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Mystery particle discovered in new technology news - 1 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 04 May 12 no follow-up yet
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    The antimatter has been very popular in the field of popular science, sci fi movies, and in Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. Star Trek episodes, for one, has displayed smart ideas about the possibilities of a warp drive, or faster than light travels, by creating plasma with the use of matter/antimatter.
    In Brown's book, the antimatter is the particle discovered at a laboratory in CERN. It was said that it could be a missing piece to the long debate between science and religion where science claims something cannot be formed from nothing.

    The Majorana fermions in new technology news


    In these fictional ideas, or at least that's what most of us presume, the antimatter brings forth a lot of interesting things. The antimatter is explained as the antiparticle of matter as most things, if not all, come in pairs - men and women, yin and yang, fire and ice, matter and antimatter.

    The only disturbing theory is that once antimatter gets in touch to matter, the two annihilate each other. And there's no need to elaborate what that term means.

    But not until a researcher in the name of Vincent Mourikand Leo P. Kouwenhoven made a talk with the American Physical Society about a new technology news where he claimed he might have found the particle Majorana fermions. It's a fermion that is its own anti-particle.

    But let's not talk about how technical this particle can be by laying to you the many jargons that will just make your nose bleed. But a straight fact is, the existence of this particle was theorized in 1937 by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana. It might have been caused by the limitations of his days' technology, but Ettore Majorana never finished his research to support his theory.

    Ettore was never doubted as a brilliant physicist, and when he disappeared during a boat trip a year after he posted his theory, the idea almost disappeared with him. There were no definite explanations his disappearance has still remained a mystery.

    Decades after, Kouwenhoven and his team conducted a number of tests just to make sure that he got it right. The evidence is strong, as he claimed. With the Majorana fermion, it's said that it is the missing piece to the puzzle in the struggling research on how to carry bits of information on a quantum computer. They said since the Majorana fermions are easier to keep stable, it's a better and easier way to store information compared to atoms which are really unstable.
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New technology news: Video games to watch for - 0 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 03 May 12 no follow-up yet
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    The month of May is not just the time the annual Cannes Film Festival will be held as well as the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, this month also holds a few surprises for video gamers and enthusiasts. With the hundreds of labels that will be released during this month (hoping that none of these hundreds won't have delays), we have gathered must have titles that you would want to add on your shelf in this new technology news.

    New games to be released in May in
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    Blizzard Entertainment has proven itself to be one of the best game programmers today. A couple of years back, they released the sequel of Starcraft, one of the most successful and most popular RTS (Real Time Strategy) of all time. This may, another Blizzard game will have its 3rd installment. The Diablo parts 1 and 2 have become a hit during the late 90's. This May, former Diablo players will again enter the world of the Sanctuary and once again meet their old friend Deckard Cain in Diablo 3. This game will be released for PC and MAC formats.

    If you have a PS3 and would want to have a Death Race type game, then Warhawk's sequel will be good for you. Starhawk, which is scheduled to be released on May 8, will sure satisfy players who were avid fans of vehicle destroying games popular in Playstation such as Twisted Metal and Vigilante.

    Max Payne's pain, apparently, has yet to be resolved. This time, the Max Payne 3 game will bring us to the land of Jiu Jitsu, Brazil, and on the city of Sao Paolo. We all look forward to more bloodshed terror that makes the whole excitement of this game.

    Capturing the audience in books and television, the medieval themed series A Game of Thrones game will be released this mid May on platforms PS3, XBOX 360, and PC. MAC users might have to wait for further announcements if the developers are planning to include a compatible format.

    The Japanese anime, Prince of Tennis, have become a total craze among a large audience. And the Mario brothers were in no exemption. On May 20, Nintendo 3DS users will have the chance to see our favorite video game uncles play tennis in the Mario Tennis Open.

