http://www.EDGEatlanta.com Your life... with an EDGE. en-us 2012 EDGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. editor@edgepublications.com (Managing Editor) webmaster@edgepublications.com (Webmaster) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:02:07 -0500 http://www.EDGEatlanta.com/rss Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Technology/atlanta http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129639 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129639 Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129638 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129638 The halls of Britain's Supreme Court are becoming a bit more high-tech, as the highest court in the land joins Twitter. The Supreme Court is launching a twitter account Monday to issue realtime news on latest judgments, court spokesman Ben Wilson said. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129636 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129636 Challenging Netflix, Verizon says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129546 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=129546 Finding "the one" is a challenging task, and we can all use a little help. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129581 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129581 AOL and the Huffington Post are launching a live video network that aims to combine broadcast news with social media. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129571 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129571 A new study out Friday found that the average user of the world's biggest online social network gets more than they give. That means more messages, more "likes" and more comments. Yes, even more "pokes." Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129568 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129568 AOL and the Huffington Post are launching a live video network that aims to combine broadcast news with social media. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129567 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129567 NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129540 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=videos&sc3=&id=129540 Facebook filed plans to sell stock to the public for the first time. Molly Wood, of CNET, shares some of the inside information revealed with Charlie Rose and Erica Hill Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129533 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129533 GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. To some people, these ideas sound like science fiction. But mostly they are not. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129531 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129531 Microsoft slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129530 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129530 A bullet that directs itself like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away has the potential to change the battlefield for soldiers without costing too much, engineers at Sandia National Laboratories said Wednesday. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129483 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=videos&sc3=&id=129483 Fortune magazine's managing editor, Andy Serwer talks to Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Erica Hill about what we can expect from Facebook's expected IPO. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129473 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129473 A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun's influence is different and stranger than expected, scientists reported Tuesday. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129472 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129472 Users of the file-sharing website Megaupload who feared their data could be deleted as early as Thursday have a reprieve after a nonprofit group stepped in at the eleventh hour. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129471 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129471 Samsung took a double-hit in its battle against archrival Apple when the European Union announced it would investigate whether it was illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of some of its tablet computers. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129433 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129433 Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129432 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129432 The head of Russia's space agency said that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported component may have been vulnerable to the radiation. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129431 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=129431 Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sought to calm the global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy on Monday, complaining in part that the issue is being treated with the same kind of shorthand that has made Twitter popular. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.edgeatlanta.com/?129392 http://www.edgeatlanta.com/index.php?ch=technology&sc=&sc2=videos&sc3=&id=129392 From the bestselling children's novel "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" to the Oscar nominated film "Hugo," automatons - mechanical marvels from a time gone by - are in the spotlight. Seth Doane takes a look at the extraordinary world of automatons. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST