This week's technology news was, of course, dominated by our very own shiny new releases: an update double-whammy consisting of Opera Mini and Opera Mobile for Android along with as well as turbo-boosted Opera 12 alpha for desktop hardware acceleration, WebGL support, and super-cool customizable themes. If you haven't already done so, try them out and let us know what you think!
Elsewhere on the Web, people on several continents were either disappointed or delighted that they could not receive e-mail on their BlackBerry devices for the better part of four days. No-one has filed a lawsuit over the outage - yet - which either means people are satsfied with the apology offered by RIM execs or they are still too busy catching up on e-mail.
Even as BlackBerry owners were suffering a forced service downgrade, the planet-formerly-known-as-Pluto was being subjected to even worse indignities. Having already been demoted to dwarf planet status several years ago, the latest astronomical discoveries are now putting Pluto in the same category as the "three relatively bright space rocks" found to be orbiting in its vicinity. What lesson can we draw from that? Well, when life deals you Kuiper belt objects, the least you can do is be reflective... :rolleyes:
Speaking of Pluto, US space agency NASA's New Horizons space probe is already about halfway there, and is expected to do a flyby of "everybody's favorite dwarf planet" by 2015. Check out this gallery of everybody's favorite future technology - robots, of course! - that will help complete the mission.
Since things seem to have gone all science fiction-y today, let's wrap up with news about strange microscopic organisms. First, a megavirus with the largest-known genome was discovered off the coast of Chile. While still invisible to the human eye, the size of the organism has challenged scientists' previously held notions of just how big a virus can get. Having said that, viruses are still generally smaller than bacteria, which is where we turn next. A study in the UK announced this week that a significant proportion of mobile phones carry the kinds of bacteria that cause infectious disease, such as e-coli. :yuck: Moral of the story here is an easy one: wash your hands before and after using your phone... and doing anything else.
Have a great weekend, everyone! :)
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#1: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Daniel Radcliffe (Actor), Rupert Grint (Actor), David Yates (Director) | Format: DVD
26 days in the top 100
(99)Release Date: November 11, 2011
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