http://www.whats-hots.com Whats-Hots.com | What Hots News and Trends in The World Sun, 20 May 2012 23:18:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/refresh-roundup-week-of-may-14th-2012/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/refresh-roundup-week-of-may-14th-2012/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 23:18:31 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/refresh-roundup-week-of-may-14th-2012/ Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/refresh-roundup-week-of-may-14th-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/microsoft-silently-launches-so-cl-its-attempt-at-a-social-networking-site/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/microsoft-silently-launches-so-cl-its-attempt-at-a-social-networking-site/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 20:19:14 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/microsoft-silently-launches-so-cl-its-attempt-at-a-social-networking-site/ Microsoft has officially launched an “experimental” social networking site called So.cl, which combines facets of social networking, search, and media sharing with a user interface resembling Google+. When we last heard about it, So.cl (pronounced “Social”) was being billed as an “experimental research project” and was only available to students studying information and design at  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/microsoft-silently-launches-so-cl-its-attempt-at-a-social-networking-site/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/samsung-chief-were-open-to-a-cross-licensing-deal-with-apple-but-4g-chip-shortage-might-last-until-the-fall/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/samsung-chief-were-open-to-a-cross-licensing-deal-with-apple-but-4g-chip-shortage-might-last-until-the-fall/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 17:13:49 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/samsung-chief-were-open-to-a-cross-licensing-deal-with-apple-but-4g-chip-shortage-might-last-until-the-fall/ The at times very heated legal battle between Apple and Samsung might be softening just a bit ahead of truce talks on May 21st. Samsung’s mobile head JK Shin just left Seoul for the mediated discussions saying there were still “several negotiation options” on tap, including the possibility of cross-licensing patents. He warned that there  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/samsung-chief-were-open-to-a-cross-licensing-deal-with-apple-but-4g-chip-shortage-might-last-until-the-fall/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/researchers-develop-silicon-reram-chip-send-warning-shot-to-flash-memory/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/researchers-develop-silicon-reram-chip-send-warning-shot-to-flash-memory/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 11:10:29 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/researchers-develop-silicon-reram-chip-send-warning-shot-to-flash-memory/ Does the word ReRAM ring a bell? No? Well, the key point is that it’s much faster than NAND memory, and it’s making its way into chips from Elpida, Sharp and Panasonic. Further proof that ReRAM is on the up and up? Researchers at University College London have used this technology to make a chip  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/researchers-develop-silicon-reram-chip-send-warning-shot-to-flash-memory/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/order-and-chaos-online-developer-discusses-server-linking-and-more/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/order-and-chaos-online-developer-discusses-server-linking-and-more/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 06:58:39 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/order-and-chaos-online-developer-discusses-server-linking-and-more/ Filed under: Fantasy, Interviews, News items, Mobile, Community Q&A In honor of the game’s paper anniversary, Order & Chaos: Online producer Arnaud Bonnard took the time to do some Q&A with user-submitted questions about what is one of the biggest mobile MMOs available. Arnaud shared some of the toughest parts of development, which were the  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/order-and-chaos-online-developer-discusses-server-linking-and-more/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/neuroscientists-develop-game-for-stroke-rehabilitation-give-the-wii-a-run-for-its-money/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/neuroscientists-develop-game-for-stroke-rehabilitation-give-the-wii-a-run-for-its-money/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 05:06:31 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/neuroscientists-develop-game-for-stroke-rehabilitation-give-the-wii-a-run-for-its-money/ Think the Wii has the market cornered on gaming rehab? Think again — neuroscientists at New Castle University are developing a series of motion controlled video games to make stroke rehab more fun and accessible. The team’s first title, dubbed Circus Challenge, lets patients digitally throw pies, tame lions and juggle to help them build  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/neuroscientists-develop-game-for-stroke-rehabilitation-give-the-wii-a-run-for-its-money/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/would-facebooks-ipo-have-been-bigger-if-it-went-with-new-york-stock-exchange/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/would-facebooks-ipo-have-been-bigger-if-it-went-with-new-york-stock-exchange/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 04:16:38 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/would-facebooks-ipo-have-been-bigger-if-it-went-with-new-york-stock-exchange/ The all-computer run NASDAQ could be to blame for a lack of a Facebook stock pop Friday, when the social network started its first day of trading. Orders flooded in for the stock, but overwhelmed computers and glitches slowed trading down because stock orders couldn’t be processed, leaving investors wonder if their orders had gone  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/would-facebooks-ipo-have-been-bigger-if-it-went-with-new-york-stock-exchange/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/engadget-mobile-podcast-138-05-19-2012/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/engadget-mobile-podcast-138-05-19-2012/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 23:02:11 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/engadget-mobile-podcast-138-05-19-2012/ Borders. Here at the Engadget Mobile Podcast, we’re so over them. That’s why we let former Engadget Mobile CEO-in-chief Chris Ziegler come back and hang out on our side of the fence for a few hours, no matter where he comes from. You know who’s NOT over border? The United States Border Patrol, Division of  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/engadget-mobile-podcast-138-05-19-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/googles-acquisition-of-motorola-gets-the-go-ahead-from-chinese-government/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/googles-acquisition-of-motorola-gets-the-go-ahead-from-chinese-government/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 20:16:18 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/googles-acquisition-of-motorola-gets-the-go-ahead-from-chinese-government/ Chinese antitrust and competition authorities have approved Google’s deal to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The merger, which was announced nine months ago in August 2011, will likely close next week. China was the last regulatory hold-out to approve the merger, which was approved by the United States Department of Justice and European  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/googles-acquisition-of-motorola-gets-the-go-ahead-from-chinese-government/feed/ 0 http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/insert-coin-cordlite-illuminated-iphone-cable-video/ http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/insert-coin-cordlite-illuminated-iphone-cable-video/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 16:58:19 +0000 Admin http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/insert-coin-cordlite-illuminated-iphone-cable-video/ In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you’d like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line. On average, North American consumers will spend a lifetime total of five days on failed attempts to  [ Read More ]]]> http://www.whats-hots.com/2012/05/insert-coin-cordlite-illuminated-iphone-cable-video/feed/ 0