Thursday, January 12, 2012

12 JAN 2012, THU: Sci & Tech

Science


Oslob acts to protect butandings

Manila Bulletin - 
By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. OSLOB, Cebu, Philippines - The increasing number of tourists coming to Oslob, a quiet, laidback town in the southern part of Cebu, to view the famed whale sharks or butanding, as they are called in the local dialect, ...

NASA to boost Orion spacecraft contract

Florida Today - 
Orion capsule drop test 1/6/12: After six months of testing, an 18000 pound Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6. This test represented worst-case landing for an abort scenario in rough ...

Researchers Find New Species At World's Hottest, Deepest Ocean Vents

RedOrbit - 
New research from an intrepid team of British oceanographers reveals that the world's deepest submarine volcanic vents are also the hottest that scientists have yet discovered.

Soil decontamination to cost NIS 9b

Globes - 
Environment Minister: There is widespread pollution underground resulting from the use of fuels and chemical pollutants. "The cost of decontaminating soil over one or two decades is NIS 9 billion.
Israel prepares for climate change
Climate Change Adaptation Report for Israel
Environmental security, governance

Science department creates energy audit team

Sun.Star - 
By Carmelle Marie Harrow THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Davao Region has organized a group to audit energy consumption of industries to help reduce energy consumption in the region.

Science execs decry theft of cables of seismic gear near Mayon

Inquirer.net - 
By Tarra Quismundo MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Science and Technology on Wednesday revealed that cables and batteries of critical seismic equipment near the Mayon Volcano were stolen last month, disrupting transmission of vital volcano ...

Milky Way home to 100 billion alien planets?

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 
This artist's illustration gives an impression of how common planets are around the stars in the Milky Way. The planets, their orbits, and their host stars are all vastly magnified compared to their real separations.

Gallery: Ten apocalyptic scenarios

Edmonton Journal (blogs) (blog) - 
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has the Doomsday Clock ticking ever closer to midnight, the first time it has ticked forward since 2007.

Russia's Mars probe may fall into Indian Ocean

Xinhua - 
MOSCOW, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia's failed Mars probe Phobos-Grunt may fall into the Indian Ocean during daytime on Sunday, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Wednesday.

Mystery of 400-year-old supernova explosion solved

msnbc.com - 
NASA, ESA, and B. Schaefer and A. Pagnotta (LSU, Baton Rouge); NASA, ESA, CXC, SAO, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Hughes (Rutgers) This image of Type Ia Supernova Remnant 0509-67.5 was made by combining data from two NASA Great ...

Cuadrilla bosses to respond to Balcombe fracking fears

BBC News - 
Energy bosses will be questioned about the technique known as fracking in a Sussex village where they have permission for exploratory drilling.

A matter of faith

Waterloo Record - 
The theoretical physicist miraculously endured a crippling disease and, in spite of it, made revolutionary contributions to the big bang theory and the related study of black holes.

Scientists capture first images of rare Burmese monkey

ABC Online - 
Burma's extremely rare and elusive species of snub-nosed monkey has been captured on camera for the first time. The remote mountainous forests of Burma's north are home to the monkey, an animal so elusive it was not documented until 2010 when one of ...

Technology


The saddest man at CES

CNET - 
by Chris Matyszczyk January 11, 2012 12:04 PM PST LAS VEGAS--The Consumer Electronics Show is like the real world in only one sense: everyone is trying to capture your attention.

The year mobile rules go out the window

CBS News - 
COMMENTARY Nokia is a company that cannot catch a break from the press. So when it debuted the US-targeted Lumia 900 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), skepticism was heavy.

Motorola, Lenovo Plan Intel-Chip Smartphones

MarketWatch - 
Intel Corp. won a badly needed boost to its credibility in the smartphone market, as Motorola and Lenovo announced plans to introduce phones that use the company's chips, Shara Tibken reports on Digits.

