter and Facebook. |
Daily Mail - By Ray Massey Within a decade, motorists could be telling their vehicles to 'switch to autopilot', the boss of Ford predicted last night. |
Victoria Times Colonist - By Katell Abiven, Agence France-Presse February 29, 2012 A man displays an universal charger plugged on a Sony mobile phone during a presentation at the Mobile World Congress on February 28, 2012 in Barcelona. |
Economic Times - NEW DELHI: Car-maker Ford India today reported a 2.82 per cent decline in its total sales during February at 10424 units. The company had sold 10726 units in the corresponding month last year, Ford India said in a statement. |
Forbes - One look at a chart showing the number of attacks on mobile devices last year and it is clear, the cyber criminals all have Android in their crosshairs. |
Inquirer.net - Philippines' wireless services leader, Smart, along with two other major global operators, garnered the most number of telco entries that made it to the finals in the just concluded 17th Annual Global Mobile Awards of the Global System for Mobile ... |
Times of India - The world's biggest mobile fair this week urged operators to convert "silent roamers" or travellers who stop using their phones once abroad for fear of a massive bill. |
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