NSA leaker Edward Snowden reveals more in online chat
Posted by: Joe Kukura
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-06-17 23:45:43 -0700 | technology-news
United States security authorities cannot find NSA leaker and international fugitive Edward Snowden, but you could have found him online this morning holding an exclusive chat on the British Web site for The Guardian newspaper. The Guardian is also the...
Apple reveals extent of user data requests by US government
Posted by: arkar
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 23:29:21 -0700 | technology-news
Following the revelation that the US government had been approaching major tech firms for details of user accounts, the firms in question such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple, made their own admissions as they revealed the extent to which...
ESA's Herschel space telescope switched off after 4 years
Posted by: arkar
Bremen :: Germany | updated 2013-06-17 22:34:15 -0700 | technology-news
After nearly four years in service, the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Herschel space telescope has finally been decommissioned, with mission control today switching off the telescope. The space telescope received its final commands today at 12:25 GMT (05:25 PDT) from...
VIDEO: China's Huawei launches smartphone
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 23:29:39 -0700 | technology-news
China's Huawei launches smartphone 17 June 2013 Last updated at 23:09 ET Chinese telecoms giant, Huawei, will hold its first global product launch, hoping to capture market share from the industry-leaders Apple and Samsung in the highly competitive smartphone market....
Ohio day care worker accused of drugging kid's snacks
Source: Fox
Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 22:45:29 -0700 | technology-news
Ohio A central Ohio day care worker sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day, according to police charges filed Monday that the woman adamantly denies as a misunderstood joke. Tammy...
Review: Photoshop CC struts its actions, filters, and enlargements, but leaves Bridge in limbo
Source: Macworld
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:23:39 -0700 | technology-news
Adobe has added some nice features to its new, subscription-based, pro-level Photoshop Creative Cloud; it also rolled all of the features of Photoshop Extended into the CC version. The inclusion of 3D tools aside, Photoshop CC isn't the most feature-packed...
Adobe releases Creative Cloud into the wild
Source: Macworld
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:23:40 -0700 | technology-news
Having historically operated on an upgrade schedule of every 12 to 16 months, Adobe is now releasing new subscription-only versions of its flagship Photoshop image-editing programcalled Photoshop CC (for Creative Cloud)along with more than a dozen of its other creative...
Farmers markets spring into action
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:19:21 -0700 | technology-news
As summer blooms, several local farmers markets are sprouting around the city again. On Thursday, the Bowdoin Geneva Farmers Market opens for its sixth season...And the community has a sense of ownership around the market and the excitement of it...
VIDEO: Singapore gets new oil technology
Source: BBC
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-06-17 20:17:38 -0700 | technology-news
Singapore gets new oil technology 17 June 2013 Last updated at 22:05 ET In spite of having no resources of its own, Singapore relies heavily on the oil and gas sector. That is because much of the oil produced by...
Report questions HS2 rail benefits
Source: BBC
Leeds :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 22:53:30 -0700 | technology-news
Evidence that HS2 would promote economic growth or tackle the north-south divide was "limited", it added. Ministers said demand for long-distance rail travel was growing and HS2 would "support thousands of jobs and billions of pounds worth of economic benefits"....
For Its Latest Beer, a Craft Brewer Chooses an Unlikely Pairing: Archaeology
Source: The New York Times
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:05:29 -0700 | technology-news
But lately, Great Lakes has been trying to imitate a bygone era. Enlisting the help of archaeologists at the University of Chicago, the company has been trying for more than year to replicate a 5,000-year-old Sumerian beer using only clay...
The Next Big Thing? 5 Expert Predictions
Source: Inc.
Half Moon Bay :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 20:50:58 -0700 | technology-news
Expert Predictions At Bloomberg's Next Big Thing conference, industry thinkers talked about what they think will be the wave(s) of the future...A number of industry thinkers and innovators did some crystal ball-gazing Monday at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing conference held in Half...
Here's a teacher I'd want for my children
Source: Los Angeles Times
Madrid :: Spain | updated 2013-06-17 20:00:17 -0700 | technology-news
She wanted to teach her students not just about college, but that someone, beyond their parents and teacher, cares about their prospects. Gomez, a Cal State Northridge alum, enlisted the provost, the dean of education and her favorite professors to...
11 Weird Things That Caused Major Power Outages (ETN)
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 19:14:32 -0700 | technology-news
What do turkeys have in common with the space shuttle Endeavor, and seagulls, other than being able to fly? In the past 18 months, they've all caused power outages. So have snakes, squirrels, seagulls, and a criminal fleeing the police....
Scientists Built The Fastest Cat Robot Ever
Source: BusinessInsider
Lausanne :: Switzerland | updated 2013-06-17 19:14:31 -0700 | technology-news
Swiss researchers have created an adorable cat-like robot , whose trot is based off the movements of the typical house cat. It runs about 5 feet per second, covering seven body lengths every second the fastest small quadraped robot...Though the...
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