    Guns and high tech weapons of mass destruction will also have its own introduction in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. It will be more than just your average modern warfare, but expect to play a few toys like optical camouflage and battle drones.
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New technology news: Black Ops 2 trailer released - 4 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 03 May 12 no follow-up yet
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    If you haven't seen the trailer cinematic of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 I suggest you after reading this new technology news. I've seen it, and I have to say it's a definite addition for first person shooter fans. Following the success of 2010 blockbuster Black Ops, this follows as a sequel and continues the story while controlling David Mason, the son of Alex of Black Ops.

    This latest addition is due out for PC, XBOX 360, and Playstation 3 format and has a tentative release date of November 13. That's quite a long wait, but will all expect it to be another hit and would have the same success, if not more, just like the Modern Warfare series and the first Black Ops.

    Get a few details about Black Ops 2 in this new technology news

    But aside from the stereotype of heavy artillery, bomb explosions, and combat tactics the Black Ops 2 will serve new things to the table. First, about one-third of the game will be set in the 80's and will eventually move forward to the not so distant future 2025 when David Mason becomes the games protagonist.

    During this time, China holds the world's largest economy in this plausible future with the control of 95% of the all the earth's rare elements. And with the advance technologies come with the high tech gears in weaponry; robots, gyrocopters, and a set of heavy machine guns.

    But Activision, the brains behind this successful game, has pointed out that Black Ops 2's black future world is rooted from real military research and real technology. The company even hired a few retired military veterans and the author of NY's bestseller "Wired of War" for this project.

    A snippet about the game, as reported, is the new single-player campaign that defies and deviates from the norm. It features a branching storyline that will be based on the players' actions in-game. Also, losing a mission doesn't end it and requires a restart. But it would spin the outcome bringing you down on a different path. It may be just the same as the Mass Effect series, but who would care? All we want is a good old shooting, banging, and we also would want a non-conventional game to try. It's about time we get something new.

    Although details about the gameplay remain to be a secret kept by the game's developers, our imaginations will surely bring us to the weirdest things that we can come up with. But a few months later, we'll all surely get the chance to see what it would look like.
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New technology news: Command and Conquer reborn - 1 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 30 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    Once upon a very boring day (yes, I also experience it just like you) I was surfing the net trying to look for something good to read. Good thing that, after almost 3 hours of infinite surfing going to different links and back to home pages, I found a few interesting latest technology gadgets on a website that features cool gadgets of today. So, I decided to come up with my own idea to share new technology news to the rest of you who have not been to this website.

    Our favorite RTS on HTML5 as feature on new technology news

    If you were born during the 80's and earlier, you might have spent your childhood playing early RTS (Real Time Strategy) games on our inexpensive, yet beloved consoles. Command and Conquer anyone? We still see this game on our consoles today with improved game plays, excellent displays graphic wise, and better gaming environment.

    But we all do remember those days when we boasted and fought against our
    friends on how we destroyed the enemies camp with our own version of dirty tactics of war. Even though the first C&C was in 2D with a lousy GUI and slow paced (sometimes laggy), we all love it.

    But a software and web developer in the name of Aditya Ravi Shankar brings all nostalgia on the loose as he made a clone of our once favorite RTS game to our browsers. He developed the game using HTML5 to improve his coding skills and was supposed to try simple tower defense games. But, without definite reasons he jumped straight to doing RTS games and made it special when he decided to do Command and Conquer.

    He finished making the clone in a 16 hour per day work for an entire month, and not to mention a whole week of fever because of the extended work hours. Although the game is still yet to be completed with all the bugs and glitches, Shankar is getting the help that he needs from fellow players who tried the game on their own computers.

