Micro-blogging service Twitter is gaining 5,000 to 10,000 new accounts a day and most of its users have joined this year, according to a study released on Tuesday.

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According to stuff, Apple has rejected an iPhone application that lets you wobble a pair of virtual breasts.

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The iBoobsprogram for the popular iPhone smartphone was refused by Apple’s application store because it was deemed “objectionable content”, according to online reports.

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The ban comes despite the virtual breasts being covered by a black bra.
People can wobble the breasts by lightly shaking the phone.

Adult Friend Finder is a great way to meet new people and if nothing else, you can at least browse who is in your area and see if you can find your best friend’s girl on there looking for something extra on the side (actually happened to me once), so check it out.

Sorry but I came across this girl and I swear I couldn’t help myself:

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Philips may not be a very popular mobile phones manufacturers but it does comes out with some mobile phone units which is worthy of coverage from time to time. The latest mobile phones to come out of Philips manufacturing is the new Xenium X620, a classic-looking mobile handset which promises to help you with your mobile needs in your fast pace of life.

Among the key features of the Philips Xenium X620 include, a 12 hour talk time and 50 days standby time. It is also a good camera phone with its 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus that works automatically when you press the camera button halfway.The camera also works as a video capturing device which you can play later on in MPEG4 and H263 format on your PC or mobile phone. For your entertainment needs, the Philips Xenium X620 supports A2DP Bluetooth profile that lets you listen to your favorite tunes wirelessly and in high-quality stereo music using your Bluetooth-enabled headphones. The X620 also features and FM radio which you can listen through its speaker or through a stereo headset which also serves as the radio’s antenna. It also supports microSD memory card to give you more room to store your music and video files.

The Philips Xenium X620 gives out three times data capacity of GPRS and lets you experience high speed internet and WAP access.

Here’s a complete rundown of the Philips Xenium X620’s specs:

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GPRS/EDGE
• 2.4-inch TFT display
• 3.2-MP CMOS camera with video capture at 15 fps
• 64-s tone ringtone, MP3 ringtone support
• 80 MB internal memory
• microSD memory card support up to 8GB
• FM Radio, Music support (MIDI, MP3, SP-MIDI, WAV, WMA
• Video file supports MPEG4, 3GP
• USB v.1.1, Bluetooth
• Electronic dictionaries, alarm clock, document converter, photo editor

Recently, Nokia has added another luxury phone to its 8880 phone series – the 8880 Gold Arte. This luxury phone features a stunning design characterized by a gold-plated form factor and loaded with some good mobile phone features.The Nokia 8880 Gold Arte is a slider phone measuring only 109 x 14.6 x 45.6 mm and weighs a mere 150 g with battery.

Key features of the Nokia 8880 Gold Arte include, a 2-inch OLED display with 320 x 240 pixels resolution, a numeric keypad with user configurable right soft keys and voice commands, an 18 carat gold plating with white leather, micro USB connector at 2.0 USB full speed, and a 4GB internal memory. The phone is powered by a BL-4U 1000 mAh Li-Ion standard battery which provides up to 3 hours and 20 mins GSM talk time and 2 hour 45 mins WCDMA usage, whilee standby time is a 300 hours.

The Nokia 8880 Gold Arte is a Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900/EGSM 900 phone with automatic switching between GSM bands. It runs on WCDMA 2100 data network with speed of PS 128/384 kbps. It features Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with enhanced data rate and supports PC synchronization with Nokia’s PC Suite. The phone also features an integrated hands-free speakerphone, number screening for handling messages and calls, automatic answer with headset or car kit, any key answer function, call waiting and call hold, call logs, speed dialing and voice dialing. It also supports picture profiling for contacts, talking ring tones and conference calling.

For its messaging function, the Nokia 8880 Gold Arte supports concatenated SMS for long messages, speed dialing for SMS sending, list of recently used numbers in message editor, multiple SMS deletion, text-to-speech message reader, automatic resizing of images for MMS, Nokia Xpress audio messaging. Email messaging supports IMAP, POP, SMTP, email attachments, email filtering, IMAP IDLE support, OMA email notification support.

The Nokia 8880 Gold Arte also features web browsing and supports HTML, XHTML and WML, HTTP and WAP 2.0 Protocol, TCP/IP support and XHTML browser over HTTP/TCP/IP.

For its entertainment and multimedia features, the Nokia 8880 Gold Arte features a 3.2 megapixel camera at 2048×1536 resolution. Its camera features CMOS sensor, autofocus, 8x digital zoom, automatic white balance, and various modes such as portrati, landscape, color tones, full screen view finder, active toolbar and photo editor. The camera also supports video capture at 15 fps with 8x digital zoom and records video in .3GP and H.263, H.264 codecs. The phone can also be used as a music player as it supports MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA music formats.

