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Today’s Internet is a place for getting things done, pushing aside the cyberflâneur — the heir to the flâneur culture of 19th-century France.

ITProPortal

Smartphone Sales Boom -- Who Needs A Laptop? PCWorld (blog) By Jeff Bertolucci, PCWorld Feb 4, 2012 12:04 PM Will your next laptop be a smartphone? The idea isn't as crazy as it sounds. In the coming decade, mobile phones will gain capabilities that make them suitable replacements for the conventional ... Report: Smartphone Shipments Overtake PCs in 2011PC Magazine Smartphone shipments outpaced PCs in 2011 for first timeComputerworld Canalys crowns Apple top Smartphone vendor in 2011 as iPad surges past PC growthApple Insider CNET -Register -Tom's Guide all 55 news articles »

USA TODAY

SpaceX launch will be a key test for NASA USA TODAY By Ledyard King, Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – NASA controllers and curious spectators won't be the only ones watching the upcoming launch of the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station. John Raoux, AP The SpaceX Falcon 9 ... SpaceX Successfully Test Fires Its SuperDraco Rocket EngineForbes Watch SpaceX test-fire its new engine...on the ground in TexasCNET SpaceX successfully tests SuperDraco rescue rocketsRegister Spaceflight Now -TG Daily -Discovery News all 51 news articles »

News Quench

Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Details Leak News Quench Rumors surfaced this week concerning Microsoft's upcoming mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8. The rumors come from a leaked video featuring Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft senior vice president and manager of the Windows Phone project, and include a ... Microsoft testing Skype Windows Phone client, expected at MWCThe Verge Windows Phone 8: Great, But Still Too Late?PC Magazine Amazon's Latest Hire Could Mean More Apps For KindleGizmodo IntoMobile -Tom's Guide -Mashable all 94 news articles »

The Hindu

Micron Technology Announces New Chief Wall Street Journal By a WSJ Staff Reporter Micron Technology Inc. announced Mark Durcan, 51, had been appointed chief executive replacing Steven Appleton, who was killed Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed at an airport near the company headquarters in ... Micron Names Mark Durcan Its CEOBloomberg Micron Names New CEO After Death of Former ChiefCNBC.com Micron board picks Durcan to lead company as CEOThe Idaho Statesman Reuters -BusinessWeek -Washington Post all 1,026 news articles »

Moneycontrol.com

Why Facebook may not be a wise investment Washington Post Facebook officially filed its IPO on Wednesday. The initial public offering is expected sometime in May and will value Facebook at $75 billion to $100 billion. The company generated $3.7 billion in 2011 revenue. As strong as this figure sounds at first ... IPO Euphoria, Without Much MemoryNew York Times Facebook's IPO Filing Pushes Zynga's Stock Prices Higher and HigherTechnorati Is this Facebook's great leap forward?The Guardian BusinessWeek -Wall Street Journal -Reuters all 276 news articles »

Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a "hacker" in a 479-word essay he wrote describing his company's philosophy of constant development and improvement.

A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government's website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic.

Fox News

Russian scientists eye mission to moon this decade Fox News Russia's space agency and training center for cosmonauts is launching a campaign to choose a new team of cosmonauts to train for a special mission, most likely for the moon this decade, Pravda.ru reported The selection is open to any Russian citizen ... Phobos-Grunt Falls From the Sky. Tim Worstall Not BlamedForbes Russia to Build Astrology Labs on the Moon by 2020DBKP - Death By 1000 Papercuts Is Russia's Space Program Viable?Voice of America Science AAAS -EE Times -UPI.com all 56 news articles »

On the HealthTap Web site, users can seek all kinds of free medical advice, and doctors can earn recognition and whimsical “awards” for providing the answers.

