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Amazon offer Cloud Player app for iPhone

Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)

Amazon on Tuesday released its music player app for iPhone and iPod touch, a move that expands the reach of the Internet retail giant for Apple users. The Cloud...

New property of flames sparks advances in technology

Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)

Chemists at UCL have discovered a new property of flames, which allows them to control reactions at a solid surface in a flame and opens up a whole new field of...

Theorem unifies superfluids and other weird materials

Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)

Matter exhibits weird properties at very cold temperatures. Take superfluids, for example: discovered in 1937, they can flow without resistance forever, spookil...

New circuits work in high radiation levels

Jun 12, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. researchers say microscopic mechanical devices that withstand intense radiation and heat can be used in robots dealing with damaged nuclear power plants. S...

Apple maps a path to mobile throne

Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)

Apple is mapping a path to the throne of the Internet age mobile lifestyle. Coming upgrades to the software that powers its hot-selling iPhones reveal a strateg...

How does Dolomite form

Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)

The formation of the mineral dolomite is still puzzling scientists. Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "The Future Ocean" and GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre ...

Physicists discover mechanisms of wrinkle and crumple formation

Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)

Smooth wrinkles and sharply crumpled regions are familiar motifs in biological and synthetic sheets, such as plant leaves and crushed foils, say physicists Benn...

Hologram developers raise real cash for virtual stars

Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)

Digital Domain Media Group, creators of a Tupac Shakur hologram that rocked this year's Coachella festival, said Monday it has raised $10.5 million to help buil...

Apple fends off Android challenge with maps, Siri

Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)

Apple said Monday it was making its own maps for iPhones and iPads as it revved up its mobile gadget operating system in a drive to outdistance rivals powered b...

Lawrence Livermore research identifies precise measurement of radiation damage

Jun 11, 2012 (SPX)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have for the first time simulated and quantified the early stages of radiation damage that will occur in a gi...

Apple courts developers vital to its popularity

Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)

Apple on Monday will spotlight next-generation software for its coveted gadgets as it kicks off its annual gathering of developers whose applications are vital ...

Study: Vacations are going digital

Jun 08, 2012 (UPI)

Packing smartphones, tablets and laptops is as much a part of vacations these days as remembering the sunscreen, a Michigan State University study found. Even f...

Artificial muscle as shock absorber

Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers are working on intelligent materials that can diminish vibrations and extract power from the environment. These electro-active elastomers could dampen...

Smooth moves: how space animates Hollywood

Jun 08, 2012 (ESA)

If you've been to see Wrath of the Titans, then you've watched it in action. A computer programmer is using software he developed to control spacecraft to help ...

Phones, tablets transform handheld game market

Jun 08, 2012 (AFP)

Smartphones and tablet computers are expanding the market for handheld video games and challenging traditional devices, forcing game developers to adapt to a ra...

Skeleton key

Jun 08, 2012 (SPX)

Northwestern University researchers are the first to discover that very different complex networks - ranging from global air traffic to neural networks - share ...

Videogame play becomes a spectator sport

Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)

Videogame play is becoming a spectator sport. "It is the next evolution in gaming," said Matthew DiPietro of TwitchTV, an online platform that enables people to...

Repelling the drop on top

Jun 07, 2012 (SPX)

It would make life a lot easier if the surfaces of window panes, corrosion coatings or microfluidic systems in medical labs could keep themselves free of water ...

Taiwan's HTC denies Microsoft snub over Windows 8

Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC on Thursday denied reports that it would be excluded by Microsoft from adopting the new operating system Windows 8 in its ...

Samsung vows US launch of Galaxy despite Apple suit

Jun 07, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's Samsung Electronics vowed Thursday to press ahead with the US launch of its newest smartphone this month, despite a fresh lawsuit filed by rival A...