Sunday, January 1, 2012

01 JAN 2012, SUN: Sci & Tech

Science


Who's Going Green in the New Year?

Patch.com - 
By Hunt Archbold As you can see from the accompanying video and photos, today's Noon Year's Eve celebration hosted by the City of Smyrna and Radio Disney at the Smyrna Community Center was big fun for all.

US Pledges Support For Nigeria On Climate Change

Nigerian Observer - 
The US Government will support Nigeria in mitigating the effects of climate change in its communities, Mr. Joseph Stafford, Consul-General of the US Consulate-General, said on Thursday in Lagos.

Pinoy scholar joins US science expedition to Antarctica

GMA News - 
Wilson Mendoza, a Filipino scholar in the United States, had the rare opportunity to explore the mysterious Antarctica as part of science's efforts to understand the effects of global warming on the world's southernmost continent.

NASA probe enters lunar orbit

NEWS.com.au - 
From: AP A NASA spacecraft fired its engine and slipped into orbit around the moon today in the first of two back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend.

China push to put astronaut on the moon

Financial Times - 
By Simon Rabinovitch in Beijing China has declared its intention to land an astronaut on the moon, in the first official confirmation of its aim to go where Americans last set foot nearly 40 years ago.


Technology


State-of-art weather, disaster info systems to cost PH P1.6B

Inquirer.net - 
By Norman Bordadora MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III has ordered the release of P1.6 billion to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to enable it to tap “state-of-the-art technology” and improve the accuracy of weather and ...

Microsoft: IE 9 now top browser on Windows 7-loaded computers

GMA News - 
Internet Explorer 9 has topped rivals Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox on computers running Windows 7, software giant Microsoft claimed over the weekend.

Serb mayor treasures Schumacher tyre

AFP - 
BELGRADE - A tyre from seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's Ferrari has ended up in the hands of a Serbian town mayor.

Monthly Archives: December 2011

Financial Times (blog) - 
Apple's top designer, Jonathan Ive, has been knighted in the Queen's New Year's honours list for raising the standards of industrial design and championing British talent abroad.

Happy New Year Google doodle ends 2011 on a low with simple Doodle of letters ...

Daily Mail - 
By Lee Moran Google has ended what has been a creative year for its homepage Doodles on a decidedly low note - with visitors being greeted by a simple illustration of its letters having a party.

iPad 3 release date, specs include retina IGZO

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Computerworld (blog) - 
When is the iPad 3 release date? Reports continue to fly, and we're also told that the specs will include a retina IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) display.

Stratfor hackers publish email, password data; 'no threat so far', says Pentagon

Economic Times - 
BOSTON: Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of email addresses belonging to subscribers of private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc along with thousands of customer credit card numbers.

Facebook Cited in 33% of Divorces: Law Firm

Newser - 
By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff (Newser) - All that flirting on Facebook is leading to a sad but hardly surprising outcome: divorce.

Siri responds to a 12 year old boy, “Shut the f*** up you ugly t***.”

Online News Today - 
We all know Siri the voice-activated virtual assistant answers your questions with an attitude, but this just taking it too far. According to The Sun, Siri responded to a 12 year old boy's question with, “Shut the f*** up you ugly t***.

SEGA announces Sonic 4: Episode 2

TechRadar UK - 
By Chris Smith SEGA has given fans of the mighty blue hedgehog something to look forward to in 2012 by confirming the arrival of Sonic 4: Episode 2 for the New Year.

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