We already know that Facebook is the web's biggest time sink. If you look at the average amount of time (according to Nielsen) users spend on the social network, Facebook is a clear winner over sites such as Google or Yahoo.
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Facebook now web's biggest time hog
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Webcams for the voyeur in all of us
Posted by CNN 7 hours ago (http://rss.cnn.com)
Webcams are everywhere. On the beach, the surf cam is broadcasting your bikini-ready (or not) body to the world. At the amusement park, the scream cam is proving you were, in fact, scared senseless. In the bar, the look-how-much-fun-we're-having cam is showing your ex exactly how many shots of tequila it took you to get over him.
We're downloading more apps than songs
Posted by CNN 9 hours ago (http://rss.cnn.com)
We'll soon have downloaded more apps than songs from iTunes, according to app developer Asymco.
[News Focus] Despite Progress, Biodiversity Declines
Posted by ScienceMagazine 1 day 3 hours ago (http://www.sciencemag.org)
After failing to meet its major conservation goal, the Convention on Biological Diversity is setting new targets for stemming the loss of species.Author: Erik Stokstad
[News Focus] Tending the Global Garden
Posted by ScienceMagazine 1 day 3 hours ago (http://www.sciencemag.org)
By sorting out plant names and growing threatened species, botanic gardens are trying to do their part for plant conservation.Author: Elizabeth Pennisi
[News Focus] Saving Forests to Save Biodiversity
Posted by ScienceMagazine 1 day 3 hours ago (http://www.sciencemag.org)
A hot spot for undiscovered flora and fauna, Indonesia is beginning to take steps to preserve its forests and its biological heritage.Author: Dennis Normile
Large-scale deforestation in the Amazon has declined by 47.5% over the past 12 months, according to a preliminary survey by the Brazilian Ministry of Environment using a low-resolution satellite.Author: Antonio Regalado
[News of the Week] Planetary Science: Phoenix Lander Revealing a Younger, Livelier Mars
Posted by ScienceMagazine 1 day 3 hours ago (http://www.sciencemag.org)
Data the Phoenix lander returned in 2008 on the isotopic composition of atmospheric carbon dioxide indicate that the martian atmosphere may have been chemically interacting with liquid water recently. And where there's liquid water, of course, there could be life.Author: Richard A. Kerr
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