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Study of first high-resolution images of Pallas confirms asteroid is actually a protoplanet

Study of first high-resolution images of Pallas confirms asteroid is actually a protoplanet

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Britney E. Schmidt, a UCLA doctoral student in the department of Earth and space sciences, wasn't sure what she'd glean from images of the asteroid Pallas taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...


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Twitter hacked by old technique -- again

Technology / Internet

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Breaking into someone's e-mail can be child's play for a determined hacker, as Twitter Inc. employees have learned the hard way - again.


BT shelves Phorm's Web usage monitoring for ads

Technology / Business

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- British telecommunications provider BT PLC is indefinitely shelving plans to target online advertising to individual customers by using Web monitoring techniques that have drawn privacy complaints.


Spears, DeGeneres Twitpic accounts hacked

Technology / Internet

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hackers have broadcast bogus information about celebrities including Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres after breaking into their Twitpic accounts.


Yahoo CEO promises shareholders to get 'mojo back'

Technology / Internet

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Chief Executive Carol Bartz echoed the turnaround promises of her predecessors as she presided over the first shareholder meeting since her hiring, yet she left little doubt the slumping Internet company's ...


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Twitter dabbling with verifying identities

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created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Authenticity badges were popping up at Twitter on Friday as the popular micro-blogging service tested a way to verify that people tweeting are who they claim to be.


Who are the top Tweeters? UCF grads created tracking site

Technology / Internet

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When actor Ashton Kutcher and CNN were racing last month to see who could amass 1 million followers first on Twitter, many people tracked the race at Twitterholic.com, a site started as a joke by two Florida Web developers. ...


For sale by tweet: Social networking to sell homes

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- When you sign up for Facebook or Twitter, you expect to get a stream of random messages from the people that make up your virtual social network - but pitches on homes for sale?


Ashton Kutcher has defied CNN to a Twitter duel

Actor Ashton Kutcher, CNN in Twitter duel

Technology / Internet

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has challenged CNN to an online duel.


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Ancestry hunters' bonanza as London records go online

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Some 77 million documents dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries and including the ancestors of David Beckham and Britney Spears are to go online, under a service launched Thursday.


Does Facebook share too much information?

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It's possible that you don't care whether your old college roommate thinks Ric Flair's birthday should be a national holiday. Maybe the fact that a co-worker adores a particular brand of potato chips does nothing for you.


Spotting the next great music superstar

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For every rock star who hits it big, there are thousands of artists who never make it out of their own back yards. Before Madonna was "Madonna," she was a local success in New York clubs. Until Britney Spears became a global ...


We're All Stars Now: Reality TV, Web 2.0 and Mediated Identities

Technology / Other

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

A new study of television viewing and communication patterns among young adults by University at Buffalo researchers has found a relationship between reality television viewing and "promiscuous friending" on popular social ...


Britney and K-Fed Doing It All Wrong, Family Researcher Says

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 05, 2007 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline continue to duke it out in the headlines over the custody of their two children. This week, a judge turned down Spears’ plea for joint custody. Her visitations rights were previously ...


Digital revolution takes on movie industry

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created Apr 04, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (37) | comments 0

With Hollywood's largest studios launching a download-and-own film service via rivals Movielink.com and Cinemanow.com, the move towards digital distribution also means the move toward D-Cinema.