Bing Dips Toe Into Real-Time Search With Twitter Tie-In Microsoft's recently released Bing search engine has begun adding real-time Twitter updates from celebrities to its results. So far, it has indexed the Twitter accounts of a few thousand people, Bing director Whitney Burk told TechNewsWorld. Search results are tied directly to online ads.
Wallflower or Extrovert? Facebook Lets Users Choose by Post With 200 million members who double as very vocal quality assurance officers, Facebook knows that any tinkering with its privacy policy is going to receive a lot of attention. So its Wednesday announcement of an upcoming series of tests regarding its new privacy settings was carefully marketed as a matter of "control, simplicity and connection" by chief privacy officer Chris Kelly.
Tea Parties, Pirate Ships and a Kayak: A Summer at Sea For seven months, a New York Times reporter named David Rohde was held prisoner by Taliban kidnappers. However, you wouldn't learn that from reading The New York Times -- or even Wikipedia, for that matter. In addition to other news organizations, the Times reportedly asked Wikipedia not to publish information on the abduction.
Is Software Installation on Linux 'Broken'? You know a controversy is a big one when none other than RMS weighs in with his opinion, and sure enough, that's what happened in the Mono debate late last week. "Debian's decision to include Mono in the default installation, for the sake of Tomboy which is an application written in C#, leads the community in a risky direction," RMS wrote on the Free Software Foundation's site.
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Revolt Aboard the (1839) In 1839, 53 African slaves being transported on the Spanish merchant ship La Amistad revolted against their captors. Though their transport to the US was illegal, when they arrived in New York they were declared salvage by the US Navy and were taken to be sold as slaves. The widely publicized court cases that ensued helped propel the abolitionist movement. In 1842, the Africans finally returned home after the Supreme Court ruled they were not legally slaves. What does "amistad" mean? Discuss
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AP - Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday.
LiveScience.com - Fireworks for the 4th of July are all about light, color and sound.
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AFP - Climate change has caused a flock of wild sheep on a remote northern Scottish island to become smaller, according to an unusual investigation published on Thursday.
AFP - China said on Thursday that it was "firmly" opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution.
Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says
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Reuters - The Catholic Church should not fear scientific progress and possibly repeat the mistake it made when it condemned astronomer Galileo in the 17th century, a Vatican official said on Thursday in a rare self-criticism.
AFP - A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said.
Sound imaging: clever acoustics help blind people see the world (w/ Video) (PhysOrg.com) -- Video from portable cameras is analysed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person as a three-dimensional ‘picture` of sound.
All in sight: Scientists test infrared system for the protection of whales A new measurement system for the detection of whales is used for the first time on board of the research vessel Polarstern. Whales are usually difficult to spot. On the one hand, they spend the greater part of their life under water. On the other hand, only a small part of their body can be seen when they surface, and this can even hardly be distinguished from the surrounding water.
Printable batteries For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.
Embedded electronics -- cars get cooperative (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a groundbreaking middleware platform that could lead to thousands of new applications in a range of industries. Beginning with in-car electronics, the platform can access the functionality, but hide the underlying complexity, of embedded sensors, making development and deployment of new services a snap.
Intelligent shoe performs pressure imaging (PhysOrg.com) -- Martin Schepers of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure pressure and movement during walking, giving doctors a fast and accurate image of the walking pattern and enabling them to plan the right method of treatment.
Organic traffic lights Controlling road traffic in congested areas is difficult to say the least, a point to which any drive-time urban commuter might testify. An organic approach to traffic lights, might help solve the problem and avoid traffic jams and gridlock, according to research published this month in the International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems.
From human bite to robot jaws The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public for the first time at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition [30 June to 4 July].
How To Solve Common Windows PC Errors Computers are an integral part of productivity for individuals as well as businesses. Any computer downtime due to errors, bugs, and system crashes can have serious implications. In today?s world, millions of man-hours are lost every year due to computer errors.
Gauge your PC?s performance Are you tired of asking everyone around you what they think about your computer's performance? And not getting answers....so here are some tools to help you to know which part of your PC performs well and which do not.
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Dealing with Video and Media Related Errors Computers are increasingly being used as multimedia tools that allow us to watch videos, listen to music and create multimedia presentations. We are also using computers to communicate with family and friends and share videos, photos and music. Computers, with the help of the Internet, are merging into a combination of TV, radio, music player and PC all rolled into one.
Discover The Internet In A Different Way, Snipi The Snipi Toolar allows you to literally drag and drop products, photos and YouTube/Vimeo videos from any website into organized lists.Snipi uses drag and drop technology that will change the way you browse, organize, shop, share, and discover the Internet. The Snipi Toolar allows you to literally drag and drop products, photos and YouTube/Vimeo videos from any website into organized lists.
A Router So Complete, and Vexing From D-Link comes a device that offers virtually every home router feature you can think of, and then some. Too bad it?s so user-unfriendly.
