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Craigslist pulls its 'adult services' section
Craiglist has bowed to pressure to shut down its adult services listings, replacing the section with the word 'censored'.
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Asus gives EeePC an AMD chip
Geode gets a look in
Asus has released an Asus Eee PC with an AMD Geode low-power processor. The Eee PC 1201K, has actually made it into stores, selling in Italy for €329.
The 1201K has Windows XP pre-installed and features a 12.1-inch LED-backlit (1366 x 768) display, a chiclet keyboard, and a 1.4 GHz Geode CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB, hard drive, a 0.3 megapixel webcam, a multi-card reader, Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and, and a 6-cell battery.
Apparently that lot will chew through its batteries in just two hours so we can't see the logic of the beast. It is still the cheapest 12.1-inch Asus netbook found in Europe, but it is competing with Atom based machines running Windows 7 for €335.
Still it is nice that Asus is not going entirely Intel's way, at least in Italy.
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Intel to announce addition of USB 3.0 into new motherboard reference design, says paper
As AMD is already preparing to integrate USB 3.0 into its future chipset designs, Intel is expected to announce the addition of a USB 3.0 host controller into its Cougar Point motherboard reference design at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2010 in the US, according to a Chinese-language report.
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Former Google China Head Invests in Chinese Startups
Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google's China operations, is funding a dozen startups through a new business incubator he founded.
Google - China - Kai-Fu Lee - Search Engine - Searching
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T-Mobile and Orange Will Allow UK Customers to Access Both Networks [T-Mobile]
When the merger between T-Mobile and Orange was confirmed as Everything Everywhere, it wasn't too clear whether customers of each network would be able to access the other's infrastructure. More »
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Overblog and Wikio Just Married. Pregnant with a European Google News for Blogs.
A trusted source has confirmed that French-blogging platform, Overblog, will soon be part of the Wikio family. Rumor has it that the growing Luxembourg-based news portal is apparently trying to develop European Google News for blogs.
For anyone who isn't familiar with Wikio, all you really have to know is that it's a news portal founded by Pierre Chappaz in 2005 after his previous company, Kelkoo, was acquired by Yahoo in 2004 for some 475 million euros. For acquisitions à la Française, that's not too shabby.
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Eurocom rolls out its Nvidia DirectX 11 notebooks
With GTX 470M and GTX 460M
Beeing one of the early birds, Eurocom has announced the adoption of Nvidia's recently announced Geforce GTX 470M and GTX 460M mobile DirectX 11 graphics cards for its Panther 2.0, Leopard, Cheetah 2.0, Cougar and Panther notebooks.
As noted, both the GTX 470M (288 CUDA Cores) and the GTX 460M (192 CUDA Cores) will now be available with selected Eurocom notebooks. Both of the newly introduced Nvidia GPUs will be available as a single or SLI option and Eurocom will offer these in its Panther 2.0 mobile workstation, X8100 Leopard Mobile Workstation, W800CU Cheetah 2.0, W860CU Cougar and D900F Panther.
You can learn more on Eurocom's website here.
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IBM claims world's fastest processor with 5.2GHz z196
Remember when a 1.4GHz processor was deemed the world's fastest? Man, that was ages ago. Recently, IBM has laid claim to that very record, with its 5.2GHz z196 processor being the focal point. Of course, we've seen a number of consumer chips hum along at speeds well beyond that (thanks to sophisticated cooling systems, of course), but this here enterprise chip does it without any liquid nitrogen-based assistance. It's a four-core slab that was manufactured using the outfit's 45 nanometer technology, boasting 1.4 billion transistors and the ability to handle more than 50 billion instructions per second. Interestingly, Fujitsu's Venus CPU is said to handle a staggering 128 billion calculations per second, so we're guessing that IBM won't be snagging this crown without any debate from the competition. At any rate, there's a very convincing video waiting for you after the break, and no, you won't find this thing in your next Alienware anytime soon.Continue reading IBM claims world's fastest processor with 5.2GHz z196
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Intel buys tiny Israel startup
Looking for virtualisation secrets
Chip giant Intel has rushed out and purchased a tiny Israeli PC virtualization start-up Neocleus. While this is not the biggest buy-out Intel has done, it is certainly one of the strangest.
Neocleus was bought for few hundred thousand dollars, which is less than the Intel CEO Paul Otellini's entertainment cabinet budget. The company's 15-20 employees will join Intel Israel's R&D center.
Neocleus CEO Ariel Gorfung and CTO Etay Bogner founded the company in 2006. However, it did not end up doing very well. Over the years, its investors poured $22 million into the outfit. Most of the investment was by Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Funds, who are unlikely to see any of their money back.
Intel was never a partner of Neocleus, but the start-up uses Chipzilla gear for its virtualization. It seems that Intel has seen something useful in the pile of technology Neocleus came up with and bought the startup as cheap as chips.
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AMD's decision to kill ATI was a bad idea
Industry analysts agree
"If you are in the hole, stop digging," is what Mike Magee, founder of The Register and The Inquirer would tell you. AMD is trying to justify killing the ATI brand, a move that has not been well-accepted in the graphics world. In short, our readers are not happy (please express your feelings in comment section below. ed.), and most of the industry insiders we met in Silicon Valley seem to agree.
At this point, many believe that AMD should gradually fade away the ATI brand. A reasonable idea would be to simply announce the AMD Radeon 6000 Series family and let people speculate why the company ditched the gaming brand. But since this is AMD, and since this is the company that completely mutilated its Fusion brand, we cannot expect anything better.
Many people believe ATI is a stronger brand than AMD. Over the years, ATI has won more successful product rounds with graphics than AMD has with processors. It's been a while since AMD has had dominance over Intel in this respect, and it doesn’t look like anything is going to change in the processor market until 2011. It is especially unwise for AMD to execute any game-changing CPU plans now, at a point where ATI is winning in the 40nm race against Nvidia - the company that was more than six months late with its latest generation of graphics products.
