New rumors: “iPad HD” on the way? Will iPad 3's release date be affected?

To Slow Piracy, Internet Providers Ready Penalties New York Times By BEN SISARIO Americans who illegally download songs and movies may soon be in for a surprise: They will be warned to stop, and if they don't, they could find their Internet access slowing to a crawl. After years of negotiations with Hollywood and the ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowds throng space center for final shuttle launch Los Angeles Times Up to 1 million could be on hand to see Atlantis blast off Friday — or not, if the weather doesn't improve. A visitor covers up during rain at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Storms also posed a threat to the planned Friday launch of the ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

With Google+ (And A Tweak For Analytics), The Social Sharing War Is Fully On TechCrunch Google and Facebook are at war. This is old news. They both want to be the center of the Internet — but there can be only one center. For a while, it looked like things were quickly shifting Facebook's way after years of dominance by Google. ... See all stories on this topic »

Google+ For Businesses Coming Later This Year InformationWeek Google has doubled the number of people in the Google+ field trial, but business users will have to wait a bit longer. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google+, the company's recently introduced set of social communication services, briefly opened to ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple loses bid for injunction against Amazon CNET by Steven Musil A federal judge has denied Apple's request to immediately stop Amazon from using the term "Appstore" to describe its digital downloads storefront. In an 18-page opinion filed today with the US District Court for Northern California, ... See all stories on this topic »

Getting a Handle on Cosmic Dust Caused by Supernovas New York Times An infrared image of supernova 1987A, taken by the Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. By SINDYA N. BHANOO Although it is known that a supernova, the violent explosion of a star, is one source of cosmic dust, the origin of the large ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

New rumors: "iPad HD" on the way? Will iPad 3's release date be affected? International Business Times By IB Times Staff Reporter | July 7, 2011 8:57 PM EDT If rumors are to be believed then iPad and iPhone giant Apple will be releasing the iPad HD to accompany the company's iPad 2 in the market. Previously, the Cupertino-based company was rumored to ... See all stories on this topic » International Business Times

Bad news for Canada: U.S. could scrap new space telescope Vancouver Sun By Max Harrold, Postmedia News July 7, 2011 5:02 PM One day before Atlantis was set to launch — marking the end of the storied space shuttle program — the Canadian government seemed caught off guard by a proposal in the US Congress to kill a major new ... See all stories on this topic »