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Distrust of climate science due to lack of media literacy: researcher

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though most climate science studies show evidence that climate change is real, the public persists in distrusting the science.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (19) | comments 288

US man arrested in hacker stock fraud scheme

US authorities Monday arrested and charged a Texas man accused of masterminding a scheme using a Russian hacker and an email spam campaign to pump up the value of fledgling companies, the Justice Department ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel Blackberry alerts for Philippine disasters

A Philippine charity said Monday it had launched a novel early warning system for disaster-prone areas using Blackberry devices and laptops.

Technology / Other

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft takes down major fake drug spam network

Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a "notorious and complex" network of virus-infected computers used to send billions of email messages daily hawking fake drugs.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Text messaging helps smokers break the habit

A pair of related studies on smoking cessation by researchers at the University of Oregon and other institutions have isolated the brain regions most active in controlling urges to smoke and demonstrated the effectiveness ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

To LOL, or not LOL? That is the question

(AP) -- There was a time when LOL - "laughing out loud" - was so simple.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SocialEyes lets Facebook friends video chat

Startup SocialEyes on Monday introduced a service that lets people have one-on-one or group video chats with friends from hot online community Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Certain parts of the brain activated in people who heard tailored health messages and quit smoking

People who demonstrated a stronger brain response to certain brain regions when receiving individually tailored smoking cessation messages were more likely to quit smoking four months after, a new study found.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Google account users get extra security

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google announced on Thursday that they are giving their Gmail users additional account security, free of charge. As of Thursday Google account users can turn on a "two-step authentication" ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Facebook Messages prepares for mainstream

Facebook fans hungry for an @facebook.com address, get ready.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Communications overload

Jose Huitron had just hit the digital wall. Toggling between Facebook, Google, Twitter and a handful of other online communities, he found it hard to keep up with a constant barrage of tweets, texts and instant messages.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

How Google removed the muzzle on Twitter in Egypt

(AP) -- Even before his first day on the job at Google, Ujjwal Singh was trying to figure out how to use his passion for the spoken word and the company's technological prowess to help Egyptians bypass government ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook Messages to arrive soon at your inbox

Facebook fans hungry for an @facebook.com address, get ready.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages

(AP) -- Egyptian authorities forced Vodafone to broadcast government-scripted text messages during the protests that have rocked the country, the U.K.-based mobile company said Thursday.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Last Internet provider in Egypt goes dark

(AP) -- The last of Egypt's main Internet service providers, the Noor Group, has gone dark.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2