New York Times

The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message New York Times SAN FRANCISCO SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook's big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a world away, hobnobbing with the likes of Bill Gates and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Yes, Ms. Sandberg is Mark Zuckerberg's No. 2. And, yes, if all goes well, ... Facebook board of directors lacks diversityWashington Post Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Goes Public on ParentingForbes Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COOPursuitist The Atlantic Wire all 31 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Does Mars have life? New study says it's unlikely on the surface The State Column If there is life on Mars it is likely it is found far under the surface of the arid Red Planet, according to a study released Friday. A research team led by London's Imperial College has concluded that the surface of Mars has been arid for hundreds of ... Space voyages shouldn't become politically incorrectmsnbc.com Life on Mars? Not on the surfaceTG Daily Mars too dry for lifeTelegraph.co.uk Discovery News -RedOrbit -UPI.com all 39 news articles »

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 careers.

CTV.ca

At Long Last, Facebook Barron's By ANDREW BARY | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Facebook's shares could get a pop at the IPO, but as Google's experience shows, it's hard to maintain investor excitement over time, even with strong growth. The best businesses can be poor investments, ... Startup opportunities abound in wake of Facebook IPOCNET Facebook Used by Half of the World's Internet Users, Save AsiaPC Magazine Facebook Cites Google+, Mobile Shift Among Potential RisksBusinessWeek Wall Street Journal -Washington Post -USA TODAY all 927 news articles »

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Commercial ventures have been taking lots of small steps toward the next giant leap in spaceflight — and the federal government is helping them out.

A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A picture from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter paints the Red Planet in shades of blue, yellow and green — but there's a method in the madness.

The State Column

Latest Hubble photo may solve mysteries of the Milky Way The State Column NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a photo of a stunning spiral galaxy, the latest such image to make its way across the internet. The US space agency announced Friday that the telescope has captured an image of a “barred spiral” galaxy that ... Space Pictures This Week: Hubble Galaxy, Poet Nebula, MoreNational Geographic Hubble Telescope captures Milky Way galaxy's twinmsnbc.com Does the Milky Way galaxy have an evil twin?Christian Science Monitor BBC News -Hubble Space Telescope at ESA -TIME all 51 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Review: New Nokia Lumia 710 is quick, light The Seattle Times It's a modest device and easy-to-use. And one of the stronger points of the Lumia 710 is the Windows Phone 7 software. Compared with Android, Windows Phone 7 is generally a much more visually appealing and intuitive operating system. Nokia design chief hints at Lumia phones with NFC and wireless chargingThe Guardian How Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4Wired News Windows Phone 8: Great, But Still Too Late?PC Magazine SlashGear -Apple Insider -Los Angeles Times all 321 news articles »

USA TODAY

Micron Technology CEO Steve Appleton Dies in Airplane Crash San Francisco Chronicle 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 crashing an experimental plane in Boise, Idaho. He was 51. FAA issued safety warning on Appleton's planeNorthwest Cable News Remembering Steve Appleton's passion for education and technologyKIVI-TV Micron Chief Dies in CrashWall Street Journal Times of India -New York Times all 818 news articles »

Los Angeles Times

Apple's Australian suit vs. Samsung grows to 278 patent claims Los Angeles Times By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Apple's lawsuit against Samsung in Australia expanded Friday from three claims of patent infringement claims to 278, according to reports. The suit also grew from Apple singling out just one device -- Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 ... Explained: Apple's not-so-secret favorite patent argumentCNET Samsung, CSR, NFL, Elsevier, Motorola: Intellectual PropertyBloomberg Samsung Says EU Probe Will Find It CompliantWall Street Journal Apple Insider -Boston Globe all 56 news articles »

Sydney Morning Herald

European business news brief NewsOK.com BRUSSELS — The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws. Google publicized its new privacy rules — which ... EU wants a pause on Google privacy policyOutcome Magazine Lawmakers press Google on new privacy policyFox News EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policyReuters New York Times -InformationWeek -Washington Post all 605 news articles »

Globe and Mail

Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted US Call Over Investigation BusinessWeek By Michael Riley and Patricia Hurtado Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The US government said the online hacker group Anonymous intercepted a telephone call between FBI agents and UK authorities involving a joint investigation of the group. Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted U.S. Call Over InvestigationSan Francisco Chronicle Hackers take over Boston police website with 'OWS' message; Anonymous claims ...Washington Post Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard callMarietta Times MyBroadband all 1,688 news articles »

Amateur astronomers and students around the world are taking a close look at the asteroid Eros as part of a hands-on experiment to measure solar-system distances.

Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous.

Wired News

Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way, and the Art of the Founder's Letter Wired News By Steven Levy For a founder of a highly touted Internet company undertaking an IPO, the “Letter to Shareholders” in the S-1 prospectus has become a rarefied form of performance art. Going public is the purest capitalist act — a deep and unambiguous ... For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of lifeUSA TODAY all 155 news articles »

The Guardian

Apple Resumes Sales Of Devices In Germany After Injunction Wall Street Journal By Ian Sherr and Harriet Torry Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Some of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) mobile devices were briefly unavailable for sale in Germany on Friday, as part of ongoing patent arguments with Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. Apple, Motorola In Patent Struggle In GermanyNPR Apple iPads And iPhones Back On Sale In Germany After Patent DisputeForbes Apple dealt legal setbacks by Motorola in GermanyCNET all 372 news articles »

Are fourth-down attempts really a bad decision? Mathematics pounds this sort of conventional wisdom into the turf. Statistical analyses have shown that to give their team the best chance of winning, coaches should go for it more on fourth down. A lot.

Why should politicians support trips beyond Earth orbit? It's good for jobs in the short term, and good for our survival in the long term. Commentary by NBC News' Jay Barbree.

Scientists, online dating sites, your constantly irritated significant other and Wilhelm Hofmann at University of Chicago's Booth Business School could all save a lot of time over whether we are "addicted" to social media and/or our cellular devices.

Anonymous posted 3 gigabytes' worth of email correspondence by attorneys involved in the case of U.S. Marine Frank Wuterich, who recently pleaded guilty to killing two dozen unarmed Iraqi women and children in 2005.

New experiments on the International Space Station may reveal tips on fighting fires in space, and back here on Earth, too.

UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's sold something called "Tiger Bread" until Jan. 31. But on that day the bakery product was renamed to "Giraffe Bread," thanks to a 3 1/2-year-old girl's astute observation, a couple of letters and some help from the Internet.

In what is beginning to be a disturbingly common phenomenon, a young man in Asia has died, apparently due to prolonged gaming. According to Sky News and the AFP, the latest incident took place in New Taipei, Taiwan.

A new survey shows that Kindle Fire owners are happiest with the low cost of their devices, but among their gripes are a lack of volume buttons and a camera as well as a short battery life.

USA TODAY

No 'Facebook fatigue' for longtime users Reuters By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - So much for "Facebook fatigue." A survey released on Friday shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period - since its founding in 2004, say - show no sign that they have tired of ... Pew study finds Facebook users receive more warm fuzzies than they giveWashington Post Pew study: Facebook users don't follow golden ruleUSA TODAY Average Facebook Users Get More Than They GivePC Magazine Los Angeles Times all 453 news articles »

Globe and Mail

Startup opportunities abound in wake of Facebook IPO CNET by Marguerite Reardon February 2, 2012 1:58 PM PST Follow @maggie_reardon Facebook may dominate the social media landscape today with 845 million users, but experts say that instead of consolidating around the market leader, the social media landscape ... Facebook Cites Google+, Mobile Shift Among Potential RisksBusinessWeek How Facebook Makes Money Could ChangeWall Street Journal Facebook's $100 billion valuation may be vaporwaremsnbc.com PC Magazine -Los Angeles Times -The Daily News Online all 208 news articles »

Moneycontrol.com

Facebook Readies IPO Filing Wall Street Journal By SHAYNDI RAICE and RANDALL SMITH Facebook is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its initial public offering, a significant step toward what is likely to be one of the biggest-ever US public debuts. Zuckerberg May Sell $1.67 Billion in Facebook Stock to Pay TaxesBusinessWeek Its Chief's Big Tax Bill May Benefit FacebookNew York Times Zuckerberg's 2011 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billionRegister Wired News -Moneycontrol.com -Bloomberg all 8,367 news articles »

Gaze into the Helix Nebula's golden eye and see the other cosmic highlights of January 2012.