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Google came up with "Don't be evil" in 2000, but recently the company, now with $38 billion in revenue, has had to counter complaints that it invaded consumer privacy. Is it possible for a company that has grown big and faces aggressive competitors to not appear evil?

Telegraph.co.uk

France Télécom to Use Intel Chips Wall Street Journal By SHARA TIBKEN and DON CLARK Intel Corp. has netted a smartphone win in the European market, with France Télécom 's Orange unit becoming the third company to announce plans to use the Silicon Valley company's chips for the mobile devices. Orange to offer smartphone with 'Intel Inside'Reuters France Telecom Preps Orange-Branded Smartphone With Intel ChipBusinessWeek Orange to Release Intel-based Santa Clara SmartphonePCWorld VentureBeat -Daily Disruption all 60 news articles »

msnbc.com

'Nomad planets' may pack the Milky Way The State Column “Nomad planets” may fill the Milky Way, according to a new study by researchers at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC). “Nomad planets” are special because they do not orbit a star like Earth, but wander through space ... Researchers say galaxy may swarm with 'nomad planets'Stanford Report Nomad Alien Planets May Fill Our Milky Way GalaxySpace.com Galaxy is teeming with homeless planetsRegister National Geographic -CNET -msnbc.com all 54 news articles »

GameZone

Free Gotham City Impostors DLC for Xbox 360 Now Available Just Push Start Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced today that free DLC is now available for Gotham City Imposters on the Xbox 360. Don't worry PC and PS3 gamers, the same free DLC for the game will be released for you guys ... (Free) DLC Infiltrating Gotham City ImpostorsEscapist Magazine Gotham City Impostors update, free DLC releaseComputerandvideogames.com 'Gotham City Impostors' gets new gearmsnbc.com Warp Zoned -Gaming Age -California Literary Review all 50 news articles »

CBC.ca

Progress on online privacy on two fronts U-T San Diego By UT San Diego Editorial Staff The Obama administration's decision last week to throw its weight behind a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” is a welcome move to acknowledge growing public concern about private companies stockpiling vast troves of ... Mobile Data Privacy Is Terra Incognita to Users and DevelopersPCWorld Obama Administration's Consumer Bill of Rights Fails on EnforcementeWeek Obama's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: 9 FactsInformationWeek Washington Post -PC Magazine -BusinessWeek all 129 news articles »

msnbc.com

Sony Mobile Aims For Fast Rollouts Wall Street Journal Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit ... Will Sony's marketing make Xperia NXT a success?CNET New CEO Hirai Pledges to 'Rebuild' SonyPC Magazine Sony Mobile Communications introduces Xperia P and Xperia U - smartphones for ...Reuters PCWorld -Chicago Tribune all 160 news articles »

CNET

Samsung Galaxy Beam flexes projection power CNET By Jessica Dolcourt on Feb 27, 2012 BARCELONA, Spain--We've talked for years about pico projectors in smartphones, and now at last we get our first glimpse at a phone that's making that detail front and center. Earlier this morning, Samsung uploaded ... Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy BeamPC Magazine Samsung launches low-cost Android 4.0 tablet with bigger screenComputerworld Samsung Galaxy Beam projector phone in spotlight at Mobile World CongressThe Guardian Boston Globe -Telegraph.co.uk all 273 news articles »

Moneycontrol.com

WikiLeaks to Publish E-Mails New York Times WikiLeaks announced on Sunday that it would expose the e-mail correspondence from the global geopolitical analysis firm known as Stratfor, detailing the work of the company for clients. WikiLeaks did not disclose how it obtained the e-mails, ... WikiLeaks begins disclosing Strafor e-mailsCNN International WikiLeaks to publish security think tank emailsReuters WikiLeaks plans to release e-mails from security think tankCNET Register -AFP -Local 10 all 135 news articles »

Bloomberg

Hands On With Huawei's MediaPad 10 FHD PCWorld By Melissa J. Perenson, PCWorld Feb 26, 2012 6:41 PM The much-rumored Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD got a soft launch at about the same time the company was announcing its Ascend D series of smartphones. Huawei plans to officially unveil the tablet on Monday, ... Huawei releases quad-core smartphone with its own processorComputerworld Huawei launches Ascend D Quad, says it plans to treble sales in 2012The Australian Huawei Unveils Quad-Core Ascend D SmartphonesPC Magazine CNET -BusinessWeek -AFP all 154 news articles »

