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July 29, 2014

Five Things To Know About Ebola Beer-Loving Bugs Swarm in Midwest Fukushima: Think the Unthinkable Fist Bumps Cleaner than Handshakes Study: Hot Jupiters Come Up Dry Feathered Dinosaurs Not a Rarity Mayflies have begun emerging from the Mississippi River in swarms that show up on radar like thunderstorms, coat roads and leave behind slimy messes. They've already been blamed for one car crash. A U.S. science advisory report says that Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident offers a key lesson to the nation's nuclear industry: We should focus more on the highly unlikely but worst case scenarios. When it comes to preventing the spread of germs, maybe the president is on to something with his fondness for fist bumps. The knocking of knuckles spreads only a fraction of the bacteria. Scientists searching for water on three distant exoplanets have come up dry. Researchers looking at three "hot Jupiters" have discovered that they have far less water vapor than previously thought. The discovery of a small downy dinosaur in Siberia suggests feather-like structures on dinosaurs may have been more widespread throughout the dinosaur world than we thought. FULL STORY FULL STORY FULL STORY FULL STORY FULL STORY   Beer-Loving Bugs Swarm in Midwest Fukushima: Think the Unthinkable Report urges look at unlikely disasters. FULL STORY Fist Bumps Cleaner than Handshakes Spreads far fewer germs and bacteria. FULL STORY Study: Hot Jupiters Come Up Dry Far less water vapor than we thought. FULL STORY Feathered Dinosaurs Not a Rarity Fearsome beasts sported downy coats. FULL STORY Computing Canada Says China Hacked Gov't MacBook Pros Get Update, Price Cut Cloud Wars: AWS vs. Microsoft, IBM Digital Life Android 'Fake ID' Puts Millions at Risk FTC Wants Fix for Mobile Cramming Facebook To Force Use of Messenger Discovery Study: Tyrannosaurs Ran in Gangs Feathered Dinosaurs Not a Rarity Wyoming Cave To Be Excavated Space Study: Hot Jupiters Come Up Dry Audit: NASA Can't Afford Big Rockets Moonstruck! 45-Years Since Landing Innovation Researchers Tout Battery Breakthrough Watson's First Consumer-Facing Gig Internet of Things Comes to DIYers Health Five Things To Know About Ebola Fist Bumps Cleaner than Handshakes We're All in the Clean-Plate Club Science News Fukushima: Think the Unthinkable Scientists Ponder Dogs and Jealousy HIV Creates Viral Reservoirs Soon Environment Beer-Loving Bugs Swarm in Midwest Bats Navigate Using Polarized Light Study: Beef Pollutes More than Pork

Innovation Stanford Researchers Report Battery Breakthrough   Computing Watson Gets His First Customer Service Gig   Health FDA OKs New Hard-To-Abuse Opioid Pain Reliever   Science News Scientists Ponder Dogs and Jealousy   Health We're All in the Clean-Plate Club, Researchers Say   Discovery Tyrannosaurs Ran in Gangs, Fossil Footprints Show   Scientists Crush Diamond with Laser To simulate pressure at Saturn's center. Average Rating: Backlash Stirs Against H-1B Visas Debate over foreign workers continues. Average Rating: Apple Digital Book Settlement Set But company still appealing decision. Average Rating: Amazon Intros Zocalo Storage Service Online storage and sharing for business. Average Rating:

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Network Security Spotlight

Canadian Government Charges China With Cyberattack The government of Canada is not happy with China. Canadian officials have accused "a highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor" of launching a cyberattack on its National Research Council.   Researchers Working To Fix Tor Security Exploit Developers for the Tor privacy browser are scrambling to fix a bug revealed Monday that researchers say could allow hackers, or government surveillance agencies, to track users online.   Wall Street Journal Hacked Again Hacked again. That’s the story at the Wall Street Journal this week as the newspaper reports that the computer systems housing some of its news graphics were breached. Customers not affected -- yet.

Enterprise Hardware Spotlight

Apple Updates MacBook Pros, Cuts Prices Up to $100 The popular MacBook Pro laptop line just got an update and a price cut of as much as $100. The MacBook Pro with Retina display now includes faster processors and double the memory.   Watson Gets His First Customer Service Gig Since appearing on Jeopardy, IBM's Watson supercomputer has been making a living using his super-intelligent knowledge base for business verticals. Now, Watson's been hired for his first customer service job.   Tablet Giants Apple and Samsung Feel the Heat When a company saturates its home market with a once-hot product, expect it to pump up efforts elsewhere. Apple, for its part, is now pushing iPads to big corporations and the enterprise market.

Mobile Technology Spotlight

Android 'Fake ID' Puts Millions of Users at Risk Having this fake ID is nothing to brag about, even if you are a minor. The “Fake ID” Android flaw drops malware into smartphone apps. It can steal credit card data and even take over your device.   FTC Wants Fix for 'Perfect Scam' of Mobile Cramming The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued new guidelines to curb “mobile cramming,” a troublesome practice that adds unauthorized third-party charges to mobile phone bills.   Facebook: You Will Use Messenger, and You Will Like It Starting this week, Facebook users with Android and iOS phones will be forced to use the separate Messenger app to send Facebook messages. Pending messages will still be visible in the main app.

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