Call for 'artificial life' DNA ban

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Facebook Page Banned by Pakistan Is Back Online

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The Facebook page that led the Pakistan government to ban the entire site was back online Saturday, at least for some users, after it was inaccessible for about two days. The page was removed Thursday after one of the moderators had his e-mail and Skype account hacked into, and his personal data revealed, according to a post...

Google Chrome Web App Store: 5 Things You Should Know

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Brennon Slattery, PC World timestamp(1274374140000,'longDateTime') May 20, 2010 5:49 pmGoogle gave a sneak peek of its Chrome Web Store this week at the Google I/O conference, offering up clues to...

IDC: 46 million media tablets by 2014

Posted by Ahmed on 6:46 PM
diggdigg The iPad is paving the way for a surge in tablet shipments.(Credit: Apple) In a trend kick-started by the Apple iPad, more than 46 million media tablets are expected to ship in 2014,...

AT&T Raises Early Termination Fees: What About Everyone Else?

Posted by Ahmed on 6:44 PM
In an effort to match Verizon and—as indicated by a company spokesperson—in no way related to the potential loss of the carrier's exclusivity when it comes to Apple's iPhone, AT&T has nearly doubled its penalty for early contract termination. The move doesn't apply to all phone holders, however. In fact, only those...

Prime Number

Posted by Ahmed on 6:43 PM
Published: May 21, 2010 var articleToolsShareData = {"url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/23\/weekinreview\/23prime.html","headline":"Prime Number","description":"2,246: As of Thursday, the number...

Pac-Man hits 30 without losing its way

Posted by Ahmed on 6:42 PM
Pac-Man hits 30 without losing its way In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, Google.com allowed visitors to play the classic video game in the shape of the Google logo. (Google.com) ...

Cow manure powers computers down on the data farm

Posted by Ahmed on 6:38 PM
One of the world’s biggest technology companies is working on plans to power its data centres using energy generated from cow manure. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard (HP) want to build computer warehouses on dairy farms where they would be hooked up to power plants fuelled by waste. Just one cow produces enough waste every day...

GOP candidate slams Apple for rejecting attack app

Posted by Ahmed on 6:37 PM
A Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives is accusing Apple of unreasonably rejecting an iPhone attack app that accused his Democratic rival of voting to raise taxes and cut spending...

5 Things Apple Could Do to Sell Me an iPad

Posted by Ahmed on 6:35 PM
Matt Peckham, PC World timestamp(1274454180000,'longDateTime') May 21, 2010 4:03 pm Should I buckle and buy an iPad? Snap up the reworked Civilization Revolution to laze for hours on the couch tapping...

Wider European Scrutiny of Google on Privacy

Posted by Ahmed on 6:33 PM
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN Published: May 21, 2010 var articleToolsShareData = {"url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/22\/technology\/22streetview.html","headline":"Wider European Scrutiny of Google...

HP Battery Recall: Prevent Fire or Injury

Posted by Ahmed on 6:32 PM
By Tony Bradley, PC World If you have used a laptop computer, you are aware that they generate a substantial amount of heat. The battery is one of the components that generates...

Astronauts Load up Shuttle for Return

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CBS)  Astronauts Piers Sellers and Garrett Reisman, operating the International Space Station's robot arm, moved a cargo pallet loaded with old solar array batteries back to the shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay Saturday for a return to Earth. Working at the robotics work station inside the station's multi-window cupola, Sellers...

Android Challenges iPhone, Users Win

Posted by Ahmed on 6:28 PM
As I sat in the audience at Google's I|O conference Thursday morning, I watched Google VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra and others unveil Android 2.2 "Froyo," an ambitious...

Securing your Facebook privacy settings

Posted by Ahmed on 6:26 PM
An online tool will tell you how secure your settings are—does it work? by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com One wonders if Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow Facebook executives are wishing they could...

Stock Picks: Dell, Clean Harbors, Google, Marvell

Posted by Ahmed on 4:47 PM
Dell Inc.: Kaufman Bros. equity analyst Shaw Wu maintained a hold rating on shares of Dell Inc. (DELL) on May 21. He raised a price target on the shares to $14 from $13. On May 20, Dell, the world's third-largest personal-computer maker, reported first-quarter gross margins that missed some analysts' estimates after rising...

Euro Gains Most Since September as Traders Exit Bets on Decline

Posted by Ahmed on 4:43 PM
By Ben Levisohn May 22 (Bloomberg) -- The euro rose the most in eight months against the dollar amid speculation traders who bet on its decline amid Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis had to buy back the currency as it strengthened to a one-week high. Europe’s common currency fell on May 19 to its weakest level in four...

Pilot surrendered a gun at Logan

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BOSTON A JetBlue pilot turned over a gun before he was taken from Logan International Airport to a Boston hospital for evaluation Thursday, officials said. State Police were notified at 1:45 p.m. Thursday...

Tesla beckons to the true believers Commentary: Toyota deal, IPO talk mobilizes optimists and opportunists

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By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley maker of electric cars whose hot-rod Roadster has tickled the fancy of every well-heeled geek on the road, plans to go public. Someday. It's certainly making all the right prelaunch moves. Late Thursday, Tesla announced...