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Google search results to include 'real-time' data (AP)

Google search results to include 'real-time' data

Technology / Internet

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

(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...





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Yahoo plugs into Facebook to become more popular

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. will lean more heavily on Facebook's popularity as it tries to give people more reasons to stay on its Web site.


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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages.


Twitter briefly blocked by hackers (AP)

Twitter briefly blocked by hackers

Technology / Internet

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility.


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


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Nokia Booklet has flashy looks, but little substance

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If the iPhone ushered in the era of cell phones that act like computers, then the recently released Nokia Booklet 3G netbook is an attempt to bring some of the features of a smart phone to a computer.


WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a ...


Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some (AP)

Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some

Technology / Internet

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings.


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Raytheon turns iPhones into battlefield tools

Technology / Software

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

US defense contractor Raytheon on Wednesday unveiled the first of what it said will be a series of software applications to make iPhones or iPod touch devices into battlefield tools.


ADA releases updated position paper on nutrient supplementation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While supplements can help some people meet their nutrition needs, eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods is the best way for most people to obtain the nutrients they need to be healthy and reduce their risk of chronic ...


Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia

Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laurence is still a tropical cyclone even though the storm has made landfall in northern West Australia and is moving over land. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite noticed some powerful ...



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