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Submission + - Will the iPhone 5 help Apple Regain Market Share? (techaheadcorp.com)

Submitted by nancyfromafrica on Thursday October 04, 2012 @02:12AM

nancyfromafrica writes: With the increasing number of competitors in the smartphone market, will the new iPhone 5 be able to help Apple regain the market share. . At present, as per Q2 statistics from Gartner, Samsung leads in terms of the number of devices shipped worldwide.

Submission + - iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide (yahoo.com)

Submitted by nancyfromafrica on Friday September 21, 2012 @07:28AM

nancyfromafrica writes: In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Paris to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone.
Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Asia, Europe and North America to be the first to get their hands on the latest version of the smartphone.

Comment why (Score 1) 250

by nancyfromafrica on Thursday September 06, 2012 @02:19AM (#41244239) Attached to: Did Sweden Pay Cambodia For the Pirate Bay Co-founder?

why is everyone after the torrent sites these days

Submission + - Windows 7 is now the Most Popular Desktop Operating System (paritynews.com)

Submitted by hypnosec on Monday September 03, 2012 @07:41AM

hypnosec writes: Windows 7 has managed to dethrone Windows XP as the world’s most popular desktop OS with a market share of 42.76%. August saw Windows 7 take a fractional lead of 0.24 per cent points over Windows XP which managed to garner a 42.52% market share. Windows 7 has managed to gain nearly 1% of market share month-on-month basis last year whereas Windows XP saw a similar decline in its share.

Submission + - 3D printing on the micrometer scale (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover on Monday September 03, 2012 @04:51AM

cylonlover writes: Three-dimensional printers are popping up everywhere these days. Some are small enough to fit in a briefcase and others are large enough to build print houses, but scientists at the Vienna University of Technology are going for the microscopic. Earlier this year, the university built a 3D printer that uses lasers to operate on a tiny small scale. Now they're refining the technique to enable precise placement a selected molecule in a three-dimensional material. This process, called “3D-photografting,” can potentially be used to create a “lab on a chip” or artificially grow living tissue.

Submission + - Optogenetic control of muscle tissue (mit.edu)

Submitted by submeta on Sunday September 02, 2012 @06:42PM

submeta writes: Researchers at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania have genetically engineered skeletal muscle cells to respond to light. The hope is that this 'bio-integrated' approach may lead to 'highly articulated, flexible robots'. The technique, known as optogenetics, has previously been used to stimulate neurons to fire.

Comment Re:Question (Score 1) 30

by nancyfromafrica on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @02:14AM (#40981553) Attached to: Machine Learning Allows Actors To Create Games That Understand Body Language

We will get some awesome games with better AI in the future

Comment Re:And it's cartridges will... (Score 2) 140

by nancyfromafrica on Monday August 13, 2012 @06:56AM (#40971365) Attached to: Color Printing Reaches Its Ultimate Resolution

it will come down with time, new technology is always expensive

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