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The Economist: Daily news and views
* Accusations fly
* Trading down
* Wominnovation
* Picking a fight
* Tying the knot
* Deadly reprisals
* Oscar Victor Yankee
* Defiant Iraqis
* The week ahead
* This week's top stories [05 March 2010]
* The end of the show?
* Past imperfect, present tense
* Cloudy with a chance of rain
* Flowering friendliness?
* Struggles, suffering and Skype
* The die is cast
* Now comes the pain
* Paying up
* How China bucked the trend
* Well drilled
* The other Brown
* First, do no harm
* Dragging up the past
* Football crazy
* Recovery in progress

March 09, 2010, 08:08 EST

New Scientist - Online News
* Women with good genes may have more sexual partners
* Obama criticised for lack of science reform
* Extinct giant bird DNA recovered from fossil eggs
* Eyeless hydra shed light on evolution of the eye
* Apollo rocks dusted off to find new evidence of water
* Music and lyrics: How the brain splits songs
* Sushi restaurant raided after Hollywood sting
* Today on New Scientist: 9 March 2010
* Mars glacier lubricant could fuel rockets
* Decision-makers betrayed by their wide eyes
* Dyson helps to fill Tory policy vacuum
* How could boozing help you lose weight?
* Extermination in paradise
* Nanotube cuff is 'solar cell' for exhaust pipes
* Why chameleons are the only lizards that eat breakfast
* Chile quake moved a city by three metres
* Did 'midwife molecule' assemble first life on Earth?
* Night at the museum
* Will the anaconda or the oyster rule wave power?
* Royal Society: Fund science to save the economy
* Obama to break his silence on NASA plan
* Martian moon's secrets to be revealed during fly-bys
* US still responsible for most CO2 emissions
* Today on New Scientist: 8 March 2010
* Swiss vote to reject animal lawyers

March 10, 2010, 05:27 EST

World Nuclear News
* Swiss canton launches first consultation
* Teams compete for NGNP design
* PBMR chief steps down
* Finnish new build decision 'soon'
* New partner for potential Polish nuclear build
* Siting study licence issued in UAE
* No choice between poverty and the environment
* Human resources critical to Indian nuclear plans
* Approval for Myhhra
* End of the line for Yucca Mountain
* Funds for legacy waste facility
* Americans wary of nuclear waste, safety issues
* Isotopes and new build for PSEG?
* Computing boost for Japanese research
* Court ruling confirms nuclear plant stays Dutch
* Kazakhstan signs cooperation deal with Japan
* Act on carbon price, UK told
* Tianwan fuel fabrication moves to China
* French nuclear plant weathers storm
* Salamanca resources double for Berkeley

March 10, 2010, 05:43 EST

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
* Interview with Linux Journal Virtual Editor Bill Childers
* OK Palm, We're Ready for the Foleo Now
* Book Excerpt: A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
* Getting Loopy: Performance Loopers For Linux Musicians
* Illegal use of term - five yard penalty
* Interview with Linux Journal Associate Editor Shawn Powers
* Which Linux distribution do you use most frequently?
* Sudo Axes Escalation Glitch
* Fixing Broken Images in OpenOffice
* Linux Journal Insider - April 2010

March 10, 2010, 05:39 EST

Nobel Intent
* MRI's successes put the brain on trial
* etc: Based on a reanalysis of samples returned by Apollo missions, there may be water deep within the Moon, as well as on the surface.
* Engineering a parasite to tell you where it has been
* Low-metal star suggests Milky Way grew by gobbling dwarfs
* Europe outsourcing CO2 emissions to developing economies
* etc: A way of tracking individual authors on science papers that's modeled after the DOI system is creeping towards implementation. It should help you distinguish among authors with identical names.
* Fixing US STEM education is possible, but will take money
* Weird Science wonders whether or not it was sex
* DOIs and their discontents
* Week in tech: purple-is-the-new-brown edition
* Germanium puck detects potential dark matter signal
* etc: Looks like the Obama administration is serious about nuclear waste, having created a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
* Strange antiparticles pop out of RHIC's quark-gluon plasma
* Behavioral efforts, not money, will drive energy efficiency
* etc: Popular Science has scanned its 137-year archive and posted it online. For free.
* etc: Want to watch some good, cutting edge science on your TV? A lot of scientists seem to think Comedy Central is the place to look.
* Tissue differences within us track cancer, hinder forensics
* Piezo-rubber creates potential for wearable energy system
* etc: A NASA instrument flying on an Indian orbiter has produced even more evidence that our Moon's poles harbor substantial water ice.
* We're so good at medical studies that most of them are wrong
* feature: The science and technology of air traffic control
* Oxygen-enriched booze makes for less-intense hangover
* etc: Great reddit interview with Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google and AI genius. Sound improves after 30 seconds or so.
* etc: NASA has apparently calculated that the Chilean earthquake shifted enough of the Earth's mass to shorten the day by 1.3 microseconds.
* Orbital changes warmed the Earth's interglacial periods

