Twins hold key to unravelling maths gene | Science | The Observer By analysing the test results of 6,000 twins, they were able to see clear genetic factors emerging for both numerical skills and reading ability. They compared test results for seven-year-old identical twins, who share the same DNA, with the results from non-identical twins, who only share 50 per cent of their DNA, to assess how much was down to genes.

Bluetooth Low Energy is a new open standard that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is trying to make popular. It’s kind of hard without any chips on the market that support the new standard, but Texas Instruments ( NYSE: TXN ) is looking to fix that with the CC2540. It’s a complete system on chip that measures only 6 mm x 6 mm and offers support for both dual and single mode BT Low Energy. Running on just a watch battery, the CC2540 can be powered for over a year. Expect to see this in devices in 2010.

Although El Gato’s EyeTV app has been able to stream content over AT&T’s seemingly fragile 3G network since last month, it wasn’t until this past weekend that people were talking about it. That talk, at Gizmodo , was followed by swift and decisive action by Apple. EyeTV is no more at the App Store. For those who don’t know, the EyeTV app accesses content from an EyeTV, the company’s television recording device, attached to a Mac, and sends it to an iPhone.

Source: Smartphone-Freeware.comIs this Windows Mobile 7? Who knows. Will it be released this spring? Again, anybodies’ guess. Once again Microsoft is secretive and evasive. Don’t try to plan anything. Just wait to see what happens. With the disappointing release of Mobile 6.5, and some manufacturers, such as Motorola, deciding to opt out until next year’s release of Mobile 7, many of us are relegated to holding onto our 6.1 devices, watching and waiting, suffering from iPhone envy while Microsoft  gets its act together.

This has been a busy week for e-book news stories. First, Gizmodo gave us a look at the new e-reader Barnes & Noble will be announcing next week. Next we hear that Google plans to open its own electronic book store using the 500,000 or so books already in Google Books as its beginning inventory. According to the Reuters story , details are a bit sketchy but they are looking at an early 2010 kickoff. From Internet Archive, there’s this news release: The Internet Archive is holding an evening event to introduce A Future For Books: BookServer .