Archive for August, 2009

Nokia Unveils Its First Linux Phone N900

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_411" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nokia's First Linux Phone N900"][/caption] Nokia unveiled N900, its first smart phone running on Linux software, aiming at improving its offering at the top end of the market. The Nokia N900 runs on the Linux-based Maeme 5 software, featuring true multitasking with applications as well as Web ...

Galileo Telescope Reaches 400th Anniversary

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_391" align="alignright" width="300" caption="This is a reconstruction of the Galileo telescope"][/caption] The telescope was the first instrument to extend human senses, revolutionising our view of the heavens and our place in the world. Exactly 400 years ago on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer, mathematician, physicist and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed ...

IBM To Build Next Generation Chips Using DNA

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

In future DNA wouldn’t just control human evolution but also computing evolution, if IBM succeeds to use DNA in development of next-generation microchips. [caption id="attachment_378" align="alignright" width="232" caption="IBM scientists are using DNA scaffolding to build tiny circuit boards; this image shows high concentrations of triangular DNA origami binding to wide lines ...

Verizon Wireless Set To Rollout 4G In 2010

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Verizon Wireless completed its first successful Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fourth Generation (4G) data call in Boston based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard; the company also announced that it had earlier completed the first LTE 4G data call based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard in Seattle. While Verizon ...

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