The Nexus 10 tablet running Android 4.2

Google has officially launched the new Nexus 10 tablet running Android 4.2. Built by Samsung but clearly designed by Google, the tablet features a very impressive 10-inch screen at 2560 x 1600 resolution, clocking in at 300ppi. Google calls it "True RGB Real Stripe PLS," and in our short time with the tablet we found it to be on par with the iPad's Retina display, with sharp text, excellent color fidelity, and great viewing angles. The Nexus 4 has a 4.7-inch 1280x768 display and uses a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 1.5GHz Krait CPUs, 2GB of RAM, NFC chip, and has options for either 8GB or 16GB of internal storage. An 8-megapixel camera is embedded on the back and a 1.3-megapixel camera on the front. The Nexus 4's body measures 9.1 millimeters thick, 1.5 millimeters thicker than the iPhone 5. Inside is a 2,100mAh battery that will provide a prodigious 15.3 hours of talk time, according to Google. The phone will not be able to access 4G LTE networks, and does not have an expandable storage slot. Google has stated the phone will feature wireless charging, but has not specified whether the accessories that enable this feature will be included in the box. Overall, the Nexus 10 was easily the best-feeling and best-performing 10-inch Android tablet we've seen — but whether or not there's a real market for 10-inch Android tablets is another matter entirely. Google is selling the tablet for $399 for the 16GB version and $499 for the 32GB version, which makes it $100 less expensive than a comparable iPad with Retina display. That price differential may help juice sales, but buyers will still have to contend with the anemic options in the Android tablet app ecosystem. It will be available on November 13th in the Google Play Store in the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada.

Biological Computer

U.S Scientists claims that they ave developed the world's first "biological computer' that is made from biomolecules and can decipher images encrypted on DNA chips.
A team from the Scripps Research Institute in California and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology claims it has created the computing system using bio-molecules, Angewandte Chemie journal reported.
In the research, when suitable software was applied to the biological computer, the scientists found that it could decrypt, separately, fluorescent images of Scripps Research Institute and Technion logos. And, although DNA has been used for encryption in the past, this is the first experimental demonstration of a molecular cryptosystem of images based on DNA computing, say the scientists led by professor Ehud Keinan.
"In contrast to electronic computers, there are computing machines in which all four components are nothing but molecules,"Keinan said.
"For example, all biological systems and even entire living organisms are such computers. Every one of us is a biomolecular computer, a machine in which all four components are molecules that "talk' to one another logically,"he said. The hardware and software in these devices, Keinan notes, are complex biological molecules that activate one another to carry out some predetermined chemical work.
The input is a molecule that undergoes specific, predetermined changes, following a specific set of rules (software), and the output of this chemical computation process is another well-defined molecule.
But, what a biological computer looks like?
"This computer is built by combining chemical components into a solution in a tube. Various small DNA molecules are mixed in solution with selected DNA enzymes and ATP. The latter is used as the energy source of the device.
"It's a clear solution — you don't really see anything.
Molecules start interacting upon one another, and we watch what happens.

Sony to launch fastest XQD cards

Sony will start selling memory cards capable of write speeds of 125 Mbps from February. This will be the first cards launched under the new XQD card format.

This XQD card format utilizes PCI Express as its data transfer interface rather than SATA or PATA and can achieve extremely high read speeds and storage capacities.

These new cards address the issue of bottlenecking in high-end cameras caused by low write speeds. The amount of data processed by raw images and high-definition videos is often too much for current memory units to handle quickly, resulting in lagging video and pauses between taking a picture and the actual image obtained.

Sony has announced that the new cards will launch with 16 GB (the QD-H16) and 32 GB (QD-H32) versions along with readers compatible with USB 3.0 (MRW-E80) and PCI slots (QDA-EX1) for computers. The costs of these cards are quite high at $129.99 for the H16 and $229.99 for the H32. The readers themselves are far cheaper, at only $44.99 for the E80 and $44.99 for the EX1.

The Indonesian Mimic Octopus

A researcher shooting video in Indonesian waters captures a jawfish mimicking an octopus that itself mimics other fish.




As you saw in the above two videos, the mimic octopus is a brazen and audacious creature that got that way after it evolved a complex set of characters.

During a diving trip in Indonesia in July 2011, Godehard Kopp of the University of Göttingen in Germany, filmed a never-before-seen interaction between these two animals. In his video, we see the small and shy black marble jawfish closely following a brazen and audacious mimic octopus whilst it moves across the sandy bottom. The jawfish's markings are very similar to those of the octopus and as you'll see, it is quite difficult to see the fish as swims amongst the octopus's many arms.

