Feb 17 2009

Race For the "God Particle" Heats Up

SpuriousLogic writes “CERN is losing ground rapidly in the race to discover the elusive Higgs boson, its American rival claims. Fermilab say the odds of their Tevatron accelerator finding it first are now 50-50 at worst, and up to 96% at best. CERN’s Lyn Evans admitted the accident which will halt the B Large Hadron Collider until September may cost them one of the biggest prizes in physics.”

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Feb 17 2009

Second 'Google phone' is unveiled – BBC News


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Second 'Google phone' is unveiled
BBC News – 49 minutes ago
By Jason Palmer A second phone based on Google's operating system Android has been unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Vodafone signs exclusive deal for Google's new G2 phone Telegraph.co.uk
MWC 2009: Android Forgets To Join The Party InformationWeek
Mobile Web User – Softpedia – TechRadar UK – MocoNews
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Feb 17 2009

NORAD to Calgary: Watch out for space debris – CTV.ca


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NORAD to Calgary: Watch out for space debris
CTV.ca – 14 Feb 2009
It was enough of a concern that the North American Aerospace Defense Council — better known as NORAD — called the Canadian government to let them know that a piece of space debris was headed towards Calgary.
Space junk disaster narrowly averted Calgary CTV
Calgary dodges space junk Calgary Herald
Edmonton Sun – Canada.com – Canoe.ca – Canada.com
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Feb 17 2009

FEAR 2: Project Origin – bit-tech.net


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FEAR 2: Project Origin
bit-tech.net – 3 hours ago
I’m going to be pretty blunt here; this will be the third time that I’ve written about FEAR 2: Project Origin in the last ten days and it’sa fact that is going to affect this review in two ways.
FEAR 2: Project Origin TrustedReviews
'FEAR 2' debuts as 360 number one Digital Spy
EndSights – Boomtown – Escapist Magazine – Action Trip
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Feb 17 2009

Nokia to sell phones with Skype software – Reuters


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Nokia to sell phones with Skype software
Reuters – 2 hours ago
By Georgina Prodhan BARCELONA (Reuters) – Internet calling company Skype has secured a deal with Nokia under which the world's biggest phone maker will preload Skype software into some of its new smartphones starting from the third quarter of this year …
Nokia to preinstall Skype on handsets Register
Nokia Will Ship N97 Loaded With Skype Calling Software PC World
Inquirer – AsiaOne – CNET News – VNUNet.com
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Feb 17 2009

Second 'Google phone' is unveiled – BBC News


BBC News

Second 'Google phone' is unveiled
BBC News – 49 minutes ago
By Jason Palmer A second phone based on Google's operating system Android has been unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Vodafone signs exclusive deal for Google's new G2 phone Telegraph.co.uk
MWC 2009: Android Forgets To Join The Party InformationWeek
Mobile Web User – Softpedia – TechRadar UK – MocoNews
all 308 news articles
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Feb 17 2009

GAMBLING ON ICE – Canada.com

GAMBLING ON ICE
Canada.com – 4 hours ago
The US National Ice and Snow Data Center is expected to confirm Thursday that 2008's Arctic retreat as the second lowest on record after 2007.
Arctic survey group sets off Legalbrief (subscription)
Qikiqtarjuaq helps expedition prepare for Pole Northern News Services (subscription)
Daily Times – Boston Globe – Bradford Telegraph Argus – Canada.com
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Feb 17 2009

NORAD to Calgary: Watch out for space debris – CTV.ca


CTV.ca

NORAD to Calgary: Watch out for space debris
CTV.ca – 14 Feb 2009
It was enough of a concern that the North American Aerospace Defense Council — better known as NORAD — called the Canadian government to let them know that a piece of space debris was headed towards Calgary.
Space junk disaster narrowly averted Calgary CTV
Calgary dodges space junk Calgary Herald
Edmonton Sun – Canada.com – Canoe.ca – Canada.com
all 17 news articles
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Feb 17 2009

Apple moves to ban jailbreaking – bit-tech.net


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Apple moves to ban jailbreaking
bit-tech.net – 1 hour ago
The process of jailbreaking an iPhone or iPod touch will be made illegal, if the US Copyright Office sides with Apple. Jailbreaking might be the best thing you could do to your newly-purchased iPhone, but there are people out there who don't want you …
Copyright battle over iPhone jailbreaks ZDNet
Free Your iPhone Softpedia
National Business Review – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – IT Examiner – IntoMobile
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Feb 17 2009

FEAR 2: Project Origin – bit-tech.net


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FEAR 2: Project Origin
bit-tech.net – 3 hours ago
I’m going to be pretty blunt here; this will be the third time that I’ve written about FEAR 2: Project Origin in the last ten days and it’sa fact that is going to affect this review in two ways.
FEAR 2: Project Origin TrustedReviews
'FEAR 2' debuts as 360 number one Digital Spy
EndSights – Boomtown – Escapist Magazine – Action Trip
all 10 news articles
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