Google wants to own the future of mobile software, including office suite software, but Zoho launched a new capability to run its very solid, browser-based mobile apps on all major platforms, not just iPhone and BlackBerry. The SoHo suite supports iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian.
mmmscience sends along coverage from the Examiner on evidence that some dinosaurs survived the extinction event(s) at the end of the Cretaceous period. Here is the original journal article. “A US paleontologist is challenging one of the field’s greatest theories: the mass extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period. Jim Fassett, a paleontologist who holds an emeritus position at the US Geological Survey, recently published a paper in Palaeontologia Electronica with evidence that points to a pocket of dinosaurs that somehow survived in remote parts New Mexico and Colorado for up to half a million years past the end of the Cretaceous period. If this theory holds up, these dinosaurs would be the only ones that made it to the Paleocene Age.”
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The Swedish telecom operator Tele 2 plans to erase all data identifying its 600,000 customers, a decision that will undermine the new IPRED law and make the hunt for internet scofflaws more difficult.
david_adams writes “All the recent talk about various polls and elections being pranked or hijacked, serious and silly alike, prompted me to write an article about the technical realities behind online polling, and the political fallout of ever becoming subject to online voting for serious elections. Even if we were to be able to limit voting to legitimate, legal voters, the realities of social networking and the rise of Internet-based movements would dramatically alter the political landscape if online voting were to become commonplace.”
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Binestar was one of several readers writing in to note that Microsoft is listing IE8 as a critical update to Windows XP. CNet reported a couple of weeks back that Microsoft would be rolling our IE8 to users in a gradual fashion, and requiring an opt-in before installing it. Opinion has been split as to whether IE8 is worth installing or not. Binestar notes delicately, “For those not interested in upgrading to IE8 at this time, the MSDN released information back in January on how to keep IE8 off your machine.”
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Flu May Have Spread Within New York City
New York Times By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS The swine flu outbreak in New York may have spread beyond one school in Queens – where victims now are estimated to number in the hundreds – to pockets across the city, including at least two other schools, officials said on … Video: Stratford man may have swine flu Don't call it swine flu, farmers complain |
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Specter's departure highlights Republican divide
Los Angeles Times Some party leaders see his move as purely election-driven; others as a signal that they need to be more inclusive. But a recent poll says GOP voters want to move further right. Video: Specter Shocks Capitol Hill, Becomes a Dem Analysis: Specter leaves a shrinking GOP tent |
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Queries over Pakistan's ability to hold onto terrain
Radio Australia The military says it will take up to a week to clear an estimated 500 militants from Buner district near the Swat Valley. It follows an attack on the Taliban in nearby Lower Dir on the weekend … that forced more than 30-thousand people to flee their … Video: Taliban On The Defense Taleban advance is halted by Pakistan's combined air and ground … |
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Flu May Have Spread Within New York City
New York Times By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS The swine flu outbreak in New York may have spread beyond one school in Queens – where victims now are estimated to number in the hundreds – to pockets across the city, including at least two other schools, officials said on … Video: Stratford man may have swine flu WTNH Q+A – How serious is swine flu? How bad could it get? Reuters Globe and Mail – AFP – CNN – Xinhua all 37,769 news articles |
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Bruising Stimulus Battle Redefined Obama's Approach to Governing
Washington Post By Scott Wilson The Republican senator from Pennsylvania would not answer his phone. Not for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Pennsylvania Gov. Video: The Next 100 Days CBS Obama Finds That Saving on Copters Could Be Costly New York Times CNN – Reuters – AFP – Times Online all 3,516 news articles |