Firefox for Android on tablets

Firefox announced a new version of Firefox for Android, optimized for tablets.
The new Firefox for Android also comes with some bells and whistles for dvelopers to enable them to create interactive mobile web experiences.

Mozilla says it aims to be very visual and “magazine-like” with this version. It integrates Firefox sync so you always have access to your browsing history, open tabs, bookmarks, saved passwords, etc.
Tabs appear as thumbnails, and the browser is optimized for portrait and widescreen modes.
“With the new Action Bar menu (next to the Awesome Bar), you can access Firefox Preferences, Add-ons, downloads and more. The Action Bar adds the back, forward and bookmark buttons for easy access,” Mozilla says. “One-touch bookmarks enable you to add an icon to your Android home screen for your favorite websites and Web apps, making Web apps as easy to use as native apps.”
“Developers will enjoy new HTML5 tools in Firefox that make it easier to create fun and interactive mobile Web experiences for phones and tablets,” says Mozilla. “The HTML5 Input Tag for Camera Access enables developers to make websites and Web apps more powerful and interactive. Developers can build mobile websites and Web apps that allow you to use the camera on an Android phone or tablet to take pictures, scan bar codes and more without leaving Firefox.

Google to release branded tablet

Google has announced that it  will begin marketing a tablet to rival Apple and all others. The tablet could be ready within the next six months, although any specific details regarding the device were left to the imagination.
In an interview with Italian newspaper,Schmidt pointing out that he realized the revolutionary potential of the tablet beyond vertical and enterprise markets by bringing it to the consumer level. He even called the iPad an amazing product but of course was quick to remind readers that the two companies are competitors and that Google plans to market a tablet in the next six months “of the highest quality.”
 

How to embed a Tweet

With new twitter users now can place embeddable tweets on their websites by simply using one line of code. A single-click action also lets visitors follow the creator of a tweet.
Your website visitors will see a Tweet that focuses on the content by surfacing the conversation and media. Visitors can follow the author with a single-click, and reply, retweet, or favorite the Tweet without leaving the page:

Try it on your website by clicking “Embed this Tweet” from any permalink page in the newly launched Twitter. If you use WordPress or Posterous Spaces, it's easier than ever to embed Tweets.
 

Microsoft Releases Xbox Live app for iPhone, iPad

Microsoft released an Xbox Live app for iOS devices on Wednesday.

My Xbox Live lets users edit their 3-D avatars, chat with Xbox Live friends and revel in their achievements.

The iPhone app features the horizontal bar across the bottom of the screen that houses the same sort of circular icons you'd find in a Windows Phone 7 app. Also included: a clever browser-based demo that lets you virtually explore the UI of a Windows Phone from your Android or iPhone handset.

While you may already be on a phone of a different OS, it has potential to lure potential defectors over to Microsoft's mobile platform.

My Xbox Live is available free for download on the iPhone and iPad in the App Store.

How To Delete your Facebook account

1. Prepare a list of any sites that you log into using the Facebook connect feature.  You'll need to go each of those sites and close your accounts there. If you log into any of them over the 14 day period it counts and you'll have to start over. You can always recreate the accounts later.

2. Go to Facebook Account Deletion page. If the site asks you to log in, do so. You'll be taken to a page titled "Delete My Account". There are two buttons click the button labeled "Submit".

3. You will now be asked, "You are about to permanently delete your account. Are you sure?" If you are sure, then you need to enter your password. There's also one of those security boxes where you enter the random text. Then click the button labeled "OK".

4. If you don't login during those 14 days afterwards your account will be gone.

5. You will receive a note to your e-mail from Facebook that you've initiated the deletion process. If you don't receive this e-mail it's possible that the process may not have begun and you'll need to try again.

Note: It takes 14 days for Facebook to officially delete your account. If you log into your account before those 14 days are up you'll need to restart the deletion process. This is the most complicated part of the process.

top searched term on the Web in 2011

Apple's iPhone is the top searched term on the Web in 2011, according to Yahoo! The company said the smartphone proved more popular than reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian, pop star Katy Perry and singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, who placed in the top five.

American Casey Anthony, the woman acquitted of the murder of her young daughter after a highly publicised trial, was No 2. "This is the first time since 2002 that we have had a gadget at No 1, which is an iPhone." Vera Chan, a Web trend analyst at Yahoo!, said in a conference call announcing the results of the review now in its 10th year. "Even though the product has been around for four years it just became such a major news story," she added. PlayStation2 topped the list in 2002.

