MICRO

Writing for Peanuts and Loving It

In her spare time, away from her duties as a chemicals specialist in the Army, Angie Papple fires up her computer and writes an article about something close to her, like life in the military. Other times she'll analyze a piece of software. Or she'll churn out advice for travelers to Hawaii, where she lives, or Puerto Rico, where she's never been.

AMD Restructuring After 1Q Revenue Miss

With its sales shriveling even more than analysts feared, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is imposing a partial hiring freeze and clamping down on other major expenses as the slumping chip maker tries to weather a fierce battle with Intel Corp.

The Soul of an Embryonic Stem Cell
Source: The Washington Post

If they are otherwise to be destroyed, then does not the good that can be done to heal disease outweigh protecting a non-existent potential? Theologians must advise the bishops that there is a difference between metaphysical potentiality and this specific case. More Articles

New Feathered Dinosaur Found; Adds to Bird-Dino Theory
Source: National Geographic

A fossil of a primitive feathered dinosaur uncovered in China is helping scientists create a better model of how dinosaurs evolved into modern birds.

A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand
Source: The New York Times

Using the human hand as a model, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and its medical school have developed a microscopic tool that might one day be used inside the body.

Twitter adds search functions.
Source: techradar.com

Twitter, the most famous micro blogging site, has just released a search function after being online for quite a while.

Pioneering Stem Cell Surgery Announced - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

Physicians at four European universities have completed what they say is the first successful transplant of a human windpipe using a patient's own stem cells to fashion an organ and prevent its rejection by her immune system, according to an article in the British medical journ …

The World, Up Close
Source: The New York Times

Started in 1974, The Nikon Small World Competition is held annually to recognize excellence in photographs taken through a microscope. This year more than 2,000 micrographs were received from around the world.

Twitter to Get Down to Business in 2009, Investors Say
Source: Wired News

Major leadership changes Thursday at Twitter renewed questions about its business prospects -- was the replacement of CEO Jack Dorsey by fellow co-founder Evan Williams a shuffling of deck chairs on the Titanic?

Cultivating Stem Cells in Three Dimensions :: Nature
Source: News at Nature

Researchers now pondering physical cues for cell differentiation are rediscovering what has long both captivated and aggravated their colleagues studying chemical cues. "We create some external conditions," says Forgacs, "and then we have no control over the system.

Image Gallery: Micromachines
Source: Live Science

These are some seriously awesome pictures of some seriously tiny machines. The pictures come from Sandia (http://www.mems.sandia.gov), but the machines aren't science lab stuff, this is current technology. There are TVs you can buy today which use these micro mirror actuators.

Word Hugger Micro Investments
Source: wordhugger.com

Word Hugger is a website about micro investments, which are the internet's newest virtual real estate gold. Investors can pick a word based on their hobby, business, interests, or expertise in a particular field.

Willard Wigan collection of micro sculptured art
Source: .::. WhaThecK .::.

Former England Davis Cup captain turned entrepreneur, David Lloyd has purchased the remaining Willard Wigan collection of micro sculptured art, which has been insured by Lloyd's of London for £11.2 million.

EA Charges for Downloadable 'Cheat Codes'
Source: -

In olden times, when gamers wanted codes for unlimited lives, complete invincibility or the location of all the warp zones, the best resource would be a decent consumer magazine.

Personalized Mobile Games
Source: -

A frree service that provides customizable mobile games. Personalized Mobile Games for your phone where you can upload your pics from your pc and send the game to your friend or download to your WAP / Internet enabled phone.

Sony Vaio UX50 Review - 9 out of 10
Source: www.digitaltrends.com

The Sony VAIO UX50 trumps the Microsoft Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) initiative before it even gets off the ground. Not content to just run with the crowd, Sony reminds us all that they were doing UMPC since before UMPC was even an acronym in Intel's techy little dreams.

Sony Vaio UX17TP Now Available at SonyStyle Taiwan
Source: micropctalk.com

SonyStyle Taiwan has now the Sony Vaio UX17TP (VGN-UX17TP) for pre-order. It comes with Windows XP SP2 - Traditional Chinese pre-installed. The price is about $1836 USD.

What's With These iPod Cases?

It's odd. Everyone who buys an iPod is so impressed (and sometimes in love) with its design; look, feel, size, colours ("colors" if you live in the US), etc.