5:26 PM
Article about how Google has been testing cars that drive themselves--they have already driven 140,000 miles on major California roads without much human intervention:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/10/Information-Tech-Computer-Google-tests-cars-that-can-steer-without-drivers/
Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket achieved its first solo glide flight yesterday, flying freely for 11 minutes before landing at an airport runway:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/10/Industries-Aerospace-Private-spaceship-makes-first-solo-glide-flight/
Australian company is developing giant blimps that can deliver hospitals or entire buildings to disaster areas:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/introducing-skylifter-a-new-giant-of-the-sky-20101008-16agy.html
The NY Times cites a source in their report that Verizon will have the iPhone early next year and analyzes what impact that could have on Verizon, AT&T, Android, and Apple:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/technology/09phone.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Microsoft unveiled the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform and they are partnered with AT&T and T-Mobile (no CDMA Windows Phone 7 versions yet) and have phones from Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung. For a nice summary of the launch and a collection of links on Windows Phone 7, this is a good link:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/microsoft-unveils-windows-phone-7-partners-t-and-t-mobile/2010-10-11
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/10/Information-Tech-Computer-Google-tests-cars-that-can-steer-without-drivers/
Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket achieved its first solo glide flight yesterday, flying freely for 11 minutes before landing at an airport runway:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/10/Industries-Aerospace-Private-spaceship-makes-first-solo-glide-flight/
Australian company is developing giant blimps that can deliver hospitals or entire buildings to disaster areas:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/introducing-skylifter-a-new-giant-of-the-sky-20101008-16agy.html
The NY Times cites a source in their report that Verizon will have the iPhone early next year and analyzes what impact that could have on Verizon, AT&T, Android, and Apple:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/technology/09phone.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Microsoft unveiled the Windows Phone 7 mobile platform and they are partnered with AT&T and T-Mobile (no CDMA Windows Phone 7 versions yet) and have phones from Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung. For a nice summary of the launch and a collection of links on Windows Phone 7, this is a good link:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/microsoft-unveils-windows-phone-7-partners-t-and-t-mobile/2010-10-11