Technology & Science

Faster Forward: Twitter shares some numbers

Washington Post

Twitter looks awfully mainstream--there's no other way to read the data Twitter chief executive Evan Williams shared in a blog post last night. I don't say that on account of the more than 145 million users Williams claimed...

Facebook testing a 'stalker button'

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CNN

Facebook is apparently testing a new subscription feature that would allow users to receive alerts any time a specific friend takes certain actions on the social network.AllFacebook reports that it has noticed the new feature popping up on...

PS3 hack ban upheld by court as free version released

BBC

Sony's battle to block the distribution of a hack for its PlayStation 3 (PS3) has been won in an Australian court but lost on the internet. The court ruled on Friday that a ban on distribution of the...

Bone Medicines May Increase Risk of Tumors, Researchers Find

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Bloomberg

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A group of drugs used to prevent bone loss in osteoporosis patients may increase the risk of contracting cancer of the esophagus, a new study found. Patients who took the medicines, known as bisphosphonates,...

HP Vs Dell: the Bidding War That Ended in Spectacle

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FOX News

The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle.It pitted two of the world's biggest technology companies against each other for control of a company that was obscure outside of technology circles and flat-out unloved...

Top 10 summer sky objects to see before fall

MSNBC

As the summer night sky draws near its close, there are still some cosmic objects that may beckon skywatchers equipped with a small telescope, binoculars or their own two eyes. Compiling such a list is, of course, very...

U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe: Dubai police

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Reuters

DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's...

Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google

CNET

Google will face an antitrust investigation in Texas over charges that it manipulated search results, in what appears to a similar case to one pending in Europe. Google confirmed an earlier report by Search Engine Land Friday after...

Threadless T-Shirts Get Turned Into Cakes Like Nothing You've Seen Before

GIZMODO

Sure, we love a good gamecake, but these Threadcakes are in a league of their own. OF THEIR OWN. Clamp your lips 'round the 2010 winners over here: [Threadcakes]...

SD Card Association: flash card speeds to triple by 2012

engadget

The SD Card Association (truth be told, one of our favorite card-related associations) has a new spec in the works that will almost triple the speed of its SDHC and SDXC cards, according to CNET. The specification, which...

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