Twitter Worm, New iPhone 3.0 Beta, Amazon blocks Phorm from its UK site
Report: Amazon blocks Phorm from its UK site
by Dawn Kawamoto The move comes as the European Commission takes action against the United Kingdom, alleging that the country failed to adequately comply with data protection laws in Europe.
Spacecraft sees solar storm in 3-D; it’s the blob!
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago
By Pete Spotts | 04.15.09 Hunting for evidence of a small planet that smacked the Earth and formed the moon is a sideline. (You can read more about that here.
First 3-D Pictures of Solar Explosions Created National Geographic
Nasa Sun probes watch over Earth BBC News
Register - Space.com - AHN - SmartBrief
Dynamic Internet Duo To Tackle Urgent Threats Globally
The former chief philanthropist at Google.org has taken on what appears to be a Herculean task: In his new role at the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund, Dr.
Internet Pair Start Fund to Tackle Global Issues Wall Street Journal
California Utility to Capture Solar Power in Space
This image shows a power generator harvesting energy from the Sun for a variety of uses back on Earth. Solar power beamed down from space will generate electricity for California homes as soon as 2016, under a new plan by a utility company to ramp up …
Data Breaches Continue to Soar
By Roy Mark Employing sophisticated tools such as memory-scraping malware and unique packet sniffers, organized crime led a record assault on databases in 2008, resulting in more electronic records being compromised last year than the previous four …
Organized Crime Behind a Majority of Data Breaches Washington Post
More Data Breached In 2008 Than In Previous Four Years Combined InformationWeek
Can Facebook Make You Flunk? Not Likely
A new study claims that logging onto Facebook can drop college students’ GPAs and put them at risk of failing. But read between the lines: the study is dubious.
Study: Facebook Linked To Lower College GPAs Ozarks First
Beyond ‘Just say no’: A framework for business mobile device adoption
By Michael Gartenberg April 15, 2009 (Computerworld) Since Apple introduced the iPhone two years ago, more end users have adopted mobile devices for personal use, forcing businesses to ask themselves what criteria they should use in deploying them.
New iPhone 3.0 Beta Software Brings More Improvements
Apple released last night a third beta build of the iPhone 3.0 software, taking developers one step closer to the final release in June.
Time Warner Cable tells FCC to shut up about net neutrality
“Now is not the time… to engage in a debate about the need for net neutrality obligations,” Time Warner Cable tells the FCC.
Global warming tameable with emissions cuts, study says
by Candace Lombardi The worst of the global warming effects can still be reversed if proper steps are taken fairly quickly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an analysis by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Study: Emissions Cuts Could Lessen Climate Change New York Times
Twitter Worm: A Closer Look at What Happened
It looks like Twitter’s website has been scrubbed clean after several bouts of the “Mikeyy” or “StalkDaily” worm plagued the service.
Tags: Amazon blocks Phorm from its UK site, Beyond 'Just say no': A framework for business mobile device adoption, California Utility to Capture Solar Power in Space, Can Facebook Make You Flunk? Not Likely, Data Breaches Continue to Soar, Dynamic Internet Duo To Tackle Urgent Threats Globally, Global warming tameable with emissions cuts, New iPhone 3.0 Beta Software Brings More Improvements, Spacecraft sees solar storm in 3-D; it’s the blob!, Time Warner Cable tells FCC to shut up about net neutrality, Twitter Worm: A Closer Look at What Happened April 15th, 2009 Posted in Common