Stuff.co.nz

Facebook denies accessing users' text messages CNET By Steven Musli on Feb 27, 2012 Facebook is being accused of snooping on its users' text messages, but the social network says the accusations are inaccurate and misleading. The company is among a wide-ranging group of Web entities, including Flickr ... Is Facebook Reading Your Text Messages? Facebook: 'Nope!'PC Magazine Facebook Accused Of Reading Users Text MessagesTechCrunch Companies scouring for personal data through smartphone apps: Experts warn ...Daily Mail Fox News -The Sun -Telegraph.co.uk all 65 news articles »

CNET

Are specs becoming insignificant in the smartphone wars? CNET By Roger Cheng on Feb 27, 2012 HTC Chief Marketing Officer John Wang discusses the HTC One S at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) BARCELONA, Spain--Just as dual-core chips represented the pinnacle of mobile ... HTC Tells Analysts Seeing Sales Drop to Mind Information 'Gap'BusinessWeek LG, HTC unveil faster quad-core phonesUSA TODAY New HTC phones offer high quality photo, audio featuresComputerworld Bloomberg -Reuters Canada all 645 news articles »

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Jupiter, Venus and the moon teamed up over the weekend for an evening extravaganza worthy of Oscar-sized attention — and you can still catch the show.

Gene Sperling, the director of the National Economic Council, spoke last week about the Obama administration's online privacy initiative.

Three years ago, a composer dreamed of assembling a virtual choir. This year, singers from 73 countries applied. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports. (Nightly News)

"What set this attack apart from others is it had a clear timeline and evolution," said Amichai Shulman, Imperva's technology chief.

The "Intel Inside" logo on hundreds of millions of personal computers is finally making its way onto a smartphone.

Sony Corp. declared a return to the smartphone business on Sunday, unveiling its first smartphones under the Sony brand, but warned the group's painful transition would not be as fast as rebranding.

In April, consumers will have another choice to fill their smartphone fix: the HTC One S, which is T-Mobile's first product to feature the latest version of Android, 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich.

Facebook faces intense scrutiny on how it handles user data, creating a cloud of uncertainty for the company before its public offering.

An Apple store in London, where iPhone 4S costs more than Samsung's Galaxy S II.

When Ellie Turner decided she wanted an upgrade from her iPhone 3G, she expected to pay more for Apple’s new iPhone 4S than for the other leading smartphones on the market.

An intensely bright X-ray beacon shining in the Andromeda galaxy is actually a signpost for a hungry black hole that is gobbling up matter at a furious pace, new studies reveal.

California Literary Review

Video Game Review: Gotham City Impostors California Literary Review by Adam Robert Thomas Cosplay has always been one of the more extreme methods of showing devotion to something. Time was, if you admitted to wearing a costume on days not ending in “-ween”, most folks backed away slowly lest they increase your chances ... (Free) DLC Infiltrating Gotham City ImpostorsEscapist Magazine Gotham City Impostors update, free DLC releaseComputerandvideogames.com 'Gotham City Impostors' gets new gearmsnbc.com Warp Zoned -Gaming Age -ComicsAlliance all 48 news articles »

TechCrunch

Facebook Accused Of Reading Users Text Messages TechCrunch Ahead of Mobile World Congress and an appearance by Facebook to explain its next moves in mobile, the social networking giant is coming under increasing strain over its use of users' personal information. Mobile startups and operators are both fretting ... Companies use apps to harvest users' personal informationTelegraph.co.uk Facebook, YouTube, others accused of reading text messagesZDNet (blog) Facebook spies on phone users' text messages, report saysFox News Daily Mail -Business Insider -Economic Times all 45 news articles »

Siliconrepublic.com

Sony Adds Two New Phones to Xperia NXT Line PCWorld By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Sony on Sunday introduced two Android new phones into its NXT series, following the first phone in the series that it launched at CES earlier this year. Neither of the new phones, which will be available in the second quarter ... Sony Mobile Communications introduces Xperia P and Xperia U - smartphones for ...Reuters Sony Adds Xperia P, Xperia U to Smartphone LineupPC Magazine Sony shows off stylish new Xperia P and UCNET Mashable -Mobile Burn -SlashGear all 60 news articles »

