Death of the PC? Not Going to Happen.

Comments on the item linked below are interesting too.

My thought?  99% of this blog is prepared using a tablet, but some things require a desktop.

http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/732/aaron-suzuki-global-death-pc-not-going-happen / demise Post PC era" productivity 10 fingers touch-based device make as much happen fast full-size keyboard 101 keys portability work desktop is problematic enterprises virtual machines solution problem currently largest wealthiest companies desktop transformation out of reach Current offerings just too complicated software expensive buy implement largest enterprises sophisticated solutions modern endpoint manageability centralize manage desktops data applications available demand any device cost effective pivotal locus business productivity devices will proliferate array of devices productive hub of productivity private cloud laptop /

samDock connects Samsung Galaxy phones to Apple 30-pin sound docks

Credit: CableJive

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/01/26/samdock-plays-music-and-charges-samsung-galaxy-phone-on-apple-30-pin-sound-docks/ / connects Samsung Galaxy S3 Samsung Galaxy Note sound docks designed Apple 30-pin dock switching from an Apple iPhone to a Samsung Galaxy S3 30-pin sound dock CableJive samDock 2-foot cable micro-USB cable charging smartphone phone sending an audio signal female 30-pin dock connector that plugs into any sound dock iHome dock ION Block Rocker portable sound system /

ClouDrop Db: Finally a great DropBox management solution for iOS

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/cloudrop-db-finally-a-great-dropbox-management-solution-for-ios#more-33866 / Dropbox indispensable official app for iOS functional functionality access from the website popular unofficial app CloudApp link sharing servicenlaunched a brand new app called ClouDrop Db Dropboxadds cool functionality The Dropbox iOS experience desktops access version history pro accounts only a very handy function allows user view ever version document since creation buggy in a few spots one click authentication method Dropbox keep the official app on your device updates folders /

Anti-piracy site claims small, 40 percent victory in anti-Mega campaign

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/anti-piracy-site-claims-small-40-percent-victory-in-anti-mega-campaign/ / Kim Dotcom Mega launched launch anti-piracy campaign new service progress StopFileLockers.com take down file-hosting services attacking finances Robert Kingh TorrentFreak this week SFL payment processing resellers terminated using PayPal meeting required standards being terminated pay Mega via PayPal Pay.mobi, GratisAntivirus, VoucherReseller Hosting.co.uk file sharing sites obtain pre-approval process payments with PayPal told TorrentFreak PayPal offerings Hotfile saw its relationship with PayPal end this week after a lengthy campaign /

New lab could unlock vast potential of seabed methane ice

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Beneath the world's oceans, under particular conditions of temperature & pressure, methane ice deposits have accumulated.  Conservative estimates rate these deposits at twice the amount of natural gas from other sources.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/new-lab-could-unlock-vast-potential-of-seabed-methane-ice/ / University of California Irvine grant $1 million develop unique laboratory research clean energy methane hydrates untapped source methane gas huge quantities some ocean-floor environments clathrate compounds methane molecules trapped lattice water ice methane clathrate and methane ice methane water favorable combinations low temperatures high pressure conditions undersea locations polar latitudes along continental shelves sedimentary bed abundant on planet Earth conservative estimate 500 and 2,500 gigatonnes submarine gas hydrate deposits double the Earth's 230 gigatonnes of natural gas from other sources. According to the Department of Energy, methane hydrates are Earth's largest untapped fossil fuel resource. But quantity isn't everything; it's the size of the deposits that may one day prove commercially viable to tap that are key. This category of methane hydrates may prove to be a small proportion of the total extracting extraction extract logistical headaches prevention methane gas escape shorter-lived atmosphere greenhouse gas oxidized CO2 carbon dioxide thermodynamics extraction drilling exploitation /

Texas, where science & history have become ideological battlegrounds

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/texas-where-science-and-history-have-become-ideological-battlegrounds/ / expert educator scientist historian subject text book Texas State School Board California elections tiny voter turnouts religious ideological warriors zealot textbook image of their own beliefs expertise subject area contentious assault science history standards movie film The Revisionaries PBS Public Broadcasting System Independent Lens educational standards academic community subjects most relevant what students should know standards handed over board for approval expertise subject areas Board Chairman Don McLeroy tortured misrepresentation /

Largest solar array in the world planned for India

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http://www.dvice.com/archives/2008/08/largest-solar-a.php / solar thermal electricity energy 5 gigawatts power mirror array matrix salt fuse melt store storage /

neoscop tube.ONE • Superlative wave motion machine (video)

Credit: neoscop/ The Gadgeteer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQmvL06emBI

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/01/25/neoscop-tube-one-wave-machine-for-the-21st-century/ / two-phase two phase flow fluid mechanics concurrent movement different liquids within a closed system fluid separating interface boundary surface waves /

Six-year-old “Dancing baby” lawsuit set for jury trial

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/six-year-old-dancing-baby-lawsuit-set-for-jury-trial/ / dancing baby takedown case Internet-famous lawyers at the Electronic Frontier Foundation 2007 jury about six years after it was filed US District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled Universal Music Group video dancing toddler taken YouTube EFF child's mother win case summary judgment order October hearing proceed jury trial settlement self evident fair use pro bono precedent /

Fusion: The quest to recreate the Sun’s power on Earth

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120810-the-quest-to-recreate-the-sun / fission Sun gravity force hydrogen nuclei together pressure smash isotope physicists produce cheap safe plentiful energy researchers to experiment energy electricity power helium deuterium tritium high temperature pressure positive charge magnetic field bottle /