Here's the headline (and link) in the Washington Post--Tech, telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public WiFi networks - The Washington Post
here's the truth--
No, free Wi-Fi isn’t coming to every US city | Ars Technica: "When bad journalism strikes: the big story of the day was completely false. . . It all originated from one Washington Post report with the less-shouty headline "Tech, telecom giants take sides as FCC proposes large public Wi-Fi networks." The report had some bold, inaccurate claims, notably this one: "If all goes as planned, free access to the Web would be available in just about every metropolitan area and in many rural areas.". . . ."
Apple, Oracle restore Java on OS X
Computerworld
Computerworld - Apple on Friday shipped an update to Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard, matching Oracle's cadence for Java 7, which was patched the same day. Customers running OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion must update Java 7 ...
Lenovo Helix laptop delayed until March or April
CNET
The convertible laptop won't make its February due date, according to a Lenovo post on the company's Facebook page. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. February 5, 2013 6:17 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. Lenovo's Helix laptop can transform into a ...
Do you avoid people who unfriend you on Facebook? (poll)
CNET
Facebook life continues to creep into real life. When someone unfriends you on Facebook, do you avoid them in the real world? Amanda Kooser. by Amanda Kooser. February 4, 2013 2:48 PM PST Follow @akooser. Facebook's page. Are these hands ...
Facebook to label ads that follow you around ...
CNET
If you start to notice a little blue icon near ads on your Facebook page -- it means that advertiser is tracking your every click. Donna Tam. by Donna Tam. February 4, 2013 3:37 PM PST Follow @DonnaYTam. An advertisement promoting the "AdChoices" logo.
Logitech Offers iPad mini Keyboard Cover for $80
eWeek
The device's built-in Bluetooth EasyType technology offers a traditional typing layout in a compact 7-in. form factor. Tablet owners who still prefer a tactile keyboard when typing out longer emails or messages usually have a variety of options for detachable...
eWeek
Huawei splits its bet between Windows Phone and Android in Africa
ZDNet
Summary: Huawei has unveiled pricing and availability for the 4Afrika Windows Phone device, a handset running on one of the two smartphone platforms the company thinks will dominate the continent's smartphone market. Lance Harris. By Lance Harris for ...
BlackBerry unveils developers-only red Z10, updates SDK for Q10
ZDNet
Summary: BlackBerry has updated its developer tools to allow devs to prepare their apps for the launch of the Qwerty-equipped Q10 in April. It also introduced a limited edition red version of the touchscreen Z10. Ben Woods. By Ben Woods | February 5, 2013 ...
ZDNet
Has Consumer Reports Declared War on Turbos?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Consumer Reports magazine is upping the ante in its challenge to auto makers' claims for the fuel-saving and performance benefits of small turbo-charged engines. The magazine, with 8 million subscribers, says in a report released this morning that many of ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Paper Producer to Stop Clearing of Indonesian Forests
New York Times
JAKARTA — Asia Pulp & Paper, one of the largest paper producers in the world, said Tuesday that it would stop clearing natural forests across its supply chains in Indonesia, accelerating an earlier commitment to do so by 2015. Green. A blog about energy ...
Lead space exploration: #tellusatoday
USA TODAY
Many people marked the 10th anniversary of the Columbia shuttle disaster Friday. We asked on Twitter and Facebook what NASA's mission should be today. For one, NASA's mission should not be to hitch rides into space using communist rockets.
Ouya preorders start today; retail availability set for June
CNET
Ouya, the Android-based Kickstarter phenom that raised over $8.5 million from the community, will be available at a wide range of retailers in June. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interview published today, Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman said that the ...
Asteroid flyby: Massive rock 'cannot' — and will not — hit Earth. Whew
Los Angeles Times
Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood) and Sarah Hotchner (Leelee Sobieski) race to safety as the comet approaches in the 1998 film “Deep Impact.” (Paramount Pictures). An asteroid half the length of a football field will come hurtling toward Earth on Feb. 15 — but ...
Facebook May Soon Be Tracking You At All Times
Forbes
Facebook may be working on an app that tracks its users at all time, even when the app is not in use ...
Inside Evasi0n, The Most Elaborate Jailbreak To Ever Hack Your iPhone
Forbes
In Apple's eternal cat and mouse game to control what you can and can't run on your iOS device, score another one for the mice. On Monday a team of hackers that calls themselves the evad3rs released evasi0n, the first jailbreak program that works for the...
