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A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish.

The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in favour of adopting Windows Phone for its handsets.

The Jolla phone - pronounced Yol-la - is due to be released by the end of the year, and will only be sold online.

It will enter a market already heavily crowded with several operating systems.

"For a couple of years we haven't had anything really interesting in the mobile phone market," said Antti Saarnio, chairman and co-founder of Jolla. ]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 11:32:20 CDT exmemory News 2 http://exmemory.com/News/ex-nokia-team-makes-rival-smartphone-jolla/ http://exmemory.com/News/revolights-will-turn-your-bike-into-a-tron-light-cycle/
Anyone that bikes dreams of riding a Tron Light Cycle. Revolights, a set of wheel-mounted LEDs, now makes that dream a little closer to reality, and a new built-in version is helping that system become even more lightweight and simple than the original bolt-on setup.
The white-and-red lighting comprises a ring of LEDs that you install around the entire edge of each of your bike rims. Using a pair of clever devices, only the forward-facing lights (or backwards, in the case of the rear wheel) illuminate when the wheel spins. The result is beautiful arcs of light that make you visible from all angles, an effect that Revolights' co-founder and CFO Adam Pettler says came by accident.

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If you've been to the RoboGames, you've seen everything from flame-throwing battlebots to androids that play soccer. But robo-athletes are more than just performers. They're a path to the future.
Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have built a small humanoid robot that plays baseball -- or something like it. The bot can hold a fan-like bat and take swings at flying plastic balls, and though it may miss at first, it can learn with each new pitch and adjust its swing accordingly. Eventually, it will make contact.

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Copyright 2011 Wired.com. ]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:46:25 CDT exmemory News 2 http://exmemory.com/News/scientists-build-baseball-playing-robot-with-100000-neuron-fake-brain/ http://exmemory.com/News/worlds-first-braille-smartphone-in-development/
For all of their advantages, smartphones still fall a little short for some — specifically, for those living with visual impairment.
While apps like Siri and SayText do offer a good deal of assistance, 2011 TED Fellow Sumit Dagar had an idea for a more effective solution: a smartphone that's specifically designed for people who have trouble seeing.
Read: The world's tiniest fisheye camera
The phone, which has yet to be officially named, has a screen comprised of a grid of pins, which move up and down to form into Braille shapes and characters whenever an SMS message or email is received. It uses what's called Shape Memory Alloy technology, so as each pin expands, it remembers and contracts back to its original flat shape.

© 2013 MASHABLE.com. All rights reserved. ]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:18:03 CDT exmemory News 2 http://exmemory.com/News/worlds-first-braille-smartphone-in-development/ http://exmemory.com/News/the-newly-designed-100-bill-showcases-a-slew-of-new-anti-counterfeiting-features/
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will begin circulating a redesigned $100 bill this fall, more than two years after its initial target.
The Fed has set a new target date of Oct. 8. The redesigned note incorporates added security features, such as a blue, 3-D security ribbon and a disappearing Liberty Bell in an inkwell. The features are designed to thwart counterfeiters.
The revamped bill had been expected to go into circulation in February 2011. But in December 2010, officials announced an indefinite delay. They said they needed more time to fix production issues that left unwanted creases in many of the notes. ]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:49:48 CDT exmemory News 4 http://exmemory.com/News/the-newly-designed-100-bill-showcases-a-slew-of-new-anti-counterfeiting-features/ http://exmemory.com/News/amazon-is-making-a-set-top-box-that-would-stream-content-to-a-tv/
If you're looking for a little black box to put under your TV set and devices like the Roku, Apple TV, or any of the many Google TV boxes aren't doing it for you, Jeff Bezos may have your hookup.
Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that Amazon is working on its own set-top box centered on its services, and the company will apparently introduce the box in the fall.
Other details about the box itself are light on the ground. All we know for now is that it may share the Kindle branding with the Amazon's line of e-readers and Fire tablets, and that the device is being developed by the company's Lab126 division. (This group is also responsible for the rest of the Kindle hardware.)

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Those of us who have yet to lay hands or eyes on anything but images of Google Glass are prone to daydreaming about how we'll actually interact with the device.
We know there are buttons, a tiny touchpad, and voice inputs, but what about the times when we want to check our e-mail and don't want to speak aloud to an inanimate object?
A Reddit user who bore into the Google Glass code came out with an interesting discovery: the ability to trigger an event with a "wink" gesture. The code includes provisions for enabling and disabling winks as a command, as well as a couple of lines for calibration and one called "EYE_GESTURES_WINK_TAKE_PHOTO."

COPYRIGHT 2011 ARSTECHNICA.COM ]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:56:38 CDT exmemory News 3 http://exmemory.com/News/snap-a-photo-by-winking-your-eye/ http://exmemory.com/News/apple-reveals-how-long-siri-keeps-your-data/
All of those questions, messages, and stern commands that people have been whispering to Siri are stored on Apple servers for up to two years, Wired can now report.
Yesterday, we raised concerns about some fuzzy disclosures in Siri's privacy policy. After our story ran, Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller called to explain Apple's policy, something privacy advocates have been asking for.

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Ebook seller Kobo has released what it is describing as a "high definition" e-ink based device.

The Aura HD's 6.8in (17.2cm) screen offers a resolution of 265 pixels per inch (ppi).

That puts it ahead of Amazon's bestselling Kindle Paperwhite which offers 212ppi on its 6in screen.

The launch comes at a time when ebook sales are booming, but some analysts suggest interest in black and white e-ink devices has started to wane.

Kobo is owned by the Japanese retail giant Rakuten which bought the company in 2011.

