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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is reportedly investigating claims that Apple Inc.’s popular iPod series can overheat and potentially catch fire.According to several reports the CPSC has received numerous complaints about iPods overheating and causing burns while some have said their iPod has actually caught fire. Apple has called the reports isolated incidents but the CPSC is said to be investigating the claims.There could be a problem with the lithium ion batteries used for the iPod. Both Dell and Apple were forced to recall millions of those batteries in 2006 after their laptop computers began overheating and causing fires.While the CPSC has said they would investigate the claims filed by consumers they have pointed out that the current iPods don’t use the same type of battery that produced those results and burn claims have been relatively small in relation to how many iPod products are actually produced.###Click here for moreScience & TechnologyAbout WooEBWooEB Community is a business, music

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=52736 2009-09-04T16:42:08-04:00 2009-09-04T16:42:08-04:00

Madden NFL 10, the latest edition of the Madden NFL video game brand, will be released nationwide on Friday, August 14. The cover features Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, marking the first time two players have ever graced the cover of the game at one time. The two faced on in Super Bowl XLIII. The game, which was created by EA Sports and EA Tiburon, will be released on iPhone, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable (PSP), Wii, Xbox 360 consoles, as well as mobile devices. ### Click here for more Technology News About YourFINDit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile within YourFindit. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=44508 2009-08-06T22:35:10-04:00 2009-08-06T22:35:10-04:00

Popular micro-blogging site Twitter has been taken offline following a cyber attack described as a “denial-of-service.” According to Twitter’s official company blog the site was “the target of a denial of service attack.” The blog, written by Biz Stone, went on to say “Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment gateways, and in this case, Twitter for intended customers or users.’ Twitter was taken offline Thursday morning and while service was reportedly restored the site was “continuing to defend against and recover from this attack.” ### Click here for more Science and Technology News About YourFINDit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile within YourFindit. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs,

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=41945 2009-07-08T14:43:34-04:00 2009-07-08T14:43:34-04:00

Television stations across the United States will officially make theirtransition from analog to digital signals on Friday, the FCC's deadline. The switch will be the end ofa technology that has lasted 60 years and will likely leave more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service, according to the Associated Press. The Federal Communications Commissionhas placed 4,000 operators on standby for calls from concerned viewers, and set up demonstration centers in several cities to ease their conversion. Around 15 percent of U.S. households don't have satellite or cable, and they tend to be poorer. Nielsen Co. said minority households were less likely to be prepared for Friday's analog shutdown, as were households consisting of people younger than 35. Many stations were moving to new frequencies Friday, which means that even digital TV sets and older sets hooked up to converter boxes need to be set to "re-scan" the airwaves. New TVs and the converter boxes have menu options, accessible through

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=39520 2009-06-05T13:33:21-04:00 2009-06-05T13:33:21-04:00

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) revealed its motion-sensing technology Project Natal at their E3 Conference on Monday. Project Natal will be available for all previous, current and future models of the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles. The sensing technology is controller-free and senses motion, sound, and even 3D movement. The company suggested that Project Natal is far more superior to Sony’s Playstation Eye. Project Natal’s camera uses facial recognition to automatically log-in players, hand movements to scroll through menus, and voice recognition. Steven Spielberg was brought out to discuss the need for a new control configuration in gaming and announced that he is currently designing games for the new Natal system. The display was capped off when Lionhead Studios and Fable designer Peter Molyneux introduced his avatar Milo, an avatar within the game that interacted with a real person directly as if the person was also in the game. Milo held a real-time conversation with Claire, the female

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=38592 2009-05-14T21:41:33-04:00 2009-05-14T21:41:33-04:00