    On a Facebook reply chain, one avid fan of C&C has made a neat list of different bugs and glitches that need to be worked on for Shankar. But despite of these glitches, the smart innovation of this guy has caught the interest of many people especially to old and die hard fans of Command and Conquer. We could all hope that he fixes everything and all of us can enjoy playing this game again at the convenience of our own desktops.
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The latest technology gadgets released - 4 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 30 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    The rising popularity of high tech gadgets continues to rise, especially when a few gadgets that we can look forward to were released during the week ending April 26, 2012. This week's gadget release includes a new DSLR that is expected to be a sure hit among avid photographers, a new and promising smart phone, and a compact projector that would be a great fit for travelers.

    Week ending April 26, 2012 latest technology gadgets

    Nikon, one of the leading manufacturers of top of the class DSLR's, has released their latest entry level D3200 camera. It's the long waited upgrade of their popular D3100, and this new DSLR is also expected to get, or even exceed the D3100's popularity. It features additional options such as an enhanced video features and support for the wireless mobile adapter. It can capture full HD video in 1080p resolution, and a continuous shooting mode with 4 frames per second.

    HTC also released their latest smart phone in the HTC One X. It's the first HTC phone to have the company's latest ImageSense technology. Some of its notable features are the 4.7 in. HD display, 1.5GHz quadcore processor, 8MP back camera and 1.3 MP front camera, Audios by Beats, 32GB of storage, compatible with the 4G LTE connectivity, and runs on Android 4.0 ICS.

    For the frequent travelers, Acer's K130 can be very convenient as it offers a portable projector that you can use anytime, anywhere. For a price of $499.99, it only weighs 500g with a dimension of 140 x 116 x 41mm. It's a 3D ready device with a native resolution of 1280 x 800, and sports a USB and an HDMI port. It also has an SD card reader.

    Another interesting gadget is LG's latest addition to its list of smart phones. It might not be the best competitor for the latest iPhone nor the rumored Samsung Galaxy S3. But the LG Optimus Elite is built for the eco friendly and budget tight users. The phone's most notable feature is that it's only sold for $29.99 for a two year contract. And comes with the low price are also the not so favorable specs that consumers will get with the Optimus Elite. It has a 3.5 in. touchscreen with a low resolution of 480 x 320. It runs on an older Android 2.3 mobile OS, an 800 MHz single core processor, NFC and a 5MP camera. But it could still be a good steal if you don't want to shell out large amounts just for these latest technology gadgets
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Smart Accessories for your latest technology gadgets - 3 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 24 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    Most of us are clinging into our new and expensive Apple gadgets; the new iPad, the latest iPhone, and iTouch with insane memory space. We all enjoy its features and we benefit from it every single day. Apple has seen a number of competitions in the market, but a lot would agree that the titan in technology companies still stands atop.

    It's a growing obsession and an expensive hobby for someone to have a collection of Apple gadgets. For one, these devices have an average price of more or less $400, depending on the GB of memory space that it would have. But despite of the emergence of similar and more affordable gadgets in town, a lot would still prefer Apple simply because it's not chasing the standards for advanced technology; they setup the standards. Not to mention Apple is the forerunner of the touch technology that revolutionized and changed the game totally.

    Apple's latest technology gadgets accessories

    Because of the fact that Apple is widely popular among consumers, may it be businessmen, students, professionals, or the average citizen, a few have ventured into making accessories for Apple devices. It's a good idea knowing that the consumer's obsession with these devices would also include how to preserve them and add accessories to make it look better.

    Gone are the days when iPad cases were those boring black leather cases, rough bags, and sturdy plastic cases that only absorb and trap too much heat. In Japan, the macotakara.jp made a creative accessory for your latest technology gadgets. It's not just a plain iPad case that you can use for your gadget, but it also comes with a built in keyboard that makes it more convenient to use. With this accessory, you can turn your iPad into a MacBook Pro. This accessory is reported to work fully for iPad 2, and still needs confirmation if it will work on the latest iPad.

    This keyboard case connects to the device via Bluetooth, and it features a USB port and a mini USB port. It also has a built-in Lithium Polymer battery that charges the iPad while you're using it. Now that's pure convenience. This case is priced $75, but is still in distribution within Japan. But it won't take much time before it hits the U.S. shores.