March 10, 2010, 05:32 EST

Apple Hot News
* iPad Available in US on April 3
* Apple World’s Most Admired Company
* 10 Billionth Download for iTunes
* iTunes Store Tops 10 Billion Songs Sold
* Introducing Aperture 3
* Architecture in Motion: RTKL and iPhone
* Apple Launches iPad
* Apple Reports All-Time Highest Revenue and Profit
* Logic Pro 64-bit the talk of the NAMM music show
* The Apple App Store Economy: Infographic from gigaom.com
* A Guided Tour in the Palm of Your Hand: iPod touch at the Cooper-Hewitt
* Apple Releases New MobileMe Gallery App
* Introducing Bento 3 Contact and Customer Manager
* iPod touch + Edu Apps = Happy Students
* Camera Pro Preaches iPhone Photography
* Global Mobile U
* How the iPhone Could Reboot Education
* 30 Must-Have Games for iPhone and iPod touch
* iPhone Improves Legal Services
* Snow Leopard Server “a tremendous value”

March 05, 2010, 13:49 EST

FOXNews.com Live Bookmark
* N.Y. Chef Makes Cheese From Breast Milk
* Calling In the Bounty Hunters
* No-Fly List Nearly Doubles
* 6 Killed in Attack on World Vision in Pakistan
* Cops: Missing Oil Exec's Body Found in Mississippi River
* Bank of America Ends Overdraft Fees on Debit Cards
* 7-Year-Old Calls 911, Saves Family From Attack
* SeaWorld Trainer's Family Wants Video Suppressed
* LIVESHOTS: Who Writes Your Kids' Textbooks?- Full Coverage of Texas Textbook Battle
* LIVESHOTS: Gibson on Health Care March in D.C.
* Massa Tells Beck: 'I Forced Myself Out'
* Sen. Scott Brown to Release Memoirs Next Year
* Senate Staffers Warned to Stay Clear of Drudge Report- Reid Welcomes Third Party Senate Contenders
* 7 Useful Google Services You Have Not Tried Yet
* LIVESHOTS: Gates: Marjah Strategy a 'Game-Changer'- Gates: Some Troops Could Leave Afghanistan Early- Ahmadinejad: U.S. Playing 'Game' in Afghanistan
* Obama Judicial Nominee Supported Killer
* Legislation to Extend Jobless Benefits Clears Hurdle
* Producer Pleads Guilty in Letterman Extortion Case
* Teens Look to Reagan at Conservative Conference
* Anger Over Farrah Snub
* Survival Tactics
* Stars Show Their Stuff
* Guess the Celeb Shoe
* LiLo: Queen of Drama?
* Stars With Stalkers
* If Sean Had His Way ...
* Jimi's Music Still Rockin'?
* 'Revenge of the Nerds'

March 10, 2010, 05:07 EST

The Resilient Earth
* Food Under Fire
* Ancient Sea-levels Rewrite Ice Age Transitions
* Crank of the Week - March 1, 2010 - Kendrick Frazier
* Cherry Picking, Black Swans and Falsifiability
* More Fictitious Hurricane Predictions
* Water Vapor The Next Demon Gas
* When Humans Almost Went Extinct
* Climate Science Compromise
* Industrial Emissions Cool Climate!
* Why I Am A Global Warming Skeptic

March 10, 2010, 05:18 EST

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report on AviationWeek.com
* Agreement In Hand On A400M
* Lockheed CEO Stands By Company JSF Leadership
* Call For More Regional Maritime Cooperation
* Defense Delays Factor In Rockwell Job Cuts
* V-22 debate continues despite deployment decision

