Resveratrol - Found in Red Wine
Resveratrol has also been produced by chemical synthesis[1] and is sold as a nutritional supplement derived primarily from Japanese knotweed. In mouse and rat experiments, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, blood-sugar-lowering and other beneficial cardiovascular effects of resveratrol have been reported. Most of these results have yet to be replicated in humans. In the only positive human trial, extremely high doses (3–5 g) of resveratrol in a proprietary formulation have been necessary to significantly lower blood sugar.[2] Resveratrol is found in the skin of red grapes and is a constituent of red wine, but apparently not in sufficient amounts to explain the French paradox. Experiments have shown that resveratrol treatment extended the life of fruit flies, nematode worms and short living fish but it did not increase the life span of mice. [Read more...]
Is Apple's Mac Mini a MacBook inside?
The entry-level version of the new-generation Mac Mini carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $376.20, which increases to $387.14 when manufacturing costs are added, iSuppli said. The low-end model in the Mac Mini lineup is priced at $599, "reflecting the relatively thin BOM/manufacturing margins" of Apple's PCs in relation to its lower-cost consumer items, specifically the iPod line, according to iSuppli. [Read more...]
Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems
Twenty-one year-old Nicolas Jacobsen was quietly charged with the intrusions last October, after a Secret Service informant helped investigators link him to sensitive agency documents that were circulating in underground IRC chat rooms. The informant also produced evidence that Jacobsen was behind an offer to provide T-Mobile customers' personal information to identity thieves through an Internet bulletin board, according to court records. [Read more...]
In remembrance of Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett, a three-time Emmy-nominated actress, sex symbol, and star of perhaps the most famous poster of all time, has died. She was 62.
Fawcett died Thursday morning at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif, her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, said in a statement. The Charlie's Angels star announced in 2006 that she had anal cancer, the start of an agonizing battle that included the cancer going into remission, only to return and spread to her liver. [Read more...]
Fawcett died Thursday morning at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica, Calif, her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, said in a statement. The Charlie's Angels star announced in 2006 that she had anal cancer, the start of an agonizing battle that included the cancer going into remission, only to return and spread to her liver. [Read more...]
In remembrance of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, defined in equal parts as the world's greatest entertainer and perhaps its most enigmatic figure, was about to attempt one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Then his life was cut shockingly — and so far, mysteriously — short.
The 50-year-old musical superstar died Thursday, just as he was preparing for what would be a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's famed 02 arena. Jackson had been spending hours and hours toiling with a team of dancers for a performance he and his fans hoped would restore his tarnished legacy to its proper place in pop. [Read more...]
The 50-year-old musical superstar died Thursday, just as he was preparing for what would be a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's famed 02 arena. Jackson had been spending hours and hours toiling with a team of dancers for a performance he and his fans hoped would restore his tarnished legacy to its proper place in pop. [Read more...]
Google's AdSense Goes Mobile, Developers Wanted
Developers earn revenue by displaying text and image ads in their iPhone and Android apps. The AdSense for Mobile Applications site offers answers to frequently asked questions and a sign-up to participate in the beta. To participate, developers must have an app that's ready to implement, is free, already gets a minimum of 100,000 page views daily and runs on either Android or iPhone. Google will contact publishers who meet that criteria, and agree to participate for at least three months, on a rolling basis. [Read more...]
Heads of top U.S. companies snub blogs, Facebook: study
The heads of the top U.S. companies might be engaged in the boardroom, but they're switched off when it comes to social media, according to a new study that said CEOs should be more connected to their customers. [Read more...]
Porn Comes to the iTunes App Store
Apple has finally allowed pornography into the iTunes App Store. The application, called Hottest Girls, costs $2 and includes “2200+ images of top
less, sexy babes and nude models”. [Read more...]
Quantum computing hurdle overcome
Quantum bits - formed in this case by arrays of semiconductor quantum dots containing a single extra electron - have the worrying habit of forgetting the information they're supposed to be storing. This is because they are easily perturbed by magnetic field fluctuations from the nuclei of the atoms creating the quantum dot. [Read more...]
ZeniMax creates FPS empire with id Software acquisition
ZeniMax Media - the parent company of Bethesda Softworks - bought id Software for an undisclosed amount. The legendary game studio was responsible for developing a number of popular FPS (first-person shooter) titles, including Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. [Read more...]
