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People pre-ordering Apple's new iPad to avoid the release-day crowds at the company's retail stores will have to wait longer to get their hands on the devices.

Two new solar flares erupted from the sun on Saturday, blasting streams of plasma and charged particles into space.

At Austin's SXSWi, an unusual, simple video game nestled up between the loud, slick, well-known video games at the Screen Burn conference. (msnbc.com)

Hurtling over peaks at 310 mph, a Swiss man flew over the Alps in a wing suit on Saturday, in what his team said was the first time the mountain range had been crossed in a free fall.

The vast majority of comedians lean to the left. Right-wing comedy is a rarity on the Internet. And Republicans are typically easier to make fun of than Democrats. But comedians shouldn't take a political stance when trying to be funny. That was the consensus of a panel of admittedly left-leaning comedy experts at South By Southwest Interactive, the digital culture festival under way in this Texas capital.

SuperBetter creator Jane McGonigal claims that her unique new video game can help you live 10 years longer by improving social relations, physical strength and emotional resiliance. (msnbc.com)

Sohaib Athar was a 33-year-old IT consultant living in Abbottabad, Pakistan, last year when he settled in around midnight to get some work done.

The crazy viral Twitter response to R&B singer Jaheim’s “zoot suiting up and stunting” Whitney Houston’s funeral is one example of how the mainstream just does not get black Twitter. Or know about it.

Timothy Doner, 16, a high school sophomore in Manhattan who taught himself over a dozen languages, found a vibrant subculture of polyglots on YouTube.

Jim Whitehurst is president and C.E.O. of Red Hat, the provider of Linux and other open-source technology. Long before the Facebook era, he says, the company started forms of social media where all employees could air views on issues.

A new system from WiTricity wirelessly recharges electronic devices from up to several feet away.

Eastern Morning Herald

Apple's iPad Will Help Sell Every Other Tablet On The Market Forbes I think there is an artificial market for tablets, and it's being inflated by the media. With tech commentators and reporters looking for the next big thing, they have latched on to the stellar performance of Apple's iPad and decide this means the next ... New iPad aimed at sharpening Apple's tablet leadWashington Post Cheaper iPad 2 a 'death blow' to Apple tablet rivals?Fox News Apple Selling Refurbished iPad Tablets Starting at $299Hot Hardware Tom's Guide -eWeek -CNET all 93 news articles »

VentureBeat

Highlight Is Like the 'ChatRoulette' of iOS Apps PCWorld By Tony Bradley, PCWorld Mar 10, 2012 6:27 AM One of the apps that is getting a lot of attention in Austin at this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference is Highlight. The social app automatically notifies you when other Highlight ... Glancee takes up arms in the SXSW people discovery app warsCNET An App That Helps You Cozy Up to StrangersBusinessWeek Trendy iPhone app 'Highlight' is a privacy nightmaremsnbc.com Washington Post -Mashable -VentureBeat all 16 news articles »

Zee News

Strong solar flares still shooting out from active spot on sun Fox News The biggest solar storm since 2006 reached earth Thursday morning.NASA/AP The sun is continuing its active streak this week, firing off another solar flare late Thursday (March 8) from the same region that produced this week's strong solar storm. Another solar storm should hit Earth SundayZDNet A strong backhand slap from end of solar stormPekin Daily Times Northern Lights over Scotland 'possible'BBC News ElectroIQ -Daily Mail -CBS 21 all 167 news articles »

News Pakistan

iOS 5.1 Does Not Provide 4G on an iPhone 4S Forbes Apple's iOS 5.1 upgrade has left iPhone 4S-owning Americans baffled after their shiny smartphones claimed to have 4G connections, er, when they don't. It's all slightly arguable, this is true. AT&T themselves say: But HSPA+ is not really a 4G ... New iPad: Verizon Wireless poised to get bigger benefit than AT&TWashington Post iOS 5.1 Upgrade On HSPA+ Claims "4G" Status on iPhoneInformationWeek Exclusive: Sprint iPad shows up in Best Buy's databaseEngadget BusinessWeek -CNET -Apple Insider all 61 news articles »

USA TODAY

Week in Apple: sweet Apple event release Ars Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Published March 10, 2012 11:00 AM It should come as no surprise that this week's top Apple posts were about the iPad event in San Francisco that took place on March 7. A new iPad was announced, as was a new Apple TV and the public ... New iPad vs. iPad 2: Should you upgrade?USA TODAY Opinion: Did Apple overpromise on the new iPad?Yahoo! Contributors Network New iPad: Your Next TV Set?InformationWeek ZDNet (blog) -Macworld -eWeek all 453 news articles »

TechCrunch

Save Helpless Faraway Africans From The Comfort Of Your Armchair! TechCrunch Wow. I never dreamed that I'd have a legitimate excuse to write a TechCrunch post about Joseph Kony, the crazed Ugandan warlord whose Lord's Resistance Army has been a pet obsession of mine for some years now. The first draft of my thriller set mostly ... After Kony, could a viral video change the world?The Guardian The controversy over Kony 2012Washington Post (blog) Invisible Children's Real Achievement: There May Never Be Another Rwanda.Forbes Wall Street Journal -Los Angeles Times -New York Times all 993 news articles »

Do you have a bunch of videos waiting to be waiting to be trimmed down, broken into smaller segments or edited into a photo and video montage? If the fear of video editing is keeping you from sharing your captured memories, read on.