Forbes
Twitter Might Boost Security With Two-Level Authentication
Mashable
Shortly after a hacker attack compromised the accounts of some 250,000 users, Twitter is looking into enhancing its users' security by adding two-level authentication, The Guardian reports. The news comes from a Twitter job posting. The company is looking ...
Felix Baumgartner Plunged To Earth Even Faster Than Thought
Business Insider
Official numbers released by Red Bull on Monday, Feb. 4, reveal that Baumgartner was falling even faster. He reached a maximum speed of 843.6 mph, or Mach 1.25. The daredevil jumped from an altitude of 127,852 feet, which is 248 feet lower than initially ...
Microsoft's mobile priorities for 2013: tablets, Office, & better apps
VentureBeat
If Microsoft wants to win in 2013, it needs to win in the mobile realm. That much is clear. But how does it take the crown from the likes of Apple and Google? While Microsoft wouldn't explicitly tell me about its plans for 2013 or generally talk about what it wants ...
VentureBeat
3-D Printing The First Lunar Space Station With Space Soil
Co.Design
An ESA-led team tested the possibility of 3-D printing the first habitats on the moon. 0 Comments. 0. 0. Local materials, on earth, might mean thatched grass or reclaimed wood. On the moon, though, the only local material is a rocky sand. But while lunar soil ...
Co.Design
j2's Ziff Davis Buys News Corp's IGN
Folio Magazine
j2 Global continues to build out its digital media portfolio with the acquisition of popular gamer lifestyle brand IGN Entertainment, a News Corp property. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Reports indicate the amount will be "considerably" lower than the ...
Folio Magazine
3D Printing with Embryonic Stem Cells Paves Way for Artificial Organs
Science World Report
(Photo : Flickr.com/BW Jones) A novel 3D printing technique has been used to arrange human embryonic stem cells for the very first time--possibly paving the way for the creation of artificial organs. Does the idea of printing an organ sound intriguing?
Science World Report
What Happens To Your Facebook After You Die?
Vibe
It's a question many won't be able to answer during their lifetime but what happens to your Facebook after you die? A New Hampshire bill is being issued to fork over all of an individual's digital assets (i.e. Facebook, Twitter and email accounts like Gmail) to ...
Vibe
NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills into Mars in Crucial Test
Science World Report
(Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has officially drilled into the Red Planet. The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity left its mark in a target patch of rock called "John Klein" during a test. The Mars rover ...
Nvidia's Project Shield in action: Borderlands 2 on a handheld
GigaOM
Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming console surprised and impressed me at this year's CES. Here's a closer look on video to explain why. Nvidia Shield handheld. One of the more surprising and interesting announcements out of last months Consumer ...
GigaOM
AT&T Rebrands U-verse Live TV as Mobile TV
Broadway World
Smart move for AT&T, because if you're like me, you never really understood what "U-verse Live TV" was. Something called 'Mobile TV' though - you get instantly. The next question is would you pay $9.99 a month for it? Here's how AT&T describes the name ...
Major Web Sites Tagged With Malware Notice After Ad Distributor Hacked
eWeek
A compromise of advertising network Netseer's site coupled with the broad blacklisting of its domain resulted in malware alerts popping up on major Web sites, such as ZDNet and the Guardian UK, even though there was little apparent danger. A red-bordered ...
eWeek
Twitch.tv introduces ad-free Turbo subscription service
Joystiq
Popular video streaming site Twitch.tv has announced a new service called Twitch Turbo. For $8.99 a month you can turn off all the ads on the site, get priority customer support, and unlock a special badge, chat colors, and custom emoticons that only Twitch ...
FTC Endorses New Privacy Guidelines, Do Not Track for Mobile Apps, Devices
Threatpost (blog)
Hoping to ramp up privacy on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a series of suggestions to help app developers, advertising networks and device companies better protect their users online.
LA Noire Blooper Reel Released by company behind MotionScan tech
RockstarWatch
Depth Analysis is located in Sydney, Australia and are responsible for the MotionScan technology behind Rockstar's 2011 hit L.A. Noire. They released this blooper reel earlier this week of cast recordings, all set within the in-game cinematics. This could ...
Dyson launches all-in-one hand-drying Airblade water tap
BBC News
Dyson - the British engineering group - has unveiled a device that combines a high-speed hand dryer with hot and cold water outlets. The Airblade Tap builds on the firm's success with its existing standalone cold air hand driers, but is more expensive at ...
BBC News
UPDATE 1-Bezeq Israel Telecom forecasts flat earnings for 2013
Reuters
Tue Feb 5, 2013 3:53am EST. * Expects 2013 net profit between $460 mln and $487 mln. * Reiterates 2012 outlook (Adds details, background). TEL AVIV Feb 5 (Reuters) - Bezeq Israel Telecom, the country's largest telecoms group, expects 2013 net profit to ...
