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<title><![CDATA[WWDC 2011: There's an app for that]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)Ahead of next week's Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has published a full schedule of the show, along with a special iOS application for those who are attending.The application (iTunes), which works on both iPhones and iPads has a full conference schedule, which users can bookmark to create their own itineraries. It also has maps of San Francisco's Moscone West (where the conference is being held) so that attendees can find their way around. Additionally the app has a reservation tool that can get attendees a slot at one of the various developer labs, just like they'd book an open slot at the Genius Bar with the company's retail store app.More interesting features include a photo viewer with official images from the show, and a news reader that reads like Apple's Mail application.Having a special app for a conference is not unusual these days, in fact Apple did the very same thing last year. And like last year, this one is also limited to registered attendees. Apple ran out of tickets for this year's show in less than 12 hours. By comparison, it took last year's show eight days.WWDC kicks off on Monday with a keynote address from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The company has said it's showing off iOS 5, along with detailing more of Lion, the next version of theMac OS. Apple will also take the wraps off iCloud, what it's only described so far as a &quot;cloud services offering.&quot; (via Macworld)Apple&amp;39's WWDC app.(Credit:Apple)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Brammo revs up with six-speed EV motorcycles]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 07:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dskertisis6</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Brammo&amp;39's Engage electric motorcycle with a six-speed transmission.(Credit:Brammo)Brammo will offer its electric motorcycles with a six-speed transmission beginning in 2012, the company announced today.The bikes will be unveiled this Friday in Las Vegas shortly before competing in the MiniMotoSX race.Motorcycle manufacturer Brammo could make a big impact on the motorcycle world with this change.While electric motorcycles have been around for some time, and even had their own race on the Isle of Man in June 2009, up until now they've mainly been seen as bikes for early adopters interested ingreen tech, or those who might otherwise consider a moped.Electric motorcycles are relatively quiet, have a limited range, and arguably offer limited speed and performance when compared to comparable racing bikes with internal combustion engines. They're also fighting an image problem in a market famous for exuding a longstanding sexy, powerful, and adventurous appeal.&quot;Electric motorcycle design has always been a bit of a balancing act in direct drive systems where great acceleration performance comes at the expense of low top-end speed,&quot; Brian Wismann, director of product development at Brammo, said in a statement.If Brammo's new line of six-speed electric motorcycles are finally able to join the ranks in terms of image and performance, an Italian engineering firm may be to thank.SMRE&amp;39's Integrated Electric Transmission (IET) which Brammo has exclusively licensed.(Credit:Brammo)SMRE Engineering has patented what it calls the Integrated Electric Transmission (IET), which allows a battery-powered motorcycle to have a six-speed transmission, and perform more closely to a traditional racing motorcycle.&quot;The IET is a mechatronic propulsion unit that emulates the feeling and performance of a traditional internal combustion engine, with a specially developed electric motor, clutch, and gear shift, that enables Brammo motorcycles to accelerate hard from the line up to a high top speed, something that is just not possible to achieve with a single ratio electric motorcycle,&quot; Brammo said in a statement.That's quite a change from the single-speed electric motorcycles currently made by Brammo, Zero Motorcycles, and Native Cycles.Brammo has acquired an exclusive international license to use SMRE's tech in its bikes, the company also announced today. The line of Brammo motorcycles including the new technology (see video) will go on sale in 2012 and range in price from about $10,000 to $12,000, not including possible federal or state incentives offered for EVs.  Brammo already sells its Enertia all-electric motorcycles at Best Buy. No word on when or if the electronics retail giant will also offer the six-speed version in 2012.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Navy: Full steam ahead on Great Green Fleet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The RCB-X is powered by an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuels.(Credit:U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory N. Juday)NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus can measure the cost of transporting oil to combat missions in dollars and in lives. Mabus gave the keynote talk today at the ARPA-E Summit here, where he announced an agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to create energy storage systems geared at providing reliable power and reducing fossil fuel use.His talk followed speeches by Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and representative Steve Israel of New York, who both highlighted the importance to national security of fossil fuel alternatives.Navy Secretary Ray Mabus(Credit:MC2 Kevin S. O&amp;39'Brien/U.S. Navy)The Navy has a program, launched in fall 2009 and called the &quot;Great Green Fleet,&quot; to convert 50 percent of its energy to fossil fuel alternatives by 2020 and to have half of the Navy's thousands of bases become net energy zero consumers. It's a reference to the &quot;Great White Fleet,&quot; the nickname used under President Theodore Roosevelt for a battle fleet which circled the globe almost 100 years ago.