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Sony Ericsson multiple personalitySony Ericsson has launched a new phone with changeable colored covers and a new website called "full change" to promote it. Very innovative. Watch the video. [via Adverblog]Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:20 am Saudi Aramco Inks an Agreement With Sabic for Marketing the Polyolefin Products of Its Refining and Petrochemicals Joint Venture in Chinasino saudi aramco company ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of saudi aramco, signed a mutual cooperation agreement with sabic shenzhen trading company ltd, a sabic subsidiary in the peoples republic of china.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Almanac: Future of Federal Conservation Program UncertainBy Doug Smith, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Jul. 13--The U.S. Department of Agriculture could decide this week to open millions of acres of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands for crop production -- a move that some say would be devastating for wildlife.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am OPINION: It's Black, White and Recycled All OverBy Charles Broadwell, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Jul. 13--Notes from around the horn: Recycling is good for the environment, for the community's image, perhaps even for the soul. It's also good for this newspaper.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am New Arc-Fault Breakers to Be Required in 2009By Tim Feran, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jul. 13--A building requirement aimed at making new homes in Ohio safer from the threat of electrical fires will go into effect a year after originally intended.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Brewer to Cook for Roberts FundraiserBy Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Jul. 13--One of Wichita's most prominent Democratic officeholders, Mayor Carl Brewer, will be spicing up a Republican fundraiser.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am South Florida Sun-Sentinel Michael Turnbell Column: On the Roads: Design Work to Begin This Summer on Lyons Road ExtensionBy Michael Turnbell, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Jul. 13--Q When will Lyons Road be extended from Lake Worth Road to Forest Hill Boulevard? Cecil Wray,Wellington A: Design work is scheduled to begin this summer, but construction will not begin until U.S.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Outdoors Digest: Parkville Man Has a Trip to RememberBy Brent Frazee, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jul. 13--Catch of the week Mark Fenner of Parkville returned from Canada in late June with one whale of a fish story.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Portsmouth Residents Sue Again Over SewageBy Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jul. 13--PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- The residents along Grandview Avenue and nearby streets in this Ohio River city live in well-kept brick and wood-frame homes bordered by flower beds and neatly mowed grass.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am BRIEF: Dwarf Lobster Claw Adds Color to Small GardensBy Georgia Tasker, The Miami Herald Jul.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Ponds Benefit From TLC Sound Management Can Aid Any Body of WaterBy Michael Pearce, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Jul. 13--Ranging from desolate stock ponds to sculpted sand pits winding between seven-figure homes, Kansas' 100,000-plus private waters offer some good fishing. But they could be giving us much more.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 13 Jul 2008 | 11:00 am Apple iPhone v2.0 software on Saturday: Still M.I.A.Friday, there were severe activation problems with the iPhone 3G and 36 hours after the release of the iPhone 2.0 firmware, existing iPhone customers still can't download it. iTunes says it's unavailable...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 10:32 am Goldstriker ready with white gold and diamond iPhone 3GSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 10:32 am Confessions Of A Guy Who Stood In Line 7 Hours To Buy An iPhone - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 13 Jul 2008 | 10:20 am SMS remote control shopping robotJapan has come out with a new robot that will let people shop at malls without ever leaving their home. Robot developer tmsuk revealed a telerobotic shopper that can be controlled using NTT DoCoMo's...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 10:11 am 'UFO' Controlled Remotely by SMSNew York artist Peter Coffin teamed with London interactive architect Dominic Harris to launch a "UFO" of their own design earlier this month. The airborne mystery pod produced shock and awe among citizens...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 10:05 am Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 13 Jul 2008 | 9:44 am Book Recommendations For Maths To Astrophysics?sexy_flying_yoda writes "I have just graduated from 3 years doing a BSc in Mathematics in the UK and will be beginning an MSc in Astrophysics and Astronomy in September. I have very limited knowledge in physics, and as my new course of study is basically physics, I'm currently searching for books that will enable me to get up to speed. What books would you recommend that would help a mathematics graduate convert to a physicist?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 13 Jul 2008 | 9:20 am Yahoo rejects a new Microsoft deal (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:53 am Gphone May Really Happen, And Ammunition Group May Be Designing It2007 was the year of speculation of a Google Phone, or Gphone. Handset manufacturer HTC was the center of attention around most of the rumors. But Google eventually squashed those rumors by announcing...