Space may accelerate Alzheimers in astronauts

Space may accelerate Alzheimer's in astronauts
NBCNews.com
Little is know about the ultra high-energy cosmic rays that regularly penetrate the atmosphere. By Charles Q. Choi. updated 12/31/2012 8:42:03 PM ET 2013-01-01T01:42:03. Print; Font: +; -. Radiation in space might harm the brains of astronauts in deep ...

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Microsoft Offers Free Month of Xbox Live After Cloud Outage
PC Magazine
Microsoft is providing Xbox Live Gold members with a one-month membership extension after a weekend outage blocked access to the service's Cloud Saved Games feature. Cloud Saved Games allows Xbox Live Gold members to store saved games in the ...

More leaked photos of BlackBerry X10 hit the Web
Los Angeles Times
More photos of a BlackBerry smartphone Research In Motion is expected to formally announce next month have hit the Web, showing the device more clearly than before and turned on. The device, which many believe will be called the BlackBerry X10, ...

Unlocked Cell Phones Helping Consumers Avoid Major Mobile Drawbacks
San Francisco Chronicle
Presented by: The battle for control over mobile consumers is shifting in a major way as consumers purchase unlocked devices allowing cell phone carriers to once again woo consumers into making purchase based on their cell phone carrier and not just ...

It's JUST possible, but Apple MIGHT not make an iWatch in 2013
Register
What's better than smartphone that is not strapped to your wrist? A smartphone that IS strapped to your wrist. In what is a strange rumour even by the standards of supply chain rumours - Chinese manufacturing news site iPhone.TGBUS says that Apple is ...

Q Continuum: Infiniti Q50 to be unveiled at Detroit Auto Show
Digital Trends
The Q50 will be the first new car to debut under Infiniti's new naming scheme, an is expected to usher in myriad changes for the Japanese luxury brand. Infiniti has given the new luxury sedan it plans to unveil at the Detroit Auto Show a name. Called Q50, the ...

Eric Prokopi Pleads Guilty For Smuggling Dinosaur Fossils
RedOrbit
Eric Prokopi, a Florida fossils dealer, has pled guilty to smuggling charges. He has agreed to give up the $1 million Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton seized by the U.S. government earlier this year after he attempted to auction it through Heritage Auctions.

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Zynga shutters 11 games, cites cost-reduction plan
Digital Trends
In an effort to avoid complete collapse, casual gaming giant Zynga has opted to close down 11 of its least profitable games. Fans are understandably upset. Only a year ago casual games publisher Zynga seemed poised to overtake the entirety of gaming.

Intel Set to Reveal Own Internet TV Service at Consumer Electronics Show.
X-bit Labs
Intel Corp. will introduce its own-brand set-top-box as well as Internet TV service at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, next week. Intel's TV service will be different from competing offerings that require to completely transit to streaming TV...

X-bit Labs

Velocity Micro Unveils NoteMagix Ultrabooks Starting at $800
Maximum PC
Looking back at 2012, it was clearly the year of the Ultrabook, at least on the notebook computing side. Barring any surprises, that trend will continue throughout 2013, and even Velocity Micro is getting in on the action. The boutique system builder announced...

Maximum PC

The Netbook Is Dead, Long Live The Netbook
Forbes
The netbook is dead, we've moved on, the great hope for the computer manufacturers are no more. The netbook is an ex-netbook (Charles Arthur, The Guardian, and others). But hold on a minute, just because the exact models from Acer and Asus are no ...

Microsoft's 2012: How "epic" was it?
The Seattle Times
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been known to use hyperbolic adjectives, but was he on the mark when he described 2012 as "the most epic in Microsoft history"? It was the year, after all, in which the company launched Windows 8, a radical revamp of its ...

UBER, The Brilliant Car Service, Correctly "Gouges" Its Customers On New ...
Forbes
Though an always politically correct media and political class are loath to admit it, well-run businesses serve the interests of their customers best when they adjust pricing to market realities. Put more simply, well run, customer-focused businesses “gouge” ...

Iowa lawmakers, agencies submit about 500 bills
Houston Chronicle
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa legislators and state agency officials have requested about 500 bills that will be introduced in the Legislature's upcoming session. The Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports that the requests are down a bit from last session and are ...

