Tuesday, November 8, 2011

08 NOVEMBER 2011, Tue, Cont.4

Science

Meteor shower banners November treat for stargazers

GMANews.TV - 
While they may miss a partial solar eclipse this month, stargazers in November can expect a two-day treat in mid-November with the Leonids meteor shower.

Environmental issue: Say no to warfare, yes to green peace

The Express Tribune - 
Participants of a seminar on Sunday stated that the frequent and rising use of weapons of mass destruction and explosives were causing irreparable damage to the environment.

You will feel Disney on a Mars voyage

Mirror.co.uk - 
THE six cosmonauts who spent 520 days cooped up in a metal tube emerged blinking into the daylight last week - and claimed never again would they travel by Virgin Trains.

African Religious People Launch Campaign against Climate Change

Prensa Latina - 
07 de noviembre de 2011, 16:43Johannesburg, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) African religious communities are promoting a campaign of faith to demand the world''s heads of state and government to adopt a better attitude towards climate change during the World...

Technology



Battlefield 3 review

Shacknews - 
Battlefield 3 is one of the most inconsistent titles on the market, teetering wildly between being one of the best shooters of the year, and one of the most frustrating.

Alcatel One Touch 995 leaked photos

Ubergizmo - 
While Alcatel may not be known or be at the forefront of Android smartphones, it has not stopped the company with their attempts at capturing the smartphone market with their Alcatel One Touch 995, whose leaked photos have surfaced on the internet.

Study: Filipinos spend more time surfing web than watching TV

Sun.Star - 
ACCESS to high-speed Internet access and Wi-Fi, and increasing ownership of smartphones have pushed Filipinos to spend more time on the Internet than traditional media such as television, a new study released by global media research firm Nielsen ...

Sony Cybershot T110 Review

Gadget Review - 
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T110 is a very powerful compact (3.5 by 2 by 0.6-inch) camera. I have not owned a point and shoot in some years and was impressed by the versatility of this nearly palm sized camera.

Haven Power uses public cloud to keep the lights on

Computing - 
Energy firm Haven Power has recently started using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its disaster recovery (DR) requirements. The company, founded in 2006, grew quickly without implementing a DR solution, but decided it needed to implement ...

Apple iPhone 4S / iOS 5 battery-life bugs admission

Computerworld (blog) - 
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has finally confessed that there are some battery-life bugs in the iPhone 4S and/or iOS 5. There's good news and bad news for iPhone 4S battery life sufferers: Apple says that there ...

China Has 70 Android App Stores, But That Could Soon Whittle Down To 10

MocoNews - 
Android is on its way to becoming the most ubiquitous smartphone OS in the world, but could the fragmentation in the platform—the many versions of the OS; the many devices running it—handicap the ability to make money from it?

Marilyn, Elvis Team Up for 'Retro World' Game

MarketWatch (press release) - 
RALEIGH, NC, Nov 7, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, both long dead, get new lives in an online game aimed at the 40-and-over crowd that seeks to tap into the Hollywood legends' eternal, and lucrative, popularity.

Amazon prepping 8.9-inch Kindle Fire successor

CNET - 
Though Barnes & Noble countered Amazon's upcoming Kindle Fire by unveiling the Nook Tablet today, Amazon isn't stopping in its tracks.

iPhone 4S: Getting along well with Siri

ZDNet (blog) - 
Summary: The more I use Siri the more I discover that the personal assistant can do for me with the iPhone 4S. Here are some simple areas that Siri is making a contribution in my daily life.

Google+ rolls out brand pages

Washington Post - 
Google has finally put the finishing touches on pages for brands in its social network, making the service much more valuable for advertisers.

Microsoft Erects Giant Windows Phone Pop-Up in NYC

PC Magazine - 
Microsoft hosted a huge–literally–Windows Phone party on Monday in a tourist-heavy corner of New York City. It was clear this was an enormous social media push to get the word out on Microsoft's year-old Windows Phone platform, ...

Marie Curie, in 'Radioactive'

Los Angeles Times (blog) - 
Today's Google Doodle let searchers know that Nov. 7 is the 144th anniversary of Marie Curie's birth. That seemed like the perfect occasion to take a quick look at one of the most unusual books among this year's National Book Award finalists: ...

The Three Principles That Always Drove Apple

Forbes - 
In Walter Isaacson's terrific biography of Steve Jobs there's a wonderful passage that describes “The Apple Marketing Philosophy,” three clear, concise points drawn up right when the company was incorporated, in early 1977, that still ring true today.

Verizon Promotion Doubles Data Allowance for 4G LTE Users

PC Magazine - 
Verizon is launching a sweet, if potentially dangerous, deal for all 4G LTE smartphone owners: for a limited time it will double your data cap.

HTC: Android Ice Cream Sandwich coming to eight phones in 2012

Los Angeles Times - 
Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich is launching on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus later this month, but the announcement of the new operating system last month has left many Android owners with one big question: When will their phones get an Ice Cream ...

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