Cricket Warnings

It has been discovered by researchers from the University of South Carolina, that pregnant crickets can warn their soon-to-be offspring of dangerous predators in their presence. They can forewarn. How they go about doing this is yet to be discovered. One theory is that the mother cicket transmits a hormone to her unborn offspring. Interesting. . .

The new approach to online privacy

Many things on the internet have changed over the years. One thing that has stayed relatively constant, is its approach to online privacy. Although, this may very well soon change. Recently, policy and privacy experts have agreed that the long written policies written to safeguard privacy are impractical. One big reason, is that these policies are rarely read. Because of this, experts claim that users don't have much understanding of the usage of their online information.

Are e-books taking over?

Statistically, it doesn't look that way. Last year, less than two percent of books sold were e-books. This trend however, could rapidly change. With the new interest in digitized books, (and of course, the soon-to-be released Apple iPad), e-books may soon get their foot in the door, so to speak.

After a flirt with bankruptcy, Sirius XM pulls through

A company that seems to be doing well during the recession, is Sirius XM. Their stocks have sharply risen since last year, when they came close to bankruptcy. This may be due to sales of new cars and their cheeper prices. In the forth quarter, Sirius XM added 257,00 new customers and ended the year with 18.8 million. We are all very happy for our pals at Sirius XM.

Will we be able to purchase shopping items with our phones?

Soon, shoppers will be able to stand outside designer Norma Kalami's store in Manhattan, point their phones at merchandise of their interest, and purchase it. Although this will obviously be limited to shoppers at this boutique, could this be the start of a new age of shopping? Interesting. . .

Microsoft redoes Phone software

After some fumbles, Microsoft has now "perfected" their phone software, which uses tiles instead of icons. The Microsoft phone is scheduled to be released late this year. Will this phone make it big? Probably not. Something people tend to oversee is that Microsoft is a software company, not a hardware company.

Harvesting Body movements as electricity?

A Doctor from Princeton is developing a way to capture human movements, and turn them into electricity. They're taking piezoelectric crystals (which produce an electric current when bent), and printing them on a flexible, rubber material. They'll first try by putting them in shoes, but eventually intend to implant them in the chest, and elsewhere. Interesting. . .

Avatar for the win!!!

Avatar, as of last week, is the highest grossing film of all time! It is the first film in history to gross more than $2 billion, and it's still in theaters. Interesting. . .