    You might have seen the most expensive iPhone cases out there that only serve as, a plain casing. No more, no less. But one iPhone case offers more than a reliable protector to your beloved device. A year ago, BoxWave offered the keyboard buddy iphone case, but because iPhones were not that so popular it was merely ignored. But today, consumers take full benefit of this one of a kind accessory. It connects via Bluetooth, just slide down the QWERTY keypad, and you're good to go.
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Latest Technology Gadgets: Samsung Galaxy S3 - 2 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 23 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    Technology titan and Apple competitor Samsung has announced that they are set to unveil another addition to their latest technology gadgets. It has been a long wait, but the Samsung Galaxy S2 will have its successor in the new Samsung Galaxy S3.

    Samsung smart phones have become a real success with the help of their mobile operating system, Android. With that, the Samsung Galaxy S2 was a real success to consumers who have it (I have one as well). But come 3rd of May, as what the press invitations have stated, Samsung will have a better surprise to everyone. So don't get shocked if they announce and unveil the new Galaxy S3.

    On May 3, Samsung's latest technology gadgetswill be unveiled

    No one can definitely tell the exact specifications, or the exact hardware look of the new Galaxy. But a few hopefuls would want the latest smart phone to be smaller than the Galaxy S2. Compared to its close rival iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy S2 is relatively bigger, and even compared to most smart phones in the market! With that, everyone wants it to be more convenient and conventional by making the successor's size smaller.

    Just like any other tech rumors, there are a lot of websites who has posted some hardware specs that the Galaxy S3 would or might have. GSMArena is just one of those many sites that we were referring to. According to the website, the new smart phone will make use of the lates 4G network, and its dimensions are 131.3 x 63.7 x 8 mm. It will have full touch screen capability, with 720 x 1280 pixels on a 4.7 inch size screen.

    The phone's memory is also quite a treat, with a card slot that supports up to 32GB and internal storage of either 16 or 32 GB. It will also house a 1 GB of RAM. The Android OS v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will be used on the Galaxy S3, and a Exynos chipset. It will have a Quad core 1.5 GHz of central processing unit.

    Data transfers available for this smart phone are GPRS, EDGE, WiFi capable, Bluetooth, NFC, and USB.

    The back camera will be a 12 mega pixel cam, with 4000 x 3000 pixels. Added camera features are autofocus and LED flash.

    Well, these are the rumored features that we found on GSMArena. We can never tell if these are the exact specs that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be having. But come May 3, every question about this new and exciting smart phone will be answered.
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Nike's Latest Technology Gadgets - 2 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 23 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    If you want to go for a healthy lifestyle by adding regular exercise but would want to measure your progress anytime you want, you don't need to bring your own weighing scales for that. A crazy idea, but Nike, the king of sports wear and accessories had crazier things in mind. This time, they did not make conventional products and items, and made a Nike's version out of it.

    Latest Technology Gadgets: The Nike Fuelband

    A year ago we were all introduced to a new innovation called power bands, a type of wristband that changes colors as you do daily activities. Well, Nike has made a better version of that with their latest technology gadgets
    , the Fuelband.

    It's a simple wrist cuff, lightweight, and promises a lot of good features to help you with your goal in living a healthy life. What it does is it measures every activity that you do everyday - running, lifting weights, swimming, even having sex - every activity is measured by this tiny device.

    It's relatively easy to use, and the best thing about it is you don't have to remind yourself about it everyday as it keeps track of everything once you have properly set it. You just need to set a daily goal, configure it on the Fuelband, and let it do its magic. If you want to check on your progress and stats, just press on the only button that the band has. It will then display the calories you've burned from all the activities that you made, steps you've taken the entire day (or before you pressed that button), the time, and the Nikefuel you gained.