The Guardian

Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy Beam PC Magazine By Sascha Segan BARCELONA—Will the Samsung Galaxy Beam be the projector-phone to finally crack the US market? I got a little time with it today, and the company hopes the new smartphone's thinness and brightness will have us all projecting our videos ... Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sighted in Barcelona at MWCComputerworld Samsung Wants to Beam You Up with its New Projector SmartphoneForbes Samsung Galaxy Beam projector phone in spotlight at Mobile World CongressThe Guardian PCWorld -CNET -Telegraph.co.uk all 231 news articles »

TIME

Scientists: Global warming may lead to a short presence for humanity The State Column A new study finds that ancient horses shrunk even smaller than their ancestors, a trend scientists say is likely the result of global warming. Modern mammals, including humans, could be at risk of shrinking as a result of global warming, just as small ... A Tiny Horse That Got Even Tinier as the Planet Heated UpNew York Times Global Warming Made First Tiny Horses Even SmallerBusinessWeek Why horses shrank to the size of housecatsmsnbc.com Register -Bloomberg -Christian Science Monitor all 114 news articles »

Zee News

Global warming, drought likely lead to decline of Mayan civilization The State Column A team of scientists say that the Mayan may have been done in by a mild drought, possibly caused by global warming. A newly released study finds that the Mayan may have experienced difficulties related to drought in the years leading up to its decline. Mild drought caused Maya collapse in Mexico, GuatemalaBBC News What caused collapse of Mayan civilization?Fox News Maya collapse coincided with droughtUSA TODAY Huffington Post -ThinkProgress -AFP all 66 news articles »

BBC News

Obama Administration's Consumer Bill of Rights Fails on Enforcement eWeek NEWS ANALYSIS: A new White House plan puts enforcement of consumer privacy issues on the Internet into the hands of the FTC. It's not enough. It's worth noting that Do Not Call is honored as much in the breach as it is in the law. FAQ: What's in the 'Privacy Bill of Rights?'Washington Post Obama's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: 9 FactsInformationWeek How to Opt Out of Google's New Privacy Policy (Sort Of)PC Magazine Wall Street Journal -Christian Science Monitor -Mashable all 82 news articles »

AFP

Huawei Plans to Triple Smartphones Sales to 60 Million Units BusinessWeek By Cornelius Rahn (Updates with executive comments starting in second paragraph. For more on Mobile World Congress, see SHOW .) Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Huawei Technologies Co., China's largest maker of phone equipment, aims to triple the number of ... Huawei releases Ascend D1, Ascend D quad and D quad XLCNET Huawei Releases Quad-core Smartphone With Its Own ProcessorPCWorld China's Huawei touts 'world's fastest smartphone'AFP TechCrunch -Mobile Burn all 99 news articles »

Computerworld

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sighted in Barcelona at MWC Computerworld By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - BARCELONA -- Samsung, known for its extensive array of smartphone and tablet device sizes, began displaying outdoor billboards here on Sunday of a 10.1-in. Galaxy Note, featuring the digital pen seen in the smaller ... Samsung Galaxy Beam projector phone in spotlight at Mobile World CongressThe Guardian Samsung Wants to Beam You Up with its New Projector SmartphoneForbes Samsung Launches Low-cost Android 4.0 Tablet With Bigger ScreenPCWorld CNET -Telegraph.co.uk -Boston Globe all 219 news articles »

One of the most often quoted, yet least understood, tenets of physics is the uncertainty principle. A recent experiment shed new light on the maxim and led to a novel formula describing how the uncertainty principle really works.

NEWS.com.au

Internet firms like Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr spy on personal texts sent on ... Economic Times LONDON: Top internet firms like Facebook, Yahoo and Flickr are able to read personal text messages and photographs sent via smartphones because many mobile phone apps give their developers the right to go through such content. How internet firms are reading your texts and emails and even looking at your ...Daily Mail Facebook Might Be Reading Your TextsBusiness Insider Facebook spies on phone users' text messages, report saysAdelaide Now all 41 news articles »

PhysOrg.com

Mind-reading skateboard gets cues from neuroheadset (w/ video) PhysOrg.com (PhysOrg.com) -- Austin, Texas-based Chaotic Moon Labs made a splash earlier this year with a high-tech Kinect-controlled skateboard moving by the rider's hand signals. Now they are showcasing another skateboard that moves beyond Kinect power and hand ... Brainwave-controlled skateboard is totally mentalCNET Chaotic Moon Labs' Board of Imagination is a motorized skateboard controlled ...The Verge Board of Imagination is a motorized skateboard you ride with your thoughtsInterconnectionworld Digitaltrends.com -Daily Mail -Gizmodo all 10 news articles »

Customers are used to paying more for the latest Apple phone than for similar products, but low-cost rivals and the seeming ubiquitousness of the iPhone could change that.

