Thursday, June 16, 2011

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Sci/Tech News


Pandora Shares Crushed in Second Day of Trading - New York Times

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:23 PM PDT


New York Times

Pandora Shares Crushed in Second Day of Trading
New York Times
A bad buzz surrounded Pandora Media's shares on Thursday, as the online radio company's stock price plummeted 24 percent, below its initial public offering price. Pandora's shares closed on Thursday at $13.26, after having ...
Pandora shares plunge; IPO investors suffer lossesReuters
Pandora shares sink below offer priceAFP
Pandora IPO debacle: Shares plunge following debutCNET
International Business Times -Marketing Pilgrim -Bloomberg
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Obama's CIO quits - Computerworld

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:54 PM PDT


Computerworld

Obama's CIO quits
Computerworld
Computerworld - WASHINGTON - The first person ever appointed as the CIO of the federal government, Vivek Kundra, is resigning after two and a half years on the job, the White House said Thursday. ...
Q&A: Gartner Government VP Sounds Off On Federal CIO DepartureCRN
White House CIO Vivek Kundra quitsVentureBeat
Sources Vivek Kundra leaving White HousePolitico
Bloomberg -Register -ThirdAge
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RIM Announces Layoff Plan As Products Delayed - PC Magazine

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:46 PM PDT


BBC News

RIM Announces Layoff Plan As Products Delayed
PC Magazine
Research in Motion reported a decline in profits on Thursday, although the company shipped more PlayBook tablets than expected. RIM also said product delays would force a series of layoffs, which executives called a "streamlining". ...
RIM Slashes Guidance, Cites Continuing ChallengesWall Street Journal
RIM Says Q2 Forecast Is Lower Than ExpectedPCWorld
RIM Forecast Misses on Lack of BlackBerrysBloomberg
CNET -Reuters -The Associated Press
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FT's Web App Strategy Thwarts Apple Store - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

FT's Web App Strategy Thwarts Apple Store
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Financial Times's recent move to pull its iPad readers out of the Apple ecosystem appears to be going well. More than 100000 people have accessed the FT's Web-based app for the iPad and iPhone since the Pearson PLC publication ...
Is Facebook Secretly Planning to Bypass Apple on iPhones and iPads?PC Magazine
Facebook going Spartan to take on Apple?CNET
How Facebook's secret photo-sharing app might workmsnbc.com
PCWorld -Fortune -Los Angeles Times
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Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash - Reuters

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 01:45 PM PDT


National Geographic

Black hole shreds star, sparking gamma ray flash
Reuters
An artist's impression of a growing supermassive black hole located in the early Universe is seen in this NASA handout illustration released on June 15, 2011. By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, ...
Powerful cosmic blast as black hole shreds starBBC News
Black Hole Caught Eating a Star, Gamma-Ray Flash HintsNational Geographic
Amazing rays as star succumbs to dark sideSydney Morning Herald
USA Today -New York Times -AFP
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Feature: A whole new world: Ars reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1 - Ars Technica

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT


ComputerShopper.com

Feature: A whole new world: Ars reviews the Galaxy Tab 10.1
Ars Technica
When it released the original Galaxy Tab last year, Samsung became one of the first mainstream hardware vendors to deliver an Android tablet. With its new Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung kept the Galaxy Tab name ...
Performance speeds: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs. Apple iPad 2CNET
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (16GB)ComputerShopper.com
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 hits US retailers tomorrow, TouchWiz UX coming in ...Engadget
WirelessGround.com Blog (blog) -Tom's Guide -TechnoBuffalo
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LulzSec hackers may have Ohio link - Dayton Business Journal

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:02 PM PDT


Sydney Morning Herald

LulzSec hackers may have Ohio link
Dayton Business Journal
LulzSec hacker group may have ties to Ohio, and has targeted the CIA as its next cyber victim. The hactivist group LulzSec that claims to be behind recent high-profile computer hacker attacks may have connections to Ohio. It's not known for sure, ...
Danger: hackers at workThe Guardian
LulzSec Claims Credit For CIA Site TakedownInformationWeek
Report: US Senate site hacked againCNET
Reuters -Washington Post -Computerworld
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Microsoft Releases Kinect for Windows SDK Beta - eWeek

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 01:34 PM PDT


Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Microsoft Releases Kinect for Windows SDK Beta
eWeek
Microsoft has released its Kinect for Windows SDK beta, opening its hands-free gaming technology to developers and researchers. Microsoft has released its Kinect for Windows SDK beta, bringing the motion-control and voice-recognition technology to ...
Microsoft Kinect SDK set to advance user interfacesGigaOm
Kinect SDK Now Available to AllGamePro.com
Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows SDKLos Angeles Times
DVICE -MarketWatch -PC Magazine
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