    Nikefuel? It's in the technology that the Fuelband has. With an accelerator, it translates specific fitness activities into a Nikefuel number. As an example, if you and LeBron shoots 100 hoops in a routine, no matter if he makes more baskets than you do (which is obviously the result) both of you will get the same number of Nikefuel.

    The Nikefuel is a great way to divert your attention from the number of calories lost, but instead will let you focus on the number of Nikefuels you will get in an activity. It also syncs to you iTouch or iPhone's Nike app via Bluetooth, and to the Nike+ website via USB. With this kind of accessory, it will be added to your list of things that make exercising fun.
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North Korea's Technology of the Future - 2 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 20 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    A lot of countries, led by the United States of America and the United Nations, were not shy about their sentiments of North Korea's rocket launch plan. But all the begging, threats, and whatnots were all ignored. North Korea almost had the world as its enemy, and the only country who did not oppose was China.

    NoKor "Satellite": the technology of the future burst to flames

    From what North Korea claimed to be a weather satellite, the rest of the world thought it was a long range missile test that defies an international treaty that the country signed with the UN. But, a couple of minutes after launch, the rocket burst into flames and only ashes remained from what was supposed to be North Korea's technology of the future.

    The neighboring countries were relieved. The Philippines, although the chances were low, feared that debris from the said rocket launch will fall within their territory. Their government has prepared several plans and warned its people in case of a debris fall. But there was no need for that as 10 minutes after the launch the rocket was no longer seen on any radar.

    The rocket launch was in sync to the country's celebration of the centenary birthday of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. The grandson and current leader Kim Jong Un, although marred by a failed project, appeared on national and international TV for his first nation's address. His father, the late Kim Jong Il, only made a single nation's address in his entire lifetime. But a lot were optimistic about Kim Jong Un, who will be having a long reign of the nation.

    The rocket launch caused a discontinued food aid from Washington when it warned North Korea about its plans. But on his 20 minute speech in front of his people, the young leader was full of confidence as it boasted their new arsenal of long range missiles on their parade, something that was never a surprise to the people of North Korea.

    A hundred years after the nation was founded, they now hold one of the biggest strongholds in the arms' race with 1.2 million strong military. North Korea has been a total mystery to the world even though the new leadership has opened its doors to tourists. Who knows, there could be other things that this country has hidden and has made a well kept secret. There are speculations that a nuclear test will soon to follow, and if that becomes a reality will the UN and the United States stop or support NoKor? Or will the country close again and become isolated from what it was decades ago?
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Latest Technology Gadgets that are Inspired from Sci-fi Movies - 3 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 13 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    Laser guns. Light sabers. Time machine. In case you want to add to a list of high tech but definitely fictional gadgets we can all make a long list of it. A Japanese anime even featured a future space city that resides thousands of people with artificial night and day. Science can bring out the crazy imaginations that we have in us if we're asked to name a futuristic gadget. But there are a few innovations that were a total rip off from sci fi movies.

    Latest technology gadgets you never thought would really exist

    In a case of a nagging wife, husbands would always want to have a remote control (like the one in Adam Sandler's Click) working for humans and just press on that mute button. But the Japanese have a different thing in mind. They have made a special gun that suppresses human speech. It has a simple process. At a distance of about 100 feet, the directional mic installed on the gun picks everything that a target would say, and with a 0.2 second delay the speech suppressing gun plays back what the target has said. Because of that immediate pick up, the brain is being interrupted resulting to the target being speechless. They have designed it for a better mob control purpose.

    Throwing up is inevitable after a reckless night of drinking, or overeating, or seeing your ex with an ugly (whatever word you insert). But Invocon, with a contract from the U.S. Navy, built a device with flashy and fancy lights. This device emits the lights with rapidity, and on a target's eyes it causes dizziness and headache with a good chance of vomiting.