We could continue ranting all we want about how disappointing AMD's decision was to drop the ATI brand, but the company has officially made its final word clear. ATI is dead, just like 3DFX. As far as we are concerned, however, the debate is still not over.
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Apple Photoshops One Icon Too Many on the New iPod touch
The new iPod touch – with Facetime, multitasking, and the Retina display – is so close to an iPhone that even Apple can sometimes get confused.
Case in point: look at this image of iPod touch from Apple’s
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Digitimes |
Nvidia and AMD ready to launch new GPUs in October
Nvidia is prepared to launch its latest GeForce 400-series GPU, the GeForce GT 430 codenamed GF108, around the middle of October and the GPU will feature a performance in between its GeForce GT 240 and GT 220; meanwhile, AMD is also set to launch its Radeon HD 6000-series around the same time, according to sources from graphics card makers.
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iPod Touch Contains Motor for Vibrating FaceTime Alerts [Apple]
Missed in the FCC teardown, it appears the latest iPod Touch has a puzzling new addition to its family of components: a vibrating motor? Apple claims it's for alerting a user to a FaceTime request. [iPodTouchFans via 9to5Mac via MacRumors] More »
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AMD's Bobcat to be real competition to Atom
Industry sources again
Things are picking up for AMD. They have one good thing going for them and it's called Bobcat, AMD's version of Atom. AMD will even go beyond as it promises sub-1W consumption and it should come in early 2011. Intel's all integrated Atom with CPU and GPU on a same die comes only in late 2011.
And in the meantime AMD has Fusion, its first Bobcat core powered with Radeon graphics, that will be good enough for the start but we are not certain if it will support DirectX 11. This is still way better than Atom graphics that cannot even handle HD video. AMD will deliver fluent HD playback and even full HD should be possible. The thing is that Intel has more power of branding and power in general over AMD and Intel will definitely get more design wins.
Intel has its first dual core Atom for netbooks shipping today and Atom won't get much better over the next year and a quarter, which is a good thing for AMD. Intel will still be able to secure design wins due its famous MDF (Market Development Fond) that makes many things much easier. The good thing for AMD is that its product might be technically better.
It’s been some time since AMD had a better product than Intel in any market segment, but we still need to see the battery life as this is where Intel always had the upper hand.
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Duke Nukem switches owners
Gearbox
Getting your hopes up in the curious case of Duke Nukem has turned out to be a foolish idea so far, as the game’s long awaited sequel lives only in jokes. Until now, that is.
Gearbox, the company behind titles like Borderlands and Brothers in Arms has announced that the company is the proud new owner of Duke Nukem. Apparently, the team is really excited to “pick up and carry the torch and help Duke rise back to glory in his time of need”, although it does seem a bit too dramatic and would make users think Duke’s lost weight, imagination or something else.
Still, that’s not to say we’re not excited as we’re all for the next installment as long as it’s worthy of its name. Thankfully, Gearbox says that it’s ready to “bring the right level of addictively compelling gameplay, humor and high powered explosive action to the franchise. Duke Nukem is back and will be bigger than ever."
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Nvidia's Geforce GTS 450 breaks cover
Leaked slides confirm specs
It was just a matter of time before actual Nvidia slides leaked online showing and practically confirming Geforce GTS 450 specs. The card will be positioned as the successor to the Geforce GTS 250 and, according to Nvidia's slides, will be a card designed for "LAN party pwning". On a more serious note, full specs including the number of CUDA cores, Polymorph Engines and Texture Units have been detailed as well.
The Geforce GTS 450 works at 783MHz for the GPU, 1566MHz for those 192 CUDA cores and 3600MHz for 1GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 128-bit memory bus. The card features 4 Polymorph Engines and 32 Texture Units. Maximum TDP is rated at 106W which is nice compared to the Geforce GTX 460 but still a bit too high for our taste. It needs one 6-pin PCI-Express connector for additional power.
The only thing that wasn't detailed on the slides is probably one of the most important details, the price. Naturally, if Nvidia plans to overtake AMD's Radeon HD 5700 Series, it should strap the card with an according price tag as well. Unfortunately, the Radeon HD 5770's price tag in Europe (about €120) won't be an easy one to beat.
Find more over at Donanimhaber.
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I Can't Wait To Tap My Fingers On the HTC Vision/Vanguard's Chiclet Keypad [Android]
Splayed in a vice with only a ruler for comfort, HTC's upcoming Vision/Vanguard has received its 15 minutes of FCC fame, in unusually high-res photo quality. More »
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Digitimes |
IFA 2010: Vendors focus on 3D products
Vendors including Sony, Panasonic, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sharp, ViewSonic and Aiptek International are focusing on 3D display products such as 3D TVs, 3D camcorders and handsets with a built-in 3D camera, at IFA 2010 in Berlin, Germany from September 3-8, 2010.
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Digitimes |
Adata posts on-month drop in August revenues
Affected by weak prices for DRAM and NAND flash, Adata Technology saw its revenues drop 4.15% sequentially in August 2010. The memory module maker also expressed caution about September, as order visibility remains uncertain.
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Fudzilla |
Steve Jobs to receive "Lifetime Achievement in Technology" honor
Apple CEO to be honored at Vision Awards 2010
Over the weekend, exclusive Apple blog 9to5Mac discovered in a local Beverly Hills, California newspaper that Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs will receive the "Lifetime Achievement in Technology" honor at the 40th anniversary Visions Awards on September 23rd. Industry speculation merits the award recognition towards his vision to achieve a touchscreen interface with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad that can read onscreen text and verbally describe items underneath a person's finger.
