http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Apple's Macintosh computers may be cool, but Windows PCs are easier on the wallet. http://www.physorg.com/news157311636.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:41:19 EST news157311636 (AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Thursday it will start selling iPhones without requiring a two-year contract, but they will cost $400 more. http://www.physorg.com/news156703741.html Electronics Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:49:29 EST news156703741 Apple solved one problem with its fun, new iPod Shuffle: With the push of a button on its headphone cord, it can tell you what song is playing. But it created another problem if you want to use a different pair of headphones than those shipped with the Shuffle. http://www.physorg.com/news156625131.html Electronics Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:59:28 EST news156625131 (AP) -- I try to keep a stiff upper lip about not having an iPhone. Just couldn't afford it - not with the $75 a month or so AT&T charges for service on top of the $199 upfront cost for the device. http://www.physorg.com/news156620064.html Electronics Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:35:00 EST news156620064 On Nov. 1, 1933, Mrs. Bruce Reid recorded seeing both a male and female ivory-billed woodpecker in Texas. And on May 28, 1938, Oscar McKinley Bryans observed a ruby-throated hummingbird in Michigan, noting that the birds were most common when apple trees were blooming. http://www.physorg.com/news156603740.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:06:57 EST news156603740 (AP) -- Apple Inc. is updating its software for iPhones so that users can cut, copy and paste text - a basic computing feature that many people had lamented was missing from the gadget that seems to do everything. http://www.physorg.com/news156517519.html Electronics Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:42:14 EST news156517519 (AP) -- Despite the economic turmoil, Maine is expanding its program to provide laptop computers to students. http://www.physorg.com/news156180580.html Technology Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:30:13 EST news156180580 Apple plans to give the world a peek next week at its next-generation operating system for iPhones. http://www.physorg.com/news156105232.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:34:27 EST news156105232 To protect your $359 investment in Amazon's Kindle 2, I suggest buying a cover. The first Kindle shipped with one; the new version does not. http://www.physorg.com/news156067081.html Electronics Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:00:37 EST news156067081 One of the main reasons people buy Apple computers is because they come with fabulous software for managing your photos and creating movies. http://www.physorg.com/news156066688.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:52:36 EST news156066688 With or without Apple? Without. http://www.physorg.com/news156066280.html Technology Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:45:11 EST news156066280 (AP) -- Apple Inc. unveiled a minuscule new iPod Shuffle on Wednesday that takes its "smaller is better" mantra to a whole new level. http://www.physorg.com/news155989580.html Electronics Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:15:29 EST news155989580 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. plans a central market to sell programs for cell phones running the Windows Mobile system. It hews closely to the setup of Apple Inc.'s App Store for iPhones, with one notable exception - Microsoft promises to communicate more openly with outside software developers. http://www.physorg.com/news155990039.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:34:41 EST news155990039 Orchard floor and groundcover management is important to fruit growers, affecting the efficiency of orchard operations, fruit tree performance, and soil quality. http://www.physorg.com/news154968453.html Biology Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:47:57 EST news154968453 Carl Clement doesn't want to whine and moan about it, he's just saying. He's just saying that before there was the Apple Macintosh and its recent and much-heralded 25th anniversary, there was the Xerox Alto. And he and his company helped build it. http://www.physorg.com/news154964025.html Technology Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:34:14 EST news154964025 My video-game addiction took on a new, smaller footprint after the holidays. Resigning myself to the fact that my four-year-old iPod was never going to die of its own accord, I proactively put the clunky, white model with the ugly monochrome screen out to pasture and treated myself to a 32-gigabyte iPod Touch ($399). Just doing my bit to jump-start the economy, you know. http://www.physorg.com/news154807601.html Electronics Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:08:01 EST news154807601 Apple today announced the public beta of Safari 4 web browser for Mac and Windows PCs. The Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. http://www.physorg.com/news154715930.html Technology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:39:37 EST news154715930 (PhysOrg.com) -- Motorists in California equipped with the Apple iPhone can now get personalized traffic information via the "California Traffic Report," the first iPhone application from the University of California, San Diego division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). In the first ten days since the app became available through Apple`s App Store on Feb. 7, roughly 2,650 people have downloaded the application, and downloads continue to run at a clip of roughly 250 per day. http://www.physorg.com/news154117861.html Technology Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:32:09 EST news154117861 Six studies published in the past year by a Cornell researcher add to growing evidence that an apple a day -- as well as daily helpings of other fruits and vegetables -- can help keep the breast-cancer doctor away. http://www.physorg.com/news154096655.html Chemistry Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:38:04 EST news154096655 The ongoing quest for an alternative to the Apple iPhone has led to the Samsung Delve. http://www.physorg.com/news153063866.html Electronics Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:44:52 EST news153063866 The Apple Macintosh, born at the hands of renegade engineers in the early 1980s, changed the relationship between human and keyboard. http://www.physorg.com/news152383655.html Electronics Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:48:07 EST news152383655 A growing body of evidence demonstrates that we can take steps to delay age-related cognitive decline, including in some cases that which accompanies Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. http://www.physorg.com/news151842200.html Medicine & Health Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:24:46 EST news151842200 A new, late-ripening apple named WineCrisp(TM) which carries the Vf gene for scab resistance was developed over the past 20 plus years through classical breeding techniques, not genetic engineering. License to propagate trees will be made available to nurseries through the University of Illinois. http://www.physorg.com/news151842022.html Biology Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:21:30 EST news151842022 Last week brought tremendous change to two of technology's bellwether firms. But it had nothing to do with product launches or job losses, common headlines these days. http://www.physorg.com/news151783222.html Technology Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:01:00 EST news151783222 Apple Inc. may be gearing up to introduce cheaper iPhone and MacBook models in 2009, possibly including a device dubbed the iPhone nano, an analyst said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news150097493.html Electronics Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:44:53 EST news150097493 The new T-Mobile G1 phone with Android goes on sale October 22nd. A sneak peak at the first phone to run Android reveals a notice to users that goes as follows: "Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement ... in such an instance, Google reserves the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole discretion." http://www.physorg.com/news143475970.html Electronics Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:26:10 EST news143475970