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iPhone 4S accounts for 89% of all iPhone sales, study suggests

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Most new iPhone buyers are choosing the iPhone 4S, according to a new report. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released data on Thursday that suggests Apple’s latest iPhone model accounts for 89% of all Apple smartphones sold since the iPhone 4S was released in October. We’re a bit surprised by the figures; the new iPhone offers beefier specs and a better camera than previous generation models, but the iPhone 3GS is free on a contract with AT&T and the iPhone 4 is still available at a discount in several markets

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Tablet owners spend 50% more per purchase online than smartphone owners

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Tablet owners spend big bucks online according to a new report. In fact, the new study published by Adobe Digital Marketing Insights suggests that tablet owners spend 50% more per purchase than smartphone owners on retail purchases, and over 20% more than PC users

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HP India to expand web access with Vayu Internet Device

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The Internet is gradually seeping its way into homes across India, but there are many within the country who remain too poor to actually purchase a PC. Fortunately, HP India has just developed new technology known as the Vayu Internet Device, or VInD, that could dramatically lessen this gap

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IBM stores bits on arrays of atoms, shrinks magnetic storage to the scientific limit

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IBM’s Almaden Research Center is filled with some of the best and brightest minds in the world, and its researchers just released new findings that detail how just how far IBM has come in the realm of magnetic storage. Andreas Heinrich is leading the team at Big Blue that figured out how to create atomic storage based on the fact that atoms of ferromagnetic material align their spins in one direction — so the ability to control the spin direction is what’s needed to make such minature memory possible. Heinrich and his crew were able to accomplish the trick by supercooling 12 atoms to four degrees kelvin (-452 fahrenheit), and arranging them using an electron microscope in such a away that nonvolatile storage became possible

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Hajime Research is assembling a robot taller than you, Mr. Stark couldn’t be more proud (video)

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Not only are robots getting their own social networks , but now the plan is for them to become increasingly taller than us humans — at least that’s what the people at Hajime Research have in mind.

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LTE pricing may drop as much as 60% by 2016

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The monthly price we pay for 4G LTE data could drop drastically over the next five years. Currently, 4G LTE networks are blazing fast but there’s no doubt that the technology comes at a price. 4G LTE handsets sold directly by wireless carriers typically cost more than their 3G counterparts, and tiered 4G data prices are still a bit too costly for heavy data users looking to ditch their cable companies

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Researchers turn a DSLR into hyperspectral camera using PVC and duct tape, MacGyver green with envy

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Hyperspectral imaging is a method that captures a far greater amount of the electromagnetic spectrum than a regular photograph. This makes it ideal for a variety of uses, from night vision to identifying mineral deposits from afar, but the problem is that hyperspectral sensors don’t come cheap.

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NVIDIA open sources CUDA compiler, shares the LLVM love with everyone

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A few years back, Intel prognosticated that NVIDIA’s CUDA technology was destined to be a “footnote” in computing history. Since that time, Jen-Hsun Huang’s low level virtual machine (LLVM) has more than proven its worth in several supercomputers , and now NVIDIA has released the CUDA source code to further spread the parallel computing gospel.

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Royal Society opens its archives to the web, is less elitist than the name suggests

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Get ready science nerds, you’re about to get a lifetime’s worth of reading material for free. The venerable Royal Society, the over 350-year-old British scientific organization, has just opened up its archives to the web-dwelling public.

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