http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296338,google-removes-offensive-image-of-michelle-obama.html San Francisco - Google on Wednesday apologized for an offensive picture of US First Lady Michelle Obama that appeared on top of its image search results, and later removed it after initially saying that company policy prevented it from censoring the ... Internet,Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:46:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296338,google-removes-offensive-image-of-michelle-obama.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296282,facebook-farewell-post-sparks-massive-manhunt-in-israel.html Tel Aviv - An Israeli man threatened suicide on his Facebook profile and then disappeared, sparking a massive manhunt once worried friends noticed his farewell message on the social networking site. The unnamed 44-year-old was found, injured, near th... Internet,Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:28:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296282,facebook-farewell-post-sparks-massive-manhunt-in-israel.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296274,four-held-in-crackdown-on-austro-german-hackers.html Berlin - In raids throughout Germany and Austria, police closed down a web gang which stole private credit-card data and used viruses to create a network of 100,000 robot computers, Germany's Federal Crime Office said Wednesday. In Germany, three per... Internet,Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:46:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296274,four-held-in-crackdown-on-austro-german-hackers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296259,atlantis-astronauts-prepare-for-return-to-earth--summary.html Washington - NASA shuttle Atlantis undocked from the orbiting space station Wednesday for the final leg of a picture- perfect mission that included a proud father's birth announcement. The undocking for its two-da... Space,Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:28:13 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296259,atlantis-astronauts-prepare-for-return-to-earth--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296227,facebook-prepares-dual-stock-structure.html New York - Internet networking site Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give existing shareholders control over the company, a move seen as paving the way for going public. However, Facebook said Tuesday in a statement that ... Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:40:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296227,facebook-prepares-dual-stock-structure.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296207,atlantis-astronauts-prepare-for-return-to-earth.html Washington - Shuttle Atlantis was due to undock from the orbiting space station Wednesday for the final leg of a picture- perfect mission that included a proud father's birth announcement. The six Atlantis crew members said farewell Tuesday to their ... Space,Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:40:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296207,atlantis-astronauts-prepare-for-return-to-earth.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296122,depressed-canadian-women-has-benefits-cut-over-facebook-photos.html New York - A 29-year-old Quebec woman on sick leave for depression had her benefits cut after her insurance company saw photos of her enjoying herself on Facebook, media reports said Tuesday. Manulife insurance corporation told Nathalie Blanchard tha... Internet,Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:58:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296122,depressed-canadian-women-has-benefits-cut-over-facebook-photos.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295965,how-to-back-up-your-data-with-windows-7--feature.html Washington - Windows 7 provides more ways to keep your data safe than any previous version of Windows. And that's good news. For despite the claimed reliability of hard disks and solid state drives, data loss due to drive failure is still an all-too-... Technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:10:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295965,how-to-back-up-your-data-with-windows-7--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295950,atlantis-astronauts-end-third-spacewalk--summary.html Washington - Two astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis ended the mission's third and last spacewalk at 2:06 pm (1906 GMT) Monday after successfully installing an oxygen tank on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalk ... Space,Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:40:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295950,atlantis-astronauts-end-third-spacewalk--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295892,us-astronauts-begin-spacewalk-after-one-hour-delay.html Washington - A technical problem with a space suit forced astronauts from the Space Shuttle Atlantis to wait an hour Monday before they could start a planned spacewalk. A defective ventilator in the drinking water compartment of the suit belonging to... Space,Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:28:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295892,us-astronauts-begin-spacewalk-after-one-hour-delay.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295839,pakistan-rolls-out-jet-fighter-produced-with-chinese-assistance.html Islamabad - Pakistan on Monday celebrated the rollout of a multi-purpose jet fighter manufactured in the country under a joint venture with China. The first locally produced JF-17 Thunder made its debut at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra, ... Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:28:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295839,pakistan-rolls-out-jet-fighter-produced-with-chinese-assistance.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295794,the-computer-helper-buying-a-windows-7-computer--feature.html Washington - Lots of people have waited until the official release of Windows 7 before buying a new computer. And now that the new version of Windows is out, the stampede is on. Just about any computer you buy today will have Windows 7 pre- installed... Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:10:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295794,the-computer-helper-buying-a-windows-7-computer--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295774,deep-ocean-census-finds-jumbo-dumbo-and-oil-drilling-worms.html Washington - Marine scientists have identified 17,650 species in ocean depths so far down that light no longer penetrates, according to the newest update in the years-long census of marine life released Sunday. The oddest... Science,Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295774,deep-ocean-census-finds-jumbo-dumbo-and-oil-drilling-worms.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295758,shuttle-astronaut-becomes-father-in-space.html Washington - An astronaut aboard the US shuttle Atlantis was over the moon after becoming the father of a baby girl hours after completing a spacewalk on Saturday. Randy Bresnik had waited with bated breath for two days until he was given the news th... Space,Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:16:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295758,shuttle-astronaut-becomes-father-in-space.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295714,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - Thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 from XP? You'll need to do a fresh installation of the operating system instead of an in-place upgrade. That means you won't be able to just pop in the Windows 7 installation disk and have the oper... Internet,Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295714,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295713,network-music-and-middleman-new-technology-products.html Music from the network: Sonos ZonePlayer S5Berlin - Sonos has released a new network-ready music player. The ZonePlayer S5 costs 399 dollars and comes with five integrated speakers to play back music stored on a home network or streamed from internet... Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:34 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295713,network-music-and-middleman-new-technology-products.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295712,fast-and-uncomplicated-windows-7-on-netbooks.html Munich - Windows 7 is here. One of the ways the new operating system from Microsoft stands out is that it doesn't need powerful hardware to run well. This makes it suitable for use in netbooks, which typically come preinstalled with Windows XP. Wind... Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295712,fast-and-uncomplicated-windows-7-on-netbooks.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295711,anonymization-programmes-generally-live-up-to-promises.html Hamburg - Computer programmes designed to let users surf online anonymously generally live up to expectations, according to tests run by German computer magazine Computer Bild. The test of eight programmes found that seven set up an effective disgui... Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295711,anonymization-programmes-generally-live-up-to-promises.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295710,new-online-virus-threat-comes-via-banner-ads.html Cologne, Germany - Recently, criminals managed to place a doctored banner ad carrying a virus on the homepage of the New York Times, a mainstay of American journalism. The fact they could do so is bad enough. Worse: it's not an isolated case. It's be... Internet,Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295710,new-online-virus-threat-comes-via-banner-ads.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295709,googles-dashboard-lets-users-keep-eye-on-personal-data.html Munich - Dashboard, a new function from Google, lets the company's customers keep an eye on what personal data Google has gathered on them. For example, the function shows what information is gathered when people use services like Google's e-mail pro... Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295709,googles-dashboard-lets-users-keep-eye-on-personal-data.html