Tuesday, 2 April 2013

ET deal roundup: $150 off Dell UltraSharp U2413, Linksys Wireless-N extender, more

Dell UltraSharp U2413
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ARM, TSMC complete 16nm Cortex-A57 tape-out, chip launching no time soon

ARM and TSMC jointly announced today that they've finished tape-out on a Cortex-A57 processor designed on TSMC's upcoming 16nm FinFET hybrid process. This is a major step for both companies - TSMC has been working to ramp its 16nm FinFET plans for months, and ARM's 64-bit Cortex-A57 is an integral part of the UK-based designer's server strategy.

Best Robot Photos of the Week



In this exciting edition of best robot photos of the week find out what happens when Lunar robots need gas,

Navy robot jellyfish is as big as a person

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the Navy and Virginia Tech unveil a robotic jellyfish that looks like it could swallow a seal.

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Outlook.com Calendar Gets a New Look

Today, we released a fresh new interface for the Outlook.com Calendar service that is faster than ever, puts the focus on events, appointments and tasks and lets you take your Calendar with you on any device. Below is a screenshot of the new Calendar service.

Video: How the ALMA telescope works

Meet ALMA, a giant telescope positioned in Chile's Atacama Desert that is searching space for answers to how stars and planets are formed. Canada's National Research Council is responsible for

Enabling Full Keyboard Access On The Mac

This post originally appeared on the Yahoo! Accessibility blog.



Full keyboard access isn't enabled by default in Mac OS. Often this leaves developers thinking there is something w

Payments Startup Balanced (YC W11) Raises More Money From Andreessen Horowitz, CollabFund, And Others

The funding is somewhat strategic, as the startup is looking to help leverage the expertise of the investors involved to help grow its payments business for peer-to-peer marketplaces. On the Andreessen side, for instance, the funding was led by general partner and former PayPal president Jeff Jordan.

Close.io (YC W11) Raises Funding From SV Angel, Spark Capital To Improve Communication For Salespeople

Close.io was born from ElasticSales, a sales-as-a-service platform that provides both software and manpower that lets startups outsource their sales functions on demand. ElasticSales pivoted from SwipeGood last year. Elastic actually developed Close.io in-house to increase the performance of their sales people.

Obama unveils $100 million brain research project

The initiative aims to speed up the development and application of technologies that will help researchers create dynamic brain imaging, which could lead to new ways to treat brain disorders. (Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Touting the economic as well as scientific benefits of investing in basic research, President Obama today unveiled a new initiative to study the human brain that he called "the next great American project."

SpringOne 2GX 2012 Replays: Getting Started with Spring Security 3.1, What's new with Tooling for Spring, Grails and the Cloud

Spring Security is a framework that focuses on providing both authentication and authorization to Java applications. Like all Spring projects, the real power of Spring Security is found in how easily it can be extended to meet custom requirements.

CodePlex Daily Summary for Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. You can use CodePlex to find open source software or create new projects to share with the world.

NASA Seeks Academic Partners for Smallsat Technology Collaboration

NASA Seeks Academic Partners for Smallsat Technology Collaboration WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking small spacecraft technology project proposals from U.S. colleges and universities that would like to collaborate with agency researchers. Small spacecraft, or smallsats, represent a growing field of space research and operations in which universities often have led the way in technology development.

Nvidia shows off GeForce 700M GPUs for notebooks

The company's technology is designed to save a notebook's battery life and enhance the overall performance of those devices.

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Vast cache of rare earth elements found in Japan's mud

A deposit under the Pacific Ocean gives Japan a new source of the valuable rare earth metals commonly used in electronics<img width="1" height="1" src="http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10899/s/2a

DNA transistors pave way for living computers

Transistor-like devices have been made out of DNA, making biological gadgets with built-in circuitry possible<img width="1" height="1" src="http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10899/s/2a41c411/mf.gi

Facebook Home might not be a 'phone' after all

Leak of software suggests it is a launcher replacement for Android, rather than a customisation of the OS itself

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Microsoft Announces Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners

Last November, Microsoft launched the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. The public voted for its favorite apps and our judges voted for theirs. A wide variety of apps were submitted covering

Lost in the cloud: How safe are your online possessions?

In the digital age, your files and memories are not truly yours any more, says Douglas Heaven. They belong to the cloud<img width="1" height="1" src="http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10899

Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost - (watch video)

Imagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work -- or anywhere in a six-mile radius -- quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Now imagine you can pick it up and carry it with you. Yes, this souped-up skateboard could change the face of morning commutes.