Chan credited the iPhone with helping to facilitate political movements around the world and said the device embodied the vision of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs who died in October. Women dominated the list, capturing six out of the top 10 spots.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan made headlines for a brief stay in jail and court appearances for violating probation on drunken driving and theft charges captured the No 6 spot. Actress Jennifer Aniston, a first timer on the top 10 list along with Lopez, came in eighth. In addition to the Casey Anthony trial, the Japan earthquake and Osama bin Laden who was killed in a US assault in Pakistan earlier this year, were the only news stories to make the top 10.

"People don't have to search for details they get in the news, and it is rare that a news story end up on the overall list," said Chan. Pop princess Britney Spears, who dominated the list in the top spot for four consecutive years, failed to make the list his year. "American Idol," which was the most search item in 2004, placed seventh. The Yahoo! list is based on aggregated visitor activity on the network and billions of consumer searches.

Google unveils revamped version of Google TV

Google unveiled a revamped version of its Google TV service on Friday, bringing new features aimed at making the product easier-to-use and more appealing to consumers.


The new 2.0 version of Google TV provides new tools for recommending movies, TV programs and online videos to TV viewers, and makes it easier for software developers to create new apps for the television screen.

Google TV -- which currently comes built-in on certainSony Corp television models and on Logitech International set-top boxes -- allows consumers to access online videos and websites on their TVs, as well as to play with specialized apps such as video games. 

Google does not disclose how many users it has for Google TV, which was launched with great fanfare last year. But some analysts say that version 1.0 of the product has been a flop. 

"The fire they were trying to start never even got a spark," said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey. 

The $299 price for the least-expensive Google TV device was too high, said McQuivey (Logitech has since reduced the price of its device to $100). And the fact that many of the television networks, perhaps sensing a threat from Google, blocked the Web-based versions of their shows from being accessible on Google TV devices created confusion among consumers, he said. 

For Google, which generated 96 percent of its revenue from advertising last year, television represents a significant opportunity for expansion. According to industry research firm IDC, television advertising in the U.S. this year is expected to be a nearly $70 billion market. 

Having a foothold in the living room could also be important for Google as the lines between traditional media and the Internet blur and as Google moves to bolster the rich trove of amateur videos on its YouTube website with professionally-produced content.  

Google+ opens to Google Apps users

Google+ is now open to users of Google Apps, the tech giant's suite of cloud-based business application.

Google's new social network will work a bit differently for those using Google+ with a Google Apps account versus a personal Google account. 

For one, Google Apps users will be using email addresses that are tied to their workplace  whether abusiness or an educational institution -- to get onto Google+. As such, Google is allowing businesses to have administrative control over all Google+ accounts integrated with Google App accounts.

"Because you're signing up for Google+ with your corporate email address, your Google Apps administrator retains the right to access your Google+ data and modify or delete it at any time,"Google said in a suggestion of text to send out via email that Google Apps users who want to use Google+ for work too. Google does advise that businesses "edit based on your organization's policies," so it's up to a business as to how they handle this ability.

Google also said that it would soon roll out a migration tool that will allow users with a personal Google+ account to move them over to a Google Apps integrated Google+ account.

"With this tool, you won't have to rebuild your circles, and people who've already added you to their circles will automatically be connected to your new profile," Ho said. "We expect this migration option to be ready in a few weeks, so if you'd like, you can go ahead and get started with your Apps account today and merge your connections once the tool is available."

 

Google To Shut Down Buzz Service

Google on Friday said it plans to shut down Buzz. "In a few weeks we’ll shut down Google Buzz and the Buzz API, and focus instead on Google+," said Google product vice president Bradley Horowitz in a blog posting. "While people obviously won't be able to create new posts after that, they will be able to view their existing content on their Google Profile, and download it using Google Takeout."

Google announced the closure of a few other services as well. In January, it will shut down Code Search, a service that let people search for open-source code. Google will also close Jaiku, a Twitter-like service it acquired in 2007.

Google is also shutting down the University Research Program for Google Search, which offered API (application programming interface) access to Google's search results for researchers.

The announcement follows another in early September about a number of other services that Google would shut down, including Aardvark, Fast Flip, Sidewiki, Image Labeler and others.

Steve Jobs profile in comic book

A comic book on the life of Apple's former chief executive Steve Jobs is being released.

