The iPhone 4's screen looks delicious—pixels, away with ye! But Ortus Technology's got an even dreamier looking display, packing a 1920x1080 resolution into a scant 4.8 inches. That's 458 pixels per inch, as opposed to the iPhone's 326. More »
OS X Lion Developer Preview 3 is out. We're not totally sure what all is new yet, but some early stuff spotted by MacStories includes: "A new boot animation, new graphical elements in the Finders toolbar, new desktop wallpapers and the Reading List, now enabled in Safari." More »
This is how the State Department informed 22,000 people they were not, in fact, eligible for a special US visa program after a computer glitch bungled the lottery: More »
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I feel like I have to reboot my Windows PC all the time, either because I've installed new software or because Windows is always updating. This wouldn't be a huge deal, but my computer takes a while to reboot. Anything I can do to avoid the hassle? More »
Security researcher Christopher Sogohain believes Dropbox is lying in claiming that they encrypt uploaded files and keep them from employee eyes. So he filed an FTC complaint against them. More »
While this is by no means a quantum leap for HIV treatment in humans, any AIDS progress is great AIDS progress. Especially when the progress is in our furry monkey relatives, who are responding terrifically to a new AIDS vaccine. More »
I love cheeseburgers. But people like Eric Schlosser and Upton Sinclair have to ruin everything, forcing me to consider where my burger came from. So I had to ask: What's the most powerful meat grinder in existence? More »
This laptop bag, made by Unit Portables, is only sold by a single retail shop in Stockholm. But its modular system—letting you add as many pockets as you want, where you want—is too good not to nerd out over. More »
How do you encourage drivers to stay safe on the road? STARTLE THEM WITH SKELETONS! At least, thats New York City's plan, which is deploying a fleet of new speed limit signs with a speed-activated skeleton warning. More »
YouTube 100 sheepishly materialized this week. The feature itself is minor, a space in their music section listing the 100 most popular music vids. But for the future of the music video, the implications are HUGE. In the best possible way. More »
A briefcase-shaped press kit touting Acura's product placement in the film Thor caused a bomb scare and evacuation at a bus station in downtown Ann Arbor, Mich., after a writer for buff book Automobile tossed it in a dumpster. What's so scary about a press kit? More »
Google has always tried to keep a very open policy with the general public, but it can't always be entirely forthcoming, as is the case with Google Maps. Google has very little say in what gets censored and what doesn't, be it for personal privacy or national security. Finding censored objects on Google Maps isn't the easiest task, as most look like imaging anomalies, rather than some big black bar with "CENSORED" written in large text. More »
Yesterday's launch of Netflix on the Android was exciting, but not without disappointment, as it's only available on a few devices. Here's how to install it on almost any Android phone. More »
Okay, internet—I'm not going to let you break my heart again. I know this is almost certainly fake—the product of a CGI firm. But even so, it's beautiful and amazing, and you can't rob me of that. More »
A special issue on Advanced Microelectronics Technologies is published in Volume 54, Issue 5 of SCIENCE CHINA: Information Sciences, in May, 2011. The issue contains 14 invited papers contributed by some leading researchers and internationally renowned experts in the field of microelectronics in both industry and academic from all over the world.
MIT physicists discover a new physical phenomenon that could eventually lead to the first increases in computers' clock speed since 2002.
Partnering with the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH, Emmerthal, Germany), DEK Solar has, with its PVP1200 print platform, print-on-print process expertise and screens technology, helped enable a record crystalline silicon solar photovoltaic cell efficiency of 19.4%.
The presentations made during the "4th annual nanotechnology Safety for Success Dialogue Workshop" that took place on March 29-30, 2011, in Brussels, are now available for download.
