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What your phone app doesn’t say: It’s watching

Your smart phone applications are watching you — much more closely than you might like.

Sprint posts first subscriber gain in three years

Sprint Nextel gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve customer service and retention, the company said. Sprint Nextel said Wednesday that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve customer service and retention.


Panda diplomacy: China to send two to Japan

China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries' often-strained relations.

‘World’s oldest Twitter user’ Ivy Bean dies at 104

Ivy Bean met pop star Peter Andre through Twitter, after confessing she was a fan of his music.Ivy Bean, the Internet-famous centenarian heralded as world's oldest Twitter user, passed away last night at her retirement home in Branford, England. She was 104.


Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline

A microscope reveals marine diatom cells, which are an important group of phytoplankton in the oceans.Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.


Apple sued over overheating iPads

Apple's popular iPad goes to shutdown mode too quickly in the heat outdoors, according to a lawsuit filed against the technology company.A trio of Northern Californians is suing Apple because their iPads reportedly overheat too quickly in the sun.


Women rule on social networking sites

Social networking sites are reaching a higher percentage of women than men worldwide, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting such sites in May, versus 69.7 percent of men, according to a new report from comScore.

Dell’s Streak tablet launch off to rough start

For now, the Dell Streak release date is sometime this summer. Someone needs to tell that to whoever runs the product information sign-up page, which still says, "The Dell Streak will be available for purchase in late July!" The launch of Dell's Streak 5-inch tablet-phone is quickly turning into a fiasco, despite the company's attempts to bring clarity to the matter.


KXEN A Strategic Solution Driving Real Business Improvement, Say Users

KXEN, the leading provider of data mining automation solutions, today revealed its second year of record user satisfaction survey results, with 90% of users declaring KXEN had improved their business, and 94% stating it was strategic to their organisat...

Cosmic Log: Ancient legal code uncovered

Israeli archaeologists say they’ve found a 3,700-year-old clay tablet that appears to bear laws likened to the Code of Hammurabi as well as the biblical “tooth for a tooth” rule.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Israeli archaeologists say they’ve found a 3,700-year-old clay tablet that appears to bear laws likened to the Code of Hammurabi as well as the biblical “tooth for a tooth” rule.