Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- In a visit to Rome, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (one of Japan's few Roman Catholics) stopped by the Vatican and gave the Pope a Sony HDR-XR500V HandyCam. That should help out with the Pontiff's YouTube channel. [From: CNet]
- According to a new study from Nielsen Online, kids aged two to 11 make up 9.5-percent of Internet users. Similarly, children's online time increasing by more than 63-percent over the last five years. [From: SFGate.com]
- Rupert Murdoch, head of Fox Corp. and owner of MySpace, is rumored to have purchased Twitter. When asked if there was any truth to the hearsay, Murdoch replied simply, "No." Thank goodness; we saw what he did to MySpace. [From: Reuters, via Mashable]
- NASCAR and its fans certainly have a lot of associations, and now being green can be one of them. An automotive shift towards eco-friendliness occurred when IndyCar switched to ethanol fuel, but now the Atlanta Motorsports Park is going environmentally friendly, with a sustainable building design and a massive recycling program. [From: AtlantaMotorsportsPark, via AutoBlogGreen]
- E.T. tweet home. The first node of the Interplanetary Internet has been installed and tested on the International Space Station in what NASA hopes to be the first step towards space-wide connectivity. This means that astronauts can tweet from space, instead of contacting Houston to do it for them. [From: NewScientist.com, via DiscoverMagazine.com]
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