Apple 'makes $420 on each iPhone sold'
The 16GB iPhone 3GS only costs the company three percent more to make than last year's model, with a bill of materials totalling $172.46 plus $6.50 in manufacturing costs, says the company.
Apple's US carrier, AT&T, sells the 16GB iPhone 3GS at a subsidized $199, but industry watchers reckon that AT&T and other carriers cough up around $600 per phone. In the UK, Apple's carrier of choice, O2, sells a pay as you go 16GB iPhone 3GS for a whopping $719.85. [Read more...]
Apple's US carrier, AT&T, sells the 16GB iPhone 3GS at a subsidized $199, but industry watchers reckon that AT&T and other carriers cough up around $600 per phone. In the UK, Apple's carrier of choice, O2, sells a pay as you go 16GB iPhone 3GS for a whopping $719.85. [Read more...]
New Apple iPhone costs $179 to produce-iSuppli
Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) new entry-level iPhone model costs $179 in materials and manufacturing expense, according to a teardown analysis on Wednesday by research group iSuppli. [Read more...]
iPhone 3GS review
If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- right? We know countless reviews of the iPhone 3GS may begin with that cliché, but there's little chance you'd find a better way to describe the strategy that Apple has just put into play with its latest smartphone. In many ways, the 3GS is a mirror image of the iPhone 3G; externally there's no difference. It's inside where all the changes have happened, with Apple issuing a beefed-up CPU, new internal compass, larger capacities for storage, and improved optics for its camera. More to the point, the release of the 3GS coincides with the launch of iPhone OS 3.0, a major jump from previous versions of the system software featuring highly sought after features like cut, copy, and paste, stereo Bluetooth, MMS, tethering, video recording, landscape keyboard options for more applications, and an iPhone version of Spotlight. At a glance, what Apple seems to be doing is less a reinvention of the wheel and more like retreading the wheel it's already got (and what a wheel, right?). So, do the iPhone 3GS and OS 3.0 tweak the details in just the right places, or has Apple gone and gotten lazy on us? Read on to find out. [Read more...]
Korea Govt. Plans to Increase Internet Speed by 10 Times
Soon Internet users will be able to download online content at breakneck speeds. Make that 10 times faster than the average Internet data transfer speed available for Korean web users. The state-run Korea Communications Commission says it plans to increase the country's broadband computer network capacity to 1 gigabit per second by 2012. The communications regulator says if all goes well Internet users can, for example, download a full-length movie or a 1.5 gigabyte video file in about 12 seconds compared with the 120 seconds it currently takes. [Read more...]
Intel's New Brand Structure Explained
Over the last year or so, Intel has been quietly working behind the scenes taking a hard look at our brand structure and exploring ways to make it more rational and easier to understand. The fact of the matter is, we have a complex structure with too many platform brands, product names, and product brands, and we've made things confusing for consumers and IT buyers in the process. [Read more...]
Based on info here.
Based on info here.
World's Smallest VGA Display is Literally the Size of a Thumbnail
Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), the leader in microdisplays for consumer and military applications, today announced a breakthrough in further shrinking the size of its color displays. By shrinking the color dots to a mere 2.9 x 8.7 µm from the previously announced 3.75 x 11.25 µm, Kopin has achieved a full-color VGA display (600 x 480 resolution) in a 0.27” diagonal size, which is by far the smallest VGA color-filter liquid crystal display (LCD) in the world. [Read more...]
Hands-on with Tweetdeck 0.26
The new version of Tweetdeck is out, a bit ahead of schedule. As discussed previously, this version adds cloud synchronization and other features. But I found the implementation rough in spots. Here's a quick hands-on overview of the main new features. [Read more...]
Using Twitter To Get A Company To Solve Your Problem
Here's a new trick for getting satisfaction from a reluctant company, using Twitter. We can call this one "tweet to power." [Read more...]
A Lightweight Display Brings Instant Army Intelligence to Your Wrist
A special-ops soldier carries a slew of gadgets into battle. There's the GPS unit to pinpoint his squad's location, and a laptop for pulling up blueprints of terrorist compounds or infrared readings of buildings scoped out by robotic surveillance drones. With a radio and its five-pound battery, it's too much gear. But in a couple years, troops could lighten their load with a rugged, flexible, wrist-mounted display that's in development by the U.S. Army and HP Labs. [Read more...]
