Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech

Etisalat, EMS to develop new mobile app store for Blackberry customers

Khaleej Times - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
ABU DHABI - Emirates Telecommunication Company or Etisalat has partnered with a Dubai-based Smartphone company 'EMS' to develop a new Mobile Application Store for Blackberry customers.

Tanu's birthday and hawker riots

The Citizen Daily - ‎10 hours ago‎
Two memorable events took place last week. First, there were riots by street hawkers, small-scale itinerant traders, popularly known as “Wamachinga,” in Mwanza City.
Ann Eickelberg's Tanzania Experience WashingtonCollegeSports.com

With shuttles' retirement, spacewalks shifting gears

Florida Today - ‎48 minutes ago‎
In this video screen grab from NASA, astronaut Ronald Garan on Tuesday moves a failed ammonia pump module from a storage platform on the International Space Station to the cargo bay of the shuttle Atlantis.

Twitter passes 1 million registered third-party apps

Los Angeles Times - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
Twitter has hit a growth spurt and on Monday said it has shot up from 150000 third-party apps a year ago to more than 1 million apps today.

Arctic may be ice-free within 30 years

The Guardian - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
Arctic ice is melting at a record pace, suggesting the region may be ice-free during summer within 30 years. Photograph: Alexandra Kobalenko/Getty Sea ice in the Arctic is melting at a record pace this year, suggesting warming at the north pole is ...

Mercedes-Benz B-Class Looking for an A Grade

Automoblog.net (blog) - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Exercising care with how they choose to portray their luxury car brand in the United States, Mercedes-Benz has maintained the C-Class as the closest entry-level offering.

Catherine Demo Out Now

Just Push Start - ‎44 minutes ago‎
If the sexy box art of Catherine got your attention and are wondering if it's worth picking up this month, you can now try it out by downloading the demo.
Demo Impressions: Catherine Video Game Writers

Peugeot unveils upmarket 508 hybrid

The Independent - ‎17 hours ago‎
Peugeot has announced a new premium model for its 508 series aimed at taking on a 'green' upmarket audience. The new Peugeot 508 RXH, unveiled July 11 but set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, follows the launch of Peugeot's 508 Saloon ...

UN Scribe gives Imagine Cup students assignment on MDGs

Vanguard - Emeka Aginam - ‎13 hours ago‎
Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems as the theme of the 2011 edition of Imagine Cup holding for the first time in the United States of America, the special advisor to the United Nations ...

SA's first BlackBerry App master crowned

Independent Online - ‎9 hours ago‎
Joe Diedericks has been named as South Africa's first BlackBerry App Master for his Salon Queen application for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, which will launch in South Africa soon.

Sun to strike NY streets in magical 'Manhattanhenge'

AFP - Mariano Andrade - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
NEW YORK - It is dubbed "Manhattanhenge" and happens two times a year when the Sun aligns at dusk with streets in a glowing magic trick as rays of sunlight span across New York perfectly, from west to east.

LTE Phones Merely Hint at IPhone's 4G Future

BusinessWeek - Kevin C. Tofel - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
Now that Apple has delayed its annual iPhone hardware refresh, is there credence in speculation that September could bring an iPhone 4G?

Forza Motorsport 4 Trailer Released

Just Push Start - ‎2 hours ago‎
Looking at the trailer released, the game's visuals are highly realistic and improves on 2009′s Forza Motorsport 3. The game will have Kinect support allowing you to tilt your head and look at other racers on the track or look down at the dashboard.

Brabus doubles the fun

iAfrica.com - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
Brabus is expanding its family of tuned E-Class models, mixing in generous amounts of power and performance with a four-seat cabriolet.

Splat! cars kill more than a trillion bugs

Sydney Morning Herald - Bruno Waterfield - ‎8 hours ago‎
About 133 billion insects are killed by being splattered on Dutch cars every year, research has found. Arnold van Vliet, a biologist at the University of Wageningen in central Netherlands, last month enlisted the help of motorists in tracking the ...

Dark Souls Preview

PALGN - Jahanzeb Khan - ‎3 hours ago‎
Demon's Souls on the PlayStation 3 was a game made for a certain type of gamer, the kind of gamer who grew up in during a time where video games were infuriatingly hard and all about pure unadulterated gaming skill and precision.
Dark Souls Videogamer.com

Pachter predicts the obvious: MW3 to outsell Black Ops

Fragland.net - ‎7 hours ago‎
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has once again made a prediction that nobody is actually surprised about: he believes that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Ben Heck Draws Up Xbox 360 Disc Changer

Game Guru - ‎15 hours ago‎
By Correspondent | Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 at 9:15:GMT+5 Console modder Ben Heck has many console mods under his belt such as the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii laptops, the PS360 controller, a portable NES and more.

EA Shutting Down Servers For Older Games

Just Push Start - ‎1 hour ago‎
EA has announced that it will be shutting down servers for several of its older titles. EA usually shuts down online portion of games that are no longer played by people or they feel is outdated.

Custom 'Octodad' costume to raise funds for game

The Independent - ‎Jul 11, 2011‎
The team behind the octopus/family simulator Octodad is raising money for a sequel with several limited-run goodies up for grabs. A framed oil painting of the tentacled father figure himself has already been snatched up, after one backer pledged equal ...

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