Archive for January, 2010

iPad: Tablet PC

Technology.am (Jan, 28, 2010) — San FranciscO: Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company’s much-anticipated iPad tablet computer Wednesday, calling it a new third category of mobile device that is neither smart phone nor laptop, but something in between.
The iPad will start at $499. But Apple must still persuade recession-weary consumers who already have [...]

Xbox skins

Technology.am (Jan 27, 2010) — If you own an Xbox 360, you might desire to personalize it with Xbox 360 skins. Xbox 360 skins are additional accessories to aid you transform its appearance and personalize it. There are pre-made skins and after that, there are those that you can create yourself.
If you are having [...]

E-cigarettes ‘do further damage than good’

Technology.am (Jan 21, 2010) — London, January 21: Battery-powered e-cigarettes can do further injury than good, as they in fact contain injurious chemicals, experts claim.
Two most important Greek researchers have advised consumers to discontinue using the devices until ongoing protection studies are reported back.
The recognition of e-cigarettes has improved as consumers can inhale nicotine [...]

Distressing brain injury patients face walking difficulties even following revival

Technology.am(Jan 20, 2010) — Washington, Jan 20: A latest Canadian research suggests that locomotor deficits can still continue in people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) even if they appear to have improved completely.
To come up with their conclusion, a team led by Professor Bradford McFadyen from Université Laval compared mobility in [...]

Latest method to quantify CO2 over oceans more competently than existing methods

Technology.am (Jan 20, 2010) — Washington: Scientists have developed a latest technique to quantify carbon dioxide (CO2) over the ocean in a much enhanced manner than existing methods.
The system has been developed by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), working in partnership with colleagues at the Bjerknes Center for Climate Research in Bergen, [...]

Electric control of aligned “spins” might enhance computer memory

Technology.am (Jan 20, 2010) — Washington: Scientists are by means of electric fields manipulating the property of electrons identified as “spin” to store up data everlastingly, which might not just develop random access memory (RAM) in computers, it can in addition transform the next generation of electronic devices.
The group of scientists consist of researchers [...]

Google named ”word of the decade”

Technology.am (Jan 14, 2010) — Google has been named the “word of the decade” by a grouping of American speech scholars.
In its yearly Word of the Year vote, the American Dialect Society (ADS) said that the word ‘tweet’, derived from sending a short message by means of Twitter (noun) and the act of [...]

McAfee in agreement to power Facebook security ops

Technology.am (Jan 13, 2010) — In a move to demonstrate to its 350 million members that it’s serious about their protection, Facebook has launched a joint venture with security firm McAfee: six months of McAfee’s Internet Security Suite software, a discount subscription following that, and custom security software and education materials on Facebook.
“Facebook is applying [...]

Tesla, Panasonic team up on EV batteries

Technology.am (Jan 07, 2010) — It seems that when Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo said in December that his company would devote $1 billion in green technologies for the home, he might already have had an agreement in the works for the garage.
Panasonic will be teaming up with Tesla Motors to expand next-generation nickel-based lithium ion [...]

Canon SLRs obtain latest wireless transmitters

Technology.am (Jan 07, 2010) — Canon on Thursday announced three latest wireless photo transfer accessories for its higher-end digital SLR models, adding up to the capability to simultaneously shoot with 10 connected cameras and other fresh features.
The wireless file transmitter devices, which mount to the SLR camera bodies, are the WFT-E2 II A, obtainable this [...]