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Spotify for iPhone gets thumbs up from Apple, subscription music with offline playlists is a go
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 21:27 in Techonology | Viewed 97 views times | No Comments
Streaming and subscription music services are a dime a dozen on iPhone, and they seem to get past Apple’s app store approval hurdles with relative ease. But Spotify was one whose fate wasn’t so clear cut, given its offline playlist function — which as the name suggests downloads songs ahead of time for you to
Human-carrying robot bear gets cuteness upgrade
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 21:20 in Featured, Techonology, Video | Viewed 135 views times | No Comments
The original RI-MAN may have had the whole human-carrying thing down while still managing to be somewhat soft and cuddly, but it looks like the robot-makers behind it have decided to go one step further with their new model, which has been given a complete bear makeover (sans teeth and claws, thankfully). Now dubbed RIBA
Water found on the Moon
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:26 in Techonology | Viewed 136 views times | No Comments
Clear evidence has been found of the existence of water on the moon, new scientific papers disclose. Using compiled data from three spacecraft flybys of the moon in recent years, scientists have discovered proof that a thin film of water lies just beneath the moon’s surface soil in some places. The new data was gathered
Ugandan gorillas digitally network for help
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:18 in Techonology | Viewed 101 views times | No Comments
Swinging its way onto the scene of internet social networking is a cyber clique of jungle-dwelling east African mountain gorillas mingling for their own survival. Aimed at funding conservation efforts for African gorillas, Uganda Wildlife Authority’s “Friend a Gorilla” campaign is scheduled to launch this Saturday. Through the campaign’s website (www.friendagorilla.org) human fans will be
`Cleantech’ could be “next big thing”
With the U.S. economy in shambles and record unemployment, many Americans are increasingly hoping for the emergence of a large-scale breakthrough that will help build industries, create jobs and generate capital. As a candidate for the Next Big Boom, Silicon Valley investors are pointing to something called cleantech – alternative energy, more efficient power distribution
2 Americans, 1 Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:52 in Techonology | Viewed 106 views times | No Comments
Two Americans and an Israeli won a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for creating detailed blueprints of the protein-making machinery within cells, research that’s being used to develop new antibiotics. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath will split the $1.4 million award for their atom-by-atom description of ribosomes. Yonath, 70, is only the
Microsoft Launches Big Gadget Push for Holidays
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:51 in Techonology | Viewed 62 views times | No Comments
Microsoft made its holiday pitch Tuesday in New York, giving a sneak peak at what its gadget lineup will look like. Here Microsoft stressed its portable music player Zune, Xbox, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS phones, and Windows 7. Microsoft’s Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, said this season it will stress the
Researchers Turn to Eyeballs to Control Devices
Published on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:50 in Techonology | Viewed 130 views times | No Comments
Researchers at NTT DoCoMo have developed a set of prototype in-ear headphones that can detect and measures changes in the body’s electrical state that take place when your eyes move, and have harnessed this technology to control the music player on a mobile phone. Under development for three years, the eye-control technology relies on special
Sun Microsystems cutting 3,000 jobs, blames Oracle takeover delay
Sun Microsystems said Tuesday it is cutting 3,000 jobs over the next 12 months because of the delay in its takeover by US business software giant Oracle. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Sun said the layoffs were part of a restructuring plan brought about by the delay in its
Stem Cells from Fat Used to Grow Teen’s Missing Facial Bones
Stem cells so far have been used to mend tissues ranging from damaged hearts to collapsed tracheas. Now the multifaceted cells have proved successful at regrowing bone in humans. In the first procedure of its kind, doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center replaced a 14-year-old boy’s missing cheekbones—in part by repurposing stem cells from
