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. I may have caught a glimpse of the future last week. In San Francisco, a startup company called Fusion Garage showed off the JooJoo, a touch-screen device that looks like the iPhone's big brother. The JooJoo is one of the first of a new generation of tablet computers expected to hit store shelves in the coming year. http://www.physorg.com/news180298455.html Electronics Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:30:01 EST news180298455 (AP) -- About 18 months ago, a technology blogger got fed up with the industry and forged an alliance with a startup to make his dream computer. It almost worked. http://www.physorg.com/news179768101.html Electronics Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:35:53 EST news179768101 (PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone`s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, which uses embedded optical sensors to track the movement of the user`s fingers, is just now coming to market. But researchers at MIT`s Media Lab have already figured out how to use such sensors to turn displays into giant lensless cameras. On Dec. 19 at Siggraph Asia -- a recent spinoff of Siggraph, the premier graphics research conference -- the MIT team is presenting the first application of its work, a display that lets users manipulate on-screen images using hand gestures. http://www.physorg.com/news179760349.html Technology Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:27:31 EST news179760349 (AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news179756128.html Technology Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:18:41 EST news179756128 ASUS today launched the Eee PC T91MT, the world's first convertible tablet netbook to feature a multi-touch screen that supports Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures. http://www.physorg.com/news178545872.html Electronics Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:05:21 EST news178545872 GPS navigation is morphing from a cool luxury to just one more thing you expect out of a decent smart phone. But different phones approach the issue in different ways. http://www.physorg.com/news176643094.html Electronics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:40:03 EST news176643094 (AP) -- When I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had 32 volumes and took up 4 feet in the book case. I loved to sit on the couch and flip through it, reading articles at random. http://www.physorg.com/news175953960.html Electronics Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:07:05 EST news175953960 (AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen. http://www.physorg.com/news175370805.html Electronics Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:07:22 EST news175370805 Prompted partly by the iPhone's phenomenal popularity, consumers are demanding and likely to get a wider range of touch screens on many more electronic devices. http://www.physorg.com/news174809791.html Technology Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:20:02 EST news174809791 (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 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 Lenovo today is bringing business users a new way to work with multitouch screen technology on the versatile and portable ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC and slim and powerful ThinkPad T400s laptop. Lenovo is also introducing SimpleTap, an application that brings simplicity to the multitouch screen experience. http://www.physorg.com/news172251424.html Electronics Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:30:01 EST news172251424 (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 Apple's iPhone will soon officially go on sale in China, more than two years after its US debut, but it may not make much of a splash, with smuggled units and similar devices available, analysts say. http://www.physorg.com/news171429496.html Technology Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news171429496 Faced with increased competition from up-and-coming rivals, Finnish telecom giant Nokia plans to launch a slew of new products this year but analysts say it faces a tough battle to hold on to its position as the world's number one mobile phone manufacturer. http://www.physorg.com/news171429265.html Electronics Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:20:04 EST news171429265 When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone. http://www.physorg.com/news171138581.html Electronics Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:30:28 EST news171138581 Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, unveiled Wednesday three new smartphones as the Finnish firm tries to claw back market share from Apple's popular iPhone and RiM's Blackberry. http://www.physorg.com/news171118907.html Electronics Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:02:20 EST news171118907 (AP) -- Pretty much any cell phone you'd buy today comes with a digital camera, but only a few are good enough to take the place of even a cheap point-and-shoot. http://www.physorg.com/news170527723.html Electronics Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:49:09 EST news170527723 (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 Figuring out what Apple Inc. has in store for its next big product launch has become as popular a game as gathering to pick fantasy football drafts every fall. http://www.physorg.com/news169931528.html Electronics Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:20:01 EST news169931528 Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to smudge and cutting glare from sunlight. In a report today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they describe development of a test for performance of such smudge- and reflection-resistant coatings and its use to determine how to improve that performance. http://www.physorg.com/news169913725.html Chemistry Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:17:11 EST news169913725 (AP) -- Thirty years after revolutionizing portable music with the Walkman for playing cassette tapes, Sony is trying to master the digital media player with the X Series Walkman. http://www.physorg.com/news168714063.html Electronics Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:30:02 EST news168714063 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- In the city of Peccioli in the Tuscany region of Italy a robot called DustCart has been zipping through the streets. This is part of a $3.9 million research program called DustBot that aims on collecting trash on demand. http://www.physorg.com/news167656170.html Electronics Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:10:10 EST news167656170 (AP) -- Palm Inc.'s Pre phone can again connect to Apple's iTunes software - just a week after Apple Inc. shut it out. http://www.physorg.com/news167650189.html Electronics Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:31:21 EST news167650189 South Korea's Samsung Electronics Wednesday announced what it claims is the world's slimmest "watch phone". http://www.physorg.com/news167460430.html Electronics Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:47:31 EST news167460430 The first home in the UK which can learn from its residents and take decisive action and text if it is being burgled or the door has been left unlocked, will be unveiled this week in Cairo. http://www.physorg.com/news165838640.html Technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:43 EST news165838640 Product: The Palm Pre, sold by Sprint http://www.physorg.com/news165058944.html Electronics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:43:11 EST news165058944 (AP) -- Jon Rubinstein, a former executive behind Apple Inc.'s iPod, on Wednesday was named chief executive of smartphone maker Palm Inc., replacing Ed Colligan who is stepping down after 16 years with the company. http://www.physorg.com/news163910316.html Technology Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:39:16 EST news163910316 (AP) -- When Palm Inc.'s and Sprint Nextel Corp.'s latest bundle of smart phone joy, the Pre, arrives Saturday, it will be entering an increasingly crowded market backed by parents that have a lot riding on its success. http://www.physorg.com/news163176545.html Electronics Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:49:43 EST news163176545