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http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/02/whats-up-with-whatsapp-facebook-might-want-to-buy-it-thats-what/ What's Up With Whatsapp? Facebook Might Want To Buy It, That's What INGRID LUNDEN ALEXIA TSOTSIS Whatsapp , the multiplatform mobile messaging app that has been one of the runaway success stories for ad-free, paid services, has been in talks to be acquired by Facebook, according to sources close to the matter. We're still digging around on potential price and other details about how advanced the deal is. But as mobile becomes the latest battleground in the Internet's  game of thrones , you can see how such a deal could make sense. For starters, it would be another way for Facebook to continue extending its touchpoints with mobile consumers, an area Mark Zuckerberg asserted, on the occasion of reaching 1 billion monthly active users on Facebook, would be crucial to Facebook reaching the "next billion." "The big thing is obviously going to b...

http://inet.detik.com/read/2012/11/28/133120/2103824/317/wow-android-lenovo-tahan-dipakai-26-hari Wow! Android Lenovo Tahan Dipakai 26 Hari Trisno Heriyanto  - detikinet Rabu, 28/11/2012 13:57 WIB Lenovo P770 China  - Sudah bukan rahasia lagi jika smartphone terkini hanya bisa dipakai 1-2 hari saja. Tapi, Lenovo coba menggebrak dengan meluncurkan ponsel Android yang tahan hingga 26 hari pemakaian.  Ponsel tersebut bernama Lenovo P770, yang memang di dalamnya sudah tertanam sebuah baterai berkapasitas 3.500 mAh. Paling besar dibanding smartphone Android mana pun. Menurut Lenovo, yang dikutip  detikINET  dari  talkandroid , Rabu (28/11/2012), P770 juga mampu diajak bicara hingga 29 jam. Cukup lama, dan ini berarti pengguna tak perlu lagi  colokan  listrik setiap hari. Di balik baterainya yang perkasa, di dalam P770 terdapat prosesor dual core 1,2 GHz, RAM 1 GB, memori internal 4 GB, kamera depan 5 MP, dan dikemas dalam layar IPS 4,5 inch 960 x 540 pixel. Di China produk...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57552186-1/developer-reaffirms-plan-to-finish-worlds-tallest-building-in-90-days/ Developer reaffirms plan to finish world's tallest building in 90 days The world's tallest skyscraper supposedly remains on track to debut in China early next year, but the details surrounding its progress seem quite strange. by Christopher MacManus November 19, 2012 6:05 PM PST This composite photo shows Sky City's massive height compared to a portion of the Chicago skyline. (Credit: Broad Group) A 220-story Sky City tower in the Chinese city of Changsha could take the crown as the world's tallest skyscraper next March with an astounding height of 2,749 feet, edging out the mega Burj Khalifa that currently stands 2,722 feet over Dubai. What makes the 11-million-square-foot Sky City so astonishing isn't its height or its appearance but rather the three-month construction pla...

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/08/digia-to-acquire-qt-business-from-nokia-port-it-to-android-and-ios/ -- Digia to acquire Qt business from Nokia, port it to Android and iOS Up to 125 Qt personnel at Nokia will join Digia to continue Qt development. by  Ryan Paul  -  Aug 9 2012, 2:48pm SEAST DEVELOPMENT   OPEN SOURCE 35 Finnish software company Digia announced today that it is acquiring the Qt software business from Nokia. Digia plans to pick up where Nokia left off: continuing Qt development, but renewing the toolkit's focus on cross-platform support. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Qt is an open source software development toolkit that was originally created by Norwegian software company Trolltech. Nokia acquired Trolltech in 2008 and subsequently transitioned Qt to an open governance model and a more permissive licensing scheme. Nokia had originally intended to use Qt to provide a unified development framework that would work...

http://www.voaindonesia.com/content/plastik-dapat-gantikan-bbm-di-as/1536410.html Plastik Dapat Gantikan BBM di AS Sebuah perusahaan di AS mengubah plastik menjadi bahan bakar, berpotensi mengurangi limbah plastik dan ketergantungan terhadap minyak impor. CEO perusahaan JBI, Inc., John Bordynuik, memegang setoples bahan bakar yang diproduksi dari limbah plastik. (VOA/D. Robison) Daniel Robinson 31.10.2012 Plastik bisa menjadi bahan bakar di masa depan. Namun sayangnya, hanya 7 persen dari limbah plastik di Amerika Serikat didaur ulang setiap tahun, menurut Lembaga Perlindungan Lingkungan. Sebuah perusahaan di Niagara Falls, New York, saat ini sedang berupaya meningkatkan persentase itu supaya dapat mengurangi ketergantungan Amerika terhadap minyak impor. Mesin pembuat bahan bakar dari plastik itu disebut "monster pemakan plastik." Setiap jam, ribuan kilogram potongan botol susu, botol air dan kantung belanja masuk ke dalam ruangan pembakaran besar. Limbah pl...

Glynis Smalley-Monash MONASH (AUS) — Men with a condition that can lead to cardiovascular, cerebrovascular disease, or diabetes are likely to incur higher health care costs than women with similar conditions, research shows. The new study, conducted in Taiwan, examines all expenditures across six healthcare services: inpatient, ambulatory care, dental care, traditional Chinese medicine, emergency and contracted pharmacy for 1,378 individuals aged from 65 years with metabolic syndrome (MetS). http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/metabolic-syndrome-may-cost-men-more/