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The Military

Submission + - Quantum-enhanced radar can't be fooled by electronic detection countermeasures (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover
cylonlover writes: The military use of radar has always had a ying-yang dynamic – as new forms of radar are developed, so too are new ways to jam them. A team of physicists at the University of Rochester has discovered how to defeat the latest active radar jamming methods by taking advantage of the quantum properties of photons. While this new anti-jamming technology cannot remove the false information, it provides an immediate alert that false information is being received.
Science

Submission + - nanostructured semiconductor alloy crystals heat to be manipulated like light (eurekalert.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A new technique allows allows thermocrystals to be created that can manipulate heat (a vibration of the atomic lattice of a material). Predicted manipulations include the ability to selectively transmit / reflect or concentrate heat much like light waves can be manipulated by lenses and mirrors. Applications range from better thermoelectric devices to switchable heat insulating/transmitting materials etc. Perhaps this will result in better cooling/heating mechanisms or more efficient engines.
Iphone

Submission + - Phil Schiller puts damper on cheap iPhone rumors (networkworld.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A number of media outlets this week issued reports claiming that Apple is planning to release a more economical iPhone model sometime in 2013. While the initial report from Digitimes may have been glossed over by many, subsequent reports were soon published by both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. The thrust of these rumors was that Apple, in an effort to make inroads in emerging markets and to appeal to more cost-conscious consumers, was working on a iPhone model in the $99-$149 range that would utilize cheaper materials so that Apple could maintain its already healthy profit margins.

Addressing these rumors in a somewhat roundabout way, Apple's Senior VP of Marketing Phil Schiller on Thursday was interviewed by the Shanghai Evening News where he arguably dismissed the notion of a cheaper iPhone.
China

Submission + - Is China's Game Business Model Superior? (industrygamers.com)

Submitted by donniebaseball23
donniebaseball23 writes: While the U.S. and Europe continue to talk about a digital gaming future, the fact is that the majority of revenues still come from retail. In China, however, where piracy has run rampant, the industry already is almost 100% online and developers have embraced the digital delivery and free-to-play model. Notable designer American McGee (known for Alice and Grimm) believes the Chinese model represents the future for Western game makers. "Why waste resources on a physical location and unreliable employees when the entire experience can be made sharper, cleaner and more entertaining in the virtual representation? China provides a working model of the store-less retail model — millions of people purchase real-world items online (taobao.com) each day — making Western electronic stores like Best Buy nothing more than places to fondle physical goods you're going to buy online anyway (Best Buy went out of business in China in less than 2 years, by the way)," he remarked.
Science

Submission + - Diamond planets and climate change (theconversation.edu.au)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Recently my colleagues and I announced the discovery (http://theconversation.edu.au/diamond-planet-found-if-you-like-it-then-you-should-have-put-a-ring-on-it-3069) of a remarkable planet orbiting a special kind of star known as a pulsar.
Based on the planet’s density, and the likely history of its system, we concluded that it was certain to be crystalline. In other words, we had discovered a planet made of diamond.
Following the publication (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/08/19/science.1208890.abstract) of our finding in the journal Science, our research received amazing attention from the world’s media.
The attention we received was 100% positive, but how different that could have been.
How so? Well, we could have been climate scientists
The Internet

Submission + - $300M to save 6 milliseconds? (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by whoever57
whoever57 writes: A new transatlantic cable (the first in 10 years) is going to be laid at the cost of $300M. The reason? To shave 6ms off the time time to transmit packets from London to New York. The Hibernian Express will reduce the transit time of 65 milliseconds by a mere 6 ms, however the investors believe that the financial community will be lining up to pay premium rates to use the new cable. The article suggests that a a one millisecond advantage could be worth $100M per year to a large hedge fund.
Linux

Submission + - Skein Hash... in Bash (blogspot.com)

Submitted by Matt16060936
Matt16060936 writes: ...Last night (err.. 3am this morning) I finished an implementation of the Skein 512-512 hash algorithm (version 1.3). I'm a fan of Skein and hope it wins the SHA-3 competition next year. One of the nice things about Skein is how quickly it's been adopted by many platforms and implemented in many languages. To that end, I present Skein 512-512 implemented in Bash.
Handhelds

Submission + - GameStop Developing Its Own Android Tablet (pcmag.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: GameStop has confirmed rumors that it is planning to jump into the tablet market with a device dedicated to gaming. '[GameStop President Tony Bartel said] this week that Android was capable of running what he called a "GameStop-certified gaming platform" and that GameStop would be self-branding existing tablet hardware built by an unspecified third-party manufacturer. ... GameStop will sell its gaming tablet alongside consoles and handheld gaming devices from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and others, he said.' There's no release date yet, but the device is currently being tested by consumers. 'GameStop will ship the tablet with a dedicated controller, though he admitted that "[t]here's not a lot of tablet/android based games for the consumer that are designed to use an external controller."'"
Medicine

Submission + - Fatherhood Decreases Testosterone (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by Med-trump
Med-trump writes: A new study shows that becoming a father leads to a sharp decline in testosterone, suggesting that although high levels of the hormone may help men win a mate, testosterone-fueled traits such as aggression and competition are less useful when it comes to raising children. The study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that testosterone levels were lowest in men who reported spending the greatest amount of time spent caring for their children.
Science

Submission + - US fires up gigabit app dev. for ultrafast nets (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "The US government and the National Science Foundation have announced a plan they say will go a long way toward building applications that can take advantage of ultrafast broadband networks. Dubbed US Ignite, the plan is to use existing high-speed fiber optic and wireless networks, such as the NSF's GENI network to link universities and a growing number of communities with networks that are 10-100 times faster than current residential broadband Internet services, according to as post on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy site."
Microsoft

Submission + - Mouse Without Borders: a free software KM (no V) (extremetech.com) 3

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft‘s Mouse without Borders is a free application that lets people use a single mouse across multiple computers. That means the cursor will go from one computer to the next as if they were simply multiple displays hooked up to the same system. Files can be dragged and dropped from one machine to the next, and up to four computers can be connected at once. What’s more, the software removes the borders from your keyboard as well — so it too can be used on up to four systems — and it allows for copying and pasting across machines.
Cloud

Submission + - Ford Evos cloud-connected concept car unveiled (everythingnew.net) 1

Submitted by
hasanabbas1987
hasanabbas1987 writes: "The sparkling red eye candy or simply Ford Evos revealed itself at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. The Evos is termed as cloud-connected meaning it can learn your prefrences, save them somewhere on its clever system, download traffic detail from the internet, show points of interests on maps and that is just the standard options. Its a plug-in hybrid to it will run on full batteries for about 500 miles and when the charge run out, use the all green motor to be all gentle on the environment, something which the looks of the cars disagree with. It will even help you select between EV and normal modes, depending upon roads ahead of you. And just to throw in a last minute detail, it also monitors the heartbeat of the driver as he sits in “the hot seat”"

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