TIME’s health blog, Healthland, has a very interesting piece on the pancreatic cancer Steve Jobs had been battling before he passed away.
According to the post:
“Pancreatic cancer is one of the faster spreading cancers; only about 4% of patients can expect to survive five years after their diagnosis. Each year, about 44,000 new cases
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Amazon’s Kindle Fire isn’t the only $200 tablet in town. Lenovo’s IdeaPad A1, a 7-inch Android slab, is up for pre-order, starting at $199. Lenovo expects these budget tablets to ship on October 27.
The IdeaPad A1 runs Android 2.3 and has a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, front- and rear-facing cameras and a 1024-by-600 display. The …
For everyone who gets a headache watching a 3D movie, it’s worth remembering that you’re far from alone. In fact, according to the American Optometric Association, it’s likely that your headaches mean that you’re one of somewhere between 3 million and 9 million people who have trouble with their binocular vision, meaning that you …
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Boy, I wish I could tweet my support for this political decision, but I just can’t think of the right words to show my appreciation for this idea?” Is the notion of typing 140 characters to register your approval of a bill headed to Congress too daunting a task? If so, then help is at hand, as the …
Move over, Netflix; you’ve been replaced as the king of streaming television with Microsoft’s announcement of new partnerships for Xbox 360 with 50 international content providers, including HBO—the one “get” that Netflix has never quite managed.
The company’s announcement yesterday means that Xbox LIVE will soon be streaming live …
Sprint’s not being left out of the cheap iPhone party entirely, with the $99 iPhone 4 joining the iPhone 4S in the Now Network’s lineup.
The 8 GB iPhone 4 is available for pre-order now from Sprint’s website. Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S begin on Friday. Sprint says it’s doing its best to deliver both models on October 14—the same …
Has the all-too-familiar shape of Apple’s iPhone 4S left you hot and bothered? You might want to pay attention next week, when Google and Samsung are expected to announce their Nexus Prime smartphone.
Samsung’s “Mobile Unpacked” event is scheduled for October 11, but the company is already dropping hints on what to expect. A new …
When I travel, I take at least two cameras, both a high-end digital SLR model, and the one in my phone—the latter mostly because I need my phone and can’t claw its comparably poor aperture from the frame. In a tight, impromptu spot, I’ll use the camera-phone, but if I want pictures I plan to keep, it’s the SLR camera, all the …
WATSON, it seems, was only the beginning.
Not content with building a computer that can win Jeopardy without breaking an electronic sweat, IBM has announced plans to create a “cognitive computer” that will simulate the same number of neurons as the human brain, yet run on less energy than the supercomputer that made Ken Jennings look …
The announcement of a new season of Arrested Development is good news for fans of the show—those who know that Jason Bateman deserves better than co-starring in an all-male version of Freaky Friday. It’s also potentially good news for Hulu and Netflix. Or, I should say, Hulu or Netflix, as the two companies may be about to find …
One of the main iPhone 4S features touted by Apple during yesterday’s announcement was the phone’s built-in Siri feature. Siri is a virtual personal assistant with additional dictation features that lets you accomplish various tasks simply by speaking to your phone.
If it sounds like a familiar concept, it is. Similar apps have …
If you thought Apple’s iPhone 4S announcement would put an end to iPhone 5 rumors, you’d be wrong.
Already, the rumor mill is predicting when Apple will release the iPhone 5 with 4G LTE support. According DigiTimes, market research firm IHS says the time frame is late 2012 or mid-2013, when chipsets for thinner designs become available.
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