17/06/2010

High court: Go ahead, search cop's sexy texting

(AP) -- The Supreme Court had a common-sense message Thursday for workers with cell phones and other gadgets provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you've got something to text that you don't want your boss ...

Internet sleuths get new way to report stolen data

(AP) -- A new program being spearheaded by Microsoft Corp. is designed to provide a trusted way for researchers to report stolen credit card numbers and other data they've found in the dark corners of the Internet.

Australian amber is treasure trove of ancient life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study led by University of New South Wales scientists has confirmed the discovery of Australia's most northerly fossil site - deposits of the precious mineral amber that contain a treasure trove of trapped ...

Giant steps help hungry fish to find food

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hungry sharks, swordfish and other ocean predators have adopted different hunting behaviours depending on how much food is readily available. They use at least two particular methods to detect their next ...

2014 -- the next world crisis?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cataclysmic "Great Event" is approaching which will occur in or around the year 2014 and determine the course of the rest of the 21st century, according to a startling new thesis published this week.

Initiative creates more secure environment for cloud computing

Scientists at the University of Texas in Dallas, with funding from AFOSR's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, are seeking solutions for maintaining privacy in a cloud, or an Internet-based computing environment ...

Posidonia meadows reflect pollution levels in the Mediterranean

"Posidonia oceanica can act as an environmental tracer, reflecting different levels of local and regional pollution", Antonio Tovar-Sánchez, lead author of the study and a researcher at the Global Change research department ...

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