Saturday, May 26, 2012

TECHNOLOGY


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(TECHNOLOGY)

  • Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004.

  • Dragon makes history with space station docking

    By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press
    The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.

  • New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia

    By DONNA BRYSON - Associated Press
    Australia and South Africa will share hosting of a giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists figure out the make-up of the universe, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday.

  • P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer

    By NOMAAN MERCHANT and LINDA STEWART BALL - Associated Press
    The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.

  • NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's crash

    By ANDREW DUFFELMEYER - Associated Press
    A judge in New Jersey says a woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving can't held liable for a car crash he caused while responding to her, seriously injuring a couple on a motorcycle.

  • Is China poor? Key question at climate talks

    By KARL RITTER - Associated Press
    Another round of U.N. climate talks closed Friday without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor.

  • Dragon capsule on course for space station arrival

    By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press
    The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station for a historic docking Friday after sailing through a practice rendezvous the day before.

  • German doctors apologize for Nazi-era crimes

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Germany's medical association has adopted a declaration apologizing for sadistic experiments and other actions of doctors under the Nazis.

  • Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st

    By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press
    The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.

  • Countries aim to cut quarter of premature deaths

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    The World Health Organization says its members are poised to agree to a target of cutting a quarter of premature deaths from chronic diseases by 2025.

  • Dragon docks at space station in historic 1st

    By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press
    The first commercial supply ship is now part of the International Space Station.

  • Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees.

  • NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's car crash

    By ANDREW DUFFELMEYER - Associated Press
    A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.

  • Yahoo kills 'Livestand' just 6 months after debut

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
    Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad.

    • New Google data show Microsoft's piracy problems

      By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press
      Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher online piracy laws.

    • Summary Box: Google opens window on online piracy

      By The Associated Press - Associated Press
      ONLINE PIRACY INSIGHTS: Google has released data detailing the volume of complaints that the company's search engine has received about websites hosting content that violates copyrights.

    • Judge denies Calif. TB patient's release request

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      A California judge has refused to release a tuberculosis patient who was jailed and charged after allegedly refusing to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious.

    • Doctors report rise in kids eating detergent packs

      By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press
      Miniature laundry detergent packets arrived on store shelves in recent months as an alternative to bulky bottles and messy spills. But doctors across the country say children are confusing the tiny, brightly colored packets with candy and swallowing them.

    • News Summary: Google opens window on online piracy

      By The Associated Press - Associated Press
      ONLINE PIRACY INSIGHTS: Google has released data detailing the volume of complaints that the company's search engine has received about websites hosting content that violates copyrights.

    • Morgan Stanley may refund some Facebook investors

      By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press
      Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

    • Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service

      By RYAN NAKASHIMA - Associated Press
      Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.

    • Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives

      By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press
      Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say.

    • Alibaba.com $2.5B privatization bid approved

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group's $2.5 billion bid to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private was cleared Friday by minority shareholders, easing the way for CEO Jack Ma to gain more control over his company's destiny.

    • Fox sues Dish Network over ad-skipping DVR service

      By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
      Broadcaster Fox is suing Dish Network over a service that offers commercial-free TV.

    • Facebook shares stabilizing, but probes mount

      By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press
      Facebook's initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading.

    • Private supply ship flies near space station

      By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press
      The world's first private supply ship drew close to the International Space Station on Thursday in a critical fly-by-without-stopping test in advance of the actual docking.

    • Solar plane begins 1st transcontinental flight

      By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press
      An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.

    • Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks

      By KARL RITTER - Associated Press
      U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet.

    • Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

      By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press
      Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."

      • Private supply ship flies by space station in test

        By MARCIA DUNN - Associated Press
        The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking.

      • Missouri opts for untested drug for executions

        By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
        The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned.

      • Say cheese! NASA Mars rover photographs own shadow

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Even robots like to have fun. NASA's rover on Mars showed off its playful side by snapping a picture of its own shadow. It's the latest self-portrait since the rover, named Opportunity, landed on the red planet in 2004.

