6:39 PM
Norwegian woman was sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for engaging in extramarital sex when she was raped...sending a rape victim to jail for having sex is an odd view of justice to me. Even worse, her rapist was only sentenced to 13 months in jail and his sentenced could be annulled too. So, in Dubai the punishment for being a rape victim is worse than the punishment for being a rapist:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/22/dubai-rape-case-woman-pardoned
Science experiment *69 years old* has finally yielded results, with pitch observed dripping for the first time ever. This proves that iptch is a liquid, even though it is so thick it appears solid at room temperature. The experiment is so old (it began in 1944!) that nobody remembers who started it:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Blog/2013/07/19/Pitch-is-a-liquid-finally-drips-after-69-years/3791374265046/
The town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering allowing its residents to pay $25 for a permit to shoot down UAVs operated by the US government. Any resident who shoots down a UAV will earn $100. The man behind the idea agrees that their permits are illegal, but he says that it is illegal to spy on US citizens:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130721-faa-warns-colorado-town-about-drone-hunting
Delta is letting flyers on their planes use their in-flight entertainment system even during takeoff and landing. Not needing to turn off all electronic systems during takeoff and landing is a definite change in policy:
http://takingoff.delta.com/post/56145373510/in-flight-entertainment
Huawei's reported interest in buying Nokia could give it control over NSN, which owns a significant piece of the wireless infrastructure equipment market in the US. This is interesting because Huawei has been effectively banned from the wireless infrastructure market in the US over national security threat fears:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/huaweis-reported-interest-nokia-could-give-it-control-over-nsn/2013-07-21
Google bought 6.3% of HDI, with HDI being the suppliers of LCOS chips and modules used in Google Glass. Google's money will fund production upgrades for HDI (getting around a potential supply bottleneck) and Google can purchase up to 14.8% of HDI under the agreement:
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-buys-stake-google-glass-chip-manufacturer-himax
Apple is reportedly testing larger screen sizes for the iPhone and iPad--including a 13" iPad and iPhone screen sizes of 4.7" and 5.7":
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/22/4544478/larger-ipad-and-iphone-in-testing-says-report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/22/dubai-rape-case-woman-pardoned
Science experiment *69 years old* has finally yielded results, with pitch observed dripping for the first time ever. This proves that iptch is a liquid, even though it is so thick it appears solid at room temperature. The experiment is so old (it began in 1944!) that nobody remembers who started it:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Blog/2013/07/19/Pitch-is-a-liquid-finally-drips-after-69-years/3791374265046/
The town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering allowing its residents to pay $25 for a permit to shoot down UAVs operated by the US government. Any resident who shoots down a UAV will earn $100. The man behind the idea agrees that their permits are illegal, but he says that it is illegal to spy on US citizens:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20130721-faa-warns-colorado-town-about-drone-hunting
Delta is letting flyers on their planes use their in-flight entertainment system even during takeoff and landing. Not needing to turn off all electronic systems during takeoff and landing is a definite change in policy:
http://takingoff.delta.com/post/56145373510/in-flight-entertainment
Huawei's reported interest in buying Nokia could give it control over NSN, which owns a significant piece of the wireless infrastructure equipment market in the US. This is interesting because Huawei has been effectively banned from the wireless infrastructure market in the US over national security threat fears:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/huaweis-reported-interest-nokia-could-give-it-control-over-nsn/2013-07-21
Google bought 6.3% of HDI, with HDI being the suppliers of LCOS chips and modules used in Google Glass. Google's money will fund production upgrades for HDI (getting around a potential supply bottleneck) and Google can purchase up to 14.8% of HDI under the agreement:
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-buys-stake-google-glass-chip-manufacturer-himax
Apple is reportedly testing larger screen sizes for the iPhone and iPad--including a 13" iPad and iPhone screen sizes of 4.7" and 5.7":
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/22/4544478/larger-ipad-and-iphone-in-testing-says-report