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Report: Sprint Makes Multibillion Dollar Bet on the iPhone35 min ago from Wired Top Stories
If there's one device that could save Sprint from a losing battle for customers with wireless giants Verizon and AT&T, it's the iPhone. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told the company's board that the carrier agreed to purchase 30.5 million iPhones over the next four years. Today, a purchase of that size amounts to $20 billion USD.Recent Human Evolution Detected in Quebec Town HistoryMon Oct 3, 2011 14:37 from Wired Top Stories
Though ongoing human evolution is difficult to see, researchers believe they've found signs of rapid genetic changes among the recent residents of a small Canadian town.Perry Arrives Late for U.S. Invasion of Mexico
Mon Oct 3, 2011 14:03 from Wired Top Stories
Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry is floating the idea of invading Mexico. Too late: The U.S. military is already up to epaulets there.U.S. Signs International Anti-Piracy Accord
Mon Oct 3, 2011 13:35 from Wired Top Stories
The United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Saturday, an accord targeting intellectual property piracy. ( An accord also restricting innovation. )
Yahoo, ABC, HuffPo, ESPN: How Do You Run a News Portal?
Mon Oct 3, 2011 12:24 from Wired Top Stories
First thing Monday morning Yahoo and ABC News announced a new distribution deal ? familiar stuff, albeit between two big partners. It will encompass gems from the TV network's global news and politics coverage, involve the broadcast anchors and star correspondents, include original online content, inspire the occasional collaboration, all served up directly to Yahoo's ... ( Whoops. Guess I wasn't supposed to concentrate on how to 'roll your own' by collecting sources of interesting articles - though Google spiders are good fun.
I've been remiss in exploring Yahoo! Pipes
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Yahoo! Pipes is a web application from Yahoo! that provides a graphical user interface for building data mashups that aggregate web feeds, web pages, and ...A Guide to Yahoo Pipes )
Chevy Volt Sales Fall Short
Mon Oct 3, 2011 11:45 from Wired Top Stories
General Motors has repeatedly claimed a sales target for 2011 of 10,000 units for the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt sedan. But, nine months into the year, they've only shipped 3,895 off the lot. In fact, in September sales numbers, released an hour ago, GM sold only 723 Volts. Will GM fail to meet its own sales predictions?Car Buyers Win as EV Racing Goes From Two Wheels to Four
Mon Oct 3, 2011 06:30 from Wired Top Stories
Adapting technology used in electric motorcycles to race cars might make it easier for carmakers to build EVs, and also may spur a culture change in how the auto industry innovates and how customers perceive going electric.No one knows why a shortwave radio station somewhere in Russia broadcasts mysterious beeps, buzzes, and hums. But thousands listen in.
Devil's Mountain: NSA's Abandoned Cold-War Listening Post
Mon Oct 3, 2011 04:30 from Wired Top Stories
At the height of the Cold War, a hill in West Berlin known as Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain) served as the perfect spot for U.S. and British intelligence agents to turn an unobstructed ear on East Berlin and Soviet communications.Microsoft Anti-Malware Tool Mistakenly Snuffs Google Chrome
Fri Sep 30, 2011 16:30 from Wired Top Stories
Microsoft?s Security Essentials anti-malware tool has mistakenly identified Google Chrome as a password-pilfering trojan ? and actually removed the browser from many users' machines ? but a fix for this rather amusing false positive is now available. In an email sent to Wired, a Microsoft spokesperson said that on Friday, Chrome was inadvertently identified as a ...Artificial Leaf Moves Two Steps Closer to Reality
Fri Sep 30, 2011 08:45 from Wired Top Stories
Two independent research teams report today in Science that they've taken key strides toward harnessing the energy in sunlight to synthesize chemical fuels. Volcanoes Seen From Space for September 29, 2011
Thu Sep 29, 2011 14:30 from Wired Top Stories
Volcanologist and Eruptions blogger Erik Klemetti takes inventory of Earth's active volcanoes this month using satellite imagery from NASA. China Set to Launch Its Own Space Station; Mission: Unknown
Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:00 from Wired Top Stories
China is just days away from launching an ambitious rival to the International Space Station. Allegedly, the 8.5-ton "Heavenly Palace" module is designed to practice autonomous rendezvous ops in orbit, in order to prep for a manned space base around 2020. But China-watchers and space specialists are trying to figure out if there's an additional agenda for the Heavenly Palace.The Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car delivered a beating to damn near everyone at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, pointing the way toward Porsche's gas-electric future.
