Nexus Rumor

Its Rumor Time!!!

For those of you who may not have heard of yet, Google is preparing to come out with their own phone. Now this is not to be confused with something like the MyTouch or the Droid which are powered by a Google based OS known as Android. This is going to be an entirely Google brand phone, they are controlling everything from the physical production to the operating system and release.

It is believed that Google is doing this because as a solution to the conflicts they have been having with Phone companies on their previous phones, by releasing it themselves Google will not be forced to compromise on content or product design, they can finally create the device they have always wanted too.

Gizmodo has recently gotten their hands on the phone which is currently being field tested by top executives at Google’s main office. They have an amazing write up about the phone and a comparison of its features to the iPhone 3GS and the Droid.

Engadget has also managed to release a technical break down of the specifications for the phone showing a 5 mega pixel camera.

The question still remains though, how will the phone be released and how will it work? Current rumors are trending towards it being a data based phone with VOIP, but if that is the case will it be on a network or will it be tied to some form of a Wi-Fi network. As it stands right now only time will tell.

Currently the phone is slated for an early 2010 lunch date. Move information will be posted as it is made available, so check back often.

-Fish

Mac Tablet? Jan 26 Maybe…now the 27th

*UPDATE*

New rumors are point towards the date of the press conference to moved to the 27th not the 26th of January. There has also been news of March being the suspected shipping date of the new tablet which at this point people are almost sure will be called an iSlate.

With a recent rising trend in smaller mobile computers like netbooks, and the huge success of Apples touch screen technology in the iPhone and iPod Touch; it has been only a matter of time until Apple attempted to get their feet wet in the tablet computer field. For a while now people have been looking forwards towards an Apple brand Tablet, and for the past year or so the only way to get one was to purchase one of the few custom made ones that were being sold online.

In the last month or two a cornucopia of rumors have been popping up about the fabled Apple Tablet being put into production. Current speculation is centered around the idea of either a 10in or 7in (or both) screen. These rumors have been made slightly stronger by news of Apple scheduling a Press Conference for January 26th with reports of there being a product announcement on that day. Also Apple has recently purchased a company owning the name iSlate, which could possible turn into the name of the hoped for Tablet device.

For more news and rumors on this and other Apple related products check back here and head over the Macrumors.com.

Macrumors also has a wonderful buyers guide for those interested in purchasing a new Apple device.

Astronomers Puzzled Really?!?

The notorious spiral lights in the sky image (above) has recently been making its way around the interwebs and blogosphere at a rather frightening pace. This photo at first glance appears to be a  rather elaborate and interesting Photoshop job. This is actually and image taken in the sky above Norway on December 9th, and according to Popsci Magazine

“The Norwegian Meteorological Institute remains unsure of the phenomenon's origins, but astronomers have said that it does not appear connected to the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights.”

It has now become known that this light show was caused by a failed Russian missile test, that was scheduled and announced ahead of time. Thankfully not all of the reports came out the same way, playing on the eye catching idea of scientists being baffled. The Daily Mail, a UK based paper is one of many to report the truth about this case. Even without confirmation they were able to dig deep enough and discover that the display was most likely from a failed Russian test launch of their Bulava missile.

Unfortunately the truth about this story was not researched enough and many popular news sources like The Huffington Post published stories with more emphases on the unknown lights and the idea of Aliens, and less on what (logically) might have caused them. This led to an otherwise harmless and rather interesting story being used by members of the UFO supporters community twisting it around as proof of the existence of extra-terrestrials.

Once again another fine example of how sloppy or lazy journalism, and a desire for quantity over quality  has resulted in a harmless story being taken advantage of to propagate a rather laughable idea like UFOs.