While this surprising announcement may be a tough pill for some to swallow (our beloved Nick Farrell included), this is not the first time Jobs has received a recent prestigious honor. In November 2009, the Apple co-founder was given the title "CEO of the Decade" by Fortune Magazine and was successively named "World's Most Valuable CEO" by Barrons in March 2010. In the same month, Apple as a company was declared "World's Most Admired Company" by Fortune Magazine editors. Jobs also landed the top position on Fortune's July 2010 survey report "The 50 Smartest People in Tech" as the smartest CEO in the industry.
Apple has been on Fortune's top list for the third consecutive year, and the Time Warner-owned global business magazine has consistently named Steve Jobs as their most valuable player for quite some time. Nevertheless, the Vision Awards in Beverly Hills grant recognition to "pioneering visionaries" in the field of music, movies, TV, technology, medical research and leadership. We look forward to hearing the award panel's stringent qualification requirements for justifying Steve Jobs' latest personal achievement.
The awards will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton.
Source: 9to5Mac
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The Register |
HP's Hurd set to join Oracle
And he's back in the room
Mark Hurd, pushed from the top job at HP after allegations of sexual harassment and misfiling of expenses, is about to get a board post at Oracle.…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab to be cheaper in the USA
Between US $200 and $400
It was previously reported that it will show up in Europe with an incredible price tag of €699 and €799 in Europe, but it looks like US consumers will have more luck as it will be available for between US $200 and $400, depending on which source you follow. It looks like Europe is out of luck when it comes to Samsung's Galaxy Tab, and honestly we are not surprised.
According to the Wall Street Journal who paraphrased one of Samsung's executives, Samsung Galaxy Tab should cost between US $200 and US $300 depeding on the carrier subsidies, while Korea Times suggests a US $300-400 price tag. In any case, both of these "predictions" end up way below the incredible €699 and €799 price tag that Samsung planned for Europe.
On a similar note, UK Vodafone has posted a "coming soon" sign for the Galaxy Tab, so we can expect to see more pretty "soon".
You can find more info here.
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A First Demonstration of the Power of PHP | Djere Web Services: The Web Starts Here.
This article is a great yet simple php demo.
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A First Demonstration of the Power of PHP | Acrossad.org
PHP, the hypertext preprocessor scripting language, is a very powerful tool for creating dynamic and interactive websites. You can embed php code within static html files to create dynamic content. Php web pages typically have a .php extension. Let's take
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Apple sucks at Photoshop too
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the new fourth-generation iPod touch: it's so much like an iPhone that it has a Phone app (wait, what?). Better yet, if you do a Spotlight search on it, it'll return results from a messaging app it's not supposed to have. How's that for value? This would all be a great big enigmatic mystery if we weren't ourselves familiar with the practice (and pitfalls) of splicing disparate images into unholy creations. Well, at least now Microsoft isn't alone in making self-published Photoshop gaffes.
P.S. -- There's one more misplaced app on this magical device, but we'll let you figure it out for yourself!
[Thanks, Michael and Rory]
Update: Apple's now finally rid itself of the ignoble image above, but the lower two remain.Continue reading Apple sucks at Photoshop too
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Guru3d Latest Headlines |
Dungeon Siege III Trailer
Square Enix has released GC 2010 trailer for Dungeon Siege III the Obsidian-built sequel set for Xbox 360 PS3 and PC.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab should cost below $300 with US carriers
Samsung in an update on the Galaxy Tab said the tablet's price would be below Apple's iPad when attached to a carrier. Although the full price may be significantly more expensive than the iPad -- $900or...
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CoolerMaster releases HAF 912
Cooler Master today launches the HAF 912 we've had a sample on hand fgor a week already yet have not ahd the time to test it just yet but expect a review soon. Cooler Masters HAF 912 further enriches...
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eVGA Classified SR-2 review with Quad SLI GTX 480 on LN2
eVGA Classified SR-2 review with Quad SLI GTX 480 on LN2
We test and review the eVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard. The SR-2 is a dual-socket Intel 5520 chipset based server motherboard dressed up for...
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Digitimes |
MediaTek and MStar competing for IPTV solution orders from Skyworth, says paper
IC design houses MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor are competing neck-and-neck on an order for 600,000 units of IPTV solutions to be released by China-based branded LCD TV vendor Skyworth, according to a Chinese-language report.
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BBC News | Technology ... |
Brilliant ideas
The secrets behind some of the UK’s newest inventions
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Fudzilla |
Viewsonic shows dual-boot tablet
Scheduled for this year
In addition to the 7-inch ViewPad with Android 2.2 and "full-phone functionality", Viewsonic took the time on IFA 2010 to show a dual-boot/Intel Atom equipped tablet. Happily running both Windows 7 Home Premium and Android 1.6, this 10-inch tablet should appear this year with a sub €500 price tag.
Apart from Intel's Atom N455 CPU at 1.66GHz, the rest of the specs are pretty plain for such a device. It comes with 1GB of memory, 16GB of on-board storage, microSD card slot, GPS, 1.3M cam, accelerometer, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB and, of course, 10-inch 1024x600 capacitive touch screen.
According to Viewsonic PR, the dual-boot tablet should be available by the end of this year with the aforementioned sub €500 price tag. You can find out more here.
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Digitimes |
IFA 2010: Panasonic displays 152-inch 3D plasma TV
Panasonic is showcasing a 152-inch plasma 3D-ready TV at IFA 2010, which will run from September 3-8, 2010, and the Japan-based vendor plans to launch the TV in October and start shipments in 2011.
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Digitimes |
Touch panel suppliers expect strong revenue growth in August
Touch panel suppliers to Apple including Wintek, TPK Touch Solutions, and Chimei Innolux (CMI) are expected to see strong revenue growth in August amid the launch of Apple's latest products, while other touch panel makers such as Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch are expected to report sequential growth on August revenues due to seasonality, according to market sources.
