UK pressures Facebook to install 'panic button'
msnbc - 03/11/2010 20:20
British officials say they're pressuring Facebook to make a "panic button" available on its Web pages following the death of a teenager at the hands of a man she met on t...
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New Site Unmasks Chatroulette Players
nytimes - 03/11/2010 20:20
Does Chatroulette, the popular video chat site, lose its appeal if it loses its anonymity?
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U.S. moves to list loggerhead turtles as endangered
LaTimes - 03/11/2010 20:20
With populations continuing to decline, wildlife agencies issue a plan to designate critical habitat zones to protect the species. Such listing could affect offshore dril...
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Investors Bet on Betaworks, a New York Tech Incubator
nytimes - 03/11/2010 19:40
Betaworks, the start-up incubator that helped spawn TweetDeck and Bit.ly, raises another $20 million.
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Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines
nytimes - 03/11/2010 19:40
The medical experts told an National Institutes of Health conference that the trend of “once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean” may be safely reversed.
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Arguments Against Dolphin Slaughter
nytimes - 03/11/2010 19:40
An Oscar-winning filmmaker describes his goals in revealing details of the ongoing dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town.
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Red Tape: Poodle, Glenn Beck at center of Facebook fight
msnbc - 03/11/2010 19:20
You don't hear the words "poodle," "tinfoil hat," and First Amendment in the same sentence often, but they are indeed linked in a classic Facebook melodrama.
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Q&A: The Safety of Unsecure Networks
nytimes - 03/11/2010 15:00
Logging on to someone else's Wi-Fi network can leave your computer vulnerable.
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Battery Ventures Raises a Fresh $750 Million
nytimes - 03/11/2010 08:20
Battery Ventures' new, $750 million fund is the latest sign of a revival in Silicon Valley.
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Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work
nytimes - 03/11/2010 06:40
The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.
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TV May Be the New Google Reader Play's Best Venue
nytimes - 03/11/2010 04:00
Google announced a new feature of its Google Reader Web site on Wednesday called Google Reader Play. The updated application offers a simple, personalized view of Web con...
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Funky chickens have sexual-identity issues
msnbc - 03/11/2010 03:07
Some chickens have sexual-identity issues, waddling around with half-male and half-female plumage. Now researchers have figured out the cause of the gender-confusing tr...
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Pill found to outdo lotion in tough head-lice cases
LaTimes - 03/11/2010 02:21
Despite results of a study, the chief author says ivermectin is not advised for first-line use; and it's not approved in the U.S. for use against lice.
Head lice a...
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Q&A: Controlling the PC by Phone
nytimes - 03/11/2010 02:00
The iPhone App Store has apps that allow you to remotely tap into your PC.
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State of the Art: Multitouch Computing Is Here. Will Gorilla Arm Follow?
nytimes - 03/11/2010 02:00
Finger gestures used on the iPhone can now be used on laptops and full-size computer screens, but the tactile experience isn’t quite the same.
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Tech Talk Podcast
nytimes - 03/11/2010 02:00
This week's podcast includes the changing fortunes of Pandora, the Internet radio site and an exploration of geek style.
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What We're Reading: What You're Reading
nytimes - 03/11/2010 02:00
Our daily roundup of technology tidbits features Google's new service to show you what the Web is reading, the employment boom for hackers and a couple of trips down memo...
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Tricks to Keep Your Device’s Battery Going and Going
nytimes - 03/11/2010 02:00
Smartphone and laptop batteries may seem like cruel masters when they threaten to lose power, but you have more control than you may think.
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The whopping 7.2-magnitude aftershock that rattled Chile again today is nothing unusual following such a large original earthquake, scientists say.
The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries - the fate of controversial Pharaoh A...
The latest show at Paris' Quai Branly museum comes with a warning for visitors: "This exhibition of Moche ceramics shows sexual acts of an explicit nature."
It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo ...
Forty of the most promising students from across the country will compete in the Intel Science Talent Search. Check out 10 of the 2010 finalists.
Take a walk on tech's wild side with some of the strangest, most original gizmos you've ever seen, including vacuums for your lawn and grass charging stations, just to na...
Companies like American Greetings are moving beyond texting by offering services that send video messages to cellphones.
With new devices making it easy to stream Internet content to a television, more people are watching cable shows for free.
Bedbug-sniffing dogs are the new and furry front line in an escalating domestic war.
When the software mogul Mitch Kapor won planning approval for his 10,000-square-foot house in Berkeley, Calif., neighbors were surprised that it will qualify as “g...
For the first time, the complete, original manuscript of the theory of relativity, profoundly human and surprisingly moving to examine, has been put on display in Jerusal...
A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
Lawmakers are trying to get drivers to stop texting and talking on the phone, but police officers and paramedics are required to use an array of dashboard gadgets.