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All rights reserved2012-04-08T10:37:20-04:005http://news.yahoo.com/tech/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifBritain's Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992.html2012-04-08T14:37:20ZAssociated Presshackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6MABS6T2WdM2nzbr7CUiWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/04/electronics-jpg_163857.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Future is Now" align="left" title="Future is Now" border="0" /></a>In the Star Trek universe, the tricorder is a handheld device used by Kirk, Spock, and various red-shirted crew members to make detailed scans of unfamiliar planets and even less familiar life-forms. It can be used in sick bay to diagnose intergalactic patients, and in engineering to find which part of the warp core is [...]</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html2012-03-30T21:03:16ZThe Future Is Nowblogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6MABS6T2WdM2nzbr7CUiWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2012/04/04/electronics-jpg_163857.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Future is Now" align="left" title="Future is Now" border="0" /></a>In the Star Trek universe, the tricorder is a handheld device used by Kirk, Spock, and various red-shirted crew members to make detailed scans of unfamiliar planets and even less familiar life-forms. It can be used in sick bay to diagnose intergalactic patients, and in engineering to find which part of the warp core is [...]</p><br clear="all"/>Authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad.http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-teen-sells-kidney-buy-iphone-ipad-072601309.html2012-04-07T07:26:01ZAssociated Presschinese-teen-sells-kidney-buy-iphone-ipad-072601309Like many traditional dishes,?great sushi is as much about the skill of the chef as it is the quality of the ingredients, and we all know by now that there's no person on the planet that can match?the dexterity of ? <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/technews/2012/04/06/sushi-making-robots-can-crank-out-tasty-fish-rolls-24-hours-a-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">?</span></a>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/sushi-making-robots-crank-tasty-fish-rolls-24-223656501.html2012-04-06T22:36:56ZTechnology News Blogblogs/technology-blog/sushi-making-robots-crank-tasty-fish-rolls-24-223656501The life of the ludicrously rich in Japan is indeed tough. You get to go on?exotic vacations constantly, but each trip requires you to find a house sitter for your pet sheep. Thankfully, though, the well-off Japanese businessman has a ? <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/technews/2012/04/06/what-the-friday-worlds-first-hotel-for-sheep-opens-in-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">?</span></a>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/friday-world-first-hotel-sheep-opens-japan-223308619.html2012-04-06T22:33:08ZTechnology News Blogblogs/technology-blog/friday-world-first-hotel-sheep-opens-japan-223308619Ever since Google announced Project Glass, people have wondered what place the augmented reality glasses could have in everyday life. Some were excited about the possibilites of Project Glass -- while others poked fun at their seemingly impractical nature.http://news.yahoo.com/google-glasses-famous-faces-pics-182731683.html2012-04-08T18:27:31ZMashablegoogle-glasses-famous-faces-pics-182731683<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html2012-04-08T18:05:42ZAssociated Pressapples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-creates-spectacle-project-232427164.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zjZxArRl16.9ZwUj.eNT1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/41833378c1ad00090c0f6a706700d034.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group's "Project Glass", an early prototype of Google's futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)" align="left" title="In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group's "Project Glass", an early prototype of Google's futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)" border="0" /></a>If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-creates-spectacle-project-232427164.html2012-04-06T17:54:16ZAssociated Pressgoogle-creates-spectacle-project-232427164<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-creates-spectacle-project-232427164.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zjZxArRl16.9ZwUj.eNT1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/41833378c1ad00090c0f6a706700d034.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group's "Project Glass", an early prototype of Google's futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)" align="left" title="In this undated handout photo provided by the Google[x] group's "Project Glass", an early prototype of Google's futuristic Internet-connected glasses, are modeled. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish. Google gave a glimpse of ?Project Glass? in a video and blog post this week. (AP Photo/Google)" border="0" /></a>If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.</p><br clear="all"/>Driving is becoming so last century.http://news.yahoo.com/young-americans-less-likely-drive-203002275.html2012-04-06T17:07:52ZAssociated Pressyoung-americans-less-likely-drive-203002275Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook's founder, is working with Bravo on a TV show about Silicon Valley.http://news.yahoo.com/bravo-plans-silicon-valley-reality-show-202626194.html2012-04-06T20:26:26ZAssociated Pressbravo-plans-silicon-valley-reality-show-202626194Popular restaurant finder Urbanspoon, with its trademark slot machine-style spinner, has undergone a massive overhaul and the result is an incredibly robust eating app. The shake-to-spin function is still present in the version for iPhone and iPod Touch, but now the app has added multiple filtering aspects for finding your next meal.http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11602-discover-haute-cuisine-with-the-latest-urbanspoon-iphone-update2012-04-08T17:30:00ZAppolicioustech/articles/11602-discover-haute-cuisine-with-the-latest-urbanspoon-iphone-update<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RbMzuqqTVy228_so0nnFNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/96350880f8523e090c0f6a7067000bfc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>Mike Wallace didn't interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872.html2012-04-08T20:46:20ZAssociated Pressmike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mike-wallace-60-minutes-star-interviewer-dies-143725872.