According to ComScore, about 82.2 million people in the United States with a smartphone (up to ten percent from last quarter ), Android came first as the biggest platform yet, capturing a huge 41.8 percent market as a boss. In a second not-so-close, Apple has managed to hang 27 percent, followed by RIM up third place with 21.7 percent – down 4 percentage points from the previous quarter. Microsoft is pulling back, with 5.7 percent, and finally with a dark Symbian 1.9 percent – both down compared to the previous three months. As U.S. manufacturers will, Samsung still leads with 25.5 percent of the market, while LG has obtained 20.9 per cent and, finally, Motorola with 14.1 percent, down 1 , 5 percentage points ahead. Apple was able to hang a certain date in the space with an OEM from 9.5 percent, while RIM BlackBerry-maker captured only 7.6 percent. Since wages battle androids like the iPhone and BlackBerry (Oh My) are always on top – at least for this quarter. Check the PR after the break for the complete dashboard.

astroengine wrote Looking back as he zooms in interplanetary space, less than a month in its 445 million mile, five-year voyage gas giant Jupiter, NASA’s Juno probe captured a picture of the Earth and Moon . Juno was 6 million miles away at the time. This is a remarkable show of people get to see too rarely, said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. This view of our planet shows how Earth looks from the outside, showing a particular perspective of our role and place in the universe. We see a humble yet beautiful view of ourselves.

Trailrunner7 wrote When a small group of activists announced the start of the Crypto project earlier this year, many advocates for, ahem, mature, security and privacy in mind he has the memories of the original movement cypherpunk began in the 1990s and founder of the group efforts to encourage the use of strong cryptography and anonymity online, as well as its successes and failures. The two groups are not allied with something other than ideology but the project leaders Crypto mobilize to follow in the footsteps of cypherpunks, build on their achievements and make security and privacy tools freely available to the masses. The group is working on a number of projects this time, including the creation of an anonymous remailer, by establishing a convergence of notary and setting up of a grid-Tahoe LAS. Threatpost has an interview with Sir Valor, one of the leaders of the project, which speaks of the need for better confidentiality and anonymity online and why cypherpunks are still important today.

from: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/31/samsung-launches-yp-r2-yp-z3-mp3-hd-compatible-pmps/:

Samsung has had its eyes on an HD PMP with MP3 support for some time – first announced (and later kill) IceTouch in 2010, and now the launch of the YP-YP-R2 and Z3 in the markets including Russia and Korea. Affirming that the loss / HD lossless audio MP3 is five times better than the standard variety , the company will test with the greatest access to Melon, Korea 2.2 million store music song. Until now, Samsung has only confirmed the R2 has a 3 inch screen WQVGA touch, is 0.3 inches thick and weighs about 52 grams, while the Z3, the other one has a screen, and measures 8 inches to 36 grams. The music player also supports photo and text display, FM radio and 5.1-channel surround sound. The R2 is available in black and silver and costs of 149 000 KRW ($ 140) for 4GB and 169 000 KRW ($ 160) for 8GB. The Z3 is available in white, pink and blue and costs 89 000 KRW ($ 83) for the 4 GB and 119 000 KRW to 8 GB ($ 110). There is no word yet if these devices will never see U.S. release, but check the source for more photos.

Intellitech writes Using the state of the art theoretical calculations, a University of Kentucky, the team from the University of Louisville showed that the alloy formed by a substitution of 2 percent antimony (Sb ) in the gallium nitride (GaN) has good electrical properties allow the energy of sunlight to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, a process known as photoelectrochemical water splitting (PEC). When the alloy is immersed in water and exposed to sunlight, the chemical bond between hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water is broken (abstract). Because pure hydrogen gas is not in abundance without the Earth, it must be made in the release of other compounds. Thus, hydrogen is not considered an energy source, but rather an energy carrier. Currently, it takes a lot of electricity to produce hydrogen by water dissociation. As a result, most of the hydrogen produced today is derived from non-renewable sources such as coal and natural gas. The team said the alloy Sb-GaN has the potential to transform solar energy into an economic system without carbon source for hydrogen.

CWmike writes A 43-year-old former employee of Akamai pleaded guilty to espionage charges after offering to hand over confidential information on the company web acceleration for an agent posing as an Israeli official consular Boston. Starting in September 2007, Elliot Doxer played a complex 18-month long game of swashbuckling with James Cromer, a man he thought was an agent of Israeli intelligence. He provided pages and pages of data Cromer confidential, providing a list of Akamai customers and contracts, information. regarding practices of corporate security, and even a list of employees 1300 Akamai, including mobile numbers, departments and e-mail Doxer information delivered to a box Drop Dead 62 times its motivation. In order to help Israel and to obtain information about his son and ex-wife, who lived outside the U.S. prosecutors said in court filings. Doxer faces 15 years in prison on charges.

from: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/30/nissan-leaf-mod-offers-more-accurate-battery-status/:

Car mods take many forms – including, even, a piece of cardboard with some switches and LED display. The car is modded in this case is the Nissan Leaf , and the mod in question (still in its temporary form here, fortunately) is simple but important. This is a homebrew device that connects to the port of the sheet of diagnostic OBD-II and shows the exact state of battery charge, as opposed to a little less specific bars that are displayed on the table leading edge. Absolutely necessary? Not exactly, but the mod seems to be catching on with a growing contingent of DIY spirit of the forum members Leaf. Follow the source link below for a few more and some more details to build your own.

from: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/30/engadget-hd-podcast-263-08-30-2011/:

We had a lot to talk about on the podcast this week Engadget HD but first we had a few affairs to attend to our giveaway BTS (you came right?) And Fantasy Football trash talk. After that, a combination of DirecTV and new leaks from Google and Apple had us in the mood to talk about the state of the television industry and everything that stands in the way of innovation. Fortunately, there is someone working on new technologies, and the ATSC is working on standards for the dissemination of 3D and other new features to be delivered via the antenna. After that, we turned to the Xbox 360, which is of some 3D games from Microsoft, including Halo: CE birthday, and a new brand ESPN3 app. To wrap things we had to get in some new HD display, with a new projector from Sony web application that allows you to find exactly what size of your TV room can handle before you dig in shows HDTV This week, Blu-ray and video games.