In the UK it has benefited from a tie-up signed the same year with bookseller WHSmith. ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:03:02 CDT exmemory News 3 http://exmemory.com/News/kobo-unveils-aura-high-definition-ebook-reader/ http://exmemory.com/News/how-to-tell-google-what-to-do-with-your-account-in-the-afterlife/
There's no better way to start off the afternoon than coming to terms with your mortality, which you'll need to do if you want to take advantage of Google's new Inactive Account Manager. Google launched the service on its account settings page to give users options with their account should it remain inactive for an extended period of time.
It's simple to set up: choose a timeout period—three, six, nine, or twelve months of inactivity—and from there you can direct Google on what to do with your Gmail messages, Blogger posts, Contacts, Google+ account, Google Voice, and YouTube accounts. (Basically, any Google services you've used in the past.)

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Samsung has unveiled the biggest smartphone to date - the Galaxy Mega, which features a 6.3in (16cm) screen.

The firm suggested its size made it ideal for watching videos or running two apps alongside each other.

Samsung helped popularise the so-called "phablet" category - in which phones approach tablet dimensions - with its original 5.3in Galaxy Note in 2011. ]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:32:14 CDT exmemory News 1 http://exmemory.com/News/samsung-unveils-its-largest-smartphone-to-date/ http://exmemory.com/News/%E3%81%8A%E6%8E%A2%E3%81%97%E3%81%AE%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%81%AF%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93%E3%81%A7%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82-%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0-2/ ]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:19:27 CDT muzixin05 News 1 http://exmemory.com/News/%E3%81%8A%E6%8E%A2%E3%81%97%E3%81%AE%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%81%AF%E8%A6%8B%E3%81%A4%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A%E3%81%BE%E3%81%9B%E3%82%93%E3%81%A7%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82-%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0-2/ http://exmemory.com/News/%E8%80%90%E4%B9%85%E6%80%A7%E3%81%AE%E3%81%82%E3%82%8Bnike-zoom-hyperdunk-2011-%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AD-%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0-%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF-%EF%BC%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%EF%BC%81/ ]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:57:15 CDT muzixin05 News 3 http://exmemory.com/News/%E8%80%90%E4%B9%85%E6%80%A7%E3%81%AE%E3%81%82%E3%82%8Bnike-zoom-hyperdunk-2011-%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AD-%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0-%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF-%EF%BC%9A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%EF%BC%81/ http://exmemory.com/News/japanese-tsunami-fish-hitches-ride-to-us/
A striped beak fish, usually found in shallow Asian water, was on board, having made the 8,000km (4,971 mile) journey to the west coast of North America. It is thought that it survived on other organisms in the boat.

The adventurous fish has now been re-housed in a local aquarium.



Tim Allman reports.
BBC News ]]> Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:06:09 CDT exmemory News 6 http://exmemory.com/News/japanese-tsunami-fish-hitches-ride-to-us/ http://exmemory.com/News/more-jobs-in-uk-video-games-industry/
A new report by video games industry trade association Tiga has found that both employment and investment in the UK sector increased in 2012.

By the end of the year there were 118 more studios and 336 more creative staff than there had been in 2011. Studios also invested £427m in games.

The rise in employment figures followed a three-year period of decline in staff numbers, said the report. ]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:48:30 CDT exmemory News 4 http://exmemory.com/News/more-jobs-in-uk-video-games-industry/ http://exmemory.com/News/apple-settles-suit-over-in-game-itunes-purchases-by-kids/
Apple has settled a lawsuit filed by parents who say their kids downloaded free games from the mobile App Store and then proceeded to rack up hefty bills buying in-game extras.
Under the proposed settlement of a 2011 class-action lawsuit, Apple will offer a $5 iTunes gift card to any U.S. parent who claims that their child paid for extras without their knowledge. The company will offer larger credits, or cash refunds, for people who can show that their bills were larger than $5.
On Friday, the deal will go before a federal judge, who is expected to approve it. ]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:44:30 CST exmemory News 1 http://exmemory.com/News/apple-settles-suit-over-in-game-itunes-purchases-by-kids/ http://exmemory.com/News/the-happiest-and-saddest-states-according-to-twitter-cnn-com/ Researchers at the University of Vermont sifted through more than 10 million geotagged tweets from 2011 to map out the moods of Americans in urban areas. They ranked the locations based on frequency of positive and negative words using the Mechanical Turk Language Assessment word list. ]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:53:16 CST exmemory News 5 http://exmemory.com/News/the-happiest-and-saddest-states-according-to-twitter-cnn-com/ http://exmemory.com/News/apple-cuts-prices-on-macbooks/
Apple on Wednesday said it would cut the price of its 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display while simultaneously updating it with faster processors.
The 15-inch model is also getting improved specs, although its price remains the same.
The 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro now starts at $1,499 for 128GB of solid-state flash storage, and $1,699 for 256GB of storage. The higher-end model also includes a more robust 2.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor.

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When it comes to romance, texting is often seen as a bare-minimum form of communication. It's fine for firming up Wednesday night dinner plans, but for expressing heartfelt sentiments? Not so much.
That was made pretty clear last week when reality TV star Kristin Cavallari had to defend her fiancé, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, from those who poked fun at her story of their second engagement.
"I was in the airport, leaving Chicago," Cavallari, 26, tells E! News in an upcoming reality special about her nuptials. "We had just spent however many days together and we were texting and somehow it came up, like, 'Oh, shall we get married?' We're like, 'Yeah, OK.'"
The couple were first engaged in 2011 but split up briefly before reconciling that same year. Even so, ]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:22:01 CST exmemory News 4 http://exmemory.com/News/how-technology-has-changed-romance-cnn-com/