Sunday, January 15, 2012

15 JAN 2012, SUN: Sci & Tech

Science


Environment department gives back to people

Sun.Star - 
IN THE wake of destruction brought by Tropical Storm Sendong, Corazon B. Galinato, Regional Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), established an Operation/Relief Assistance Center at the regional office in ...

Experts count down to doomed Russian probe's last hours

msnbc.com - 
An artist's conception shows the breakup of the Phobos-Grunt probe during the final phases of its atmospheric re-entry. By Leonard David Russia's botched Mars probe mission Phobos-Grunt is fast approaching a fiery death, with just one or two days ...

Prez bids farewell to Appa team

Himalayan Times - 
KATHMANDU: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav today bid farewell to Appa Sherpa and his team who left on their four-month long 1700 km east to west trek along the Great Himalayan Trail.

For the good of the environment

gulfnews.com - 
At least 3000 employees in various government departments will leave their cars at home and take public transport on January 18 to support "Car Free Day" in Dubai.

IBM develops smallest storage device: 12 atoms for a single bit!

ZME Science - 
Each little green bump is an atom of ferromagnetic material. All these 12 atoms captioned above form an array capable of storing on bit of information.

Technology


BlackBerry Bold 9790 Review

GMA News - 
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 was first released in Asia (Indonesia to be precise) to send the message that Research in Motion is serious about the region.

One Ford rules them all

Manila Bulletin - 
By IÑIGO S. ROCES FROM left: Michael Boneham, Alan Mullaly, Joe Hinrichs and J Mays (Photo by I. Roces) MANILA, Philippines - Standing in stark contrast to the blue LED walls of the Ford booth at the recent Indian Auto Expo in New Delhi was a bright ...

The talking fridge to help you diet

Independent Online - 
By LYNN DAVIDSON Workers arrange a display of home appliances at an LG Electronics booth prepare for the 2012 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Centre.

The HTC Sensation XE is a popular choice

News Broadcast - 
The HTC Sensation XE is a recent release from HTC which combines aesthetic appeal with the inherent benefits of beats audio. The unit is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core Scorpion processor combined with the android operating system, which within this ...

Apple report reveals labor, environmental violations

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Washington Post - 
An audit released by Apple on Friday reveals widespread violations of worker rights and environmental practices by manufacturing partners for the company's wildly popular iPhone, iPad and other gadgets around the world.

Hyundai Elantra honoured with the 'North American Car of the Year' award

CarTradeIndia.com - 
The year began on a good note for Hyundai Company as its Elantra earned the North American Car of the Year Award. Hyundai Elantra was adjudged as the winner by a panel of automotive journalists.

Technology Will Take The Strain Out of Travel

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 
By Ben Rooney To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive—especially if you are arriving at Charles De Gaulle Airport, or indeed Heathrow for that matter.

Government tries measures to prevent another 'Sendong'

Business Mirror - 
SCIENCE and technology executives are studying the gap between the weather information dissemination and the people's reaction to disaster warnings, noting that people remain slow in reacting to the latter.

Photo of the Day: Singapore's unusual theme park

Gadling - 
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) on Jan 13th 2012 at 5:30PM This fellow is from one of Singapore's more unusual attractions - the Haw Par Villa theme park, also called Tiger Balm Gardens.

Crowd too big, Beijing Apple store cancels sale - msnbc.com

San Francisco Luxury News - 
What's going on in the world today? Here is an interesting news item we saw. An excerpt from the article, “Crowd too big, Beijing Apple store cancels sale - msnbc.

Motorola claims early victory over Apple in patent case

V3.co.uk - 
by Shaun Nichols The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled against Apple in its patent suit against rival mobile vendor Motorola.

Starhawk public beta schedule flies into focus

Warp Zoned - 
Sony plans to bring the futuristic warfare of Starhawk to as many PS3 owners as possible in the first few months of 2012 with a massive multiplayer beta.

Transferring Files From PC to Kindle Just Got Easier

PC Magazine - 
By Angela Moscaritolo Sending documents from a PC to a Kindle e-reader just got a little bit easier. That's because Amazon on Thursday released a new application called "Send to Kindle" that enables Kindle owners to easily transfer files from their ...

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