Monday, December 12, 2011

12 DEC 2011, MON: Sci & Tech

Science


Weather to improve in next few days, says Pagasa

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - A low-pressure area spotted off Palawan the other day is expected to move out of the Philippine area of responsibility today.

Scientists assess radioactivity in the ocean from Japan nuclear power facility

Biology News Net (press release) - 
With current news of additional radioactive leaks from the Fukushima nuclear power plants, the impact on the ocean of releases of radioactivity from the plants remains unclear.

Moon turns blood-red in lunar eclipse

Herald Sun - 
Sky gazers from Sydney to Beijing witness a total lunar eclipse in the night sky. Rough Cut (no reporter narration) STAR-GAZERS around the world turned their eyes skyward on Saturday night for the spectacular sight of a total lunar eclipse.

Scientists eagerly await 'God Particle' news

Stuff.co.nz - 
BIG NEWS?: The result of an experiment earlier this year at the Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss/French border. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the results of the latest tests to find the elusive 'God Particle', considered a key element in the ...

Nobel winner Shechtman stresses education, entrepreneurship

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - 
Shechtman, of the Haifa Technion, became the 10th Israeli to win the world's most prestigious prize at Saturday's annual Nobel ceremony in Stockholm.

Tsunami Recovery Funds Subsidize Japanese Whale Hunt

Care2.com (blog) - 
A Greenpeace investigation has forced Japanese officials to admit that they will have diverted a large portion of money earmarked for disaster recovery to subsidize its annual whale hunt.


Technology


Phone Flashback: HTC

PC Authority - 
As HTC ventures into the world of Android tablets, we celebrate its early days as a smartphone trailblazer... Despite being given the amusing codename of HTC Wallaby, the XDA was the first PDA phone to take its job...

Evernote Serves New Food App

Geeky gadgets - 
There's nothing like a fine meal and a good conversation to perk up your day. Evernote wants you to remember those good times, and came up with an app for such purpose, the Evernote Food.

Peter Bromhead: 'Your satisfaction is all I desire'

New Zealand Herald - 
Not, I hasten to add, a replacement for the long-suffering mother of my latest batch of little ones, but a cyber-caregiver, complete with an Australian accent.

Inside 'Jobs'

Inquirer.net - 
A person is famous when his or her name is enough to become the title of a best-selling book. A person is iconic when his or her image looking out at the reader on the cover is considered both intimate and a work of art.

Boingo brings free airport Wi-Fi to Nintendo 3DS

Digitaltrends.com - 
With Nintendo 3DS owners are likely diving into the free firmware update that Nintendo rolled out this week, Boingo Wireless is going to make air travelers with the 3DS even more excited with another freebie.

The 5 Craziest Trailer Moments from Spike's Video Game Awards

PC Magazine - 
With teabags, Charlie Sheen, microphone issues for Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, and a strange snubbing for acclaimed voice actors Mark Hamill and Tara Strong, last night's annual broadcast of Spike's Video Game Awards gave connected ...

Open Sourcing The Platform Is The Death Of WebOS

Forbes - 
In theory anyone will be able to grab the code, compile it, and run their hardware on WebOS. The practical reality is that HP have killed WebOS.

TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: Samsung's Galaxy black hole

Business Spectator - 
Australian customers will get their hands on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 before Christmas after the South Korean giant finally managed to bury the challenge of Apple.

The Last of Us trailer

3News NZ - 
Sony has unveiled its newest big-title game at the Spike Video Game Awards, showing off the trailer for The Last of Us, a new survival-horror franchise from Uncharted developer Naughty Dog.

Command & Conquer WallPapers

Android Apps - 
If bug exists, please tell us (E-mail), we will fix it as soon as possible. Command & Conquer (often abbreviated as C&C or CnC) is a video game franchise, mostly of the real-time strategy style as well as a first-person shooter game based on the former ...

Samsung Elec. breaks 300 mln mark in handset production

동아일보 - 
Samsung Electronics says it produces 300 million mobile handsets per year, a volume when stacked vertically would stand 300 times higher than Mount Everest (8850 meters).

Epic Games Designer Release Details on New Title 'Fortnite'

Game Rant - 
The debut trailer for Epic Games' new title 'Fortnite' didn't provide gamers with much info on the game. So, Lead Designer, Lee Perry, took to Twitter to solidify some new details.

VIDEO: Blizzard unveils Diablo III Cinematic Intro During Video Game Awards 2011

Bright Side of News* - 
During the Spike TV Video Game Awards which are taking place as we are writting this story, a lot of novel game trailers are being aired for the first time.

Raiden Returns in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Wired News - 
Renowned game designer Hideo Kojima took the stage Saturday night at the Spike TV Video Game Awards to announce Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance , the new incarnation of what was once Metal Gear Solid: Rising .

BMW 6-series Gran Coupe

Evo - 
BMW has released details of its new four-door 6-series Gran Coupe. It's another niche-filling offering from Munich, and BMW's answer to the growing market of sporting four-door coupes.

Debut Trailer For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

The Controller Online - 
Back in 1999, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was released and quickly became the Skateboarding game that all future skateboarding games would be compared to.

Alan Wake: American Nightmare Trailer Revealed

Piki Geek - 
Over the past few weeks, rumors have been swirling regarding the release of a new Alan Wake game. The original rumors pegged the name as “Alan Wake: Night Springs” which made a lot of sense as Night Springs was the name of the a television show inside ...

Sandworm Battles Reaper in New Mass Effect 3 Trailer

Escapist Magazine - 
If you've ever had to fight a giant robot - and I'd imagine that many of you have - chances are you'd have liked to be able to even the score a little.

The "best" of the VGAs: new Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite trailers, and ...

Ars Technica - 
Spike TV doesn't seem to care about giving video games awards, as many of the 2011 awards given out at the misleadingly-titled Video Game Awards were given off-screen, or before the show actually ...

Rainbow 6: Patriots Trailer Shows Terrorism in Your Back Yard

Piki Geek - 
No nameless Middle Eastern or vaguely Eastern European enemies here. A new trailer from the VGAs last night shows that the new Rainbow Six has really heightened the domestic-nature of their fictional terrorist group.

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