    The U.S. Military, apparently, has a device that can cast the popular Harry Potter curse Crucio! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, although there has never been a direct link to HP and the U.S. Military. But the Active Denial System, or more known as the pain ray, causes an excruciating pain by emitting waves similar to what we have on our ovens. It's not a wand, but the device is a huge disk that's mounted on an armored vehicle. The ADS has been deployed to Afghanistan but was never used on a real battle. It was tested and went for more than 10,000 trial exposures with a few people included. It was a burning experience, as the test subjects has stated, but the pain vanishes away once they're out of the beam. Now that's scary technology.
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Nokia and Microsoft's Almost Failure with Latest Technology Gadget - 2 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 13 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    The Nokia Lumia 900 just one of the latest technology gadgets addition that was built with the partnership of Microsoft, one of the titans in software and technology companies, and Nokia, the Finland based multinational communications company.

    Both companies are known as one of the greats in their respective fields. Microsoft currently holds almost 85% of market shares with PC software and operating systems. Nokia, on the other hand, is one of the leading companies when it comes to mobile solutions by manufacturing some of the best mobile phones that we had.

    But there is one are that these two companies are not known and are still unsuccessful; smart phones. But, when they introduced the Nokia Lumia 900 back in January, where it won a prestigious Best Smartphone Award, critics thought it was a bold move made by the companies' partnership.

    The Lumia 900 boasts a few improvements from its predecessor Lumia 800, most notably the bigger and crisper touch screen display that the new phone have. It's running on Windows Phone 7.5 operating system from Microsoft that was available for market on September 27, 2011. The latest 4G mobile network is also available for the Lumia 900, and the rest of the product's specification is available on AT&T.

    But just after weeks from its release, a number of first buyers of the new smart phone reported to AT&T about frequent data disconnections with HSPA and LTE as a result of a software bug. Although voice and text appears to be normal, it still counts as a big inconvenience to consumers especially when it is suppose to boast the high speed 4G network.

    Before it can cause a major uproar, Nokia announced to its AT&T subscribers who own a Lumia 900 of a $100 credit to their bills.

    It's good to know that Nokia made an immediate response to its flaws, even though it is a clear software issue. But with this, other smart phone companies and manufacturers will learn lessons from Microsoft and Nokia. They have already announced of a bug fix patch to be released on April 16.
    That's good to know as well. But the results of this unfortunate issue could lie on either side of the coin; people may like it better and disregard this "minor" concern; or they might totally dump the idea of wasting money and time in trying out an immediate failure of what was supposed to be the best of 2012.
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Emerging technology: Processor boundaries breached - 3 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 11 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    When we compare the micro processors that are used on laptops and smart phones to the insanely fast core processors of desktops, the desktops would always sweep the competition. Aside from being relatively faster compared to micro processors, the core processors can handle multi tasking and heavily loaded programs that we run on our desktops.
    But there is an emerging technology that can give a promising result of nearing the gap between micro and core processors. In a report of communications breakthrough, a team of scientists in the University of Pittsburgh claimed to a successful generation of a new frequency comb, which entails dividing a single color of light into a series of evenly spaced spectral lines for a variety of uses, that spans more than 100 terahertz (THz, or 1 trillion cycles per second) bandwidth (zdnet).

    Terahertz has never been reached and applied to any processors that we have on the market, and if this will be applied to future laptops and smart phones the new technology can make them 1000x faster. This can certainly complete the mobile solutions that we want to have on our devices.

    Emerging technology: introducing the new 3D printer

    3D scans can now be printed in a matter of seconds using a new technique, known as two photon lithography, which was developed by researchers at the Vienna University of Technology.

    A professor from the Institute of Materials Science and Technology said the technique, until now, used to be quite slow. With this improvement, the scientists that spear headed the research are now developing the two photon lithography to be used for medical applications.

