9:18 PM
Report found that *UN peacekeepers* were the most likely source of the cholera epidemic sweeping Haiti--Nepalese troops apparently contaminated the river that was the source of the epidemic...the cholera epidemic has already killed 2120 people and nearly 100,000 cases have been treated:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11943902
Article about SpaceX launching the Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule (a free-flying, reusable spaceship SpaceX is developing under NASA funding)--the Dragon apparently returned to Earth successfully also:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/spacex-has-launched-falcon-9-rocket.html
Paralyzed monkeys were able to walk again after a stem cell transplant treatment. The Japanese research team already successfully demonstrated this on mice, but monkeys are much closer to humans in biology so this is getting closer to human trials:
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20101208p2a00m0na002000c.html
Article discussing how Groupon's founder turned down Google's $6 billion offer:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/groupon-prankster-mason-not-joking-in-spurning-google-s-6-billion-offer.html
Study found that Android owners use more data than iPhone and BlackBBerry users--in terms of data call volumes, time connected to the network, and data volume uploaded and downloaded. iPhone 4 users consume significantly more data than iPhone 3G users:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases/arieso-reveals-hungriest-users-mobile-data
Article about how Sprint's plan to move towards LTE may provide Clearwire with the opportunity they need to be able to switch from WiMAX to LTE:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-network-plan-provides-clearwire-lte-escape-hatch/2010-12-07
Market research company says that smartphones, tablets, and other app-enabled devices will outsell PCs in the next 18 months, possibly signaling the end of the PC-centric era. Their report says that vendors that do not adapt to this historic market shift may not survive:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/smartphones-tablets-overtake-pcs-in-the-next-18-months-691
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11943902
Article about SpaceX launching the Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule (a free-flying, reusable spaceship SpaceX is developing under NASA funding)--the Dragon apparently returned to Earth successfully also:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/spacex-has-launched-falcon-9-rocket.html
Paralyzed monkeys were able to walk again after a stem cell transplant treatment. The Japanese research team already successfully demonstrated this on mice, but monkeys are much closer to humans in biology so this is getting closer to human trials:
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20101208p2a00m0na002000c.html
Article discussing how Groupon's founder turned down Google's $6 billion offer:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/groupon-prankster-mason-not-joking-in-spurning-google-s-6-billion-offer.html
Study found that Android owners use more data than iPhone and BlackBBerry users--in terms of data call volumes, time connected to the network, and data volume uploaded and downloaded. iPhone 4 users consume significantly more data than iPhone 3G users:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/press-releases/arieso-reveals-hungriest-users-mobile-data
Article about how Sprint's plan to move towards LTE may provide Clearwire with the opportunity they need to be able to switch from WiMAX to LTE:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-network-plan-provides-clearwire-lte-escape-hatch/2010-12-07
Market research company says that smartphones, tablets, and other app-enabled devices will outsell PCs in the next 18 months, possibly signaling the end of the PC-centric era. Their report says that vendors that do not adapt to this historic market shift may not survive:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/smartphones-tablets-overtake-pcs-in-the-next-18-months-691