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. (PhysOrg.com) -- Unfortunately for retailers, the Grinch will be pushing the shopping cart again this holiday season, says Arun Jain, Samuel P. Capen Professor of Marketing Research in the University at Buffalo School of Management. http://www.physorg.com/news177347634.html Other Sciences Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:43:07 EST news177347634 Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting the compound in a different way, the researchers have turned it into a thin film insulator, which instead blocks the flow of electricity, but can induce large electric currents elsewhere. The material, called solution-deposited beta-alumina, could have important applications in transistor technology and in devices such as electronic books. http://www.physorg.com/news176994899.html Nanotechnology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:19:47 EST news176994899 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ericsson has produced a prototype of a portable computer that projects the screen and keyboard, and a mock-up of a "spider" computer that will be small enough to carry in a pocket. http://www.physorg.com/news176112369.html Electronics Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:40:01 EST news176112369 (AP) -- Hold Esquire's December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly. http://www.physorg.com/news176014150.html Technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:50:06 EST news176014150 (PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and easy enough to open the doors to many new possibilities for flexible electronics. http://www.physorg.com/news175870685.html Technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:58:38 EST news175870685 The threat of growing competition in the e-reader market does not seem to have cooled demand for Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, but the online retailer will likely face its toughest test in the coming holiday season. http://www.physorg.com/news175808024.html Technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:34:23 EST news175808024 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings soared 62 percent, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy. http://www.physorg.com/news175451045.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:40:01 EST news175451045 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer. http://www.physorg.com/news175442786.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:01 EST news175442786 (AP) -- Barnes & Noble Inc. unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselling's future. http://www.physorg.com/news175261586.html Electronics Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:48:09 EST news175261586 Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January. http://www.physorg.com/news175178997.html Electronics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:51:04 EST news175178997 Apple said Friday that it is allowing businesses to sell content or services through applications given away for free at the iPhone maker's online App Store. http://www.physorg.com/news174978470.html Technology Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:09:02 EST news174978470 (AP) -- Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices. http://www.physorg.com/news174837683.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:40:03 EST news174837683 (AP) -- It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news174670605.html Electronics Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:37:44 EST news174670605 Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle. http://www.physorg.com/news174198686.html Electronics Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:00:04 EST news174198686 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field of competitors. http://www.physorg.com/news174109918.html Electronics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:52:41 EST news174109918 Amazon.com has settled a lawsuit that sprang from a Big Brother-like move of deleting books by George Orwell from its Kindle electronic readers as a quick fix for copyright concerns. http://www.physorg.com/news173639229.html Technology Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news173639229 Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies. http://www.physorg.com/news173465178.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:02 EST news173465178 Dutch company IREX Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, unveiled a new electronic reader for the US market on Wednesday, the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field. http://www.physorg.com/news172993121.html Electronics Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:00:02 EST news172993121 (AP) -- Verizon will be providing wireless book downloads for an electronic reading device, joining AT&T and Sprint in supporting electronic books. http://www.physorg.com/news172926050.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:30:01 EST news172926050 (PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has demonstrated a prototype of an e-book reader it is developing. Unlike its competitors, the device resembles a normal book, having two touch screens that will fold up. http://www.physorg.com/news171701964.html Electronics Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:59:56 EST news171701964 A frenzied rumor mill worked overtime in anticipation of Apple's latest media event Wednesday with Beatles on iTunes, a tablet computer, an appearance by Steve Jobs, all mooted as stars of the show. http://www.physorg.com/news171700193.html Technology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:50:01 EST news171700193 (AP) -- Interead, a British company that sells the COOL-ER e-book reader, is adding more than 1 million free public-domain books to its online bookstore. The texts are available from Google Inc. through its book-scanning project. http://www.physorg.com/news171101913.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:19:11 EST news171101913 Apple, with its usual air of mystery, announced on Monday that it would hold a media event next week but did not reveal what it would be about. http://www.physorg.com/news170959910.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:52:09 EST news170959910 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or human counting to track inventory. The research, conducted by the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas, also demonstrated that the use of an RFID-enabled system could improve inventory accuracy by more than 27 percent over a 13-week period. http://www.physorg.com/news170606806.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:00:01 EST news170606806 Ultrasone announced a new set of headphones called the Zino. Just like anyone else, I plugged them into my iPod and hit play before I knew any specifics on them. From then on, I didn't want to take them off. http://www.physorg.com/news170530522.html Electronics Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:40:01 EST news170530522 (AP) -- Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market. http://www.physorg.com/news170421161.html Electronics Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:01 EST news170421161 (AP) -- A high school student is suing Amazon.com Inc. for deleting an e-book he purchased for the Kindle reader, saying his electronic notes were bollixed, too. http://www.physorg.com/news168268312.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:30:01 EST news168268312 Netbooks are a popular choice for people buying laptop computers, and they seem sized appropriately for kids. http://www.physorg.com/news168109069.html Electronics Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:02 EST news168109069 What's next from Apple? According to various reports, the California-based company plans to come out later this year with a portable tablet-sized computer that can surf the Web and may also serve as an electronic book reader. http://www.physorg.com/news167921562.html Electronics Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:20:01 EST news167921562 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos has apologized to Kindle customers for deleting pirated copies of George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" from their e-reader devices. http://www.physorg.com/news167628450.html Technology Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:40:02 EST news167628450