Panasonic reveals 4.3-inch OLED smartphone with global ambitions, no name

We knew that Panasonic's mobile division was summoning its strength for a return to the Old World, and finally we have some detail: it's aiming to bring an "ultra-slim D-shaped" Android smartphone with a slim bezel, 4.3-inch qHD OLED screen, NFC and some rugged credentials to Europe in March next year. The manufacturer hopes to use Europe as a stepping stone to the US, China and the rest of Asia, aiming to broaden its range of Android devices and sell at a total of nine million of them outside of Japan by the end of March 2016. Read on for the full PR.
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Best Rare-bird Pictures!

1.Asian Crested Ibis

 A picture of an endangered Asian crested ibis soaring over China is a first-prize winner in the first annual World’s Rarest Birds international photo competition, organizers announced in January.Launched in 2010, the competition ranked pictures of birds that fall into three categories determined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: endangered or data deficient, critically endangered or extinct in the wild, and critically endangered migratory species.

2.Scaly-Sided Merganser

Two endangered scaly-sided mergansers glide across the water in a picture that won fifth place in the “endangered or data deficient” category.
Habitat loss and illegal hunting have reduced the bird’s population to about 2,500 individuals in Russia and China, according to the nonprofit BirdLife International.

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Samsung Launches Galaxy S2 LTE White HD

Samsung Electronics has today launched Galaxy S2 White HD on which the color of ceramic white is applied to the front and back side, delivering clean, simple and elegant looks and feels.
An official from Samsung Electronics said “With the release of Galaxy S2 LTE White, customers now can add another choice to Galaxy S2 LTE Series. We expect the white version would be loved by female and young customers.”

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Bill Gates Building Nuke Plant for China!

What do you do when you've run out of things to spend money on, and everyone already uses your software? How about developing a nuclear plant with China? Sure! Bill Gates is doing just that, the AP reports. For science?

Although Gates says his baby nuclear energy company, TerraPower, is having "very good discussions" with China regarding the plant, the fact that he's throwing in a billion dollars over 5 years sounds like more than talk. The plant, however, will be a "Generation IV" reactor, which for now exists only on paper—and the tech isn't expected to start materializing until for at least a decade. Gen IV cores are expected to be safer, more efficient, create less waste that fades earlier, and essentially address every possible criticism about nuclear power. Again, on paper.

So why China, Bill? Their society is far more open to nuclear power than ours, especially post-Fukushima. But it's also probably easier to use some remote Chinese backwater as a testbed for an untested form of nuclear energy. When Gates says, with quintessential hubris, that "[the reactor will] require no human action to remain safe at all times," you have every reason to raise an eyebrow. The international forum behind Gen IV nuclear says it's "developing safety design criteria for Generation IV nuclear power plants that reflect
lessons learned from Fukushima." Stripping human oversight from a nuclear reactor doesn't sound like a lesson learned. [CBS]

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