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 The Money Times | Bleak outlook for polar bears Sydney Morning Herald - THE polar bear population could be reduced by two-thirds by mid-century, if forecasts of melting sea ice hold true, the US Geological Survey has reported. Actic vanishing faster than projections Shrinking ice could put polar bear on endangered list: US |
 Montreal Gazette | Mysterious Honeybee Disappearance Linked to Rare Virus Scientific American - By JR Minkel The mystery illness that has bedeviled US beekeepers since 2006 may stem from a bee virus that apparently spread to the US from Australia three years ago, according to a new study that marks the first big break in the puzzling case of the ... Mobiles cleared of harming bees Virus a clue to bee deaths |
 Javno.hr | Steve Jobs apologises for iPhone price cut Hindu - San Jose (US), Sept. 7 (AP): Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs has apologised and offered USD 100 credits to customers who shelled out USD 599 for the most advanced model of the iPhone, only to have the company unexpectedly slash the price USD 200 in a push to ... Apple apologises for iPhone price cut Steve Jobs Offers IPhone Early Adopters $100 Rebate |
 GameSHOUT | Judge deals blow to Patriot Act CNET News.com - He blocks FBI from using controversial surveillance tool called national security letters that has been misused in the past. By Declan McCullagh A key portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional and violates Americans' free speech rights, ... Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act Judge Rules Provisions of Patriot Act Unconstitutional |
 Computing News | As the Chip Turns HPCwire - Will AMD find true happiness in Barcelona? Will Xeon break Opteron's heart? What evil lurks beneath the Front Side Bus? If this sounds like the premise for some weird, high-tech soap opera, that's because it is. AMD Seeks Server Rebound With Barcelona The AMD, Intel Duel Moves Up The Scale To Quad-Core Stage |
 Cordis News | Belgium builds emission-free Antarctic station ABC Online - By Stephanie Kennedy The world's first polar station run entirely on renewable energy has been unveiled - in Brussels. Belgium says it wanted to construct a zero emissions station in the Antarctic to respond to the climate change challenge. Friday, September 07, 2007 / Updated Moscow Time Belgian scientists unveil eco-friendly research base to study ... |
 Scientific American | Babies and Chimps Compete in Mental Olympics New York Times - By Mike Nizza While The Lede considered Man versus Machine, scientists were studying another historic duel: Baby versus Chimp. 106 chimpanzees, 32 orangutans and 105 humans who were about 2.5 years old were put through “The Primate Cognition Test ... Toddler Study Proves Humans Outsmart Apes Human Toddlers Trump Apes on Social Skills |
Post IT {vbar}Cellphone Fees Under Fire Washington Post - Two senators last week announced plans to introduce a bill aimed at improving customer service for cellphone users. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn. Palm decides not to release Foleo mobile companion; forecasts ... Palm's Foleo Gets Lost in (Market) Space |
 CNET News.com | Amazon Does Downloads, Sort Of BusinessWeek - Shoppers looking to buy Dean Koontz's alien invasion novel The Taking on Amazon.com (AMZN ) see it offered as a new or used paperback. Are books passe? Web giants envision the next chapter Harry to go digital with the magic of Amazon's eBook |
 Digitaltrends.com | BDP-S500 Blu-ray Disc player (Source: Sony Electronics) DailyTech - Sony announced that it will be adding two new Blu-ray Disc players to its roster of high-definition movie players. Joining the $499 entry-level BDP-S300 sometime this fall will be two higher-end machines. HD VMD to Battle Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Blu-ray or HD DVD? You will decide the winner |
 Spiegel Online | Apple's Content Quarrel KCRA.com - Anyone who has been to one of Steve Jobs' media events knows well the thrall cast by the Apple (AAPL) chief executive. Music blares, the lights dim, and Jobs mesmerizes as he demonstrates the bells and whistles of Apple's latest offerings. Apple Price Cuts May Include iTunes TV Episodes New iPods to help Apple counter rivals companies |
 Science News | Dino-killing asteroid linked to cosmic crash USA Today - By Jeanna Bryner, SPACE.com An ancient collision between two mega-asteroids spawned the killer space rock that slammed into Earth and marked the beginning of the end for the dinosaurs, a new study claims. How cosmic billiards doomed the dinosaurs Asteroid impacts Baptistina's terrible daughters |
 Scientific American | AGDC: Square Enix's Hiromichi Tanaka on Final Fantasy XI Gamasutra - “I finally get the chance to escape Tokyo City,” began Hiromichi Tanaka, an executive officer at Square Enix, and producer of Final Fantasy XI, at his Austin GDC keynote on Thursday. Square denies Wii cross-platform MMO No Cross Platform Online Games For Wii Says Square-Enix |
 Tech Republic | Microsoft readies Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Register - By Austin Modine in Mountain View → More by this author Microsoft's virtualization team has finally stirred as the market gears up for VMworld next week. VMware User Group Meeting To Feature Management Tools Microsoft Releases New Virtual Machine-Management Software |
 YubaNet | Little rovers survive dust storms on Mars: NASA Reuters UK - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gusts of wind have cleared dust from the solar collectors on one of two robot rovers on the surface of Mars and both have awakened from the sleep NASA put them into, the space agency said on Friday. After Dust Storms, Mars Rover Set to Enter Giant Crater As dust storms ease, Mars rovers return to exploration |
 Product Reviews | New products nice, but Motorola no longer a trailblazer Seattle Times - By Eric Benderoff Motorola is rolling out new products to turn around a slide that has dropped the company to No. 3 in global mobile-phone sales, according to estimates. Palm, Motorola seen most hurt by iPhone price cut Motorola mulls multi-touch mobile |
 Ecorazzi | Protests as BBC scraps planned green day AFP - LONDON (AFP) - The BBC has dropped plans to hold a day of programming highlighting the threat from climate change, it said Thursday, in a move which has drawn sharp criticism from environmental groups. State inaction on climate is a grave dereliction of duty BBC scraps plans for day-long TV special on climate change |
 eFluxMedia (press release) | AOL to Drop Digg-Like News From Netscape The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) - AOL is once again revamping its Netscape.com Web portal, dropping a year-old "social news" component in which visitors submitted and voted on news stories and blog entries to determine how they're ranked on the site. AOL announces changes to Netscape Netscape Ends Digg-Clone Social News Experiment |
Couple's Verdict on iPhone: It's a Split Decision FOX News - By Courtney Friel and Carter Evans FOXNews.com reporter Courtney Friel and her husband, WWOR-TV reporter Carter Evans, picked up a pair of Apple iPhones the day they came out. Pinoy hacks iPhone The ethics of hacking |
 Game News | Lord British returns with blank slate Reuters - By Scott Hillis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lord British is back, only this time he's wielding an energy cannon instead of a sword. Tabula Rasa deploys October 19 Tabula Rasa in October |