      • Report: State tobacco prevention funding lacking

        By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM - Associated Press
        States have spent only about 3 percent of the billions they've received in tobacco taxes and legal settlements over the last decade to fund tobacco prevention programs, making it harder to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco use, according to a report released Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

      • RealNetworks settles Wash. suit for $2.4 million

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Digital media provider RealNetworks will pay a $2.4 million settlement because of free trial subscriptions that resulted in unwanted monthly charges to customers, Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna announced.

      • Facebook launches iPhone camera app

        By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press
        Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone.

      • New Google data shows Microsoft's piracy problems

        By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press
        Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher laws against online piracy.

      • Buffett says his firm likely to buy newspapers

        By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press
        Warren Buffett says his company is likely to buy more newspapers in the next few years, and Berkshire Hathaway will not try to influence the editorial policies of any of them.

      • HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs

        By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press
        Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe out 27,000 jobs so HP can save enough money to lift its earnings and invest in the development of more profitable products and service.

      • Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.

      • Facebook stock climbs after rocky start

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Facebook's stock is climbing higher, a reprieve for shareholders after the stock's rocky inaugural trading day Friday was followed by a two-day decline.

      • UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general.

      • Health officials testing 35 babies for TB exposure

        By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
        Health officials are testing 35 babies for tuberculosis after a person with an active case of the life-threatening disease visited neonatal-intensive care units at two Northern California hospitals.

      • Review: OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets

        By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press
        So you love your iPad, but you wish you could work on Microsoft Office software, watch Flash video and generally have more of a PC-like experience? OnLive Desktop is one way you can.

      • Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents

        By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press
        A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices.

        • HP laying off 27,000 workers in restructuring

          By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
          Hewlett-Packard says it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business.

        • Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis

          By MARCUS WOHLSEN - Associated Press
          A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said Wednesday.

        • HP still leads: Top 5 makers of personal computers

          By The Associated Press - Associated Press
          Hewlett-Packard Co. remains the world's largest maker of personal computers, but the business is slowing with the rise of smartphones and other mobile devices. HP announced Wednesday that it will cut 8 percent of its work force by October 2014. HP has said it will use savings to invest in growing businesses.

        • Play on: Google posts synthesizer tribute to Moog

          By JAIME HOLGUIN - Associated Press
          Bob Moog's synthesizer helped change the sound of modern music. On what would have been his 78th birthday, Google is paying tribute to the man with a virtual version of his famous Moog on their homepage _ and it's completely playable.

        • Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history

          By The Associated Press - Associated Press
          On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced plans to cut about 8 percent of its work force, or 27,000 workers, by October 2014. It comes as the maker of personal computers struggles to compete with mobile devices.

        • Hewlett-Packard's employment count over the years

          By The Associated Press - Associated Press
          Hewlett-Packard Co.'s payroll has grown over the past decade, partly because of its purchase of computer maker Compaq in 2002 and technology-services provider Electronic Data Systems in 2008.

        • Major decisions under new HP CEO Meg Whitman

          By The Associated Press - Associated Press
          Meg Whitman became CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. in September, replacing Leo Apotheker, who was fired after less than a year on the job. Here are some major decisions under her leadership:

        • Facebook may move shares to NYSE

          By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press
          Facebook is in talks with the New York Stock Exchange to move its stock from the Nasdaq Stock Market after a botched initial public offering on Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

        • Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO

          By The Associated Press - Associated Press
          Facebook Inc. began trading publicly last Friday following one of the most anticipated stock offerings in history. The initial public offering of stock priced at $38 a day earlier. It was at the top end of a projected range that Facebook had already increased just days earlier.

        • Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices

          By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press
          Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds.

        • Man says Ore. psychiatrist told him he wasn't gay

          By STEVEN DuBOIS - Associated Press
          Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father.

        • Facebook stock climbs, but company faces lawsuits

          By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press
          Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company saw an increase in the company's stock price and shareholder lawsuits related to the social network's botched initial public offering.

        • HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5B annually

          By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press
          Hewlett-Packard Co. is cutting 27,000 jobs in an effort to recover from management missteps that hobbled the Silicon Valley pioneer as its rivals raced ahead with more innovative products and services.

        • Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX

          By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press
          A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race.

        • Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

          By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press
          Yahoo is joining the battle to redefine Internet search and taking aim at building a better Web browser, too.

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