Wednesday, January 18, 2012

18 JAN 2012, WED: Sci & Tech

Science


Grist: GMO-free bourbon a rare spirit

Los Angeles Times - 
By Dean Kuipers With the explosion of artisanal spirits in California and all over the US, as well documented by my colleagues here at the LA Times, one would think we'd be drowning in organic bourbon, GMO-free this and heritage that.

'US may be behind Mars probe failure'

Times LIVE - 
The failure of the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe might have been caused by radiation from US radars, Russia said yesterday in its latest allegation of Western interference in its space programme.

Darwin's lost fossils found

Times of India - 
LONDON: UK scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years.

Rocks from Mars fell in Africa last July

Straits Times - 
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

SpaceX Dragon: 1st-ever private rocket to International Space Station fails to ...

Daily Mail - 
By Rob Waugh SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft - designed to be the first-ever commercial space flight to dock with the International Space Station - has been delayed.

IBM Fits A Bit Into Twelve Atoms

WebProNews - 
Researchers at IBM last week stored a bit, the smallest form of computer memory, into 12 atoms. They make the point of saying that this is significantly less than today's hard drives that use about one million atoms to store a single bit of information ...

NASA Study Shows Health, Food Security Benefits From Climate Change Actions

IEWY News - 
WASHINGTON - A new study led by a NASA scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, improve health and boost agricultural production.

Technology


Free Wifi access in Cebu extended

Cebu Daily News - 
PLDT WiFi Zones were initially set up to allow users free online access in key areas during the Sinulog festival in Cebu City. The PLDT WiFi Zones were accessible in General Maxilom Avenue, Gorordo to Fuente Osmeña Circle, Osmeña Boulevard, ...

Websites to go dark in protest of proposed legislation

USA TODAY - 
By Jon Swartz and Scott Martin, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO - More than a dozen websites plan to go dark Wednesday to protest a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills they claim will gut the Internet and stifle free speech.

Globe Popular Mobile Internet Provider

Manila Bulletin - 
By EMMIE V. ABADILLA MANILA, Philippines - Globe Telecom emerged as the most popular service provider for local mobile Internet services in the Yahoo!

Facebook makes listening to music downright social

Kansas City Star - 
By ALEX PHAM LOS ANGELES - Everywhere you look, people are going about their lives to the tunes of their own personal soundtrack. They sweat through "YMCA" at the gym, pound out programming code to Rammstein's brutal beats and nurse broken hearts with ...

Tekken X Street Fighter's roster will be picked by fans

Computerandvideogames.com - 
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada has said he's considering running online votes via Facebook for fans to choose the fate of characters - specifically the inclusion of Dan and Roger.

BlackBerry Bold 9790: Phones 4u UK contract prices revealed

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Contract prices for the BlackBerry Bold 9790 have appeared online and RIM's latest smartphone with a full QWERTY and touchscreen is yours free for £21.50 a month.

Israeli group hacks Saudi stock exchange sites

CBS News - 
A group of Israeli hackers who call themselves the IDF-Team took down the websites of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Tuesday, according to US and Israeli media reports.

Number of Chinese Internet Users Climbs to 513 Million

PC Magazine - 
By Leslie Horn In 2011, the number of Internet users in China soared to 513 million, half of which are using micro-blogging services, according to a new report from the government-run China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

Land Rover Philippines launches Range Rover Evoque

Inquirer.net - 
THE HEAVILY bolstered bucket seats up front and sculpted rear imply a sporty and dynamic driving performance. Land Rover has launched its most radical vehicle yet: the Range Rover Evoque, an on-road sport wagon that expands the definition of what a ...

Samsung squashes RIM takeover rumours

Financial Post - 
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) BlackBerry signage hangs above the company's booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lessons From Zappos Attack

Wall Street Journal - 
By STU WOO And BEN WORTHEN The recent hacking of Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary Zappos.com provides yet another lesson about the risks of data breaches.

Spotlight Falls on Apple's Rosner

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Wall Street Journal - 
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO As Apple Inc. prepares to unveil a new digital-textbook service on Thursday, the spotlight is falling on its company vice president who is leading core aspects of the new service: Roger Rosner.

Take-Two Says 'Max Payne 3' Delay May Cause Full-Year Loss

BusinessWeek - 
Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., producer of the “Grand Theft Auto” games, will postpone the introduction of “Max Payne 3” by two months, which may result in a loss for fiscal 2012, the company said in a filing.

Facebook reveals alleged cyber criminals behind Koobface

Herald Sun - 
FACEBOOK has identified a gang of cyber criminals allegedly behind Koobface - a piece of malicious software that has hijacked hundreds of thousands of accounts and made millions for its creators.

Adieu, Adios, Aurevoir: Goodbye, Steve Jobs action figure! :'-(

iTWire - 
Steve Jobs' unauthorised and uncannily lifelike action figure has, as expected, followed Steve himself into the afterlife, leaving behind a visual legacy of startling precision and dedication to detail that will never be in the hands of Jobs-loving ...

1/16/2012Would you pay $900000 for a Lexus LFA?

duPont REGISTRY (blog) - 
Awhile back, news broke that the first Lexus LFA finally reached the Philippines, and one aspect that caught our attention and are finally able to share is the car's asking price.

Hands on: Android "Ice Cream Sandwich" 4.0

Sydney Morning Herald (blog) - 
On Monday I took a look at the Galaxy Nexus, which sports a fantastic 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED display and new tricks such as Near Field Communications (NFC).

Samsung to invest record £29.6bn in 2012

New Electronics - 
Samsung Group is investing a record £26.9billion in expansion throughout 2012, adding a record 26000 employees in the process. Analysts believe the South Korean company will raise investment in mobile chips and next generation organic light emitting ...

Google gains majority of Yahoo's audience loss in December

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I don't think anyone expects major revelations anymore when comScore releases its search engine market share reports, and as such it wasn't much of a surprise that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to dominate in a big way, but what is surprising perhaps ...

Apple iPad 3: Launching in February, March, or later?

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Los Angeles Times - 
Apple rumors -- they seem to work readers, writers and editors up into a frenzy producing an echo of reports around the Internet. These blips of salacious speculation seem to spawn anew multiple times each week and, from time to time, they also fail to ...

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