Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Scientists invent lightest material on Earth. What now?
Scientists have invented a new material that is so lightweight it can sit atop a fluffy dandelion without crushing the little fuzzy seeds.
It's so lightweight, styrofoam is 100 times heavier.
It is so lightweight, in fact, that the research team consisting of scientists at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and Caltech say in the peer-reviewed Nov. 18 issue of Science that it is the lightest material on Earth, and no one has asked them to run a correction yet.
That's light!
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Deborah Netburn | Los Angeles Times
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It's so lightweight, styrofoam is 100 times heavier.
It is so lightweight, in fact, that the research team consisting of scientists at UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and Caltech say in the peer-reviewed Nov. 18 issue of Science that it is the lightest material on Earth, and no one has asked them to run a correction yet.
That's light!
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Deborah Netburn | Los Angeles Times
Copyright 2011 - Los Angeles Times
21 Handy iOS 5 Tips and Tricks
Tutorial: Get more from iOS 5 with these useful tips
Tim Hardwick | TechRadar
Copyright 2006 - 2011 Future Publishing Limited
After much fanfare, iOS 5 has finally landed.
But as is so often the case with Apple, someone forgot to write the manual. Worry not. We've rifled through 200-plus improvements and come up with 21 iOS 5 tips to make your life easier.
If you haven't upgraded already, hook up your Apple device to your computer and launch iTunes now. Click on your device in the sidebar, and under Version you'll see a button called Check for Update: click it. Follow the onscreen instructions and we'll meet you back here once your device has rebooted to show you what's what.
And then you're ready to use our iOS 5 tips…
But as is so often the case with Apple, someone forgot to write the manual. Worry not. We've rifled through 200-plus improvements and come up with 21 iOS 5 tips to make your life easier.
If you haven't upgraded already, hook up your Apple device to your computer and launch iTunes now. Click on your device in the sidebar, and under Version you'll see a button called Check for Update: click it. Follow the onscreen instructions and we'll meet you back here once your device has rebooted to show you what's what.
And then you're ready to use our iOS 5 tips…
Copyright 2006 - 2011 Future Publishing Limited
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Facebook Slammed by Porn Attack
Facebook Inc.'s latest problem: porn and violence.
Tom Loftus | The Wall Street Journal
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The company said Tuesday that a "coordinated spam attack" was to blame for the posting of pornographic and violent images on the Web pages of unsuspecting Facebook users.
Over the past several days, Facebook users have complained of disturbing imagery appearing to come from trusted friends showing up on the site's news feed, which houses posts and images shared by a user's network.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Steve Jobs: Timeline of One of the Greatest Entrepreneur in the World
The whole world grieves on the news of the death of Steve Jobs, who revolutionized the world of technology and also made the world realize that good simple technology is for everyone.
Being a college drop-out and a person who never completed his graduation, Steve Jobs built computers in his parents’ garage in the mid-1970s with a friend, Steve Wozniak. Together they founded Apple in 1976 to sell their innovations and creativity.
Apple, based in Cupertino, California, surpassed Microsoft in 2010 to become the world’s most valuable technology company.
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Joel Fernandez | TheTechLabs.com
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Joel Fernandez | TheTechLabs.com
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