Pegasus, the Ecuadorean nano satellite, on a collision course with Russian fuel tank of 1985
Posted by: prabirghose
Quito :: Ecuador | updated 2013-05-23 04:55:06 -0700 | technology-news
Pegasus is a 1.2-Kg nano-satellite of Ecuador that had been launched last month the Jiuquan spaceport in China and the Ecuadorean space agency (EXA) is trying to pick up signals from Pegasus after it was found to be on a...
Twitter tightens security
Posted by: Barry Eitel
Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:02:28 -0700 | technology-news
After a series of well-publicized hackings, Twitter finally upgraded their system to include login verification. “Every day,” starts a post penned by Jim O’Leary, part of Twitter’s Product Security Team, “a growing number of people log in to Twitter. Usually...
XBox One Confuses and Delights
Posted by: Barry Eitel
Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:06:51 -0700 | technology-news
Microsoft made waves yesterday with announcing their Xbox One, a radically revised version of their beloved gaming console. The release caused division amongst fans, and a fair amount of confusion. “It's genuinely not clear to me at this point whom...
Xbox One Causes Confusion, Outrage
Posted by: Barry Eitel
Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:32:46 -0700 | technology-news
The Xbox One revealed yesterday is already doing a fantastic job of confusing the internet. “There’s nothing wrong with that as a product - if it works like the conference showed it working, it will be a great product –...
Yahoo Buys Another Startup, Cross-Platform Gaming Company PlayerScale
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 10:45:26 -0700 | technology-news
Stephen Lam, Reuters It's back to the smaller acquisitions after Yahoo 's buzzy buyout of Tumblr Monday for $1.1 billion. Today, Yahoo has announced its latest acquisition, PlayerScale . The price has not been disclosed, but it probably wasn't as...
Having computer in home doesn't improve students' grades
Source: United Press International
Santa Cruz :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 07:45:49 -0700 | technology-news
Researchers in California say having a computer in the home has little effect on how well teenage students do in school. Robert Fairlie and Jonathan Robinson, conducted a two-year experiment at the University of California, Santa Cruz, involving more than...
Paramount's 'Ego And Failure' Made The 'Star Trek' Video Game A Massive Flop
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:53:29 -0700 | technology-news
The mobile gaming tie-in to Universal 's Fast & Furious 6 launched on the iTunes App Store last week and is #1 among free apps in 45 countries. Created with SF-based studio Kabam, it's also the #1 overall game in 69 countries,...
Matter: Chlorine, Swimming Pool Helper, Has a Checkered Past
Source: The New York Times
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 07:52:54 -0700 | technology-news
Over the next few months, chlorine will ensure that countless swimming pools don't turn into microbe-choked petri dishes...We sprinkle it on our food as table salt a k a sodium chloride...Perchlorate, a combination of chlorine and oxygen atoms, fuels rockets...
Tinder Evolves: Dating App's New Feature Turns Users Into Matchmakers
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:40:00 -0700 | technology-news
In April, founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen voiced intentions to extend the app's matchmaking technology into business networking . Today the company introduced Matchmaker, a feature that it hopes will subtly broaden users' perspectives on the app.
Rare Apple 1 computer up for auction
Source: CNN
Cologne :: Germany | updated 2013-05-23 09:16:23 -0700 | technology-news
In this era of ever-accelerating technological development, we all tend to be so fixated on the gizmos of the future that we rarely take the time to think about the glorious technology of the past. Fortunately, a treasure trove of...
Reader recommendation: Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment
Source: Christian Science Monitor
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:14:50 -0700 | technology-news
This is an exciting and historic look at President Eisenhower's significant role in developing America's space program. After the Soviet Union launched their Sputnik satellite, Eisenhower responded by leading our nation to greater space exploration that led to our landing...
Citrix Wants Enterprises To Stop Using Dropbox, And It's Building Them Their Own App Store (CTXS)
Source: BusinessInsider
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:53:23 -0700 | technology-news
Citrix Systems has years of experience delivering apps and data to enterprise users. That's not a bad gig, as evidenced by its $12 billion market cap. Now Citrix is pitching new software to enterprises that use mobile devices. Which is...
Google's Must-Learn Secret of Success
Source: Inc.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:17:59 -0700 | technology-news
Getty Google just held its annual I/O Developer's Conference, and as my fellow Inc. contributor John Brandon wrote, the company has taken an Apple-like approach to many of its services and products. There is a new sense of unification: Google...
French ex-leader reveals panda story
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 10:32:07 -0700 | technology-news
French ex-leader Giscard d'Estaing reveals panda attack Valery Giscard d'Estaing is seen here with the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1979 Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has revealed he was once jumped on by a panda when...
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