PopSci Augments Reality - Magazine Cover : July 2009
Today the July issue of Popular Science -- with a cover package on the future of energy -- officially hits newsstands, and with its release we unveil an extremely cool first-ever for the magazine biz: The first interactive 3-D "augmented reality" magazine cover. [Read more...]
Who Protects The Internet?
For the past five years, John Rennie has braved the towering waves of the North Atlantic Ocean to keep your e-mail coming to you. As chief submersible engineer aboard the Wave Sentinel, part of the fleet operated by U.K.-based undersea installation and maintenance firm Global Marine Systems, Rennie--a congenial, 6'4", 57-year-old Scotsman--patrols the seas, dispatching a remotely operated submarine deep below the surface to repair undersea cables. The cables, thick as fire hoses and packed with fiber optics, run everywhere along the seafloor, ferrying phone and Web traffic from continent to continent at the speed of light. [Read more...]
Army’s New Black Hawk
The Black Hawk helicopter has served the U.S. Army well. But it’s been around since 1979. Time for a revamp, with advanced electronics, more-powerful engines, and various other tweaks. The UH-60M Upgrade, as it’s officially known, made its first flight last summer, and the Connecticut aircraft-manufacturer Sikorsky will start delivering them to the Army next year and ramp up to full production by 2013. [Read more...]
The Thinnest, Most Colorful TV Yet
A seven-layer screen—-as thin as a credit card—-will be better-looking and more efficient than LCD and plasma. [Read more...]
Twitter limits searches on its site ... why?
30 searchs in a hour? (To save resources , cost, bandwidth...? That's BS)
Why on Earth would Twitter limit the number of Twitter searches a Twitter user may conduct -- a typical user, such as yours truly, not some resource-piggy third-party app or bot?
And, why on Earth would one of the most talked-about companies on the Internet make it so darn difficult to get an answer to such simple question? [Read more...]
Twitter API Limit <<<
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You can actually get around the search limitation if you can guess the person's twitter account.
I figure you spend the same amount of time searching (using the twitter search tool) or guessing.
What helps with guessing is people usually use their full names as their twitter account. i.e. John Smith.
If you know John Smith, try http://www.twitter.com/johnsmith
If you click on 'Follow' and you are logged into Twitter. It will add the person.
Otherwise, I'd use Google, type in: twitter.com first-name last-name
And then see if a page (in the form of twitter.com/username) for Twitter comes up
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Why on Earth would Twitter limit the number of Twitter searches a Twitter user may conduct -- a typical user, such as yours truly, not some resource-piggy third-party app or bot?
And, why on Earth would one of the most talked-about companies on the Internet make it so darn difficult to get an answer to such simple question? [Read more...]
Twitter API Limit <<<
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You can actually get around the search limitation if you can guess the person's twitter account.
I figure you spend the same amount of time searching (using the twitter search tool) or guessing.
What helps with guessing is people usually use their full names as their twitter account. i.e. John Smith.
If you know John Smith, try http://www.twitter.com/johnsmith
If you click on 'Follow' and you are logged into Twitter. It will add the person.
Otherwise, I'd use Google, type in: twitter.com first-name last-name
And then see if a page (in the form of twitter.com/username) for Twitter comes up
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Nice post - albeit I tend to get a little confused by people who use a site for free then complain about it. I know it is frustrating and you wish you could do whatever you wanted to do. However, there are costs involved, servers, software, storage, employees, benefits, air conditioning, heating, lights, furniture (albeit a fixed asset), rent or mortgage, marketing, sales, call center tech help and what else can we pile onto a small business just trying to make a name for themselves and still they get bashed -
Let's be nice to them and gosh - do you know anyone at HP or IBM that would donate a server or two - I would say Sun Microsystems, but I don't know their status - but what about a hosting solution donation.
I have had wonderful experience with them and they are great about customer service albeit - it did take them an hour to get back with me - yuck that sucked.
Anyway, I just think if we all had patience with Microsoft and how they scammed the American Public with the bugs and how they were in a garage just barely getting by - I think we can do this for Twitter - so what do you say - give them a little break or find out what their needs are and make a donation - we do use this alot. don't we?
