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Last decade warmest ever: NASA
The past decade was the warmest ever on Earth, a new analysis of global surface temperatures released by NASA showed Thursday.

Tablets and netbooks to be electronics show stars
Sleeker, smarter mobile phones, tablets, and netbooks will be stars at next week`s premier Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, as firms bring out their latest gadgets to court the Internet crowd.

2009: the Year of Twitter and Facebook
Twitter, fueled by smartphones and online bursts of 140 characters, soared to lofty heights over the past year while Facebook eclipsed MySpace to become the world`s leading social network.

China author set to sue Google over web book scan
Chinese author Mian Mian, who shot to fame with lurid tales of sex, drugs and alcohol in the underworld, will sue Internet giant Google this week for copyright infringement, her lawyer said Monday.

Twitter hacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army'
Popular microblogging site Twitter was briefly shut down overnight, its home page replaced with an image claiming the site had been hacked by the "Iranian Cyber Army."

Iranian elections top Twitter topic for 2009
Iran`s controversial presidential election was the top Twitter topic in 2009, according to the wildly popular microblogging service.

Bing app for iPhones hits App Store
Microsoft announced that a Bing application tailored for Apple`s beloved iPhones has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival`s online App Store.

US university coding future of news
Personalized newscasts culled from the Web and presented by digital avatars. Baseball stories written by computers using raw data.

Octopus collects coconut shells, makes a house, stuns scientists
For the first time ever, Australian scientists have discovered astonishing evidence of an inveterbrate animal using a tool.

Shuttle crew prepares for return to Earth
Favorable weather conditions awaited the shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew on their expected return to Earth on Friday, after a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

Shuttle undocks from station, returns to Earth
The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday as it prepared its return to Earth.

Space station alarm delays Atlantis crew spacewalk
Two space shuttle Atlantis astronauts began the second of their mission`s three spacewalks Saturday for maintenance work and to install more high-tech gadgets outside the International Space Station.

French publishers slam new Google book proposals
French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

US computer glitch causes major flight delays
A glitch in a computer system in Atlanta, Georgia that pilots use to file flight plans was causing major air travel delays Thursday, the US Federal Aviation Administration said.

California sets new energy standards on TV sets
California on Wednesday became the first US state to set energy-efficiency standards for television sets, a move designed to save billion of dollars in energy costs.

NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars
NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.

Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent
Microsoft`s new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.

YouTube to connect 'citizen journalists' with media outlets
YouTube launched a free tool on Tuesday that allows news organizations to highlight newsworthy video footage from "citizen journalists" on their websites.

Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer
Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported.

 

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