Thursday, May 26, 2011

Android Seen Reaching for Its Wallet

Android Seen Reaching for Its Wallet

Android Seen Reaching for Its Wallet

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Google will unveil a mobile payment service on Thursday in New York, according to a recent Bloomberg report. This will be available on Android smartphones from Sprint Nextel. The service will let Android smartphone owners with the NFC feature enabled pay for goods and redeem coupons through their handsets. Google will roll out the service in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., according to the report. Google did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

Barnes & Noble Tells a Simpler Story With New Nook E-Reader

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Barnes & Noble has introduced its new Nook -- a more elementary, less expensive black and white WiFi e-reader device geared toward a simpler market and hoping to compete in the growing e-reader field. The new Nook unrolls with some key differences from its predecessors and competitors. Primarily, it features a touchscreen and offers a battery life of up to two months. The device uses e-Ink, the same as the Amazon Kindle, to offer a book-like level of contrast and what some say is a more eye-friendly reading experience than a tablet or computer screen.

Beyond the Point of No Return: Is There Life in Black Holes?

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Few ideas convey the mystery and awe-inspiring nature of space better than the black hole. Dark, vast and little understood, black holes in many ways represent all that we still don't know about the universe. With their seemingly infinite emptiness and general unexplorability, they're also more than a little terrifying. Imagine what it would be like, then, to learn that life exists in these expansive regions of no escape. Sounds like something from science fiction, doesn't it?

gLabels Does the Job but Wouldn't Make Patrick Bateman Sweat

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

It is rare that I lament about a task I cannot do in Linux better than when I used that Redmond OS that rhymes with lindows. But you can hear me pining for those commercial and shareware programs every time I have to create a printing job around business cards or mailing labels on my Linux rigs. For many of these specialized label and card-making jobs, gLabels is a very workable solution. It is not a perfect replacement for the plethora of consumer-driven commercial Microsoft Windows programs.
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