"RedPad", the $1,600 tablet for Chinese officials

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2719417/redpad-android-tablet-chinese-officials-controversy

/ laughing stock cheapest looking credentials /

Morocco fireball yields rare Mars meteorites

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/morocco-fireball-yields-rare-mars-meteorite.html

/ contaminate isotope /

Google claims 90 million Google+ users, 60% "active" daily

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/google-claims-90-million-google-users-60-active-daily.ars

/ apps /

Sony's Micro Vault MACH thumbdrives move fast, look good doing it

Pricing a mystery?  This is Sony.  Try "expensive".

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/sonys-micro-vault-mach-thumbdrives-move-fast-look-good-doing-i/#continued

Air Force's top brain wants a "social radar" to "see into hearts & minds"

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/social-radar-sees-minds/

/ hearts and minds disciplines ISR reconnaissance /

Indian government denies totally drug-resistant tuberculosis claim

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/indian-government-denies-tuberculosis-claim.html

/ TDR-TB extensively XDR-TB physician /

Akai MPC Fly for iPad 2 hands-on

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2719263/akai-mpc-fly-for-ipad-2-hands-on

/ NAMM National Association of Music Merchants clamshell WAV /

Young drivers want V8s, right? Nope: hybrids, says study

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1071947_young-drivers-want-v8s-right-nope-hybrids-says-study

/ generation y /

Pong iPhone & iPad cases reduce exposure to cell phone radiation up to 95% below FCC limits

http://www.inhabitots.com/pong™-iphone-and-ipad-cases-reduce-exposure-to-cell-phone-radiation/

/ redirect redistribute /

If you steal a phone, calling the police from it will probably get you arrested

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/if-you-steal-a-phone-calling-the-police-from-it-will-probably-get-you-arrested/#more-507084

Google launches PSA-style 'Good to Know' ad campaign, wants to keep us safe

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/google-launches-psa-style-good-to-know-ad-campaign-wants-to-k/

/ announcement /

Op-Ed: What scientists under pressure can learn from Spock

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/spock-model-scientist/

/ Star Trek USS Enterprise James Tiberius Kirk Mr. Spock Vulcan nerve pinch dispassionate passionate /

Best fictional scientists from TV & movies

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/best-fictional-scientists/?intcid=story_ribbon&pid=2900

ZDNet: SOPA web protest left an impression

http://m.zdnet.com/blog/btl/for-this-editor-sopa-web-protest-left-an-impression/67377

/ Reddit Ars Technica /

How cancer drugs can make cancer worse

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/how-cancer-drugs-make-cancer-worse/#more-507051

/ shrink shrinking metastasize leukaemia leukemia /

Apple patents clothes that track how you wear them, tell you when it's time to update your wardrobe -- Engadget

???

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/apple-patents-clothes-that-track-how-you-wear-them-tell-you-whe/

Anonymous claims DOJ & record label site takedowns in response to MegaUpload suit

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/1/19/2719527/anonymous-claims-doj-and-record-label-site-takedowns-in-response-to

/ justice department Motion Picture Association of America MPAA Recording Industry Association of America RIAA Universal Music /

Nissan examines second life for used Leaf battery packs

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1071941_nissan-examines-second-life-for-used-leaf-battery-packs

Supreme Court says Congress may re-copyright public domain works

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/

/ compositions works /

Is this the airliner of the future?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/is-this-the-airliner-of-the-future/

/ flying wing Northrop Grumman American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics Sciences /

World's largest bus: China's 300 passenger Youngman JNP6250G set to serve Beijing & Hangzhou

http://m.inhabitat.com/worlds-largest-bus-chinas-300-passenger-youngman-jnp6250g-set-to-serve-beijing-and-hangzhou/

Lamar Smith: SOPA markup to resume in February

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/sopa-markup-resume-february/#continued

/ congressman, House Judiciary Committee /