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Sony Pictures Plans Steve Jobs Movie
(Newser) - Steve Jobs the icon will soon be Steve Jobs the movie. Sony Pictures is acquiring the rights to the soon-to-be-released authorized biography of Jobs, reports Deadline . The book by Walter Isaacson of Time—one of the few people Jobs spoke to in his final days, notes the New York Times... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Venus Has Ozone Layer, Too
(Newser) - Venus has joined Earth and Mars in the ozone layer club. A spacecraft from the European Space Agency detected a thin layer about 60 miles above the planet, reports the BBC . Ozone protects Earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays, and astronomers say the discovery could help fine-tune their hunt... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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Cantaloupe Death Toll Hits 21
(AP) - Health authorities say that a nationwide outbreak of listeria in cantaloupes is now responsible for 21 deaths and that the number may grow. The CDC today reported new deaths in Indiana and New York and said 109 people have been sickened in the outbreak. The death toll is now tied... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) .
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Wrong-Way Whales Worry Biologists
(Newser) - Alaska biologists are keeping a worried eye on three killer whales who apparently took a wrong turn and have ended up in fresh water in the Nushagak River, reports the Anchorage Daily News . The whales already look to be showing signs of "freshwater stress," says one scientist, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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US Drones Infected With Virus
(Newser) - America’s robot assassins have all been infected with a “keylogger” virus that tracks every move their pilots make, sources tell Wired . The military isn’t sure how the computers at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada—the nerve center that controls most drone missions—got infected, or who... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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School Takes Roll With Fingerprint Scans
(Newser) - Roll-calls are so 20th century. A cutting-edge Florida district is scanning students' fingerprints as a way of taking attendance, Popular Science reports. And the schools are getting even more careful: While the scanning systems are currently in school buildings, some will soon be moved to buses, allowing the district to... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Blue Whales Visit LA for Risky Meals
(Newser) - Visitors are thrilled by blue whales' frequent appearances at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—but for the whales, such visits could be deadly, experts warn. The biggest port complex in the country now boasts "the densest concentration" of whales "close to shore in all of... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science & Health.
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How Apple Will Go On Post-Jobs
(Newser) - The death of Steve Jobs has everyone wondering: What’s next for Apple? Can it maintain its killer momentum without its visionary? Here’s what people are saying: Don’t panic too much: Before dying, Jobs helped shape a product roadmap that covers at least the next three years, sources... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Man Allegedly Hits Wife Who Didn't 'Like' Facebook Post
(Newser) - It's a bad day for bizarre violence. Earlier, we heard about karaoke-inspired fisticuffs ; now an apparent Facebook-based argument has led to an attack. A Texas man who reportedly said he was furious at his estranged wife for not "liking" his Facebook status allegedly punched her in the face... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Bust Bankers, Not Protesters
(Newser) - The big banks’ financial maneuvers brought our economy to the brink of collapse, but you don’t see any bankers behind bars. Instead, it’s the Occupy Wall Street protesters who are getting arrested—for such heinous crimes as stopping traffic, writes Michael Daly in the Daily Beast . Goldman Sachs... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Moody's Downgrades Top UK Banks
(Newser) - Moody’s sliced the credit ratings of a dozen British financial companies today, including two of the UK’s "Big Four" lenders, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland, both of which were partially nationalized during the financial crisis. Moody’s explained that it "believes that the government is... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Occupy Protests— and Arrests— Go National
(Newser) - The "Occupy" movement has spread a lot further than Wall Street—as have the arrests. Protests inspired by the ongoing anti-big business demonstrations in New York took place in cities across the US yesterday, including Los Angeles, Portland, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Houston, and Washington, DC, and organizers say this... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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Steve Jobs OKed Bio So His Kids Could 'Know Him'
(Newser) - Steve Jobs authorized a biography of himself so his four kids could "know him," author Walter Isaacson reveals in Time . "I wasn't always there for them, and I wanted them to know why, and to understand what I did," Jobs told Isaacson in their final... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Unemployment Holds at 9.1%
(AP) - Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer, but the unemployment rate stayed at 9.1% for the third straight month. Nearly half of the gains last month occurred because 45,000 striking Verizon workers returned to their jobs. The private sector... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Business.
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