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MG Seigler on Paris Lemon.com

MG Seigler discussing the growing spat between Google and Microsoft over Google’s alleged bypassing of Internet Explorer’s security settings.

Could also be the dictionary definition of the personality of one Sheldon Cooper.

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Israeli scientists develop prototype of Geordi’s Star Trek VISOR

It never ceases to amaze me how many things from Star Trek are coming true

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Incredible Lego Prosthetic Arm

Check out this incredible prosthetic arm made entirely of lego. It was designed to mimic the full range of human movement and I have to say, it’s one of the most impressive lego creations I’ve seen to date

Via Make

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The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions of Lives

Fascinating article from Gizmodo on a subcutaneous medical device developed by Nasa. Worth a read.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Prototype Image Leaked

Samsung Galaxy Note Prototype Image Leaked

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Scientists Produce Transparent Aluminium: Scotty Was Right!

This will be of interest to those who have seen Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Another piece of science foretold in Star Trek that is now becoming a reality.

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A Sneak Peak at Photoshop 6

I like the new dark interface. Looking forward to see what else is in the final version.

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Business for Social Responsibility Challenges the facts in the New York Times Piece on Apple’s China Suppliers

Earlier this week, BSR asked the New York Times to correct inaccurate and misleading information in the story that ran on January 26, 2012 entitled “In China, the Human Costs That Are Built Into an iPad.” Here we present our letter to the editor that we submitted following publication of the article, as well as the main points we made to the New York Times in a letter sent on January 17, prior to publication. While some changes were made to the story, we believe that several important inaccuracies and misleading information remained in the story that was published on January 26.
Aron Cramer, President and CEO of BSR

It’s worth reading the letter as it highlights what they believe are some pretty big flaws in the New York Times article.

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Apple Propping Up The PC Market

When pundits and bloggers keep pushing the notion that Apple will inevitably fail in the smartphone market because it will be a repeat of the Windows / Mac race (it just will – right) they always neglect to mention the current outcome of that so called “failure”. Right now, if it wasn’t for Apple’s Mac numbers propping up the PC industry’s sales figures the industry’s decline would be even worse than reported.

Great analysis by Tom Reestman

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Samsung Credits Mobile with Half of All Profits

Samsung has detailed its full results following a brief preview earlier in the month. The Korean electronics giant mustered the equivalent of $42 billion in revenue, but owed much of this and its profit to a 30 percent increase in its cellphone business. Almost half of its working profit, $2.3 billion out of $4.7 billion, came from its mobile group; profit as a whole was up 17 percent.
Mac NN

What’s curious about the statements from Samsung is they didn’t release Smartphone sales numbers. Or numbers of its Tablets for that matter. You would think, given its very public attacks on Apple in particular, it would want to tout these numbers, so I ind it curious that it is keeping the details to its chest.

Just sayin’

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Motorola Posts 80m Quarterly loss

Ouch. Looks like Google made a really good deal there.

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Android Loses Market Share

Looks like the unstoppable force has ….well, stopped.

I’m sure that all those pundits who are convinced that the whole Android / iOS thing is a replay of mac / windows will be convinced by this news, and that of Apple’s earnings.

I’m sure of it.

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SOPA’s evil twin PIPA faces defeat in US Senate

The power of the protest.

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The President’s Challenge

Nat Torkington brilliantly illustrates the deeper problem with SOPA and the entertainment industry.

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Rupert Murdoch Labels Google a Piracy Leader

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has used his new Twitter account to unleash a stream of abuse against Google, describing the search giant as a “piracy leader” and labelling parts of its business model as “plain stealing”.
Macworld UK

Given the current voice mail scandal surrounding Murdoch’s companies I think calling out google for “stealing” is a bit cheeky.

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