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:33 am iPhone 3G launch draws crowds in San Francisco (Macworld.com)Macworld.com - iPhone fans camped out for as long as 3 days with tents, chairs, and pillows. Joe Brown opted for a portable hammock.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:30 am Etisalat starts Egypt, Saudi roaming dealDUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) said on Sunday it would give subscribers special roaming rates in Egypt and Saudi Arabia in a move that could drive revenues...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:23 am Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new model (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:23 am SEARCHINGFOR YOU: Know What Your Name Reveals on Search Engines? That Job Recruiter Does.By Melissa Caron, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Jul. 13--Even if you don't know what a Google search of your name digs up, job recruiters might.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Web May Hold Key to Fighting New HIV WaveMINNEAPOLIS _ At first glance, Sexpulse looks like a sexually explicit gaming Web site, with provocative pictures of nude men, cartoons and cheeky icons. But it's not a game. Far from it.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am OMD Expands into Cambodia, LaosBy Anonymous PHNOM PENH Omnicom media network OMD has expanded its footprint into Cambodia and Laos through a joint venture with local full- service agency Red Dot.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am BRIEF: Opera At The Pond House: July 17By The Hartford Courant, Conn. Jul. 13--The Connecticut Concert Opera is holding a concert Thursday at the Pond House Cafe in Elizabeth Park in West Hartford.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am A Classic in a Can / Spam: From Survival Food to Specialty Dish With AplombBy SHARON K GHAG Spam, that fabulous find of the '30s and '40s, is enjoying renewed popularity because of tough economic times.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Army Students Post War Stories on Internet Discussion BoardsBy Anonymous As part of a broader effort to make Army officers better strategic communicators, the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Department of Military History is requiring students to post their war stories to a historical Internet discussion board.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Engagement Through Social Responsibility at IBM, PfizerBy Schoeff, Mark Jr OUTREACH ABROAD Within a short cab ride of IBM's office in Bangalore are stark reminders that most of the city's residents do not partake in the IT boom.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Church of England to Allow Female BishopsThe Church of England's ruling body, the General Synod, has voted to allow the ordination of women as bishops.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Stanley Miller Ii Column: New Apple iPhone Price Depends on AT&T PlanBy Stanley Miller Ii, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jul. 13--Some people throw a full-blown hissy fit when Apple's new iPhone 3G, which went on sale Friday, is described as cheaper than the original.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 8:00 am Thinking About Blackberry AppsWhile everybody else is talking about apps for the iPhone, I've been playing around with my Blackberry's apps and some interesting things popped out at me. I use a theme on my Blackberry that allows...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 7:55 am Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new modelSEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 7:36 am Yahoo rejects joint Microsoft, Icahn proposal (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 13 Jul 2008 | 7:27 am Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 price cut and new 60-gigabyte model - VentureBeat
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 13 Jul 2008 | 7:24 am Xbox 360 Console Now Offers Triple the Storage for Same Price60GB storage now included with Xbox 360; 20GB console will drop to $299.99 in U.S. and Canada. REDMOND, Wash., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. is ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 7:01 am It's boiling down to cable vs. telecomSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 7:00 am The Issue Of Trust Is With Google, Not Viacom - Washington Post
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 13 Jul 2008 | 6:50 am Wireless Sensors Tell Drivers of Parking Spots in San FranciscoA fascinating large-scale test in San Francisco intends to reduce wasted miles in finding parking spots: The City by the Bay is installing wireless sensors at 6,000 of its 24,000 parking spots which will...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 6:42 am Cartoon: Twitter DatingFor those of you wondering why you haven't seen a Twitter post on ReadWriteWeb for, oh, a couple of days now -- here is one! And you'll be pleased to know it's very easy to digest this post, because it's...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 6:39 am Flagship Studios Going UnderLunatrik writes "In a not entirely unexpected turn of events, Flagship Studios, the producers of the bug-ridden (at release!) game Hellgate: London is going under, as reported by multiple sources. In addition, many current subscribers to the game are finding themselves unable to cancel their subscriptions due to 'technical errors.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 13 Jul 2008 | 6:33 am Boosting iPhone 3G signal strength - CNET News