MyBroadband

Online privacy strategies face hard sell MyBroadband Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group... Emboldened by their victory in quashing online piracy legislation, US Internet companies are ... Survey ranks Google highly despite privacy fearsRochester Democrat and Chronicle Internet users disapprove of data collection: SurveyTimes of India Is Google privacy shift a net loss? Users differPhiladelphia Inquirer PC Magazine -Economic Times all 147 news articles »

Globe and Mail

Apple iPad improves screen and processor, and is LTE-enabled Vancouver Sun 1 iPad (the new one), Apple, from $519 The next-generation iPad is available for pre-order now and lands on store shelves March 16. If you bought an iPad 2, which was released about this time last year, the question is, are the upgrades to the new iPad ... 3 New Reasons Apple Will Scorch Its Rivals This YearDailyFinance Boom: Tim Cook fills some big shoes at Apple's iPad launchTelegraph.co.uk Apple's New iPad Tops The Tablet Tree, Say Industry Experts, 2U LimitedYahoo! Contributors Network Macworld -CNET -eWeek all 433 news articles »

Kimberly and Stephen Kuhn at Palm Harbor House of Beer in Palm Harbor, Fla., found via a Groupon app.

Chris Coughlin, center, at the wedding of Amity Kitchen, left, and Matt Saucedo. Mr. Coughlin, ordained specifically for the wedding, is a friend of the bride's sister.

Zee News

Is Google privacy shift a net loss? Users differ Philadelphia Inquirer By John Timpane When Google instituted its new privacy policy on March 1, it reignited debate about personal privacy on the Web. If a new Pew Research Center poll is right, we have a split personality about the Internet. We love searching the Web ... Survey ranks Google highly despite privacy fearsDaily Democrat Google rules: 8 in 10 rank it 1st for searchesArizona Daily Star Web giants' consumer privacy strategy faces hard sellNDTV San Francisco Chronicle all 132 news articles »

VentureBeat

Microsoft warns that OnLive Desktop's Office streaming app violates license VentureBeat The OnLive Desktop app enables users to run a Windows desktop on an Apple iPad or Android tablet, freeing users from their PCs even if they want to use Microsoft Office. It's a great innovation from cloud-streaming firm OnLive, but Microsoft said this ... This week in tablets: OnLive gets busted, media matters, and Apple's iPad stunnerTabTimes How To Get Windows on the iPad (With Microsoft's Blessing)Wired News How to customize your Windows 8 desktopCNET Computerworld -ZDNet all 87 news articles »

IBNLive.com

3 New Reasons Apple Will Scorch Its Rivals This Year DailyFinance By Amanda Alix, The Motley Fool Posted 2:00AM 03/10/12 Investing Now that the new iPad is here and everyone and his brother is salivating to buy one, there is much talk about how Apple (NAS: AAPL) dominates the tablet market. A recent survey by InMobi ... Boom: Tim Cook fills some big shoes at Apple's iPad launchTelegraph.co.uk Apple's New iPad Tops The Tablet Tree, Say Industry Experts, 2U LimitedYahoo! Contributors Network Apple's new iPad: 5 'unique' featuresTimes of India InformationWeek -CNET -eWeek all 440 news articles »

AppAdvice

Jailbreak Only: Sn0wBreeze Updated - Adds Support For iOS 5.1 AppAdvice If you're a fan of Sn0wBreeze (for Windows) and have used it in the past to create custom ISPWs when jailbreaking, consider downloading – or updating to – the new version of the application (2.9.2), which is available now. Fans of the application can ... What Apple's New LTE Love Means for Sprint, T-MobileBusinessWeek Has iOS 5.1 turned the iPhone 4S into a 4G device overnight?CNET Verizon Wireless seen benefiting more than AT&T from iPad 3San Jose Mercury News Apple Insider -San Francisco Chronicle -Washington Post all 111 news articles »

Moneycontrol.com

Google Exec: We Won't Break Users' Trust KOCO Oklahoma City By Doug GrossCNN AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- After concerns over a revamped Google privacy policy surfaced last month, some questioned whether the Web giant is still living up to its longstanding motto: "Don't be evil." Absolutely, says Vic Gundotra, ... Google+ Executive to Critic: 'Make Sure You're Using It Correctly'Mashable Gundotra: Google+ Won't Let 3rd-Party Apps Post Because “Your Stream Could ...TechCrunch Google+ chief dishes at SXSWCNET PC Magazine -San Francisco Chronicle all 56 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Apple iPad still the post-PC flagship Telegraph.co.uk Two years after the launch of the first iPad, even a former Microsoft man says we are in the post-PC world. By Shane Richmond, Head of Technology (Editorial) "Apple has its feet planted firmly in the post-PC future," Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, ... New Apple iPad May Entice Some Lawyers, but Not AllLaw.com Apple Configurator Sets A Free Baseline For MDMInformationWeek Apple IPad Shipments Pushed Back for New Pre-OrdersWall Street Journal CNET -eWeek -Savannah Morning News all 422 news articles »

