Saturday, February 25, 2012

25 FEB 2012, SAT: Sci & Tech

Science


Marshaling the Winds of Mongolia

New York Times (blog) - 
By DYLAN WALSH Construction is to begin in March on Mongolia's first wind farm, and its backers hope it will be the beginning of a renewable energy boom.

Space Junk Janitors Should Sweep Up 5 Dead Satellites a Year, Experts Say

Space.com - 
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Humanity can keep its space-junk problem under control by removing about five big pieces of orbital debris every year from the huge cloud surrounding Earth, experts say.

Faster-than-light neutrinos? Why nobody is surprised it might be an error.

Christian Science Monitor - 
Last year, European particle physicists observed neutrinos apparently traveling faster than the speed of light. But now it seems that it was a bad measurement, which is no surprise to the physics community.

Some celesital wonders coming up

Baltimore Sun (blog) - 
If the weather cooperates, Saturday and Sunday night could provide a stunning view of a crescent moon dancing in the sky with two planetary partners.

The Other False Balance in the Climate Fight

New York Times (blog) - 
By ANDREW C. REVKIN I broached an issue that I've discussed before on Dot Earth and that I said cries out for illustration - the enormous difference in the tasks of those seeking to transform American and global energy menus to cut climate risks and ...

NASA: Earth's cloud height shrinking

OCRegister - 
The tops of Earth's clouds dropped at least 100 feet over the course of a decade, new satellite measurements show -- a mysterious result that could be related to global warming.

Sea Life Arizona takes in 1st green sea turtle

Ahwatukee Foothills News - 
Ziva the sea turtle is getting a new home in Arizona after a 2010 boat injury left her unable to return to the wild. The sea turtle was first found off the coast of Florida in May of 2010 with injuries to her head and shell from a boat.

'Angry Birds Space' Coming in March, Teaser Trailer Released

Game Rant - 
Developer Rovio is taking there hugely popular franchise extraterrestrial with 'Angry Birds Space' and have released a teaser trailer to celebrate.

Technology


More Privacy, or More Excuses?

Voice of America (blog) - 
There aren't many things the world's three largest web browsers - Microsoft's Explorer, Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox - can agree on.

Free Agent: Realm of the Mad God

Gamespy.com - 
By Nathan Grayson | Feb 24, 2012 He's so crazy about giving stuff away for free, it's hard to believe he's still in business!

Google Flight Search Goes Mobile -- But Doesn't Soar

CIO (blog) - 
Google brings Flight Search to iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. But the features that distinguish it on your laptop won't work well on your mobile device.

Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance kicks off with rare auctionpieces

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
The Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance gets underway this weekend, with some impressive events and exhibits highlighting its emergence as s competitor to the well-established Pebble Beach and Amelia Island events.

'Wargame: European Escalation' trailer launches game and missiles

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
Never has war erupted with such speed and urgency as in the trailer for Wargame: European Escalation, in which tanks speed toward their destinations and troops scurry to mobilize for the strategy game's February 23 release.

42 Mobile Introduced, Till Now, for MWC 2012

Technorati - 
After conducting a search for a suitable place for the 18 month long GSMA, Barcelona was selected as the 'Mobile World Capital' from 2012 to 2018.

'Rotary Swimarathon' bids for world record

Inquirer.net - 
THE Rotary Club of Talisay-Cebu will join the Global “Swimarathon,” world's biggest swimming event. The public is invited to join the club's “Rotary Swimarathon” today at 8 pm at the YMCA on Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City.

Faster smartphones spark race for ways out of data crunch

Economic Times - 
PARIS: Lighter, faster and even smarter smartphones will premiere at the world's biggest mobile fair next week, sparking a race for ways to prevent network overload from rendering the phones "dumb".

Chomp takes bite out of Apple apps

Irish Times - 
APPLE HAS stepped up its efforts to tackle a problem for both users and developers of the 550000 apps available for iPhone and iPad that will be familiar to customers of satellite television: too much choice.

Netflix: We have no plans to support the BlackBerry PlayBook

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ZDNet (blog) - 
By Ricardo Bilton | February 24, 2012, 4:08pm PST Summary: RIM's troubled ecosystem isn't winning it any support from Netflix, which says it has no intention of supporting the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Apple Germany Disables Push Email Service

NPR - 
by AP BERLIN (AP) - Apple says it has disabled the push email function for its mobile devices in Germany in an ongoing patent dispute with rival Motorola.

Nokia Becomes World's No. 1 Seller Of Windows Phones

Wall Street Journal (blog) - 
Nokia Corp., the world's largest handset maker, sold more smartphones powered by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone operating system than any other company in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to research from Strategy Analytics.

US rollout of LTE phone networks accelerates

Financial Times - 
By Paul Taylor in New York The announcement this week that Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit plans to launch LTE services in most of the 50 largest metropolitan markets over the next two years means that all four leading US mobile operators will ...

iPhone 5: The latest from the rumor mill

Washington Post - 
The next version of Apple's iPhone may have a new dock connector. The Post's Hayley Tsukayama reports : Fresh off the rumor mill comes the speculation that Apple may be doing away with its familiar connector for the iPad, iPod and iPhone.

Mike Daisey Takes Bite Out of Apple

Huffington Post - 
If you would seek proof of that famous Margaret Mead adage, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has," look at what's happening as more and more people protest ...

MWC live coverage: Huawei press conference

Inquirer - 
By Khidr Suleman in Barcelona THE INQUIRER will be attending the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next week to see first-hand what the major manufacturers have in store for us during the coming year.

Microsoft Raises Motorola Dispute to EC Level on Essential Video Patents

Redmondmag.com - 
By Gladys Rama, Kurt Mackie A complaint by Microsoft was filed with the European Commission on Wednesday about standard-essential patents licensing terms set by Motorola Mobility.

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