A Convenient Way to Track Your Struggling Investments E*Trade?s mobile application lets you buy and sell stock with ease, while Bank of America?s application provides a basic way to keep an eye on your bank accounts.
Gizmodo, Engadget, and Now GDGT The creator of two successful Web sites that catered to fans of electronic equipment like cameras and cellphones is helping to start a third, featuring reviews written by consumers.
To Pre 0r to iPhone? I?m trying to decide between a Palm Pre and an Apple iPhone 3GS. I now use an antiquated Treo 650. Will all my contacts, calendar info and memos in the Treo transfer to either phone?
Climate Bill Debate Rages on House Floor Legislation being touted as a green jobs bill by the Democrats is being attacked by Republicans as damaging to the economy.
Extreme Life Thrives Where the Livin' Ain't Easy The planet's most extreme organisms are fascinating creatures that can withstand crazy amounts of pressure, heat radiation and other inhospitable conditions. Check out this gallery of some of the most far-out extremophiles on Earth.
Scientists Weigh In on Obama's Ocean Policy Barack Obama talks the talk when it comes to the oceans, but will he follow through? Scientists have plenty of advice for him on what issues are the most important when it comes to formulating policy.
From Sewage to Salmon, Climate Change Is Already Here Climate change isn't just coming to your backyard, it's already there, according to a landmark new federal report that's notable for its portrait of the everyday, not apocalyptic, impacts of global warming.
NASA?s LRO Returns First Images Of The Moon Image Caption: This image shows a cratered region near the moon's Mare Nubium region. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
Scientists Find Possible Black Hole ?Missing Link? Image Caption: Illustration of HLX-1 (blue star to the upper left hand side of the galactic bulge). HLX-1, located on the outskirts of the spiral galaxy ESO 243-49, is the strongest candidate to- date of intermediate-mass black holes. Credits: Heidi Sagerud
NASA Manager Has Cheaper, Quicker Way To The Moon NASA is officially still on schedule with their 4-year-old plan to spend $35 billion to build new rockets and finally take astronauts to the moon again, but now a top NASA manager is proposing a cheaper alternative that costs around $6.6 billion.This less expensive option may not be as powerful as NASA's current design with its fancy new rockets, the people-carrying Ares I and cargo-lifting Ares V, but it will still get to the moon and back.The new model requires flying lunar vehicles on top of something they already have ? the old space shuttle system with its monstrous orange fuel tank and twin solid-rocket boosters, minus the shuttle itself.
Scientists Bid Farewell To Ulysses Solar Probe Image Caption: Image Caption: Over more than 18 years of observations above and below the poles of the Sun, the ESA/NASA Ulysses mission has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the Sun itself, its sphere of influence (the heliosphere), and our local interstellar neighborhood. The mission provided the first-ever map of the heliosphere in the four dimensions of space and time. Ulysses was launched by Space Shuttle Discovery in October 1990. It headed out to Jupiter, arriving in February 1992 for the gravity-assist maneuver that swung the craft into its unique solar orbit. It orbited the Sun three times and performed six polar passes. The mission will be shut down on 30 June 2009. Credits: ESA (image by C.Carreau)
Wildlife threat at African reserve Much of the wildlife in one of Africa's most important reserves is nearing extinction, according to a study of key animal species.
Ariane launches giant satellite The world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite has been put into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket.
Dolphin 'superpod' spotted off Wales A "superpod" of hundreds of dolphins has been captured on film off the coast of Pembrokeshire by conservationists.
Grid 'can cope with variable winds' The National Grid can cope with the changing quantities of power generated by wind power without suffering power cuts or a meltdown, a study says.
Wheelchair 'reads minds' to move Researchers at Japanese car maker Toyota claim to have come up with a wheelchair that moves by reading people's minds.
Tigers hosed down in heatwave Tigers at the Isle of Wight zoo have been hosed down to help them keep cool as the south of the UK swelters.
As The DOJ Pounces, Google Makes Book Search Even Better
Google received some unfortunate news today, with the U.S. Department of Justice formally announcing the investigation of the $125 million settlement Google made with the Author?s Guild to pay authors a nominal fee for copyrighted works it has scanned and made available on the Web. The settlement has drawn its fair share of critics, including Jeff Bezos. But Google keeps on plugging away, making its book search better and better.
The 3,776-meter-high Mount Fuji Volcano, located on the island of Honshu in Japan, is one of the wor...
In 1839, 53 African slaves being transported on the Spanish merchant ship La Amistad revolted against their captors. Though their transport to the US was illegal, when they arrived in New York they were declared salvage by the US Navy and were taken to be sold as slaves. The widely publicized court cases that ensued helped propel the abolitionist movement. In 1842, the Africans finally returned home after the Supreme Court ruled they were not legally slaves. What does "amistad" mean? 
Google received some unfortunate news today, with the U.S. Department of Justice formally announcing the 