Microsoft "legislates" against iPhones - from Within
The dirty little secret at Microsoft (and at Red Hat, for that matter) has been the rise of the iPhone within employee ranks.
It's one thing to try to impose one's technology on an unsuspecting market, but Microsoft employees know that the iPhone makes their Windows Mobile devices look like Tinkertoys, which is why it's so easy to find iPhones at Microsoft's Redmond campus. [Read more...]
It's one thing to try to impose one's technology on an unsuspecting market, but Microsoft employees know that the iPhone makes their Windows Mobile devices look like Tinkertoys, which is why it's so easy to find iPhones at Microsoft's Redmond campus. [Read more...]
Microsoft Sues Three in Click-Fraud Scheme
Microsoft filed the civil complaint on Monday in United States District Court in Seattle against Eric Lam, Gordon Lam and Melanie Suen, of Vancouver, British Columbia, along with several corporation names they were believed to have used, and several unnamed parties.
Microsoft is seeking at least $750,000 in damages. That might seem a small amount for a company that had sales of $13.7 billion last quarter. But about one in every seven clicks on an advertisement is estimated to be fraudulent, according to the traffic analysis firm ClickForensics, and Microsoft is trying to make that kind of deception more expensive for perpetrators. [Read more...]
Microsoft is seeking at least $750,000 in damages. That might seem a small amount for a company that had sales of $13.7 billion last quarter. But about one in every seven clicks on an advertisement is estimated to be fraudulent, according to the traffic analysis firm ClickForensics, and Microsoft is trying to make that kind of deception more expensive for perpetrators. [Read more...]
Google's censorship struggles continue in China
For about eight days between June 3 and June 11, Google.cn blocked all results that might come from searches for Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Not just politically sensitive results, not just historical accounts of the hundreds of deaths on June 4, 1989, but every single result--including directions to the square--with an error message that read "Search results can not be displayed as they may contain contents that do not comply to related laws and policy."
As of Thursday, things had appeared to return to normal. A search for "Tiananmen Square" in either English or Chinese brought up links to shops in the area, historical documents about one of China's most storied places, and images of fun, happy times in downtown Beijing. [Read more...]
As of Thursday, things had appeared to return to normal. A search for "Tiananmen Square" in either English or Chinese brought up links to shops in the area, historical documents about one of China's most storied places, and images of fun, happy times in downtown Beijing. [Read more...]
Dasient helps Web sites avoid blacklists, malware
Last week, PBWorks founder David Weekly found out from some customers that his hosted collaboration site had been blacklisted by Symantec for hosting malware and, thus, visitors to any of the 10 million pages on PBWorks were being warned that the site wasn't safe.
"(Damn) you, Norton Safe Web. Whenever one file on one PBWorks space has a virus, all of PBworks is marked unsafe?!" a frustrated Weekly wrote on Twitter and Facebook on Thursday. In a follow-up interview, he said: "That's tarnishing our brand. It's not legitimate to basically poison the whole domain and all of its sub-domains."
The problem is not unique to PBWorks; many legitimate sites find themselves on the malware blacklists of services from security software firms, search engines, and browser makers every day. However, the problem is exacerbated for sites like PBWorks where most or all of the content is customer-created and not in the control of the hosting provider. Because one student uploaded a Word file with a virus in it to a PBWorks homework assignment space, all of the 850,000 spaces on the site were penalized. [Read more...]
"(Damn) you, Norton Safe Web. Whenever one file on one PBWorks space has a virus, all of PBworks is marked unsafe?!" a frustrated Weekly wrote on Twitter and Facebook on Thursday. In a follow-up interview, he said: "That's tarnishing our brand. It's not legitimate to basically poison the whole domain and all of its sub-domains."
The problem is not unique to PBWorks; many legitimate sites find themselves on the malware blacklists of services from security software firms, search engines, and browser makers every day. However, the problem is exacerbated for sites like PBWorks where most or all of the content is customer-created and not in the control of the hosting provider. Because one student uploaded a Word file with a virus in it to a PBWorks homework assignment space, all of the 850,000 spaces on the site were penalized. [Read more...]
IBM releases new enterprise cloud portfolio
IBM launched late Monday a new portfolio of products and services for the enterprise cloud computing market, which the company claims builds on lessons learned from earlier cloud initiatives.
