Technology & Science

New AOL search deal with Google includes mobile

Washington Post

NEW YORK -- Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites under a new, five-year deal the companies signed this week. The agreement largely extends an arrangement that has been in place between...

Toshiba recalls 41,000 computers over risk of burns

CNN

Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users.The recalled models are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130 notebook computers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product...

PS3 hack ban upheld by court as free version released

BBC

Sony's battle to block the distribution of a hack for its PlayStation 3 (PS3) has been won in an Australian court but lost on the internet. The court ruled on Friday that a ban on distribution of the...

Novartis Malaria Drug May Yield First New Treatment in 30 Years

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Bloomberg

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- An experimental Novartis AG medicine that killed drug-resistant malaria in laboratory studies may become the first new class of treatment against the disease in 30 years, researchers said. The drug cured mice at lower...

IETF: AT&T's Net neutrality claim is 'misleading'

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CNET

The head of the Internet's leading standards body said Thursday that it is "misleading" for AT&T to claim that its push to charge customers for high-priority service is technically justified. Internet Engineering Task Force chairman Russ Housley told...

First looks at new iPod Nano, Touch, Apple TV, iTunes

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USA Today

Few if any major surprises emerged from Apple's press event here Wednesday. The crowd was more or less expecting a new iPod Touch with front and rear cameras and FaceTime video calling that makes it that much more...

HP outlasts Dell in bidding war for 3Par, but did it overpay?

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USA Today

Dell is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard for data-storage maker 3Par. Dell (DELL) said Thursday it won't match HP's (HPQ) offer to pay $33 per share for 3Par (PAR), or about $2.07 billion. Dell's...

NASA planning mission to visit the sun

CNET

We know it's hot up there, but NASA wants to know a bit more about the sun and its atmosphere. And so sometime before 2018, the agency intends to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere. This will...

Flying YouTube Packets Proves Visualization Can Make Anything Pretty

GIZMODO

Next time you're watching an inane YouTube video, close your eyes and imagine these graceful dots instead—each representing a packet sent between your computer and YouTube's servers. The video represents only 4 seconds of a RickRoll, slowed 12x.A...

Method to trace persistent CFCs

BBC

By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help track down persistent sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. The use of the refrigerants and aerosol propellants...

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