Vulture 1 Mk 2 release mech prepped for testing
Coming soon: Hypobaric chamber - The Revisiting

The Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) team is preparing to turn down the pressure with a second visit to Qinetiq's hypobaric chamber.?

US aero-weapons goliath Lockheed, builder of the famous P-791 airship prototype, was beaten to a half-billion-dollar deal to supply spy ships above Afghanistan earlier this year - but the firm is still marketing its P-791 technology aggressively.?

IDC's latest quarterly disk storage tracker shows EMC and HP competing for the market lead, with EMC growing faster than HP. NetApp is growing faster still but has a lot of ground to make up.?

Situation Publishing, owner of The Register and Reg Hardware, is looking for a full time developer to primarily work on HTML(5), CSS, JavaScript/jQuery and template engines such as XSLT and Perl?s Template Toolkit.?

Free On-Demand Webcast - Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Google has boxed up its unsuccessful Wave project and handed the unwanted code to open source developers.?

Toshiba may be gearing up to release a no-specs 3D TV in Japan by the end of the year, but Philips' 3D TV development partner reckons we will have to wait longer. It doesn't reckon any vendor will have one out before 2013.?

Ping, Apple's latest foray into social networking, won't play nice with Facebook - despite the connection appearing in Steve Jobs's on-stage demonstration and in the documentation.?

The wireless power consortium, Qi, is celebrating the launch of a solution with a known brand - Energizer - attached, but the technology is still a long way from the mainstream.?

A celebrity Taoist monk has gone awol after it was revealed he probably couldn't in reality sit crossed-legged under water for two hours.?

Here is ViewSonic's other Android-based tablet, though here the Google OS is secondary to Windows 7.?

Best Exploitation Flicks: 'Machete' and Its Over-the-Top Ancestors
From bad girls and zombies to circus freaks and killer cars, the shock-and-awful recipe for grindhouse movies' tasty cinematic sausage never fails to satisfy. As Robert Rodriguez's timely homage hits screens, we look back at several decades of surprisingly influential B movies.

Bug found with Automator and iTunes 10
Install iTunes 10 and you'll discover that Automator workflows that include iTunes actions no longer work.


by Christopher Breen
2 Sep 2010 at 7:36pm

Panasonic debuts first consumer 3D HD camcorder
Panasonic used the broiling, hectic setting of the U.S. Open tennis tourney in New York Wednesday to showcase the capabilities of its first handheld consumer 3D camcorder.


by Robert S. Anthony
2 Sep 2010 at 7:20pm

Review: Hurricane tracking apps for iPhone and iPad
You can keep an eye on hurricanes from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with the help of an assortment of App Store offerings. But which app should you choose for your storm watch? Jeff Merron rates five contenders.


by Jeff Merron
2 Sep 2010 at 6:45pm

Remains of the Day: Gimme fallout shelter
Every time there?s an Apple event, there?s fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With Apple?s media shindig on Wednesday, there?s no shortage of rejoinders and responses from media executives, smartphone rivals, and even?a golf company?


2 Sep 2010 at 6:30pm

Review: Quad-core and eight-core Mac Pros (Mid 2010)
These days, the consumer-oriented iMacs stand on their own against (and in some cases, surpass) the Mac Pro in day-to-day performance. Does that mean that the Mac Pro has lost its relevance in today?s work environment? Hardly.


by James Galbraith
2 Sep 2010 at 5:45pm

Review: Cisco WebEx online conferencing
Need to have a meeting? Don't want to fly everyone to the same place? WebEx offers just about every online conferencing tool you could want.


by Zack Stern
2 Sep 2010 at 4:30pm

Dock your encased iPhone, iPod with dockStubz
CableJive's dockStubz is a tiny adapter that connects to your iPhone or iPad's 30-pin dock-connector port, giving you the ability to dock your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad on any compatible device without needing to remove it from its case.


by David Dahlquist
2 Sep 2010 at 4:07pm

See what iPhone users are listening to with SongStumblr
SongStumblr by Frimby uses your iPhone's 3G and Bluetooth abilities to let you see what others are listening to around the world as well as around the block, as well as share your own musical tastes.


by David Dahlquist
2 Sep 2010 at 2:57pm

iTunes TV rentals now available on Mac and PC
Though Apple specifically talked about renting TV shows episodes on iOS 4.1 devices and the new Apple TV, you can fire up iTunes and start renting now, as long as you don't mind watching them on your Mac and PC.


