JAKARTA, Indonesia - Scientists on a deep-sea expedition off Indonesia have discovered a towering volcano: It rises 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) from the ocean floor, yet remains far from sight at the water's surface.

U.S. and Indonesian researchers, using a powerful sonar system and a robotic vehicle with high-definition video, are exploring terrain off Sulawesi island in hopes of getting a glimpse into complex and little-known marine ecosystems.

They have mapped 2,400-sq.-miles (6,200 sq.-kilometres) of sea floor since setting off last month, an area equal to the size of the U.S. state of Delaware, according to a news release from the American embassy in Jakarta.

CAIRO - An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to determine the extent of the ruins of the one time 3,500-year-old capital of Egypt's foreign occupiers, said the antiquities department Sunday.

Egypt was ruled for a century from 1664-1569 B.C. by the Hyksos, a warrior people from Asia, possibly Semitic in origin, whose summer capital was in the northern Delta area.

Remember the electromagnetic pulse or "pinch," featured in "Ocean's 11?" Well imagine that level of disruption and apply it to the entire planet. That's the threat solar storms pose to our increasingly digital world.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs showed off a next-generation iPhone on Monday that features the ability to shoot and edit high-definition quality video and a crisp higher-resolution screen.

"We are going to take the biggest leap since the original iPhone," Jobs said in a keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference here.

Clips generated by Facebook users were watched by 41 million people in April, more than three times as many as a year earlier, when there were 13 million. YouTube grew 25 percent to 135 million unique viewers over the same period, Reston, Virginia-based data researcher ComScore Inc. said this week.

Contending with Google in video is a step in Facebook’s bid to become the go-to website for content-sharing. It surpassed Google’s search engine in weekly hits in March, becoming the most visited site in the U.S. for the first time, according to New York-based data tracker Experian Hitwise.

A rival to YouTube poses challenges for Mountain View, California-based Google, which bought the money-losing service, with its clips of robot-riding cats, fraternity drinking games and other amateur videos, for $1.65 billion in 2006. Analyst Doug Anmuth of Barclays Capital in New York has said YouTube may see its first year of profitability in 2010. Google doesn’t break out its sales by segment.

“What people are doing now more and more is uploading their own home videos to share with friends and family,” said Colin Dixon, an analyst at Frisco, Texas-based researcher Diffusion Group. “YouTube is a very public place,” whereas Facebook may offer more privacy, he said.

Growing Popularity

Facebook, based in Palo Alto, California, has the fifth- largest audience for Web videos, ComScore said, behind properties run by Google, Yahoo! Inc., News Corp., and Vevo, the music-video site jointly operated by Sony Corp., Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media Co.

Since April 2009, the social network has climbed past AOL Inc., Viacom Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Hulu, a video site whose owners include Walt Disney Co. and News Corp., ComScore said.

A report released today by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows social-networking sites are more popular for posting clips than video-sharing sites.

Among respondents to a survey conducted by the group, 52 percent of people who said they upload videos to the Web do it through sites such as Facebook or News Corp.’s MySpace. Less than half, or 49 percent, do it through video-sharing sites like YouTube and Google Video, according to the report, “The State of Online Video,” which surveyed 763 adult Internet users in the U.S. during June 2009.

Privacy Controls

There’s demand among some Web users for controls that limit who can see their videos, said Kristen Purcell, author of the report and associate director of the project, a branch of the Washington nonprofit Pew Research Center.

Thirty-nine percent of video uploaders interviewed said they don’t let anyone other than family and friends watch their clips. About as many, 35 percent, say they sometimes feel they should be more careful about the videos they post.

Chris Dale, a spokesman for Google, said uploads to YouTube “have been trending in the right direction.” He wouldn’t comment on whether social-networking sites have affected usage of the video service.

Facebook was started in 2004 and first enabled users to share videos in May 2007.

“We generally don’t comment on third-party data,” Kathleen Loughlin, a spokeswoman for Facebook, said in an e- mail.

The degree to which sites like Facebook are gaining on YouTube remains a matter of debate, according to Brett Wilson, chief executive officer of TubeMogul, an online-video distribution service based in Emeryville, California.

Of clips uploaded in the 30 days through June 2 by TubeMogul’s 180,000 users, 1.2 percent chose Facebook and 17 percent picked YouTube.

“The growth rate of Facebook is extraordinary, but the raw numbers are nowhere near YouTube,” Wilson said.

The launch marked a significant advance for California-based SpaceX's eight-year-old space program.

All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you can’t do on any other device.

 Safari

iPad is the best way to experience the web. View whole pages in portrait or landscape on the large Multi-Touch screen. And let your fingers do the surfing.

 Mail
There’s nothing like the Mail app on iPad. With a split-screen view and expansive onscreen keyboard, it lets you see and touch your email in ways you never could before.

 Photos
A vivid LED-backlit IPS display makes viewing photos on iPad extraordinary. Open albums with a tap. Flip through your pictures one by one. Or play a slideshow and share your photos.

Videos
The 9.7-inch high-resolution screen makes iPad perfect for watching HD movies, TV shows, podcasts, music videos, and more.

YouTube
With the YouTube app designed specifically for iPad, videos are even easier to find. And on the amazing iPad display, they’re more fun to watch. Especially in HD.

 iPod
Reach out and touch your songs. View your album art full-size. iPad makes music look as good as it sounds.

 iTunes
Millions of songs, thousands of movies and TV shows, and so much more. Browsing and buying are just a tap away.

 App Store
You’ll find more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, and iPad can run almost all of them. Including everything from games to productivity apps.

iBooks

Reading is a joy on iPad. Text looks crisp and bright. Pages turn with a flick. And you can buy new books from the iBookstore. Just download the free iBooks app to get started.

 Maps
See more of the world with iPad. Find locations easier than ever with street view, satellite view, or new terrain view — all using Google services.

Notes
With its large display and onscreen keyboard, iPad makes it easy to jot down quick notes and keep important information on hand. You can even email yourself reminders.

 Calendar
Work, home, and everything in between. Your schedules are easy to read and easy to manage on iPad — even all at once.

Contacts
With Contacts on iPad, you can see much more than just names and numbers. And you can do more with them, too.

 Home Screen
With just one press of the Home button, you have access to every app on your iPad.

Spotlight Search
No matter what you’re looking for, Spotlight Search can help you find it.

 Accessibility
Universal access is built into iPad. So right out of the box, Apple makes it easy for people with disabilities to enjoy all that iPad has to offer.

 iWork
The iWork productivity applications that you know and love on the Mac — Keynote, Pages, and Numbers — have been completely redesigned for iPad.2 So you can create great-looking presentations, documents, and spreadsheets. All using just your fingers. And while they’re easy to use, they’re also the most powerful productivity apps ever built for a mobile device.

 Keynote
Create a presentation with custom graphic styles, elegantly designed themes, stunning animations and effects, and powerful new features designed just for iPad.

Pages
Pages has everything you need to put your words into beautiful documents. Including Apple-designed templates and easy-to-use formatting tools.

Numbers
Numbers includes over 250 easy-to-use functions, an intelligent keyboard, flexible tables, and eye-catching charts. So you can create compelling spreadsheets in just a few taps.