Targeted at providing standardized platforms for specific computing workloads, the products and services, launched under the Smart Business and IBM CloudBurst monikers, aim to change the way IT organizations build and deliver IT services. [Read more...]
Adobe to charge users for Acrobat.com
Adobe Systems Inc said on Monday it had moved Acrobat.com out of public beta testing and would charge subscribers to use the online version of its popular PDF reader software Acrobat.
The maker of Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat software said it would charge subscribers for two new services that add capacity and capabilities for intensive business use.
Adobe will charge $14.99 per month for the basic service, which allows Web meetings for up to five participants and online conversion of 10 uploaded documents to PDF per month.
For the premium plus service, which has meeting capacity for up to 20 people and unlimited online creation of PDF files, Adobe will charge $39 per month.
Five million people have signed up to use Acrobat.com since it was launched in June 2008, Adobe said.
The maker of Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat software said it would charge subscribers for two new services that add capacity and capabilities for intensive business use.
Adobe will charge $14.99 per month for the basic service, which allows Web meetings for up to five participants and online conversion of 10 uploaded documents to PDF per month.
For the premium plus service, which has meeting capacity for up to 20 people and unlimited online creation of PDF files, Adobe will charge $39 per month.
Five million people have signed up to use Acrobat.com since it was launched in June 2008, Adobe said.
PCalc calculator app ready for iPhone 3.0
The iPhone 3.0 software update isn’t slated to roll out until Wednesday. But developer TLA Systems isn’t waiting around for the new OS to update its well-regarded calculator app. The latest version of PCalc, arriving at the App Store Monday, has been built for iPhone 3.0, adding support for copy and paste. [Read more...]
ZETA to open doors to 'net zero' home
There's a movement afoot to make homes greener, but the impact will be limited if only wealthy people can afford them. Start-up ZETA Communities is trying to expand that movement's reach by making market-priced, "net zero" multifamily homes.
In the next two weeks, the San Francisco-based company expects to complete its first demonstration building, a town house in Oakland, Calif. Using a variety of design choices, such as a passive solar design and very efficient windows, the energy load on the town houses will be 60 percent of what a comparable-size traditional building would require. Solar panels meet all its electrical needs. [Read more...]
Four years later: Why did Apple drop PowerPC?
One oft-cited reason was that Apple didn't believe it could get the requisite performance per watt from processors being supplied by IBM and Freescale--formerly Motorola's chipmaking arm. Translation: Apple was worried about IBM's and Motorola's ability to deliver competitive processors for laptops. [Read more...]
CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked
CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests "he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point."
Panetta told The New Yorker for an article in its June 22 issue that Cheney "smells some blood in the water" on the issue of national security. [Read more...]
Corvette was the first mass market American made sports car
In 1952, the concept of an American made sports car began to form. The first Corvette was built on the chassis of a 1952 Chevy Sedan. This began the path to building the only true American mass market sports car.
Prior to the Corvette, the sports car market was the domain of Jaguar, MG or Triumph. [Read more...]
MySpace prepares for "massive" layoffs
The online social network is preparing to lay off as many as 500 of its 1,600 workers, the TechCrunch blog reported on Wednesday, as it cuts costs while trying to stay ahead of growing competition from rival Facebook.
MySpace is part of Fox Interactive Media, which houses some of News Corp's online properties. News Corp last month ousted co-founder and Chief Executive Chris DeWolfe and has shaken up management elsewhere in its digital operations. [Read more...]
WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic
Looks like we're getting a full dose of Swine Flu! Look out WHO is declaring a major warning over this virus. [Read more...]
Apple iPhone 3G [S] - hardware analysis
Here's a look at the chips in the new iPhone 3GS. One such area is raw performance. While both the iPhone and iPhone 3G use the same old CPU/GPU, the Pre uses TI’s OMAP 3430 processor. The 3430, like the SoC Apple uses, has both a CPU and GPU on the same package. Instead of the ARM11 and the PowerVR MBX-Lite however, the OMAP 3430 uses an ARM Cortex A8 core and a PowerVR SGX GPU. Both are significant improvements over what was in the original iPhone. [Read more...]
Most firms unaware of Web domain changes
The change would let the likes of Nike or Microsoft control their own domain and better exploit their brands, and also counter cyber-squatters who use variations of brands on the 280 or so existing domain extensions.
