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Warren and Sara Wilson's company, Princeton Vanguard, makes Pretzel Crisps.

Should the government restrict where civilian drones can fly and film, to protect people’s privacy?

Warren and Sara Wilson's company, Princeton Vanguard, makes Pretzel Crisps.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: One of the world's top experts on primates says we could learn a few things from our evolutionary cousins when it comes to economic inequity.

Thirty thousand years after their burial on the Siberian tundra, immature fruits have been cultivated into small, weedy plants — the oldest successful regeneration of a living plant from ancient tissue.

John Glenn says being able to speak live with the International Space Station was a "great surprise" as he celebrated the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight.

Your privacy is gone. It's not coming back. A report that Target accidentally disclosed a teen's pregnancy to her father shows the logical extreme to which retailers can take the search for customer information.

Cracking the most secure codes in existence might require a computer farm covering much of North America to run at full speed for 10 years, even if it did not consume all of the Earth's energy in a single day.

Nielsen finds that 66 percent of those in the 24- to 34-year-old age group have smartphones, representing "the greatest proportion of smartphone ownership" of any age group.

YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.

Archaeologists are beginning restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt's main tourist attractions.

Iranians faced a second and more extensive disruption of Internet access Monday, just a week after email and social networking sites were blocked, raising concerns about state censorship ahead of parliamentary elections.

Freaking out about monitoring every tweet and text of your teen? Why not instead work on real-world relationships that help them navigate the brave new virtual world?

Fifty years after it first launched an astronaut on a trip around the Earth, NASA finds itself in need of a new generation of spaceships.

When John Glenn launched on the United States' first orbital spaceflight 50 years ago today (Feb. 20), NASA scientists weren't sure where he'd come down — or if he'd even survive the trip.

In the old days, presidents had to rely on written messages and speeches to get their thoughts across. But what if there had been Twitter?

John Glenn says being able to speak live with the International Space Station was a "great surprise" as he celebrated the 50th anniversary of his historic spaceflight.

Fifty years ago today (Feb. 20), John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, relied on ground stations located across the planet to communicate with his control team. But after his Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, safely splashed down, it was another type of station that took over tracking his historic mission: U.S. post offices.

Sharks have a reputation for being ruthless, solitary predators, but evidence is mounting that certain species enjoy complex social lives that include longstanding relationships and teamwork.

Greek police say they have arrested an Athens schoolboy and identified two more suspected of a computer hacking attack on the Justice Ministry website this month.

For parents looking for homework help, or to inspire kids with presidential examples beyond George Washington and Abraham Lincoln this Presidents' Day, you can take your young learner on a fun and educational meet-and-greet with the 44 U.S. presidents using these apps.

Apple's latest OS X update, Mountain Lion, adds a slate of new features, nearly all derived from iOS 5. There's one big omission, however: Siri, Apple's voice-controlled virtual assistant, does not make the migration from mobile to desktop.

The Fiscal Times

In Google's New Privacy Policy, a Push for Profits The Fiscal Times By STAFF, Knowledge@Wharton George Costanza would hate Google's new privacy policy. The "Seinfeld" character was distressed enough when his fiancée started hanging out with a friend of a friend, bringing separate parts of his life into contact and ... Q+A: The complex interplay of social media and privacyReuters The complex interplay of social media and privacyMoneycontrol.com Must you be scared of Google, FB? CertainlyFirstpost UT The Daily Texan -MyBroadband -Omaha World-Herald all 52 news articles »

The Hindu

Why Apple Won't Merge OS X and iOS Anytime Soon PC Magazine Apple's new OS X Mountain Lion integrates many iOS features, but the two operating systems will remain freestanding for the near future. By Tim Bajarin An interesting rumor floating around the Valley lately is that Apple is on track to merge OS X and ... Preview: OS X Mountain LionCNET OS X Mountain Lion to be only available from the App StoreMoneycontrol.com Mountain Lion: Hands on with Notification CenterComputerworld Washington Post -Wired News -ABC News all 381 news articles »

CNET

LG's Optimus Vu has 5-inch 4:3 display CNET By Aloysius Low on Feb 20, 2012 LG's latest smartphone/tablet, the Optimus Vu, certainly looks familiar. While it has a 5-inch IPS display with a 4:3 aspect ratio, it's outward appearance shares much in common with recently announced Prada phone by LG ... Battle of the Big Android Phones: LG Announces 5-inch Optimus VuPC Magazine LG Shows Off 5.5-inch Optimus VuPCWorld Hands on: Samsung's Galaxy Note engages, perplexesComputerworld Los Angeles Times -Moneycontrol.com -Forbes all 228 news articles »

ITProPortal

Best Android alternatives to iPod Touch San Francisco Chronicle The good: The Galaxy Player 5.0 offers most of the capabilities of Samsung's popular Android smart phones on a large, 5-inch screen. The bad: Either a 7-inch tablet or an Android smart phone would be more useful and potentially less expensive. Should You Buy The Samsung Galaxy S2 Or Wait For S3? Neither.MotoringCrunch Official Samsung Android 4.0 update listandroidandme.com iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Samsung Galaxy Nexus Down To £450ITProPortal BGR India -PC World Magazine -Android Community all 53 news articles »

Sydney Morning Herald

Scientists create working transistor from a single atom Digitaltrends.com Researchers from the University of New South Wales, Purdue University and the University of Melbourne have achieved a breakthrough in computing by creating a working one-atom transistor, beating Moore's Law's prediction by eight years. Nano-transistor breakthrough to offer billion times faster computerSydney Morning Herald Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single AtomNew York Times Transistor Made Using a Single Atom May Help Beat Moore's LawBusinessWeek Times of India -AFP -World Science all 156 news articles »

CTV.ca

John Glenn reunites with 50-year-old Mercury team Maui Weekly AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight. The first American to orbit the Earth thanked the approximately 125 ... Reconsider Space Program ChangesWheeling Intelligencer After 50 years, Glenn's flight still stirs US spiritCincinnati.com Half a century ago today, John Glenn became a national heroFort Worth Star Telegram msnbc.com -New York Times -USA TODAY all 1,057 news articles »

USA TODAY

Former NASA agent toils to find missing moon rocks USA TODAY By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY Of the 370 moon rocks collected during two missions in 1969 and 1972, 184 are missing - and Joseph Gutheinz Jr. is looking for them. The Texas-based lawyer and former NASA agent is known as the "moon rock hunter," the BBC ... What has happened to Nasa's missing moon rocks?BBC News X-rays reveal why the Moon has no volcanoesio9 Why the Moon has no active volcanoesWired.co.uk EurekAlert (press release) all 10 news articles »

New York Times

Pressure, Chinese and Foreign, Drives Changes at Foxconn New York Times BEIJING — The announcement Saturday that Foxconn Technology — one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers — will sharply raise salaries and reduce overtime at its Chinese factories signals that pressure from workers, international markets and ... Apple iPad plant conditions better than the norm: agencyReuters Foxconn to Increase Workers' Wages in ChinaPCWorld Foxconn Auditor Finds 'Tons of Issues'Bloomberg PC Magazine -BusinessWeek all 495 news articles »

Globe and Mail

U.S. lawmakers call on FTC to investigate Google over Safari cookies ITworld.com February 20, 2012, 12:35 AM — Three lawmakers from the US House of Representatives have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether last week's report of privacy violations of Safari users by Google violated a consent agreement the ... Privacy brouhaha reveals Google's split personalityCNET Google's Privacy Invasion: It's Your FaultInformationWeek Google Busted With Hand in Safari Browser Cookie JarWired News PC Magazine -Washington Post all 239 news articles »

AppAdvice

Apple Launches 'Start Developing iOS Apps Today' Guidebook PC Magazine By David Murphy "So you want to be an App Developer," is exactly how Apple's new "Start Developing iOS Apps Today" guide should read. It doesn't, but that doesn't detract from the important information Apple's built into its new thirteen-step guidebook ... 10 Steps To Smartphone PrivacyInformationWeek Smartphone Security BlanketsNew York Times 5 Best New Apps Worth Downloading This Week [PICS]Mashable San Jose Mercury News -Macgasm -Manila Bulletin all 38 news articles »

Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The first-ever hamburger to come from a lab instead of a dead animal is due to be served this fall after a $330,000 development effort.

A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has rumbled to life and is at risk of a sudden explosion, scientists said on Sunday.

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Microbiologists are starting to make sense of the tens of thousands of samples they've collected from around the world.

Living in the world of social networking and mobile smartphones means trading away some of your personal information.

This week's revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies.

A Kenyan chief in a town far from the bustling capital foiled a predawn robbery recently using Twitter, highlighting the far-reaching effects of social media in areas that don't have access to the Internet.