Judge Seeks Bond Called High in Samsung-Apple Phone Case
Bloomberg
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) should post a bond equal to 88 percent of the value of smartphones found to infringe Apple Inc. (AAPL) patents if it loses a U.S. trade ruling and wants to keep selling the devices, a judge said. U.S. International Trade ...

Sky Shorts: Rovers galore on Mars
Canton Repository
The Mars Opportunity Rover landed on Mars along with its twin, Spirit, in January 2004. It was thought that the crafts would operate for about three months, and travel about a third of a mile before breaking down. While the Spirit Rover got bogged down in the ...

The Year Of The Higgs, And Other Tiny Advances In Science
New Hampshire Public Radio
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of the Higgs boson on July 4, the long-sought building block of the universe. This image shows a computer-simulation of data from the collider. It's a year-end tradition to cobble together a list of...

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Collectible Classic: 1963-1971 Mercedes-Benz SL
Automobile Magazine
With most roadsters, the removable hard top is at best an afterthought. For the 1963-1971 Mercedes-Benz SL, however, no aspect of the design was an afterthought -- and certainly not the hard top. The delicately shaped roof, which appears to dip down ...

Meteor shower will peak this week over Northeast Iowa
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
WATERLOO --- The new year will start with an annual light show, at least for those sturdy enough to brave some fairly intense cold. The Quadrantids, a prolific meteor shower already under way, likely will peak Thursday evening or early Friday, and most of ...

'Appy' New Year: Apps to help keep your resolutions
Central Florida News 13
(VIDEO STILL/CNN) The Brewster app for iOS consolidates your contacts from Facebook, Twitter and your phone into one high-tech address book. By Laurie Segall, CNN Tech Reporter Last Updated: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 ...

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ISON Comet Arriving in 2013 to Outshine the Moon
Latinos Post
(Photo : Wikimedia Commons) Image of the comet ISON as seen on Sept. 22 through a 0.25-m reflector by the Team of observers of Remanzacco Observatory. With the New Year just beginning, one thing sky watchers can look forward to in 2013 is the ...

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Meet The Best iPhone Video Game Controller You Can't Have Yet
Business Insider
iPhone gamers have yet to see an unobtrusive game controller for their phones. They've generally been big and bulky. This is exactly the problem that the WynCASE aims to solve. It's a game controller that snaps on to your phone. It's lightweight and it looks ...

Sony Xperia Z and ZL confirmed through official pictures

The Verge
There have been several indications that Sony is planning to launch a new 5-inch 1080p smartphone at CES, with the latest evidence coming from the company itself. Engadget has spotted some official press renders of the Xperia Z and the Xperia ZL, ...

One Small Step or Giant Leap to Space in 2013?
Motley Fool
2012 has been big for the business of space. We've witnessed the first docking of a private spaceship to the International Space Station, seen billions of NASA dollars committed to the future, and watched the future of the space program take flight with the ...

SPIED: The Next-Gen BMW X5 Continues Its Striptease - MORE Seen NOW ...
AutoSpies.com
Looking back to the recent past, the M6 Gran Coupe, 4-Series Coupe Concept and i3 Concept all made their debuts. While the 4-Series and i3 still have a ways to go before being finalized, that's one BIG step out of the way. For the next-gen BMW X5, however ...

Top 2013 iPhone Apps for Skiers
About - News & Issues
"There's an app for that," so the saying goes, so of course there are sundry iPhone apps for skiers and snowboarders. Search the App store, after all, and you'll run into a ton of different winter-themed apps. The trick, though, is sorting through which apps are ...

Neil Armstrong's brother says he didn't ad-lib that famous line
msnNOW
Either Neil Armstrong totally lied to us or his brother is just jealous. The first man to leave his bootprints on the moon always claimed that he came up with his famous "One small step ..." quote on the spot, but his brother says he wrote it in advance.

OUYA Ships Developer Consoles On Time
FleshEatingZipper
A few days ago, OUYA, sent an update to all the backers letting them know they sent off 1,200 developer consoles to developers around the world. They also released an unboxing video showing off the first run special developer consoles. They are ...

