Sam Lee

Sam Lee is a student who writes for Digital New Report. He is interested in technology, gaming, and the latest scientific breakthroughs. He grew up in Irvine and moved to the bay area for college. He has enjoyed his time in San Francisco and loves to contribute his knowledge on science and technology to DNR.

Bloom Energy Produces Fuel Cells For Homes – Bloom Box Unveiled on CBS 60 Minutes Show

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Digital News Report – Bloom Energy will be telling the world about their company Wednesday, but we have uncovered some information regarding their technology. Rather than use expensive platinum and hydrogen to generate power from a fuel cell, the company uses inexpensive silicon wafers painted with a special ink with natural gas.
Each Bloom [...]

How Will Microsoft Yahoo Deal Work?

Microsoft Yahoo Logos

Digital News Report – Since the merger talks between Yahoo and Microsoft have dissolved, both companies have worked out a deal to provide advertising and search results to Internet surfers. Both search providers have been struggling to keep up with Google both in search and advertising.
While Yahoo has been working [...]

Facebook May Have Beat Yahoo Months Ago – Compete Vs Alexa

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Digital News Report – While the analytics company Compete says Facebook overtook Yahoo last month, another company that analyzes traffic data reports Yahoo fell to number “4” several months ago (see chart below).
Alexa, which measures “daily reach” as a percent, estimated that Facebook overtook Yahoo back in November 2009. Alexa [...]

King Tut Died of Malaria and Suffered From Cleft Pallet and Clubbed Foot

Tut receives flowers from Ankhesenamen

Digital News Report – King Tutankhamun may have died from complications brought on by malaria, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The most famous pharaoh was also the offspring of incest, had a clubbed foot and a cleft pallet (see the list of other [...]

New Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Por Mobile Phones

Xperia Mini (left) and Pro (right)

Digital News Report – Sony unveiled their new Xperia X10 Mini mobile phones Sunday. They say the new X10 mini and X10 mini pro are “ultra-compact” but full of features. Although smaller than a credit card (but thicker), the phones include an intuitive 4 corner touch screen user [...]

Daytona 500 Live Streaming – Slingbox Solution

2006 Pepsi 400 Broadcast

Digital News Report – The 2010 Daytona 500 got underway today at 1:19pm. A crash in the 8th lap prompted a caution and another wreck in lap 63 brought on the second caution.
If you are interested in watching the race online it may not be available legally. Fox Sports says [...]

Illinois Earthquake Felt In Chicago

Divides – see larger map below

Digital News Report – Illinois residents experienced a small 3.8 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday at around 3:59 AM (1:59 AM Pacific). It was centered about 3 miles south-southwest of Pingree Grove, IL and just 20 miles north-northwest of Aurora, IL.
The U.S. Geological Survey says Chicago residents may [...]

Will Google Buzz Displace Facebook?

Digital News Report – As Google unveiled their social networking solution today insider wonder if Facebook will be displaced similar to the way Facebook displaced MySpace? Sure MySpace is still popular, but Facebook has garnered more popularity over the past couple years.
What do you do if you can’t buy a major social networking [...]

Urban Dictionary Name Definitions Sparking Controversy

Urban Dictionary Screenshot

Digital News Report: The Urban Dictionary has been around since 1999 but recently picked up steam especially with name look-ups. The reference pages are filled with off-beat slang definitions you will not find in Webster’s or even Wikipedia.
Typically the dictionary will feature a standard definition in the top slot, but [...]

Digital Nation – Multi-Tasking

Douglas Rushkoff and Rachel Dretzin

Digital News Report – The PBS show Frontline did a segment back in 2007 about our digital lives and last night they built upon that foundation with their broadcast of “Digital Nation”. Our world has indeed changed over the past decade.
Are we getting “dumbed down” or has the new media [...]