The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that former Harvard University schoolmates of the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg can't undo their settlement over creation of the social networking site. Tyler & Cameron Winklevoss were savvy enough to understand what they were agreeing to when they signed the agreement in 2008, which is a deal of $20 million cash payment and a partial ownership of Facebook. A third classmate, Divya Narendra, was part of the settlement with the twins but did not pursue the second lawsuit seeking to undo the agreement.
The twins alleged they were misled into believing the company was worth $35.90 a share because of an investment by Microsoft Corp. But they argued that the company later valued the company at $8.88 for tax purposes. The twins argue they would have demanded more stock in the company based on the lower valuation.
Lawyers for the Winklevoss twins said they are reviewing the decision and have not decided on their next step. The twins could ask the Supreme Court to consider the case.
The U.S. Army is developing software for soldiers to control cameras on military-grade Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, using Apple iPads.
U.S. Pentagon contractor, Harris, will demonstrate the remote camera guidance application at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in next month. The system, which would link the Apple iPad post-PC device /the tablet to a camera mounted on the UAV. The application will allows soldiers to watch a live feed from the tablet and control camera actions through its touch screen display.
Tablet technology has improved to the point where on-screen images can now provide reliable information, and an app would eliminate the need for expensive ground optical systems. The increasingly-powerful video capabilities of inexpensive smartphones and tablets are allowing defense and public safety contractors to develop software for the military. For example, a smartphone or tablet costs from $300 - $600, while a military-grade version doing the same job would cost 3X, around $10,000.
In December, the U.S. Army said it planned to issue smartphones to soldiers as part of their standard equipment, in an effort to add technology into the military experience and revolutionize the way they train and fight.
With the announcement of Apple iPad 2, Steve Jobs showed up in the special event on March 2, 2011, in San Francisco. Surely iPad 2 is much more amazing, fantastic then iPad, it is thinner, lighter, and faster with two cameras for FaceTime video calls, HD video recording, and an amazing 10-hour battery life.
On every new product Apple released, the focus / attention would surely be on the amazing device, but for this time, my focus would be greatly on the condition of Steve Jobs. I thought many of the fans out there feel the same way too. He still looked skinny, but sound energized.
Are you ready for this!! The Big-G has gave an incredible demo of its auto-driving / self-driving car at the TED 2011. The head of this amazing project, Sebastian Thrun, gave a brief presentation at TED in Long Beach, California, about the effort & purpose of this project — to make driving safer.
Frankly, I've seen some auto-driving car video clip before but nothing can be compared as the project that Google had. Please view the video below, and you will be thrilled!!
Let's ROCK!
Exciting! No.. Not until you seen the video below... How about sitting inside the car, and it drives itself. Turn itself.
Zach Anner (born November 17, 1984 in Buffalo, New York) is an Austin, Texas-based sit-down comedian who gained world-wide attention with the submission of a video to Oprah's "Search for the Next TV Star" competition. Currently he is a contestant on Oprah's Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star on the new OWN network which airs Fridays at 9/8c.
Zach Anner is originally from Kenmore, New York. He graduated from Kenmore West Senior High School. He was also born with cerebral palsy. After a stint working for Disney World as a park security specialist at Epcot, Anner started his studies at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2005. While attending school, he obtained celebrity interviews through a sketch comedy program on the university's local access channel. In 2008, he and fellow production mates started a comedy troupe called Lark the Beard, which produced a Streamy nominated web-series entitled The Wingmen. Anner is currently involved in writing shows and feature movies with Lark the Beard. Zach has been quoted to say "I used to release a lot of videos for the internet."
Oprah contest
On June 2, 2010, Zach Anner uploaded a video submission to a contest sponsored by Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Productions. Oprah's "Search for the Next TV Star" contest is a chance for one "top five" finalist to compete on a reality show located in Los Angeles, California. The winner of the reality program receives a show on the OWN network. The "top five" online finalists are determined by the number of votes their video receives. On the morning of Friday, June 11, 2010, Anner had just over 3,000 votes for his video submission, while the leader of the competition possessed over 1,500,000 votes.
By the night of Saturday, June 12, celebrity endorsements and support began to appear for Anner. John Mayer, an early supporter of Anner's, posted words of encouragement for Zach on his blog. According to The Daily Texan, Anner, who took a weekend trip to Dallas, Texas, was unaware of the overnight success of his video submission. With video cameras, friends of Anner filmed his first reaction to the then over 2,000,000 votes, as well as the blog and "To Zach Anner" video by John Mayer. Anner exclaimed, "How....What the...What the Balls is this?" at the sight of his new popularity. As a response, Anner posted the subsequent "Thank You, Internet" and "I want to come and see you!" videos.
Celebrity and media support
As of June 15, 2010, Anner has received support from Perez Hilton, John Mayer, Harry Knowles, David Hasselhoff, Daniel Tosh, and others on the Internet. He has also received coverage in New York Magazine, Time, Entertainment Weekly, ABC News, Fox News (Red Eye), Tubefilter.tv, and G4TV.
Alleged rigging
According to internet speculation, the contest was rigged against Anner, as a contestant named Dr. Phyllis received over 300,000 votes in 20 minutes and surpassed Anner. Many voters noticed that after they placed a vote for Anner, the total number of his votes would actually decrease, further adding to the belief that the system was rigged. Anner expressed skepticism about the alleged rigging, stating, "I sincerely doubt that Oprah would do anything like that. She’s probably too busy building schools and helping children to even notice someone like me." The odd variations in the vote results could be due to an effort to combat mass-voting, though no official comment has been made.
Hiromi Kiriki, a Japanese designer had come out with an idea for SONY to design their future computer, which is a computer with wrist form-factor. It is targeted to be in the market at year 2020. (Wawasan 2020 huh??)
The SONY nextep 2020 will have a flexible OLED touchscreen as display, has a holographic projector for screen projection and slide-out, transparent touchscreen that will act as a touch-screen keyboard panel.
