BBC News

Sounds of the Jurassic created by scientists The State Column According to scientists, you may have a chance to hear what it was like to live among dinosaurs. A team of scientists from the UK have reportedly recreated the noises of the Jurassic age, using a recently discovered fossil as a template. Prehistoric cricket love songs recreated for your listening pleasureRegister Mating call of an extinct bush-cricket rings out again after 165m yearsThe Guardian Audio: 165-Million-Year-Old Cricket Song Comes Back to LifeWired News DAWN.com -BBC News -TG Daily all 46 news articles »

Posted on 7 February 2012 | 6:40 am

Daily Mail

Designing Windows 8, or how to redesign a religion msnbc.com By Matt Buchanan There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer's dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years, he's taken on the ... Has Microsoft finally killed off Windows 8 Start button?Register Bing Teaser Hints to Windows 8 Beta Coming SoonTom's Hardware Guide Windows 8 Start button removed by Microsoft in 'Consumer Preview'The Verge PC Magazine -Computerworld -eWeek all 107 news articles »

Posted on 7 February 2012 | 6:36 am

Bloomberg

Apple retakes crown as world's top smartphone maker Apple Insider By AppleInsider Staff After tallying the fourth quarter earnings 2011 numbers from smartphone manufacturers around the world, it was revealed on Tuesday that Apple has wrested the top spot from Samsung following the highly successful iPhone 4S launch. Android More Popular Than iOS Among New Smartphone BuyerseWeek IDC: The iPhone is once again the world's No. 1 smartphoneFortune Global Smartphone Shipments Up 55%, iPhone Leads The WayRedOrbit Computerworld -PC Magazine -BusinessWeek all 188 news articles »

Posted on 7 February 2012 | 6:21 am

Daily Mail

Google unleashes 'Solve for X' confabs to save the world Register By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Internet giant Google is once more trying to save the world, this time with its TED-rip-off "Solve for X" project. These are efforts that take on global-scale problems, define radical solutions to those ... Google unveils “Solve for X,” a secret project to solve the world's biggest ...Fox News Google wants to make sci-fi a reality with “Solve for X,” a conference for ...VentureBeat 'Solve for X' to tackle world's biggest problemsTG Daily RedOrbit -InformationWeek -PC Magazine all 73 news articles »

Posted on 7 February 2012 | 5:31 am

SlashGear

Nikon D800 and D800E DSLRs address low-pass filter debate SlashGear Nikon has confirmed pricing and availability for the new Nikon D800 DSLR, as well as revealing its D800E sibling that dumps the low-pass filter for higher-resolution shots. The D800 has a 36.3-megapixel sensor and Nikon's new EXPEED 3 image-processing ... Nikon woos the pros with long-awaited D800CNET Nikon's D800 Digital SLR Packs a 36-Megapixel Full Frame SensorPC Magazine Nikon confirms D800 and D800E to be made in 'Japan'Amateur Photographer Digitaltrends.com -IBNLive.com -Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) all 84 news articles »

Posted on 7 February 2012 | 5:08 am