Thursday, April 04, 2013
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Feast your eyes on the Small Magellanic Cloud | Cutting Edge - CNET News
For the first time, astronomers detect the presence of X-rays being emitted from young stars outside of our galaxy
Astronomers describe it as a "dwarf galaxy," but the Small Magellanic Cloud, which happens to be one of the Milky Way's closest neighbors, is entirely majestic.
Feastyoureyes on the Small Magellanic Cloud | Cutting Edge - CNET News
Feast your eyes: The Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way.
(Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al; Optical: NASA/STScI; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech)This galactic region takes its name from Ferdinand Magellan, a 16th century explorer who reportedly referred to the cloud's placement in the sky to guide his ship on his worldwide journeys
Google parts ways with Apple over WebKit, launches Blink | Internet & Media - CNET News
A years-long marriage of convenience that linked Google and Apple browser technologies is ending in divorce.
In a move that Google says will technologically liberate both Chrome and Safari, the company has begun its own offshoot of the WebKit browser engine project called Blink. Initially it uses the same software code base that all WebKit-based browsers share, but over time it will diverge into a totally separate project, Google announced today.
The move marks the end of years of direct WebKit programming cooperation between the two rivals. WebKit is an open-source project, meaning that anyone can use and modify the software, but previously Google and Apple were all contributing to the same code base. With Blink, each company will go its own way, working separately to add new features and to support new Web standards rather than being able to capitalize on the other's work.
Major "forks" in open-source projects can be divisive and bitter, though a certain collegiality among Web programmers seems likely to forestall that negative outcome in the case of Blink. The pains of forking WebKit into Blink are worth it, argued Linus Upson, the Google vice president of engineering for Chrome.
Google parts ways with Apple over WebKit, launches Blink | Internet & Media - CNET News
Microsoft Store slashes prices on Windows 8 tablets, hybrids | Microsoft - CNET News
Microsoft is implementing pretty stiff price cuts on some laptop-tablet hybrids. Is this just the beginning?
Microsoft Store slashes prices on Windows 8 tablets, hybrids | Microsoft - CNET News
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Google Apparently Ranking iTunes App Links Lower Than Normal | Cult of Android
“The search penalty, or search bug if that’s the case, doesn’t seem to affect all apps to the same degree,” reports TechCrunch. “And the rankings also depend on what search terms are used, and whether the user is signed in.”
Google Apparently Ranking iTunes App Links Lower Than Normal | Cult of Android
Logging into your personal Google account will obviously change the way Google presents search results in your browser. But this potentially nefarious activity is being observed when logged out too.
Google changes its search algorithms all the time, and this may just be a bug that will go away in due time. I tried searching “Snapchat iTunes,” and the App Store link was the top result. But there seems to be enough smoke here for there to be fire. Hopefully Google will issue an official statement to clarify the issue.
Google Apparently Ranking iTunes App Links Lower Than Normal | Cult of Android
Google expands its Google+ single sign-in feature | Internet & Media - CNET News
Google+ users will find even more ways to use the same log-in credentials to access Web sites, apps, and share information.
Google expands its Google+ single sign-in feature | Internet & Media - CNET News
How you may have inadvertently participated in recent DDoS attacks | How To - CNET
The botnets driving the recent distributed denial of service attacks are powered by millions of infected computers. Their coordinated flood of requests overwhelms the Internet's DNS servers, slowing them down and even knocking the servers offline. The long-term solution for site operators and visitors alike may rely on reluctant ISPs working together.
How you may have inadvertently participated in recent DDoS attacks | How To - CNET
Monday, April 01, 2013
When will Apple kill the iPod? | The Audiophiliac - CNET News
Apple wants to move all of your "content" to the iCloud, so the Touch is probably safe, but the rumors about the Classic's demise have been churning for years
When will Apple kill the iPod? | The Audiophiliac - CNET News
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Web Privacy, and How Consumers Let Down Their Guard - NYTimes.com
SAY you’ve come across a discount online retailer promising a steal on hand-stitched espadrilles for spring. You start setting up an account by offering your e-mail address — but before you can finish, there’s a ping on your phone. A text message. You read it and respond, then return to the Web site, enter your birth date, click “F” for female, agree to the company’s terms of service and carry on browsing.
But wait: What did you just agree to? Did you mean to reveal information as vital as your date of birth and e-mail address?
Web Privacy, and How Consumers Let Down Their Guard - NYTimes.com
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