New Posts to BBC News - Technology on Oct 1, 2013:
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1) US websites suspended in shutdown
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24357729#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
1 October 2013 Last updated at 15:19 ET
By Tom Espiner Technology reporter
Federal websites and Twitter feeds, including for the Statue of Liberty, were suspended after a partial US government shutdown.
A number of US government websites and Twitter feeds have been suspended due to a partial US government shutdown.
Nasa's website was unavailable as non-essential services were closed, and the White House web page was not being updated, after a lapse in federal funding.
The US Department of Homeland Security was not responding to public emails submitted via its website.
US government employees affected by the shutdown were not able to access email.
Republican opposition to President Obama's healthcare reform law, the Affordable Care Act, lead to the the government shutdown on Tuesday.
The act, known also as Obamacare, has caused legislative deadlock. Congress failed to pass legislation [...]
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2) EU hints at settlement with Google
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24354912#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
1 October 2013 Last updated at 12:03 ET
There are few details on what the concessions are
The European Commission has indicated that new concessions offered by Google could end its long-running anti-trust investigation against the search giant.
Few details about the concessions were released, but they are believed to include measures to make it easier for web users to see results from Google's rivals.
The company was accused by rivals in 2010 of squeezing out competition.
If found guilty, Google faces huge fines.
"We have reached a key moment in this case. Now with significant improvements on the table, I think we have the possibility to work again," competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia told the European Parliament.
Own logos
In April Google suggested a package of concessions, including an offer to label its own services and to make it easier for people to use rival advertising [...]
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3) Symantec disables ZeroAccess bots
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24348395#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
1 October 2013 Last updated at 09:19 ET
A quarter of the ZeroAccess network of zombie computers has been disabled, says Symantec.
Symantec has disabled part of one of the world's largest networks of infected computers.
About 500,000 hijacked computers have been taken out of the 1.9 million strong ZeroAccess botnet, the security company said.
The zombie computers were used for advertising and online currency fraud and to infect other machines.
Security experts warned that any benefits from the takedown might be short-lived.
The cybercriminals behind the network had not yet been identified, said Symantec.
"We've taken almost a quarter of the botnet offline," Symantec security operations manager Orla Cox told the BBC. "That's taken away a quarter of [the criminals'] earnings."
The ZeroAccess network is used to generate illegal cash through a type of advertising deception known as "click [...]
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4) Lightning powers Frankenstein phone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24347185#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
1 October 2013 Last updated at 08:19 ET
The lightning bolt was recreated in the lab
Some 200 years after Mary Shelley used lightning to breath life into Frankenstein's monster, scientists have copied her idea to power a phone.
The proof-of-concept experiment was conducted at the University of Southampton in collaboration with Nokia.
The mobile firm warned users "not to try this at home".
Harnessing nature in this way could provide power sources where electricity is in short supply, said experts.
Huge step
Using a transformer, the team recreated a lightning bolt in the lab by passing 200,000 volts across a 30cm (11in) air gap.
"We were amazed to see that the Nokia circuitry somehow stabilised the noisy signal, allowing the battery to be charged," said Neil Palmer, from the University of Southampton's high voltage laboratory.
The proof-of-concept experiment is a step towards harnessing [...]
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5) Delta gives pilots Microsoft tablets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24347893#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
1 October 2013 Last updated at 09:20 ET
Delta is the latest airline to embrace Electronic Flight Bags, already in use by many of its commercial rivals
American airline Delta is to equip 11,000 of its pilots with Microsoft Surface 2 tablets, in a bid to eliminate paper resources.
The recently launched Surface 2, which runs the Windows RT 8.1 platform, will provide crews with key charts and navigation tools via a customised app.
The tablets will replace the 17kg (2st 10lb) flight bags currently carried by pilots, reducing fuel consumption.
The company expects all its cockpits to be paperless by the end of 2014.
Delta had previously tested Apple iPads as potential Electronic Flight Bags (EFB), but has recently embraced Microsoft devices.
It equipped 19,000 of its flight attendants with Nokia Lumia 820 smartphones in August, which run on a Windows operating system.
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