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Digitimes |
Motherboard makers expect new Intel platform in 1Q11 to trigger strong demand
Intel's plans to launch its latest Sandy Bridge processor in the first quarter of 2011 is expected to help boost demand from the enterprise market as the segment will be going through a new PC replacement trend, according to sources from motherboard makers.
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The Next Web |
News Digital Media acquires Australian price comparison site GetPrice
News Digital Media, the digital division of News Limited, has acquired Australia’s largest price comparison site, GetPrice, for an undisclosed amount.
The full acquisition was completed in several rounds over several years.
News Digital Media initially acquire a significant minority share in the company in October 2007 along with two further options, which it has now exercised. In [...]
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The Register |
HP Pavilion dv6-3085ea 15.6in notebook
Family favourite?
Review Those who want their notebook PCs to play music and video while managing a burgeoning digital image collection should cast an eye at the HP Pavilion dv6-3085ea. It's an attractively slim computer with a design outline that's generally reminiscent of Apple's MacBook Pro. The clamshell even stays closed thanks to Apple-style magnets, instead of a conventional sliding catch.…
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Three start-ups that are changing the music industry
How dizzyjam.com, muzu.tv and The Vynyl Factory are staging a musical
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TechCrunch |
Facebook, Relationships And “Catfish”: It’s Complicated
If ever a trailer did not depict what a movie is actually about it's this trailer for Universal Pictures' "Catfish", a movie about Facebook the subject matter of which could not be further from that other movie about Facebook. I'd like to use this sentence to say "Spoiler Alert" about fifteen times because the next couple paragraphs are going to be full of them.
If you hate spoilers do yourself a favor and stop reading now. That said, the following exposition shouldn't prevent you from seeing the movie, I've seen it twice and enjoyed both times.
"Catfish" is a movie about Nev Schulman, a 24-year-old New York photographer and his relationship with eight year old Abby Pierce and her 19-year-old sister Megan Faccio whom he meets on Facebook in 2007. I'm sure all of you can see this coming, but Megan isn't who she claims to be and neither is Abby. Nev and Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost and the viewer get taken for a wild and well-documented ride, especially for the last 40 minutes of the movie.
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WeTab tablet spotted running MeeGo at IFA
Remember the WeTab? Or the WePad, perhaps? While we can't say we had much confidence in ever seeing the tablet again after a seemingly endless series of false starts and delays, it has turned up at IFA, and with something of a surprise no less -- it's running a customized version of MeeGo. Those customizations look to keep things mostly in line with the interface we saw during the device's WePad days, but it does seem to be a bit more responsive, and is seemingly in a nearly final state. Of course, it's not quite final enough to avoid another delay -- it's now apparently set to roll out in "late September." Head on past the break to check it out in action.
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Slashdot |
Senate Candidate Sued By Copyright Troll
The Iso writes "Las Vegas based company Righthaven found two articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal about Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle reprinted on her web site without permission, so it did what it always does: bought the rights to the articles from the Review-Journal and sued the alleged infringer, seeking unspecified damages."
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Digitimes |
Taiwan GaAs foundries hit record revenue highs in August
Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) and Win Semiconductor, two major Taiwan-based GaAs wafer foundries, have both reported new record highs in monthly revenues for August 2010.
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Digitimes |
Polymide film maker Taimide to build new plant in HSP
Taimide Technology, a leading supplier of polymide (PI) films for the flexible PCB (FPCB) industry, will invest NT$800 million (US$25 million) to build a new plant in the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) to produce PI films for HDI boards, flexible displays and e-paper applications.
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App Makers Struggle in China
Mobile-app developer 9thQ, like many in China, is faced with a dilemma: While it is more adapted to the Chinese market, it has to release its products on overseas platforms like Apple's App Store or Google's Android Market.
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Engadget |
Keepin' it real fake: Dyson's Air Multiplier gets ripped off, multiplied a few more times
We never really understood the value proposition behind Dyson's (admittedly boisterous) Air Multiplier, but that's mostly due to the $300+ MSRP. Cut that back to right around $40, and you just might have us singing a different tune. Thanks to the wonders of KIRFing, Dyson's bladeless fan has seen itself duped and multiplied over in China, with a 10-inch version now selling for just $41.05 so long as you buy ten or more units. Abiko seems to the company hawking the knockoffs, with its version reportedly "indistinguishable from the original." So, what's it going to be? The real deal? Or the real deal?
Update: Dyson requested that we add this comment, so we're more than happy to present you with it. "The Dyson Air Multiplier[TM] fans were launched in 2009 after four years of research and development. A team of specialist Dyson engineers have refined and patented the technology: illegal copies are of significantly inferior quality. Dyson rigorously defends its intellectual property and treats any infringement very seriously. Dyson is taking legal action against anyone who copies its technology."Keepin' it real fake: Dyson's Air Multiplier gets ripped off, multiplied a few more times originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hon Hai Cuts Target for Long-Term Sales
Hon Hai is lowering its long-term target for annual sales growth to 15% from twice that level previously, Chairman Terry Gou said.
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UK Music Industry Calls For Truce With Technology
Stoobalou writes "The British music industry has called for a truce with the technology firms with whom it has till now fought a bitter battle over rights, royalties and file sharing. Feargal Sharkey, CEO of lobby group UK Music, told a conference in London this week that it was time for the music and technology industries to set aside their differences and strive instead toward a common goal: nothing less than the total global domination of British music."
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MacRumors |
New iPod Touch Adds Vibration
Originally discovered on iPod Touch Fans (and also on 9to5), it appears that the new 4th generation iPod Touch actually contains a motor that allows it to vibrate. The motor is shown in the FCC tear down photos of the device.
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Samsung Releases the Galaxy Tab: Can it compete with Apple iPad? | Blogoncherry
Samsung officially unveiled its new mobile tablet device yesterday at an IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. The Samsung Galaxy Tab appears to be capable of strongly competing with Apple’s iPad.
