Thursday, November 10, 2011

10 NOV 2011, THU: Sci & Tech

Science


WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

Nigerian Tribune - 
THE theme of this year's World Science Day for Peace and Development—towards green societies: equity, inclusiveness, participation—highlights the need for the involvement of all in ensuring the continued livability of the earth.

Pine Island Glacier: A Scientific Quest in Antarctica to Determine What's ...

National Science Foundation (press release) - 
An international team of researchers, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA, will helicopter onto the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots, in mid-December 2011--weather permitting.

Fast-tracking renewable energy urged

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - Green advocates appealed to the Department of Energy (DoE) to fast-track the implementation of renewable energy programs to deal with the impacts of climate change in the country.

Global pledge to reduce emissions pushed

Manila Standard Today - 
A professor of international law in a university in Japan stressed the need for a global framework that would deal with climate change.

NASA plans 2014 Orion test flight

CNET - 
The NASA multi-purpose crew vehicle, which is expected to be put through an unmanned test in 2014, NASA said this week. NASA indicated on Tuesday that it plans on moving forward with ...

After 520 days, Mars crew are still comrades thanks to fly in the room

Sydney Morning Herald - 
MOSCOW: After 520 days locked in a container in a Moscow car park with just each other for company, six would-be astronauts have made their first public appearance.


Technology



HTC introduces entry-level smartphone

OFW News On Web - 
HTC Taiwan-based maker of smartphones released this week its entry-level Explorer handset, aiming people changing from feature phones to smartphones.

Sony Ericsson reports feature phone supply problems

Inquirer - 
MOBILE MAKER Sony Ericsson has confirmed to The INQUIRER that it is experiencing a shortage of essential components for some of its feature phones, which will lead to lower sales over the busy Christmas season.

Apps to travel by

Stuff.co.nz - 
From a trickle to a torrent, the release of new travel apps has become such a regular occurrence, it is hard to keep up. Destination information, booking services, trip planners and niche travel apps are lining up to challenge App Store favourites such ...

Second Lamborghini Aventador Crash

autoevolution - 
When an automotive journalist create what will remain in history as the first Lamborghini Aventador crash back in August, the Internet was boiling.

Partners confident that post-Motorola Google won't compete with them

CNN - 
Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha celebrates the upcoming Droid Razr before the company joins Google. San Francisco (CNN) -- While Google waits for regulatory approval on its bid to acquire Motorola Mobility, company executives have ...

Ogie, Regine's baby weighs only 4.4 lbs.

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - Confirmed by ultrasound several weeks ago to be a boy, the firstborn of Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez (photo), named Nathaniel, weighed only 4.4 lbs.

Feds confirm prisons vulnerable to Stuxnet-like attack

GCN.com - 
Federal authorities have confirmed an assertion by security researchers earlier this year that Stuxnet-like malware poses a potential threat to controls at prisons and penitentiaries across the country.

Sony launches the world's slimmest camera in India

IBNLive.com - 
Mumbai: Sony India launched the 12.2 mm-thin DSC-TX55 in India. The camera comes with a Exmor R CMOS 16.2 megapixel sensor. The DSC-TX55 can record full HD video and has 5x zoon and 3D capability.

Recon MOD, MOD Live ski goggle display: first impressions

Digitaltrends.com - 
Recon Industry's MOD and MOD Live in-goggle heads-up displays give users real-time analytics about their high-speed downhill adventures.

Wikipedia eyes India for language growth

AFP - 
MUMBAI - Wikipedia on Wednesday said it was banking on growth in the mobile phone sector and increased Internet access to boost content in Indian languages ranging from Hindi to Telugu.

Speeder nailed by own video

The Province - 
A joyrider who drove his rare Aston Martin nearly 300 km/h on a Belgian highway was found by police after posting a video of his high-speed adventure on YouTube, officials said Tuesday.

P41 billion to peace programs—OPAPP

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—The present administration is intending to pour an estimated P41 billion worth of inter-agency programs to conflict-zones throughout the country in its effort to increase socio-economic development and eventually ...

Oversupply of nurses but no jobs

Inquirer.net - 
By Candeze R. Mongaya The country has enough qualified nurses and doctors who don't have enough job opportunities here, a top health official admitted yesterday.

DAR to miss land distribution target this year

Inquirer.net - 
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said it would miss its target of distributing 200000 hectares of land to farmers this year.

Terrifying IT

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines -- Halloween, never mind its origins, has always been a many-sided occasion. What it stands for or commemorates terrifies most children, even a fair number of adults.

Tech wrap: Adobe scraps Flash for smartphones

Reuters Blogs (blog) - 
Score a point for Apple. Software maker Adobe scrapped its Flash Player for mobile devices after a mutli-year battle with Apple over the merits of the technology, which is used to view videos and play games on the Web.

Amazon Kindle headed to a store near you

Baltimore Sun (blog) - 
The battle for e-reader supremacy keeps ratcheting up, as the holiday shopping season near -- with Amazon's announcement this week that it will start selling the full line of Kindles at Target, Best Buy and other stores.

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