Microsoft reboots flight simulation game

Manila Bulletin - 
By ALLAN D. FRANCISCO MANILA, Philippines - It has always been a risk that creative types have to live with. In a field that values creativity and originality, something presented as new might turn out to be too similar to something created or done in ...

Zebronics unveils Wireless Companion 2 keyboard-mouse

Tech Know Bits - 
Zebronics recently launched a new wireless keyboard-mouse combo named the Wireless Companion 2. Company claims that the Wireless Companion 2 is able to work from a distance of nine meters.

Gisele Bundchen Sizzles in Versace Spring 2012 Campaign

becomegorgeous.com - 
Proving once again the reason behind her supermodel status, Gisele Bundchen rocks the new campaign for Versace spring 2012. This upcoming season, stunning form fitting shapes take over the fashion scene, revealing a symphony of old meets new styles, ...

Recommended: Kinect for Windows: What's actually happening on Feb. 1 — and ...

msnbc.com - 
News and reviews about the hardware you want and the software you need. For an up-to-date playlist of Gadgetbox videos and a full complement of the day's gadget news, go here.

Car Shopping? Visit Your Local Auto Show First

MarketWatch (press release) - 
DETROIT, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- With Detroit's North American International Auto Show poised to open to the public this weekend, shopautoweek.

ELIZABETH v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

Leagle.com - 
Joan Elizabeth appeals pro se from the district court's judgment for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") in her action challenging the FDIC's deposit insurance determination.

Pagcor studies new gaming concept

Manila Bulletin - 
By HANNAH L. TORREGOZA MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is studying the concept of running its own Internet gaming that will cater to overseas customers, an official of the state gaming agency said.

Hipmunk Brings Hotel Search to Mobile Application

San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - 
Hipmunk, the travel search site, today announced the availability of a major update to its iPhone, iPad, and Android OS applications.

CES 2012: Hands on with Canon PowerShot G1X and Nikon D4

Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) - 
By Barney Britton | Published Jan 10, 2012 | Show Reports The D4 looks different from the D3 and D3S, and its smoother, flatter lines hide meaningful internal changes too.

Facebook status update: Three-car pileup!

Fox Business - 
Starting next year, their cars will begin to pester you with status updates. Mercedes-Benz and Facebook on Tuesday announced a partnership that will not only allow drivers to update their pages at 75 mph without using a smartphone, but also tie into ...

Not getting the current voting site for Comics Carousel's Broom Hilda vs. F ...

Chicago Tribune - 
By Geoff Brown If you type the address chicagotribune.com/comicsvote into a search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing, whatever), the search will turn up all of our previous, dead links instead of the current site.

Sony: No PlayStation 3 Successor in 2012

PC Magazine - 
By Leslie Horn Don't expect a next-generation PlayStation console to appear this year. Sony executive deputy president Kazuo Hirai dashed hopes that the company will unveil a PlayStation 4 this year at E3, or elsewhere.

Intel offers vision for future of computing at CES

Xinhua - 
by Wendy Qi LAS VEGAS, the Untied States, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Intel laid out a vision for the future of computing and consumer technology in the post-PC era during its keynote session Tuesday at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Taking RIM's New PlayBook 2.0 Tablet Out for a Spin

PC Magazine - 
By Damon Poeter Maybe people have been too quick to count RIM out. In recent months, Research In Motion has endured some well deserved heat for a series of missteps, but the BlackBerry maker may have an ace up its sleeve—a slick new operating system ...

Web-Name Change May Spur Lawsuits, Internet Overseer's CEO Says

BusinessWeek - 
By Eric Engleman Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The nonprofit organization overseeing the Internet's address system is bracing for a wave of lawsuits from a program that may add hundreds of top-level domains such as .

Saudi hacker releases 200 more Israeli credit card numbers

Jerusalem Post - 
By YAAKOV LAPPIN On Wednesday night, the Saudi hacker released what he said were 200 more Israeli credit card numbers, and called others anti-Israel online activists to step up web attacks.

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