Month: October 2010
Google mapped much more than addresses: Canada
Canada’s privacy commissioner said Tuesday Google broke Canadian privacy laws when it accidentally collected personal…
Why ‘Fragmentation’ Isnât a Problem for Android or Linux (PC World)
PC World – Why is it that what’s viewed as healthy competition in one arena…
HP’s New Palm Reading: A Lot Like the Old Palm
HP on Tuesday announced the Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0, the next version of…
Groups challenge expanded Mass. obscenity law
Internet content providers have asked a judge to stop Massachusetts from enforcing a portion of…
Groups challenge expanded Mass. obscenity law
Internet content providers have asked a judge to stop Massachusetts from enforcing a portion of…
Scientists closer to grasping how the brain’s ‘hearing center’ spurs responses to sound
Just as we visually map a room by spatially identifying the objects in it, we…
Plastic monitors itself
A new polymer-metal material that has sensory properties makes it possible to produce plastic component…
Analysis indicates a third H1N1 pandemic wave unlikely in 2010
Analysis of H1N1 antibody levels (seroprotection rates) after the 2009 pandemic suggest that a third…
Genomic comparison of ocean microbes reveals East-West divide in populations
Much as an anthropologist can study populations of people to learn about their physical attributes,…