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$199 Google Nexus S smartphone hits stores December 16
Google announced a new smartphone on Monday. The new Nexus S smartphone is the first gadget to run the newest version of the Android mobile operating system. Google teamed up with Samsung Electronics to make the Nexus S. It is powered by Android 2.3. Best Buy will begin selling the phone in its U.S. stores on December 16 for $199 with a two-year T-Mobile contract.
A majority of Verizon Wireless customers could not access the mobile Internet on Wednesday December 8, 2010 because of a network glitch. It wasn’t a very big deal on the east coast because the Internet was down from 1:40 A.M. until 5:00 A.M, a time when most people are sleeping. But, this is not the case for the rest of the United States. Even though the Internet was down, Verizon Wireless customers still had access to the network. Surprisingly, this didn’t happen to all phones, which left some people happier than others. Most people were posting tweets to their Twitter informing Verizon on the problem. Once it was fixed early Wednesday morning, Verizon tweeted right back, stating the problem resolved.
Joelle Tondi i got it from cnn.com
Why attackers can't take down Amazon.com
The website-attacking group "Anonymous" tried and failed to take down Amazon.com on Thursday. The group's quickly found out something that they have known for years: Amazon, which has built one of the world's most invincible websites, is almost impossible to crash. Amazon has a famously massive server capacity in order to handle the December e-commerce rush. That short holiday shopping window is so critical, and so intense, that even a few minutes of downtime could cost Amazon millions
ALLEN-TECH ARTICLE
Virtual life is around us every day, from online communities to simulation in computer games. It's fun, but it's also useful.
The United States military uses simulation technology to train pilots, soldiers who take part in convoys and medics, who are similar to civilian emergency medical technicians.
New battery-operated, remote-controlled mannequins can simulate bleeding and breathing, and they have blinking eyes that dilate. Medics can test their skills on these life-like mannequins.
The new units, which are packed with technology, are used at 23 U.S. Army Medical Simulation Training Centers as part of a program to teach lifesaving techniques to medics and nonmedical personnel.
A Pentagon study says the training program has saved 1,000 soldiers' lives in combat, said Lt. Col. Wilson Ariza, manager of the U.S. Army Medical Simulation Project.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/12/11/military.simulation/index.html
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