&quot;Every time we make changes to improve the efficiencies of our engines or systems or we use alternative sources of power, we get better and we make people safer,&quot; Mabus said.In the agreement between the Departments of Defense and Energy, the Navy plans to take advantage of grid storage technologies developed in the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The cost of the project would be $25 million and start in fiscal year 2012.The first project will seek to develop hybrid storage systems with higher energy density than what's available in batteries today. Mabus said the technology could lead to mobile storage units for charging military equipment at bases or be used to reduce fuel consumption in vehicles.The second project will look at using storage for providing reliable power in conjunction with renewable energy systems at Navy buildings. The Navy operates 72,500 buildings across 3.3 million acres of land.A base in Afghanistan is already using solar panels to partially power its base, which has reduced the amount of diesel fuel it uses for generators. Military personnel are also using solar panels that roll up and fit into their packs, saving foot patrols from carrying 700 pounds of batteries to charge radios and electronics.In Afghanistan, fuel is the largest cost to operations and a huge logistical challenge that involves delivering the fuel across an ocean and multiple countries, Mabus said. For every $1 per barrel that the price of fuel goes up, the Navy spends $31 million more for fuel. When the price of oil went up $30 per barrel a few years ago, the Navy paid an additional $1 billion to power its aircraft, ships, and ground vehicles. Beyond those &quot;strategic and economic&quot; arguments for changing to less fossil fuel, Mabus said the military loses lives transporting fuel to bases. &quot;The single thing we spend the most effort on getting to Afghanistan is fuel,&quot; he said. &quot;The Army did a study and found that out of every 24 fuel convoys we use, a soldier or marine is killed or wounded guarding that convoy. That's a high price to pay for fuel.&quot;The need for steady and reliable power are on the rise, too, given the military's growing dependence on digital technologies. In Vietnam, a Marine patrol had two radios, compared with 30 or 50 today.The Navy is already testing biofuel replacements for its aircraft and other equipment, either made by growing plants and converting them to fuel or through &quot;electrofuels&quot; that use genetically engineered organisms that make fuel from water, carbon dioxide, and another energy source, such as hydrogen or electricity.The Defense Department's pursuit of fossil fuel alternatives was called into question by a RAND report in January that said alternative fuels for aviation offered &quot;no direct benefit&quot; from a military perspective over fossil fuels.Mabus didn't address the report specifically but said that all major energy transitions in the history of the Navy were considered too expensive and too risky by military top brass, including the move from sail to coal. He said that the Navy would never allow oil-producing countries in volatile regions to produce its ships and aircraft, but the military does give them a say in whether the Navy's equipment will work.&quot;Our dependence on fossil fuels creates strategic, operational, and tactical vulnerabilies for our forces and makes them too susceptible to price and supply shocks caused by instability or natural disasters in volatile areas of the world where most of our fossil fuel is produced,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High and lows from Mobile World Congress]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dskertisis6</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Another Mobile World Congress is in the bag and as the CNET crew leaves Barcelona we can take stock of the mobile madness that was. It was my fourth year attending the show and I can report that 2011 was one the busiest I've seen with a ton of new smartphones and tablets. It was a lot to handle, but Bonnie Cha of CNET Reviews, CNET TV's Ariel Nunez, and Maggie Reardon, Stephen Shankland, and Elinor Mills were along for the ride.As with any trade show, Mobile World Congress (MWC) offered a series of satisfying devices and a couple of instances where companies fell short. Here's the report from Barcelona as we saw it. And don't forget to check out Maggie's insights in her Ask Maggie column.Sights from Mobile World Congress (photos) The highsSony EricssonEven before Mobile World Congress began almost everyone knew about thePlayStation Phone. It wasn't just the endless leaks, but Sony Ericsson also teased us with a Super Bowl commercial a week before the company held its MWC press conference. Indeed, I was glad to finally see the Xperia Play for real, and shocked by the news that it would come to Verizon Wireless. I liked the the handset when I finally got my hands on it, though I wasn't blown away completely. And my colleague Scott Stein thinks it's not quite the gaming device he wanted. Mobile World Congress had a lot to offer.