March 10, 2010, 05:00 EST

Linux Today
* The Linux desktop is already here
* Open Clip Art Library 2.0 Release!
* Special 301: FOSS users. Now we're all Communists and Criminals
* Cortus - Is this the smallest ever CPU core running Linux?
* Improving in the MonoDevelop user interface
* Electronics Manufacturers Use US Legal System to Thwart Hardware ‘Hacks’
* Open Source Saves the Day (and Lots of Dosh)
* Manage your projects with KPlato
* Copyright infringement - inside the legal minefield
* Open Source CouchDB Heads to the Cloud
* March 2010 Issue of The NEW PCLinuxOS Magazine Released
* Austin Texas - Linux Against Poverty 2010
* 2.6.33 is Out! Say Good Bye to the Anticipatory Scheduler
* GNOME and KDE: Seven Attractions in Each
* Paul Frields on Fedora 12 and Beyond

March 10, 2010, 05:22 EST

Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
* 3D TV is here
* Wireless Warpia Easy Dock turns your laptop into a desktop
* Zep'lin flying boat ponders the future of electric vehicles
* Eye concept - a glimpse of Tesla's future?
* Sony signs all six major film studios to PS3 network
* Ricoh announces more lenses for the GXR digital camera
* Cylon on wheels - the Bertone designed Alfa Romeo Pandion
* KAIST reveals proof of concept OLEV power road
* It's game-on for Mac users as Valve announces support for OS X
* PQ Labs shows off Multi-Touch G3 interface in iTable
* Record Revirginizer - the facial peel for your LP's
* Mamiya's new 40 megapixel medium format DM40 digital SLR
* Apple to replace keys and wallet with iKey app?
* Empower concept chair rocks!
* High-tech handrest gives surgeons, machinists and artists a steady hand
* Carbon nanotubes offer new way to produce electricity
* Battlefield: Bad Company 2 multiplayer review (Xbox 360)
* Infinitec IUM stick lets you share unlimited content wirelessly between devices
* Zotac's new nVIDIA ION-powered ZBOX HD-ID11 mini-PC
* Pronghorn APLS 'best of both worlds' mountain bike suspension
* Can't find a smoking area? There's an app for that
* Corky the Kinetic Mouse - no batteries required
* Sigma announces SD15 DSLR plus new lenses and compact cameras
* The iLet Mini HAL budget tablet PC
* i-flow concept showcases Hyundai's eco-friendly vision

March 10, 2010, 05:25 EST

The Register
* Microsoft boffin scoops Turing Award
* WD targets Win XP users to ease 4KB drive upgrades
* Palm pops out plug-in dev kit
* Sharp preps Freeview HD set-top kit
* NY chef offers mam cheese canapes
* Brown promises Budget in a fortnight
* Max Clifford takes £1m to drop hack probe
* Google goes cycling
* Google Nexus One Android smartphone
* Suburban woman accused of using net to recruit terrorists
* Sepaton in anti-Data Domain pitch
* Tablet maker threatens, then robs Apple
* UK pol touts canine chip implants
* Google opens Google Apps app store
* Floating IT lab mimics multi-tiered networks
* Fraud-prevention service ponies up $12m for 'false' ads
* Pillar juices flash drive box
* Apple's draconian developer docs revealed
* It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
* Cisco 'forever changes internet' with... a router
* Google tests TV set-top search, says report
* New Internet Explorer code-execution attacks go wild
* Dell intros restyled biz laptops
* FA launches security probe after England team bugged
* Terracotta's Ehcache back-ends Hibernate
* Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm
* Nokia killed free navigation, alleges EU complaint
* Doctors tell government to stop the health records roll-out
* Open source boss quits Sun Oracle
* Tories ask: Why BBC3, BBC4?
* Northerners give up ID cards for Lent figures suggest
* Android - the winning formula for tablets and netbooks?
* Critical bug does a Custer on Apache for Windows
* UK still lousy on electronic nosiness
* Cisco promises to 'forever change the internet'
* Kentucky woman breastfeeds sheriff's deputy
* Employers call for end to Mickey Mouse degrees
* Windows 7 speculation claims SP1 will land in Q4 2010
* What's so bad about Samsung's Bada?
* Toshiba Satellite U500 Ducati Edition
* Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic
* Tories promise medals not money for science and R&D
* Florida woman prangs car while shaving her privates
* Virtualisation and the private cloud
* Intel Euro boss pledges Brussels-friendly marketing funds
* Vodafone cuts more staff
* Daily Mail commentard out-tw*ts the Tw*t-O-Tron
* Mobile-phone wallet stymied by lack of understanding
* Tilera wins VC from Broadcom, Quanta, NTT
* Yellow Dog Linux licks CUDA