Bluewater Productions are releasing a special edition e-book of the 32-page comic titled "Steve Jobs: Founder of Apple".

It will be available to buy on the NOOK and Kindle from Thursday next week, with the print edition due for release at the end of October.

Bluewater has said a portion of the profits from both issues to the American Cancer Society

No web browsing from Kindle Touch 3G

Amazon has officially confirmed that the next-generation Kindle Touch 3G won't include full web access.

Flickr unveiled Photo Session and the Flickr Android app

Yahoo's Photo-sharing service Flickr unveiled Photo Session and the Flickr Android app on Thursday.

Photo Session is a feature designed to encourage friends and family to share photos at the same time, no matter where they are in the world.

For example you've taken a thousand photos on your recent trip and you want to share them with relatives and friends at the same time. Well, the first thing to do is edit them down to the best 50, because you can bet your bottom dollar not one of them will want to sit through a slideshow that goes well into the night, no matter how good the pics are.

Once you ve picked out the best, set up a Photo Session and then invite whoever you like to browse the photos at exactly the same time.

"When you move to the next photo it moves for everyone else too according a post on the website's blog.

The fun part is that while you're viewing the photos, you can all chat with each other and even draw on the pictures using the built-in tools. Up to 10 others can join in the communal global slideshow, and it can be viewed on a PC, iPhone and iPad.

Flickr also launched its official Android app on Thursday. It's been a while coming, considering that the iPhone version has been around for over two years. The app enables users to take pics, jazz them up with filters, and easily post them to sites like Facebook and Twitter.

"Browsing and navigating has been custom designed for Flickr to make use of maps, tags, and activity around your photos. "You can stay up to date with the latest comments and activity on your photos and take advantage of gorgeous full screen browsing and slideshows."

Amazon Unveils Kindle Fire

Amazon on Wednesday officially introduced the Kindle Fire, the device has a 7-inch touchscreen, weighs 14.6 ounces and is outfitted with a dual-core processor. But the most important feature may be the price. At $199 the Fire is less than half the price of the Apple iPad, which starts at $499. It is the first tablet from a major company to seriously undercut the iPad in price.

Online storage for movies, books, and music will be free for Kindle Fire owners, extending storage beyond the device's built-in 8GB of memory.

Amazon makes several devices that include 3G cellular connections, but the initial version of the Fire will be Wi-Fi only.

While the Fire is smaller than the iPad with its 10-inch screen and it doesn't have a camera, the tablet is much lighter so that it can be comfortably held in one hand. And it supports all the popular video formats, including Adobe's Flash—something Apple refuses to do. Taking another jab at Apple, Bezos showed one slide of an Apple USB cable, promising that the Kindle Fire would do away with the cords and would update wirelessly

The Fire uses a dual-core processor and the latest version of Google Android software and looked zippy in hands-on demonstrations. Apps will also be available for the device, but Amazon is clearly focused on tying its own services into the tablet.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/28/amazon-to-take-on-apple-ipad-with-kindle-fire-tablet/#ixzz1ZGxLX800

Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update

Microsoft has started to roll-out the latest version of its Windows Phone operating system.Codenamed ‘Mango’, version 7.5 includes enhanced social network contact and calendar integration, as well as improved multitasking.

The new software is available for free to customers who have already bought Windows Phone 7 handsets, such as the HTC Trophy. Nokia is set to launch its first Windows devices at the end of October.

The new software was also accompanied by the launch of a new web marketplace for apps, allowing users to buy from their PCs as well as their phones.

ango also adds long-awaited multitasking, which lets users move freely between applications and pick up and resume where they left off. 4G wireless support is embedded, and for security-conscious enterprise customers, Mango adds support for Exchange-based rights-management rule.

Web browsing is enhanced with native support for Internet Explorer 9, which on Windows Phone 7 will drive hardware-accelerated graphics rendering as it does on the PC.

Firefox 7 Released

Firefox 7.0 has just been made available for Windows, OS X, and Linux users to download.

Firefox 7.0 is the first stable release to benefit from Mozilla's "MemShrink" initiative, which aims to improve the browser's speed and resource usage by reducing memory requirements and addressing memory leaks that can bog down the browser over long sessions, or for users with many tabs open simultaneously.

Other new additions include a new version of "Canvas," a Direct2D acceleration feature for HTML5 games and animations; support for the W3C navigation timing API, which can help developers measure page load time under a variety of different circumstances; and Telemetry, which can send anonymous information about your browsing sessions to Mozilla to aid in the identification of performance issues. Upon installing Firefox 7.0, you'll be given the opportunity to opt-in or opt-out of Telemetry.