    The nano printer is using a liquid resin that is put on the right spots by the use of a focused laser beam. With the help of movable mirrors, the point of the laser beam is guided as it goes through the resin leaving a trail of a solid polymer. The end result is a small sculpture measuring just about hundreds of micrometers in length. But it's very detailed, and with the printing that fast it's definitely an improvement by leaps and bounds.
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New Technology News: Facebook buys Instagram - 2 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 10 Apr 12 no follow-up yet
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    Among the 30 million users of the popular mobile app Instagram, most were unaware that it was started by only 10 people. But not until the latest new technology news was published that detailed about the social network giant, Facebook, and its acquisition of Instagram.

    The mobile application was just founded in 2011 and offered features just like any photo app; photo editing from Polaroid effects, glitters here and there, and a lot more. The era of smart phones has just started, and it is inevitable that applications like Instagram will be more popular. But no one definitely ever expected Instagram to be this popular, and with a few good reasons.

    New Technology News
    : $1 billion for Instagram

    The application offered easy photo sharing. With that, snap shots of almost every thing can be easily shared to your friends through portals like social media and networking sites. And because most of us have weird cravings for anything vintage, the filters that are available in Instagram were an instant hit to users.

    Everyone enjoyed it using their mobile phones, and the snap shots of the photos were debatably comparable to a DSLR camera. Apple, the manufacturer of popular mobile devices, has benefited of the services from Instagram and named it the iPhone App of the Year back in 2011.

    Before even reaching two years after it was introduced, the application has gathered an estimated 30 million user in their database. Facebook was willing and has paid $1 billion to purchase the application. But even with that crazy investment for a simple photo application, the social network titan have already projected and prepared a stock value that could put a price tag on the app with as much as $100 billion. What's a billion dollars compared to that?

    Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, released a statement on his Timeline saying that the acquisition is a milestone for the company and its future. Well, with that big of an amount it really is. But whatever plans that Facebook has for Instagram could be more than what they made us to expect. Make or break, either way, Facebook has invested a lot for this application, and for sure, they will use it to acquire more users. Or more money.
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New Technology News - 4 views

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started by Kristy Houston on 26 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
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    Sales of the Apple company has definitely increased with the release of the latest tablet, and finally a lot of fanatics who are all excited about the iPad 3 will get a hold of it. Hundreds of websites and blogs, and thousands of tech review and rumors, have speculated about the new tablet. All of us were all excited reading about what could be the hardware and software specifications of it, and if there are better surprise that Apple has not revealed.

    New Technology News: The New iPad

    A lot of users for the new iPad are either enjoying or are frustrated, depending on their personal experience and if the new tablet has risen to their expectations. But for those who have read a few skeptics review about the new tablet you might have second thoughts of getting yourself with this new baby. Here in this new technology news, we've compiled all of the reviews that we've read online about the new iPad.

    Some tech reviewers considered the Retina display as one of the supposed biggest improvement in the newest tablet's hardware. Although we all have big question marks as to how it would look like unless we see it for ourselves the idea has stirred our imaginations from a mini HDTV to 3D capability, or just another flop. But in comparison to the iPad 2, the change is unnoticeable to some. So, if you're looking for a nice and decent display, and if that's you're only concern, you might want to stick with the iPad 2 that can save you $100 more.

    Recently, Yahoo! published an article about the new iPad's overheating problem. But apparently it was the same concern that the iPad 2, days after its release. If it's an overreaction to an obvious result of over usage, you be the judge. Truth is it's not an overheating issue that will make you put your tablet down because it's unbearable. The overheating are mostly common when users run multiple apps and do multitasking, and users claim that if they won't turn it off the tablet might reach its limit.

    But one of the better things that the new tablet has is the improvement of its back camera, now with 5 megapixels. As promised, it can record videos and take pictures in full HD, a big leap from the measly low resolution cameras, both front and back, of the iPad 2.

    The web browser has also improved, and it is more stable compared to the predecessors. This makes web blogging, social networking, and all the good times web surfing more fun in the new iPad.
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