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. 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny robots the size of a flea could one day be mass-produced, churned out in swarms and programmed for a variety of applications, such as surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, cleaning, and more. In an effort to reach this goal, a recent study has demonstrated the initial tests for fabricating microrobots on a large scale. http://www.physorg.com/news170678733.html Electronics Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:47:01 EST news170678733 (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 Yeah, this is one of the big reasons why I opted for the Pre, which comes with free turn-by-turn GPS. http://www.physorg.com/news169930349.html Electronics Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:30:01 EST news169930349 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 US and Canadian college students can pack textbooks into their pockets instead of spine-bending backpacks courtesy of an iPhone application released by CourseSmart. http://www.physorg.com/news169224200.html Electronics Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:30:03 EST news169224200 (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 Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly earnings report last week featured a number of grim statistics, including a relatively overlooked, albeit steep decline related to its Zune portable media player_potentially adding more uncertainty to the embattled product's future. http://www.physorg.com/news168198505.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:48:54 EST news168198505 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 Apple today announced that customers have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications in just one year from its App Store, the largest applications store in the world. The App Store is also growing at an incredible pace with more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone Developer Program. http://www.physorg.com/news166804644.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:00:01 EST news166804644 Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at UC Riverside and author of the book `The How of Happiness,` has teamed up with Signal Patterns, developers of psychology-based Web and mobile applications, to create the new `Live Happy` iPhone application. http://www.physorg.com/news166797969.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:47:04 EST news166797969 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 (PhysOrg.com) -- Dell engineers are in the process of developing a pocket handheld device for browsing the internet. Dell plans on using the Google Inc.'s Android software and may also use chips based on designed licensed from ARM Holdings PLC, according to the Wall Street Journal's sources. http://www.physorg.com/news165668032.html Electronics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:54:33 EST news165668032 Tens of thousands of applications are available for Apple's popular iPhone and the iPod Touch but a report released on Thursday indicates that only a few are likely to attract widespread usage. http://www.physorg.com/news165171641.html Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:01 EST news165171641 Product: The Palm Pre, sold by Sprint http://www.physorg.com/news165058944.html Electronics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:43:11 EST news165058944 It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight. http://www.physorg.com/news165053969.html Electronics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:20:22 EST news165053969 Light touch - the sense that lets musicians find the right notes on a keyboard, a seamstress revel in the feel of cool silk, the artisan feel a curve in material and the blind read Braille - truly depends on the activity of Merkel cells usually found in crescent-shaped clusters in the skin, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news164553632.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:10:03 EST news164553632 (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 Portions of the brain that activate when people view pictures of objects compared to scrambled images can also be activated by touch alone, confirms a new report published online on May 28th in Current Biology. http://www.physorg.com/news162744208.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 May 2009 15:44:06 EST news162744208 Few businesses rise or fall on a single product, but Palm Inc. has essentially banked its future as a company on a small, touch-screen wireless phone set to hit the market in just two weeks. http://www.physorg.com/news162672263.html Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 19:44:55 EST news162672263 (AP) -- The next generation of Microsoft's Zune music player, due in the fall, will have a touch screen, Web browser and an HD Radio receiver. http://www.physorg.com/news162648413.html Electronics Wed, 27 May 2009 13:07:26 EST news162648413 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Apple iPhone is one of the most versatile smart phones around today and it's about to get better. The news of what the next generation iPhone will be like is traveling fast. http://www.physorg.com/news162548771.html Electronics Tue, 26 May 2009 09:26:35 EST news162548771 (AP) -- Dell Inc., already the largest seller of PCs to schools worldwide, is trying to extend its lead with its first "netbook" designed for young students at a time when adult consumers and businesses have cut back on technology spending. http://www.physorg.com/news161936695.html Electronics Tue, 19 May 2009 07:25:21 EST news161936695 (PhysOrg.com) -- Maintenance of offshore drilling rigs or underwater cables, taking samples of sediment - underwater robots perform a variety of deep-sea tasks. Research scientists now aim to equip robots with tactile capability so that they can orientate themselves better under the sea. http://www.physorg.com/news160670991.html Technology Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:58 EST news160670991