Friday, 31 August 2012
Curiosity rover captures stunning vistas of rugged Mars
Let's Talk About Anything You Want for the Next Hour [Chatroom]
Sony Xperia sola: a pint-sized Android handset with floating touch (hands-on)
Sometimes getting lost in the maze-like sprawl of the Messe can turn up unexpected surprises. In this case, we chanced upon Sony's Xperia sola hiding in plain sight at Sparhandy's booth. The petite Android handset, formerly codenamed "Pepper", was officially announced earlier this spring and even crept up in FCC filings. But until now, we'd never had quality hands-on time with the 3.7-inch Gingerbread device. For its diminutive size, the wee phone sports a 854 x 480 LCD display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a dual-core CPU clocked at 1GHz, 5-megapixel rear shooter and NFC functionality for Smart Tag use.
As you might expect, the sola fits quite nicely into the palm of your hand, though its tiny screen can pose an issue for those with larger digits. And speaking of touch navigation, this Sony phone separates itself from the rest of the Xperia pack with the inclusion of floating touch technology -- much like the Galaxy Note 2. What's that? Well, turns out this device can detect your finger's presence up to 20mm away from the screen, allowing users to highlight links, but only from within the browser. Apart from that neat touch, which in practice, is a bit awkward to properly use, the phone functions exactly as it should for the low-to-mid range it occupies. Performance is appreciably quick and pages loaded up in the browser in just about 30 seconds time.
There's still no word on whether the sola will ever make it stateside, but if you're keen to see that hovering functionality in action, head past the break for a video demo and check out our gallery below.
Mat Smith contributed to this report.
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The 'open cloud' is getting awfully confusing
I'm at the Linux Foundation's CloudOpen conference this week in San Diego. As you might expect, the talk is all about how to use "open clouds" -- cloud software using open source approaches.
Everyone loves the idea of cloud software that leverages open source. Indeed, an IDC report to be released next week notes that "72 percent of businesses say that the use of open source software, open standards, and/or open APIs are key factors when choosing a cloud provider or building their own cloud." (IDC surveyed 282 users from companies with 500 or more employees.)
Thursday, 30 August 2012
This Is How a Medical Scanner Looks Without Its Skin [Video]
Pay-What-You-Want StoryBundle: Seven Spiffy Indie Sci-Fi Books Up for Grabs
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Internet addiction fueled by gene mutation, scientists say
Dell Solidifies Commitment to Open Source, Developers at OSCON
expansion of three open-source software and cloud computing initiatives: the
formalization of Project
Sputnik resulting in a Dell product in the fall, its Dells Emerging Solutions Ecosystem to include Pentaho
and Datameer, and enhancements to Dells Open...
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iPhone 5 aside, what is NFC? (FAQ)
CrownPeak Content Management Supports Google Open Social
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