





Charles R. Cross, who is Kurt Cobain's biographer, writes, "The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. Although Humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27."
The Nexus One is a smartphone by Google. Manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation this smartphone (Nexus One) was introduced on January 5, 2010 and uses the Android open source mobile operating system. Features of the Nexus one phone include:
1) Capability of transcribing voice to text.
2) Noise canceling dual microphones (one mic in the front and one in the back to minimize the background noise)
3) Voice directions while driving
The Nexus one phone comes unlocked and is not restricted to particular network. Nexus one phone is available to buy on google.com/phone for $ 529 unlocked. It features multi-touch technology but this is not enabled in default applications in the US version. Also It's thinner than Apple iPhone
Nexus one phone also features a 5.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and digital zoom, GPS receiver, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and 802.11b/g WiFi. Nexus one runs on a Snapdragon processor which allows many advanced capabilities including 720p video playback.
SpaceShiptwo was presented to the world in Mojave, California. The vehicle will undergo testing over the next 18 months before being allowed to take ticketed individuals on short-hop trips just above the atmosphere. According to the Billionaire Sir Richard (Head of Virgin Group) it has been intended to run the first flights out of New Mexico before extending operations around the globe.
This hybrid rocket motor powered and Built from lightweight carbon composite materials SS2 is based on the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne concept which is basically a rocket plane that is lifted initially by a carrier vehicle before blasting skywards. The Plane will take the passengers into the space for about five mins and then will come back back down. This five mins flight into the space to make you feel weightless or whatever you might wana call it will cost about USD 200,000 (Source: news.bbc.co.uk)
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Ever wondered if there was a volcano under your home?
Well, now you can find out by using the British Geological Survey's (BGS) new OpenGeoscience portal.
It allows the public to study all the UK's rocks on a simple Google map, down to a "scale" of 1:50,000. Toggling the map shows overlying towns and streets.
A range of educational and professional tools are also brought together on the website, including the huge national geological archive of photographs.
(source: news.bbc.co.uk)
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Google has launched real-time search to give users access to up-to-the-second information.
The search giant said it will draw real-time data from over a billion pages on the web.
The new feature will also include updates from Twitter and the social networks of MySpace and Facebook.
"Information is being created at a pace I have never seen before and in this environment, seconds matter," said Google fellow Amit Singhal.
At an event staged at the Computer History Museum in California, the company said this was the first time that any search engine has integrated the real-time web into its results page.
"There is so much information being generated out there that getting you relevant information is the key to the success of a product like this. It's all about relevance, relevance, relevance," said Mr Singhal. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)
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There has been no substantial change in the number of adult brain tumours since mobile phone usage sharply increased in the mid-1990s, Danish scientists say.
The Danish Cancer Society looked at the rates of brain tumours among 20 to 79 year olds from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. They found that trends in cancer rates had not altered from the period before mobiles were introduced.But they say longer follow-up studies are needed. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)
Smartphone symphony: a group of US students have
built music applications and written scores for their iPhones.
A group of US students has created an entire orchestra out of separate iPhone applications.
As part of their studies, the group from the University of Michigan built the applications themselves and composed music for them. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)
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