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Boeing's Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system (UAS) completed its first autonomous flight June 1 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. http://phys.org/news258055080.html Technology 2012-06-04T18:58:11-07:00 Shares in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion fell below $10, the lowest point in nearly eight years, amid growing concerns about the outlook for the troubled smartphone maker. http://phys.org/news258052211.html Technology 2012-06-04T18:10:18-07:00 Google has agreed to buy the online messaging firm Meebo, a move expanding the Internet giant's capabilities for instant sharing of Web pages using social networks. http://phys.org/news258050244.html Technology 2012-06-04T17:37:40-07:00 The creators of the South Park cartoon sitcom known for crude language and lampooning hot-button social issues are about to whack the videogame world with "Stick of Truth." http://phys.org/news258050207.html Technology 2012-06-04T17:37:09-07:00 (AP) — Facebook's stock fell 3 percent and closed Monday at a new low. http://phys.org/news258050182.html Technology 2012-06-04T17:36:28-07:00 A new Purdue University-developed process for creating biofuels has shown potential to be cost-effective for production scale, opening the door for moving beyond the laboratory setting. http://phys.org/news258044432.html Technology 2012-06-04T16:00:50-07:00 What happens when visual art comes into close contact with computer science? Stereoscopic magic. http://phys.org/news258044333.html Technology 2012-06-04T15:59:02-07:00 A Swiss adventurer aims to make the world's first intercontinental flight in a solar-powered plane Tuesday, taking off from Madrid shortly before dawn on a daring trip to Rabat. http://phys.org/news258042211.html Technology 2012-06-04T15:23:38-07:00 Poland's TVN commercial media group said Monday it had sold 76 percent of Onet, a major Polish Internet portal, to Germany's Axel Springer media for nearly 969 million zloty (220 million euros, $275 million). http://phys.org/news258042180.html Technology 2012-06-04T15:23:06-07:00 The rate of Australian aircraft hitting birds increased sharply in the last decade, with data Monday showing that even kangaroos, wombats and turtles are occasionally involved in accidents. http://phys.org/news258035468.html Technology 2012-06-04T13:31:20-07:00 Police and security teams guarding airports, docks and border crossings from terrorist attack or illegal entry need to know immediately when someone enters a prohibited area, and who they are. A network of surveillance cameras is typically used to monitor these at-risk locations 24 hours a day, but these can generate too many images for human eyes to analyze. http://phys.org/news258033568.html Technology 2012-06-04T12:59:38-07:00 US Internet giant Google said on Monday it has lodged a complaint with European Union competition authorities against Finland's Nokia and its US software peer Microsoft. http://phys.org/news258030016.html Technology 2012-06-04T12:00:24-07:00 Facebook is working on technology that would permit children under the age of 13 to use the social network site with parental supervision, people familiar with the effort said Monday. http://phys.org/news258028016.html Technology 2012-06-04T11:27:01-07:00 Facebook already unleashed millions of shares to wary investors. Now the technology giant's early investors are about to see if they can force-feed millions more. http://phys.org/news258027988.html Technology 2012-06-04T11:26:36-07:00 Salesforce.com, a major customer relations management software firm, said Monday it was buying the social media marketing firm Buddy Media for $689 million in cash and stock. http://phys.org/news258026142.html Technology 2012-06-04T11:20:01-07:00 A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists at Harvard, Northwestern, Wellesley, and Tufts suggest that collaborative touch-screen games have value beyond just play. http://phys.org/news258025922.html Technology 2012-06-04T10:52:15-07:00 Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique to efficiently divide the bandwidth of the wireless spectrum in multi-hop wireless networks to improve operation and provide all users in the network with the best possible performance. http://phys.org/news258025756.html Technology 2012-06-04T10:49:30-07:00 Research at Carlos III University in Madrid is developing an algorithm, based on ants' behavior when they are searching for food, which accelerates the search for relationships among elements that are present in social networks. http://phys.org/news258025702.html Technology 2012-06-04T10:48:36-07:00 It would make life a lot easier if the surfaces of window panes, corrosion coatings or microfluidic systems in