The enormous stew of trash - which consists of 80 percent plastics and weighs some 3.5 million tons, say oceanographers - floats where few people ever travel, in a no-man's land between San Francisco and Hawaii.
Marcus Eriksen, director of research and education at the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in Long Beach, said his group has been monitoring the Garbage Patch for 10 years.
"With the winds blowing in and the currents in the gyre going circular, it's the perfect environment for trapping," Eriksen said. "There's nothing we can...
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The rumors of an Apple slate Tablet continue. Now Crave is confirming the rumor based on conversations with Asus, who is a large manufacturer for Apple.
"We checked back with our source at Asus on a different day and they confirmed that the Apple Tablet will not be based on existing Asus designs such as the R1. It will come from a completely new blueprint, possibly based on the patent Apple filed back in May 2005. We're guessing it'll be based on Intel Core architecture, a tweaked version of Leopard, and have all the multi-touch, CoverFlow...
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CNET announced that it is selling its WebShots photo-sharing site for $45 million to American Greetings. CNET had acquired the business in 2004 for $60 million in cash and $10 million in deferred compensation, so this definitely is a write-down of sorts for CNET. For AG, it means they can expand from online greeting cards into photo sharing.
Bought that iPhone and now upset over the $200 price drop after it's been out only 60 days? Nokia's guessing plenty are and reaching out to them on Google via search ads. But Apple's not sitting back in the face of the Nokia ad campaign. Apple has put out its own counter ads.
Googleville will be one of the most powerful data centers on the planet.
One of the reasons Google decided to locate in The Dalles community was because the company needed a fiber connection, and the city had built a fiber-optic loop to their site. Rob Enderle, an analyst at San Jose-based Enderle Group, was able to add a bit more information to the mystery.
"All I know is the location has to do with the power station and cooling water supply in close proximity, suggesting that this thing is really big and incredibly power-hungry," Rob...
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A new 3G (European) version of the iPhone will be launched Monday in the UK by Apple - in a join promotion with Vodafone, T-Mobile of Germany, and Carphone Warehouse.
Hints of the European launch emerged yesterday when Bill Condie of the London Evening Standard tipped Vodafone to be the official carrier, which will be confirmed Monday. But Voda is just part of the picture, with Apple going for a three-pronged European strategy with carriers - again, responding to disappointment in America with the exclusive deal with AT&T/Cingular.
Jules was a long-time E! personality, hosting Wild On!, Revealed with Jules Asner and E! News Live. Before joining E!. She began her career as an Elite model and was roommates with Cindy Crawford. Ops, I almost forget that she has a degree in politics and journalism from UCLA.
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