Wednesday 27th January 2010
by WayneHere is today’s daily run down. It’ll be light, given the biggest news of the day which is…
- Apple has officially announced their tablet, the iPad.
- The Jammie Thomas vs. RIAA case will now go another round in Minnesota.
- Two rental car companies have pulled Toyota’s from their fleets after the recall.
- Netflix added 1.1 Million subscribers last quarter.
- Comcast is reportedly testing IPv6 in 2010.
- The color of a Dinosaur’s feathers may have been discovered.
- The Last Neanderthals died out about 37,000 years ago.
- Obama has decided to not fund the Constellation program to go to the moon.
- Wired Science has some nice animations of Mars.
- A Federal grand jury is close to voting on whether or not to re-indict former Governor Rod Blagojevich.
- Chicago is canceling the July 3rd fireworks and downsizing the July 4th fireworks for the Taste of Chicago.
- Nokia Siemens and LG have hit over 100Mbps over 4G wireless.
- Bubble Wrap is now 50 years old.
- The Universe is 30 times more run down than previously thought.
Look for more stories tomorrow. I will try to post an article wrapping up the iPad sometime in the next week.
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