medical labs could keep themselves free of water and other liquids. A new simulation program can now work out just how such surfaces have to look for a variety of applications. http://phys.org/news258025427.html Technology 2012-06-04T10:43:56-07:00 Engineers are working on intelligent materials that can diminish vibrations and extract power from the environment. These electro-active elastomers could dampen annoying vibrations in a car, for example, or supply wireless power to sensors in otherwise inaccessible places. http://phys.org/news258024942.html Technology 2012-06-04T10:35:52-07:00 Last week's New York Times adapted a portion of David Sanger's forthcoming "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," which reveals that the United States has secretly conducted cyberattacks against Iran for several years. Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research Fellow and Maurer School of Law Professor David P. Fidler said the article raises important questions. His commentary follows: http://phys.org/news258017068.html Technology 2012-06-04T09:00:01-07:00 (Phys.org) -- How can we make nuclear waste safe for millennia? Fundamental research led by the University of Cambridge will help find the answers. http://phys.org/news258016148.html Technology 2012-06-04T08:09:17-07:00 Panasonic Corporation announced today that it will start in June mass-production of a compact, secure and long-life lithium-ion battery system the company has developed for European homes. This marks the first time for the company to produce in volume such a system designed for Europe. http://phys.org/news258013989.html Technology 2012-06-04T07:33:30-07:00 (Phys.org) -- The Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University announced that it has manufactured the world’s largest flexible color organic light emitting display (OLED) prototype using advanced mixed oxide thin film transistors (TFTs). Measuring 7.4 diagonal inches, the device was developed at the FDC in conjunction with Army Research Labs scientists. It also meets a critical target set by the U.S. Department of Defense to advance the development of full-color, full-motion video flexible OLED displays for use in thin, lightweight, bendable and highly rugged devices. http://phys.org/news258007773.html Technology 2012-06-04T05:49:45-07:00 A University of Adelaide scientist believes it is inevitable that Australia will become a user of the world's most advanced nuclear power technology, if the country is serious about cutting carbon emissions. http://phys.org/news258007331.html Technology 2012-06-04T05:42:28-07:00 (Phys.org) -- The Internet browser headache in having to initiate an opt-out exit from advertisers who keep landing on your pages because they think they have a plausible target has turned a corner. Microsoft has moved to turn the practice upside down, or rather inside out. Users will have to opt-in to invite advertisers in the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE10. Microsoft has made the 'Do Not Track' feature, which stops companies from being able to trace a user’s web behavior, the default setting. In doing so, Microsoft has made IE10 the only web browser to present the tracking feature as an opt-in, not an opt-out, proposition. http://phys.org/news258003671.html Technology 2012-06-04T05:30:01-07:00 Nintendo provided a glimpse Sunday into its second-generation Wii console as the Japanese videogame giant set out to generate excitement ahead of the E3 industry extravaganza. http://phys.org/news258002813.html Technology 2012-06-04T04:50:02-07:00 A South Korean has been arrested and accused of distributing illegal computer game programmes infected with malignant codes developed by North Korea, police said Monday. http://phys.org/news258002998.html Technology 2012-06-04T04:30:52-07:00 (Phys.org) -- How do you determine who is doing the touching with a multi-user touch display? Microsoft Research has published a paper that presents a technique for doing so. The researchers make their attempt by fusing Kinect, mobile device inertial sensing, and multi-touch interactive displays. The technique can associate multi-touch interactions to individual users and their accelerometer-equipped mobile devices. ShakeID is the technique; it associates a specific user’s touch contacts on an interactive display to a mobile device held by the user. The phone’s on-board sensors and touch screen sensing go to work to drive the association. http://phys.org/news257925454.html Technology 2012-06-03T06:58:02-07:00 Sequels to blockbuster console titles and play on smartphones or tablets will be showcased with Times Square-like glitz starting Tuesday at the E3 videogame extravaganza in Los Angeles. http://phys.org/news257921943.html Technology 2012-06-03T06:10:01-07:00