'Chronovolt' and 'NBA Jam: On Fire Edition" slam onto Playstation Plus
Examiner.com
Related topics. gaming news · playstation plus · PlayStation Vita · Playstation 3 · Playstation Store. Advertisement. Today, Sony has announced that, since the usual update day (Tuesday) falls on New Year day 2013, we'll be getting the store update a day ...

Examiner.com

Facebook stops New Year message tool
The Guardian
Facebook has temporarily disabled its New Year's Eve messaging tool after a university student was able to read and delete private messages intended for other users. Jack Jenkins, a business IT student at Aberystwyth university, alerted Facebook to the ...

The Guardian

Samsung to launch first Tizen-based smartphone in 2013: Report
NDTV
Samsung is said to be working in collaboration with NTT DoCoMo to launch a Tizen-based smartphone, according to reports in Yomiuri Shimbun. This smartphone is expected to see the light of the day by sometime next year. For people who may not be ...

NDTV

Why I still love the Nexus 7
CNET
Apple has the iPad Mini and there are also plenty of other smaller tablet options available, but CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains in this Ask Maggie why she still loves the Nexus 7. Marguerite Reardon. by Marguerite Reardon. January 1, 2013 12:00 AM ...

Fez' to be ported for new platforms
Digital Spy
The indie developer made a final blog post for 2012 that provided hints as to what will come in 2013, including mention of Fez for new unspecified platforms. 'Fez' screenshot. "2012 was crazy. But what now? 2013 is going to be an interesting one, too. For one ...

Mobile Library Usage Detailed In New Pew Study
RedOrbit
It used to be that the mobile library was a bus or RV that pulled up in front of schools and other locations; to reach students, senior citizens and others who might not make it into library building. Now the cell phone has become the mobile library, with digital ...

RedOrbit

Industry Leaders Offer Predictions for 2013 (Part 7)
ADOTAS
Video on mobile is exploding: “Figuring out the best, most effective advertising models and making sure existing IAB standards like the V-SUITE work well on different mobile devices will help keep that momentum going.” Metric confusion contributes to mobile ...

FCC Eases Restrictions on In-Flight Internet Access
PC Magazine
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved a new set of rules aimed at making it easier for airlines to offer passengers in-flight Internet service. The agency said it hopes the new rules will cut in half the time it takes to get aircraft Internet ...

Sony PlayStation 2 Dead in Japan, But Its Legacy Lives On
PC Magazine
Sony has finally took the long-in-the-tooth PlayStation 2 to the back of the shed and put one between its eyes. In Japan, anyway. The rest of the gaming universe, technically, will continue to enjoy PS2 hardware manufacturing, but it's obvious that Sony's most ...

Foursquare announces privacy changes; will now show full names
Los Angeles Times
Foursquare alerted its users of upcoming privacy changes next month, and among the most notable differences is that the location-based social network will now display users' full names. The New York-based social network emailed its users over the ...

Samsung teases CES unveiling of HDTV with 'unprecedented new shape'
Apple Insider
Samsung, one of Apple's chief rivals, is hyping the announcement of a brand new HDTV set with an "unprecedented new shape" at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. The South Korean electronics maker recently a video on its YouTube Page teasing ...

Apple Insider

Red and brown Samsung Galaxy Note 2 discovered in Korea
CNET
In addition to Marble White and Titanium Gray, the "phablet" has been spotted in Korea sporting two new colors. Lynn La. by Lynn La. December 31, 2012 3:03 PM PST Follow @lynnlaaa · Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (red and brown). The Samsung Galaxy Note ...

Mobile Phones & Deals Blog: Jelly Bean and Premium Suite to roll out to original ...
NewsFactor Network
Do you own the original Samsung Galaxy Note? If so, we have good news for you. The 5.3-inch device will be getting the update that has rolled out to the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy S3. This is Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and the Premium Suite update.

Scientists Allay Fears around Global Jellyfish Boom
French Tribune
Of late, there has been a lot said about rising jellyfish population but researchers have rejected these reports. Though there could be rise in local population, there is no indication that there is any global increase in jelly fish over the past two centuries.

