February 27, 2009 – 12:08 pm
I.B.M. Affirms Its Outlook for the Year
I.B.M. forecast growth in its services business in the first quarter, in contrast to many technology companies that have scaled back expectations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/techno…
February 27, 2009 – 5:28 am
Internet service providers like AT&T are making greater efforts to manage traffic on their networks as they seek ways to avoid congestion caused by bandwidth-hogging services like video, industry officials said on Thursday.
February 27, 2009 – 5:07 am
Early humans had feet like ours and left lasting impressions in the form of 1.5 million-year-old footprints, some of which were made by feet that could wear a size 9 men’s shoe.
February 27, 2009 – 3:55 am
Missing asteroids in our solar system may be the handiwork of rampaging giant planets as they migrated to their current positions, according to a new computer simulation.
February 27, 2009 – 2:56 am
Ubisoft has worked with dog behavior specialist Cesar Millan, host of National Geographic Channel’s “The Dog Whisperer,” on a new PC and Nintendo DS videogame that Millan hopes will launch an interactive franchise.
February 27, 2009 – 2:07 am
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Who would have thought that saving endangered languages could be as exotic as Indiana Jones’ job? A film called “The Linguists” proves it.
February 27, 2009 – 1:59 am
Landscapers were digging a hole for a fish pond in the front yard of a Boulder home last May when they heard a “chink” that didn’t sound right.
February 27, 2009 – 12:35 am
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has suffered an apparent glitch that has left the spacecraft in a protective safe mode and stalled science observations as it circles the red planet.
February 27, 2009 – 12:08 am
The Phoenix Mars Lander ended its mission last November, but scientists are still pondering the data. One intriguing discovery was a nightly cycle in which water vapor in the atmosphere collapsed into the Martian soil.
February 26, 2009 – 11:37 pm
Wolves do not do their business in any old place, but they instead choose locations that maximize visual impact and odor distribution, according to a new study that may also help to explain why dogs frequently relieve themselves on fire hydrants and other prominent urban landscape features.