From a platform of sea-ice, a team of researchers from Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United States has been drilling down into the sea floor beneath the McMurdo Sound.

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The 1999 mission is being conducted aboard the USS Hawkbill, a nuclear submarine that is able to travel almost at will under the ice, making it a unique platform to study this little explored region.

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Launches on Android platform 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgrade to Android platform 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) during the second quarter of 2012.

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Eric Schmidt from Google presented a demo of Ice Cream Sandwich, their newest Android platform, which will use facial recognition as security.

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But after a season-long spike in goal-scoring, teams figured out that if they dropped their skaters back on defense quickly, making the middle of the ice as crowded as a Times Square subway platform, they could keep opposing players on the perimeter of the rink.

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The phones will be launched on the Android Gingerbread platform, with a planned upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich soon after launch.

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