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Jumbo squid ink-jet their way to Newport Beach

Jumbo squid ink-jet their way to Newport Beach

Braedon Flynn got the text Friday from his friend Ryan Lawlor: Jumbo squid had invaded the waters off Newport Beach.
Flynn, a Newport Beach native who had been around fishing all his life, had never encountered the oversized creatures. Lawlor, who’d tangled with them a few years ago off San Diego, promised to call Flynn if [...]

Apple sets Jan. 27 event to show ‘our next creation’

Apple sets Jan. 27 event to show ‘our next creation’

Computerworld -  Apple Inc. on Monday invited journalists to a Jan. 27 press event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco — a move sure to fuel growing speculation about the prospect of an Apple tablet.
The invitation to the event, which begins at 10 a.m. Pacific time, offers no clues [...]

Asian pollution worsens US air levels: study

Asian pollution worsens US air levels: study

PARIS — Pollution from Asia is boosting levels of ozone in the skies above the western United States, a trend that could hamper US efforts to meet tougher smog standards, experts said on Wednesday.
Their study focuses on data for ozone in springtime above western North America at an altitude of between three and eight kilometers [...]

Twitter, Facebook users respond to Haiti crisis

Twitter, Facebook users respond to Haiti crisis

An appeal to help victims of the Haiti earthquake is breaking all records, fuelled by the power of social media.
Type “Haiti” into Twitter, Facebook or Youtube and you soon encounter a message from @redcross sent at 05:38 GMT on Jan 13.
In less than 48 hours, the American Red Cross had received more than $35m in [...]

Google Nexus One users report poor 3G access

Google Nexus One users report poor 3G access

Google’s new Nexus One is generating a steady flow of complaints from users who are griping that their connections are dropping from 3G to T-Mobile’s slower 2G Edge network
The device operates on T-Mobile’s network, which, like many wireless carriers, has been hard pressed to keep up with the streams of data generated by new generations [...]

Egyptian tomb find suggests pyramid builders weren’t slaves

Egyptian tomb find suggests pyramid builders weren’t slaves

Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Egypt’s discovery of a group of ancient tombs of workmen who built the Pyramids of Giza suggests that the workers who built the final resting place of the Pharaohs weren’t slaves, the Culture Ministry said today.
The tombs which date back to the reigns of Pharaohs Khufu and Khafra are part of [...]

‘Once in a blue moon’ this New Year’s Eve!

‘Once in a blue moon’ this New Year’s Eve!

There will be a blue moon on Thursday as New Year’s Eve revellers welcome in 2010 – the first time since 1990 that a blue moon has coincided with New Year’s Eve.
A blue moon – the second full moon in a calendar month – occurs only every 2½ years on average. This month, full moons [...]

With rescue of stranded couple in Oregon, can you trust your car’s GPS?

With rescue of stranded couple in Oregon, can you trust your car’s GPS?

The rescue of a Nevada couple stranded for three bone-chilling nights on a snowy backroad in eastern Oregon raises a question: Can you trust your car’s GPS unit?
The answer, in a nutshell, is no. On a long trip, you better back up your vehicle’s global positioning system with maps, asking for directions and common sense, [...]

Blackberry service down (again)

Blackberry service down (again)

Research In Motion’s Blackberry e-mail service suffered a significant outage for the second time in as many weeks.
“Some Blackberry customers in the Americas are currently experiencing delays in message delivery,” RIM said in a statement.
“Our technical teams are actively working to resolve this issue for those impacted. We apologize for any inconvenience,” RIM said.
The [...]

Norway spiral: A rocket scientist explains the mystery

Norway spiral: A rocket scientist explains the mystery

Some may have thought it was a prelude to a close encounter of the third kind. But evidence quickly emerged that it was probably a result of a Russian ballistic missile test.
While almost everyone who saw the video of a luminous spiral of gas in Norway at dawn on Wednesday agreed it was beautiful, UFO [...]

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