Planetary Hunt Yields Four New ‘Earth Twins’
BY STAV ZIV TECH & SCIENCE This artist’s conception depicts an Earth-like planet orbiting an evolved star that has formed a stunning “planetary nebula.” Earlier in its life, this planet may have been like one of the eight newly discovered worlds orbiting in the habitable zones of their stars. DAVID A. AGUILAR/CFA Filed Under: Tech & Science, exoplanets, NASA, Earth, Extraterrestrial Life […]
Read More →Canon’s PowerShot N100 Puts the Photographer in the Picture
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That seems to be what Canon is saying with its announcement Monday of a new PowerShot camera model, the N100, which includes several features popular on smartphones. For example, the shooter has front and rear cameras. A picture-in-picture effect can be created with the image from the rear-facing camera being incorporated automatically into the main image.
Read More →LG Bets on WebOS for New Smart TV Line
LG Electronics has revived the webOS operating system for its latest line of smart TVs, the company announced on Monday. In fact, LG will use webOS on more than 70 percent of its smart TV lineup this year, the company said. "The beauty of webOS is that it provides so much freedom and is so simple to use," said In-kyu Lee, senior vice president and head of the company’s TV division.
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