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RbMzuqqTVy228_so0nnFNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/96350880f8523e090c0f6a7067000bfc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" align="left" title="FILE - This Jan. 15, 2008, file photo shows television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York. Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on "60 Minutes," has died, Saturday, April 7, 2012. He was 93. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>Mike Wallace didn't interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/contracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QMQ6kwiN5C0Rptpzy80Uag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b575956f64435090c0f6a706700467b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)" border="0" /></a>About 40,000 AT&T landline workers are staying on the job this week without a contract, their union said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/contracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844.html2012-04-08T19:17:22ZAssociated Presscontracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/contracts-expire-many-t-talks-continue-191714844.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QMQ6kwiN5C0Rptpzy80Uag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b575956f64435090c0f6a706700467b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This July 19, 2010, file photo, shows the AT&T logo displayed on the side of a corporate office in Springfield, Ill. Union contracts for thousands of AT&T workers in America expired at midnight but officials said Sunday, April 8, 2012, that talks continued. The passage of the deadline left the Communications Workers of America free to call a strike, but spokeswoman Candice Johnson says employees would report for work without a contract. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)" border="0" /></a>About 40,000 AT&T landline workers are staying on the job this week without a contract, their union said Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/>Does your cat show an interest in the images and sounds coming from your computer? Did you know you can take that a step further with videos tailor-made for feline viewing pleasure?http://news.yahoo.com/7-videos-tailor-made-fascinate-cat-191147027.html2012-04-08T19:11:47ZMashable7-videos-tailor-made-fascinate-cat-191147027Activists claiming affiliation with the hacking group Anonymous published about 2,700 emails Sunday purportedly between Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and other members of his government.http://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-leaks-emails-hacked-tunisias-leaders-182916972.html2012-04-08T18:29:16ZAFPanonymous-leaks-emails-hacked-tunisias-leaders-182916972Ever since Google announced Project Glass, people have wondered what place the augmented reality glasses could have in everyday life. Some were excited about the possibilites of Project Glass -- while others poked fun at their seemingly impractical nature.http://news.yahoo.com/google-glasses-famous-faces-pics-182731683.html2012-04-08T18:27:31ZMashablegoogle-glasses-famous-faces-pics-182731683Apple Inc.'s iPad has dominated the tablet category. Now, when many consumers think of tablets, they only think of the iPad. Below is a list of other brand names that have become so popular that they've joined the world of common nouns. Some of the brands became so generic that they lost their trademarks.http://news.yahoo.com/glance-brand-name-goes-generic-124221990.html2012-04-08T18:07:20ZAssociated Pressglance-brand-name-goes-generic-124221990<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html2012-04-08T18:05:42ZAssociated Pressapples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apples-ipad-only-tablet-people-know-124138038.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6GhTAI13.ap9l2WJVV1p5g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/da471db4de1224090c0f6a706700f1e6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Companies trip over themselves to make their brands household names. But only a few brands become so engrained in the lexicon that they?re synonymous with the products themselves. This so-called ?genericization? can be both good and bad for companies like Apple, which must balance their desire for brand recognition with their disdain for brand deterioration. From left to right are: a Jan. 20, 2011 file photo showing boxes of Kleenex tissues, a Kimberly Clark brand; Bayer aspirin tablets photographed May 25, 2004; Johnson & Johnson Band-Aid products shown Jan. 24, 2011; and a March 7, 2012 file photo,shows the new iPad. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language.