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Geminid meteor shower 2011

Buckle Up! The 2011 Geminid meteor shower starts on the night of Dec. 13-14, and despite the glare of a nearly-full Moon, it will be party time for sky watchers. “Observers with clear skies could see as many as 40 Geminids per hour,” predicts Bill Cooke of the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office.  “Our all-sky network of meteor cameras has captured ... Read More »

HP: webOS tablets could return in 2013

HP could return to webOS to make new tablets in 2013, using the freshly open-sourced platform for larger mobile devices though smartphones are still off the menu. Having announced that webOS will be an open-source platform moving forward, and then confirmed that there are no immediate plans for new webOS devices, HP CEO Meg Whitman conceded in an interview with TechCrunch ... Read More »

IPhone 4 explodes on Airplane

The worldwide phenomenon Apple’s Iphone 4 is on the news again but this time around its bad for Apple.  An Apple Iphone 4 exploded in an Airplane while the plane was on air in Australia. According to a Regional Express statement, While on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 Friday, a passenger’s iPhone 4 suddenly started “emitting a significant amount of dense ... Read More »

Light Created from Empty space excites scientist

The theory that was proposed 41 years ago quoting, “Empty space is not actually an empty space” has finally been proved by scientist. As reported via newscientist, Chris Wilson and his colleagues conducted an experiment, by pulling photons out of the void in a process called the dynamical Casimir effect. “It was a difficult technical experiment,” says Wilson. “We were ... Read More »