March 10, 2010, 05:26 EST

freshmeat.net announcements (Global)
* Relational 0.9 (Default branch)
* Relational 0.8 (Default branch)
* TaDaPro 0.8.4 (Default branch)
* massXpert mass spectrometry package 1.9.5 (Default branch)
* Presented By:
* gdigi 0.1.5 (Default branch)
* BIRD 1.0.13 (Default branch)
* vpntool 0.6 (Default branch)
* Liferea 1.5.14 (Unstable branch)
* wumwum 0.4 (Default branch)
* sptrace 1.4.2 (Default branch)
* libburnia 0.6.4 (libburn/cdrskin branch)
* DNS Blacklist Packet Filter 0.6-beta3 (Default branch)
* PHP-BottleRocket/SOSDG 0.3 (Default branch)
* DynaStop 08333.1634-106 (Default branch)
* CPAN shell 1.9304 (Default branch)
* GWTruts 0.7-Final (Stable branch)
* Presented By:
* Perl Archive Toolkit 0.991 (Default branch)
* AKVIS Decorator 1.6 (Default branch)
* moz-hocr-edit 0.1 (Default branch)
* Liferea 1.4.27 (Default branch)
* Mudlet Beta 3-1 (Default branch)
* Froggix 0.1 (Default branch)
* Lifebox 1.0.3alpha (Default branch)
* Zombie Nation MUD 0.0.1 (Default branch)
* Payment Gateway Library 1.0 (Default branch)
* cppcheck 1.30 (Default branch)
* OpenGuides 0.64 (Default branch)
* gentoo 0.15.2 (Default branch)
* Presented By:
* XML-Grammar-Fortune 0.0108 (Default branch)
* Geneious 4.5.5 (Default branch)
* Parabuild 4.0.0 Beta (Early Access branch)

March 14, 2009, 16:55 EST

Slashdot
* Linux Takes Over E-Voting In Australian State
* Puzzle In xkcd Book Finally Cracked
* The Value of BASIC As a First Programming Language
* US Considers Some Free Wireless Broadband Service
* US Gamers Spend $3.8 Billion On MMOs Yearly
* The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack
* Google's Computing Power Refines Translation
* Jeff Jaffe Named CEO of W3C
* NewEgg Confirms Shipping Fake Core i7s
* Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week
* Best Resource For Identifying Legit Applications?
* Cisco Introduces a 322 Tbit/sec. Router
* Doctors Skirt FDA To Heal Patients With Stem Cells
* The Secret Origin of Windows
* Open Data Needs Open Source Tools

Search Slashdot

March 10, 2010, 05:31 EST

AviationWeek.com Homepage
* A320 Reengining All But Certain
* Lease Rates Stabilize, But Concerns Persist
* Shuttle Will Carry Small Commercial ISS Rack
* NASA To Conduct Adaptive-Wing Trials
* Delta Joins JetBlue On JFK Tarmac Waiver
* Air Jamaica Outlines Wet-Lease Plans
* UAL Requests DOT Clarification On Grants
* Agreement In Hand On A400M
* Lockheed CEO Stands By Company JSF Leadership
* Call For More Regional Maritime Cooperation
* MRO Strategies to Synchronize Uncertainties
* Diversity Helps Big Asian MROs
* Modernizing Maintenance IT
* Viking Twin Otter Nears Certification
* Snow Wrecks Hangars, Damages Jets At Dulles
* Cessna Jet Production To Drop To 225 In 2010
* Helicopters in the Big Apple
* Landing Gear Maintenance Tips
* DFW Reviews Aerotropolis Concept
* SITA Allows DHS To Vet Pax On Watch List
* Airports Welcome New Service From ExpressJet Air
* Hamas, Hezbollah Could Push Israel To War
* Snipers Zero-In On Longer-Range Kills
* Budget Raises Stakes For Weapons Platforms
* General: Prolonged War Will Require Better Satcom
* Congressman: Net-Centric Programs "Overpromised"
* Tests Show Apache Can Network With FCS, Army Says

