So we connected up our iPhone and set to work activating the sucker — unlike some reports we’ve heard, the process was smooth and quick.
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gertvs writes “According to the BBC scientists in the US have taken a step towards producing life from scratch in the laboratory by having successfully transplanted an entire genome from one bacterium cell to another. This technique could possibly lead to the creation of ‘designer’ microbes producing fuel or help cleaning toxic waste. ‘The ultimate plan is to stitch together artificial chromosomes, proteins and other building blocks with the aim of jumpstarting their designer microbe to life. But Dr. [Craig] Venter concedes that this may be a long way away, but he says he has taken an important key step towards that goal. His team, essentially, snatched the body of another life-form and invaded it with a new genetic code. This, he says, will be a key tool in testing the artificial chromosomes – or DNA bundles – he plans to make. ‘”
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On the eve of Apple’s big iPhone push, mobile communications market powerhouse Research In Motion reported astoundingly strong BlackBerry sales. RIM’s earnings were up 73 percent for the quarter ending June 2, beating expectations and surprising Wall Street. The stock price surged more than twenty percent Friday, rising more than $33 and reaching over $199 a share. In addition, RIM announced a three-for-one stock split in the form of a stock dividend that will be payable on August 20.
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Fanboys, look away. Haters prepare to drool as the iPhone gets splayed to the bone. It wasn’t us, honest. This is the work of the evil doers over at the curiously named ifixit.com. Click on for the full carnage. It seems to be a work in progress so we’ll just have to wait and see whose silicon is really inside.
[Thanks, Marshall B.]
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Fantastic Lad writes “The US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality. Putting supercomputers to an innovative use, the military is simulating our planet in an effort to predict the outcome of different scenarios. They might run tests to see how long ‘you’ can go without food or water, or how ‘you’ will respond to televised propaganda. Billions of nodes are created in the system, intended to reflect every man, woman, and child. ‘Called the Sentient World Simulation (SWS), it will be a “synthetic mirror of the real world with automated continuous calibration with respect to current real-world information”, according to a concept paper for the project. Simulex is the company developing these systems, and they list pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and defense contractor Lockheed Martin among their private sector clients. The U.S. military is their biggest customer, apparently now running the most complex version of the system. JFCOM-9 is now capable of running real-time simulations for up to 62 nations, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and China. The simulations gobble up breaking news, census data, economic indicators, and climactic events in the real world, along with proprietary information such as military intelligence.”
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