Paper linking XMRV to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome finally retracted

One part of the Judy Mikovitz story has come to a close today, as Science will be formally retracting the paper in which she and her collaborators linked the XMRV virus to chronic fatigue syndrome. Bruce Alberts, the Editor-in-Chief of Science, indi.....»»

[Via: ARSTECHNICA][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011

3D TV Coming Soon to a Home Near You

3D has been getting a lot of press in 2009 as the number of 3D films shown in cinemas is increasing and consumer electronics manufacturers prepare to offer 3D TV sets in 2010......»»

[Via: INSTAT][Cat: communication]Dec 26th, 2011

Image Sensors 2009: Camera Phones Continue to Dominate Shipments Worldwide

The 2008 area image sensor market saw strong growth, primarily coming from two applications: camera phones and embedded PC cameras......»»

[Via: INSTAT][Cat: communication]Dec 26th, 2011

Future Cellphones: Diverging the Converged Device 2008–2012

In the coming five years, the nature of cellphones will make radical changes for several reasons: -Increasing availability of broadband mobile networks will allow Internet access from a much wider area......»»

[Via: INSTAT][Cat: communication]Dec 26th, 2011

Wired USB 2008: SuperSpeed is Coming

The universal serial bus (USB) saw continued worldwide success in 2007, with more than 2.6 billion devices shipping in the PC, PC peripheral, consumer electronics (CE), communications, and automotive segments......»»

[Via: INSTAT][Cat: communication]Dec 26th, 2011

Article: Marketers Look to Integrate Email, Social, Mobile

Mobile apps and presence on social media sites top investments in the coming year.....»»

[Via: EMARKETER][Cat: internet]Dec 26th, 2011

1ST European Edition of HITB Coming Up!

In case you haven’t heard yet, HITBSecConf is hosting the first European Edition of their conference in Amsterdam during 1st-2nd July ’10. The history of the HITB conferences can be traced back to 2002, the year in which the first ever edition.....»»

[Via: GNUCITIZEN][Cat: security]Dec 27th, 2011

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to Sony Tablet P, Tablet S

In addition to landing on Sony Ericsson’s line of XPERIA smartphones, Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform will also be hitting Sony’s tablet. The Japanese consumer electronics giant had recently introduced two tablet models,.....»»

[Via: GOTTABEMOBILE][Cat: mobile]Dec 27th, 2011

How to Set Up Your New iPhone

The holidays are here and you know what that means? A lot of you will be the proud new owners of a new iPhone from Apple. For some of you, this will be your first experience with iOS and the iPhone. Others may be coming back from another operating system .....»»

[Via: GOTTABEMOBILE][Cat: mobile]Dec 27th, 2011

The long road for mobile payments

American Express has worked up an infographic charting the rise of mobile payments, highlighting a lot of the milestones over time. All this work in the past is now coming together to make mobile payments a mainstream technology. With the excitement b.....»»

[Via: GIGAOM][Cat: media]Dec 27th, 2011

Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subt.....»»

[Via: TED][Cat: research]Dec 26th, 2011

Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we"re born

Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb -- from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods......»»

[Via: TED][Cat: research]Dec 26th, 2011

GeIL DDR3 Memory Round-up

"Lately you haven’t seen many memory reviews coming from yours truly, but this is about to change! GeIL has sent in a whole package of their latest gamer RAM and this is the first part of the round-up. We’ll be taking a look at the GeIL Enhance Corsa an.....»»

[Via: PCSTATS][Cat: top]Dec 26th, 2011

Self-Healing Electronics Pave the Way for More Durable Gadgets. Also T-1000.

It’s a science fiction staple – a character gets blasted, sliced or run over, but instead of dying it just stares at its wound while its body repairs itself as everyone watches in disbelief. Here’s a development that brings us just that much.....»»

[Via: TECHNABOB][Cat: hardware]Dec 27th, 2011

Popular Science sees boost from Apple"s Newsstand

Apple's Newsstand app, which premiered on iOS devices with the release of iOS 5, was designed to improve the sales of newspapers and magazines by giving publishers their own virtual shelf space in a highly visible app. Several other publications have alre.....»»

[Via: TUAW][Cat: mac]Dec 27th, 2011

Intuit to deliver Quicken update for Lion compatibility

Christmas from Quicken is coming pretty late, but it will be appreciated by many Mac users. The company has emailed users that it will finally offer a version of Quicken that runs under Lion and Snow Leopard. Intuit Personal Finance Group GM Aaron Forth.....»»

[Via: TUAW][Cat: mac]Dec 27th, 2011

Coming soon to a computer near you: Dot-XXX

After 10 years of debate, the Calif. nonprofit that oversees Internet addresses gave the green light to the virtual red light district.......»»

[Via: WASHPOST][Cat: top]Dec 26th, 2011

Microsoft, CEA Take Different Views on CES Pullout

Microsoft sparked a tech-world furor Dec. 21 with the announcement that, starting in 2013, it will decline to provide a keynote speech or booth at the Consumer Electronics Show."We have decided that this coming January will be our last keynote presentatio.....»»

[Via: ZIFFDAVISENTERPRISE][Cat: microsoft]Dec 27th, 2011

Competitor: GoDaddy Thwarting Domain Transfers

In the face of an avalanche of bad publicity, domain registrar GoDaddy is being accused by a competitor of dragging its feet on allowing customers to leave its service......»»

[Via: PCWORLD][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011

Ice Cream Sandwich Coming to Some LG Phones in Mid-2012

LG announces a schedule for rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich to some of its Android phones......»»

[Via: PCWORLD][Cat: top]Dec 27th, 2011