‘Philae’ Robotic Space Lander surprises ESA scientists by waking up and sending signal to Earth

However, we have to see to it that it is not the last croak of a dying cowboy. It went into hibernation on November 2015. A detailed analysis suggests that the lander had been aware earlier but unable to make contact, ESA said. The lander seems to be perfectly healthy. Philaes official Twitter account also came back to existence on Sunday, tweeting: Hello Earth! Can you hear me?. The rock and ice that make up comets protect ancient organic molecules like a time capsule....

June 16, 2015 · 1 min · 170 words · Rachel Logan

A good-looking smartwatch being developed by Nokia apparently killed by Microsoft

Gadget writer and prolific leaker,Evan Blasswas the one who spotted these pictures. The pictures are marketing images, according to the Verges sources, and not just absolute concept art. From the beginning, Nokia had plans to launch the watch at the same time as the Lumia 930. This timing comes as a surprise. Anyways, it looks like that watch will never see the light of day. With a release date later this year, Microsoft is carrying on its work on the Band....

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 105 words · Jeffery Gonzalez

Binghamton engineer develops bacteria-powered ‘Origami battery’ made from paper

This foldableorigami batteryis just about the size of a match stick and can be developed for mere 5 cents. Basically, here the dirty water is absorbed by the paper via capillary action. And we dont need external pumps or syringes because paper can suck up a solution using capillary force. The details of the study and the technology has been published in the July edition of the journalNano Energy. Source:Binghamton University...

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 75 words · Susan West

Leaked photos dispell rumors of fingerprint scanner in Motorola Moto X 3rd Generation

The first set of leaked photos of the alleged Moto X 2015 phone came from a report overGForGames. The report showed images of the phones chassis, with its parts still missing. The new set of photos still showed the phones chassis. However, the slot for a fingerprint scanner was scrapped and not there anymore. source: www.techworm.net

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 56 words · Scott Herman

Study reveals that tectonic plates are present on Moon and cause quakes

The images used for analysis were taken by the Narrow Angle Camera and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera ofChandrayaan-1. He also added: In this way we can perceptually conclude that moon also have a core. Then it is also possible the structure of moon is similar to earth. He then said: So comparative study of quakes on moon and earthquakes could be done. source: www.techworm.net

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 64 words · Christopher Morse

Vulnerability in Apple iOS system allows hackers to steal user id and password with a phishing email

This lets an hacker to design emails that load remote HTML content when opened. The username and password collected from the victim are then mailed back to the hacker. Soucek has published the source code for an iOS 8.3 inject kit onGitHub. Even if the faults are fixed, these variants are currently for use to developers only. source: www.techworm.net

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 59 words · Lindsey Becker

WiFi HD Security Camera Launched By NetGear With Night Vision Capability & Much More

It takes up very less space and the size is smaller than the bar of soap. It also has the facility of providing you with notifications on your smartphone via an Arlo App or email. Lets have a look what the system includes. It has two HD outdoor cameras installed with night vision capability and motion sensors. The system also includes four magnetic mounts. In addition, the system also provides free cloud storage of 200 MB for storage of video recordings....

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 83 words · Jessica Hudson

Yu Yureka, Yuphoria’s Android 5.1 Lollipop-Based Cyanogen OS Updates has entered Final Phase of Testing

Sharma said, a few bugs were pointed out in the current Yuphoria software. Sharma added Your feedback matters to us a lot and we have been working on your inputs. The company also received complaints from some users about issues with proximity sensor. Now the issue has been fixed with this update. He has also said that the handsets entire camera stack has been redone with reworked tunings. These builds are heavily curated by the community, and are hence bound to feature more bugs than usual....

June 15, 2015 · 1 min · 88 words · Derrick Thompson

Canadian Court asks Google to block its Websites Globally

Equustek, who sued Datalink, won the case but were not happy. Google agreed and removed the links in question; however, only from its Canadian .ca extension. It has been a terrible week for Google. source: www.techworm.net

June 14, 2015 · 1 min · 36 words · Amanda Johnson

China Unveils World’s Fastest Quantum Random Number Generator

The physicists in China claim that they have done it. One of the most valued qualities of society is privacy. Although, there is a glitch to it. It is very difficult to generate random numbers in large quantities. One that is essentially random and one of the best sources is the quantum world. As an alternative, physicists have moved to natural processes to generate random numbers. That is the reason why physicists tend to choose to use quantum processes to produce random numbers....

June 14, 2015 · 2 min · 290 words · Tony Smith

Google unrolling 4x Internet browsing speed feature on slow Indian 2G networks

The feature, aimed at emerging markets, will be rolled out in India in the next two weeks. Google will capture the page and make it lighter. The search giant has already tested the feature in Indonesia, which has networks very similar to India. It has come up with promising results. Well, this comes as a great news for consumers but certainly as a bad news for mobile operators. The users will not need to install an additional net web surfer....

June 14, 2015 · 1 min · 206 words · Benjamin Evans

International Space Station should be opened up to astronauts from India and China says European space chief

The $100 billion space station can be seen from Earth through naked eye. Countries like China and India are not part of this group. The space station is funded through 2020 and an expansion until 2024 is under conversation. This was the long-term objective of NASAs human space programme. NASAs cost for operating the station is $3 billion a year. The distance is about 250 miles (400 km) above Earth level....

June 14, 2015 · 1 min · 91 words · Karen Tucker

Know Tomorrow’s Weather With This Little Box called As Tempescope

Here comes an inventive box that discloses tomorrows weather in a far more decorative display, known as Tempescope. Tempescope is a physical weather display that imagines the weather by actually building the weather conditions inside a box. It gets weather forecasts from the internet to predict the weather. Ken Kawamoto, the inventor of the Tempescope, is a software engineer and inventor. The Tempescope, which is a box shows tomorrows weather with real sun, rain, clouds and lightning....

June 14, 2015 · 1 min · 123 words · Helen Dennis