The update should be available to current FIrefox users now, and you can always get the latest version manually at getfirefox.com.

iPhone 5 with 1GB RAM and voice control?

Apple's iPhone 5 will include a whopping 1GB of RAM and a voice control
system known as the Assistant, according to the latest reports

Based on details revealed by the source or sources, the new iPhone will
come equipped with the A5 chip, 1GB of internal memory, and an 8-megapixel
camera. The phone will also include a Qualcomm Gobi Baseband chipset that
will allow it to run on both CDMA and GSM networks, claims 9to5Mac's source.

Beyond the boost in memory, the most compelling feature to reportedly pop up
on the new phone will be a voice control system called the Assistant.
Described by 9to5Mac as "the biggest game changer" of the next iPhone,
the Assistant will allow users to navigate the device and issue commands
via voice.

Beyond requiring iOS 5, the new voice feature apparently needs some beefy
hardware to support it, specificially the A5 chip and the 1GB of memory.
If true, that means owners of older iPhone models won't be able to join in on
the conversations with their phones.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20112107-37/iphone-5-to-offer-1gb-ram-and-voice-control/#ixzz1ZA7nipf7

Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon's Android tablet will be called the Amazon Kindle Fire.

The Amazon Kindle Fire will be announced on Wednesday, and the suggestion is that it has a US launch date of the second week in November.

The Amazon Kindle Fire specs are looking increasingly likely to be set at a 7-inch Android tablet with a UI that has been heavily adapted by Amazon.

The Kindle Fire is likely to be subsidised by Amazon, with a lower price point likely to give it a fighting chance against not only the raft of Android tablet in the market but also Apple's dominant iPad 2.

Amazon already has its own Android app market, which will be a cornerstone of its strategy, but it will be sales of media such as films and TV shows, as well as books, which will recoup the investment of the internet shopping giant.

key features missing from Facebook Music

1. True music sharing
2. Real-time group listening
3. Music tab in the ticker
4. Apple
5. Independent developers

Read more at : cnn

New Facebook Overview

New Facebook Overview

First is the "lists" on the left-hand side of your homepage. You can make groups of people (like family or coworkers) so when you click on that tab, you see news only from those people.

You'll also notice something different on your news feed. You now have the option to mark each post as a "top story." To do that, click the top left corner of the post. This tells Facebook that you want to see more posts from that user.

The section that's been under the most scrutiny is the "ticker" on the right-hand side of your homepage. This is basically a real-time news feed and allows you to join in conversations without leaving your homepage.

To download something called "Better Facebook, go to betterfacebook.net . You can download the free browser extension, which essentially acts like an app. It lets you control exactly how you want your page to look. You can change background colors, and even remove the new "ticker" if it's really bothering you. According to their website, "Better Facebook" is a personal project of Matt Kruse, the sole programmer, designer, tester, documentation-writer, and marketer.

Yahoo News has been linked with Facebook

The U.S. edition of Yahoo News has been linked with Facebook to make it possible for users of the two sites to share with their Facebook friends the articles they have read on the Yahoo site.

For the integration features to work, Yahoo News visitors need to be logged into their Facebook accounts. If they are, they'll see a Facebook "facebar" placed horizontally near the top of Yahoo News with the profile photos of friends.

Then, they'll be able to see which Yahoo News stories those friends have clicked on, as well as make available their own Yahoo News reading activities to their friends. People's Yahoo News activities will also be reflected back on their Facebook profiles.

The link between Yahoo News and Facebook is an opt-in feature. If they have it on, users can choose at any time to turn it off completely. They can also have it on and delete specific entries from their list of articles viewed that they don't want their friends to see.

Source:pcworld

How to sign up for Facebook Timeline

Facebook has announced new feature called Timeline. While it's not currently available to most Facebook users, you can sign up, making your account eligible to receive the new feature earlier than most.

Timeline shows off your Facebook content in a brand-new way, and,it looks really interesting. Once available, users will interact with content in a completely new way on Facebook.

To get early access to the new feature, you will need to visit the Timeline page on Facebook, log in to your Facebook account, and click on the Sign Me Up button on the bottom right of the screen.

After you have clicked on the Sign Me Up button, your account is eligible for the Timeline feature once it begins rolling out. Facebook usually announces a new feature and slowly rolls it out over the coming days and weeks, giving priority access to those who have taken the time to indicate they want to use the new feature.