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Friday, 11 March 2011 19:50

[LA REVUE DE WEB] du vendredi 11 mars

- Alors qu’un terrible séisme vient de frapper le nord du Japon et que, d’heure en heure, le bilan ne cesse de s’alourdir, Google a mis en place une page spéciale, intitulée "Google Crisis Response". Sur cette page vous pourrez retrouver les dernières alertes et bilans, les informations concernant les trains ou les coupures d’électricités, une Goog...

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Turn Your Cellphone Into a High-Powered Microscope

Using tape, rubber and a tiny glass ball, researchers transformed an iPhone into a cheap, yet powerful microscope able to image tiny blood cells. They’ve also added a clinical-grade cellphone spectroscope that might be able to measure some vital signs.

And with a few dollars and some patience, you can do the same to your own phone. (See instructions below.)

“It still amazes me how you can build near-research-grade instruments with cheap consumer electronics,” said physicist Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu of the University of California at Davis, leader of a study March 2 in PLoS ONE. “And with c...

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Apple Expected to Hold 80 Percent of Tablet Market

Apple Expected to Hold 80 Percent of Tablet Market The latest analysis from market research firm IDC shows that Apple snagged nearly three-quarters of the tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2010. Though Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab offered some competition, Apple captured 83 percent of the market for 2010, and most analysts believe that with the iPad 2, Apple can maintain about 80 percent share for 2011 as well.

IDC’s research also showed that Amazon’s Kindle continues to be a market leader, grabbing almost half of the e-reader market in fourth quarter 2010. With Amazon representing the closest competition to Apple with respect to...

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