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New York Knicks season-ticket holders flocking to Madison Square Garden this year will participate in a corporate giveaway that will be closely watched far beyond the NBA. Some 5,000 Knicks fans will get specially designed smartphone cases that will allow them to charge their iPhones wirelessly from 550 charging spots in the arena’s corporate suites and eighth-floor viewing area. Procter & Gamble (PG) and other companies underwriting the promotion hope it helps usher in an era in which people’s mobile devices become cord-free appendages. Although the consumer demand is potentially huge, wireless charging has been slow to take off. There are currently fewer than 10 million devices in circulation in the U.S. able to charge wirelessly, mostly phones and accessories, according to researcher IHS (IHS). But as the technology has improved, that’s changing. Global shipments of wirelessly charged devices are projected to rise from 5 million units this year to nearly 100 million by 2015, ...

In March 2009, Diane Carlini had a routine mammogram and got a preliminary diagnosis of breast cancer on the spot. She then underwent a gamut of tests including a painful biopsy and an MRI, followed by surgery to remove her tumor. Throughout the process, an unnerved Carlini tried to gauge the severity of her illness by reading the faces of doctors and parsing their less-than-precise takes on her condition. “With the mammogram, you could tell they weren’t completely sure what was going on,” she says. “And the same was true of the biopsy, where they could see some bad cells, but there was plenty of doubt.” The only real moment of clarity for Carlini, who handles public relations for the tax software maker Intuit (INTU), came about a month into the ordeal. That’s when her three-page report from Genomic Health (GHDX)arrived, providing a detailed analysis of the genetic makeup of her tumors and how likely they were to respond to chemotherapy and to recur. Carlini found out there was a ...

Google Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt would like to end speculation that he’s in the running for a Cabinet job in the second Obama administration. Schmidt’s name has been specifically raised in connection with an opening at the Department of Commerce since the resignation of Secretary John Bryson in June. But in a conversation at Google’s offices in Mountain View, Calif., Schmidt said that while he serves on the president’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, he is not interested in formally joining the administration. “How can I be clear?” said Schmidt, who has previously denied interest. “I have the same answer. I do not want to be a federal government employee. Google is my home.”

For the first time in years, one single handset model has reportedly outsold the iPhone. Strategy Analytics says that more Samsung Galaxy S III phones than Apple iPhone 4S handsets were sold in third quarter of this year. Samsung Electronics (005930) moved 18 million such handsets, while Apple (AAPL) sold 16.2 million during the three-month period, says the research firm. It should be noted that Samsung’s figures represent shipments, not actual sales, but there’s a bigger point to be made here: Samsung is currently the only company that can even come close to competing with Apple when it comes to smartphones. Before explaining why, here’s a closer look at the data. Apple’s figures represent actual sales, while Samsung’s numbers reflect the shipments of Galaxy S III handsets to carriers. That means if a carrier has an unsold Galaxy S III on the store shelf, it counts in this comparison. As a result, the Samsung figures of actual sales are lower than shipments. And if you were to count ...

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Microsoft held application development workshops at 110 locations globally Nov. 9 to teach developers how to write applications for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – Microsoft invited software developers to come here and to 109 other locations worldwide on Nov. 9 to learn about how to develop applications for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 with the goals of building a richer software ecosystems for the new operating systems. A total of 13,500 developers were registered to attend the daylong Gen Appathon where they heard presentations by Microsoft staff and independent developers and received hands-on training on how to create apps. Developers then spent time creating apps, after which organizers judged which of them were the best. About 50 developers, who attended the Appathon at a Microsoft office here, represented an eclectic mix of applications ideas, including one app that teaches people how to play music to another designed to help fight jet lag. The hands-on tr...

Earth: Earth, our home planet, is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life. All of the things we need to survive are provided under a thin layer of atmosphere that separates us from the uninhabitable void of space. Earth is made up of complex, interactive systems that are often unpredictable. Air, water, land, and life—including humans—combine forces to create a constantly changing world that we are striving to understand. Viewing Earth from the unique perspective of space provides the opportunity to see Earth as a whole. Scientists around the world have discovered many things about our planet by working together and sharing their findings. Some facts are well known. For instance, Earth is the third planet from the sun and the fifth largest in the solar system. Earth's diameter is just a few hundred kilometers larger than that of Venus. The four seasons are a result of Earth's axis of rotation being tilted more than 23 degrees. Oceans at least...

In an atmosphere of mistrust of the government, only an independent safety regulatory mechanism can counter the scaremongering against civilian nuclear power I work at an institution funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (which, however, does no nuclear research: the DAE funds a wide variety of institutions and areas in science). About a year ago, I had an e-mail from a journalist who wondered why scientists (including colleagues at my institution), who were so outspoken in their opposition to nuclear weapons, were silent about nuclear power. I suggested that perhaps most scientists are not opposed to civilian nuclear power. India’s scientific academies may prefer to be silent on most issues of importance, but individual Indian scientists are an outspoken lot — they have contributed to the public debate on a variety of issues, ranging from nuclear weapons in the late 1990s to genetically modified crops more recently. If there were a genuine debate to be had on the safety or desi...

