20110802

IE users have lower IQ says study

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-14370878
The statistics spoke. It is undeniable and, therefore, it has been decreed as a law :p
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20110801

German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN

 
 

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via Engadget by Terrence O'Brien on 8/1/11

Light bulb WLAN
Last year, Chinese scientists showed off some new old-school tech, transmitting data with blue LEDs that flicker faster than the human eye can perceive. This throwback back to the good ol' days of IR receivers was able to hit speeds of 2Mbps, but leave it to the fine folks at the Heinrich Hertz Institute to push the light bulb networking tech to the extremes. Earlier this year researchers hit 500Mbps with white LEDs now, using a combination of white, green, blue, and red, the team ramped that up to 800Mbps, officially putting Ethernet on notice. The line-of-site networking wont actually replace your standard Cat 5 line or WiFi router, but it could find a home in places like hospitals where radio-based wireless technology can cause problems for sensitive equipment. With any luck, we'll soon be bathing our homes in HD-streaming illumination.

German geniuses hit 800Mbps with light bulb WLAN originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An iOS Developer Takes on Android

 
 

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via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) on 8/1/11

Recently, we released the Android version of Meridian, our platform for building location-based apps. We didn’t use one of these "Cross Platform!" tools like Titanium. We wrote it, from scratch, in Java, like you do in Android . . . So, we rolled up our sleeves, downloaded the Android SDK, and got to work.

 
 

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LEGO R2D2 robot is remote controlled and packed with awesome

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20110731

Foxconn To Employ 1 Million Robots

the beginning of the end. the apocalypse is near. \m/ :P

 
 

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hackingbear writes "Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising labor expenses and improve efficiency. Foxconn, the world's largest maker of computer components, which assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, employing 1 million (human) laborers in mainland China, is in the spotlight after a string of suicides of workers at its massive Chinese plants. As labor regulations tighten up in China, human laborers demanding wage rises become replaceable."

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Iceland's crowdsourced constitution submitted for approval, Nyan Cat takes f...

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via Engadget by Christopher Trout on 7/31/11

Iceland's crowdsourced constitution submitted for approval, Nyan Cat takes flight over Reykjavik
A committee of 25 Icelanders submitted the first draft of a rewritten constitution to the country's parliamentary speaker Friday, and despite our recommendations, Rebecca Black was conspicuously absent from the proceedings. The democratic experiment bravely asked citizens to log on to Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and Twitter to engage with the committee in a discussion about the nation's future. While the project's Facebook page played host to pleads for free ice cream and more volcanoes, the constitution's creators managed to stay on task, focusing on issues of decentralization and transparency in government. The draft is slated for review beginning October 1st.

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asus transformer and htc hero wifi tethering

Hi!

This is the story of the wifi tethering (sharing of the internet connection of a device through 802.11) between an ASUS EEE Pad Transformer and an HTC Hero. No other computers are required, 2 are more than enough. (every machine that is equipped with a processor capable of running general purpose instructions is a computer by definition) :P

The devices (computers, if you will):
  • Hero:
    • Rooted Android RCMix 2.2b (Linux 2.6.29.6) with Sense 2.1
  • Transformer:
    • Rooted Android 3.1 (Linux 2.6.36.3)
The procedure:
  • Hero:
    • Start the Wireless tether :P
    • select an SSID (e.g. heroTether)
    • Manage any other security settings you might need or want or whatever
  • Transformer:
    • Install ES File Explorer from the Android Market
    • Run ES and in the settings enable the "Root Explorer" and the "Mount File System", so that you'll be able to explore the / and write files to it
      • I think you'll have to reboot afterwards
    • Go to this page, download the wpa_supplicant_xoom_wifi_adhoc.zip to the /sdcard/Download and extract it there (use the ES to extract the contents of the zip file)
    • From the ES:
      • create the /sdcard/backup directory
      • go to the /system/bin and copy the wpa_supplicant to the /sdcard/backup
      • then go to the /sdcard/Download and copy the wpa_supplicant to the /system/bin
    • Install the ConnectBot from the Android Market
    • Run the ConnectBot and connect using a local connection
    • From the local terminal
      • $ su
      • # chmod 755 /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
      • # reboot
    • After rebooting, you'll see that the ad hoc network of the Hero can be seen as (*)heroTether. By connecting to it, you will be able to browse the net ;)
Ta ta,
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Root on the ASUS EEE Pad Transformer.
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20110730

WiFi 802.22 Technology Promises Wireless Data Over 60 Miles: Say Goodbye to ...

WRAN FTW :P

 
 

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It's the news bit you've been waiting years to hear! The folks at the IEEE standards body have today announced a next-generation WiFi IEEE 802.22TM standard – technology that's designed to facilitate wireless data transfer up to 60 miles (or a hundred kilometers) at 22Mbps. This technology is said to work over these great distances by utilizing television bands – without interfering with the reception of existing television broadcast stations at that. Imagine it – connect to your HambergerDLX network anywhere inside your town from your smartphone with no data plan costs. Magical freedom!

