If you’ve seen Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus in action, then it should be clear that the menu button has no future in the Android ecosystem. In order to drive that point home, Google has posted over at the Android Developer blog urging app creators to “say goodbye to the menu button.” With the until now standard key getting the boot, big G wants devs to start designing interfaces that focus on the ActionBar introduced with Honeycomb . Of course, there’s only so much room on the screen, and that’s where the “action overflow” button comes in handy.
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Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys
If you’ve seen Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus in action, then it should be clear that the menu button has no future in the Android ecosystem. In order to drive that point home, Google has posted over at the Android Developer blog urging app creators to “say goodbye to the menu button.” With the until now standard key getting the boot, big G wants devs to start designing interfaces that focus on the ActionBar introduced with Honeycomb .
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Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys
Okay, so we’re not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object. Don’t start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough is only in the microwave region of the EM spectrum. Using a shell of plasmonic materials, it’s possible to create a “photo negative” of the object being cloaked in order to make it disappear
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Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum
Okay, so we’re not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object. Don’t start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough is only in the microwave region of the EM spectrum. Using a shell of plasmonic materials, it’s possible to create a “photo negative” of the object being cloaked in order to make it disappear
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Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum
The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn’t come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon. Joining the likes of Panasonic, Olympus and Kodak as part of the Micro Four Thirds Group, is a trifecta of third-party lens manufacturers: Tamron , Kenko Tokina and ASTRODESIGN. Following closely behind rival Sigma, the newcomers are looking to make a dent in the four-thirds universe
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Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash
The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn’t come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon.
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Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash
It’s not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It’s nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors
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IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice
It’s not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It’s nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors. Plus, it consumes less power and is able to carry more current than present-day technology
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IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice
All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’ fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company’s board in a couple of weeks, but he’s already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg ). First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware.
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Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades
MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone , anywhere , anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR , an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank.
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MasterCard’s QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia
