An iPhone being stolen on the street is fairly common; police officers racing through the streets and subways while tracking it on another iPhone is not. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Calls for more privacy, civil liberties protections in reintriduced Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Original post on networkworld.com Comments on reddit.com
Bees Buzz Each Other, but Not the Way You Think – ScienceNOW Original post on sciencemag.org Comments on reddit.com
A Microsoft Research project offloads data and calculations to save battery life. Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
(Phys.org)—While some advanced humanoid robots already look eerily lifelike, robots in the future may actually become partly alive. Currently, researchers are working on integrating living cells and other biological components with electronic components in an attempt to create bio-hybrid robots. These… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict on Friday signaled the Vatican was ready to forge alliances with other religions against gay marriage, saying the family was threatened to its foundations by attempts Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Serving as the connector and integrator of Harvard’s teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences, and technology. Includes information about undergraduate and graduate degree programs, faculty and areas of research, and resources for prospective students, partners, and alumni. Original post on harvard.edu Comments on reddit.com
Summary: Online advertisers and analytics companies were furious with Microsoft’s decision to enable Do Not Track as a default in IE 10. Microsoft today announced it’s sticking to its guns. How will the tracking industry respond? Original post on zdnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Astronomers hear the Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
British engineers from University College London have developed a passive radar system that can see through walls using the WiFi… Original post on extremetech.com Comments on reddit.com
Instantly connect to what’s most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news. Original post on twitter.com Comments on reddit.com
Three members of the punk band Pussy Riot, who performed an anti-Putin song in Russia’s main cathedral, have pleaded not guilty to abusive actions motivated by religious hatred, but concede what they did was an ethical mistake. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
A team of researchers at Yale University have identified a molecular signal that allows potentially therapeutic proteins to hitch a ride into cells using vesicles, possibly making previously inaccessible proteins vulnerable to drugs. One of the most daunting challenges facing pharmaceutical s Original post on scitechdaily.com Comments on reddit.com
Mozilla, reddit, lawmakers, even a Tea Party activist team to protect the Web. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The slowdown in the economy persisted early in the third quarter as factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region contracted in July for a third straight month and new claims Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
A new type of amplifier for boosting electrical signals that can be used for everything from studying stars, galaxies, and black holes to exploring the quantum world and developing quantum computers has been developed by researchers at the California Institute… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
This initiative, called AIR.U, hopes to use the white space spectrum to bring between 20 and 100Mbps of wireless connectivity… Original post on extremetech.com Comments on reddit.com
an object conceived in the human mind, and built by our tools, and launched from our planet, will be the first object made by man to sail out into interstellar space. Original post on dailymail.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
We assumed the gorgeous 8K ultra-HDTVs we saw at CES this year were years away. But Japan’s NHK has just completed the first over-the-air broadcast of a 7680×4320 signal using UHF frequencies—just when you’d finished paying off your giant HDTV display. Original post on gizmodo.com Comments on digg.com
In the search for Earth-like planets, it is helpful to look for clues and patterns that can help scientist narrow down the types of systems where potentially habitable planets are likely to be discovered. New research from a team including… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of deep concern, and rioters in the Middle East would kill each other in their grief. But when the most influential leader in the Muslim world issues a fatwa to destroy Christian churches, the silence is deafening. Original post on washingtontimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The sunspot region that produced a strong X-class solar flare remains active and could spew more eruptions in the coming week, scientists say. Original post on space.com Comments on digg.com
China’s leaders signaled their intent to discourage unregulated lending at a once-in-five years financial work meeting, a move that will benefit banks and capital markets, according to Barclays Capital Inc. More
The image above shows the radio signal detected by the 100-meter Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia while scanning the exoplanetary candidate KOI 817 discovered by the Kepler mission. This is the kind of signal SETI scientists would expect to… More
