Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Pittsburgh Star.com http://www.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:20:30 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:20:30 -0500 30 Using a new technique, Layered Voice Analysis, can decipher whether CEOs are lying or not, a study reveals. http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248507/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:30:14 -0500 IANS http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248507/cs/1/ (Credit: Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Make Siri mad and she'll let you know. For you might not realize that she actually has large metal tentacles that can get right into your ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255363/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:49:36 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255363/ (Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) With the 2011 Jetta update, Volkswagen made some compromises to get the price low, but the GLI restores handling and power to this otherwise humble model. ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255366/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:49:34 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255366/ , proceeded to buy Facebook stock from her. Oh, perhaps I failed to mention that this lady allegedly told them that her daughter, thanks to her inside acquaintance, had been given $1 million worth ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255365/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:49:31 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255365/ iPad 2S. For years now, the Apple faithful have allowed their nervous systems to respond to these excitements. For years now, the rumors have been even lengthier and more outrageous than the launch ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255364/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:49:28 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255364/ Saygent conducted a survey asking 205 people for their Super Bowl predictions and then did a bit of data crunching using its voice response and analysis platform. Saygent's algorithm looked at ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255367/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:49:25 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255367/ (02-05) 11:16 PST Sydney, FL (AP) -- Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255316/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:34:51 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255316/ The California Franchise Tax Board is leaning on taxpayers and tax preparers to start complying with a widely ignored law that prevents property owners from deducting ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255317/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:34:45 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255317/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Olympus Corp., the Japanese camera maker suing 19 current and former executives over accounting fraud, will hold an emergency shareholders meeting on April 20, it said ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255252/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:24:48 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255252/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255251/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:24:45 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255251/ New Yorkers bathe in their cockiness. Which is odd for a city that enjoys the Knicks and the Mets. What, though, can one make of the fact that yesterday, the New York Giants Web site offered that ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203254159/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:12:44 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203254159/ Wi-fi is the most common and obvious solution for getting the Internet throughout your entire house. A single router broadcasts a wireless signal that passes through walls, floors, ceilings, and any ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255165/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255165/ Lexmark Prevail Pro705 The attractive Prevail Pro705 bundles a useful set of features for the office crowd, including wireless connectivity, an autodocument feeder and duplexer, speed text out and ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255253/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:59:01 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255253/ Thousands of fans attend AT&T Park for the annual Giants FanFest. The next big event is Feb. 18 when pitchers and catchers report for spring ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203254106/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:58:56 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203254106/ Namco Bandai's SoulCalibur V is now here for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and while it doesn't do much to advance the series or genre ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255254/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203255254/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s biggest makers of TVs, phones and chips say they’ll lose about $17 billion this year, about three-quarters of what Samsung Electronics Co. will spend on ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253488/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:51:06 -0500 Business Week http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253488/ Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia Oyj reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 1.07 billion euros. Analysts had predicted a loss of 90.3 million euros, the average of 23 estimates compiled by Bloomberg ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203254033/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:51:02 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203254033/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Telenor ASA, the Nordic region’s largest phone company, will write down 4.2 billion kroner ($721 million) on its Indian venture after the government said it will cancel ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253450/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:51:00 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253450/ I'm hoping the whole celebrity-branded headphone shtick will soon run its course, but I have to admit Monster's new Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones are pretty ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253047/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:38:55 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253047/ Sony PS Vita the other day. That's right, I plunked down a $50 deposit at a Gamestop near work, thereby earning the right to own Sony's new handheld game console the day it comes out here ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253046/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:38:52 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203253046/ are trying to cheat them out of millions of dollars. The issue: The Mieuli heirs want to sell their piece of the Niners, and they say the Yorks are lowballing them on the value of the team. The ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252988/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:59 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252988/ In this photo taken on Jan. 27, 2012 a cruise liner sails past the Giudecca canal in Venice, Italy. The fatal grounding of the Costa Concordia off the Tuscan coast has sharpened the focus on the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252989/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:44 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252989/ (02-05) 03:15 PST LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252990/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:36 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252990/ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at his meeting with local residents in the village Rosa in the Chelyabinsk region in the Ural Mountains, about 