அரசாங்கம் அவநம்பிக்கையை ஒரு சூழலில், ஒரே ஒரு சுயாதீனமான பாதுகாப்பு ஒழுங்குமுறை அமைப்பு சிவிலியன் அணுசக்தி எதிராக scaremongering எதிர்கொள்ள முடியும் நான் அணுசக்தி துறை (: நிறுவனங்கள் மற்றும் அறிவியல் பகுதிகளில் டா நிதி பலதரப்பட்ட இது, எனினும், எந்த அணு ஆராய்ச்சி செய்கிறது) மூலம் நிதி ஒரு நிறுவனத்தில் வேலை. சுமார் ஒரு ஆண்டிற்கு முன்பு, நான் அணு ஆயுதங்களை தங்கள் எதிர்ப்பை மிகவும் வெளிப்படையாக இருந்த விஞ்ஞானிகள் (என் நிறுவனத்தில் சக உட்பட), அணு சக்தி பற்றி அமைதியாக இருந்தது ஏன் ஒரு பத்திரிகையாளர் இருந்து ஒரு மின்னஞ்சல் வந்தது. நான் அந்த ஒருவேளை மிகவும் விஞ்ஞானிகள் சிவிலியன் அணுசக்தி எதிர்ப்பு இல்லை பரிந்துரைத்தார். இந்திய அறிவியல் கல்வி முக்கியத்துவம் பெரும்பாலான பிரச்சினைகளை அமைதியாக இருக்க விரும்புகிறார்கள், ஆனால் தனிப்பட்ட இந்திய விஞ்ஞானிகள் ஒரு வெளிப்படையாக நிறைய இருக்கிறது - அவர்கள் மிக சமீபத்தில் 1990 களின் இறுதியில் அணு ஆயுதங்கள் இருந்து மரபணு மாற்றப்பட்ட பயிர்கள் வரை, பிரச்சினைகள் பல்வேறு பொது விவாதம் காரணமாக . அணுசக்தி பாதுகாப்பு அல்லது விருப்பத்திற்கேற்ப மீது இருக்கும் ஒரு உண்...

The Koodankulam Struggle and the 'Foreign Hand' The Government of India is bent on maligning the struggle against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu because it cannot comprehend that ordinary citizens can understand issues and wage a spirited struggle to protect their lives and livelihoods. One of the leaders of the movement writes about their struggle and addresses the allegation that the protests are being funded by foreign organisations. Who is S.P.Udhayakumar ? Personal Information He was born at Nagercoil in 1959. He went to school and college in Nagercoil, did his first Masters in English literature in Kerala University (1979-81), the second in Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (1989-90), and Ph.D. in Political Science at University of Hawaii (1990-96). He taught English in Ethiopian high schools for six years (1981-87) and studied and worked in the United States for 12 years. He teaches many courses in several universities ...

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Station Is Essential For Development of Tamil Nadu And Offers A Bright future For the People – Therefore, KKNPS Needs be Freed From the Onslaught Of Frequent “ Tsunamis Of Unfounded and Habitual Public Ire” Caused By The “Un-Founded Opinion Quakes” Created By “The Epi-Centres Of Fear Psychosis” By  Prof. Dr. P. P. Chandrachoodan The KKNNPS Is Green and Safe In All respects - No Doubt, It Is Also Safe  From Tsunamis and Earth Quakes: The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Station is  going to be  a Green-House Gas, Fly Ash and EcoSubmergence Free supplier of large amount of electricity for the development of Tamil Nadu  and, in particular, for the development of Kudankulam region and the southern Tamil Nadu,  Kerala, etc.  Different levels of competent technical authorities (responsible for the design,  safety, operation and review of all these aspects concerning the KKNPS) have been reiterating...

 This week's arrival of  NASA 's  Mars rover Curiosity  set the stage for a potentially game-changing quest to learn whether the planet most like Earth ever had a shot at developing life, but follow-up missions exist only on drawing boards. The United States had planned to team up with Europe on a trio of missions beginning in 2016 that would culminate in the return of Mars soil and rock samples to Earth, an endeavor the  National Research Council  considers its top priority in planetary science for the next decade. Citing budget concerns, the Obama administration terminated NASA's participation in Europe's ExoMars program earlier this year, spurring the U.S. space agency to re-examine its options before another flight opportunity comes and goes. Earth and Mars favorably align for launches about every 26 months. The situation is complicated by massive budget overruns in the $2.5-billion Curiosity mission, intended to determine if Mars could ...