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Monthly Archives: February 2009

I.B.M. Affirms Its Outlook for the Year

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

Internet providers defend traffic management

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.

1.5 million-year-old human footprints found

A photograph of the footprint's upper footprint surface shows good definition of the toe pads; the second toe is partially obscured by the third toe.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.

Missing asteroids reveal planet-sized mystery

The main belt is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and contains countless asteroids. 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.

‘Dog Whisperer’ lends his tricks to video games

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.

Cosmic Log: The race to save our languages

Who would have thought that saving endangered languages could be as exotic as Indiana Jones’ job? A film called "The Linguists" proves it.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.

13,000-year-old tools dug up in Colorado yard

Douglas Bamforth, Anthropology professor for the University of Colorado at Boulder, left, and Patrick Mahaffy, show a portion of more than 80 artfiacts unearthed about two feet below Mahaffy's Boulder's front yard during a landscaping project this past summer. 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.

Mars Orbiter glitch stalls red planet science

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes over the planet's south polar region in this artist's concept illustration. Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, appears in the upper left corner of the illustration. 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.

A sliver of chance for life on Mars

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander’s solar panel and the lander’s Robotic ArmThe 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.

Wolves (and dogs) are in-your-face poopers

A wolf on the prowl in the mountainous region of Spain's northwest Iberian Peninsula. Research conducted here found that wolves are very strategic about where they deposit their scat. They select plants that maximize the visual impact and odor distribution of their feces. 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.