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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 3

Ken Denmead — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Google’s daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

Apple Now the World’s Third Largest Cellphone Maker, IDC Says

Christina Bonnington — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:48:00 +0000

Apple has moved past LG in the worldwide rankings of mobile-phone unit sales. According to IDC, Apple is now the world’s third largest mobile-phone manufacturer, behind Nokia and Samsung.

Google Docs Offline Comes to Android (But No Editing Allowed)

ArsTechnica — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000

Google keeps taking tiny steps toward creating a full-fledged document creation and editing experience to users of computers and mobile devices. Recently, Google unveiled an?HTML5-powered app for the Chrome browser?that lets you read documents offline?but not edit them. Yesterday, Google?brought the same offline viewing capability to Docs for Android, but again without the ability to edit documents and then sync the changes once an Internet connection is reestablished.

Online Market for Pre-Owned Digital Music Hangs in the Balance

David Kravets — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:22:00 +0000

The future of a one-of-a-kind website enabling the online sale of pre-owned digital-music files is in the hands of a federal judge.

Storyboard: A Podcast on Podcasting (Writing Too!) With Acker and Blacker

NMattise — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:44:00 +0000

The duo behind The Thrilling Adventure Hour join the Storyboard to talk television writing. (They also interview Adam for this week’s Nerdist Writer’s Panel)

Google Beefs Up Android Market Security

Mike Isaac — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000

Google unveiled a new security service for the Android Market today that aims to auto-scan uploaded Android applications to detect potentially malicious apps more quickly, ideally before users download them.

The 16 Best Science Visualizations of 2011

Dave Mosher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Toxic barbs on a cucumber?s skin, nanoscopic flakes of metal and a mouse?s technicolor eyeball are just a few of 2011′s best science visualizations.

Microsoft Vows to Fix ‘Broken’ Code In Open Source Cloud Project

ArsTechnica — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:49:00 +0000

In October 2010, Microsoft started working toward making the OpenStack open source project compatible with Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization software. The project now seems to be hitting a snag?much as Microsoft’s submission of Hyper-V drivers to the Linux kernel once did?but Microsoft says it is committed to making good on its OpenStack promises just as it did with Hyper-V and Linux.

Feds Seize 307 Sports-Related Domains Ahead of Super Sunday

David Kravets — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:31:00 +0000

Federal authorities said Thursday they had seized and shuttered 307 domains, 16 allegedly engaged in unauthorized live sports streaming and the remainder accused of selling fake professional sports merchandise, including National Football League paraphernalia.

Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Improves on Original, but Not Much

Guest Blogger — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:08:00 +0000