Amazon's Silk Is More Than Just a BrowserWed Sep 28, 2011 12:36 from Wired Top Stories
The birth of a credible iPad competitor in Amazon's new tablet is huge. But long-term, the most important part of Amazon's announcement this morning is its new browser, Silk. It’s fair to call Silk a kind of client-side cloud OS. Amazon can just throw EC2 cycles and memory at the same security and stability parts of the browsing experience that Chrome spends client CPU resources on.
Amazon’s Triple Threat to Undercut the Consumer Biz
Ex-NASA Man Squeezes Cloud Onto USB StickWed Sep 28, 2011 09:39 from Wired Top Stories
Piston Cloud Computing has created a device and Linux based operating system that lets you configure an OpenStack cloud in a matter of minutes from a USB stick, in an effort to streamline the creation of such clouds behind the firewall. Developer Turns Geocities Archive Into a 'Digital Pompeii'
Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:20 from Wired Top Stories
Walk the streets of Geocities and explore the world that was lost when Mt. Yahoo erupted. Ex-NASA Man Squeezes Cloud Onto USB Stick
Wed Sep 28, 2011 09:39 from Wired Top Stories
Piston Cloud Computing has created a device and Linux based operating system that lets you configure an OpenStack cloud in a matter of minutes from a USB stick, in an effort to streamline the creation of such clouds behind the firewall. Mexican Cartel Snuffs Social Media Star as Violence Nears 'Civil War' Proportions
Wed Sep 28, 2011 07:20 from Wired Top Stories
The execution of Marisol Macias Castaneda -- known online as "The Laredo Girl" -- is the latest in a series of attacks against Mexicans who go online to discuss drug violence. It's an epidemic which a new report describes as "so horrific as to approach a civil war."Which Telecoms Store Your Data the Longest? Secret Memo Tells All
Wed Sep 28, 2011 04:30 from Wired Top Stories
The nation's major mobile-phone providers are keeping a treasure trove of sensitive data on their customers, according to newly-released Justice Department internal memo that for the first time reveals the data retention policies of America's largest telecoms. The single-page Department of Justice document, "Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers," (.pdf) is a guide for law ... Spruce Up Your Spotify Player
Tue Sep 27, 2011 15:17 from Wired Top Stories
How to spruce up Spotify's generic desktop player with third party plug-ins. JamBox Designer Reinvents Neighborhood Biking
Google's Dead Sea Scrolls Project Puts Papyrus in the Cloud
Tue Sep 27, 2011 09:23 from Wired Top Stories
In bringing the Dead Sea Scrolls to the cloud through an interface so user-friendly that even a humanities professor can navigate it, Google has once again played a part in something wonderful for the world. Military Struggles to Find Helium for Spy Blimp Surge
Thu Sep 22, 2011 04:30 from Wired Top Stories
The U.S. military is sending so many spy blimps to Afghanistan that "industry cannot keep up with the increased demand" for helium and the containers that hold the gas.U.S. Establishes New Drone Bases for African Shadow Wars
Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:20 from Wired Top Stories
The U.S. is quietly setting up three bases to support the expanding shadow war against Islamic militants in Somalia and Yemen. The news could be met with outrage by the people most directly affected, especially Africans themselves. For years, Washington has insisted that it wouldn't build new bases in Africa. Appeals Court OKs Challenge to Warrantless Electronic Spying
Wed Sep 21, 2011 14:01 from Wired Top Stories
A legal challenge questioning the constitutionality of a federal law authorizing warrantless electronic surveillance of Americans inched a step closer Wednesday toward resolution. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the second time rejected the Obama administration's contention that it should toss a lawsuit challenging the 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act. Among other things, ... A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that hundreds of thousands of injured troops face a heightened risk of early-onset dementia and other diseases that attack the brain.
Bacteria Make Hydrogen Fuel From Water
Wed Sep 21, 2011 08:45 from Wired Top Stories
Most renewable energy sources involve an obvious source of energy -- light, heat, or motion. But for the second time this year, scientists have focused on a less obvious source: the difference between rivers and the salty oceans they flow into. 
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