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This technology takes advantage of VHF and UHF TV bands and transmits broadband wireless internet over 60 miles in diameter. This technology takes place in the space between channels, aka the place where the poltergeists live, if you believe technology lore. The officials at the IEEE standards body have noted the following about this new age in wireless technology:

This new standard for Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) takes advantage of the favorable transmission characteristics of the VHF and UHF TV bands to provide broadband wireless access over a large area up to 100 km from the transmitter. Each WRAN will deliver up to 22 Mbps per channel without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations, using the so-called white spaces between the occupied TV channels.

IEEE, the world's largest professional association advancing technology for humanity that is, noted that this technology will be "especially useful" in less densely populated areas, developing countries, and other locations where most vacant television channels can be found. They're there – let's use em!

What if it's true? It seems much, much too good to be true, doesn't it? It's the inexpensive means of getting data we've always dreamed of. Just think of only spending $60 a month (or however much it costs near you) for data both in and outside your home, unlimited data, data you'd otherwise have to pay twice as much for on a network that might just as well be cut out of the equation altogether? The facts are here, the news release is plain and simple, but something tells me this tech might never see the light of day – what do you think?

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20110729

Generation Linux

The first eee pc (originally with xandros, now jolicloud) and the eee pad transformer (with Android), photographed with an Android phone. Everything Linux baby :P

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Apple Now Has More Cash Than the U.S. Government

One could say that this ain't much of an achievement, since the US is about to get bankrupt :P

 
 

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via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) on 7/28/11

Apple is now more liquid than the United States government, the Financial Post reports. As the government struggles to resolve the debt ceiling debate, the operating balance in Washington is at US$73.768 billion and falling. Meanwhile, Apple has US$75.876 billion.

 
 

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20110728

Illustrated: Apple's Fear of Android

Obviously :P

 
 

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via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) on 7/27/11

Two different graphs. Both happen to be published at Ars Technica, with one of them coming from a different source. Seemingly completely unrelated, but when you ponder the waterfall of recent lawsuit-related news, these two graphs suddenly tell all there is to tell. These two innocent little graphs illustrate why Apple is attacking Android so ferociously.

 
 

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20110726

Mozilla launches Android-based, web-centric OS for devices

 
 

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Mozilla has launched an open source project to develop a web-based operating system for smartphones and tablets, somewhat similar to the idea behind the netbook-focused Chrome OS. Based on the Gecko rendering engine used in Firefox, Boot to Gecko (BTG) incorporates Android components, including its Linux kernel and drivers, and provides an API system modeled in part on Google's NaCl (Native Client) technology....

 
 

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Sun CEO Explicitly Endorsed Android's Use of Java

 
 

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via OSNews by donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) on 7/26/11

And the patent and lawsuit related news just keeps on coming. Sorry. Anywho, this one's a doozy. As we all know, Oracle - led by Larry Elison, who just so happens to be one of Steve Jobs' best friends, but this is of course entirely coincidental - is suing the crap out of Google over the use of Java in Android, claiming not only patent but also copyright infringement. Well, when Sun was still on its own, its CEO, Jonathan Schwarz, publicly and explicitly endorsed Android's use of Java in a blog post - a post that has since been removed by Oracle. But, as we all know, the internet never forgets.

 
 

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Idiot gets stuck in manhole trying to retrieve mobile phone

 
 

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via SlashGear by Shane McGlaun on 7/26/11

How do I even start this? If stupid was an Olympic sport this dude would be the Michael Phelps of idiots. You have to watch the whole video below see the dude's injuries for yourself and then decide how legit his story is. I'm calling BS. To the dude stuck in a storm drain, think up a better lie to avoid embarrassment next time or better yet, just stay off the news.

I would have understood if you said you had just landed the number to the hottest chick in the bar, you were too drunk to drive so you walked home, and dropped your phone in the drain and had to get it back. I think most guys would have went after it, possibly without so much verve. Dreaming up a convoluted story about gang members, your buddies house a few doors down, and needing the phone to call for help doesn't fly with my BS detector.

The funniest part of that entire video is when he starts showing his injuries and blaming them on the gang beating he took before diving into the manhole. Dude, all of those injuries and scrapes are right where an idiot diving into a manhole would have been cut up. I can't believe the dude had the stones to go on live TV news after that. The pic you see here is what the police saw when they showed up. If anything ever deserved the Picard meme, this is it.

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20110724

Let’s Face It: Microsoft innovation makes Apple look bad in the Living Room

 
 

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via SlashGear by Don Reisinger on 7/23/11

I was recently discussing companies that are trying to make it big with living room entertainment products with a friend, when he asked me which company — Microsoft or Apple — was doing a better job. My first reaction was to say Apple.

After all, as I noted on these pages earlier this week, the new Mac mini is the best computer to hook up to a television, and I'm a firm believer that the Apple TV is the top set-top box in the market. It seemed like an open-and-shut case.

But then I started thinking about things a bit more deeply. More specifically, I thought about Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Kinect devices and all that they offer. Upon doing so, I came to a new conclusion: Microsoft is actually making Apple look bad in the living room, and it's doing so with ease.