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Parallels 6 Prematurely Appears on Store Shelves
TUAW reports on one reader spotting the retail packaging for Parallels 6 at a local Fry's store:No official announcement from the virtualization mavens at Parallels, but it appears that the next version of the company's Mac a...
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Digitimes |
Notebook supply chain still has no clear visibility for December orders
Despite that first-tier notebook makers expect a 10% sequential growth in their notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2010, sources from component makers have said that their order visibility for December still remains unclear, unlike in previous years.
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E.U. Could Investigate Chinese Subsidies to Modem Makers
The European Commission is considering opening a second enquiry to investigate if China is illegally subsidizing tech companies that produce wireless modems.
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Engadget |
ExoPC preorders open to all from CAD $649, tablet loses GPS but gains SanDisk SSD
First the good news, for those who've waited months to get their paws on that 11.6-inch multitouch capacitive screen: there's no longer anything stopping you from dropping a stack of change on the Windows 7-wielding ExoPC. Originally restricted to the first 1,200 dedicated fans, preorders are now open to all, with the 32GB tablet setting you back CAD $649 (about $624) and the 64GB version CAD $749 (about $720), with both models featuring up-to-160MB/s fast SanDisk P4 mini-SSDs and up to four hours of battery life. The bad news is that you'll no longer find GPS on that 64GB model, as the prototype didn't pan out, and we're afraid that September 30th ship date has already slid back to October 15th. Take a gander at our hands-on preview (or better yet, wait for our review) if you've yet to make your mind up.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]ExoPC preorders open to all from CAD $649, tablet loses GPS but gains SanDisk SSD originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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TechCrunch |
As It Moves Away From The Wikis, Wetpaint Launches TV News And Entertainment Site
Online publishing company Wetpaint has been undergoing a strategic shift in its business model over the past year. Wetpaint began as a simple wiki/social publishing tool but then started to build entertainment sites for big brands, including MSN. And the heavily funded startup succumbed to layoffs last July and December. But today, Wetpaint is taking the company in a new direction: original content. The startup is launching Wetpaint Entertainment; a TV news site that covers news and gossip from over 15 major TV shows, such as Glee, Grey's Anatomy, and Gossip Girl.
Each show has a dedicated online channel (the site is launching with 15 channels), and will compile the most popular photos, videos, fashion gossip, and headlines to provide one place for all the information about fans’ favorite shows.
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Digitimes |
A weak 2H for IC backend, says UTAC Taiwan
The outlook for IC packaging and testing throughout the second half of 2010, especially the fourth quarter, is weak, according to YL Hsu, general manager for United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) Taiwan.
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TechCrunch |
Rollover Minutes: How Adam Penenberg Has Legitimised New, New, New Journalism. Again.
Adam Penenberg. If you call yourself an online journalist, and yet that name doesn’t immediately prompt a nod of recognition - a smile, even - then it’s time to close your laptop and bow your head in shame. Or at least head over to Netflix.
It was Adam Penenberg who, back in 1998, first forced traditional journalists to sit up and take online reporting seriously. And he did so with a double whammy: scooping them on a big story - a scandal that went to the heart of one of America’s journalistic institutions - while also exposing a rising star of print journalism as a hack and a liar.
The lying hack was New Republic wunderkind Stephen Glass and the story of how Penenberg - then a reporter for ‘Forbes Digital Tool’ (now sadly swallowed by the execrable Forbes.com) - exposed Glass’ fabricated reporting was subsequently made into a movie. (Penenberg was portrayed in the movie by Steve Zahn while Glass was played by Hayden Christensen. Weirdly, Jonathan Chait was played by Chloë Sevigny.)
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Digitimes |
Global TV shipments up 26% on year in 2Q10, says DisplaySearch
Overall TV shipments continued to show resilience, bouncing back from dismal 2009 levels, but there were some indications of trouble in key markets. Global TV unit shipments rose 26% on year and 2% sequentially to 56.2 million units in the second quarter of 2010, according to DisplaySearch.
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Digitimes |
Yangzhou government actively seeking Taiwan investors in solar, LED lighting, e-book readers and smart grid
On September 6, the Yangzhou government of China's Jiangsu Province, will host an event in Taipei to attract investments in the solar, LED lighting, e-book reader and smart-grid sectors. The government is expected announce generous incentives to encourage Taiwan-based companies to establish operations in the area.
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Digitimes |
Apple TV gives Apple entry into booming Internet-enabled living room market, says iSuppli
Steve Jobs' unveiling of the second-generation Apple TV will give Apple an entry in the market for Internet-enabled living room devices, the fastest-growing major segment of Internet-connected products, according to iSuppli.
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Digitimes |
Chunghwa Telecom to test LTE at 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to undertake LTE field tests at the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo scheduled for November 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011, with the plan subject to approval by the National Communications Commission, according to CHT.
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Digitimes |
Taiwan market: Fitel to kick off WiMAX operations
First International Telecom (Fitel), one of the six WiMAX licensees in Taiwan, will start operation in Hsinchu City, northern Taiwan on September 9 and then in Taipei in November-December 2010, according to the company. Fitel is the last WiMAX licensee to begin operating.
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Digitimes |
Taiwan market: iPhone 4 to be launched in mid-September
The Apple iPhone 4 is expected to be introduced in Taiwan around September 15, 2010, which is also the smartphone's official launch date in the China market, according to sources from Taiwan's handset industry. Taiwan's three largest telecom carriers opened pre-order registrations in August and more than 150,000 people have since applied for the smartphone, the sources said.
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Digitimes |
Largan August revenues hit record straight for third time
Largan Precision, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lens kits, on September 5 reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.174 billion (US$36.6 million) for August 2010, a new monthly record for the third consecutive time.
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Digitimes |
Nanya, Inotera August revenues up on month
Nanya Technology and Inotera Memories have both reported growth in August 2010 sales from the previous month, despite DRAM price corrections in the contract market.