AFP

Chinese netizens flood Obama's Google+ page AFP BEIJING — Hundreds of Chinese have flooded US President Barack Obama's Google+ page, apparently taking advantage of a glitch in China's censorship system to post about human rights and green cards. Google+ -- the US Internet giant's social networking ... Unblocked, Chinese Flock to Obama Web PageABC News all 121 news articles »

IBNLive.com

Samsung Returns With a New Projector Phone PCWorld By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Samsung has launched the Beam, an Android 2.3-based smartphone that comes with an integrated projector that can project a 50-inch high-definition image, the company said on Sunday. This isn't the first time that Samsung has ... Samsung reveals 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 2, Galaxy Beam phone with built-in HD ...VentureBeat Samsung launches 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 2 with last year's specs on boardMobile Burn Samsung Galaxy Beam brings projection to your handsTechRadar UK Engadget all 98 news articles »

Videogamer.com

Week In Gaming: Fake Pokemon apps, Kickstarter funding and helpful games Ars Technica By Kyle Orland | Published February 25, 2012 11:00 AM The story of a scammer rising to the top of the iOS app store charts generated a lot of attention this week before the app was removed from the digital marketplace after the fact. Double Fine Updates Their Kickstarter With A Long Conversation About Adventure ...Complex.com (blog) Tech Companies Raising Record Levels of Cash via KickstarterTechzone360 Watch Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert Talk About Adventure Games for 35 MinutesKotaku Practical Ecommerce -Escapist Magazine all 15 news articles »

NDTV

Dropbox Adds Automatic Photo Uploads to Android App PC Magazine By Mark Hachman Dropbox announced an update to its Android app on Friday that automatically syncs a user's photos on the phone. A complementary update to the desktop app also auto-syncs photos stored on cameras or SD cards. The service will be added to ... Dropbox heats up cloud battle with photo upload featureReuters Dropbox for Android adds automatic photo & video sync, iOS update on deckVentureBeat Dropbox adds automatic image upload with latest updateSlashGear TechCrunch -PCWorld -Gold Star Daily World News (blog) all 80 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Apple Dumping 30-pin Connector? How About Dumping Cords Altogether? PCWorld By Ian Paul, PCWorld Feb 24, 2012 7:30 AM Apple may be dumping the 30-pin dock connector in future iOS devices for a smaller component as the company looks to make more room inside iPhones, iPads, and iPods for larger batteries and other parts, ... iPhone 5: The latest from the rumor millWashington Post Report: Apple Considering Slimmed-Down iPhone Dock ConnectorPC Magazine Rumor: Apple ready to retire iDevice dock connectorApple Insider Mashable -Christian Science Monitor -eWeek all 120 news articles »

BBC News

Mild drought caused Maya collapse in Mexico, Guatemala BBC News Relatively mild drought conditions may have been enough to cause the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, which flourished until about AD950 in what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala. Scientists have long thought that severe drought caused its ... What caused collapse of Mayan civilization?Fox News Maya collapse coincided with droughtUSA TODAY Global warming, drought likely lead to decline of Mayan civilizationThe State Column AFP -Discovery News -CBS News all 67 news articles »

New York Times

A Tiny Horse That Got Even Tinier as the Planet Heated Up New York Times Rising seas, killer storms, droughts, extinctions and money wasted on snowblowers are not the only things to worry about on a warming planet. There is also the shrinking issue. It happened to Sifrhippus, the first horse, 56 million years ago. Global Warming Made First Tiny Horses Even SmallerBusinessWeek Why horses shrank to the size of housecatsmsnbc.com Global warming COULD SHRINK THE HUMAN RACERegister Bloomberg -Christian Science Monitor all 113 news articles »