The update includes video capture, plug-in support, improved battery life, and app performance, among other changes, for Pre and Pixi smartphone users.
Palm releases WebOS 1.4, adds video capture, Flash 10.1 plug-in
Categories: Cell Phones, Electronics
Apply an oscillating electric field to the anode of a lithium battery and the recharge drops dramatically, say chemists
One of the biggest problems with batteries is the time it takes to recharge them. Run out of juice and it'll be several hours before you're mobile again, a particular showstopper for electric vehicles.
Blog - New Charging Method Could Slash Battery Recharge Times
Categories: Electronics, F.Y.I.'s
Already a subscription service on the Web, the company will launch radio- and playlist-focused apps for the iPhone and Android platforms this spring.Originally posted at The Social
Mog's music service comes to iPhone, Android
Categories: Announcements
Who’s checking your Facebook profile? Scammers.
by Rik Ferguson
Yet another variation on a Spam theme for Facebook to deal with tonight. I have identified at least 25 different copies of the same rogue app with names such as peeppeep-pro, profile-check-online and stalk-my-profile
http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/whos-checking-your-facebook-profile-scammers/
Categories: F.Y.I.'s, Web Security
Malware delivered by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads
But wait, there's more...
Categories: F.Y.I.'s, Web Security
Changes in connectivity could help doctors choose the best therapies.
After a stroke, the brain suffers more broadly than just at the spot that was starved of blood. New research, which uses brain imaging to examine connections between different parts of the brain, shows that communication between the left and right hemispheres is often disrupted; the greater the disruption, the more profound the patient's impairment in movement or vision. Researchers hope to use the approach to predict which patients are mostly likely to recover on their own and which will need the most intensive therapy.
Brain Maps for Stroke Treatment
Categories: Science
The list of countries who back the non-binding Copenhagen Accord helps end weeks of uncertainty about support for the deal, agreed at an acrimonious summit in the Danish capital in December.
More Than 110 Nations Back Copenhagen Climate Deal
NASA can put a man on the moon, but the space agency can't tell you what the temperature was back then.
NASA Data Worse Than Climate-Gate Data, Space Agency Admits
