Aug
20
TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) — The obesity epidemic in America has gotten worse — not better — in the last year, despite public service campaigns warning about the health risks posed by carrying too much weight, a new report found.
Adult obesity rates increased in 37 states, while there were no decreases […]
Aug
20
Screenshots of iPhone Nike+ running app emerge, we’re out of breath already
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It has taken its sweet, sweet time in arriving, but it seems the iPhone Nike+ running application is just… about… here. A slew of new screenshots of the application have emerged, and while there are no juicy tidbits to accompany ‘em (release date, cost, etc.), we all know how many lines of text a single […]
Aug
12
Steve Bosak, newsfactor.com Mon Aug 11, 5:28 PM ET
Instant-messaging chat or dissing your Texas Hold ‘em opponents on the iPhone just got one step closer. Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has announced the release of its near-ubiquitous voice-over IP (VoIP) developer software for the iPhone engineering crowd. GIPS VoiceEngine Mobile is a development toolkit for […]
Aug
9
It’s been a confusing week for both sellers and buyers at the App Store — the venue for third party software that is the best thing to happen to the iPhone (except maybe the price cuts) since it arrived more than a year ago.
The iPhone 3G is OK, if you manage battery consumption very […]
Aug
8
CERN: LHC to fire first proton-smash ray next month
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Scientists operating from a hollowed-out lair deep beneath the Franco-Swiss border have announced that their enormous, unprecedentedly powerful 27-kilometre proton cannon will shortly be ready to open fire. To be precise, “first beam” is scheduled for 10 September.
Uncharacteristically, perhaps, the boffins made their announcement via a normal press release rather than by seizing command […]
Aug
8
Nissan executive says focus is on electric cars for green image; no hybrid-only model planned
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Nissan won’t be coming out with a model available only as a hybrid, opting instead to focus on electric vehicles for its green strategy, according to a senior executive.
Mitsuhiko Yamashita, Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice […]
Aug
8
‘I Am Rich’ Dude: I Made $6000 From My Dumb iPhone App (AAPL)
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Apple removed “I Am Rich” — a $999.99 iPhone app that did nothing — from its iTunes App Store less than a day after it went up. So was it worth German coder Armin Heinrich’s time to make it?
Absolutely! In an email interview with the LA Times, Heinrich says he sold eight copies of […]
Aug
7
IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: ‘Stop Copying Windows’
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By Antone GonsalvesInformationWeek August 7, 2008 04:00 AM
IBM (NYSE: IBM), whose decision to back Linux years ago was a driving force in its adoption by business, called on developers of the open-source operating system to make it more “green” and to stop copying Windows, if they want to see Linux on the […]
Aug
5
Steve Jobs confesses to poorly planned MobileMe launch
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By Slash Lane
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is admitting that his firm bit off more than it could chew with last month’s simultaneous product launches, which resulted in a MobileMe Internet service that was pushed out prematurely “and not up to Apple’s standards.”In an email to employees on the matter Monday, seen by ArsTechnica, Jobs […]