| Gamers solve Aids molecular mystery Posted: 21 Sep 2011 05:40 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Online gamers have helped solve a puzzle that may make it easier to combat the development of Aids. The game, Foldit, involved a digital representation of an enzyme named M-PMV retroviral protease. That’s a type of protein used by HIV to develop into Aids. Efforts to develop an anti-Aids drugs have involved trying to block [...] |
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| Gran Turismo Academy reality show airs in the US: transforming gamers to racers Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT 
Categories: GAMER.BLORGE The best selling racecar video game is now getting its own reality TV show. As announced previously, this year's Gran Turismo Academy will air on the TV in the US taking the top 16 GT racers to battle it out for the number one spot. This year's GT Academy is going to be an epic [...] |
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| Microsoft exec who tweeted Nokia Windows Phone 7 details leaves company Posted: 20 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE Microsoft isn’t a fan of social networks. Or at least isn’t a fan of its employees using social networks to reveal details of forthcoming products. Firms have had to react to the prevalence of social networking sites and to the way in which their employees interact with the public on them. The bigger the firm, [...] |
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| Google Plus reaches beta, opens to all, still not as useful as Facebook or Twitter Posted: 20 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE If you were eagerly awaiting an invitation to join Google+ then this is your lucky day. Google has finally deemed you worthy of entry into this now-not-so-exclusive club. I just hope you’re not as underwhelmed by it as I was, and still am. In an Official Google Blog post, Google has detailed the nine most [...] |
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| In-app purchases drive iOS app revenues Posted: 20 Sep 2011 05:57 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE If your iOS development model can be summarized by the words “show me the money,” then you need to sit up and pay attention. Whereas last year at this time paid apps accounted for the lion’s share of the cash, freemium is the new black and savvy developers are coding appropriately. Quoting Distimo data, GigaOM [...] |
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| Most youngster send 50+ texts a day Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:20 PM PDT 
Categories: MOBILE.BLORGE Americans are sending more texts than ever before. But there are signs that this growth is beginning to slow down. The figures come from the latest release from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. It comes from a survey in April that’s directly comparable to one carried out at the same time [...] |
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| No iPhone 5 for T-Mobile users Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:54 AM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Straight from the horse’s mouth and the number four filly in the US smartphone race looks to lag even farther behind. The carrier is leaving the door open vis-a-vis 2012 — the world’s going to end anyway, so why not say it? — but they won’t be getting when the iPhone 5 launches sometime next [...] |
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| Adobe updates Elements apps Posted: 20 Sep 2011 06:20 AM PDT 
Categories: MAC.BLORGE Though the new versions of Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements aren’t yet on the Mac App Store, the previous version is the number seven top grossing app, which is pretty good for a year-plus-old chunk o’ code. Which brings to mind an interesting question: How many people, ordinary people, are still using the full version [...] |
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| Mitsubishi could pay price over hacking silence Posted: 20 Sep 2011 06:20 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE These days it appears being hacked when you’re a major company is so common as to carry little shame. Keeping it secret though — well, that’s another matter altogether. Mitsubishi Heavy, a branch of the electronics company that specializes in industrial machinery, vehicles and construction, was attacked online last month. It chose to keep it [...] |
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