"If you have '.nike', for example, you can create real and specific branded Websites, like 'running.nike' or 'runlondon.nike'," Joe White, chief operating officer of domain registrar Gandi.net, told Reuters in an interview. [Read more...]
"If you have '.nike', for example, you can create real and specific branded Websites, like 'running.nike' or 'runlondon.nike'," Joe White, chief operating officer of domain registrar Gandi.net, told Reuters in an interview. [Read more...]
Hummer H1 Clone - China
The actual model name according to bable fish is Persperation Horse, not really a flattering name but the thing looks awesome! Here are some specs I could pick out using Babelfish translator... 6.5 litre 200 horsepower V8 diesel engine, 583Nm torque at 1700rpm, Top speed 150km/h. [Read more...]
Chinese government balking at Hummer sale?
China’s government, which is focused on cutting down the breadth of its auto industry by focusing on fuel efficient vehicles, is apparently unlikely to approve the sale of General Motors’ Hummer unit to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, according to reports out of the Asian nation. [Read more...]
Two cool search start-ups: Wowd and Yebol
First, Wowd. When Steve Jurvetson pitched "federated search" at the Churchill Club Top Tech Trends event I covered in May, he was actually shilling for this outfit, which is one of his investments. Wowd is a search engine without a data center. It puts the heavy lifting on the computers of the engine's users. With Wowd, you are the data center.
Yebol being built using new neural network technology. Founder and CEO Honfeng Yin says his algorithms are related to the "associative memory model," and that his goal is to convert information to knowledge (I've heard that before). Compared to Powerset's semantic search, which Microsoft bought, Yin says that Yebol's technology is far more scalable, and that his index already has one billion pages in it. The service is currently running an Amazon's on-demand cloud services. [Read more...]
Yebol being built using new neural network technology. Founder and CEO Honfeng Yin says his algorithms are related to the "associative memory model," and that his goal is to convert information to knowledge (I've heard that before). Compared to Powerset's semantic search, which Microsoft bought, Yin says that Yebol's technology is far more scalable, and that his index already has one billion pages in it. The service is currently running an Amazon's on-demand cloud services. [Read more...]
GM to strip Cadillac dealership count
In an effort to streamline its dealership count, General Motors says it’s planning to substantially cut back the number of Cadillac outlets it has to make the brand more closely resemble its far more efficient German and Japanese rivals. Cadillac’s 1,400 dealers sold an average of 110 cars last year compared to Lexus‘ 226 dealers that sold 1,158 cars on average. [Read more...]
China to require site-blocking software on PCs
The Chinese government has required that personal computer makers bundle a software that filters Internet content from July 1, according to a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology document seen by Reuters.
The free "Green Dam-Youth Escort" software, developed by Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co, can effectively filter "unhealthy words and images," the document said. [Read more...]
Just a few on Twitter do all the tweeting
A tiny fraction of those who use the fast-growing social network phenomenon Twitter generate nearly all the content, a Harvard study shows.
That makes it hard for companies to use the micro-blogging site as an accurate gauge of public opinion, the Harvard Business School study showed. [Read more...]
That makes it hard for companies to use the micro-blogging site as an accurate gauge of public opinion, the Harvard Business School study showed. [Read more...]
Millions of U.S. jobs displaced with net job loss in every state - China Trade
Contrary to the predictions of its supporters, China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) has failed to reduce its trade surplus with the United States or increase overall U.S. employment. The rise in the U.S. trade deficit with China between 1997 and 2006 has displaced production that could have supported 2,166,000 U.S. jobs. Most of these jobs (1.8 million) have been lost since China entered the WTO in 2001. [Read more...]
Air France jet likely broke apart above ocean
Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jetliner broke up over the Atlantic as it flew through a violent storm. [Read more...]
Honda's Hovering Concept Car
French industrial and automotive designer Jonathan Mahieddine has created quite a stir on numerous popular tech-oriented websites with his Honda Fuzo, a futuristic design for a flying car.
