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Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world

When Benjamin Gleitzman moved from New York to the San Francisco Bay area, he used a talking turn-by-turn driving app to guide him across the country. In the middle of Wyoming, the voice told him to turn left ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Cryptographic attack highlights the importance of bug-free software

A padlocked icon in a web-browser or a URL starting with https provides communication security over the Internet. The icon or URL indicates OpenSSL, a cryptography toolkit implementing the SSL protocol, or a similar system ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Facebook to make stock debut on NASDAQ: report

Facebook has picked the technology-heavy NASDAQ exchange for a much-anticipated stock market debut expected next month, according to unconfirmed reports Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most accurate measurements of big-city pollution

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of NASA's satellites has provided the most detailed map yet of the pollution generated by some of the world’s biggest cities, and given an indication of the volume of emissions of ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

PayPal announces online shopping login service

PayPal, eBay's online payment service, announced a new service Wednesday that aims to make it easier to shop online by cutting down on the number of accounts consumers have to create with various Web retailers.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Facebook beefs up patent arsenal ahead of IPO

Facebook struck a $550 million deal Monday to get its hands on hundreds of AOL patents from Microsoft as the social network hardened its defenses before it goes public on the Nasdaq. ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PayPal letting Google phones swap cash

Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

French group Areva to build big Indian solar power plant

The French energy group Areva said Wednesday that it would build the biggest concentrated solar power installation in Asia for Reliance Power of India.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia sets sights on Moon, Mars and beyond

Russia's crisis-hit space agency intends to send its first manned mission to the Moon and deploy research stations on Mars under an ambitious plan presented to the government this month.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Facebook to make stock market debut in May: report

Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Abu Dhabi gets full ownership of chip manufacturer

(AP) -- A microchip manufacturer controlled by the Abu Dhabi government says it has reached an agreement to acquire a minority stake held by former owner Advanced Micro Devices.

Technology / Business

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter acquires news aggregator Summify

Twitter has acquired Summify, a Vancouver-based social news aggregator.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sony to reveal PlayStation hack probe findings

Sony will reveal details of its internal probe into a massive theft of personal data from users of its PlayStation Network on Sunday, plus a timetable for bringing the network back into action, it said.

Technology / Business

created Apr 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

YouTube buys US-based music rights company

YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New map reveals what lies beneath the frozen continent

Scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have produced the most detailed map of underneath Antarctica -- its rock bed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1