http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- The social networking site Facebook has begun testing a simpler, no-frills alternative to its regular interface. The cleaner, uncluttered interface is particularly aimed at entry-level users new to social networking, and to users with low bandwidth, but it may also appeal to users tired of all the distractions and unused complications on the regular interface. And it is simple enough to grasp Twitter by the horns. http://www.physorg.com/news172223164.html Technology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:46:21 EST news172223164 (PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight minutes to carry the data across the 60-mile course, and it took another hour to upload the data. During the same time, the ADSL had sent just 4% of the data. http://www.physorg.com/news171883994.html Technology Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:34:02 EST news171883994 (AP) -- Watch what you tweet. That's the message tennis authorities are delivering as the U.S. Open gets set to start Monday, telling players and their entourages to be careful about what they post on the social networking site Twitter. http://www.physorg.com/news170743615.html Technology Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:10:02 EST news170743615 While rescue crews intensify their search for a Chicago doctoral student missing in a remote region of Costa Rica, help is coming from an unlikely army of online supporters from around the globe. http://www.physorg.com/news170615994.html Technology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:10:01 EST news170615994 From giving directions to a stranger to cooking a meal for loved ones, sharing is an essential part of the human experience. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research unravels the complexities of sharing and examines how changes in our culture affect sharing. http://www.physorg.com/news170351211.html Other Sciences Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:30:02 EST news170351211 More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues. A new study co-authored by a researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found that the practices of many popular social networking sites typically make that personal information available to companies that track Web users' browsing habits and allow them to link anonymous browsing habits to specific people. http://www.physorg.com/news170345266.html Technology Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:08:36 EST news170345266 (AP) -- Social networking sites were abuzz Thursday over an online trailer for "Avatar," just as extended previews of the 3D sci-fi adventure were hitting screens at theaters down under. http://www.physorg.com/news170064906.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:15:38 EST news170064906 (AP) -- The market for shrinking Web addresses is itself shrinking. http://www.physorg.com/news169144066.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:40:11 EST news169144066 (AP) -- As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events. http://www.physorg.com/news169132958.html Technology Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:23:16 EST news169132958 (AP) -- The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules on how to protect against possible security risks. http://www.physorg.com/news168693630.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:50:03 EST news168693630 Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn. http://www.physorg.com/news168151908.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:01 EST news168151908 (AP) -- Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression. http://www.physorg.com/news167402583.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:43:42 EST news167402583 (PhysOrg.com) -- Furious competition between social networking sites is compromising the protection of users' data, a Cambridge University study has concluded. http://www.physorg.com/news167400726.html Technology Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:30:04 EST news167400726 To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication. http://www.physorg.com/news167063189.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:30:01 EST news167063189 (AP) -- Canada's privacy commissioner says the online social networking site Facebook breaches Canadian law by keeping users personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news166975070.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:58:13 EST news166975070 myExperiment, the social networking site for scientists, has set out to challenge traditional ideas of academic publishing as it enters a new phase of funding. http://www.physorg.com/news166943362.html Other Sciences Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:10:23 EST news166943362 A 15-year-old Briton has set the financial world abuzz with a research note penned for a major US bank in which he reveals teenagers' media habits -- including that Twitter is just not cool. http://www.physorg.com/news166855767.html Technology Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:20:02 EST news166855767 (AP) -- New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news166377499.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:10:07 EST news166377499 (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has quietly dropped his lawsuit against the social networking site Twitter Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news166206530.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:30:57 EST news166206530 (AP) -- Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. http://www.physorg.com/news165239970.html Technology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:00:01 EST news165239970 With just $399 and a bit of saliva in a cup, consumers can learn about their genetic risk for diseases from breast cancer to diabetes. Now, thanks to social networking sites set up by personal genomics companies, they can also share that information with family, friends and even strangers on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news163394275.html Medicine & Health Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:18:36 EST news163394275 (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is suing the social-networking site Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress. http://www.physorg.com/news163345254.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:41:18 EST news163345254 The number of minutes Americans spent on social networking sites nearly doubled in the past year with Facebook and Twitter enjoying explosive growth, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news163254287.html Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:25:17 EST news163254287 (AP) -- Gamers, get ready for your close-up. http://www.physorg.com/news163092131.html Electronics Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:33 EST news163092131 (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan forces killed four militants in Wardak province, the U.S. military tweeted on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news163083176.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:53:24 EST news163083176 (AP) -- The new leaders of News Corp.'s MySpace said Wednesday they need to innovate to rejuvenate the social networking site, which has suffered from stalled user growth. http://www.physorg.com/news162707202.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 05:27:01 EST news162707202 (AP) -- Google has identified social networking sites like Facebook as growing competitors in search, a company spokesman said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news162471892.html Technology Mon, 25 May 2009 12:05:17 EST news162471892 US social networking site Facebook on Saturday said it had received reports its wesbite had been blocked in Iran, lamenting the apparent government bar as "a shame." http://www.physorg.com/news162317878.html Technology Sat, 23 May 2009 17:18:17 EST news162317878 (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has entered the world of social networking sites and smartphones with a Vatican portal that includes Facebook and iPhone applications. http://www.physorg.com/news162199056.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 08:17:59 EST news162199056 A Spanish great-grandmother who billed herself as the "world's oldest blogger" and who gained a global following on the Internet, died Thursday at the age of 97, local officials and reports said. http://www.physorg.com/news162141455.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 16:19:04 EST news162141455