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Digitimes |
Lite-On IT showcases HP digital cameras, camcorders at IFA 2010
Lite-On IT is exhibiting in-house digital cameras and DV camcorders under the licensed use of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) brand at the IFA 2010 consumer electronics and home appliances show taking place in Berlin, Germany.
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Digitimes |
UMC solar cell subsidiary TSI to officially open soon
Topcell Solar International (TSI), a solar cell manufacturer wholly owned by United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), will officially open on September 16, 2010. The company's solar cell capacity for 2011 will reach 400MWp and 1GWp in 2012.
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Digitimes |
Epistar expects 35% in 3Q10 gross margin
Although Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar will adjust its shipment mix in the wake of a demand slowdown from the LED-backlit TV segment, the company's internal target for third-quarter 2010 gross margin remains at 35%, according to industry sources.
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Digitimes |
Asia Optical hikes 2010 CIS shipments target
Asia Optical has upward adjusted the 2010 shipments goal for its CIS (contact image sensors) from 18.5 million units originally to 20 million units, increasing 42.9% form 2009, due to better than expected orders, according to the company.
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Slashdot |
The New Difficulties In Making a 3D Game
eldavojohn writes "MSNBC spoke with the senior producer of a new stereoscopic 3D game called Killzone 3 and highlighted problems they are trying to solve with being one of the first FPS 3D games for the PS3. The team ran into serious design problems, like where to put the crosshairs for the players (do they constantly hover in front of your vision?) and what to do with any of the heads-up display components. Aside from the obvious marketing thrown in at the end of the article (in a very familiar way), there is an interesting point raised concerning normalized conventions in all video games and how one ports that to the new stereoscopic 3D model — the same way directors continue to grapple with getting 3D right. Will 3D games be just as gimmicky as most 3D movies? If they are, at least Guerrilla Games is at least making it possible for the player to easily and quickly switch in and out of stereoscopic 3D while playing."
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ReadWriteWeb |
Debate Around Password Security Overlooks Universal Logins
Must include at least one number. Must be longer than six characters. Cannot have more than four sequential characters from your previous seven passwords. The rules for password creation vary wildly from site to site, an effort to protect users from those who would hack their identities.
These protective measures don't go very far, according to the New York Times, because hackers can get ahold of passwords with software that remotely tracks keystrokes, or by tricking users into typing them in. The story touches on a range of issues around the problem, but neglects to mention the obvious: the march toward a centralized login for multiple sites.
A universal login could solve a lot of the issues around password security, from keylogging to the problem of users having their passwords discovered after writing them down.
It would also solve the problem of password-overload. Managing logins for all the Web sites that require registration is a pain, and any frequent Web user who says differently is either lying or has a photographic memory. Browsers have taken some of the pain away by remembering passwords for us, but clear your browser's history and suddenly you have to answer secret questions and email your username to yourself for umpteen different sites.
A handy chart to help you create secure passwords, from Microsoft.
One or more options for a universal login is inevitable and progress is well underway. More and more sites are supporting the easy-to-use Facebook Connect, which lets users register for a site with their Facebook profile instead of creating a site-specific username and password. As of last year, there were more than nine million websites using OpenID, the openly-developed standard that users can use to log in across multiple sites.
Standards like OpenID carry their own security problems (and other problems - see The Troubles With OpenID 2.0), the obvious being that a successful hacker can gain access to all the sites and services you use at once. But the convenience of a universal login is irresistible, especially for the myriad sites where there's no danger if your password is hacked, such as news sites. Users who try it won't want to go back - which is why it's important to talk about the security issues around these new protocols for users and the sites that implement them.
How do you manage your logins?
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Engadget |
'Classic White' DualShock 3 appears at e-tail, dreaming of an alabaster console
While the white PS3 Slim pictured above decidedly belongs to Japan, the "Classic White" DualShock 3 alongside has just appeared for preorder at e-tailers based in the US. Now, we wouldn't go so far as to claim that an ivory 160GB game system will follow this controller across the Pacific, but let's just say we won't be surprised if Sony reveals one anyhow before these preorders (tentatively) ship on October 15th. After all, Sony already sells a "Ceramic White" controller, and unless you're attempting to match colors, a single shade of eggshell paint is generally all you need.
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DailyTech News Feed |
Cooler Master Silent Pro M1000 1000W
The Silent Pro series is one of the best-known series power supplies from Cooler Master, previously covering range from 500 to 700 watts. The range has now extended to 1000W with two models rated at 850W and 1000W, including flat connection cables found in higher power classes. Today we are looking at the latter. The 1000W model comes with a 5-year warranty, promises a maximum efficiency of 86%, and uses a single +12V rail. Excluding the motherboard connectors all cables are fully modular. Cooler Master also makes note of the high quality of selected components. Even though the housing of the PSU seems to be very similar to the smaller Silent Pro, a different ODM is responsible for the manufacture. On the next pages we will explore the design and topology and see if Cooler Master is able to keep their promises.
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TechCrunch |
Is Android Surging Only Because Apple Is Letting It?
This weekend, I've been catching up on some reading. One post that was of particular interest to me was David Beach's article from last week about developing for Android. Beach, who is a product manager at eBay Mobile and a co-founder of 12seconds, basically says that the experience sucks for a number of reasons (all of which Google can fix, but will take quite a bit of work and time). But one quote in particular stuck out to me:
Android has succeeded despite Google. In fact it's safe to say that Android is successful for one primary reason. The iPhone is only available on AT&T. If the iPhone was on Verizon a year ago. Android would be no where near as popular.
Obviously, Beach isn't the first person to bring this idea up. But he brings it up in a way that he's able to back-up his feelings from a developers' perspective, while at the same time roping in what isn't ideal from a consumer perspective about Android as well.
