http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) —University of Queensland ecologists have released research that will result in better crocodiles management and intervention. Dr Hamish Campbell, from UQ's School of Biological Sciences, and colleagues from Australia Zoo have used satellite tagging to accurately record the location of male and female adult crocodiles during the breeding and nesting season. http://phys.org/news286696954.html Biology Thu, 02 May 2013 07:20:03 EST news286696954 (Phys.org) —An Arizona State University biologist and her team have found that the Asian subspecies of great bustard, one of the heaviest birds capable of flight, covers migratory routes of more than 2,000 miles, travelling to and from its breeding grounds in northern Mongolia and wintering grounds in Shaanxi province in China. http://phys.org/news285408689.html Biology Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:40:01 EST news285408689 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveal that data culled from geosocial networks like the GPS traffic app Waze can help prevent traffic incidents with better deployment of police resources at the most accident prone areas. http://phys.org/news276518964.html Technology Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:51:37 EST news276518964 In computer science, the buzzword of the day is "big data." The proliferation of cheap, Internet-connected sensors—such as the GPS receivers, accelerometers and cameras in smartphones—has meant an explosion of information whose potential uses have barely begun to be explored. In large part, that's because processing all that data can be prohibitively time-consuming. http://phys.org/news272045482.html Technology Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:11:34 EST news272045482 (Phys.org) -- Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. http://phys.org/news259167726.html Space & Earth Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:02:26 EST news259167726 Dams are believed to be one of the biggest threats to freshwater organisms worldwide: They disrupt normal patterns of water and sediment flow, impede migration, and alter the character of spawning and feeding grounds. A shortage of data has until now prevented a thorough global assessment of the threat dams pose to fish species, but a study described in the June issue of BioScience attempts just that. http://phys.org/news255843617.html Biology Thu, 10 May 2012 04:40:26 EST news255843617 Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed new parallel distributed data processing technology that enables pools of big data as well as continuous inflows of new data to be efficiently processed and put to use within minutes. http://phys.org/news252838326.html Electronics Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:00:02 EST news252838326 A gray wolf was confirmed to be roaming California for the first time in 87 years when a young male migrating in search of a mate crossed over the state line from Oregon on Wednesday. http://phys.org/news244726344.html Biology Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:32:31 EST news244726344 Fujitsu today announced that, in an industry first, they have developed complex event processing technology designed for use with cloud technology that employs distributed and parallel processing. This enables rapid adjustment to fluctuations in data loads when processing massive amounts of heterogeneous time series data, now popularly known as "big data." http://phys.org/news243248193.html Technology Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:56:46 EST news243248193 Google Inc.'s plan to let people "opt out" of having their wireless network data used by the company's location services such as StreetView may be clumsy, but the Netherlands' privacy watchdog says it adheres to the letter of the law. http://phys.org/news240659064.html Technology Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:44:31 EST news240659064 The Detroit Zoo's iconic polar bear exhibit is now just a click away. http://phys.org/news240239602.html Technology Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:40:04 EST news240239602 Square, Jack Dorsey's mobile payments startup, was founded on the idea that it could simplify the way the world pays for goods and services. http://phys.org/news239862841.html Technology Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:00:04 EST news239862841 Following is a snapshot of Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system, the first satellites of which are scheduled to be launched on Thursday from Kourou, French Guiana. http://phys.org/news237957309.html Space & Earth Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:15:24 EST news237957309 Today the citizens of Liberia will participate in just their second presidential election since the country emerged from a brutal civil war in 2003, and in such an environment the specter of violence or other unrest is never far away. But what if social media, a Georgia Tech professor is asking, could identify and even help prevent dangerous situations from occurring? http://phys.org/news237553736.html Other Sciences Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:09:07 EST news237553736 Microsoft is in the crosshairs of a lawsuit charging that smartphones powered by Windows 7 software noted the whereabouts of users even if they didn't want to be tracked. http://phys.org/news234117371.html Technology Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:36:30 EST news234117371 Imagine if you could wander the streets of a new city and get monuments and shops to reveal detailed information about themselves in a speech balloon. Like in a cartoon. http://phys.org/news233326445.html Technology Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:50 EST news233326445 A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information. http://phys.org/news232774708.html Technology Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:38:42 EST news232774708 US technology giant Apple said Thursday it had made its first compensation payment in South Korea over a feature on its iPhone that can track the location of users. http://phys.org/news229840305.html Technology Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:31:57 EST news229840305 (PhysOrg.com) -- ElcomSoft, a Russian computer forensics company that first came to the attention of the public in 2002 when it was sued and cleared of violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for its eBook copyright cracking software, is in the news for cracking again and this time the target of their ingenuity is the iPhone. ElcomSoft has developed a toolkit that is designed to help law enforcement agencies to access encrypted file systems on Apple's iPhone and get user location data. http://phys.org/news225553828.html Technology Wed, 25 May 2011 14:50:56 EST news225553828 (AP) -- Federal regulators are joining the growing list of public officials demanding answers from Apple Inc. and Google Inc. about the extent to which mobile devices track the location of their users and store detailed histories of their movements. http://phys.org/news224872313.html Technology Tue, 17 May 2011 17:32:24 EST news224872313 US lawmakers have invited Apple, Facebook and Google to attend a hearing on mobile phones and privacy on Thursday -- the second Capitol Hill appearance in a week for executives from Apple and Google. http://phys.org/news224792765.html Technology Mon, 16 May 2011 19:40:01 EST news224792765 Apple and Google, facing questioning from skeptical US lawmakers, defended their privacy practices before a congressional committee on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news224267908.html Technology Tue, 10 May 2011 17:38:52 EST news224267908 (AP) -- A Senate panel is questioning executives from Apple and Google about why iPhones and handheld wireless devices running Google's Android software store location data that can be used to track where their owners have been. http://phys.org/news224254428.html Technology Tue, 10 May 2011 13:54:00 EST news224254428 Apple is updating the iPhone to reduce the amount of time the device stores information about its users' whereabouts. http://phys.org/news223742991.html Electronics Wed, 04 May 2011 15:50:04 EST news223742991 (PhysOrg.com) -- Apple has recently published a patent application, which indicates the company may have plans to collect the location history of iPhone users. Right now, it is not clear if this is related to the recent discovery that iPhones and iPads are able to store historical location information. http://phys.org/news223733843.html Technology Wed, 04 May 2011 13:17:45 EST news223733843 South Korean police Tuesday raided Google's local office to investigate whether the global search company used its mobile phone advertising platform to illegally collect private location data. http://phys.org/news223617378.html Technology Tue, 03 May 2011 05:10:01 EST news223617378 (AP) -- The nation's four largest wireless carriers say they obtain customer permission before using a subscriber's physical location to provide driving directions, family-locator applications and other location-based services, and before sharing a subscriber's location with any outside mobile apps that provide such services. http://phys.org/news223230157.html Technology Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:22:48 EST news223230157 Apple should have responded much sooner to concerns about location data stored on its iPhones, even if the company didn't have all the answers ready, marketing and crisis-management experts say. http://phys.org/news223182765.html Technology Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:13:08 EST news223182765 Apple denied that the iPhone has a privacy problem Wednesday - and then promised to fix it. It took the technology giant a week to respond to a brouhaha over how the devices log their owners' movements. http://phys.org/news223118053.html Technology Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:14:35 EST news223118053 The revelation this past week that Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone and iPad devices keep files of users' location data raises legal and ethical questions. http://phys.org/news222839570.html Technology Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:53:11 EST news222839570