(Credit:Kent German/CNET)Sony Ericsson also debuted the Xperia Pro and Neo (the former has a physical keyboard, the latter does not). They're not especially powerful devices, but they offer attractive hardware in the style of the recent Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. I hope they make it to a U.S. carrier.LGWe got only two devices from our friends at LG, but they were more than enough. The LG Optimus Pad, and its G Slate counterpart at T-Mobile, won Bonnie's outright approval (that's not an easy feat, mind you). She liked the hardware and display and thought that the 3G video was cool if not entirely necessary. I agreed when I looked at the Optimus 3D smartphone. It's also a lovely device that feels good in the hand. And while the 3D capability is nifty, it's not a big selling point for me.HTCIn an effort to be different and &quot;simply brilliant,&quot; HTC revealed its new products on the second day of the show. It certainly succeeded on the first front when it put another rumor to rest by introducing the elusive Facebook phones. The Salsa and ChaCha (no relation to Bonnie) aren't really more than regular Andorid smartphones with Facebook content surfaced at a high level. The hardware doesn't look like much right now, and we're still wary on the whole concept, but we'll give them a closer look once we have the opportunity.HTC also introduced the Flyertablet and the Desire S, Wildfire S and Incredible S. The Flyer has a few things going for it including HTC's Scribe technology, but Bonnie didn't like it as much as the G Slate. The smartphone trio weren't bad either, but they're not much more than upgrades of previous models.SamsungSammy also kicked off MWC with a Sunday night press conference and did its best to entertain (for proof, check out the above slide show). It unveiled the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy S II. Both devices have dual-core processors.Yeah, Android was huge in Barcelona.(Credit:Kent German/CNET)AndroidJudging from Google's booth alone (again, see the slide show), its operating system ruled Barcelona. Almost all of the 24 new phones introduced at MWC run Android and Sony Ericsson wasn't shy about its desire to be number one in that space. If you're still doubting that Android is on a roll, than MWC will convince you otherwise.TabletsJust as they did atCES, tablets arrived at MWC in force. Seven new tablets had their debut from not only the manufacturers mentioned above, but also Huawei and ViewSonic. The lows Moto had big booth, but that was it.(Credit:Stephen Shankland/CNET) MotorolaAfter going big at CES, Motorola made barely a dent at MWC. It had a big flashy booth, but revealed only that it was bringing the existing Moto Droid Pro and Xoom to the European market. Honestly, we were hoping for more. RIMRIM was another company that kept a low profile in Barcelona. It announced plans for two new PlayBook tablets, but it didn't demonstrate any new devices either. Maybe it knew about the Android onslaught and is biding its time for CTIA. And the in betweens Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, speaks at a MWC keynote.(Credit:Stephen Shankland/CNET) NokiaNokia entered MWC with a lot of buzz having announced only days before that it was pursuing a partnership with Microsoft to introduce Windows Phone 7 devices. Much of the mobile industry is still trying to digest the news--and opinions vary widely on how fruitful the relationship will be--but Nokia CEO Stephen Elop made his case at a press conference and a keynote address. ZTEIt may still be growing in the U.S. market, but ZTE tried to make its presence known at MWC. Yet, its three new phones, the Skate, Amigo and Blade didn't leave a lasting impression. HuaweiThe same was true for ZTE's main Chinese competitor. Though its new Ideos X3 was kept mostly behind glass during the show, we got to handle its Ideos Slim S7. But when compared with the tablets I mentioned above, I liked it least of all. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Study: Humanity can store 295 exabytes of data]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[USC researcher Martin Hilbert(Credit:USC)What do you get if you pile up all those USB thumb drives, CDs, chip-enabled credit cards, moldering videocassettes, library books, and Babylonian clay tabletsAbout 295 exabytes of storage capacity, that's what. So conclude Martin Hilbert and Priscilla Lopez, researchers at the University of Southern California, who today published in the journal Science their estimate of just how much information humans can store at present.That number is, of course, big. An exabyte is 1,000 petabytes, and a petabyte is 1,000 terabytes, and a terabyte is about what you'd get in a desktop PC hard drive these days.And that number is, of course, getting bigger. General-purpose computing storage capacity is growing at about 58 percent per year, according to the study.But here's an even bigger number: the amount of data that vanishes into the ether. The researchers say humanity broadcast about 1.9 zettabytes of information from sources such as TV shows and GPS satellite location data in 2007. A zettabyte is 1,000 exabytes.And although humanity has an impressive collective hard drive, it's peanuts compared to what nature has accomplished. Humanity's manufactured storage capacity is just a hundredth of the information capacity of humanity's DNA, the researchers said.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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