Monday, January 2, 2012

02 JAN 2012, MON: Sci & Tech

Science


Resolve to Go Green in 2012

Patch.com - 
By Annie Archer CSA members gather lettuce from The Root Connection's children's garden, a 1/4-acre plot with lettuce, carrots, beans and other easy-to-pick items.

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.

Poland pins hopes on starry-eyed students

AFP - 
JABLONOWO, Poland - Starry-eyed youngsters living in the birthplace of Nicolas Copernicus have taken up celestial gazing like the father of modern astronomy, but using telescopes he could only dream of.


Technology


PLDT, Smart speed up network modernization

ABS CBN News - 
By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - Telecoms leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications have accelerated their combined network modernization program and expect to ...

VP Binay's website hacked on New Year's Day

ABS CBN News - 
By Jojo Malig, abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA, Philippines - Vice-President Jejomar Binay's website has been hacked again, just a few months after the site was defaced.

Hot favourites of 2011

New Straits Times - 
THE closest competitor to the iPad 2, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 is one of the more interesting tablets from the Android platform to have arrived in our markets.

Pagcor urged to give game to PCSO

Inquirer.net - 
By Gil Cabacungan Congress is urging the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) to rescind its contract with a private company to run “Bingo Milyonaryo,” a numbers game which is reportedly competing with the small town lottery of the Philippine ...

Anonymous imposters: hiding behind the AntiSec identity

ABC Online - 
The Operation AntiSec collaborators Anonymous and LulzSec dominated media coverage of online security through 2011, taking credit for hacks of Sony, AT&T, the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency and News International newspapers - even though the more ...

IE9 makes gains on Windows 7

ZDNet UK (blog) - 
By Jack Schofield , 1 January, 2012 18:44 News and comment on what's happening in the technology industry, and the direction it's heading.

A blaze of glory? The e-reader that that thinks it's an iPad

Daily Mail - 
The all-colour, bargain-priced Kindle Fire will ignite the tablet market... so it's a pity it's hard to read books on Amazon's old-style books-only Kindle has always the been the gadget I turn to when I fancy a break from gadgets.

Google Ahead of Facebook as Top Web Site

San Francisco Luxury News - 
Nielsen Research has come out with its analysis of the most visited web sites in the United States, and Google is at top. The Nielsen data was based on a study of computer browsing habits at work and home, from the period Jan. 1, 2011 to Oct. 31, 2011.

Biker in Dakar Rally Dies

New York Times - 
The Argentine bike rider Jorge Martínez Boero died after a crash on the first day of the Dakar Rally, a 15-day race from Argentina to Peru.

LG announces 55″ OLED HDTV, looks good enough for an Apple Television

9 to 5 Mac - 
Various reports throughout the year have had LG providing the TV behind the Apple HDTV. Nothing conclusive has come up however. As far as the big display makers are concerned, Apple's relationship with LG is probably the strongest.

Apple designer Jonathan Ive knighted

The Australian - 
From: AP FANS of the clean, inviting look of the iPhone, iPad and other blockbuster Apple products are legion, and that includes Queen Elizabeth II.

RIM named as Canada's top business newsmaker of 2011

MobileSyrup.com - 
By Ian Hardy on January 1, 2012 at 4:19pm in Mobile News The Canadian Press has named Research In Motion as Canada's top business news story of 2011.

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.

Facebook releases messenger software for Windows7

GMA News - 
Facebook Chat addicts, here's good news: the social networking giant has released an instant messaging application for computers running Microsoft's Windows7 operating system.

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