Tech, Robotics, Ebola (video)

Ebola: Tech and Robotics Are Helping FightVirus: Video - Bloomberg:
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The Naked Future” Author Patrick Tucker discusses the use of tech to fight Ebola. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg 10/27)

Google announces PwC as latest Apps for Work and Google Cloud Platform partner | 9to5Google: "Google announced on Tuesday that professional services company PwC is the latest business to adopt the Apps for Work suite and Google Cloud Platform. The news comes less than one day after Google tabbed Squarespace and WordPress as two other new Google for Work partners, greatly expanding its business portfolio as competition increases."

FTC says AT&T misled customers with unlimited data - The Washington Post: "AT&T is being sued by the government over allegations it misled millions of smartphone customers about its unlimited data plans. The Federal Trade Commission says AT&T failed to adequately disclose to customers that it would reduce data speeds if they went over a certain amount of data use in a billing cycle. The practice, known as throttling, slows down things like web browsing, GPS navigation or watching streaming videos...."


ABC News
Apple CEO Tim Cook Happy With New Apple Pay Service
Wall Street Journal
Speaking at the WSJD Live Global Technology Conference, Mr. Cook said the number of ... An email sent to Google PR wasn't immediately answered.
Alibaba Eyes Payments Tie-Up With Apple - Wall Street Journal


Computerworld
2 drug chains disable Apple Pay, as a rival makes plans
Boston Globe
NEW YORK — Apple Pay, the Silicon Valley giant's highly anticipated mobile wallet, has been available for only one week but already may be inciting ...
Some US retailers shun Apple Pay, eye rival payments system - Reuters
4 Perils Of Apple Pay - Forbes
As CVS and Rite Aid disable Apple Pay, does the digital wallet have a rocky road ahead? - Washington Post (blog)


Wall Street Journal
Hacking Trail Leads to Russia, Experts Say
Wall Street Journal
China, the object of recent U.S. allegations of cyberspying, may hack more often, U.S. officials and researchers say. But Russia hacks better. 'I worry a lot more about the Russians' than China, America's top spy, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper ...


CNN
Apple thinks iPad photography is here to stay
CNN
(CNN) -- It's the most controversial issue since people started filming videos in portrait mode. Should tablets be used as cameras? Whipping out a tablet to take a photo is a practice that, like it or not, is going mainstream. Once primarily the domain of dads who ...


Bloomberg
Apple Pay Faces Challenge as CVS, Rite Aid Reject System
Bloomberg
Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s mobile payment technology ran into a roadblock a week after its introduction as CVS Health Corp. (CVS) and Rite Aid Corp. (RAD), part of a consortium developing a competing system, disabled Apple Pay in their drugstores. CVS and Rite ...


CNET
YouTube chief 'optimistic' site will launch music service 'soon'
CNET
Susan Wojcicki dodges a question about YouTube's expected music subscription product, saying at the Recode mobile conference that her company is "working on it." by Shara Tibken. , Richard Nieva. , and Joan E. Solsman. October 27, 2014 9:02 PM PDT.


Wired
Amazon's $39 Fire TV Stick makes us wonder why you'd buy a $100 Fire TV player
Fox News
If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber looking for a stick-style streaming media player, you now have a new option: The Amazon Fire TV Stick, a $39 player that's priced between Google's $35 Chromecast and Roku's $50 Streaming Stick. And if you're a new ...

Is Uber going to crash into Google?
Fortune
During the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference last summer, I spent some time chatting with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick about who might make a ...

Amazon to bring 1000 jobs to Illinois, open first warehouse in Chicago area
Amazon is announcing plans to open its first warehouse and several other facilities in the ...

Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness.
When it comes to improving our fitness, every little effort counts. That's why we've created Google Fit – a fitness app that helps you to start tracking your ...

Apple Watch Battery Needs to be Recharged Daily, Apple CEO Confirms
Tim Cook offered a bit more info on the Apple Watch's battery during a recent interview, but you might not like his answer. ... MobileWearable Technology ... color displays or the larger ecosystems offered by Apple andGoogle. ... coming to its Windows Phone app and products that support Microsoft's…

Google Fit app released to track all your moves
Google announced it back at Google I/O 2014 in June, and built in support for it into Android 5.0 Lollipop in August, but it's now finally here, it being ...

Amazon just launched a crowdsourced publishing program
The Verge
Amazon's new publishing program, dubbed Kindle Scout, launched today on the company's ...

