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So HOT! Seriously!
Apple's iPhone experiencing overheating issues?
That's what seems to be happening in wonderland this week. Various media and users reported the handy portable device was getting too hot to handle. Some speculated that a recall was looming, and Apple replied with Tips to keep your iPhone cool.

• iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS should be used in environments where temperatures remain between 32 degrees and 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures outside of this range could decrease battery life temporarily or effect performance.

• iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS should be stored in locations where temperatures remain between -4 degrees and 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Note: Temperatures within sealed motor vehicles can exceed 113 degrees Fahrenheit.

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So NOT! Seriously!
Swap your iPhone for a last-century Walkman?
Earlier this week BBC ran a great item about someone who did just that, then wrote about his experience! A very good read:

As I boarded the school bus, where I live in Aberdeenshire, I was greeted with laughter. One boy said: "No-one uses them any more." Another said: "Groovy." Yet another one quipped: "That would be hard to lose."

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So Fast!
Firefox 3.5 launched this week
The workhorse on my desktop got a spiffy new update this week, which promised faster performance especially relating to Javascript:

Fasten your seatbelt: Firefox 3.5 includes the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, which gives the browser dramatically better performance than ever before. Firefox has always been fast, but this is the fastest Firefox ever (more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2), meaning Web applications like email, photo sites, online word processors and more will feel snappier and more responsive.

According to some news reports, Firefox 3.5 has had over 5 million downloads.

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So What?
New study reveals that kids today aren't interested.
Common conventional marketing wisdom was seriously challenged earlier this week when Nielsen released report results stating that many teens just aren't dedicating as much of their attention to social media as previously thought:

Charley Cleaver, a 15-year-old Iola girl who lives with her mother in Wichita during the summer, said she agrees with the study, that teens' media habits don't differ much from older people's.

Charley uses her Facebook page to connect with friends "every once in a while" but doesn't read blogs or use the micro-blogging site Twitter. "I don't see the point of it," she said.

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So Cool!
Aviation geeks get first glimpse of ancient stealth fighter.
Earlier this week National Geographic ran a neat item on what was potentially the first stealth fighter - the Luftwaffe's Horten 2-29.

The engineers' goal was to determine whether the so-called stealth fighter was truly radar resistant. In the process, they've uncovered new clues to just how close Nazi engineers were to unleashing a jet that some say could have changed the course of the war.

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So Far Out!
New photos of the moon snapped by new lunar probes.
NASA released these new images of the Moon, taken by NASA's shiny new probes, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC.

"Our first images were taken along the moon's terminator -- the dividing line between day and night -- making us initially unsure of how they would turn out," said LROC Principal Investigator Mark Robinson of Arizona State University in Tempe. "Because of the deep shadowing, subtle topography is exaggerated, suggesting a craggy and inhospitable surface. In reality, the area is similar to the region where the Apollo 16 astronauts safely explored in 1972. While these are magnificent in their own right, the main message is that LROC is nearly ready to begin its mission."

Message Edited by ElizabethS on 07-30-2009 09:19 PM

Message Edited by ElizabethS on 09-10-2009 09:38 PM