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Mashable! |
Should Craigslist’s “Adult Services” Be Censored? [POLL]
This weekend, Craigslist removed its notorious “Adult Services” classifieds section in U.S. markets and replaced it with a black bar that read “censored,” implying that pressure from law enforcement or the legal and political systems of the country…
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Engadget |
Inhabitat's Week in Green: solar robots that fly, CO2 fabric dye, and the dark silicon that boosts battery life
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
Solar power blazed a trail this week as we took a look at several hot new technologies, starting with SkyFuel's SkyTrough, which is being billed as the world's most efficient solar collector. We also saw solar energy take to the skies as designers unveiled plans for a fleet of high-flying solar robots, and we were surprised to learn that common household dyes could significantly increase the efficiency of photovoltaic panels by optimizing their color absorption spectrum.
Speaking of dye, from the realm of wearable tech we also brought you a breakthrough new technique for dying fabric that saves water by utilizing fluid CO2. We also saw a prototype for a wired "safe cuddling" suit for kids that wards off improper touching by sounding an alarm, and if you're a fan of high-tech footwear, check out these tricked-out kicks that do double duty as Wii controllers.
This week also saw a tremendous green boost for bits and bytes as the University of Leicester switched on its hyper-efficient ALICE supercomputer, which is ten times more powerful than its predecessor and stands to reduce yearly CO2 emissions by 800 tons. Meanwhile, researchers at UC San Diego revealed work on a new mobile phone chip that harnesses "dark silicon" to boost smartphone battery life by a factor of eleven.
We also showcased several efficient autos as Southern California rolled out a fleet of all electric buses that can recharge in 10 minutes flat, and the hyper-miling Avion car embarked on a trip from Canada to Mexico with just 14 gallons of gas. And if you'll be doing some traveling of your own back to school this fall, you wont want to miss this chance to pick up an awesome solar-powered Sakku satchel. Finally, with Labor Day on its way why not upgrade your BBQ with an adorable altoids tin mini grill - it's curiously awesome!Inhabitat's Week in Green: solar robots that fly, CO2 fabric dye, and the dark silicon that boosts battery life originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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4chan Gives 90-Year-Old Vet a Great Birthday
Hugh Pickens writes "Members of 4chan aren't known for doing things that are cute and heart-warming and when they decide to go after someone, it's typically to subject them to ridicule. But not this time. Someone at 4chan decided that the Internet should get together and wish 90-year-old WWII veteran William J. Lashua a happy birthday, and soon Lashua's local branch of the American Legion was deluged by birthday calls from people as far away as Sweden. The account someone set up for Mr. Lashua's birthday on Facebook had 3,956 'likes' and over 500 comments, most of which wished him a happy birthday and thanked him for his military service. It's not clear how 4chan originally came across a photo of Lashua, but a member of the site posted a snapshot of a flyer that was on the bulletin board at a store in Ashburnham, Massachusetts asking for guests to attend the nonagenarian's birthday on at the American Legion hall and the post took off. In contrast to their usual behavior, 4chan members 'were giving him nice phone calls and sending him nice notes' and discouraging those who wanted to do something stupid or mean. 'They were all being.. well, shucks, awful nice.'"
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Mashable! |
10 Great Watches for Gadget Lovers [PICS]
Everybody loves a good watch, and the best thing about watches is that they actually serve a practical purpose. These handy, portable gadgets are more than just decoration, which means you can usually justify spending money on a decent one.…
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ReadWriteWeb |
Journo Writes 1,000+ Word Story on Twitter After Media Missed Major Breaking News
There were no reporters present in Laurel, Miss. when a jury handed down a $131 million verdict against Ford after an Explorer rolled over, killing a young man who was on track to play baseball for the New York Mets. Hours after the verdict, there was no coverage of a case that involved a high profile victim, a major corporation, and the possibility that more than four million Ford Explorers are dangerously unstable.
Adam Penenberg heard about the verdict immediately from the defense lawyer. Hours later, he was amazed to see there had been no major media coverage at all. So he turned to Twitter.
Firing off more than 50 tweets in two hours, Penenberg related the entire story of the fatal accident, the case and the verdict. The result reads like an entry from Simple English Wikipedia, interspersed with tweets pleading reporters to pick up the story.
"Miss. jury awards $131 million in damages to family of Brian Cole, killed in Ford Explorer rollover accident. No news media there," he wrote. Then, "C'mon reporters. Am I only one who thinks $131 MILLION verdict against FORD in a product liability suit is news??"
"C'mon reporters. Am I only one who thinks $131 MILLION verdict against FORD in a product liability suit is news??"
-Adam Penenberg
Penenberg is a contributing writer for the magazine Fast Company who wrote a book about the dangers of SUVs. He knew about the verdict immediately from the lawyer in the Ford case, but had no venue for breaking the news where people would see it - other than Twitter, where he has more than 2,800 followers.
The story eventually emerged in the major news media. But Penenberg's tweetstream was longer than many of the stories. He even corrected an Associated Press story in a tweet.
Penenberg had an advantage over other reporters covering the case because he has written a book about the subject. A journalist who gets a complex, multi-million dollar unlawful death suit dropped in her lap is going to produce less robust coverage than one who already knows the history and the players.
That combination of better coverage, faster, is the exception rather than the rule. Every media outlet strives for both. But more often than not, the quality of an article is inversely related to the amount of time it took to create.
The Internet has made it possible to break news faster than ever, and Twitter epitomizes this. Typing 140 characters is faster than TV and much faster than blogging - especially if you can do it from your phone.
Penenberg said the experiment taught him how efficient Twitter is for breaking news, and he plans to use it from now on. What do you think - do you like your breaking news live-blogged from Twitter? Or do you think Twitter has potential for dumbing down the news by upping the emphasis on speed over quality?
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Engadget |
Entelligence: A tale of two TVs
Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and macro levels -- with the unique wit and insight only he can provide.
