Thursday, 22 December 2011

Google is activating 700,000 Android devices daily

iiNet is buying Internode

The top 5 most-watched science videos on YouTube in 2011

Make sure you see the "Incredible Shade Illusion!" (number 2 with 5.9 million views).

3D printers as teleporters

MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA could destroy the Internet as we know it

Have your iPhone read any text aloud


"You can also adjust the rate of speech ... the default is already pretty fast."  This is what I found.  Touch the slider (don't move it) to check the current speech rate.

While you're on the Accessibility screen, you might like to try the Zoom function too.

Daily app deals: iPhone, iPad, Android & WP7

Iran spy drone GPS hijack boasts: "Rubbish", say experts

Ex-Google man sells search genius to rest of world

Irish data protection watchdog rules on Facebook


Facebook promises changes

The 10 most popular Chrome, Firefox & Opera extensions

What's 6 miles wide & can end civilization in an instant?

Answer: an asteroid

OK, arguably, meteor or meteorite*.

Informative & funny: How to defend Earth from asteroids. See it at:


There's an iPad app for this, & other, interesting stuff:

* An asteroid (or any other fast moving space object) becomes a meteor (aka falling star) when it enters the Earth's atmosphere.  If it hits the ground, it becomes a meteorite.