OneDrive delivers unlimited cloud storage to Office 365 subscribers
OneDrive Blog

Google Inbox beta users selling invites on Ebay for up to $300
Cbc
Google Inbox beta users selling invites on Ebay for up to $300. by Lauren O'Neil ...

Amazon buys Rooftop Media to grow digital content
CNBC.com
Amazon is buying online comedy service Rooftop Media, as the company pursues its ambition of building ... 

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Fake antivirus attack on a trusted website (video)

Published Jan 31, 2014 - K.I.A - DailyMotion Part 2: FakeAV Threat - video above

What a fake antivirus attack on a trusted website looks like | Ars Technica: "... Interestingly, the video marks the second time this month DailyMotion has been observed delivering rogue malware warnings to visitors. A DailyMotion representative told ThreatPost Invincea’s original notification was never acknowledged. The company suspects today's attack is a continuation of the earlier one, and the site was never cleaned up. Invincea said only three of the 50 major antivirus programs initially detected the rogue malware, although that figure is sure to improve as providers update their wares...."

New Google Chrome feature warns users when browser has been hijacked | Ars Technica: "Google engineers have added a new feature to the Chrome browser that automatically warns users when browsing settings have been altered by malicious software. The new protection was unveiled in a blog post published Friday by Linus Upson, Google's vice president of engineering. It is designed to augment a feature introduced in October that allows users to return Chrome settings to a factory-fresh state with the click of a single button...."

Dell layoffs this week: 15,000 to be hit: report | ZDNet: " . . . The restructuring efforts of the now privately-owned PC maker are down to a falling PC market, slumping profit margins and a slow start in the mobile realm where Apple, Samsung and Google now dominate. As part of the company revamp, founder Michael Dell is trying to focus on enterprise-related services including cloud and mobile systems -- but this means that staff in sectors unrelated to the new business focus are at risk. One of the publication's sources predicts the cuts -- which are expected to hit at least 15,000 people -- will be "a bloodbath" when it arrives this week. The severance package includes two months' pay plus an extra week for each year in Dell's employ, a bonus at 75 percent, health insurance for 18 months in the U.S. and some outplacement services at least stateside...."

Google, Facebook and other Internet companies disclose secret U.S. demands for data - San Jose Mercury News: "The companies said the government's demands under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act involved 59,000 or more Internet accounts in the first half of last year...."

Disruptions: Paying to Travel in the Internet's Fast Lanes - NYTimes.com: "For a subject that sounds mind-numbingly dull, “network neutrality” is the most important issue facing the Internet since, well, the Internet. The idea behind net neutrality is that the web material we see on our laptops and smartphones, whether from Google or a tiny little blog, should flow freely through the pipes of the Internet, regardless of origin, destination or content. No one gets special treatment...."

AT&T Won’t Pay T-Mobile Subscribers to Switch Anymore - Digits - WSJ: "Outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere had called the original move “desperate” and was quick to criticize the end of the offer on his Twitter account Monday: “That was quick! @ATT already revoking the $450 bribe to @TMobile customers? People weren’t falling for it, were they #Randall? #doingitwrong” Legere was referring to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. T-Mobile continues to offer people up to $650 to trade-in their phone and switch from another carrier with an early termination fee. As much as $350 of that comes in the form of a gift card, with the rest being a device credit."

IBM Uses Dutch Tax Haven to Boost Profits as Sales Slide - Bloomberg: "...“They’ve got a lot of ways to beat earnings and they definitely take advantage of it,” said Josh Olson, an analyst at Edward Jones & Co. “It’s part of how IBM operates.” IBM ended 2013 with a tax provision $1.84 billion lower than it initially projected, thanks to a tax rate of 15.6 percent -- compared with its forecast of 25 percent. Without the lower rate, the company’s earnings per share would have fallen from the previous year instead of rising, and net income would have missed analysts’ estimates by about 14 percent instead of 2.9 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg..."

FiftyThree Files Trademark For “Paper” | TechCrunch: "If FiftyThree chooses to move forward legally, the company has a case, according to trademark lawyers Roberto Ledesma and Victor Cardona Trademarks, to a degree, are use-based. This means that “just by using a mark in a particular field, you’ve got rights,” said Cardona. “Some are state-based and some are federal-based, but if I start using a mark before you in the same area of goods or services, I’ve got rights to the mark over you.”"