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Here’s some festive holiday revelry from The Richter Scales:

Their “Here Comes Another Bubble,” won a Webby Award. Can I get you another eggnog?

“The truth is that promoting science isn’t just about providing resources—it’s about protecting free and open inquiry,” said President-elect Obama in his weekly video chat.

President-elect Obama announced his appointment of Dr. John Holdren as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

He also announced Dr. Harold Varmus (Rose Interview) and Dr. Eric Lander (Rose Interview) as the other co-chairs of PCAST, which the President-elect said he hopes will be “a vigorous external advisory council that will shape my thinking on the scientific aspects of my policy priorities.”

Addtionally, he named Dr. Jane Lubchenco as his choice to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Obama’s transition team is planning to scrap NASA’s Ares program, the successor to the Space Shuttle, say NASA advisors. The transition team is investigating whether EELVs such as the Delta IV and Atlas V could be used in place of Ares. NASA [contractors] want a permanent moon base by 2020, followed by a manned mission to Mars; which the agency says require the Ares rocket.

The United States Space program is known for legendary waste, cost overruns and criminality:

• The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High program, originally estimated to cost about $4 billion, is at least 400% over its original budget and significantly behind schedule.
• The Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite program (AEHF) went from $6.1 billion to $8.7 billion.
• The NPOESS weather satellites went from from $6.8 billion to $13.8 billion
• The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, initially a $17B heavy lifter program, has ballooned $14 Billion over budget (and counting).
• Boeing’s $5 billion Future Imagery Architecture was killed in September 2005, when cost estimates ran as high as $18 billion.

The first flight by the United Launch Alliance, which combined the redundant and wildly over budget EELV programs by Boeing and Lockheed, was in December 2006. The classified NROL-21 payload instantly transformed into a multi-billion dollar brick.

Related DailyWireless stories include; F.I.A. FUBAR, Space Cold War, SpaceX: In Orbit, Chinese Destroy Satellite – Create Space Debris Field, Space Radar Launch, Satellite Jam, Lockheed CEO: Space is Broken, NRO Rides Again, T-Minus 10 for Space X, Canaveral Double Header for DOD, Space Capsule, Advanced EHF – Wait for It, EELV Rocket Program Merges, Space Mist, Tracking the NRO, Rocket Welfare, Mapping Santa, GOES-N Launched and Crisis at NOAA.

Just picked up a Sony Ericsson G900 mobile phone awhile ago as an advance Christmas gift for my wife. The moment I laid my hands on the G900 I was so impressed by the its light weight, and slim design. The unit I picked up was a red G900. I had the chance to test out the phone before I left my mobile phone dealer and all I can say upon firing up the phone after loading my SIM card is that the phone is certainly one heck of mobile phone packed in tiny classic-looking body.

The last time I bought a Sony Ericsson was when I got bought my trusty old Sony Ericsson P990i. Considering that the P990i is a bulky and heavy mobile phone, I couldn’t help but be impressed by the form factor and design of the G900. It’s definitely lighter than my iPhone, although they are almost of the same thickness. As a review and if you’d remember, the Sony Ericsson G-series phones is one of the latest SE mobile phone series which is characterized by a set of features which are a combination of a basic call-and-text features and a PDA phone. It was designed for mobile phone users in need of a reliable mobile phone to fullfill the basic call-and-text picture while at the same time a decent smartphone.

Anyway, as published the Sony Ericsson G900 boast of the following specs and features:

• 262,144-colour TFT screen (240×320) pixel
• 5 MP Camera with the following features – auto-focus, 16x digital zoom, image stabilizer, photo fix, photo light, red-eye touch focus, video recording
• FM Radio
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi
• Google Maps
• Media player
• Touch-screen using Stylus
• Symbian OS
• PIM features

Having used a Sony Ericsson P990i, I could say that the G900’s features is almost the same as the P990i, considering that the P990i is supposed to be a higher end model than the G900.

Will publish a full review of the Sony Ericsson G900 in a couple of days. In the meantime enjoy these unboxing photos.

Sony Ericsson G900 Box

Sony Ericsson G900 Close-up Shot

Sony Ericsson G900 Headset

Sony Ericsson G900 Back Cover

Sony Ericsson G900 Side Shot

Sony Ericsson G900 Keypad

Sony Ericsson UK Charger

Another close-up shot of the Sony Ericsson G900

Sony Ericsson G900 Close Up Shot