South Sudan celebrates independence

South Sudan celebrates independence BBC News South Sudan has become the world's newest nation, after decades of conflict with the north. Huge independence celebrations started as the clock struck midnight local time. The world's newest nation will also be one of the poorest, and there are still ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Watch NASA's last space shuttle launch live here [video] Digitaltrends.com NASA space shuttle Atlantis is set for liftoff at 11:26am EST. The mission is the last of the NASA space shuttle program. Watch video of the historic event live, right here. Weather permitting, the last-ever NASA shuttle launch will take place today at ... See all stories on this topic »

Internet providers create six-strike policy to combat piracy Digitaltrends.com Consumers who download illegal music or movies may soon lose Internet speed if they don't pay attention to new warnings from their Internet providers. In a move supported by movie studios, record labels and the Obama administration, Internet providers ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple seeks stylus patents CNET by David Meyer Apple has applied for two patents relating to stylus input on capacitive touch screens and other surfaces. The applications were made in January last year, but only published by the US Patent and Trademark Office yesterday. ... See all stories on this topic » CNET

New York artist investigated over Apple Store spyware project Apple Insider By Josh Ong A Brooklyn-based artist is being investigated by Apple and the Secret Service after installing spy camera software on New York Apple Retail Store computers that took pictures of customers and sent them to a remote server. ... See all stories on this topic »

10 Hot iPad Apps For Summer InformationWeek Brian Burgess 07/08/2011 Summertime--and the tablet apps are everywhere. With the recent launch of the Apple iPad 2, application developers just keep on finding new ways to exploit the tablet's portability and beautiful display. ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple to GetJar: Drop App Store Wall Street Journal By YUKARI IWATANI KANE And SPENCER E. ANTE In Apple Inc.'s latest effort to control its US trademark for the term "App Store," a law firm representing the company sent a cease-and-desist letter to wireless-application store operator GetJar. ... See all stories on this topic »

Space shuttle astronauts will check for damage

Space shuttle astronauts will check for damage USA Today By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis astronauts will spend most of their first full day in orbit checking the space shuttle's delicate heat shield for any damage from Friday's launch. by NASA/Bill Ingalls, ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Why Facebook Pages Will Triumph Over Google+ Business Profiles PCWorld By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Google has asked businesses to refrain from jumping on the Google+ bandwagon just yet, and claims to be hard at work developing Google+ Business Profiles that address the unique aspects of a business on a social network as ... See all stories on this topic »

Verizon pushes latest Thunderbolt update: solves reboot issues, kills free ... Engadget By Darren Murph posted Jul 9th 2011 2:04AM Don't act like Verizon didn't warn you: for Thunderbolt owners who see an available software update pop up on their phone this evening, they'll be placed squarely between a rock and a towering boulder. Why? ... See all stories on this topic »

Missing Supernova Dust Mystery Solved Space.com The violent death of stars has long been thought to disperse heavy elements into the surrounding hydrogen-dominated universe. But observations of the remnants of these stellar deaths, called supernovas, have not revealed the large quantities of dust ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com

Apple girding gadgets against hackers

Privacy experts praise Google+ rollout so far Computerworld By Juan Carlos Perez IDG News Service - After major privacy failures in its Buzz and Street View services, Google has hit the right notes with its deliberate, measured roll out of its new Google+ social networking site, according to privacy experts. ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Space Shuttle: Only Four Astronauts on Final Launch From Cape Canaveral ABC News By NED POTTER (@NedPotterABC) Space Shuttle Atlantis Astronauts, Mission Specialists Rex Walheim, Sandra Magnus, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Commander Chris Ferguson walkout from the Operations and Checkout Building into the Astrovan in preparation for the ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Oracle Win Would Strain Android Growth PCWorld By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Will handset makers maintain their dedication to Android if they have to pay to license it? That's the question experts following Google's battle with Oracle are asking, and some of them think the answer is no. ... See all stories on this topic »

HP TouchPad, Facebook Video Chat, and Google+ on PCWorld Podcast #119 PCWorld By PCWorld Podcast, PCWorld Jul 8, 2011 12:00 PM This week, we give you the skinny on the promising-but-not-great HP TouchPad, before potificating at length about social media. Facebook just released video chat and other chat tweaks, and Google has ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple girding gadgets against hackers AFP SAN FRANCISCO — Apple on Friday said it was working to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets. Engineers at the California firm are fixing a weakness pointed out by the ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Google Backs Down; Eric Schmidt Will Testify Before Congress paidContent.org Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee in September, a company spokesperson confirmed on Friday. It's a reversal for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which had previously declined to ... See all stories on this topic »

Why You Need to Help Save the James Webb Space Telescope Wired News By Matt Blum The latest US House of Representatives appropriations bill seeks to cut funding for NASA by $1.6 billion, and in the process eliminate the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project. While it is undeniable that the project has had large ... See all stories on this topic » Wired News

OS X Lion to launch next week, say reports Computerworld By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Apple will release Lion some time next week, perhaps Thursday, July 14, according to reports. Citing unnamed sources, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider said that Apple retail stores would be prepped next week, most likely for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Plush: iPhone 5 release date sees only high-end iPhone 4 model survive

Plush: iPhone 5 release date sees only high-end iPhone 4 model survive Beatweek Magazine The sure sign that the iPhone 5 release date is coming sooner than later is that both of its US carriers are already taking steps to burn their existing iPhone 4 stash ahead of launch. But the shocker comes when it's revealed which of the two iPhone 4 ... See all stories on this topic » Beatweek Magazine

Shuttle Atlantis launch forecast remains gloomy

Shuttle Atlantis launch forecast remains gloomy BBC News By Jonathan Amos BBC science correspondent, Kennedy Space Center Nasa is going to give shuttle Atlantis every opportunity to launch on Friday despite a poor weather forecast. It rained heavily over the Space Coast on Thursday and meteorologists expect ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

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 »

Samsung Windfall: All of South Korea's ... - Technology Review

Samsung Windfall: All of South Korea's ... - Technology Review South Korea will redefine primary school education within three years while creating a massive market for home-grown electronics. www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26960/

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