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Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months 514

Posted by CmdrTaco from the more-competing-please dept.
tomhudson writes "Despite all the hype about Apple's latest iPhone, Android has sold more in the last 6 months (27% of all smartphone sales) than Apple (23%). The gains for Android are coming at the expense of RIM (still #1 at 33%, down from 45% a year ago), Windows Mobile (11%, down from 20%) and the iPhone (down from 34% at it's peak 6 months ago). If the current trend continues, Android is expected to be #1 within the year."

Comment Thats what they get for screwing Gray Powell (Score 0, Troll) 1204

by SilentSage (#31989872) Attached to: Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor
When they posted the Apple Engineer's name and screen shots of his facebook page complete with picture I lost all sympathy for those bastards. Maybe a year in pound me in the ass prison is bad but afterwards he will go on a damn book tour like some kind of hippie hero. Meanwhile Gray Powell's life will still be ruined.

Comment Protecting your sources (Score 2, Interesting) 853

by SilentSage (#31913838) Attached to: Gizmodo Blows Whistle On 4G iPhone Loser
This guy is not only a grade A bastard he should be trusted even less than the person who coughed up the I-phone. The kid who leaked the I-phone did it on accident. He was careless. Gizmodo intentionally burned their source even going so far as to post screen caps of his facebook page and his picture on one of the most widely read tech blogs on the internet. Not even the lowest of tabloids will reveal a source like Gizmodo did. Gizmodo in general should be shunned and that bastard Jesus Diaz in specific should be fired and no media outlet should ever hire him again.
Businesses

Can a Small Business Migrate Smoothly To OpenOffice.org v3? 503

Posted by timothy from the has-anyone-here-been-officially-trained-in-office dept.
Pay The Piper writes "As an IT Support Technician in a small corporation, I've been tasked by one of my managers to determine the feasibility of transitioning our small 40 or 50 person office from Microsoft Office 2000 to Open Office 3.0. What are some of the problems I may run into as far as document cross compatibility? Has the Open Office suite evolved to a point that permits easy transition from Microsoft's suite? Besides the obvious 'free vs. expensive' argument, what are some of the pros and cons of transitioning? Are there any reliable ways to view/edit/save a document saved in the OpenXML format through Open Office, or are my co-workers and I still going to be stuck in Microsoftland?" (Given that company-wide rollouts take some time to implement, this early look at the features of OO.o 3.1 may have some relevance, too.)
The Courts

6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves 1044

Posted by timothy from the nudity-is-for-in-person-only dept.
mikesd81 writes "MSNBC reports six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges after three teenage girls allegedly took nude or semi-nude photos of themselves and shared them with male classmates via their cell phones. Apparently, female students at Greensburg Salem High School in Greensburg, Pa., all 14 or 15 years old, face charges of manufacturing, disseminating or possessing child pornography while the boys, who are 16 and 17, face charges of possession. Police told the station that the photos were discovered in October, after school officials seized a cell phone from a male student who was using it in violation against school policy and the photos were discovered at that time. Police Capt. George Seranko was quoted as saying that the first photograph was 'a self portrait taken of a juvenile female taking pictures of her body, nude.' The school district issued a statement Tuesday saying that the investigation turned up 'no evidence of inappropriate activity on school grounds ... other than the violation of the electronic devices policy.'"

Comment No 3G Data means store will be crippled anyway (Score 0, Flamebait) 531

by SilentSage (#22672050) Attached to: An App Store For iPhone Software
Since the I-phone is not 3G capable (read far slower than dialup transfer rates) you had better be near a wi-fi hotspot or plugged into your computer to get all these new apps. Also since you cant change the battery in the handset, if you are at a hotspot forget using the phone or bluetooth unless you want your battery to die in like 10 minutes. Except for visual voicemail which is very cool and safari which is useless anyway because of the over the air data transfer rates the I-phone is overpriced, overhyped and under performing in every metric that a smartphone can be. I am not drinking the kool-aid on this one.

Feed Engadget: Siemens rolls out ultrasound-equipped MacBook Pro (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Laptops

We've seen MacBooks re-purposed for various uses in the past, but never quite like Siemens new "P50" laptop, which takes a standard issue (if slightly outdated) MacBook Pro and outfits it with some ultrasound equipment to accomodate doctors that just can't be tied down. Apparently designed specifically for cardiology and vascular applications, this one boasts an "array of transducers," along with an integrated stress echo function and a range of cardiology application packages which, Siemens says, "considerably simplifies and accelerates the workflow in echocardiography and vascular diagnosis." Mac fans may not want to boast too much about this one, however, as it seems that Siemens has opted to use Windows as a basis for the platform.

[Via The Raw Feed]

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Submission + - Whole body scan in under a minute

Submitted by Smivs
Smivs writes: A new scanner has been unveiled which can produce 3D body images of unprecedented clarity while reducing radiation by as much as 80%. The new 256-slice CT machine takes large numbers of X-ray pictures, and combines them using computer technology to produce the final detailed images. It also generates images in a fraction of the time of other scanners: a full body scan takes less than a minute. "This scanner allows radiologists to produce high quality images and is also designed to reduce patients' exposure to X-rays," Steve Rusckowski, chief executive of Philips Medical Systems, said. "It is so powerful it can capture an image of the entire heart in just two beats."

Feed Science Daily: Engineers Give Industry A Moth's Eye View (sciencedaily.com)

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Scientists have developed a new lens, based on the eye structure of the moth, which reflects very little light and has a wide number of industrial applications. When moths fly at night, their eyes need to capture all the light available. To do this, certain species have evolved nanoscopic structures on the surface of their eyes which allow almost no light to reflect off the surface and hence to escape.

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