HTC teases "new camera and sound experience"
CNET
HTC has a "new camera and sound experience" lined up for 2013, according to the Taiwan-based company's latest blog entry. The infographic runs through a (rather long) history of photography, and even takes a potshot at Nokia's 808 PureView, with a ...
CNET
13-year-old girl sends Hello Kitty to the edge of space
CBC.ca
13-year-old Lauren Rojas is the toast of Twitter today forboldly sending her Hello Kitty doll where no Hello Kitty doll has gone before -28,537 meters into the stratosphere. In a video posted to YouTube last month, the Grade 7 student is seen building a small ...
American McGee's upcoming Action-RPG Akaneiro: Demon Hunters ...
DroidGamers
American McGee's upcoming Action-RPG Akaneiro: Demon Hunters has been successfully funded on Kickstater with reaching their goal of $200,000. This game, already in closed beta for PC, is also slated for release on Android and iOS but in order to get ...
Review: BlackBerry Z10 is a bold reimagining of a smartphone
PCWorld (blog)
Melissa lives the tech-driven life she writes about. She's always on the hunt for the next gadget that will wow us with its design. More by Melissa J. Perenson. It's been a long time since a BlackBerry phone ignited our collective imaginations. But the BlackBerry...
PCWorld (blog)
So There's A Strain Of Bacteria That Finds Gold For You
Uproxx
We need a lot of gold, and not because it makes sparkly jewelry. Gold is a valuable element in the construction of electronic devices due to its conductive properties, and you might have noticed we have more and more gadgets in our lives. There's a finite ...
Electric Cars Are Not the Answer
PC Magazine
I'm a liberal and a car enthusiast, which makes me a weirdo. While I care deeply about the environment, the last thing I want is the decline and fall of the sports car. The good news is, I don't think that will happen. The beautiful 2014 Corvette will achieve near ...
'The Last of Us' receives new gameplay, screenshots
StickSkills
If you're a fan of Naughty Dog or, for that matter, video games with compelling stories, you're probably waiting with bated breath for the release of The Last of Us. If you're not, maybe this trailer will help.
StickSkills
NASA to broadcast Progress 48 resupply ship departure
SlashGear
672708main_exp32_080112_med Last August, Russia sent a cargo resupply ship into space to dock with the International Space Station. The cargo resupply ship is called the ISS Progress 48 and docked with the Russian segment of the space station. NASA...
SlashGear
IBM takes on rivals with lower priced server range
Reuters
Tue Feb 5, 2013 12:00am EST. Feb 5 (Reuters) - Technology services provider IBM on Tuesday said it is aiming to take on competitors such as Oracle and Hewlett Packard by offering a more affordable Power Systems server and storage product range later ...
Facebook Graph Search Didn't Break Your Privacy Settings, It Only Feels Like That
TechCrunch
Omg, Facebook Graph Search has exposed my private photos! This kind of email has been rolling into TechCrunch's tip line since the introduction of the new, and still-in-beta, search service from Facebook. The reveals are somewhat tantalizing – Mark ...
TechCrunch
Microsoft's new Office: Buy or rent?
The Seattle Times (blog)
Now here comes Microsoft, with a new subscription model for Office, the most widely used app of all, a near essential software package for people around the world. Microsoft is easing in this new approach, encouraging home users to start renting the ...
iPhone 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 & Note 2 Visualized
Auto-o-Mobile
When the Samsung Galaxy Note was first released by Samsung there were some people who thought that a phone of this size wasn't needed. However the device did go on to become very popular and large displays has now become the norm. Today we ...
iPad mini 2 resolution and pixel density improvements
Product Reviews
Like all new devices the first one is only to get a foot in the door to test the water and if a company is happy, then they will release a 2nd-generation model. This is the same with the iPad mini 2 because Apple knew that they never gave it the features that it ...
Product Reviews
Apple tops Samsung in 4Q phone shipments
Charlotte Business Journal
Apple shipped an estimated 17.7 million phones in the United States during the fourth quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Staff Charlotte Business Journal. For the first time in its history, Apple Inc. was the top mobile phone maker in the United States in ...
Neanderthal remains point to earlier extinction
Nature.com
Nature | News. Neanderthal remains point to earlier extinction. New dating suggest bones from Spanish sites are 10,000 years older than previously thought. Ewen Callaway. 04 February 2013. New dating of a jawbone from southern Spain and other remains ...
Nature.com
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