</p><br clear="all"/>April is National Poetry Month, when thousands of publishers, booksellers, non-profits and schools celebrate poetry and its cultural influence through readings, festivals and workshops.http://news.yahoo.com/7-mobile-apps-discovering-creating-poetry-180256501.html2012-04-08T18:02:56ZMashable7-mobile-apps-discovering-creating-poetry-180256501Using a new computer-generated animation, James Cameron and fellow researchers fine-tune their theory of how the Titanic looked as it sank into the freezing Atlantic on April 15,1912. The two-night television event entitled Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron starts on April 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel.http://news.yahoo.com/james-cameron-shows-really-happened-titanic-video-170859983.html2012-04-08T17:08:59ZMashablejames-cameron-shows-really-happened-titanic-video-1708599831. Sony SmartWatchhttp://news.yahoo.com/top-10-tech-week-pics-170646679.html2012-04-08T17:06:46ZMashabletop-10-tech-week-pics-170646679Meme machine Ryan Gosling (or someone pretending to be the heartthrob actor) has set up a Twitter account that encourages people to hunt for 200 Easter eggs hidden in New York City.http://news.yahoo.com/200-ryan-gosling-themed-easter-eggs-hidden-york-162441593.html2012-04-08T16:24:41ZMashable200-ryan-gosling-themed-easter-eggs-hidden-york-162441593Mashable's?Easter egg hunt doesn't involve colored eggs or chocolate. ?Instead, we've compiled some of the best Easter eggs from all around the web. ?Take a look and find some hidden digital treasures.http://news.yahoo.com/ultimate-digital-easter-egg-hunt-video-154735775.html2012-04-08T15:47:35ZMashableultimate-digital-easter-egg-hunt-video-154735775If you thought corporate titans spent all their time ensconced in ivory towers -- too important to engage in social media -- think again. Here's a chart based on research that ranks the top 25 most social-media-active chief information officers (CIOs) of the Fortune 250.http://news.yahoo.com/top-25-most-social-cios-whos-most-active-151315401.html2012-04-08T15:13:15ZMashabletop-25-most-social-cios-whos-most-active-151315401LONDON (Reuters) - A British government website was disrupted on Sunday by an attack thought to be by activist hacker group Anonymous, whose previous high-profile targets have included the Vatican. The website of Britain's Home Office, or interior ministry, (homeoffice.gov.uk) was out of action for several hours overnight and problems continued on Sunday, when visitors found the message "page not found". "The Home Office website was the subject of an online protest last night," a spokeswoman for the ministry said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/uk-government-website-disrupted-hacker-attack-135619620.html2012-04-08T15:02:51ZReutersuk-government-website-disrupted-hacker-attack-135619620Britain's Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992.html2012-04-08T14:37:20ZAssociated Presshackers-claim-attack-uk-home-office-website-124955992A bill introduced to the House of Representatives late last year could become the centerpiece of the next SOPA-style struggle between the tech community and Washington, D.C.http://news.yahoo.com/could-cispa-next-sopa-142911795.html2012-04-08T14:29:11ZMashablecould-cispa-next-sopa-142911795Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko. Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on Facebook or Twitter.http://news.yahoo.com/potential-employer-asks-facebook-password-133057706.html2012-04-08T13:30:57ZMashablepotential-employer-asks-facebook-password-1330577061. M&M "Sexy and I Know It" Super Bowl Commercial 2012http://news.yahoo.com/top-10-chocolate-ads-youtube-124718926.html2012-04-08T12:47:18ZMashabletop-10-chocolate-ads-youtube-124718926Famed 60 Minutes broadcaster Mike Wallace died Saturday night at age 93, CBS News announced Sunday, and fans and fellow journalists quickly took to social networks to express their condolences.http://news.yahoo.com/remembers-60-minutes-anchor-mike-wallace-114813429.html2012-04-08T11:48:13ZMashableremembers-60-minutes-anchor-mike-wallace-1148134291. RABBIT by Vaughn Shimhttp://news.yahoo.com/10-adorable-bunny-themed-gadget-cases-111011704.html2012-04-08T11:10:11ZMashable10-adorable-bunny-themed-gadget-cases-111011704<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XsVK9RMrP0PVKT5B25UbiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T080256Z_3_CBRE8370FEF00_RTROPTP_2_AT-T-LABOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" align="left" title="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.html2012-04-08T08:02:56ZReutersthousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XsVK9RMrP0PVKT5B25UbiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T080256Z_3_CBRE8370FEF00_RTROPTP_2_AT-T-LABOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" align="left" title="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/support-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuGF_0Q8Snytz6S_HQMrRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T061839Z_1_CBRE8370HJJ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-AFGHANISTAN-RECONCILIATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo" align="left" title="Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo" border="0" /></a>KABUL (Reuters) - Support is building among Afghanistan's regional neighbors for a comprehensive peace process with the Taliban, but Pakistan's backing and access to insurgent leaders are crucial to getting stalled talks on track, a top Afghan diplomat said. Jawed Ludin, the deputy foreign minister and senior negotiator in talks with Washington on an Afghan-U.S. strategic pact, also said the two allies were near agreement on a deal to curb controversial night raids by NATO troops on Afghan homes. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/support-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897.html2012-04-08T06:18:39ZReuterssupport-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/support-peace-talks-growing-afghan-diplomat-says-061839897.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IuGF_0Q8Snytz6S_HQMrRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T061839Z_1_CBRE8370HJJ00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-AFGHANISTAN-RECONCILIATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo" align="left" title="Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister Ludin attends regional cooperation talks in Oslo" border="0" /></a>KABUL (Reuters) - Support is building among Afghanistan's regional neighbors for a comprehensive peace process with the Taliban, but Pakistan's backing and access to insurgent leaders are crucial to getting stalled talks on track, a top Afghan diplomat said. Jawed Ludin, the deputy foreign minister and senior negotiator in talks with Washington on an Afghan-U.S. strategic pact, also said the two allies were near agreement on a deal to curb controversial night raids by NATO troops on Afghan homes. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/app-aims-spare-whales-ships-atlantic-164235539.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qJ83zAU1tHdfkenUIiz5BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3b5b4f8ce0702f090c0f6a7067006e46.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The International Fund for Animal Welfare led the development of a new Whale Alert app for iPhones and iPads, which uses information from underwater microphones off the coast of New England to help mariners avoid striking the mammals. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The International Fund for Animal Welfare led the development of a new Whale Alert app for iPhones and iPads, which uses information from underwater microphones off the coast of New England to help mariners avoid striking the mammals. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>Even at a sturdy 70 tons, the North Atlantic right whale is no match for the huge ships that cross its path carrying cargo, passengers and the threat of lethal collisions.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/app-aims-spare-whales-ships-atlantic-164235539.html2012-04-07T23:42:42ZAssociated Pressapp-aims-spare-whales-ships-atlantic-164235539<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/app-aims-spare-whales-ships-atlantic-164235539.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qJ83zAU1tHdfkenUIiz5BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3b5b4f8ce0702f090c0f6a7067006e46.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The International Fund for Animal Welfare led the development of a new Whale Alert app for iPhones and iPads, which uses information from underwater microphones off the coast of New England to help mariners avoid striking the mammals. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" align="left" title="FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay near Provincetown, Mass. The International Fund for Animal Welfare led the development of a new Whale Alert app for iPhones and iPads, which uses information from underwater microphones off the coast of New England to help mariners avoid striking the mammals. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)" border="0" /></a>Even at a sturdy 70 tons, the North Atlantic right whale is no match for the huge ships that cross its path carrying cargo, passengers and the threat of lethal collisions.</p><br clear="all"/>Sprint is only recognizing one town in America as having their full 4G LTE cellular service, and it has a population just over 25,000 and is located about an hour south of Chicago. Meet the extremely fortunate town of?Kankakee, Illinois.?http://news.yahoo.com/meet-only-town-america-gets-sprints-4g-195624836.html2012-04-07T19:56:24ZThe Atlantic Wiremeet-only-town-america-gets-sprints-4g-195624836Duke Greenhill is the founder and CEO of Greenhill+Partners, the premiere agency for bespoke luxury brand marketing. Duke is also available as an independent consultant and speaker at Duke@Greenhill-Partners.com.http://news.yahoo.com/luxury-brands-prepare-affluent-millennials-184840862.html2012-04-07T18:48:40ZMashableluxury-brands-prepare-affluent-millennials-184840862Tom Winter, 68-year-old University of Nebraska classics professor, rose to Internet stardom after a picture of him riding his skateboard, with a briefcase in hand, became a Reddit top post on Thursday.http://news.yahoo.com/68-old-skateboarding-professor-becomes-viral-meme-pics-181259989.html2012-04-07T18:12:59ZMashable68-old-skateboarding-professor-becomes-viral-meme-pics-181259989If you missed any of Mashable's resources this week, hopefully it wasn't because you were dealing with that nasty "Flashback" virus (make sure you check if your Mac has been infected by using this nifty script).http://news.yahoo.com/43-digital-media-resources-may-missed-173245672.html2012-04-07T17:32:45ZMashable43-digital-media-resources-may-missed-173245672Gadget lovers have been speculating about the 2012 release of the Google Tablet for months. Now, sources close to the project say the iPad competitor will debut in July.http://news.yahoo.com/google-tablet-delayed-until-july-report-172114383.html2012-04-07T17:21:14ZMashablegoogle-tablet-delayed-until-july-report-172114383<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/california-warns-lost-parent-child-data-171253130.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vsubHmEboUnpzm7oLqrBxA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/000_DV1134768.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="California warns of parent-child date lost in IBM transfer" align="left" title="California warns of parent-child date lost in IBM transfer" border="0" /></a>California officials on Friday warned that personal information about parents and children in its child support system was missing, putting those people at risk of identity theft.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/california-warns-lost-parent-child-data-171253130.html2012-04-07T17:12:53ZAFPcalifornia-warns-lost-parent-child-data-171253130<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/california-warns-lost-parent-child-data-171253130.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vsubHmEboUnpzm7oLqrBxA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/000_DV1134768.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="California warns of parent-child date lost in IBM transfer" align="left" title="California warns of parent-child date lost in IBM transfer" border="0" /></a>California officials on Friday warned that personal information about parents and children in its child support system was missing, putting those people at risk of identity theft.</p><br clear="all"/>

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