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 13 Jul 2008 | 6:10 am Is Gphone For Real?For a long time there were quite a few rumors about Google making a Gphone, its own hardware device. In the end it came out with Android, a software platform that it is promoting in partnership with 50...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 5:52 am iPhone Frenzy Hit By Computer Glitch As Hundreds QueueThe high profile launch of Apple's new iPhone turned into disaster yesterday when computer problems prevented customers buying the gadget. Customers who queued through the night were still waiting to buy an iPhone at 10am - two hours after the launch.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 13 Jul 2008 | 5:00 am Apple Releases MobileMe 1.1 for Leopard - The Mac Observer
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 13 Jul 2008 | 3:59 am Nielsen Collects FL Tax Breaks, Then Outsources Jobstheodp writes "The poop is hitting the fan over tax breaks given to ratings giant Nielsen Co., which pocketed millions in Florida jobs-creation tax concessions but has turned around and dismissed hundreds of local workers after inking a $1.2B outsourcing deal with Tata Consultancy Services of Mumbai. Lou Dobbs is on the case. Lou may go even more ballistic once he sees the Nielsen-Tata pact, which assures Nielsen that OT worries are a thing of the past ('there shall be no additional charge for overtime work'), allows Nielsen to have unsatisfactory Tata hires replaced within 4 weeks of starting with no charge for the original or re-performed work, gives Nielsen up to 6 man-weeks of free labor when a Tata worker is replaced, and allows Nielsen to make 'any TCS Resource' disappear with no more than 5 days notice if their presence 'is not in the best interests of Nielsen.' Nielsen execs have launched a PR counter-attack, pledging not to bully 85 year-old ladies in future layoffs. In a Letter to the Citizens, Nielsen CEO David L. Calhoun explained that Tata won a 'rigorous competition' to get the job, failing to mention that Tata was also tapped by Nielsen EVP Mitchell Habib in his CIO roles at both GE and Citigroup."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 13 Jul 2008 | 3:48 am Language May Have Evolved Earlier Than SupposedScience News reports on research suggesting that humans' language ability may have developed earlier than we thought. Scientists used CT scanning of H. heidelbergensis skulls, more than 530,000 years old, to reconstruct the structure of the ear canal of this Neanderthal ancestor. They found evidence that the ears of these early hominids would have had a sensitivity peak in the same 2-4 KHz range that the ears of modern humans do — the range in which most information is carried in language. Sensory systems are neurologically expensive, and it's unlikely that the body would invest the resources in maintaining such a system if it didn't serve a purpose. Quoting: "It may be time to rethink the stereotype of grunting, wordless Neanderthals. The prehistoric humans may have been quite chatty — at least if the ear canals of their ancestors are any indication. The findings suggest human speech may have originated earlier than some researchers contend. Anthropologists disagree about whether language sprang up rapidly around 50,000 years ago or emerged more gradually over a longer period of time..."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 13 Jul 2008 | 1:45 am Precision Putter Makes Your Latest Round a Game of GimmesBlasting a 300-yard tee shot doesn't mean squat if you three-putt for a double bogey. Chances are the Monza Spyder's impeccably balanced club face and adjustable center of gravity will help you perform.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 13 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Unmanned Yellow Sub Collects Data on the OceanFar out in the Atlantic, a little unmanned yellow submarine, developed and operated by Rutgers University, slips from current to current, collecting scientific data along the way. This trip is designed to show that an undersea glider can take its place in a global ocean observing system.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 13 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am Precision Putter Makes Your Latest Round a Game of GimmesBlasting a 300-yard tee shot doesn't mean squat if you three-putt for a double bogey. Chances are the Monza Spyder's impeccably balanced club face and adjustable center of gravity will help you perform.Source: Wired: Gadgets | 13 Jul 2008 | 1:00 am RedOctane execs on a roll with "Guitar Hero"DENVER (Billboard) - There were a lot of questions surrounding the "Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 13 Jul 2008 | 12:59 am Fast Forward Help File - Washington Post
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:54 pm Why Do We Have To Restart Routers?jaypaulw writes "I've owned a WRT54G, some cheap D-Link home Wi-Fi/firewall/routers, and now an Apple Airport Extreme (100/10 ethernet ports). In the context of the discussion about the worst uses of Windows — installation in places where an embedded device is superior — I've gotten to wondering why it's necessary to reboot these devices so frequently, like every few days. It seems like routers, purpose-built with an embedded OS, should be the most stable devices on my network."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:43 pm Is it curtains for critics? The critics have their saySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:08 pm Is it curtains for critics? The bloggers have their saySource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:08 pm Is it curtains for critics?Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:08 pm Who might be keeping watch on what you're watching?On 2 July, a US district judge, Louis L Stanton, lobbed a grenade into the cosy world of social networking, user-generated content and so-called 'cloud' computing. He ordered Google to turn over to Viacom...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:02 pm Tuberculosis factsWhat you need to know about the virusSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:01 pm Archaeology: Ancient bones may lead to TB cureArchaeologists and medical researchers join forces to examine human remains from JerichoSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:01 pm Doctors rage at being rated onlineHoteliers, restaurateurs and artists have known the tension for years. They unveil their work and then stand back to await an avalanche of either praise or derision from the public, the critics and, more...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 11:01 pm 3 Fired in New Jersey After Signs of KKK-Themed Hazing - New York Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 12 Jul 2008 | 9:47 pm Ulysses Spacecraft Not Dead Yetiminplaya sends in the good news that reports of the death of the Ulysses mission are premature. (We've discussed the impending shutdown of the 17-year-old mission a couple of times this year.) Ulysses is a joint NASA / ESA mission to study the sun from an orbit inclined almost 90 degrees from the ecliptic. From the Planetary Society blog post: "Ulysses is not dead yet. ESA issued a statement in February saying that, as Ulysses' radioisotope thermoelectric generators were running out of power, the spacecraft would likely die some time this year. The actual death blow to the spacecraft was likely to be the freezing of hydrazine fuel in a cold spot in a fuel line. Mission controllers found creative ways to prevent the freezing, but the solution was not a long-term one, and ESA had a ceremonial send-off and wrap-up of the mission in mid-June, announcing that the spacecraft would be shut down on July 1. However, it now appears that announcement was premature. ESA issued a statement on July 3 titled 'Ulysses hanging on valiantly.' And on Wednesday, the [Ulysses mission operations manager indicated] that Ulysses' voyage could actually continue for some time."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 12 Jul 2008 | 9:43 pm Goodnight Bush: a Goodnight Moon satire for the electoral season I just spent ten minutes cracking up in a bookstore over a copy of Goodnight Bush, a satirical remix of the classic Goodnight Moon that wishes the Commander-in-Chief a hearty farewell (and don't let the door of history hit you in the ass on the way out). I couldn't take a copy home because all the store's copies were spoken for -- apparently they can't keep it on the shelf. Link Source: Boing Boing | 12 Jul 2008 | 9:23 pm Thomas M Disch eulogyScience fiction writer Elizabeth Hand has written a thoroughgoing and thoughtful eulogy for Thomas M Disch for Salon today; Disch, one of the grand talents of science fiction, committed suicide on July 4.Few people make a successful career of contemplating death and suicide; fewer still approach the subject with the genuine ebullience and elegant despair of the prolific, criminally underappreciated writer Thomas M. Disch, who shot himself in his Union Square apartment, in New York, on the Fourth of July. Disch was a seminal figure in science fiction's New Wave, the iconoclastic 1960s movement that gave the genre a literary pedigree and popularized the term "speculative fiction." His books influenced writers such as William Gibson and Jonathan Lethem; his dystopias "Camp Concentration" and "334" are considered science fiction classics, along with his greatest novel, "On Wings of Song," a beautiful, dark meditation on the power and limits of transcendence through art.Link
See also: RIP, Thomas M Disch Source: Boing Boing | 12 Jul 2008 | 9:18 pm Steampunk wallpaper artist wants your ideas Mousewrites sez, "Steampunkwallpaper.com is a collection of wallpapers with a steampunky theme. I've taken it into my damn fool head to make one wallpaper a day for the next year, (15 so far) and I realized that I don't have quite enough ideas (my list of ideas is around 130 right now). I know that there's some people that don't like steampunk, but hell, there's some people who don't like coffee, either. No accounting for taste, I suppose! I love Boing Boing, and was hoping that the collective might give me some ideas? All my wallpapers are Creative Commons remix licensed, as well." Link (Thanks, Mousewrites!) Source: Boing Boing | 12 Jul 2008 | 9:16 pm Should the Linux Desktop Be "Pure?"jammag writes "According to Matt Hartley, many Linux desktop users don't like to admit that there's scads of closed source code commonly used with the Linux desktop. Hartley points to examples like proprietary drivers, the popularity of Skype among Linux users (in preference to the open source Ekiga), and the use of Wine. He concludes that, hey, if the code works, use it — a stance that won't sit well with purists. But his article raises the question: is it better to embrace some closed source fixes, and so create a larger user base, or to remain pure, and keep Linux for the specialists?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 12 Jul 2008 | 8:36 pm The iPhone 3G Visualized Through Cloud Tag 'Wordles'Everyone, it seems, has the iPhone 3G on the brain, but what are people really thinking, deep within the oblongata? To find out we use Jonathan Feinberg’s Wordle program to create some interesting Word Tag Clouds.