Stuff.co.nz

What Apple's New LTE Love Means for Sprint, T-Mobile BusinessWeek By Kevin Fitchard on March 09, 2012 In Apple's (AAPL) grand unveiling of the new iPad on Wednesday, it named its old pals Verizon Wireless and AT&T (T) as the initial carriers for the mobile version of the device, but Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (DTE:GR) ... Verizon Wireless seen benefiting more than AT&T from iPad 3San Jose Mercury News Verizon expects boost from new iPadSan Francisco Chronicle Lock Screen Camera No Longer Available During Calls In iOS 5.1AppAdvice Apple Insider -Digitaltrends.com -CNET all 110 news articles »

Gamezebo

Google pressuring Android developers to use "Google Wallet?" Gamezebo By Nadia Oxford According to a report from Reuters, Google Inc. may be pressuring Android game and app developers to adopt an in-house payment system in the place of third-party alternatives like PayPal, Boku, and Zong. The in-house system, ... You've got bad mail: Android needs a better e-mail appCNET With Google Play, The Cloud Goes Prime TimeWired News Google & Apple Face Mobile Apps Privacy ConcernsForbes msnbc.com -CBS News -Tom's Hardware Guide all 60 news articles »

BBC News

'Kony 2012': Two sides to being a digital media sensation Los Angeles Times 'Kony 2012' is a YouTube success, but Invisible Children finds that digital media attention can be a double-edged sword as its detractors rise. By James Rainey, Los Angeles Times In the voice-over introducing his video "Kony 2012," Jason Russell tells ... Invisible Children's 'Kony 2012' video goes viral — but what does this mean?Washington Post Kony video quickly raises awareness, skepticismSan Francisco Chronicle Anti-Kony video campaign draws criticism in UgandaBoston.com New York Times -New York Daily News -Wall Street Journal all 720 news articles »

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Last year's earthquake changed the shape of the world and the length of the day — but the big question is, what other changes are still in store?

Indian Express

At hacking contest, Google Chrome falls to third zero-day attack Ars Technica By Dan Goodin | Published March 9, 2012 7:52 PM "These kinds of things are finicky." Within seconds of this machine visiting a booby-trapped website, it was commandeered by a remote-code attack that exploited a fully patched version of Chrome. Chrome succumbs to Pwn2Own contest hackComputerworld Bug Hunter Hacks Chrome at CanSecWest; Earns Top Reward From GooglePCWorld Teen Drops Three Zero-Day Exploits for $60K Win in Google Chrome Hack ContestWired News Moneycontrol.com -PC Magazine -msnbc.com all 61 news articles »

The databases amassing information from your birthday and friends to which phone you use are growing at unprecedented rates.

Cherilyn Schaber, a teacher at Jefferson Junior High School in Toledo, Ohio, directed students using YouTube's school program.

New York Times

Earliest Fossil of Iridescent Dinosaur Feathers Reveals New Behavior Clues Voice of America March 09, 2012 Earliest Fossil of Iridescent Dinosaur Feathers Reveals New Behavior Clues VOA News Paleontologists say winged dinosaurs with glossy feathers likely used their flashy plumage to attract a mate in the same way as their modern descendants ... Microraptor had sexy iridescent feathers: StudyThe State Column Microraptor's true blue colorsScience News Feathers Worth a 2nd Look Found on a Tiny DinosaurNew York Times Christian Science Monitor -Art Daily -Washington Post all 47 news articles »

It’s that time of year again, when most Americans lose an hour’s sleep setting their clocks ahead. Here are answers to your questions about the time switch - and about sleep.

We geeks aren't always privy to the latest, greatest technology. If you're stuck with an old, slow computer, there are a few things you can do to make the best of a bad situation.

USA TODAY

How Apple got a Retina display on new iPad USA TODAY By Matt Brian, The Next Web The new iPad's Retina Display was perhaps the most expected feature to be included in Apple's new tablet, especially after it incorporated the high-resolution display into both its iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S smartphones. Verizon Wireless Seen Getting More Benefit Than AT&T From Apple's New IPadBusinessWeek What the new iPad tells us about the next iPhoneCNET Apple Profits Less To Maintain iPad PriceInformationWeek Washington Post -Mashable -PC Magazine all 8,966 news articles »

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Satellite images tracked the catastrophic impact of Japan's earthquake and tsunami on the Fukushima nuclear complex and other sites, and now they're tracking the reconstruction.

Perhaps the most popular open source alternative to Amazon's cloud computing services is Eucalyptus, which seeks to operate alongside Amazon.