French Tribune

Ford on track to hit 2.2 million US sales in 2012
SlashGear
If you're a loyal Ford owner, then you might like to know that 2012 is shaping up to be another great year for the company. Ford announced today that it's on track to hit 2.2 million US sales in 2012, marking the second consecutive year it settles above the the 2 ...

SlashGear

Blacks Ops 2 DLC will have a new weapon, maps
KitGuru
A promotional image from Call of Duty Black Ops 2, seems to suggest that it will have a DLC pack titled “Revolution,” bringing with it some new maps to slaughter each other on, as well as a new weapon. According to the poster – spotted by an eagle eyed ...

KitGuru

Facebook, YouTube Video Uploads Coming To 'Dead of Alive 5'
MTV.com (blog)
Siliconera picked up on an upcoming 1.03 update to the Team Ninja fighter which will allow players to upload their fight videos to the web. The Xbox 360 version will allow direct uploads to Facebook, while the PS3 version will support both Facebook and ...

MTV.com (blog)

Scientists Confident Earth's Twin will be Found in 2013
ForexTV.com
The question of whether there is life anywhere besides Earth, or even planets capable of sustaining life has intrigued mankind sincethe beginning of history. Until recently these discussions have been based on ancient myths and primitive speculation, ...

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Strange Hyperactive Galaxies Spotted by Hubble Telescope

Strange Hyperactive Galaxies Spotted by Hubble Telescope Space.com Astronomers have discovered a strange population of tiny, distant galaxies forming stars at a surprisingly rapid clip, a new study reports. The researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to spot the 69 hyperactive dwarf galaxies, which are about 9 ...

For T-Mobile, it only gets worse from here CNET by Roger Cheng November 10, 2011 7:19 AM PST Follow @RogerWCheng T-Mobile remodeled its stores earlier this year in a bid to attract customers. It has only yielded mixed results. It's shaping up to be a rough holiday for T-Mobile USA. ...

Amazon Acquiring Speech-to-Text Startup Yap to Take On Apple's Siri? msnbc.com By Jason Ankeny, FierceMobileContent Amazon.com has quietly acquired speech-to-text software developer Yap, a move fueling speculation that the digital retail giant plans to build a speech recognition interface to rival Apple's Siri personal assistant ...

'Pokemon'-like 'MinoMonsters' heading to iPhones San Francisco Chronicle One day when he was 15, Josh Buckley emerged from the bedroom where he spent most of his time programming to share some news with his parents. Buckley, who was still in high school outside of London, had just sold a website that he had created the year ...

ARM rolls out new GPU, loses head Register By Bill Ray • Get more from this author One of ARM's founders, not to mention a co-designer of the eponymous chip, will be retiring from his presidential role next year to spend more time with his money, though not until May. ...

Mark Cuban invests $250000 in LA social gaming company Los Angeles Times Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has invested $250000 in Los Angeles social gaming company Mention Mobile. Founded in 2010, Mention Mobile is a development company that specializes in integrated social gaming ...

Developers discover hidden panorama, keyboard features in iOS 5 Ars Technica By Jacqui Cheng | Published November 10, 2011 9:42 AM It's not often that Apple buries hidden features within public releases of iOS, but two previously unknown features within iOS 5 caught the attention of developers this week. ...

Subspecies of African rhino said to be extinct USA Today GENEVA (AP) – The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday. Handout via AP This file photo provided Jan....

Report: Zynga CEO Wants Workers to Give Back Stock ABC News A published report says Zynga CEO Mark Pincus wants some of the online game company's early employees to give back stock they own ahead of the company's initial public offering. A report Thursday in The Wall Street Journal says that Pincus, ...

7 Charged with Using Malware to Rack Up $14M in Fake Ad Revenue PCWorld By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, PCWorld Nov 10, 2011 6:15 AM The Department of Justice has indicted seven people for allegedly hijacking millions of computers, manipulating traffic on popular websites, and generating more than $14 million in fraudulent ...

World's smallest car is a billionth the size of yours TG Daily Dutch researchers say they've created the world's smallest electric vehicle - consisting of just a single molecule. Empa researchers say their car travels on four electrically-driven wheels in an almost straight line over a copper surface. ...

The UK voice of Siri is revealed TG Daily He could become as famous as the faceless man who used to greet us with the message "You've got mail." The iconic male voice that became a symbol of America Online came from a person by the name of Elwood Edwards. You probably never knew that, ...