by Dan Moren
2 Sep 2010 at 2:16pm

Botnet takedown may yield valuable data
Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for spam.


by Jeremy Kirk
2 Sep 2010 at 1:24pm

ScienceDaily

Brainy worms: Scientists uncover counterpart of cerebral cortex in marine worms
Unexpectedly, scientists have now discovered a true counterpart of the cerebral cortex in an invertebrate, a marine worm. Their findings give an idea of what the most ancient higher brain centers looked like, and what our distant ancestors used them for.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00pm

Capsaicin can act as co-carcinogen, study finds; Chili pepper component linke...
New research links capsaicin, a component of chili peppers, to skin cancer. While the molecular mechanisms of the cancer-promoting effects of capsaicin are not clear and remain controversial, the new research has shown a definite connection to formation of skin cancer through various laboratory studies.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00pm

Cranberry juice shows promise blocking Staph infections
Expanding their scope of study on the mechanisms of bacterial infection, researchers have reported the surprise finding from a small clinical study that cranberry juice cocktail blocked a strain of Staphylococcus aureus from beginning the process of infection.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00pm

Cancer-causing gene crucial in stem cell development, study finds
A research team has shown for the first time that a gene called Myc, which is traditionally thought of as a cancer-causing gene, may be far more important in the development and persistence of stem cells than was known before.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00pm

Computer technique could help partially sighted 'see' better
Thousands of people who are partially sighted following stroke or brain injury could gain greater independence from a simple, cheap and accessible training course which could eventually be delivered from their mobile phones or hand-held games consoles, according to a new study.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00pm

Science's policy clout diminished, but oil risk looms large, study finds
More people are likely to believe scientific studies claiming that oil drilling is riskier, not safer, than was previously thought, according to a new study of attitudes in California. What's more the findings show that scientists' efforts to influence public opinion have a limited effect.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:00pm

Miniature auto differential helps tiny aerial robots stay aloft
Engineers have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, forest fires, and other places too perilous for people. Their new approach is the first to passively balance the aerodynamic forces encountered by these miniature flying devices, letting their wings flap asymmetrically in response to gusts of wind, wing damage, and other real-world impediments.
3 Sep 2010 at 1:00pm

Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet, ...
School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality -- and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease, according to new research.
3 Sep 2010 at 1:00pm

Experiment records ultrafast chemical reaction with vibrational echoes
To watch a magician transform a vase of flowers into a rabbit, it's best to have a front-row seat. Likewise, for chemical transformations in solution, the best view belongs to the molecular spectators closest to the action. Those special molecules comprise the "first solvation shell," and although it has been known for decades that they can sense and dictate the fate of nearly every chemical reaction, it has been virtually impossible to watch them respond -- until now.
3 Sep 2010 at 1:00pm

Increased risk for lupus in men with certain form of immune receptor
Humans -- males in particular -- with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like Receptor 7" are at increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease lupus. This finding offers renewed hope for developing more targeted treatments.
3 Sep 2010 at 1:00pm

Live Science

Sundews vs. Spiders: Plants and Arachnids Compete for Food
Carnivorous plants and spiders may compete for insects in the wild.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:03am

Hair Gives a Heads-Up On Heart Attack Risk
Hair holds clues to chronic stress.
3 Sep 2010 at 4:21am

Double Hand Transplant Patient Moves His Fingers
Richard Edwards, the nation’s third double hand transplant recipient, can wiggle his fingers and says he feels "fantastic."
2 Sep 2010 at 8:52pm

Moose Tramples Child
As a moose charged from the forest in Colorado, a toddler playing with his older brother was trampled beneath its hooves.
2 Sep 2010 at 8:04pm

Canadian Parents More Lenient Than French or Italian
Canadians are tolerant, Italians are demanding and the French are in between.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:33pm

Man Aims Laser Beam at Pilots
A man tried to dazzle pilots with a laser beam as they were landing at a Paris airport.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:30pm

Hawking: God Didn't Create the Universe
He argues that the Big Bang was inevitable due to the law of gravity
2 Sep 2010 at 7:20pm

Highest-Paid Athlete Ever? A Charioteer
Roman racer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, an illiterate charioteer, earned the modern equal of $15 billion.
2 Sep 2010 at 6:49pm

One-Third of Employees Say Managers are Incompetent
Just 50 percent of respondents said their managers are competent or very competent.
2 Sep 2010 at 6:29pm

Mixed Bag of Space Rocks Found Near Earth
Survey of asteroids near Earth finds a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought.
2 Sep 2010 at 6:24pm

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