5:06 PM
Spacecraft orbiting Venus has found that Venus is rotating slower than previously measured, with surface features up to 15 miles from where they should be if Venus was rotating at the rate measured by the Magellan spacecraft 16 years ago. The Venus Express spacecraft measured that the length of the Venus day is 6.5 minutes longer than Magellan measured 16 years ago, and this 6.5 minute difference has also been found by long-duration measurements from Earth:
http://www.asdnews.com/news-40918/Could_Venus_be_shifting_gear
Mysterious epidemic is devastating Central America, killed 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua with thousands of others getting chronic kidney disease at far higher rates than anywhere else in the world. El Salvador's health minister is asking for international help because this disease was undermining health systems. The disease is apparently triggered by manual labor and not enough hydration, but the combination of manual labor and inadequate hydration exists in other countries without these devastating effects:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501715_162-57376075/mystery-disease-kills-thousands-in-central-america/
Maryland biologists found that an animal disease called ranavirus has killed nearly every tadpole and young salamander in their study area since spring 2010. Wildlife officials and biologists worry about how far ranavirus has spread and how it apparently spread between turtles (reptiles) and amphibians. They worry that the disease could devastate local populations of box turtles, frogs and salamanders, with effects rippling along the food chain:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/2012/02/01/gIQA5O0Z9Q_story.html?wpisrc=nl_pol_full
The FCC released a map today showing which counties in the US lacked 3G or 4G network coverage and found that large areas in the western half of the US were 3G/4G wastelands, especially the mountain states such as Idaho and Nevada. Other areas in the west are similarly void of 3G/4G coverage, including the areas surrounding Seattle and Portland--the eastern portion of King County that includes Seattle has 2,800 miles of road without ZERO 3G or 4G networks:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/much-of-western-us-lacks-3g-access-says-fcc-186220
The European Commission and the US Department of Justice approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/european-commission-clears-motorola.html
The writer of this article sure is upset that Path was copying the iPhone address book information of its users without letting its users know and without getting user permission. Path's CEO defended their actions by saying that it was "industry best practice". What I don't understand is how it can be "industry best practice" to secretly copy iPhone address book information without permission and without informing the user but the same app on Android only gets access to the contact information if the user expressly gives their permission:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=48454&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
Huawei is locating its R&D headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. Huawei's Silicon Valley group has gone from 100 employees to 600 employees in the past 3 years:
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2012/02/10/huawei-makes-silicon-valley-office-its.html
It sounds like AT&T is gearing up to offer family data plans shortly after Verizon starts their family data plans:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/12/att-shared-data/
http://www.asdnews.com/news-40918/Could_Venus_be_shifting_gear
Mysterious epidemic is devastating Central America, killed 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua with thousands of others getting chronic kidney disease at far higher rates than anywhere else in the world. El Salvador's health minister is asking for international help because this disease was undermining health systems. The disease is apparently triggered by manual labor and not enough hydration, but the combination of manual labor and inadequate hydration exists in other countries without these devastating effects:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501715_162-57376075/mystery-disease-kills-thousands-in-central-america/
Maryland biologists found that an animal disease called ranavirus has killed nearly every tadpole and young salamander in their study area since spring 2010. Wildlife officials and biologists worry about how far ranavirus has spread and how it apparently spread between turtles (reptiles) and amphibians. They worry that the disease could devastate local populations of box turtles, frogs and salamanders, with effects rippling along the food chain:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/2012/02/01/gIQA5O0Z9Q_story.html?wpisrc=nl_pol_full
The FCC released a map today showing which counties in the US lacked 3G or 4G network coverage and found that large areas in the western half of the US were 3G/4G wastelands, especially the mountain states such as Idaho and Nevada. Other areas in the west are similarly void of 3G/4G coverage, including the areas surrounding Seattle and Portland--the eastern portion of King County that includes Seattle has 2,800 miles of road without ZERO 3G or 4G networks:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/much-of-western-us-lacks-3g-access-says-fcc-186220
The European Commission and the US Department of Justice approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/european-commission-clears-motorola.html
The writer of this article sure is upset that Path was copying the iPhone address book information of its users without letting its users know and without getting user permission. Path's CEO defended their actions by saying that it was "industry best practice". What I don't understand is how it can be "industry best practice" to secretly copy iPhone address book information without permission and without informing the user but the same app on Android only gets access to the contact information if the user expressly gives their permission:
http://www.telecomtv.com/comspace_newsDetail.aspx?n=48454&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10
Huawei is locating its R&D headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. Huawei's Silicon Valley group has gone from 100 employees to 600 employees in the past 3 years:
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2012/02/10/huawei-makes-silicon-valley-office-its.html
It sounds like AT&T is gearing up to offer family data plans shortly after Verizon starts their family data plans:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/12/att-shared-data/