TECH SPACE - BIO FUEL DAILY

YouTube dropped from iPhone-iPad operating system

Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)

Applications to let users watch YouTube videos will not be pre-installed on the next generation of iPhones, iPads and iPod devices, in another sign of mounting ...

Gibson Guitar settles US probe of wood imports

Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)

Guitar-maker Gibson has agreed to pay $350,000 to avoid US prosecution over allegations it illegally imported endangered wood from India and Madagascar, US offi...

Samsung exec 'very offended' by Apple rip-off claim

Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)

A top Samsung executive testified Monday that he found "very offensive" the suggestion that the South Korean gadget giant ripped-off Apple's market-leading mobi...

EU fights to catch Chinese in Greenland rare-earths goldrush

Aug 05, 2012 (AFP)

Greenland is a frontier Eldorado with untapped reserves of critical rare earths under the Arctic ice-cap but a nimble China has already stolen a march in gettin...

Apple co-founder Wozniak sees trouble in the cloud

Aug 04, 2012 (AFP)

Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted "horrible problems" in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. Wozniak, 61...

You and your smartphone bill

Aug 04, 2012 (UPI)

The average cellphone these days is a device for texting, tweeting, browsing the Internet and -- just occasionally -- making a phone call, a considerable change...

Lockheed Martin-ARINC Team Submit Bid for USAF Rapid Deployment Air Traffic Control Radar System

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

Industry team Lockheed Martin and ARINC has submitted its proposal for a new, transportable air traffic control (ATC) radar system that will enable U.S. Air For...

Lockheed Martin Submits Final Proposal for Air and Missile Defense Radar

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy to design, build, integrate and test the new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for the futu...

Samsung set to debut new Note phone

Aug 03, 2012 (UPI)

While Apple and Samsung are locked in battle in a California courtroom over patent disputes, Samsung is preparing to release a new smartphone, analysts say. Sam...

Too cool to follow the law

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

So-called glass-formers are a class of highly viscous liquid materials that have the consistency of honey and turn into brittle glass once cooled to sufficientl...

Camouflage of moths: Secrets to invisibility revealed

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Moths are iconic examples of camouflage. Their wing coloration and patterns are shaped by natural selection to match the patterns of natural substrates, such as...

Adding a '3D print' button to animation software

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Watch out, Barbie: omnivorous beasts are assembling in a 3D printer near you. A group of graphics experts led by computer scientists at Harvard have created an ...

Oracle agrees to $306 mn settlement in SAP case

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

US business software giant Oracle said Thursday it agreed to accept a $306 million settlement from German rival SAP to shortcut the appeals process in a suit ov...

Apple extends gains in surging tablet market: survey

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Apple extended its dominance in the sizzling tablet computer market in the second quarter of 2012, with the iPad grabbing 68 percent of global sales, a survey s...

From Microns to Centimeters

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue-tissue that could be used as grafts for burn victims or vascular patches. Sounds ...

Raytheon awarded contract to advance Dual Band Radar development

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has been awarded two U.S. Navy contracts for the Dual Band Radar, the multimission air defense radar for the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Americ...

Apple asks for verdict after Samsung 'misconduct'

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

With a major patent trial barely underway, Apple has asked a judge to rule against Samsung, saying lawyers for the South Korean firm improperly disclosed inform...

New coating evicts biofilms for good

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial co...

10-year-old problem in theoretical computer science falls

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Interactive proofs, which MIT researchers helped pioneer, have emerged as one of the major research topics in theoretical computer science. In the classic inter...

Speed and power of X-ray laser helps unlock molecular mysteries

Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)

By outrunning a laser's path of destruction, an international research team has created 3D images of fragile but biologically important molecules inside protein...