This week at what's become Apple's fall music event the company unveiled a revised Apple TV. The small $99 device delivers a new rental model and support for Netflix, but there are no apps, contrary to much of the speculation leading up the event. That's in stark contrast to the Google TV project announced at I/O last spring. Unlike Apple, Google is looking to provide DVR functionality, search, and an app marketplace. Some say Apple isn't being bold enough, but I think Apple might be right.
Google wants input one on your TV. Apple wants input two. The difference? Input one is where your cable box goes. Input two was where your VCR or DVD player used to live. It's a port that's up for grabs.Continue reading Entelligence: A tale of two TVs
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Transition Metal Catalysts Could be Key To Origin of Life
An anonymous reader writes "One of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How could the basic biochemicals - such as amino acids and nucleotides - have arisen before the biological catalysts (proteins or ribozymes) existed to carry out their formation? In a paper appearing in the current issue of The Biological Bulletin, scientists propose that a third type of catalyst could have jumpstarted metabolism and life itself, deep in hydrothermal ocean vents."
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Slashdot |
Fine-Structure Constant Maybe Not So Constant
Kilrah_il writes "The fine-structure constant, a coupling constant characterizing the strength of the electromagnetic interaction, has been measured lately by scientists from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and has been found to change slightly in light sent from quasars in galaxies as far back as 12 billion years ago. Although the results look promising, caution is advised: 'This would be sensational if it were real, but I'm still not completely convinced that it's not simply systematic errors' in the data, comments cosmologist Max Tegmark of MIT. Craig Hogan of the University of Chicago and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., acknowledges that 'it's a competent team and a thorough analysis.' But because the work has such profound implications for physics and requires such a high level of precision measurements, 'it needs more proof before we'll believe it.'"
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The Next Web |
Question: What are 5 things we’d like to see Quora offer?
One of the most talked about websites to come out of beta in 2010 in Silicon Valley has been question and answer site Quora. Quora does a number of things correctly aimed at getting its users to both ask and answer questions, however, the still very new service still has some features and issues that [...]
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The Next Web |
Question: What are 5 things we’d like to see Quora offer?
One of the most talked about websites to come out of beta in 2010 in Silicon Valley has been question and answer site Quora. Quora does a number of things correctly aimed at getting its users to both ask and answer questions, however, the still very new service still has some features and issues that [...]
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Mashable! |
6 BlackBerry Apps to Cure iPhone Envy
We’ve all run into someone with a new iPhone. And we’ve all learned to expect the inevitable “watch this” moment involved in this encounter.
Whether they identify the background music with Shazam, pull up a fancy screen saver, or…
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Slashdot |
Ideas For a Great Control Room?
lewko writes "Our company is about to build a central monitoring facility and I'm looking for ideas/suggestions about the best hardware and the best way to make it comfortable for those manning a screen. It will be manned 24x7 and operators will be monitoring a variety of systems including security, network, fire, video and more. These will be observed via local multi-monitor workstations and a common videowall. This is going to be a massively expensive exercise and we only get one chance to get it right. The facility is in a secure windowless bunker and staff will generally be in there for many hours at a time. So we have to implement design elements which make it a 'happy' place. At the same time, it has to be ergonomically sound. Lastly, we will be showing it to our clients, so without undoing the above objectives, it would be nice if it was 'cool' (yet functional). Whilst Television doesn't transfer to real life always, think 'CTU' from 24."
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Engadget |
Samsung suggests Galaxy Tab will cost between $200 and $400 on contract -- also coming to Vodafone
Early reports indicate Europe will pay a pretty penny for Samsung's Galaxy Tab, but the 7-inch tablet may cost a good bit less when it comes to US shores -- the Wall Street Journal paraphrases a Samsung executive who claims it could run between $200 and $300 depending on the all-important carrier subsidies. The Korea Times, meanwhile, suggests a $300 to $400 retail price according to a different Samsung bigwig, who added that the Tab "will cost slightly more than the Galaxy S smartphone." As you're probably aware, Sammy's Galaxy S typically retails for about $200 in the US -- excepting Sprint's Epic 4G at $250 -- so if you held a bursting Li-ion battery to our head and forced us to guess, we'd say the latter range of dollar signs is far more likely.
By the way, Vodafone shows the Galaxy Tab as "coming soon." Hit our more coverage links for details.
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Gizmodo |
Scenes From a Massive Undersea Cable Ship [Undersea Cable]
When Alcatel-Lucent lays cable at the bottom of the sea, it does so using a variety of massive tools, ships and repeaters. They look a little something like this: More »
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CrunchGear |
Don’t Dispose Of That Disposable Camera, Make An iPhone Macro Lens With It
I’ve found that the iPhone, and indeed many phone cameras, are actually pretty good at close focus photography, but if you really want to get up close and gross with some bugs or flowers or what have you, a macro lens is the only way. And as it turns out, you can use the lens [...]
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Slashdot |
Ideas For a Great Control Room?
lewko writes "Our company is about to build a central monitoring facility and I'm looking for ideas/suggestions about the best hardware and the best way to make it comfortable for those manning a screen. It will be manned 24x7 and operators will be monitoring a variety of systems including security, network, fire, video and more. These will be observed via local multi-monitor workstations and a common videowall. This is going to be a massively expensive exercise and we only get one chance to get it right. The facility is in a secure windowless bunker and staff will generally be in there for many hours at a time. So we have to implement design elements which make it a 'happy' place. At the same time, it has to be ergonomically sound. Lastly, we will be showing it to our clients, so without undoing the above objectives, it would be nice if it was 'cool' (yet functional). Whilst Television doesn't transfer to real life always, think 'CTU' from 24."
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WSJ.com: Technology |
App Turns iPad Into Scrabble Board
The Scrabble app lets players use the iPad as a gameboard and iPhones as tile racks. But isn't as challenging as the original, writes Mary Pilon.
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Craigslist pulls its 'adult services' section