See, when I think about Apple's living-room products compared to Microsoft's, I'm left wanting more. For years now, I've hoped that the Apple TV would feature gaming, and it still doesn't. I've wanted it to allow me to record live television, and it doesn't. And although I don't have a problem with it, the latest Mac mini's missing DVD drive is an issue for some folks.

The Xbox 360, on the other hand, comes with many of the things I'm looking for in a home-entertainment device. I can play top-notch video games both offline and online. And if I want to sit back and relax with a favorite movie, I can pop a disc into the device and do so. Even better, Microsoft's console allows for access to a host of streaming services, including Netflix. Combine that with the Kinect, and I don't think there's any doubt that Microsoft is trumping Apple in the living room.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the biggest fan of the Kinect or motion gaming. In fact, I've said on SlashGear before that my Kinect is collecting dust. But I can still appreciate innovation when I see it. And I think that Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for delivering a product that breaks down some barriers and sets benchmarks in its respective market.

It's rather odd to say such a thing about Microsoft. In most cases, it's Apple that breaks down the barriers and sets benchmarks. But in the living room, the iPhone maker has been decidedly run-of-the-mill. Rather than push boundaries, Apple has stayed well within them. And in the process, it has allowed companies like Microsoft and Sony to win the battle for the living room.

Before Apple fans jump all over this column, allow me to say that I fully realize that Apple knows what it's doing in the consumer space, as evidenced by its recent financial showing. And in many markets, it has made Microsoft look bad. But whether the company's fans like it or not, the living room isn't one of them.

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20110723

Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating

140 trillion times the amount of water found in our oceans was detected in outer space. And we consider the oceans vast :P

 
 

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via Engadget by Joseph Volpe on 7/23/11

Is that an intergalactic wave pool, or just a hungry, hungry quasar? Turns out it's a bit of both -- well, not the wave pool bit, but it's watery. A NASA-funded peep into the farthest reaches of the cosmos has uncovered this "feeding black hole" 12 billion light years away. APM 08279+5255, as this compacted mass of inescapable doom is affectionately known, has been gorging on water vapor and spewing out energy. How much H2O exactly? It's only the "largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe," and it weighs in at 140 trillion times the amount in our oceans. Located via the cooperation of two teams of astronomers and their star-gazing equipment -- the Z-Space instrument at California Institute of Technology's Submillimeter Observatory in Hawaii and the Plateau de Bure Interferometer in the French Alps -- this aqueous discovery proves the wet stuff is more universally omnipresent than we once thought. Also, surfing aliens, right?

Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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20110721

Mobile devices lift Intel revenue

I am sure that tablets and mobile phones could only play an indirect role to Intel's fiscal results, as Intel is not producing ARM chips (in a large scale).

 
 

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via BBC News - Home on 7/21/11

Chipmaker Intel reports record quarterly revenues and higher profits due in part to strong demand for mobile phones and tablets.

 
 

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20110720

American Express and Facebook Launch Link, Like, Love Deals Platform

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via SlashGear by Chris Burns on 7/19/11

This deals platform goes by the name "Link, Like, Love." It's the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's going to destroy all other credit cards and deals programs. They'll never know what hit em. This is a deals program that you set up with your credit card in which you "like" deals on the internet then instantly get the deals you've liked when you use your credit card to purchase the goods or services that are involved in the deal. That's powerful. That's a Google Offers killer – isn't it? Let's have a quick talk on what this new platform means for everyone from small business owners to MasterCard.

All you've essentially got to do here is begin by linking your American Express card to your Facebook account for starters. Next you've got to find a deal that you enjoy, "like" it, this loading the deal to your American Express account, then you've just gotta get out there and get that deal! Have a look at the message being sent out to draw consumers in for this promotion:

"You and your friends like and share many things on Facebook. Now, American Express has deals and experiences for you based on those likes and interests. And once you sign up and choose your deals, all you have to do is use your American Express® Card and statement credits will be sent directly to your Card account.

No coupons. No hassles. Just a credit on your statement, and savings in your pocket."

This does away with the hassle of teaching consumers any new process (all of these things are inherently understood for a basic Facebook and American Express user, if you ask me,) and makes way for a completely employee-less sale. The time and effort that goes into training a staff on how to use a special deal costs a company that time and effort – this way the cost is minimized to essentially nothing. What this model does is takes transaction history and utilizes it to the max.

With transaction histories, merchants will be able to target offers to the people who've proven that they'll be willing to come to specific businesses if they feel the product, service, or better yet, deal on a product or service, is worth the time and effort they've got to spend getting it. Membership Rewards will almost certainly build into this as well, making for a great long-lasting business model for both businesses AND American Express. When you teach a person how to do a task with your unique tool, their first instinct becomes to use that tool to do the task.

And what's best in this whole situation? Unlike Groupon who take a 50 percent cut of each deal, American Express takes zero precent, making their money instead from normal payment transaction fees.

Win for American Express.
Win for businesses.
Win for Facebook.

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20110719

Google: Apple Sues Because it 'Can't Respond Through Innovations'

http://osnews.com/story/24966/Google_Apple_Sues_Because_it_Can_t_Respond_Through_Innovations_
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