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Another ugly reminder to check your Facebook settings — NOW! -
If we take any lesson from this latest Facebook privacy brouhaha, it’s one we should have already learned: Facebook isn’t for people who don’t wish to be known. Because here’s the deal: Facebook has not now, nor will it ever, protect your information for you.
Cosmic Log: $1.4 million for oil cleanup ideas -
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Kevin Costner, here’s your chance. Sparked by the disaster in the Gulf, a well-connected environmental activist is offering $1.4 million for new methods to clean up oil spills.
Google: China blockage report likely just a glitch - Google says its search engine and several other services are working normally in mainland China after previously reporting the service had been completely blocked.
100 million Facebook users’ details published online -
The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will no longer be able to make the information private.
BlackBerry may be berry good with new OS -
A new BlackBerry, but more importantly, a new BlackBerry operating system upgrade, is coming. “Yawn,” you say? Don’t be too quick to dismiss Research In Motion and its sturdy line of smart phones.
Ballmer: Tablet coming ‘as soon as we can’ - Microsoft will compete with Apple’s iPad, but it isn’t saying when, according to comments made Thursday by company CEO Steve Ballmer.
Amazon unveils new Kindle, starting at $139 -
Just weeks after lowering the price of the Kindle e-book reader from $259 to $189, Amazon unveiled a fully revamped Kindle on Wednesday. It’s sleeker, better looking, easier on the eyes — and starts at $139.
Donkey’s wild ass ancestor confirmed -
Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.
Snake robots could disable explosives -
Snakes can creep and they can crawl, but they’re not very good at defusing bombs or going on search-and-rescue missions. Snake robots, however, might be a different story.
We’re through — now get off my Facebook page -
Lovers still see a face-to-face encounter as the ideal way to break up their relationship in the complicated age of Facebook and cell phones, according to a researcher’s interviews with college students and middle-age adults.
Adult industry sees iPorn potential in iPhone 4 -
When Apple launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
Android users gobble more data than iPhone users - Verizon’s new Android owners are using far more data than AT&T’s iPhone users, says a new study. But both populations look like megabyte junkies compared to BlackBerry owners.
Cosmic Log: Bright stars burn out fast -
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: “Live fast, die young” may sound like a life lesson, but it’s actually an astronomical observation, borne out by a spectacular image of a hot young star.
Tales for your summer science odysseys -
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Books about scientific subjects let you travel through space and time … which is the perfect prescription for summer reading.
Chinese space junk buzzes past space station -
A piece of Chinese space junk passed harmlessly by the International Space Station on Thursday after worries that the outpost’s crew of six might have to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats as a precaution.
‘StarCraft’ phenomenon gets new life -
“StarCraft” isn’t just a game … it’s a worldwide phenomenon. But will the long-awaited sequel — “StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty” — be able to live up to its predecessor?
While everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is setting the summer on fire.
Women rule on social networking sites - Social networking sites are reaching a higher percentage of women than men worldwide, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting such sites in May, versus 69.7 percent of men, according to a new report from comScore.
‘World’s oldest Twitter user’ Ivy Bean dies at 104 -
Ivy Bean, the Internet-famous centenarian heralded as world’s oldest Twitter user, passed away last night at her retirement home in Branford, England. She was 104.
Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holes - A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them.
Twitter empire strikes back with ‘WookieLeaks’ -
While the government, military and news outlets attempt to assess the fallout from the formerly top secret documents, the tweeting public is turning its attention to a topic that —admit it — is never very far from any true American’s heart or mind: “Star Wars.”
Alien planets locked in close embrace -
Two distant alien planets around a dying star have been discovered locked in the closest orbital embrace ever seen, a new study has found.
Planetary triangle forming in evening sky -
A trio of planets converging in the night sky this week and for several nights will give casual skywatchers the perfect chance to easily see and identify worlds they might not normally notice.
Dell’s Streak tablet launch off to rough start -
The launch of Dell’s Streak 5-inch tablet-phone is quickly turning into a fiasco, despite the company’s attempts to bring clarity to the matter.
Slideshow: How zoos beat the heat -
Zookeepers give animals some tasty ways to cool off.