Friday, March 9, 2012

09 MAR 2012, FRI: Sci & Tech

Science


Solar storm hits Earth, could disrupt technology

Financial Express - 
AP Washington: The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth Thursday evening, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.

James Cameron plans record 7-mile ocean dive

Zee News - 
Washington: A calm James Cameron has broken his own record with the world's deepest solo submarine dive, plunging 5.1 miles (8.2 kilometers) in the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea, the filmmaker said Thursday.

Creating Science Consciosness Among Filipinos

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - The government is bringing the study of Science and Technology (S&T) closer to the people. For 2012, the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), through its communication and media arm, the Science and Technology Information ...

Russia building robot to go into space

Space Daily - 
by Staff Writers Russia says it is building a humanoid robot to work in orbit on the International Space Station within two years, its first space robot in two decades.

'Alien invasion' a threat to Antarctic ecosystem

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SYDNEY -- In the pristine frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion -- not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags.

Mekong power plants 'catastrophic': study

Ninemsn - 
Plans to build hydropower plants along South-East Asia's longest river could have devastating effects on the world's largest inland fishery and should be reconsidered, scientists say.

Underwater robots map Titanic debris field 4 km deep

Hamilton Spectator - 
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE An expedition team using sonar imaging and robots has created what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire Titanic wreck site four kilometres beneath the sea.

'Angry Birds: Space' gameplay ... from space

USA TODAY - 
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY Need more proof that Angry Birds developer Rovio is a big deal? They convinced NASA to help promote their next game -- from space.

Birdlike dinos wore basic black with glossy touch

Zee News - 
Washington: Even dinosaurs can look sharp in basic black, and downright iridescent. An unusual crowlike dinosaur - which really doesn't look like a dinosaur at all - had glossy black feathers that were probably used to call attention to itself and find ...

Gorilla joins the genome club

Nature.com - 
Whole-genome sequencing of Kamilah the western lowland gorilla will help in our understanding of our own evolutionary history. Kamilah lives in San Diego, California, is 35 years old, weighs 136 kilograms and has a dark fur coat covering her skin.

'White snake' seen on Mars

WND.com - 
(NEW SCIENTIST) - Is someone sending smoke signals from Mars? Sadly, no - but NASA's eagle-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted a “dust devil” rising nearly a kilometre above the Red Planet's surface.

Vietnam announces national plan on climate change

eco-business.com - 
By : China.Org The Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) held a ceremony in Hanoi on Wednesday to announce the National Strategy on Climate Change and possible scenarios on climate change and sea level rising in Vietnam.

Antimatter measured for the first time

The Conversation - 
Researchers at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva have taken the first spectroscopic measurements of antihydrogen, marking an important milestone in the analysis of antimatter atoms.

NASA to blast 5 rockets in 5 min in jet stream test

Register - 
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author NASA is planning to light up the night sky in the next month, sending five rockets at the same time to the edge of space to find out more about the jet stream winds that circle the planet.

Gov't puts more teeth in fight against climate change

Philippine Information Agency - 
MANILA, March 9 (PIA) -- With climate change turning Philippine weather more powerful and disastrous, the government has taken a more aggressive stance to fight this modern-day threat to humanity, a statement posted on the Climate Change Commission ...

A rare look inside Endeavour as the shuttle is readied for museum

WTVR - 
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) - From the outside, you can't see much. The engines have been removed. The vehicle is encased in scaffolding.

Technology


Review: The new Apple iPad

IBNLive.com - 
Michael Liedtke, AP San Francisco: I have grown fond of my iPad 2 during the past nine months. So, I was curious if I would like my tablet computer any less once I saw Apple's new and improved iPad.

Campaign against Ugandan warlord sweeps Internet

Khaleej Times - 
SAN FRANCISCO - A video calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army militia group in Uganda, swept across the Internet this week, attracting a wave of support on Twitter and Facebook along with a skeptical ...

Solar storm hits Earth, could disrupt technology

Financial Express - 
AP Washington: The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth Thursday evening, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.

Intel-WiFi Zone launched at Resorts World

GMA News - 
Dan Ibarra (left), PLDT retail business group head, Marty Uday (2nd right), Intel Southeast Asia director, and Ricky Banaag (right) of Intel Phils.

Girls of the Geneva Motor Show

Independent Online (blog) - 
Which is the bigger fashion statement? The car, we think (It's an Abarth 595 Turismo). Image: AFP Beauty meets beauty: Showgirls vs Maserati GranTurismo Sport.

Empowering Rural Women Key To Boosting Societies' Welfare

Bernama - 
LIMA, March 9 (BERNAMA-NNN-ANDINA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has joined other senior United Nations officials in highlighting the potential of rural women to improve the well-being of the entire societies if given equal access to resources ...

Cumulative Toyota Philippine Production to Reach 500000 Units

MarketWatch (press release) - 
Santa Rosa, Philippines, Mar 08, 2012 (JCN Newswire via COMTEX) -- Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation (TMP), TMC's production and sales base in the Philippines, held a ceremony today at its plant here to ...

Google warns app developers: use Wallet or else...

Firstpost - 
In one email sent to a developer in late August, Google said the developer had 30 days to comply, otherwise the developer's apps would be "suspended" from Android Market.

Facebook seeks breakthrough in mobile ad market

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
BARCELONA -- For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer: exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half-a-billion mobile phone users as a way of opening up the mobile market to blue-chip advertisers.

Toyota Fortuner Shifts To Overtake

Manila Bulletin - 
By IÑIGO S. ROCES MANILA, Philippines - To most consumers, choosing a seven-seater SUV for their family hardly seems like it affects anyone other than themselves.

Students create 'botcha'-detecting robot

Tempo - 
BOCAUE, Bulacan - Move over, MAGIS the robot. Your new-fangled sibling is about to take center stage. Enter MAGIS v2.0 (Meat's AntiGerm Inspection Solution), developed by the robotics-crazy high school students of Dr.

End of an era: The Mass Effect trilogy draws to a close

Mirror.co.uk - 
After hundreds of hours of sci-fi space opera storytelling, the Mass Effect trilogy draws to a close as Commander Sheppard gears up once again to defend a galaxy on the brink of intergalactic genocide.

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0: A quick look

ABS CBN News - 
The updated operating system was supposed to come last September, but Research In Motion (RIM) pushed it to the fall, and further to February 2012.

Mercedes rolls out 'invisible' car

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
Using optical camouflage, technology experts at Mercedez Benz have figured out how to make an entire car disappear. aboo • Colombo, Sri Lanka • 41 minutes ago do we need to pay the parking?

An App That Helps You Cozy Up to Strangers

BusinessWeek - 
By Barrett W. Sheridan on March 08, 2012 Paul Davison is in a hurry. Not just to board the plane that's about to take him to his father's retirement party in San Diego, or to get through the talking points about his new iPhone app, Highlight.

Twitter Launches Sites in Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, and Udu

Complex.com (blog) - 
By Damien Scott | Mar 8, 2012 | 5:31 pm | Permalink Twitter reached a major milestone today with the launch of its website in four right-to-left languages.

Facebook Messenger for Windows out of beta

GMA News - 
Facebook's Messenger app for Microsoft's Windows platform has graduated from the testing phase and may be rolled out in the coming weeks.

Zynga to Launch New Gambling Platform

Tight Poker - 
By Renee | March 7, 2012 Zynga Inc., the social gaming giant, made an announcement Thursday that it will soon launch a brand new gaming platform, separating it from the social networking site Facebook.

'Alien invasion' a threat to Antarctic ecosystem

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SYDNEY -- In the pristine frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion -- not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags.

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