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Samsung intros trifecta of Galaxy Duos in India, new Ace included Feb 15th 2012, 01:11 Sammy isn't taking its foot off the handset-making accelerator anytime soon. The company announced it's bringing three of its galactic machines along for an Indian ride, and while we'd previously met the dual-SIM packin' pair, the Galaxy Ace Duos is seeing life for the first time in its double-threat form. Sporting the same 832MHz CPU as its siblings, as well as a 3.5-inch display, 1650mAh battery and GSM / CDMA capabilities, the newcomer isn't much more powerful, but at least offers more screen real estate and an extra pinch of juice to get you through the day. All members of the family are rockin' Gingerbread and will start off at around $212 for the Y Duos and its Pro variant. As for the Ace, a mere $324 will let you unleash its GSM / CDMA powers. Samsung intros trifecta of Galaxy Duos in India, new Ace included originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Sammy Hub  | Email this | Comments FCC to dash LightSquared's bid for LTE glory Feb 15th 2012, 00:37 Many of us have seen this coming for some time now, but the FCC issued a statement late today that it intends to reject LightSquared's bid to create a wholesale LTE network on the basis that interference with existing GPS devices is unavoidable. The news follows a similar recommendation from the NTIA that was delivered to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski today, which concluded "there are no mitigation strategies that both solve the interference issues and provide LightSquared with an adequate commercial network deployment." For its part, the upstart wireless provider responded that it "profoundly disagrees" with the NTIA's conclusions and remains committed to finding a solution -- easier said than done. You'll find that statement in its entirety after the break. Continue reading FCC to dash LightSquared's bid for LTE glory FCC to dash LightSquared's bid for LTE glory originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  WSJ, NTIA (PDF)  | Email this | Comments Large Hadron Collider to increase beam energy: Higgs boson can run, not hide Feb 15th 2012, 00:18 We've seen the Large Hadron Collider running at a record-breaking 7 TeV for short periods, but now CERN is turning it up a notch (to 4 TeV from 3.5) for the rest of the year. The decision comes after an annual performance workshop last week in Chamonix and a report from the CERN Machine Advisory Committee (CMAC). The increase may seem modest compared to the knee-trembling levels of 7 TeV, but it's all part of a broader optimization strategy. Scientists state the new approach should increase the data collected in 2012 to 15 inverse femtobarns -- a three-fold jump from 2011. Even more encouraging is a statement from CERN's Research Director, Sergio Bertolucci, who claims that we should finally know for sure about the existence of the Higgs boson -- either way -- before the LHC enters a temporary shut-down period at the end of the year. Beam yourself over the break for the full press release. Continue reading Large Hadron Collider to increase beam energy: Higgs boson can run, not hide Large Hadron Collider to increase beam energy: Higgs boson can run, not hide originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink PhysOrg  |  CERN  | Email this | Comments LibreOffice updates to version 3.5, brings grammar check, bigger Calc workbooks, and more Feb 14th 2012, 23:34 Microsoft recently outed a preview of MS Office 15, so it's fitting that the Document Foundation has taken the wraps off the next major release of Office's open source competition, LibreOffice. Among the new features is a bundle of upgrades for its word processor, including a built-in grammar checker and a real-time word count window. Its PowerPoint equivalent, Impress, received the ability to embed multimedia and custom color palettes among others upgrades, while the spreadsheet software, Calc, now supports up to 10,000 sheets per workbook. Version 3.5 also reintroduces an online update checker to make it easy to keep LibreOffice up to date. All total, 30,000 code commits went into the improvements, so if you're on the open source office suite bandwagon, don't let that hard work go to waste -- check out the fruits of their labor at the source link below. LibreOffice updates to version 3.5, brings grammar check, bigger Calc workbooks, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Slashdot  |  The Document Foundation Blog, LibreOffice  | Email this | Comments

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