Google has admitted that the curious outage in a number of their services early Thursday morning was caused by an upgrade error on their part. According to several reports Google had been attempting to make changes to Internet routing numbers as part of its conversion from an older networking standard to a newer one. While undergoing this process Google experienced a hardware failure which in turn prevented Internet service providers from locating Google’s new routing numbers, thus the shutdown. The outage lasted for just over an hour and became a hot topic on the Web as many suspected the search giant had been hacked. Google has not been specific regarding what caused the outage but did say they would detail the source of the problem at a later time. Click here for more Science and Technology News About YourFINDit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=34963 2009-02-28T23:24:31-05:00 2009-02-28T23:24:31-05:00

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the social networking site will return to its previous terms of service following an outcry from members regarding a new policy that concerned user data. Changes made to the terms of service stipulated that Facebook could maintain possession of all data uploaded to their site even after a user deleted their profile. While Zuckerberg stated that the move was made to ensure comments or messages sent by a member weren’t deleted when their profile was removed the explanation didn’t sit well with members, many of whom left the popular networking community. The decision to revert to their previous terms of service was announced by Zuckerberg in a blog post in which he stated, “the past couple of days, we received a lot of questions and comments about the changes and what they mean for people and their information. Based on this feedback, we have decided to return to our previous terms of use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.” Click here

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=31509 2008-12-17T21:46:40-05:00 2008-12-17T21:46:40-05:00

NASA has decided to delay the launch of its next Mars mission for at least two years due to continued problems with testing and hardware. Plans to launch the Mars Science Laboratory rover mission in early 2009 were scrapped after it was determined the risk would be too great. According to Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, “Despite exhaustive work in multiple shifts by a dedicated team, the progress in recent weeks has not come fast enough on solving technical challenges and pulling hardware together.” Elachi continued, “The right and smart course now for a successful mission is to launch in 2011.” The Mars mission is designed to uncover whether life could ever have existed on the planet. Through the use of a rover that collects samples scientists will be able to gather information about Earth’s closest neighbor. With the delay an additional $400 million is expected to be added to the cost of the mission. Click here for more Science News About

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=31508 2008-12-17T21:46:18-05:00 2008-12-17T21:46:18-05:00

Nearly 150 long-finned pilot whales that beached themselves on the Australian island of Tasmania have died. The whales were discovered on Saturday in a remote coastal area of the island with many of them suffering serious injuries from jagged rocks in the area known as Sandy Cape. About 30 whales that had been trapped in shallow reefs were led to open waters by rescuers using small boats. Whales pass Tasmania as they migrate to and from Antarctic waters. Click here for more Science News About YourFINDit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. YourFINDit provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in depth profile within YourFindit. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the YourFINDit community. YourFindit provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=30478 2008-11-24T14:22:27-05:00 2008-11-24T14:22:27-05:00

A virus known as the “Sinowal trojan” has been blamed for the theft of information pertaining to more than 500,000 bank accounts, credit cards and debit cards across the globe. The Sinowal trojan virus has targeted hundreds of thousands of financial institutions, gathering online usernames and passwords of bankers as well as other sensitive information pertaining to banking accounts. Sinowal was first detected in early 2006 and has since hit accounts in countries including Australia, the UK and U.S. The trojan virus infects computers through a “drive-by download” method that has undergone constant updates by its creators. Making the virus all the more damaging is the fact a computer can become infected just by visiting a site that has the Sinowal code on it. According to experts many of those sites have positioned links within high-traffic sites, attracting the largest amount of browsers. Social networking sites that generate a large amount of traffic are particularly popular. Experts have

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=28181 2008-10-07T18:32:38-04:00 2008-10-07T18:32:38-04:00

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a pair of Japanese citizens as well as an American. Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa were named recipients for their work in predicting the existence of quarks, the sub-units of protons and neutrons. Yoichiro Nambu’s work in spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics earned him the award. The work done by Nambu is seen to be highly relevant to the upcoming experiments to be conducted by the Large Hadron Collider. Poplar belief suggests mass exists in the universe due the breaking of symmetry. Kobayashi, 64, works at the KEK Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan while Maskawa, 68, is affiliated with the University of Kyoto, Japan. Nambu, 87, is affiliated with the University of Chicago. Click here for more Science News About YourFindit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. It caters to individuals providing them with a wealth of tools that enable them

