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The first pictures of the long-awaited “Ice Cream Sandwich” upgrade to the Android smartphone operating system were leaked to the world on Thursday. This week Facebook users across the nation have been having a heart attack and grabbing their tinfoil hats in horror over what they saw as an almost science-fiction-like Facebook feature they believed to have just crept up on them to grab them in the ... HP is pushing its new TouchPad tablet in any way it can, including discounts and coupons to its app store. (Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired. AP / August 12, 2011 LOS ANGELES - An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for US defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early yesterday, but contact was lost after the experimental craft ... This weekend boasts the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower, along with a bonus event for stargazers. Mid-August marks the time when Earth moves through the debris field left over from the passage of the comet Swift-Tuttle that was discovered in ... London riots: a looted O2 mobile phone store in Tottenham Hale retail park. Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features In October 1985, on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham where the death of Cynthia Jarrett sparked riots that culminated in the brutal ... By SHAYNDI RAICE LinkedIn Corp. backed away from an advertising scheme that exploited users photos and recommendations, marking a rare privacy gaffe for the social network. In the game Shaper, players must arrange the cubes into the on-screen configuration before time runs out. LEGOs and Lincoln Logs are for Luddites. The fossil bones of a giant, long-necked swimming reptile from the age of the dinosaurs have resolved a long-held mystery about the animals and how they reproduced. HTC just invested $300 million in sexy. The companys Beats Audio deal isnt about technology. Really, nobody cares about the sonic equalization of their smartphones, at least beyond a certain point. As Apples iPad decimates the netbook market, PC makers are looking for ways to fight back. The latest generation of touch-friendly tablets have taken the world by storm. Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars. Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. NASA released a Hubble Space Telescope image of a brightly glowing, giant cosmic necklace of the Necklace Nebula, a recently discovered planetary nebula. By IBT Staff Reporter | August 11, 2011 2:14 PM EDT A new study of the Atlantic cod genome has revealed that the fish species lacks critical genes that used to be part of its immune system. Polarizing organic photovoltaic film. [Photo: UCLA Engineering]The only real downside to using a smartphone is that you are constantly looking for a power outlet or some free USB port to charge it. LG Display (LGD) reportedly has lost some 9.7-inch iPad 2 panel orders to Samsug Electronics and Chimei Innolux (CMI) after its recent shipments to Apple experienced quality issues, according to industry sources. The FCC is taking steps to ensure that texting 911 in an emergency wont simply be a waste of time. At a meeting of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials in Philadelphia today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a five-step ... The days of the personal computer are numbered, a leading IBM designer has claimed. Dr Mark Dean, who worked on the original IBM PC, the 5150, wrote in a blog post commemorating its 30th anniversary, ... The San Mateo district attorneys office has opted not to charge Gizmodo and writer Jason Chen for buying an iPhone prototype from a man who found it in a bar last year, months before the device was made public.
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