Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


Apple App Store reaches 10 billion downloads - CNET

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 09:32 AM PST


Washington Post

Apple App Store reaches 10 billion downloads
CNET
Less than three years after its launch, the Apple App Store reached its goal of 10 billion downloads this morning. To promote the milestone, Apple promised to give away a $10000 App Store gift card to whomever buys the 10 billionth ...
Apple exceeds 10 billion apps downloadedmsnbc.com
Apple's App Store surpasses 10 billion downloadsUSA Today
The Hugeness Of 10 Billion Apps (AAPL)San Francisco Chronicle
Online Social Media -The Associated Press -AFP
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Verizon iPhone: the Fine Print - ZDNet (blog)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST


Verizon iPhone: the Fine Print
ZDNet (blog)
Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. He is one of three hosts on the MobileTechRoundup podcast and runs the Nokia Experts ...
Apple doubles its pleasure with Verizon, AT&T phonesAppolicious
Verizon Gets the iPhone Buzz, As Vodafone Investors ShineWall Street Journal
Retail Verizon iPhone 4 Costs $50 More Than AT&T'sPC Magazine
Apple Insider -eWeek -San Francisco Chronicle
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Apple moving iPhone 5 parts from Japan to Taiwan - Electronista

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:46 AM PST


Apple moving iPhone 5 parts from Japan to Taiwan
Electronista
Apple's plans for the iPhone 5 may see it move a large number of its parts from Japan to Taiwan, a . A Foxconn parts wing, Foxconn Electronics, as well as Foxlink, Gold Circuit Electronics and Epistar are all new supplying parts such as the iconic ...
Apple adds Taiwan suppliers for iPhone 5, says paperDigitimes
iPhone 5 for summer 'at the earliest', what to expectComputerworld (blog)
iPhone 5 will have more Taiwanese innardsUberGizmo
Phones Review -New York Post -Gadgets and gizmos
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Is 7-inches the better size for a media tablet? - BetaNews

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST


Online Social Media

Is 7-inches the better size for a media tablet?
BetaNews
It's the question I've been asking since selling my iPad the week before Christmas. I simply found the tablet to be too large to regularly carry about. I wasn't using it. ...
Apple's iPhone is invading South Korea, home of Samsung's Galaxy SLos Angeles Times
Samsung Galaxy S : The new sensation of the mobile industryPR Wall Street
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 To Have Super Specs?TmoNews
Liliputing -Phandroid.com -Droid Life
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World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest Volcanic Eruption - Fox News

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 10:21 AM PST


Fox News

World's Largest Extinction Explained by World's Largest Volcanic Eruption
Fox News
The shores of Buchanan Lake, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, where researchers have discovered sediments deposited shortly after the worst extinction event in Earth's history. It must have been one hell of an eruption. About 250 million years ago, ...
Is Coal Fly Ash Responsible for Mass Extinction?Scientific American
Research shows volcanic eruptions led to extinctionCTV.ca
How massive volcanic eruptions, flying coal, and supercharged greenhouse gases ...io9
Vancouver Sun -New Scientist -Nature.com
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Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120000 at auction - Reuters

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:09 PM PST


New York Times (blog)

Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120000 at auction
Reuters
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A car collector who wanted a "piece of history" paid $120000 at an auction in Arizona for a 1963 ambulance that purportedly carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated, auction officials ...
PHOTOS: Prime Time At Barrett-JacksonSPEEDtv.com
Barrett-Jackson car auction 2011AZ Central.com
Authenticity of Kennedy ambulance in doubtUPI.com
Fox News -USA Today -Herald Sun
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McAuliffe Remains Vivid To Still-Grieving NH City - NPR

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:36 AM PST


msnbc.com

McAuliffe Remains Vivid To Still-Grieving NH City
NPR
by AP Enlarge AP FILE - In this summer 1985 file photo, high school teacher Christa McAuliffe ,second from left, jogs with friends in Concord, NH A whole generation _ including McAuliffe's own students _ has grown up since McAuliffe and six other ...
Challenger disaster still haunts NASA 25 years laterLos Angeles Times
McAuliffe remains vivid to still-grieving NH cityTODAYonline
'Still fulfilling Christa's mission'The Union Leader
Louisville Courier-Journal -Eagle Tribune -Colorado Springs Gazette
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Is Android Honeycomb a "tablet only" OS? - TG Daily

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:36 PM PST


Telegraph.co.uk

Is Android Honeycomb a "tablet only" OS?
TG Daily
After months and months of anticipation, rumor has it that Android 3.0 - aka Honeycomb - may never arrive on smartphones. Indeed, the plethora of Honeycomb-based tablets showcased at CES 2011 indicates that Google perceives the latest iteration of ...
How Android Imitates Windowsmsnbc.com
Toshiba to iPad: You're flashy, but you're lameCNET
Are Android Tablets Vapor? Or Just Not Here?PC Magazine
PC World -Telegraph.co.uk -San Francisco Chronicle
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