RadioShack to Close About 500 Stores Within Months—Sources - WSJ.com: "RadioShack Corp.is planning to close around 500 stores in the coming months as the electronics retailer continues working with advisers to restructure the company, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday"

YOUNGSTOWN, Fla.: Technology trumps fire towers in rural Fla. - Technology - MiamiHerald.com: "Cell phones and vigilant residents are slowly replacing a one-time staple in fighting wildfires — the fire tower. There once were 20 fire towers in the Chipola River District, which stretches across seven counties in Florida's Panhandle. But that number has recently been cut to seven."

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AT&T cancels T-Mobile deal

AT&T cancels T-Mobile deal

AT&T cancels plans to buy T-Mobile--It ends its quest after strong government resistance, will pay T-Mobile a $4 billion breakup fee, and sets a roaming arrangement instead (InfoWorld)

AT&T asset sale stalls as T-Mobile deal sours
SlashGear
AT&T's strategy to sell off assets until regulators looked more fondly at its T-Mobile USA acquisitions have stalled, it's reported, with the carrier simply unable to shed sufficient weight to sway the deal in its favor. Execs at the two carriers had ...

SlashGear

BT Sues Google Over Android-Related Patents
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius British Telecom (BT) has filed suit against Google, arguing that the search giant's Android operating system infringes on six of its patents. The suit covers a variety of Google services, including Google Maps, Google+, Google Music ...

Voice-controlled Apple TV, other services being pitched to TV execs
Ars Technica
By Jacqui Cheng | Published December 19, 2011 9:05 AM Apple has reportedly revealed a few more details to TV executives about its Apple TV efforts, discussing things like a voice- and movement-controlled interface, and the ability for new devices to ...

Google+ Overhauls Photos, Stream Control and Notifications
Mashable
Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You'll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. Google has added several new features to Google+ and improved old ...

It's about time! Time Warner Cable gets HBO Go, Max Go
CNET
by Don Reisinger December 19, 2011 6:50 AM PST Time Warner Cable customers just received their holiday gift early: after a long wait, they'll soon have access to HBO Go and Max Go. HBO launched HBO Go last year. The offering allows HBO subscribers on ...

IBM: Mind reading is less than five years away. For real.
CNET
by Daniel Terdiman December 19, 2011 6:00 AM PST Follow @GreeterDan The world is changing fast--maybe faster than we ever thought. And within five years, science fiction is going to turn into non-fiction. We'll be able to read each other's minds, ...

Hung Jury Ends Microsoft, Novell WordPerfect Trial
DailyTech
Former WordPerfect owner Novell lost out on as much as $1.3 billion last week when jurors involved in its antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft had deadlocked after much deliberation. Novell sued Microsoft in 2004 claiming that the Windows maker had ...

DailyTech

Apple Working on Wearable Computer Prototypes
The Mac Observer
Apple is apparently working on designs for wearable computers, and has even gone so far as to build prototypes. Anonymous sources claim a small team at the company's Cupertino headquarters are working on the devices along with concepts for other ...

Ecosystems shift as climate changes
TG Daily
By 2100, nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems - forest, grassland or tundra, for example - will have moved from one type to another. According to a modeling study from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology, ...

How A New Court Ruling Upends Facebook's Sponsored Story Strategy
paidContent.org
A court decision in October said Facebook users couldn't sue over being placed in ads because their endorsements had no economic value. Now the same court appears to have reversed itself, a development that could spell trouble for the social network's ...

India's Rajasthan Opens Bidding for 200 Megawatts of Solar Farms
Bloomberg
By Natalie Obiko Pearson - Mon Dec 19 07:33:46 GMT 2011 India's Rajasthan state started accepting bids from developers to set up 200 megawatts of solar power projects in an area that has the country's second-most solar radiant exposure. ...

Review: Should you buy Star Wars: The Old Republic?
VentureBeat
World of Warcraft could soon be feeling a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of subscribers suddenly cried out and started heading for a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: The Old Republic is an impressive and easy to play new competitor that ...

VentureBeat

Windows 8 to feature image sign-on system
BBC News
Microsoft has revealed details of a login system for the next version of Windows based around pictures a user stores on a touchscreen device. Only when parts of an image are tapped or touched in the right order will a user be able to access a device. ...

BBC News

Tests show PS Vita games load slower in digital form
SlashGear
The PS Vita is available for those that pre-ordered in Japan and the folks at Kotaku Japan got their hands on the new portable to give it a go. They took digital and retail version of the games and compared how quickly the games loaded for each version ...

