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Monthly Archives: January 2010

NASA’s space change: Renting the Right Stuff

In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration proposes spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies such as Space X, whose Falcon 1 rocket is shown here at liftoff, to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. Getting to space is about to be outsourced.

How to make the iPad a better music device

How to make the iPad a better music device
     

Here are five things Apple could do to make the iPad more appealing for music fans and musicians.
   

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Novozymes to launch ethanol product

Novozymes to launch ethanol product
     

      CEO says new enzyme will be available in the first quarter, and that the company could show the product would be competitive with corn-based ethanol and gasoline.
   

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11

Robots evolve to learn cooperation, hunting

Robots evolve to learn cooperation, hunting
     

      Scientists in Europe have described experiments in which robots evolve through natural selection, learning to cooperate, hunt, and even be altruistic.
   

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_

iPad's iBooks to be US only

iPad's iBooks to be US only
   

One of the main new features introduced with Apple's iPad tablet computer is its iBooks application which turns the machine into an eBook reader, good enough to rival established devices such as Amazon's Kindle and …

Google proposes new DNS protocol extension

Google proposes new DNS protocol extension
   

An interesting proposal was announced on the official Google Code Blog this week. In a lengthy draft, a group of DNS and content providers (including Google) outline the concept of extending the DNS …

Cuban: iPad will change how kids grow up

The iPad will be the product that kids of this generation grow up with and look back on with affection just like we did with the first video games.

Did you catch 2010’s biggest, brightest moon?

This enhanced image of the moon was taken with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera, using two NSF telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The moon is superimposed on a separate image of the sky.Friday’s full moon was the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, offering those with clear skies an opportunity to identify easy-to-see features on the moon.

Microsoft to modify the VECD licensing

Microsoft to modify the VECD licensing

An area where Microsoft doesn’t seem particularly active is the so-called virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).    So far the company made just a few progresses, letting its partner Citrix dominate the sc…

Multitasking: The mandatory feature iPad lacks?

Multitasking: The mandatory feature iPad lacks?
     

      The LG smartphone based on Intel's upcoming "Moorestown" chip does multitasking, a feature Apple's forthcoming iPad tablet lacks.  A leg up for the Intel camp?
   

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