http://www.cbs8.com/ en-us http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html webmaster@kfmb.com Cymer Inc., which makes lasers used in chip manufacturing, said its chief financial officer, Nancy J. Baker, has resigned to "pursue other opportunities.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149227Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149227 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:23:12 -0700 A panel of federal wildlife experts says New Jersey's wayward dolphins are just fine where they are.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149230Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149230 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:32:30 -0700 After taking a back seat for nearly two years, LinkedIn Corp. founder Reid Hoffman is reclaiming the CEO's job and bringing in former Yahoo Inc. executive Jeff Weiner to help steer the online professional network through its next phase of growth.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149233Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149233 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:39:58 -0700 Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a new laptop modem that will allow users to switch between the company's normal cellular network and the new high-speed WiMax network.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149234Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149234 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:41:01 -0700 State and federal officials have agreed to allow bison to migrate into parts of Montana from Yellowstone National Park _ a move expected to slow but not stop an annual slaughter of the animals.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149235Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149235 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:41:51 -0700 Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday that it will shorten the amount of time that it retains data about its users' online behavior _ including Internet search records _ to three months from 13 months and expand the range of data that it "anonymizes" after that period.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149236Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149236 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:42:36 -0700 Motorola Inc., which has been struggling to revive its business in recent years, is freezing its pension plans and reducing executive pay in another set of cost-cutting measures.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149136Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149136 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:08:11 -0700 Recent satellite observations have revealed the largest breach yet seen in the magnetic field that protects Earth from most of the sun's violent blasts, researchers reported Tuesday. The discovery was made last summer by Themis, a fleet of five small NASA satellites.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149137Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149137 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:10:45 -0700 Mysterious dark energy, which likely causes the universe to keep expanding, seems to have another effect: It prevents the biggest clusters of galaxies from getting too fat. Astronomers used X-rays to study the formation of galactic clusters billions of years ago. Their research supports the hard-to-fathom concept of dark energy as a potent force that governs the growth of the universe.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149138Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149138 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:11:18 -0700 Yahoo Inc. said Wednesday that it will shorten the amount of time that it retains data about its users' online behavior _ including Internet search records _ to three months from 13 months and expand the range of data that it "anonymizes" after that period.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149139Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149139 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:12:01 -0700 Microsoft Corp. is taking the unusual step of issuing an emergency fix for a security hole in its Internet Explorer software that has exposed millions of users to having their computers taken over by hackers.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149140Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149140 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:13:20 -0700 Apple Inc. said Tuesday that Chief Executive Steve Jobs won't be delivering the highly anticipated presentation that usually marks the highlight of the annual Macworld computer trade show in January.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149141Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149141 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:17:03 -0700 You've been "superpoked" _ and served. A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149060Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149060 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:05:05 -0700 Users of all current versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked because of a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149061Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149061 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:05:28 -0700 Business software maker Oracle Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter results after the stock market closes Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149062Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149062 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:05:43 -0700 More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149063Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149063 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:06:09 -0700 Biologists braved the cold and snow as they loaded thousands of endangered minnows into trucks for a 12-hour trip to Texas, where the tiny fish will be released into the Rio Grande near Big Bend National Park.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149064Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149064 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:06:25 -0700 http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149000Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149000 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:59:39 -0700 http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149001Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149001 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:59:43 -0700 http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149002Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149002 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:59:44 -0700 http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149003Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=149003 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:59:45 -0700 When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148952Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148952 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:07:35 -0700 Google Inc. denied that it had reversed its stance on the issue of "Net neutrality" and dismissed a story in Monday's edition of The Wall Street Journal on the subject as "confused."]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148947Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148947 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:40 -0700 An Egyptian telecoms giant launched an advanced mobile phone network in North Korea on Monday, the latest attempt to introduce a global symbol of personal freedom into one of the world's most tightly controlled societies.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148948Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148948 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:56 -0700 M2Z Networks' proposal to build a free wireless broadband network is not the only controversial part of its business plan. Just as contentious is its intention to filter the content delivered over that network to block any material deemed inappropriate for children.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148949Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148949 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:06:13 -0700 Australia said Monday it plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by as little as 5 percent by 2020 _ a reduction that critics say undermines international efforts to reach an effective global pact next year to avert dangerous climate change.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148951Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148951 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:07:17 -0700 For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to ensure all Americans have access to basic high-speed Internet connections.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148950Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148950 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:06:59 -0700 http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148702Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148702 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:58:27 -0700 George W. Bush's presidential library domain name has been retrieved after a Web developing company accidentally let it expire _ and it apparently came at a high price.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148732Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148732 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:40:35 -0700 The space shuttle may finally piggyback its way to Florida on Friday, after wintry storms and crosswinds again delayed Endeavour's trek to the Kennedy Space Center.]]> http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148733Sci / Tech http://www.cbs8.com/story.php?id=148733 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:41:59 -0700