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 12 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm As Hellboy II Arrives, del Toro Has Hobbit HeadacheWith Hellboy II: The Golden Army now in theaters, attention will turn to how its director, Guillermo del Toro, along with Peter Jackson, will handle the adaptation of his next project, Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 12 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm Brilliant 'UFO' Controlled Remotely by SMSNew York artist Peter Coffin teams with London interactive architect Dominic Harris to launch a "UFO" of their own design that can be controlled remotely by SMS messaging.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 12 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm The iPhone 3G Visualized Through Cloud Tag 'Wordles'Everyone, it seems, has the iPhone 3G on the brain, but what are people really thinking, deep within the oblongata? To find out we use Jonathan Feinberg’s Wordle program to create some interesting Word Tag Clouds.Source: Wired: Gadgets | 12 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm Lost Jimi Hendrix Rock Conjured From BeyondThe greatest rock guitarist that ever lived passed away in 1970, but his music lives on. A 1969-1970 Jimi Hendrix team-up with Stephen Stills might soon see the light of day.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 12 Jul 2008 | 8:00 pm The Environmentalism of Wall-EThe decade's most powerful environmental film doesn't star Al Gore or Greenpeace activists, but a trash-compacting, Hello Dolly-loving robot with a cockroach for a best friend.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 12 Jul 2008 | 7:30 pm Most CF Cards Fail DMA TransfersAnomalyst writes "In his quest to create an open source video camera, Andrey Filippov of elphel.com has determined that most Compact Flash devices, although claiming to be DMA capable, do not perform Direct Memory Access transfers correctly. This means successful movement of data to and from the device takes much more time with DMA disabled." The culprit appears to be the controller chip packaged with most of the CF cards Filippov tried. We last visited Elphel and their work on open source digital cameras in 2002. Filippov gave a Tech Talk at Google last year.Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 12 Jul 2008 | 7:28 pm Scientists Pave Way For 25nm CPUsarcticstoat writes in with word that scientists at the Space Nanotechnology Laboratory at MIT have found a new way of extending Moore's law into the future — they have succeeded in etching a grid of 25nm lines into a silicon wafer. The article notes that this technique could be used for writing the grid on which chips are laid down, but that the electronic elements would have to be written using more complex techniques. "[Researchers] created an interference pattern using light from a laser with a wavelength of 351 nm. The pattern consists of alternating light and dark zones repeating every 200 nm. This allowed them to etch 25-nm lines into a silicon wafer, each 175 nm apart. They then repeated the process three times, each time shifting the interference pattern by 50 nm and etching another 25-nm groove. The resulting grid has alternating 25-nm stripes and grooves..."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 12 Jul 2008 | 6:21 pm iPhone launches in Japan - DailyTech
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 12 Jul 2008 | 6:08 pm 20 Cool IPhone Apps - PC World
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 12 Jul 2008 | 6:04 pm Is it all over for corals? - ScienceBlogs
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 12 Jul 2008 | 5:39 pm Boeing-Skyhook Airship Faces Technical Challengeswaderoush writes "Since the Hindenburg disaster, dreams of giant airships capable of lifting heavy cargo have been restricted mainly to Popular Science covers (with the notable exception of the Cargolifter AG failure) — until Boeing and a Canadian company called Skyhook announced on July 8 that they're building a 300-foot-long, helium-filled craft that will lift loads of up to 40 tons and carry them 200 miles. But an aeronautical engineer at the University of Washington cautions that there are still some big problems to be worked out with mega-airships, including their stability in turbulent weather."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 12 Jul 2008 | 5:11 pm Algae spreading along China's Yellow Sea coastThe algae plaguing China's Olympic sailing venue is spreading to other ports and beaches along the coast, state media has reported, despite official claims that the battle is being won.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 5:04 pm Craphound, the podcastCraphound, the first short story I ever published in a professional market, has been turned into a fine little audio reading by Literal Systems (using the Creative Commons license), read by Rosalia Triana.Link (Thanks, Bri!) Source: Boing Boing | 12 Jul 2008 | 3:31 pm Carafes like antlers Etienne Meneau's "Strange Carafes" are pricey, hand-blown art-glass wine-decanters in the form of roots, or upside-down antlers. Pretty awesome -- though I'm fairly certain I'd turn mine into deadly shards (natural clumsiness) within minutes. Link (via Neatorama) Source: Boing Boing | 12 Jul 2008 | 3:23 pm Hurricane Bertha stalls near BermudaMIAMI (Reuters) - The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season stalled on Saturday near Bermuda, not close enough to bring significant winds to the British colony but close enough...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 2:57 pm Pioneering heart surgeon DeBakey dies at age 99HOUSTON (Reuters) - Surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose ground-breaking heart transplants and coronary bypass operations made him one of the giants of 20th century medicine, has died at age 99.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 12 Jul 2008 | 1:30 pm
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