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Morgan Stanley predicts Apple will sell 40 million iPhones in China by 2013

Shane McGlaun, Jan 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple has admitted that it had planned poorly for the launch of the iPhone 4S in China. Apple launched the iPhone 4S in China and didn't have enough stock leaving many who waited in line without the device, which led to near riots with eggs thrown at windows, and employees smacked around. Despite the initial issues with the iPhone in China, Apple is predicted to sell a huge number of devices by 2013. In fact, analysts predict that Apple could add as much as $10 per share in revenue from China alone. Read The Full Story

Awesome stools made from recycled computer hardware

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

I bet many geeks are like me, when I replaced my old computer hardware and technology products, I tend to keep the old stuff. I keep that old stuff because it's generally not broken, I just want newer, cooler gear, and you never know when something old and slow might come in handy. If you have a bunch of your old tech gear sitting around that you really don't want, and you are trying to think of something cool to do with it a geek named Rodrigo Alonso has a heck of an idea. Read The Full Story

Chevy to place environmental impact labels on all vehicles starting with 2013 line

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Chevy's making a big push in the green segment for cars and the impact those cars have on the environment. The environmental impact includes the technologies and materials used to make the vehicles as well as the emissions that the vehicles produce. To help the average consumer be aware of the green push that Chevy is investing in, it will start placing new stickers touting green on vehicles with the 2013 range. Read The Full Story

NASA aims for early 2014 test of Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Lockheed Martin has been hard at work on the Orion spacecraft for a long while. The Orion spacecraft is more like the capsules used in the Apollo era than the space shuttle that has been retired from service. The first big milestone for the Orion project is coming in 2014 when NASA hopes to be able test spacecraft during orbits of the earth. Read The Full Story

Increased solar activity means more aurora borealis over next year

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Many people around the world are getting quite a light show at night thanks to the massive solar flares that have been occurring on the sun and shooting radiation towards the Earth's atmosphere. That radiation bouncing off the atmosphere means that we get an impressive display of northern lights, otherwise known as aurora borealis, in the sky over parts of the world that traditionally don't have such a light show. Last week a strong solar storm that pounded the Earth's magnetic field and made for a beautiful night sky in many locations. Read The Full Story

Google fired cheeky recruiter who peeved Steve Jobs with poach attempt

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today most of us expect litigation between technology firms for things like patent and copyright infringement. What we might not expect is litigation against tech firms over agreements not to poach employees from one another. In the past the technology world has seen companies get together and agree to set pricing and other details on products, even though that's illegal. The LCD industry is a prime example with an agreement for price-fixing and the massive fines they paid out the cause of it. Read The Full Story

Google’s recycled paper mill datacenter uses seawater for green cooling

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

We all know that Google is big on green. The company has huge investments in solar power, wind power, and more green sources of renewable energy. This green push isn't something new at Google; it's been going on for years. Way back in 2009 Google bought an abandoned paper mill located in Hamina, Finland at a price right at $52 million. Placing a high-tech datacenter for a company as big as Google inside a 56-year-old abandoned paper mill seems very strange at first glance. Read The Full Story

NEC to chop 10,000 workers from payroll

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

The axe is set to fall over at NEC Corp in Japan with just about one in 10 of its workers to be cut. NEC has announced that is set to lay off 10,000 workers as it attempts to claw its way out of the red and back into the black. One reason cited for the job losses is stiff competition posed from rivals from foreign countries such as Apple. NEC blames the poor performance and the job cuts on soft demand for its mobile phones. Read The Full Story

Firefox flirting with half-baked Chrome launcher rival

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're a fan of the Firefox Web browser, you know that things haven't been going too well over Mozilla. The Firefox browser has been bleeding users to other browsers like Google Chrome to the point that it is actually dropped in rankings for users. The Firefox team over at Mozilla is intent on getting the users back and its daily builds show they are playing with new features, even if those features have apparently been pulled already. Read The Full Story

New Nook Reader Tipped for Spring

Shane McGlaun, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

The New York Times tipped that a new eReader from Barnes & Noble is currently in the midst of getting its final touches. The new eReader from Barnes & Noble will be the fifth in its line of digital reading devices called the Nook. The details of the eReader are scant, but what we do know is that it is set to launch sometime this spring. Read The Full Story

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