SCI/TECH HEADLINES 9/17/2011
Texas billed $294,000 for Perrys’ security on trips
AUSTIN — At a time when state budget reductions were used to help offset a multibillion-dollar revenue shortfall, taxpayers were billed for more than $294,000 in security detail expenses for out-of-state trips by Gov. Rick …Houston Chronicle · 13 minutes ago
11 Charged In 10 Detroit Schools Corruption Cases
msnbc.com
Bongiovi Acoustics Software Download Brings Killer Sound to Your Computer
Yahoo Finance
The big interview: Norm Augustine on rockets, and NASA’s future
Aerospace executive Norm Augustine visited Houston last week to speak on campus. His visit coincided with the announcement of a Space Act Agreement between Rice and J0hnson Space Center to increase …Houston Chronicle · 50 minutes ago
On new rocket, NASA can’t afford to fail
Orlando Sentinel
NASA: Satellite pieces to hit Earth in a week
Seattle Times
Is Google’s CEO nonplussed by Google+?
When it comes to being social, Google CEO Larry Page is apparently very particular. Who, therefore, could be surprised that social networking isn’t quite as vital to his being as, say, burying the whole of Facebook in a very …CNET News · 2 hours ago
Facebook: Hot, Not, Or Lukewarm? [OPINION]
YAHOO!
Google orange doodle celebrates man who discovered vitamin C
Los Angeles Times
PE firms circling AOL turn attention to Yahoo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The troubles at Yahoo Inc are proving to be a headache for AOL, that other deeply challenged Internet company trying to turn around its fortunes. Interest in AOL from private equity firms ramped up …Yahoo Finance · 1 day ago
Yahoo gives interim CEO a 25 pct raise to $750,000
San Francisco Gate
Yahoo Interim CEO Tim Morse Gets 25% Salary Increase to $750,000
Bloomberg
Windows’ Blue Screen of Death: A History
Windows 8 has a new Blue Screen of Death: a sad face emoticon—at least in the Developer’s Preview. A sad face. That may be new to Windows 8, but the terror of the stop error certainly is not. You’re familiar with the …PC Magazine · 1 day ago
Microsoft opens curtains on Windows 8 (week in review)
CNET News
Analyst cuts Adobe rating after channel checks
AP – msnbc.com
BlackBerry underfoot: RIM stock loses 20% on downgrades, weak performance
The device’s maker, Research in Motion Ltd., is watching as its stock has lost nearly one-fifth of its value Friday, after a weak quarterly performance that triggered downgrades by Wall Street analysts. The company sold …Los Angeles Times · 1 day ago
Has a RIM PlayBook Fire Sale Already Started?
PC Magazine
Dirt Cheap PlayBook May Mean A Tablet Price War Is Coming
Forbes