The young, creative designer envisions the Fuzo as a lightweight and sturdy vehicle — thanks to extensive use of Kevlar, carbon fiber and carbon nanotubes — that would be capable of traveling through the air at a top speed of 350 mph, thanks to four powerful turbine engines. It would also be able to take off and land vertically, like Britain's famous Harrier jump jet and the U.S. military's own V-22 Osprey. What's more, upon landing, the Fuzo would extend its retractable wheels and tool around town like a normal automobile. [Read more...]
Can lasers save the incandescent light bulb?
Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) have unquestionably gained popularity for their energy efficiency when compared to the traditional incandescent light bulb. Millions of people around the world have been encouraged by politicians, governments, energy utilities, and even light bulb companies themselves to phase out traditional incandescent bulbs in favor of CFLs (or even LEDs) to save electricity in the home.
But now researchers at the University of Rochester in New York have found a way to make an incandescent light bulb more efficient. [Read more...]
But now researchers at the University of Rochester in New York have found a way to make an incandescent light bulb more efficient. [Read more...]
Twitter co-founder: We'll have made it when you shut up about us
Twitter executive Jack Dorsey says he's looking forward to the day when the world stops talking so much about the company he co-founded.
"I think Twitter's a success for us when people stop talking about it, when we stop doing these panels and people just use it as a utility, use it like electricity," said Dorsey, who was on a "Future of Media" panel here Wednesday as part of Internet Week New York. "It fades into the background, something that's just a part of communication. We put it on the same level as any communication device. So, e-mail, SMS, phone. That's where we want to be."
http://bit.ly/JnaB0
"I think Twitter's a success for us when people stop talking about it, when we stop doing these panels and people just use it as a utility, use it like electricity," said Dorsey, who was on a "Future of Media" panel here Wednesday as part of Internet Week New York. "It fades into the background, something that's just a part of communication. We put it on the same level as any communication device. So, e-mail, SMS, phone. That's where we want to be."
http://bit.ly/JnaB0
Cloud services to get super charged
When it comes to backing up, it's probably safest and most convenient to use a cloud storage service where you store data at remote location via the Internet. However, there's a big obstacle: bandwidth. With most existing broadband services, it can take a couple of hours to upload a few gigabyte of information.
This might change in the near future.
Asankya, a network service company, announced Wednesday that it has improved its parallel networking technology to deliver up to 40 times throughput improvement for Internet-based applications. This, if true, would solve the biggest challenge that hinders the growth and global scale of cloud- and SaaS-based services. [Read more...]
This might change in the near future.
Asankya, a network service company, announced Wednesday that it has improved its parallel networking technology to deliver up to 40 times throughput improvement for Internet-based applications. This, if true, would solve the biggest challenge that hinders the growth and global scale of cloud- and SaaS-based services. [Read more...]
Next Tesla to Feature AWD, and a Back Seat
Tesla may finally be cranking out Roadsters in earnest--despite a few recalls here and there. Even so, chief executive Elon Musk is already planning the company's next sports car, which will likely debut after the highly anticipated, lower-cost Model S sedan appears in late 2011. [Read more...]
Get paid $25,000 to ride everything in Orlando
The tourist city of Orlando, home to seven of the most popular amusement parks on earth, is rolling out a job search for a couple who can take 67 days off to ride every ride, tour every attraction, get rubbed down at every spa, and generally explore every crevice (and line) of the Mecca of Mascots.
http://bit.ly/16YTxK
http://bit.ly/16YTxK
DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone controls Canon digital cameras
OnOne Software on Monday introduced DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone, an iPhone or iPod touch application that lets you control a Canon EOS digital camera tethered to a Wi-Fi-equipped computer. It’s available in both Lite and Professional versions for $1.99 and $19.99 respectively (the Pro version costs $9.99 as an introductory price). [Read more...]
Adobe gives Flash a programming boost
Adobe Systems released on Monday beta versions of three programming projects for producing online applications that run in its Flash Player, software that's widely used but also under competitive threat from other Web technologies. [Read more...]
General Motors files for bankruptcy protection
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government.
GM's bankruptcy filing is the fourth-largest in U.S. history and the largest for an industrial company. The company said it has $172.81 billion in debt and $82.29 billion in assets.
As it reorganizes, the fallen icon of American industrial might will rely on $30 billion of additional financial assistance from the Treasury Department and $9.5 billion from Canada. That's on top of about $20 billion in taxpayer money GM already has received in the form of low-interest loans. [Read more...]