A virtual telescope turns back toward Earth

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428219/a-virtual-telescope-turns-back-toward-earth/

/ software Web app browser download plug-in WorldWide Telescope galaxy star cluster repository astronomy data educational tool /

Super-efficient reflectors could light an entire room with just a single LED

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/these-super-efficient-reflectors-could-light-an-entire-room-with-just-a-single-led/

/ light emitting diode lighting virtual lighting fixtures /

Fewer, bigger & better videogames may be paying off

http://allthingsd.com/20120615/fewer-bigger-and-better-videogames-may-be-paying-off/


/ Electronic Arts computer console hand held device /

OPEC starting to look like a cartel of one

http://www.slate.com/blogs/breakingviews/2012/06/14/opec_starting_to_look_like_a_cartel_of_one_.html

/ oil petroleum barrel price Saudi Arabia Venezuela Iran Middle East crude output pump pumping /

Vizio launches Mac-like PCs starting at $898 (slide show)

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3121_7-57453445-220/vizio-launches-mac-like-pcs-starting-at-$898/?tag=mncol;topStories

/ Macintosh Apple laptop MacBook Air ultrabook desktop aesthetic minimalism HDMI display remote control Blu-ray /

There's a map for that — several, actually

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428220/theres-a-map-for-thatseveral-actually/

/ Google Maps Apple iOS android mapping app iOS software app 3D images views directions traffic Waze city UpNext iPhone iPad hyper-realistic zooming panning /

V-MODA introduces VAMP, an audio multitasker for the iPhone 4/4S

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/06/16/v-moda-introduces-vamp-an-audio-multitasker-for-the-iphone-44s/#more-98423

/ DAC digital analogue converter /
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Watch Linus Torvalds flip the bird & say "F**k you" to NVIDIA

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/watch-linus-torvalds-flip-the-bird-and-say-fk-you-to-nvidia/

/ support Linux graphics chip processor Optimus technology notebooks dynamically switch Intel integrated graphics chip as performance requirements battery consumption life /

Aaron Sorkin on Jobs Movie, Zuckerberg: The full D10 interview (video)

http://allthingsd.com/20120615/aaron-sorkin-on-jobs-movie-zuckerberg-as-anti-hero-and-more-the-full-d10-interview-video/

/ screen writer The Social Network book movie screenwriter /

Choosing to be child-free: there are other kinds of "babies"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/06/14/choosing_to_be_child_free_there_are_other_kinds_of_babies_.html

/ kids parent postmenopausal child free play baby dolls Barbie doll little girl children childless motherhood domesticity /

5 blunders that put Nokia in the hot seat

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57453290-94/5-blunders-that-put-nokia-in-the-hot-seat/?tag=mncol;topStories

/ Stephen Elop nosedive financial performance management team executives flip phone USA US market iPhone Android smartphone App Store iOS Symbian Maemo Linux MeeGo Windows Phone /

Amazing laser-scanning robotic butcher always cuts the perfect slice

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/amazing-laser-scanning-robotic-butcher-always-cuts-the-perfect-slice/

/ laser lazer scanning scan same weight faster vary thickness /

Multimillion dollar payouts for former RIM Co-CEOs

http://allthingsd.com/20120615/rim-to-former-co-ceos-heres-12-million-for-a-job-well-done-until-about-4-years-ago/

/ Mike Lazaridis Jim Balsillie payout severance Research In Motion /

Study offers possible explanation for the huge gender gap in science & mathematics

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/06/14/stem_gender_gap_research_on_telling_girls_they_re_bad_at_math_.html

/ entity theories STEM research telling girls schools have tried for years to encourage girls innate qualities psychological science expectation /

Weird Qualcomm video shows how crappy its mobile chips are at melting butter

I.e. how little heat they produce & so how energy efficient they are.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/bizarre-qualcomm-video-shows-how-crappy-its-mobile-chips-are-at-melting-butter/

/ phone central processor CPU efficiency thermal heat battery life Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 TI OMAP 4430 Motorola RAZR Exynos 4210 Samsung Galaxy S II /

What Facebook knows

http://www.technologyreview.com/featured-story/428150/what-facebook-knows/

/ social media network data mail list client user /

iPhone 4S, Samsung's Galaxy S III take stress test

http://allthingsd.com/20120604/samsungs-galaxy-s-iii-takes-a-beating-in-stress-test-versus-iphone-4s/?mod=obnetwork

/ drop throw scratch break glass damage /

Make a splash with Pyle’s new waterproof MP3 player

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/06/15/make-a-splash-with-pyles-new-waterproof-mp3-player/

/ flash memory music /

10,000 microbes cover the human body, protecting us from illness (video)

Bacterial cells in your body (his, hers, mine, all of us) outnumber your own cells. Bacteria are much smaller than human cells, so volume & mass of your cells is very much greater.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/2012/06/14/_10_000_microbes_cover_the_human_body_protecting_us_from_illness_.html

/ germ National Institute Of Health Human Microbiiome Project infectious diseases research diagnosis prevention diagnose symbiosis symbiotic symbiont pathogenic pathogen /

Cloud music is still the future for Apple, Amazon — really

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57453289-93/cloud-music-is-still-the-future-for-apple-amazon-really/?tag=mncol;editorPicks

/ Google record companies iPod iPhone iPad iOS Android mobile devices Cloud Drive Cloud Player licensed iTunes iCloud Match smartphone /