Exotic but useful metals such as tantalum & titanium are about to become cheap & plentiful

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21571847-exotic-useful-metals-such-tantalum-and-titanium-are-about-become-cheap / rare earths earth metals elements lithium /

Georgia broadband legislation: restricts rural municipal broadband

http://bgr.com/2013/02/14/georgia-broadband-legislation-327617/#more-327617     / Georgia’s state legislature recently became the latest to take up the cause of protecting its constituents from the insidious menace of municipal broadband Internet access at speeds of 1.5Mbps highest-speed Internet North Carolina South Carolina legislation /

iOS 6.1 brings back bug that gives anyone access to your contacts, photos (video)

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/02/ios-6-1-brings-back-bug-that-gives-anyone-access-to-your-contacts-photos/     / old vulnerability iPhone's lock screen Emergency Call feature resurfaced iOS 6.1 right sequence button clicking possible user's user voicemails contacts photos locked password protected similar bug first appeared iOS 2.0 double-clicking Home button access contact favorites clicking Emergency Call button access call logs voicemails contact send SMS messages send read e-mails launch Safari Apple iOS 4.1. sequence of actions  complex dialing a random number same basic bug malicious hack hacker hacking gain acces data accessible from the Phone app lockscreen bypass fix  serious bug user security software update /

Watch this giant meteorite fly over Russia … you won’t believe the sound it made (video)

Credit: Yahoo

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/02/watch-this-giant-meteorite-fly-over-russia-you-wont-believe-the-sound-it-made/

In this video breaking glass can be heard around 6 seconds in & broken windows seen at 10 seconds.

Estimated 1,200 injured & 200,000 square meters (50 acres) of windows shattered. Injuries largely due to flying glass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFBtfR54Svk&feature=youtube_gdata_player     / space Earth asteroid meteorite meteor streaking across sky Russia crashing explosion furious bang almighty bang blew out the windows of a city evacutions evacuation evacuate /

Which apps will drain your battery & data plan? Verizon’s got a list

Useful to customers of other carriers too.

http://gigaom.com/2013/02/08/which-apps-will-drain-your-battery-and-data-plan-verizons-got-a-list/

http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2013/02/verizon-wireless-top-20-apps.html     / iOS iPhone iPod iPad Android apps based fun useful resources consume Facebook many popular games get docked Verizon Wireless shut down app store app curation carrier reviewing rating recommending Android and iPhone app customers engineers impact phone battery life drain customer’s data plan loose loosely plays with security customer privacy compiling regularly updated recommendation lists list 20 apps available either Android OS operating system iOS claims deliver best in class experience on smartphones tablets objective choices Verizon’s AppLuvr software which recommends apps based on what’s already installed more visible methodology top 25 free paid apps Google Play based on three criteria security, battery consumption data usage third set of reviews Verizon’s naughty list 13 apps games drain your battery eat up your data plan game development shops Enormously popular games like Halfbrick’s Fruit Ninja Free OMGPOP’s Draw Something battery drain Facebook Messenger eBay scored relatively high penalized because of their high data consumption /

Charge your phone with the heat energy in a cup of hot coffee (video)

Credit: Epiphany Labs/ KickStarter

So how does that work? I haven't seen one, but the claim is they use a small Stirling engine which utilizes difference in temperature to turn a crank. That implies a small generator which actually produces the electricity to charge your phone.

Cold drinks work too!

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/02/14/use-that-cup-of-joe-to-charge-on-the-go-with-one-puck/

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epiphanylabs/epiphany-one-puck?ref=category

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_XzSnqo4Ps&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j_N5l_pgEc&feature=youtube_gdata_player / charge your phone on the go The Epiphany onE Puck Epiphany Labs Kickstarter project unique portable charging device uses heat cold temperature difference energy flow charge your phone small Stirling engine power to charge your phone USB charger drawing 1000 mA one Amp or less Kickstarter project funding starts at T tee shirt window sticker custom-engraved delivery in March 2014 ice cool cold hot tea coffee drink side red blue /

Group Test: Desktop hard disk storage

Credit: LaCie/ Macworld

http://www.macworld.com.au/reviews/group-test-desktop-storage-87069/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Cheaper+faster+Retina+MacBook+Pros+32+iOS+tips+and+tricks+latest+iPad+5+rumours+and+much+more&utm_content=Cheaper+faster+Retina+MacBook+Pros+32+iOS+tips+and+tricks+latest+iPad+5+rumours+and+much+more+CID_a151e3c6ba50ca426aded6263162f65c&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Group%20Test%20Desktop%20storage     / back up backup data hard drive disc four current models market Seagate Backup Plus PRO Social media backup performance; capacity restart PRICE review WD My Book VelociRaptor Duo Western Digital Performance; RAID reliability Expensive Buffalo DriveStation Velocity Three-year warranty Macintosh Mac software slow formatted for PC Winows LaCie d2 USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series Fast; multiple interfaces Can be a little noisy backup plus, buffalo, d2 USB 3.0 Thunderbolt Series, DriveStation Velocity, lacie, My Book VelociRaptor Duo, seagate, wd disc /

Neptune Pine: Smartwatch & real wrist phone

Credit: Neptune Computer Inc.

At 2.4 inches, that's a very big screen to wear on the wrist. It's only 0.1 inch smaller than the latest, expanded iPod Nano screen.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/02/09/neptune-pine-smartwatch-first-wrist-phone/

http://www.neptunepine.com/     / Pebble Smartwatch SIM card slot insert a micro micro-SIM wrist makes receives phone calls shoot shoots video take takes pictures retrieves email txt SMS text messages browses Internet plays music 2.4-inch 2.4 inch capacitive touchscreen 320×240 resolution highly modified version Android OS Leaf OS watch powered 1 GHz single-core ARM Cortex A9 processor 16 Sixteen year old Daniel Bryant created Leaf OS as an open source tool to run as a browser home page Dick Tracy style quad-band GSM radio 3G  Wi-Fi GPS Bluetooth 4.0 headset telecommunications FM radio digital compass entering enter data small screen problematic 4-inch width  QWERTY keyboard same size as the iPhone user only sees a single line of text above the keyboard while typing Android’s built-in voice recognition functions features heart rate monitor track tracks wearer’s running walking pace track distance calories burned camera 5MP megapixels mega pixels images HD video shoot the image stability /

Coca-Cola sends SodaStream a cease-and-desist letter over display of trash

Credit: Inhabitat/ SodaStream

http://inhabitat.com/coca-cola-sends-sodastream-cease-and-desist-letter-over-display-of-trash/     / garbage rubbish can lawyer solicitor barrister notice beverage  letter company marketing campaign The Cage exhibit features waste cans bottles employees collected dump sites soda The legal action South Africa exhibit located in South O.R. Tambo International Airport infringes trademark rights advertising grounds possible legal action similar exhibits around the world including touring variants that have shown up in Times Square New York legal pressure Forbes CEO Daniel Birnbaum claim to have rights to their garbage, then they should truly own their garbage, and clean it up cleaning up Coke is now re-claiming ownership of the billions of bottles and cans that litter the planet with their trademarks.  In that case, they should be sued in the World Court for all of the damage their garbage is causing recycle clean up /