News tagged with palm
Palm's webOS hasn't gotten the attention it deserves
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Lost in the recent deluge of smart-phone news -- Apple's iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among other things -- have been the efforts ...
Orangutans struggle to survive as palm oil booms
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Cinta, a baby orangutan found lost and alone in a vast Borneo palm oil plantation, now clings to a tree at a sanctuary for the great apes, staring intently at dozens of tourists.
Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found.
Dramatized ads weave plot lines around product
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In television's latest quest to discourage viewers from skipping ads, actors from NBC and ABC shows are appearing in character in commercials to interact with products in parallel story lines.
Palm expected to see loss grow, sales decline
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Palm Inc. is expected to report a deeper net loss on a decline in revenue for its first fiscal quarter, but most investors are likely to pay closer attention to sales of the its new Pre smartphone as a potential ...
Industry group: OK for iTunes to block Palm Pre
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. appears to have clearance from an industry group to block rival Palm Inc.'s Pre phone from connecting with iTunes software.
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.
Researchers unlock genetic secrets of date palm
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have mapped a draft version of the date palm genome, unlocking many of its genetic secrets.
Palm to release cheaper sibling of Pre smart phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of a lighter, cheaper handset called the Pixi.
Predators key to sustainable farming
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Barn owls have emerged as the unlikely heroes in the fight against climate change, saving Malaysian farmers more than money, UQ PhD Student Chong Leong Puan has found.
'Green' energy from algae
Aug 06, 2009 |
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In view of the shortage of petrochemical resources and climate change, development of CO2-neutral sustainable fuels is one of the most urgent challenges of our times. Energy plants like rape or oil palm a ...
Palm Pre reconnects with estranged iTunes
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Palm Inc.'s Pre phone can again connect to Apple's iTunes software - just a week after Apple Inc. shut it out.
Wireless innovation faces roadblocks
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Sometimes you can recognize a revolutionary upheaval only in hindsight. You look back years later and think, "Oh yes, that was the moment when everything began to change. And we hardly even noticed at the time."
Apple disables iTunes sync feature on Palm Pre
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. has shut down one of the most compelling features on Palm Inc.'s rival Pre smart phone, crippling the Pre's ability to act like an iPod.
Exxon to make alternative fuel from algae: report
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Oil giant Exxon Mobil plans to announce a 600-million-dollar investment to produce liquid transportation fuel from algae, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
