News tagged with motion
Blackberry maker RIM to buy back $1.2 bln in stock
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Blackberry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thursday it would buy back 1.2 billion US dollars worth of its stock to prop up the sagging share price amid heightened competition.
Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw - a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the ...
RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9700 Smartphone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Research In Motion today announced the sleek and powerful BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers an extensive array of high-end communications and multimedia features in a compact ...
BlackBerry Storm 2 coming soon (w/ Video)
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- RIM are soon to release their updated BlackBerry, the Storm 2 smart phone, with a more streamlined design and touch-sensitive buttons instead of the hardware buttons of the first version.
Some Sidekick users may recover data: Microsoft
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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Microsoft said Tuesday that some Sidekick mobile phone users may recover personal data such as contacts, calendar items and digital photos believed to have been permanently lost in a server failure.
Seeing things: Researchers teach computers to recognize objects
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If computers could recognize objects, they could automatically search through hours of video footage for a particular two-minute scene. A tourist strolling down a street in a strange city ...
T-Mobile halts Sidekick sales after data loss
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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US wireless carrier T-Mobile temporarily halted sales of the Sidekick mobile phone Monday after a server failure caused many customers to lose personal data such as contacts and calendar items.
Fujitsu Develops Golf-Swing Analyzer Featuring Latest Sensing Technology
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Fujitsu today announced that it has codeveloped a sensing technology that accurately measures the body movements of a person carrying a sensor-equipped mobile phone. The technology was developed in collaboration ...
Apple App Store downloads hit two billion mark
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Apple announced Monday that more than two billion applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch have been downloaded from its App Store, just five months after hitting the one-billion download mark.
RIM's 2Q profit falls on charges, outlook weak
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported a drop in fiscal second-quarter profit Thursday because of charges for a patent settlement and said revenue for the current quarter will fall below ...
Sony to launch new motion controller next spring
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Sep 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sony plans to release a new motion controller next spring for the PlayStation 3 video game console.
Perceptual learning relies on local motion signals to learn global motion
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Researchers have long known of the brain's ability to learn based on visual motion input, and a recent study has uncovered more insight into where the learning occurs.
Palm posts larger 1Q loss, but beats Street view
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Smart phone maker Palm Inc. on Thursday posted a wider fiscal first-quarter loss - its ninth in a row.
Could Exotic Matter Provide an Infinite Source of Energy?
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Generally, scientists prefer to avoid the concept of perpetual motion. The idea of a machine that could produce movement that goes on forever, and using that movement to generate an endless ...
Motorola, in need of hit, shows off Android phone
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Struggling phone maker Motorola unveiled its first device using Google's Android system Thursday, banking on it to power features that will attract consumers looking to use their phones to connect ...