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=27392 2008-09-23T16:28:29-04:00 2008-09-23T16:28:29-04:00

T-Mobile unveiled their new T-MobileG1, the first phone to run on Google Android, the open source mobile phone software platform, on Tuesday. TheT-Mobile G1, also known as the HTCDream,will cost $179, presumably with a 2-year contract. The offering is T-Mobile exclusive, and the G1 will be SIM-locked to T-Mobile's network. Plans will be add-ons for T-Mobile voice plans. For $25 per month, customers will get unlimited Web and Internet access with no prepaid SMS. For $35/month, T-Mobile will bundle some SMS minutes along with the unlimited Web/Internet. The US launch date will be October 22, while it will be released in Europe in November. Existing T-Mobile customers will be able to pre-order online. The Android Market, the highly-anticipated platform,allows users to select from a variety of applications that best fit their lifestyles. The T-Mobile G1 has full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard, which makes it very effective for e-mailing, texting, calling and instant messaging

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=27391 2008-09-23T16:27:55-04:00 2008-09-23T16:27:55-04:00

The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most expensive scientific experiment, began its operation on Wednesday. The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex, is contained within a circular tunnel with a circumference of 17 miles. It lies underneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. TheLHCis funded by and built in collaboration with over eight thousand physicists from over eighty-five countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. CERN successfully fired the protons around the LHC tunnel in stages. The particles were fired in a clockwise direction into the accelerator and successfully steered around it. The Large Hadron Collider successfully completed its first major test. After a series of trial runs, two white dots flashed on a computer screen showing the protons traveled the full length of the collider. It took less than one hour to guide the stream of particles around its inaugural circuit. CERN next successfully sent

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=26527 2008-09-08T13:10:27-04:00 2008-09-08T13:10:27-04:00

China has announced it will launch its third manned space mission, the Shenzhou VII, later this month and the mission will include the country’s first ever space walk. China previously sent manned missions in 2003 and 2005 and their September launch is expected to last up to five days. The launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gansu province will take place between Sept. 25 and 30. The space walk will be carried out by one “yuhangyuan” (astronaut) while a second will be nearby to monitor and assist in case of an emergency. In 2003 China joined the United States and Russia as the only countries to launch manned space missions. Click here for more Science News About YourFindit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. It caters to individuals providing them with a wealth of tools that enable them to create their own web site within YourFindit and display their content. Members can create free profiles that include an About Me, Background and

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=26413 2008-09-04T18:10:28-04:00 2008-09-04T18:10:28-04:00

Sony Corp. (SNE) has issued a recall for 440,000 of their Vaio laptop computers due to faulty wiring that could cause overheating. On Thursday, Sony said the recall included 19 models of the Vaio TZ laptop series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008. The recall also includes 3 export models. The faulty wiring connects the main body of the computer to its display. The wiring could cause overheating near a power plug which sometimes distorts the shape of the computer. Click here for more Technology News About YourFindit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. It caters to individuals providing them with a wealth of tools that enable them to create their own web site within YourFindit and display their content. Members can create free profiles that include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Music, Blogs, Photos, their unique URL and network with other members inside the community. YourFindit provides each member the opportunity to reserve an exclusive

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=25296 2008-08-18T23:57:07-04:00 2008-08-18T23:57:07-04:00

BMW has issued a recall for 200,000 cars and small SUV’s because of defective passenger-side airbags. The recall includes 2004 to 2005 5-series standard and sport seat models, 2004 to 2006 X3’s and 2006 3-series cars with sports seats. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the front passenger airbags in the recalled vehicles may not deploy “even if a sufficiently severe accident would occur.” “Depending on the manner and frequency of the front passenger’s entry and exit, small cracks have developed in the (sensor) mat. If this occurs, the front passenger airbags, with the exception of the head protection system, will be deactivated,” NHTSA said. BMW dealerships will repair the sensor systems when the recall begins in September. Click here for more Technology News About YourFindit YourFindit Community is a business, music and social networking community. It caters to individuals providing them with a wealth of tools that enable them to create their own web site within YourFindit

