20/04/2011

New AT&T phone contracts dive in 1Q

(AP) -- AT&T Inc. used to draw in subscribers by the millions with the lure of the iPhone. Now, it's mostly selling iPhones to its own customers, who are trading up from other AT&T phones.

Diffused light control can project in fully lit room

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Uchida Research Laboratory at Tohoku University, have created a high visibility projector screen that works on the principle of Diffused Light Control (DLC). The long and the short of ...

Poker domain names unfrozen to allow refunds

US authorities said Wednesday they were unfreezing the domain names of two online poker companies targeted in a crackdown on Internet gambling so US players could withdraw their money.

Primordial weirdness: Did the early universe have 1 dimension?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? That's the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at Buffalo physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010.

STEREO turns its steady gaze on variable stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered 122 new eclipsing binary stars and observed hundreds more variable stars in an innovative survey using NASA's two STEREO solar satellites. The survey has been carried out by team ...

Could low-cost space missions keep astronomy aiming high?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether in the present so-called 'age of austerity' or more generous times, arguing for funds for space exploration can sometimes be hard and constrained budgets mean that some excellent scientific proposals ...

Apple gets two new iPhone-related patents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Apple is spending time with the patent office again, and this time it is for a double header. Apple has been rewarded not one, but two different patents, and they are both related to the iPhone.

Directors slam $30 early release home video offer

(AP) -- Big-name Hollywood action flick directors including James Cameron and Michael Bay have come out guns-ablazing against a plan by studios to make new release movies available to rent in homes just two months after ...

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