1500 kilometers (950 miles) east of ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252991/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:31 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252991/ Walker Evans' influence so suffused the work of younger artists that we can barely see what he produced on its own terms. We can sense the force of his example everywhere, from the photography ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252992/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:25 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252992/ Players step into the shoes of Lucy King, a 14-year-old girl enslaved at a plantation in Kentucky in 1848. By assuming Lucy's identity and making her decisions, kids experience life on a southern ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251559/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251559/ (02-05) 06:27 PST MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- The most popular protest song in Moscow today comes from burly men in blue berets, unlikely heroes of a peaceful middle-class movement challenging the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251472/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:41:56 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251472/ WASHINGTON, US (AFP) - Most people view the iPad as a slick multi-media entertainment platform, but Gregg Vanderheiden, a university professor, sees other potential uses for Apple's new ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252883/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:49 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252883/ HELSINKI - Europeans are increasingly using their cellphones for satellite navigation in cars, directly threatening the personal navigation industry, research firm comScore said Friday. Competition ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252885/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:47 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252885/ WASHINGTON - Countries negotiating a deal to curb trade in fake and pirated goods are close to reaching an agreement in talks that have raised concerns among digital rights advocates, U.S. trade ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252884/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:44 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252884/ TORONTO - Research in Motion Ltd says it is far from certain that video will become the "killer app" that defines smartphones, but even so the BlackBerry maker says developing more ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252886/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:41 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252886/ MAINZ, Germany - In 2000, at the height of the tech bubble, telecom operators fell over themselves to snap up 3G or third generation mobile licenses in an auction in Germany. In the hangover that ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252887/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:38 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252887/ WASHINGTON - The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may seek to block Google's purchase of mobile telephone advertising company AdMob on anti-trust grounds, The Wall Street Journal reported ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252888/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:36 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252888/ BEIJING: Cybercafes in China that admit three or more underage patrons will have their licences revoked under the government's latest effort to tighten controls on web access in the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252889/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:34 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252889/ The application, called ShowNearby Analytics, also allows aspiring entrepreneurs to find out the demographics of an area, to decide if they should set up shop there. This would, hopefully, shorten ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252890/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:31 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252890/ BEIJING: Google's ploy to avoid censoring its search results in China by rerouting traffic through its Hong Kong servers came in for severe criticism from netizens on Friday. Irate netizens ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252891/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:29 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252891/ WASHINGTON - Japan's Fujitsu has ceded rights to the "iPad" name to Apple, just in time for the tablet computer from the California company to hit US stores next month. Fujitsu ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252892/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:26 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252892/ HELSINKI - Top mobile phone maker Nokia has agreed to buy privately-held U.S. mobile browser firm Novarra to improve Web surfing on a wide range of its low-end and mid-range phones. Wireless ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252893/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:23 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252893/ AsiaOne Digital is taking on a whole new look - and it's happening today! Come this evening, AsiaOne readers will be able to see our new tech website, DigitalOne. With new sections, features ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252894/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:21 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252894/ 'Beware of lucky-draw scam via text message' (my paper, March 24). Recipients of text-message scams should be cautious and ask themselves two ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252895/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:19 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252895/ By Kenny Chee SHIPPING firms with tight budgets might not be able to afford expensive equipment to outfit all their vessels with broadband Internet. But a new service by telco SingTel could allow ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252896/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:15 -0500 Asia One http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203252896/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Appleton, who took charge of Micron Technology Inc. at 34 and went on to become the memory- chip industry’s longest-serving chief executive officer, died after ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251168/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:35:49 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251168/ contest aims to advance scientific research--while demystifying it for the general public--through visualizations. The National Science Foundation and the journal ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250308/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:23:01 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250308/ It sounds like a paradox. How could play — defined as ';apparently purposeless activity that’s fun to do and pleasurable'; — be vital for grim survival in such an often ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251171/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:20:22 -0500 ABC News http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251171/ the Giants prepared for their Super Bowl XLVI confrontation against the New England Patriots, Manning and some of his teammates and coaches were asked what his legacy might be if they win today. ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250259/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:09:03 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250259/ Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HSIt'll be love at first sight with the Canon Powershot ELPH 100 HS (MSRP $179.99). This pocket-sized, user-friendly point-and-shoot is the best camera for the money right ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251169/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203251169/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Telenor ASA has enlisted the help of the Norwegian government to protect its investment in India following the cancellation of 122 mobile-phone licenses by the nation’s ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249706/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:44:03 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249706/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Misys Plc, the U.K. software maker that failed to reach a deal to be taken over by Fidelity National Information Services Inc. last August, is in talks to merge with Temenos ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249837/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:44:01 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249837/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government said the online hacker group Anonymous intercepted a telephone call between FBI agents and U.K. authorities involving a joint investigation of the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250067/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:43:58 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250067/ To build their battery they sandwich a solid polyethylene oxide electrolyte between a lithium iron phosphate cathode and lithium titanate anode. All of these are thermoplastic materials, which can ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250166/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:36:44 -0500 New Scientist http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250166/ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250165/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:33:34 -0500 Reuters http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203250165/ 49ers from Stanford. "There's really no sentence that you could put Bill Walsh and Jim Harbaugh" together, he said. "I have a long way to go and a lot of work ahead of me before ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249374/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:17:28 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249374/ Spencer Levin remained in control at the PGA's Phoenix Open in front of the largest crowd in tournament history, shooting a 3-under 68 on Saturday to take a six-stroke lead into the final ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249375/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:17:21 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249375/ The best quarterbacks bring fans out of their seats. Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning did exactly that Saturday night when this season's NFL Most Valuable Player accepted the trophy from the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249376/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:17:14 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203249376/ HALF of us will own a smartphone before the year is out, sales figures are suggesting.Sales of iPhones, Galaxys, HTCs and Blackberrys went through the roof ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248413/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:21:36 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248413/ When Facebook cannonballs into the pool of publicly traded companies this year, most of the big money will belong to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and an elite group of 10 top executives ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248407/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:39:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248407/ I have glimpsed the future - and it looks a lot like free hot chocolate. Late last month, I ordered the beverage at Sightglass Coffee in SoMa, grabbed it from the counter and walked out without ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248408/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:39:03 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248408/ Most of Facebook Inc.'s more than 800 million users are women. You wouldn't know it from looking at the board, whose seven directors are all men. The disconnect puts the social-media ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248410/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:51 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248410/ (02-04) 16:46 PST Daly City -- The California Highway Patrol is searching for dark blue Prius and its driver following an incident this morning on Interstate 280 that resulted in the death of a San ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248409/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:45 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248409/ (02-04) 17:10 PST Redwood City -- A Redwood City elementary school teacher suspected of physically abusing two students was arrested today by Redwood City police. Alexia Aliki Bogdisis, 44, turned ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248411/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:39 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248411/ (02-04) 17:28 PST Oakland -- An Oakland man was shot and killed this afternoon by two other men who remain at large. The assault occurred at 2:40 p.m. on the 400 block of 105th Avenue, according to ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248412/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:33 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203248412/ , who has a black belt in Twitter and Facebook. Lupoi left Cal two weeks before the recruiting deadline for Washington. His best Cal recruit wound up at (drumroll, please) Washington. If Tedford ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203247453/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:27 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203247453/ This is London: Yellow construction cranes tower over inner-city building sites; popular gathering spots rumble with earth-moving equipment, along with the usual heaving masses of shoppers and ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203247454/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:38:22 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203247454/ Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203247308/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:08:25 -0500 Wired News http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203247308/ A week after a violent protest by Occupy Oakland marches resulted in more than 400 arrests, calm reigned tonight as a small crowd of about 100 marchers was turned away from the Oakland Police ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203245989/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:46:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203245989/ INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 01: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots answers questions from the press during a media availability session for Super Bowl XLVI at the University Place Conference ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243553/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:10:12 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243553/ The price of renewable power contracts signed by California utilities more than doubled from 2003 through 2011 but has now started to plunge, according to a long-awaited state report issued Friday. ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243552/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:10:06 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243552/ 1 of 2. Micron Technology Inc. COO Mark Durcan listens to a question during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17, ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243063/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:54 -0500 Reuters http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243063/ (Credit: Micron Technology) Steve Appleton mirrored the survivalist streak in the company he led. Micron Technology CEO Appleton died Friday at 51 years old when a ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242029/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:29:29 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242029/ But something from nothing, physicists are finding, may be the ultimate secret of the universe. "The surprising fact is that we live in a universe that has all the characteristics of being created ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242926/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242926/ Even a millimeter misdirection of a microphone or a minor adjustment in bass can mean the difference between a good recording and an inferior one to his ears. By the time a recording makes its way ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203240117/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:29:22 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203240117/ (02-04) 10:02 PST Hope Mills, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina deputies say they used a stun gun on a woman who blocked a McDonalds drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239975/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:22:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239975/ (02-04) 10:23 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a missing crabber from San Ramon whose boat was found off the coast near Ano Nuevo State Park. The 18-foot ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239976/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:22:14 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239976/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238861/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:47 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238861/ iPhone 4, but the iPhone 4S integrates Audience's "EarSmart" technology directly into the A5 processor, the company's S-1 filing said. The details answered a question that ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238646/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:10 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238646/ (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be officially live-streamed online this year. Viewers will be able to watch the Giants battle the Patriots on their ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238648/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:07 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238648/ (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you desire most right now? A drink? A cigarette? A nap? That hottie at the next table? Come on, be honest. What you really want to do this instant, ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238647/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:04 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238647/ (02-04) 10:18 PST San Francisco, CA (AP) -- Two casino-owning tribes in California have thinned their membership ranks over the last several months, cutting off scores of people from a share of ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238611/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:34:23 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238611/ Alzheimer's disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies find. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238612/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:34:18 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238612/ Lawmakers, administration officials and other policy makers with a role in deciding NASA spending will be watching as well. The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Cape ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239729/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:43 -0500 USA Today http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239729/ Recyclebank , for example, use game incentives, like points and rewards, to prompt consumers to perform eco-friendly activities. Other businesses offer awards like virtual badges to induce their ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238394/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:50 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238394/ EVERY sphere of life, it seems, can be turned into a game - including the way physicians offer medical advice and build a public ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238393/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:48 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238393/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- AutoTrader.com Inc., which runs a website linking buyers and sellers of new and used cars, is talking to banks about a potential initial public offering, a person with ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238392/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:33 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238392/ You certainly can't call the past few days boring for Apple. The company filled a vacancy left on its executive team, was handed a fairly major setback in a German court, and maybe had its ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236998/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:51:07 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236998/ If the New York Giants finish their season with a win in Super Bowl XLVI, they'll have a San Francisco high school cross country team and runner partially to thank. According to a story in the ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236954/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:36:07 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236954/ Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg,will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn't stopped telling the world how women should take responsibility for their ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236824/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:11:17 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236824/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Inotera Memories Inc. expects no impact on its operations after the death of Micron Technology Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235107/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:44 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235107/ , eventually pushing annual tablet volumes above those of traditional PCs. We have wondered whether Apple might offer an ARM-based version of MacBook Air at some point; we walked away from this ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235137/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:49 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235137/ (Credit: Audiobooks.com) Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time on long drives. Audiobook prices, on the other hand, are a great way to drain your wallet. For example, want to listen to ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235136/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:47 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235136/ (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it. As ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235138/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:44 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235138/ (Credit: Hammacher Schlemmer) Freshly squeezed orange juice is a refreshing delicious beverage that there almost never seems to be enough of. After all, it takes a lot of oranges to squeeze ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235139/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:40 -0500 Cnet http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235139/ Rover may yet get a reprieve in areas of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area where dogs were going to get the heave-ho. Park service representatives announced this week they are going to ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235089/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:18:31 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235089/ Las Vegas -- As Joseph and Christina Hetherton listened to Newt Gingrich speak this week at the Las Vegas factory where Joseph was laid off last summer, they thought about how their home could go ... http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235090/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:18:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.pittsburghstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235090/