Monday, December 22, 2008

22-Dec-2008 AM clippings

Enjoy:

Lenovo introduce a desktop replacement laptop with a 17-inch primary scrren and a 10.5-inch secondary screen that slides out:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124101&intsrc=hm_list

The Android mobile phone OS gets support for Bluetooth stereo headsets and remote control amongst other improvements:
http://hackaday.com/2008/12/19/android-adds-a2dp-avrcp-bluetooth-and-more/#more-7056

Times Warner pull all their videos from the sandpit^W^W YouTube after contract negotiations break down:
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013484120

Another break in a submarine cable cuts connections between Europe, the Middle East and Asia:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7792688.stm

Scientists at UCLA mod a cellphone to turn it into a portable blood, analyzer capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/12/gallery_microscope_phone

Judges in the US label the use of brain scans to determine the truth as junk neuroscience, making it inadmissible in court:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026875.000-judges-junk-bogus-neuroscience.html

The next big consumer item for 2009 might well be solid-state lighting. Green and saves money, plus you can dim them:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217074908.htm

And finally. New Zealand windmill technology is being used to provide Afghan communities with power. How about more of it over here?:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10549217

Clippings is about to have a break. We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009!

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