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Submission + - Researchers Develop Super Batteries From Aerogel (inhabitat.com) 1

greenerd writes: "Researchers from the University of Central Florida may have found the most efficient (and most bizarre) battery material yet – ‘frozen smoke’, also known as Aerogel. One of the world’s lightest solids, aerogel contains multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) which each one several thousands thinner than human hair. The researchers, Associate Professor Lei Zhai and Postdoctoral Associate Jianhua Zou, believe that this material could soon become the best energy storage material for capacitors and batteries."
Facebook

Submission + - Students Suspended, Expelled Over Facebook Posts (zdnet.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Two students have been suspended, and one student has been expelled, over negative Facebook postings they made about a teacher. The individuals are in seventh grade at Chapel Hill Middle School, meaning they are either 12 or 13 years old, according. The children are accused of violating a portion of the school code that is a “level one” offense, the worst possible: “Falsifying, misrepresenting, omitting, or erroneously reporting” allegations of inappropriate behavior by a school employee toward a student.

Comment Re:I could have run cygwin! (Score 2, Funny) 338

If I had DOS then I could have installed an old version of cygwin and then got my favourite GNU tools working! Jobs would have had a fit it I could have done that.

Even worse, you could have run loadlin and run an old distro on your phone. Play with it a bit and I'm sure someone would have found another way of getting Android up and running on it. :)

Comment Re:Well duh....but.... (Score 1) 133

Oh, so they're like every other industrialized nation, especially when they start rapidly picking up momentum. China is starting to flex its collective muscle just like European countries, the US, and other nations did in the past. The difference this time is that China as a country hold about 1/4 of the world's population. They will only listen to the world's concerns when enough people bitch and don't buy products manufactured there. The first part of that last sentence is easy to carry out. Everyone likes to bitch and moan. The second part of it, well, that's a weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit more difficult to say the least.

Comment Re:Not Cross Platform (Score 1) 196

Aren't all three platforms based on .NET with variances in the build for the specific architecture? They've done in essence what Sun has been trying (and succeeding in numerous ways) of building for one platform and distributing to many. .NET is Microsoft's JAVA. This isn't surprising, it is EXPECTED!!! Ok, done with my rant. Please, move along....
Iphone

Submission + - Netflix Gauging Interest in an iPhone App (nytimes.com)

gollum123 writes: If a new survey sent out to Netflix subscribers is any indication, the iPhone might be the next device that its streaming service rolls out on in the coming months. According to a tip sent to Hacking Netflix, the subscription video company is now asking users how likely they would be to use an iPhone app to view movies via its online streaming service. According to the survey, an iPhone app would give users all the same functionality that they have when streaming on a PC or other device, including all the same movies and TV shows without advertisements or trailers. If the app is rolled out, the ability to watch on the Apple mobile device would be offered at no additional charge to existing Netflix subscribers. There is one potential downside to such a release: Based on the survey questions, it appears that the app would require users to be connected to a Wi-Fi network, so they wouldn’t be able to stream from AT&T’s wireless network.
Graphics

Submission + - Nvidia launches Ion 2 graphics for netbooks (pcmag.com)

adeelarshad82 writes: While 3D gaming and 1080p HD videos were available when netbooks arrived on the scene, it took products like Nvidia's Ion graphics to make them viable. With the latest batch of netbooks, Nvidia's Ion 2 will take the concept further. In a nutshell, Ion 2 takes the form of a discrete graphics chip, and will simply be known as "Ion 2", instead of a GeForce variant. The chip itself is now 40 percent smaller in physical size than the original Ion chip. It will ship in two versions: An 8-core chip reserved for 10-inch netbooks, like the newly-minted Acer Aspire One 532g, and a 16-core version, for 11-inch and 12-inch netbooks like the HP Mini 311 and the Lenovo Ideapad S12 (Ion). Both Ion 2 versions will have support for HDMI or DisplayPort technologies.
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Snuck IE Clones Into Ballot (eweekeurope.co.uk)

judgecorp writes: The EC has forced Microsoft to include other browsers in a ballot screen — but according to critics, several of the lesser known alternatives are actually Internet Explorer under the hood, as they are based on the Microsoft rendering engine. Getting these browsers in "throgh the back door" will give Microsoft greater dominance, it has been claimed,

Comment Re:Wait a second? (Score 1) 135

To answer your questions:

1. Depending on where you are in the world, yes or no. In NZ, yes, you can use whatever network you wish

2. I didn't know Skype wasn't allowed! I have Skype on my non-jailbroken phone. I picked it up on the App Store for free. To get to your point though, no, you cannot use the other app stores around which is a serious shame

3. I play MP3s all the time. No DRM.
If it is a 3G or a 3GS at firmware 3.1.2 then yes, you can jailbreak pretty damn easily. You can just as easily put it back in jail if you like.

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