Google Maps 4.1 for Android has a Latitude widget, neater search pages, the option to swipe for more results, Maps live wallpaper, and allows for switching of Google accounts. The update is available through the Android Market now. [Google Mobile]
Omar Ramos-Lopez was recently laid off from the Texas Auto Centre and he was angry about it. So he used a former coworker’s password to log into software allowing him to remotely disable cars and got his revenge.
It’s not enough you get that many two-letter acronyms / abbreviations into a headline. But then, 3D doesn’t come along every day. Just now and then for each generation. This week on Byteside Tech it was all about 3D, and the panel bounced a lot of pros and cons around making for a solid discussion on whether this time it will be here for keeps.
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Just as hard drive sectors can fail, neurons, too, can fail as data processing, memory-storing units in your brain. In this video, a neuron lacks the protein needed to make connections with other cells, essentially becoming a bad sector.
Between alcohol-fuelled holidays and everyday health issues, some of us might eventually wind up needing new livers or some other organs. Turns out scientists could build us those new organs using metal nano-particles suspended in a magnetic field.
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We’re used to feeling oddly insulted by Sony ads, but for once it’s everyone else who might need a hug. Because in this PlayStation Move ad, the competition gets named, shamed and leaves crying for mummy.
After exiting the Australian TV market in 2008, Philips makes a high-end return with the announcement their dazzling Cinema 21:9 is getting an Australian distribution. This 56-inch Full HD panel goes right out to 2560x1080p for a true 2.39:1 movie presentation. Sadly, this does not herald a wider return of Philips to the local TV scene.