Apple, Rambus, Pfizer, Microsoft: Intellectual Property BusinessWeek (This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics. Adds Ericsson AB item to patent section.) Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. must provide to Samsung Electronics Co. its contracts with ...

Primates leapt to social living BBC News An analysis of over 200 primate species by a University of Oxford team suggests that our ancestors gave up their solitary existence when they shifted from being nocturnal creatures to those that are active during the day. It is likely communal living ...

Virident Releases PCIe Flash Storage Offering HPCwire MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 10 -- Virident Systems today announced the release of Virident FlashMAX MLC, a PCIe storage class memory (SCM) solution that offers enterprises unconditional performance and the industry's highest storage capacity at 1.4 TB in a ...

iPad 2 a week in: Not missing Android at all ZDNet (blog) By James Kendrick | November 10, 2011, 7:00am PST Summary: The week I have spent with my new iPad 2 has proven how much better it is than any other tablet. Android is nice, but no real comparison. I shared my reasoning behind purchasing the iPad 2 and ...

Nintendo, Sony: Down to their last lives in portable gaming? CNET (blog) by Don Reisinger November 10, 2011 6:32 AM PST There was a time when Nintendo was synonymous with portable gaming. But now the company is being shoved aside. According to research firm Flurry Analytics, by the end of 2011, 58 percent of total US ...

Get the right room with a computer-concierge msnbc.com Room 77's room concierge service builds on the site's "room search" technology that lets users input room preferences (high or low floor, importance of a view, etc.) and view stack-ranked results for individual rooms. By Rob Lovitt, msnbc.com ...

Scientists: Mystery of magnetic moon rocks may have an answer The State Column A team of scientists at University of California Santa Cruz have proposed an ancient magnetic field may be responsible for magnetic lunar rocks retrieved from the surface of the moon. A paper by scientists including Christina Dwyer from the University ...

Asteroid Flyby: How Students Helped World See Giant Space Rock 2005 YU55 Space.com by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer The huge asteroid 2005 YU55 was small and dim in the sky during its close Earth approach yesterday (Nov. 8), but a handful of high-school students helped it blaze bright on computer screens around the world. ...

Selectism Technology Picks from Around the Web | Selectism.com By Jeff Carvalho The best of the rest of the links from around the web as chosen by Selectism editors for today, Wednesday, November 09, 2011. Selectism.com

Teachers: Embrace Technology or Students Will Leave You Behind By Robert Romano We are creating tools that offer limitless access to knowledge and collaboration, but we're still putting the same textbooks in front of students. How can we better prepare kids for a connected world without sacrificing traditional educational ... Mashable » Tech

Graphene poised to propel mechanical device technology forward These devices, which are the thinnest possible microelectromechanical systems and are useful for sensing and signal processing, can now be batch-fabricated as a result of recent advances in graphene fabrication technology. ... Nanotechnology Now Recent News

World Usability Day celebrates and encourages simpler technology ... By Reena Jana On November 10, more than 200 events in dozens of nations will be held in honor of World Usability Day. More than a holiday, it's a movement to. Decoding Design | SmartPlanet

Eclipse Project Management Infrastructure Technology Choice ... By waynebeaton Eclipse Project Management Infrastructure Technology Choice. Posted on November 9, 2011 by waynebeaton. Let me start by saying that I always prefer the dogfooding option. And I tried really hard to put a case together for dogfooding the ... Eclipse Hints, Tips, and Random Musings

Obama Orders More Technology Cuts By The Huffington Post News Editors In the latest move to eliminate wasteful government spending, President Obama has ordered federal agencies to cut unnecessary distribution of IT devices to employees and cut printing costs by offering more information online. The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Is Technology Creating or Destroying Jobs? | IdeaFeed | Big Think By Big Think Editors American unemployment has remained above nine percent since the onset of the Great Recession despite ongoing technological advancements which are meant to deliver more jobs. What can explain this? "America's current employment ... Big Think

Angel technology investment moves upstream By Stephanie Baum Angel investment groups are investing with venture capital firms in technology companies generating revenue. Read how that trend impacts early stage investment. MedCity News

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