This app for Android is the ultimate battery saving tool for your device when in sleep mode

http://www.redmondpie.com/this-app-for-android-is-the-ultimate-battery-saving-tool-for-your-device-when-in-sleep-mode/

Will sliding images make Captcha less annoying?

Captcha refers to those distorted text tests that are used by websites to make sure that you are a human being & not a computer. Do you find them frustrating? So do a lot of people.

The search is in for something that's easier for human beings without making it easier for computers.

http://mashable.com/2012/12/17/minteye/

/ spam Minteye slider Carnegie Mellon University researchers website /

Inspiration from a porcupine’s quills

Studies of how porcupine quills penetrate the skin & why they are so difficult to withdraw may lead to better adhesives, needles & other medical devices.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/inspiration-from-a-porcupines-quills-1210.html

/ glue surface /

Physically fit students do better in school than others, study finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/physically-fit-students-do-better-in-school-than-others-study-finds/2012/12/14/6e181614-6a25-11e1-acc6-32fefc7ccd67_story.html

/ fitness body fat exercise cardiorespiratory endurance flexibility muscular strength endurance school year grades core academic areas English math science world studies nationally standardized test /

Why many are unlikely to switch to Windows Phone or BlackBerry 10

http://gigaom.com/mobile/why-many-are-unlikely-to-switch-to-windows-phone-or-blackberry-10/

/ Apple iOS Google Android smartphone cell mobile phone Microsoft RIM Research In Motion /

Whited00r updated to replicate iOS 6 on iPhone 2G/3G & iPod Touch 1G/2G (video)

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/whited00r-updated-to-replicate-ios-6-on-iphone-2g3g-and-ipod-touch-1g2g-video

/ Apple jailbreak /

Patent wars: In a major setback, Apple won’t get an injunction against Samsung

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/in-major-setback-apple-wont-get-injunction-against-samsung/

/ smartphone trade dress iPhone Galaxy iOS Android /

Raspberry Pi gets its own app store

Rasberry Pi is a tiny computer on a board (only a few cm square), running Unix. Its app store opened on December 17th with 23 free apps.

http://bgr.com/2012/12/17/raspberry-pi-app-store-256005/

How long would it take Darth Vader to mop the Death Star?

http://www.Centives.net/S/2012/how-long-would-it-take-darth-vader-to-mop-the-death-star/

/ Star Wars petition /