Top 10 Mobile TV Moment

MobiTV released an interesting list that sheds light on what kinds of live events drive people to watch television on their phones. Turns out it’s really not that different from what drives humanity in general. Coverage of Michael Jackson’s death and memorial took spots 1 and 4, respectively. The United States vs. Algeria 2010 World Cup Soccer match was 2. Other notables: President Obama’s inauguration took a high spot, but the Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden debate beat out Obama vs. McCain. In the marriage vs. divorce category, Tiger Woods’ confessional press conference beat out last month’s Royal Wedding. A spokesperson for Mobi said the rankings...

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Being The Winner of 2011 Engine of the Year awards; The Quality of BMW is questionable

The results of the 13th international Engine of the Year (EOTY) awards were announced on Wednesday and BMW again sweeped most of the categories. However, CAR's technical editor and EOTY juror, Jake Venter, questions the validity of some of the results... The awards were presented by Engine Technology International magazine, published by UKIP Media and Events Ltd. They’re based in Dorking, Surrey. The judges were drawn from 36 countries, and 76 motoring journalists took part in the voting. Two journalists from RamsayMedia, Venter and Francois Rabe, and Mohamed Sheta from Egypt, were the only ones from Africa. Any engine housed in a passenger...

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ZTE; The ruler of Cloud Computing at China

ZTE Corporation, a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has claimed occupiyng the first rank of cloud computing in China with 107 of its patent application. So that was launched in ZTE official statement on Thursday (05/19/2011). Not only that, five new proposals from ZTE on the infrastructure, architecture, and ecological system of cloud computing have been approved by ITU-T at the 5th FG Cloud Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. ZTE has begun its investment in patent applications in cloud computing since 2006. According to 2010 statistics from China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO),...

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iPhone 5 will be launched on november 21st

Latest speculation surrounding the presence of the iPhone 5 sticking again. This time, the fifth generation of Apple's smart phone is claimed to be release on November 21st. The UK news site T3 Online reports that according to a sales rep. for Brit iPhone reseller Phones4U, the iPhone 5 is expected to be released across the UK on November 21st, the source cited commenting that “iPhone 5 has been delayed until November following an issue with the handset’s software.” While he was at it, the chatty sales person also said that Apple’s next generation phone, will be pretty much the same as the iPhone 4 but with with new software (presumably the...

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