March 10, 2010, 05:00 EST

Latest Science News Articles

* Evolutionary genetic relationships coming into focus
* Cocktails ward off the bulge
* Ancient Norse colonies hit bad climate times
* Chameleon tongues snappy even when cold
* Boys and girls differ in genetic response to what mom eats
* Gene linked to pain perception
* FOR KIDS: Whales may round up squid for dinner
* FOR KIDS: Charged cars that would charge
* Country ants make it big in the city
* Mature females key to beluga sturgeon survival
* Alcohol distills aggression in large men
* Geophysicists push age of Earth's magnetic field back 250 million years
* Arctic seafloor a big source of methane
* Researchers distinguish two different types of blood stem cells
* Aluminum superatoms may split water

March 09, 2010, 16:11 EST

BBC News
* Economic storm not over, says PM
* Berezovsky wins poison libel case
* Collider to shut down for a year
* US 'hid terror suspect treatment'
* More schools fail Ofsted checks
* Iran attacks US over Afghanistan
* Northern Rock sees reduced losses
* 'Bali bomber' killed in Indonesia
* Inmate reoffending 'costs £10bn'
* BA strike action talks under way
* Cars in rail 'Russian roulette'
* Oscar bosses defend Farrah Fawcett snub
* Victory embrace: students break record with day-long hug
* Onions ruled out of opening Test
* Bendtner response delights Wenger
* Life bans for Yousuf and Younus
* How can we reduce reoffending?
* Chickenpox row
* Phantom returns
* dot.Rory
* Dotcom Crash
* Fighting the tide
* Sleeping killers
* Torture death DNA swabbing starts
* Drink price plan 'will cost jobs'
* Chevron oil plant will stay open
* Journalist seeks SDLP nomination
* ANC wants Winnie Mandela clarity
* Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill'
* Jerusalem row clouds Biden visit
* China's exports see big increase
* Ashton sets out diplomatic vision
* Aid agency attacked in Pakistan
* Banking fraud 'moves to internet'
* Top public servants' pay frozen
* Call to halt NHS medical database
* Baby P rules 'may increase risks'
* Ring may be giant 'impact crater'
* Midweek 'chart' starts on Radio 1
* File-sharing sanctions 'unfair'

March 10, 2010, 05:42 EST

List of recently published journal articles
* PrePrint: Use of the IEEE Codes of Conduct to Resolve Legal Disputes
* PrePrint: Model-based Runtime Verification of Web Service Interface Contracts
* Computer - March 2010 (Vol. 43, No. 3)
* PrePrint: IntellBatt: The Smart Battery
* PrePrint: Parallelism via Multithreaded and Multicore CPUs
* PrePrint: A Roadmap for Comprehensive Requirements Monitoring

March 08, 2010, 05:00 EST

The Guardian World News
* Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder
* PM: I have character to lead recovery
* Sarkozy to warn Cameron on defence
* UK urges Karzai to start peace talks
* Clifford ends NoW action in £1m deal
* The last McQueen collection revealed
* Northern Rock customers in arrears
* My rage at this BBC calumny
* Venables posed trivial risk, psychiatrist said
* Five aid workers dead in Pakistan attack
* UK told US of terror suspect torture
* Israel sorry for timing of homes statement
* Pope's brother admits slapping school pupils
* Guardian Daily: A 999 calling
* Tornado hits western Oklahoma
* Guardian debate: Is Britain broken?
* 24 hours in pictures
* Nigerians bury massacre victims
* Britain set for 3D TV revolution
* Not smoking? There's an app for that
* Wenger: Bring on United or Chelsea
* Bent ends Sunderland's barren spell
* Industrial production falls amid snow
* Online banking fraud losses rise 14%
* Stress broadens men's sexual tastes
* Just ad hauteur
* Farmers look to improve crop yields
* The Innocent smoothies of politics
* Egypt's chilling conservatism
* Artes Mundi contenders go on show
* The Hurt Locker's Oscars high road
* Spot the dog and me
* Inside the house of robots
* Ask Tom: your dilemmas answered
* Clips of the month: mountain biking

March 10, 2010, 05:27 EST

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