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=24340 2008-08-04T10:45:11-04:00 2008-08-04T10:45:11-04:00

NASA can rejoice as its Phoenix Lander has identified water in a Mars soil sample collected from the planet’s surface. While images of ice had been collected in the past, the Phoenix Lander confirmation is the first time NASA has gained scientific proof of water. The problem with transferring samples to a lab had hampered the Phoenix Lander’s previous attempts to analyze collected material. With that problem remedied, the Lander was able to collect some dry soil that happened to contain ice and tests proved the waters existence. NASA landed the Phoenix Lander on June 25 to investigate whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life. Now that its early flaws have been worked out scientists have opted to extend the craft’s stay on the planet for an addition 90 days. For more Science News please go to: http://news.yourfindit.com/NewsList.aspx?cat=12&wcat=4 About YourFindit YourFindit Community is a social, music and business networking community. It caters to individuals providing them with

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=23190 2008-07-15T23:56:32-04:00 2008-07-15T23:56:32-04:00

NCAA Football 09, the latest edition of the EA Sports college football video game franchise, will be released on Tuesday. NCAA Football 09 will be released on the PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and XBox 360 game consoles with each having their own cover. Former Arkansas running back Darren McFadden is the cover athlete for the Xbox 360, former Boston College quarterback Matt Ryan is the cover athlete for the PS3, former California wide receiver DeSean Jackson is the cover athlete for the PS2 and former West Virginia fullback Owen Schmitt is the cover athlete for the PSP. The Wii version of the game is titled NCAA Football 09 All-Play and will be launched under EA Sports' new All-Play brand exclusive to the platform. Michigan State mascot Sparty will be the cover for the Wii version. There are several updates with NCAA Football 09 from last year's version,such as online dynasties and roster sharing files. The game offers a new post-game presentation and play-by-play analysis, as well as bluffed play art to prevent

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=22465 2008-07-02T21:08:36-04:00 2008-07-02T21:08:36-04:00

EverySpace, a new website that offers directions online, has become the cutting-edge site for routes and maps. EverySpace, unlike other sites like MapQuest, shows monuments, businesses and streets from ground level. The site allows people to take a virtual tour of a city, scrolling through the urban landscape with the click of a button. Google Maps has a function that is similar, which is known as Street View. However, EverySpace, a Massachusetts-based start-up,allows users to not only explore a neighborhood but also to go inside shops and restaurants. EverySpace is not as expansive as others as it focuses on a few major cities. However, users can navigate through those cities' neighborhoods and tourist sites. A special icon next to a building invites users to enter and have a look around. EverySpace has received $7 million from venture capital firms, but it faces compliance issues if it decides to expand internationally. The European Union issued a statement last month warning Google to comply with the

http://blogs.wooeb.com/Brendan123456789101112/Post.aspx?postID=21754 2008-06-20T14:23:41-04:00 2008-06-20T14:23:41-04:00

NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander has reportedly discovered ice after scientists confirmed that a bright material found on the Martian planet was frozen water. Phoenix unearthed the material while digging trenches in the planet’s polar region. Pictures were taken of the substance and when the trench was revisited days later the material had disappeared, leaving scientists to conclude the substance had been ice. The Phoenix Mars lander has been taking soil samples throughout the Martian region in hopes of proving the existence of water and more specifically a habitable climate in the polar region. Scientists have long theorized that a layer of permafrost lay just below the surface, leaving many to believe that Mars could sustain life. Several other trenches have been dug by the Phoenix lander which could also add further evidence to the initial findings. For more Science News please go to: http://news.yourfindit.com/NewsList.aspx?cat=12&wcat=4 About YourFindit YourFindit Community is a social,