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01/25/2012
'Cloaking' a 3-D object from all angles demonstrated - BBC News
BBC News
BBC News
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Researchers have "cloaked" a three-dimensional object, making it invisible from all angles, for the first time. However, the demonstration works only for waves in the microwave region of the ...
Invisibility's Next Frontier: Scientists Cloak 3-D Objects
Cloaking device works in the lab
Cloak's on you: Scientists create 'invisible' object
01/28/2012
Social-network update: Facebook up; Twitter slow? - CNET
The Hindu
CNET
by Michelle Meyers January 28, 2012 4:01 PM PST Turns out it's pretty much business as usual today in social-network-land, despite earlier claims hackers would take down Facebook and despite a boycott of Twitter by users accusing the company of ...
Twitter's Country-specific Blocking Brings Hazards and Hope
Twitter's Censors Provoke Backlash
Twitter Enacts Censorship Regime
01/28/2012
Historic day for Jewish Australia - Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times
Websites in the Fairfax Digital Network offer streaming video and audio in the Flash format. Streaming media allows you to watch video on a website as a continuous feed, as opposed to waiting for an entire audio or video file to download to your ...
17th body recovered
01/27/2012
Intel buys RealNetworks patents and video codec software for $120 million - TechSpot
Moneycontrol.com
TechSpot
By Shawn Knight Intel has agreed to purchase roughly 190 patents, 170 patent applications and next generation video codec software from RealNetworks for $120 million. The buy isn't expected to have any material impact on RealNetworks' business as they ...
Intel Buys 190 Patents From RealNetworks
RealNetworks to Sell Patents to Intel
Intel buys RealNetworks' patents and video coding tech
01/28/2012
Game Jam Letters: Let's Just Do It - Kotaku Australia
MCV Pacific
Kotaku Australia
Game Jam Letters is a series of letters written by Kotaku AU about our time at Game Jam 2012, a competition where participants must create a fully-functioning game in 48-hours. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. In this letter Tracey thinks we should ...
Global Game Jam in full swing
The Game Making Game: Melbourne's 48 Hour Game Jam
2012 Global Game Jam At New England Tech This Weekend
01/26/2012
Apple's declining share of the growing tablet market - Sydney Morning Herald
The Guardian
Sydney Morning Herald
When asked if the emergence of new, lower-cost tablets was affecting the success of the iPad this week, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said he wasn't seeing it. "I looked at the data, particularly in the US, on a weekly basis after Amazon launched the ...
Google Android-powered tablets catching up with iPad but Apple still dominating
Android Gains Ground on iPad in Tablet Market
Android tablets closing in on iPad: researcher
01/28/2012
Smart fishers don't take what they can't eat - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
CATCH and release isn't the only thing practised by today's thinking anglers. Catch and respect is also gaining traction among those who like to eat their fish. Whereas our forefathers would fill their creels to overflowing and let the fish gasp in the ...
01/27/2012
Nikon D800 looks set to be unveiled early February - Digitaltrends.com
Digitaltrends.com
Digitaltrends.com
It appears a date has been set for the official launch of Nikon's D700 replacement, the D800. And it's only days away.... Rumors have been swirling around for some time about the launch date of Nikon's highly-anticipated full-frame D800 DSLR camera, ...
Nikon D800 to be unveiled February 7, new Coolpix cameras on February 2
Nikon D700 & D300S discontinued
Nikon D300s & D700s DSLR Cameras Now Offically Old Stock, New Models Coming
01/26/2012
Get a refurbished Logitech Harmony 650 remote for $39.99 - CNET
Bloomberg
CNET
by Rick Broida January 26, 2012 7:20 AM PST Follow @cheapskateblog Mo' gadgets often means mo' problems--or, at least, mo' remotes. That's why I continue to champion Logitech's Harmony series of universal remotes, which not only take the place of ...
Logitech runs out of Revue Google TV units, plans Harmony remote update
Logitech Harmony 1100i Advanced Universal Remote
The Logitech Revue is Sold Out â New Remotes are on the Way