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Report: Apple dumping Google for own Maps app in iOS 6

Granted, Apple and Google aren't quite the bosom buddies they once were, but how far is Cupertino going to free itself from the Android-maker? Well, Apple's picked up a number of mapmakers and is now reportedly getting ready to unveil a Google map competitor for iOS. 9to5Mac is reporting that the mapping solution will be in-place for the next major version of the mobile operating system, combining technologies gathered with the acquisition of Placebase, C3 Technologies and Poly9. The star of the show is said to be the 3D mode with graphics nabbed from C3. All Things D has "independently confirmed" the forthcoming app reinvention, with sources adding, (hopefully a bit hyperbolically) that it will "blow your head off." According to rumors, we'll be finding out a lot more come WWDC next month.

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Warm water threatens vast Anatarctic ice shelf

A new study indicates that a large ice sheet is at risk. Warm water from below is causing it to melt.

Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that will accelerate rising sea levels.

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The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea on the eastern side of Antarctica has so far not seen ice loss from global warming and much of the observation of melting has focused on the western side of the continent around the Amundsen Sea. But new research from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany says the 450,000-sq-km ice shelf is under threat.

"According to our calculations, this protective barrier will disintegrate by the end of this century," said Dr Harmut Hellmer, lead author of the study, published in the journal Nature this week.

The huge ice shelves that float on the seas fringing Antarctica provide a buffer against warming waters eating away at the base of the much larger glaciers behind them that sit on the land.

"Ice shelves are like corks in the bottles for the ice streams behind them," said Hellmer. "They reduce the ice flow.

"If, however, the ice shelves melt from below, they become so thin that the dragging surfaces become smaller and the ice behind them starts to move."

Hellmer and his team predict the melting of the Filchner-Ronne shelf could add up to 4.4 mm per year to rising global sea levels.

According to the latest estimates based on remote sensing data, global sea levels rose 1.5 mm a year between 2003 and 2010 due to melting glaciers and ice shelves, the scientists say. This is on top of an estimated 1.7 mm annual rise due to the expansion of the oceans as the water warms.

Costly Sea Defences

The research was funded by the European Union's ?Ice2sea' program, set up in the wake of the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that highlighted ice-sheets as the most significant remaining uncertainty in projections of rising sea levels. Projections from the Ice2sea project will feed into the fifth IPCC report due in 2013/2014.

It will also inform plans for major capital spending on sea defenses to protect Europe's coastlines, particularly areas of economic importance like London, with its tidal barrier on the River Thames, and the port of Rotterdam. A large part of the Netherlands is below sea level and protected by an elaborate system of dykes.

Professor David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey, who heads the Ice2sea program, told Reuters the Alfred Wegener Institute's findings add to evidence that warming oceans are having the greatest impact on the ice sheets, as opposed to atmospheric changes or the legacy of some long-term change decades or even hundreds of years ago.

"What people need to know with a sense of urgency is what is going to happen to sea levels over the next few decades," said Vaughan. "In those terms, these results are very big news indeed."

Vaughan is cautious about precise projections of the impact on sea levels. "For me, those numbers are about what might be plausible," he said. "I think we need to do some more work with the ice sheet models to determine exactly what sea level rises we might expect, but those are plausible numbers."

All other things being equal, the polar ice sheets reach a balance where the amount of snow going in each year is broadly matched by the number of icebergs coming out, but subtle changes like those associated with global warming, can affect that balance quite rapidly.

Vaughan said there was clear evidence that the widely-reported disintegration of the Larsen A and Larsen B ice shelves in 1995 and 2002 respectively, had led to the ice sheets that fed them moving faster into the sea, some of them many times the rate seen before collapse.

The scientific focus on the melting ice in the Amundsen sea is down to the fact that this is where it is happening now, but Vaughan said although the Weddell

Sea is not seeing ice loss at the moment, the German research supports the view that it will spread to other areas.

If there is a lesson for climate scientists, it's "don't behave like the infant school football team and follow the ball," he said.

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LG LS970 superphone rumored: Krait quad-core, 2GB RAM, LTE and 13MP camera

Not to be outdone by its Korean rival, LG's reportedly preparing a potent new phone with some of Qualcomm's latest SoC hardware. According to BriefMobile's leak, it'll pack an LTE-friendly MDM9615 alongside the Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM -- something LG has already announced for its Optimus LTE2. A 2,1000 mAh battery will apparently power the 4.67-inch 1280 x 768 LCD display, while a Sony-matching 13-megapixel camera will face out the back. The leak -- which includes the decidedly abstract photo above -- reckons the LTE slab will arrive on Sprint, which tallies with the LS970 model number. We're cautiously holding out for something more official soon -- perhaps once the Now Network's flipped that 4G switch.

