Archive for May, 2010

First look: Loopt provides more incentives to try location-based services with Loopt Star

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Recently I had lunch with Loopt’s CEO, Sam Altman, where he pulled out his iPhone and showed me a new version, called Loopt Star, that gives you incentives to visit ... Read more..

Code call

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Open source software gains ground in Africa Read more..

Waxing lyrical

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Can we build a phonograph to play a wax cylinder? Read more..

Pakistani court restores Facebook

Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A Pakistani court orders the authorities to restore the Facebook social networking site after it was blocked. Read more..

At nuclear conference, U.S. expects little, gains little

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

It didn't end in failure. That was perhaps the best the U.S. government could boast about a month-long conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which ended Friday in New York. ... Read more..

Bangladesh ‘blocks Facebook’ site

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Bangladesh temporarily blocks Facebook over satirical images of the Prophet Muhammad and the country's leaders, reports say. Read more..

‘Space laser tech needed’ on ash

Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Europe requires space-borne laser instruments that can provide information on volcanic ash clouds, a conference hears. Read more..

Bill of rights

Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Who pays for calls made when your phone is stolen? Read more..

Bill of rights

Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Who pays for calls made when your phone is stolen? Read more..

Most Guantanamo detainees low-level fighters, task force report says

Friday, May 28th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

About 10 percent of the 240 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when President Obama took office were "leaders, operatives and facilitators involved in plots against the United States," but ... Read more..