Japan volcano eruption heard four miles away

Seeded on Tue Feb 1, 2011 6:18 AM EST (Telegraph)

Shinmoedake peak erupted again this morning sending shockwaves that shattered windows in homes and buildings in southern Japan and leaving one person injured.

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Eva Longoria sued for $4 million

Seeded on Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:42 AM EST (msnbc.com)

The actress has been sued by an investor who alleges that the interest payments Longoria has been receiving since pumping $1 million into her Beso restaurant-and-nightclub enterprise violated California lending law.

entertainment, desperate-housewives, eva-longoria, law-suit, jonas-lawrence

Cosmic Log - Scientists find a protoplanet's guts

Seeded on Sat Jan 8, 2011 12:30 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Alan Boyle writes:Astronomers have identified a space rock that they say came from the interior of Vesta, an asteroid that may be the only mini-world of its type left in the solar system.

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Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone - The Red Tape Chronicles

Seeded on Wed Jan 5, 2011 11:59 AM EST (redtape.msnbc.com)

The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you.

technology, california, cell-phone, warrant

Nintendo warns against youngsters playing its upcoming 3-D system - CNN.com

Seeded on Mon Jan 3, 2011 12:36 PM EST (CNN)

Nintendo is warning young children against playing 3-D video games on its upcoming handheld gaming system, the Nintendo 3DS.

technology, us, games, video-game, 3d, nintendo, console, handheld

Twitter: You're doing it wrong!

Seeded on Mon Aug 9, 2010 12:48 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

How to avoid breaking the 10 commandments of microblogging

technology, social-network, twitter, microblogging

iPhone executive leaves Apple after glitch

Seeded on Sun Aug 8, 2010 9:54 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

An Apple executive whose responsibilities include iPhone hardware is leaving the company in the wake of antenna problems with the newest version of the smart phone.

technology, apple, macintosh, iphone, mark-papermaster, iphone-antenna, steve-dowling

'Google Alarm' plug-in tries to wake the world up to privacy issues

Seeded on Sat Aug 7, 2010 12:33 PM EDT (CNN)

"Google Alarm" alerts users when they visit a website that sends Google info. Web users who install this browser plug-in hear a loud, buzzing noise whenever they visit a website that relays information to Google. It might seem intuitive that Google tracks the Web activity of us …

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Facebook Buys $40 Million Worth of Social Networking Patents

Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 4:14 PM EDT (Mashable!)

Facebook has acquired a broad set of patents on social networking covering the basic functions of just about any social app, ranging from friend lists to the news feed.

technology, patent, facebook, social-network, friendster, social-networking-site

RIP Google Wave

Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 5:30 AM EDT (CNN)

Google's attempt to reinvent e-mail has fizzled. The company said Wednesday it is pulling the plug on Google Wave, a collaborative tool that drew intense attention when it debuted last year.

google, technology, google-wave, collaborative-tool

Is Google Working With Verizon to Upend Net Neutrality?

Seeded on Thu Aug 5, 2010 5:18 AM EDT (Mashable!)

It sounds unlikely, but sources close to Google and Verizon have said that the two companies are working together on a deal that would help Verizon charge some Internet content providers more than others in exchange for priority data transfer speeds.

google, technology, us, verizon

NPD: Android is now top-selling OS in American smartphones

Seeded on Wed Aug 4, 2010 11:19 AM EDT (Engadget)

Step aside, BlackBerrys and iPhones, the American consumer has voted with his wallet and picked Android as his favorite flavor in the quarter just gone.

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Picture This: Google Chases Bing

Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:36 AM EDT (Wired News)

Google revamped its popular image search site Tuesday, offering cleaner results pages that feature up to 1,000 images and bigger images when you click on a photo.

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Obama, Cameron blast release of Lockerbie bomber - CNN.com

Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:26 AM EDT (CNN)

US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday blasted Scottish authorities' decision to release the convicted Lockerbie bomber last year and agreed on the need to push for a more transparent disclosure of the circumstances surrounding Abdelbaset Al …

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5 killed in stabbing spree in China - msnbc.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 6, 2010 11:19 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A village head and four of his family members were killed in China's latest stabbing spree.

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Scientists Cite Fastest Case of Human Evolution - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Fri Jul 2, 2010 4:16 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Biologists found that at least 30 genes had undergone change as Tibetans adapted to life on the high plateau.

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'Sea monster' fossil found in Peru desert - CNN.com

Seeded on Thu Jul 1, 2010 9:56 AM EDT (CNN)

Researchers digging for fossils in the Peruvian desert have stumbled upon the remains of a "sea monster" which they say lived more than 12 million years ago and was three times bigger than a modern killer whale.

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3-D video gaming is coming, but at what cost? - CNN.com

Seeded on Fri May 7, 2010 6:44 AM EDT (CNN)

After the rush by audiences to Hollywood 3-D blockbusters "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland," game designers and developers are hoping to strike gold with 3-D gaming.

technology, games, television, 3d, gaming, console, avatar, 3-d, gaming-experience, 3-d-gaming

Germany, France signal hard line with Greece - Europe- msnbc.com

Seeded on Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:56 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned Greece that a tough restructuring of its economy was "unavoidable and an absolute prerequisite" if Berlin and the EU were to approve the aid Greece has requested.

business, eu, germany, france, economy, imf, aid, finance, greece, debt

MIA - Macedonian Information Agency - Happiness prevents heart disease

Seeded on Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:43 PM EDT (mia.com.mk)

A recent study published in the European Heart Journal revealed that people who are happy and have a positive outlook on life are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend to be anxious and depressed.

health, research, heart-disease, happiness, good-health, dr-karina-davidson