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LG LS970 superphone rumored: Krait quad-core, 2GB RAM, LTE and 13MP camera

Not to be outdone by its Korean rival, LG's reportedly preparing a potent new phone with some of Qualcomm's latest SoC hardware. According to BriefMobile's leak, it'll pack an LTE-friendly MDM9615 alongside the Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM -- something LG has already announced for its Optimus LTE2. A 2,1000 mAh battery will apparently power the 4.67-inch 1280 x 768 LCD display, while a Sony-matching 13-megapixel camera will face out the back. The leak -- which includes the decidedly abstract photo above -- reckons the LTE slab will arrive on Sprint, which tallies with the LS970 model number. We're cautiously holding out for something more official soon -- perhaps once the Now Network's flipped that 4G switch.

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Roccat Savu

Don't let yourself be fooled by the basic design of the Roccat Savu gaming mouse ($59.99 list). It doesn't offer the tricked-out customization of the Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O. 7 ($159 street, 3.5 stars), but it has significantly more function and personalization than the bare-bones SteelSeries Kinzu ($40 street, 3 stars), with an arsenal of programmable functions hidden up its sleeve and a light bar that can be set to any of 16.8 million colors.

Design
The Savu looks much like other black-clad gaming mice. It measures 1.3 by 2.8 by 4.7 inches (HWD), and weighs 3.2 ounces. The sides and thumb rest are textured with a special "No-Sweat" coating, which has a strange feel that falls somewhere between skateboard grip tape and a cat's tongue. Though it takes a moment or two go get used to, you'll soon forget that it feels weird, and instead be grateful for the always grippy surface.

The top of the mouse is covered with a more traditional soft-touch surface, and all of the black is accented with a pulsating light at the back bottom edge of the mouse, cycling through different colors when the mouse is plugged in and powered on. In the included driver software, you can select your choice of colors?up to 16.8 million, according to Roccat.

The Savu is equipped with traditional right and left-click, a clickable scroll wheel, and two thumb buttons. One of these is an EasyShift[+] button, which works in conjunction with the rest of the mouse buttons to add programmable macro functions, effectively doubling the number of button functions.

Features and Performance
The Savu also has a comprehensive driver app, letting you set macro functions, adjust the light bar color, and customize your experience. But Roccat throws in a new feature for the trophy-obsessed, Roccat Achievement Display (or R.A.D.) which tracks everything from the number of button clicks to the total distance your mouse has travelled, and rewards gamers that hit certain (sometimes literal) milestones. If you're so inclined, you can even share your mousing accomplishments with others through Facebook.

The Savu is equipped with a Pro-Optic R3 sensor, which Roccat claims is the world's first 4000 DPI optical sensor?though we did see a 6000 DPI laser sensor on the Editors' Choice Gigabyte M8000Xtreme Mouse ($59.99 list, 4.5 stars). The Savu is also adjustable to rates of 400, 800, 1600 and 4000 DPI, so it shouldn't be too hard to find your sweet spot. Roccat also claims a polling rate of up to 1000 Hz, but they're being modest here?when we tested it with MouseRate, the number was closer to 1300 Hz.

As with all of our gaming peripherals, the Savu was tested on the battlefield as well as in the lab, and for most games, it kept us shooting and fragging without so much as a hiccup. However, in game, using the EasyShift[+] button to access extra functions took some real adjustment. Even for someone used to using thumb buttons, the two-step clicking was difficult to wrap my head around. It definitely adds a learning curve to what is otherwise a straightforward mouse.

The Roccat Savu is a well-built mouse with a surprisingly long list of features, like a grip that won't let go, a 4000 DPI sensor, and an array of programmable functions. Unfortunately, using the EasyShift[+] button to access these functions is a chore, and no amount of click-counting and distance tracking makes up for the resultant clunkiness. Ignore the extra functions and it becomes a solid (but basic) gaming mouse, but you'll probably be better off with our Editors' Choice Gigabyte M8000Xtreme Mouse.

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Compare the Roccat Savu with several other computer mice side by side.

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Insert Coin: Neva smart ski poles keep you connected while shredding powder

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line.

Hitting the slopes means ditching your phone for a few hours, or risking losing it while bombing down the mountain. More troubling than an AWOL handset, though, is getting yourself lost in the backcountry sans smartphone while searching for fresh powder. An intrepid skier / software coder is well aware of this, and he's taken to Kickstarter to fund the Neva ski poles, which keep you safe and connected by wirelessly communicating with the Android or iPhone in your pocket. Incoming calls and text messages pop up on the built-in OLED display, and a finger swipe lets you answer the phone without lifting your gaze from the path ahead, as long as you've managed to mod your mitts accordingly. It's on you to decide which calls are really so pressing they need to be taken on your downhill runs -- though, to do so, you'll probably want to buy one of those Bluetooth-enabled jackets. The poles also display temperature, time and elevation, and the related smartphone app lets you toggle features such as calculating your slope angle and tracking your route.

As far as Kickstarter pledge rewards go, the Neva project is quite generous. The base $1 donation gets you early access to the smartphone app, while stepping up to $120 earns you a pair of 7075 aluminum poles (only one is data-enabled), the app for Android or iPhone and a vinyl Neva decal. Of course, you could always shell out $2,500 or more and get a reseller pack of 25 Neva ski pole sets. While those are enticing offers for backers, the project has raised just $851 of its requested $100k -- and there are only 26 days left. Hit up the source link to donate, and check out the video past the break for a look at the poles in action.

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