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Facebook Connect Disappears from iTunes Ping

Mashable - 6 hours ago
Late last evening, Apple released iTunes 10 and its new Ping social network to the public. Assuming you were able to access the service , you may have noticed the ability to add friends via Facebook ...

Apple TV: I Love It and I Hate It

PC World - 7 hours ago
The big "one more thing" moment from today’s Apple event was the announcement of the new Apple TV device , which vastly improves features from its last version by including streaming video services, ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. the iPad: Compare For Yourself

PC World - 5 hours ago
The Android vs. Apple battle has officially made its way into the world of tablets. Samsung took the wraps off its new Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet on Thursday.

HP and 3Par Sign Definitive Merger Agreement

PC World - 5 hours ago
Hewlett-Packard and 3Par have signed a definitive agreement for HP to buy the California storage vendor for US$2.35 billion, the companies said Thursday.

AOL vs. Yahoo: A Tale of Two Search Deals

New York Times - 7 hours ago
You know things are bad when AOL’s search business looks better than yours. That’s the position in which Yahoo finds itself.

First Look: Official Twitter App for iPad Feels Smooth as Butter

Wired News - 10 hours ago
The official Twitter app for iPad is finally here, and star developer Loren Brichter has polished yet another gem. Formerly called Tweetie , Brichter’s popular iPhone app impressed the big wigs at ...

HOW TO: Track Hurricane Earl Online

Mashable - 4 hours ago
Hurricane Earl is expected to wreak some havoc on the East Coast this Labor Day weekend. According to the the National Hurricane Center , Earl is expected “pass near the North Carolina outer banks ...

Science's policy clout diminished, but oil risk looms large, study finds

ScienceDaily - 3 hours ago
— More people are likely to believe scientific studies claiming that oil drilling is riskier, not safer, than was previously thought, according to a new study of attitudes in California.

New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning

ScienceDaily - 4 hours ago
— There is yet no straightforward way to determine the optimal dose level and treatment schedules for high-dose radiation therapies such as stereotactic radiation therapy, which is used to treat ...

Computer models suggest treatments for fractures that won't heal

ScienceDaily - 4 hours ago
— New models, reinforced by in vivo experimentation, show why 5-10% of bone fractures don't heal properly, and how these cases may be treated to restart the healing process.

Long term use of oral bisphosphonates may double risk of esophageal cancer, study finds

ScienceDaily - 3 hours ago
— People who take oral bisphosphonates for bone disease over five years may be doubling their risk of developing oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet), according to a new study published online ...

Clustered Networks Spread Behavior Change Faster

Wired News - 7 hours ago
Unlike infectious diseases and news, behavior change spreads faster through online networks that have many close connections instead of many distant ties.

Cigarette smoke may contribute to lung inflammation through a new chemical pathway

ScienceDaily - 4 hours ago
— Cigarette smoke shuts off a key enzyme in airways that regulates the body's response to inflammation, according to findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published online in Science ...

Rosh Hashana traditions, with twists

Chicago Tribune - 16 minutes ago
The Jewish New Year meal is built on Talmudic guidance and symbolism. But there are different ways of incorporating the foodstuffs.

Five 'must-haves' to make professional cocktails at home

Independent - 2 hours ago
The slow food, locavore movement coupled with economic uncertainty has helped create an increase in at-home entertaining. Here are five tips to take your home bar to the next level.

The tin can revolution: The humble invention that changed the way we live

Independent - 5 hours ago
There are certain objects which stay the course of changing fashion, outlast the generation that conceived them and become part of our landscape – both internal and external.

'Eataly' temple to Italian cuisine opens in New York

Independent - 5 hours ago
From mozzarella made on the premises to a cooking school, bookstore and seven restaurants, the sprawling "Eataly" food emporium opened its doors here this week to spread its basic message: "eat ...

Ashley Judd finds cause in Congo

CNN - 16 minutes ago
Editor's note: Ashley Judd traveled to eastern Congo, her second time to the region, with John Prendergast of the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress ( http://www.enoughproject.org/ ).

Transportation chaos hits Seoul as typhoon strikes

CNN - 16 minutes ago
(CNN) -- Typhoon Kompasu hit central South Korea Thursday morning, causing much of the metropolitan area's subway service to halt, toppling trees and resulting in widespread power outages along the ...

mTrip app blends tech with travel reality

Chicago Tribune - 6 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The new application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.

Bumper-to-bumper again as epic China traffic jam returns

Independent - 6 hours ago
A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said.

Hungry Elephants Are No Match for Fearless Ants

Discovery - 3 hours ago
African farmers have an unusually large and bulky pest problem: elephants. These enormous creatures trample over fences, ignore loud noise-deterrents, and nonchalantly feast on a wide array of crops, ...

Mass Extinctions Change the Rules of Evolution

Wired News - 9 hours ago
A reinterpretation of the fossil record suggests a new answer to one of evolution’s existential questions: whether global mass extinctions are just short-term diversions in life’s preordained course, ...

How the male common snipe 'flies the flag' to get the girl

ScienceDaily - 3 hours ago
— A new study -- using high speed video and feathers bought on ebay -- shows that when the male snipe sticks out his outer tail feathers, they flutter like flags in the wind, producing a highly ...

The Faces of Fashion Week

New York Times - 4 hours ago
Now that we’re practically on a first-name basis with Doutzen, Lakshmi and Anja, it’s time we meet Bambi, Fei Fei and Kat.

How to get on the property ladder...finally

Independent - 5 hours ago
It was once a cliché but now it is a truism – it has never been more difficult for first-time buyers to get on to the housing ladder.

50,000 of the latest household products on show

Independent - 2 hours ago
Boys' and girls' lunch boxes, fashionable steel wine racks, children's highchairs and a 'dumb waiter' in the shape of the puppet from horror movie Saw , are some of the latest designs in household ...

'I was stolen from my mother': The deeply disturbing truth about forced adoption

Dailymail - 4 hours ago
By Julia Lawrence Last updated at 1:22 AM on 3rd September 2010 Winona was told her mother didn't love her - and was handed to another family. Nine years later, they were reunited via Facebook.

Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest

Associated Press - 7 hours ago
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.

Irish crowd pelt Gun N' Roses after lengthy wait

Reuters - 35 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES | Thu Sep 2, 2010 11:32pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American rock band Guns N' Roses incurred the wrath of a crowd in Ireland after showing up almost an hour late -- and then left the ...

Rolling Stone review: 'Machete'

CNN - 7 hours ago
( Rolling Stone ) -- This unholy mess replaces the artful ambition of "The American" with torture, blood spray, kinky sex, twisted fun and a bizarro critique of U.S. policy on illegal immigration.