SlashGear

Samsung hauls Apple into court over emoticon patent :-(
Register
By John Leyden • Get more from this author Samsung has opened a new offensive in its ongoing patent dispute with smartphone arch-rival Apple. Fresh claims, filed in Germany, charge Apple with violating a pair of patents relating to the implementation ...

Want Google Wallet? No need to root your Galaxy Nexus.
GigaOm
By Kevin C. Tofel Dec. 19, 2011, 7:48am PT No Comments You'll need a smartphone running Android 4.0.2, which just began rolling out a few days ago. Since my Galaxy Nexus didn't see this update, I flashed it myself over the weekend as Google has ...

GigaOm

'Portal 2,' 'Skyrim' top a thrilling year in games
Sydney Morning Herald
It's a good time to be a gamer, as studios continue to release thrilling adventures with clever stories, tight gameplay and spectacular production values. So many fine games have been released in 2011 _ particularly in the last few months _ that you'd ...

iPad Factory Explosion Hospitalizes 23
The Mac Observer
An explosion at factory owned by Pegatron subsidiary Riteng Computer Accessory Company has injured up to 61 people and left 23 hospitalized. The factory, which hasn't opened for production yet, was apparently prepping to make back panels for the iPad 2...

The Mac Observer

Army National Guard Enlists Verizon to Provide Networking Solution
Bradenton Herald
/PRNewswire/ -- Reliable communications are critical to the Army National Guard's mission to deploy and maintain forces across the nation and around the world. To help the guard meet its wide-ranging domestic and national defense missions, the National ...

Seagate chops warranty on some HDDs
SlashGear
Seagate has announced that it is chopping the warranties that it offers on some of its hard drives down to size. Seagate says that the reason it is cutting warranty length is to be consistent with the industry. Other major HDD makers like Western ...
 
SlashGear

Scientists focus on methane, permafrost in fight against global warming
The State Column
A study released earlier this month finds that melting permafrost is likely to increase the effects of global warming, prompting scientists to travel north in an effort to determine what effect increasing permafrost melt will have on the environment. ...

The State Column

GPS III ready for assembly
UPI.com
DENVER, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The pathfinder spacecraft for Lockheed Martin's next-generation GPS is ready for final assembly, integration and testing at a new facility in Colorado. The Global Positioning System III, under development for the US Air Force, ...

The Top 10 tech trends for 2012
CNN
By Pete Cashmore, Special to CNN Bendable interfaces will let you zoom in, zoom out and scroll around a page by twisting your phone or tablet. Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about tech news and digital ...

Google's Doodles Website Gets a Facelift
ITProPortal
Google has revamped its Doodle website to allow users to view some of their favourite Doodles starting from the very first one posted in 1998. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page created the first Google Doodle to mark the Burning Man ...
 
ITProPortal

French presidential officials caught illegally downloading music
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | December 19, 2011, 4:40am PST Summary: French presidential officials have been caught illegally downloading copyrighted material; ironic, as the officials could have broken the French 'three strikes' laws twice over. ...

Battlefield 2143 hinted in Battlefield 3
Ubergizmo
By George Wong on 12/19/2011 05:58 PST While there's no doubt that we'll be seeing another Battlefield game next year, we don't know which part of the Battlefield series it's going to be. Well, according to some reports online, it might sequel to the ...

Ubergizmo

Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC new screenshots and price revealed
Gamepur
Square Enix today released some brand new screenshots for their role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII-2. These latest screenshots of the game shows costume set for the two main characters in the game, Serah Farron and Noel Kreiss. ...

Gamepur

Twitter stalking is protected free speech, judge rules
WBRC
By Andrew Couts A San Francisco judge has declared cyberstalking on Twitter and blogs constitutionally-protected free speech, reports The New York Times. The ruling is a victory for the First Amendment. But like all things worth fighting for, ...

Six Ways Kim Jong Il Sucked at Technology
By Sam Biddle
The Supreme Dear Leader is dead—and while it's been a morning of hysterical weeping for us at Gizmodo, we can't help but look back at the five star dictator's life. And boy, did his country blow at tech.
Gizmodo

The 5 Most Significant Solar Panel Technology Advances of 2011 ...
By tessant
Solar photovoltaics (PV) continue to be expensive in capital costs, needing close to $11000 per kilowatt of power production. This high initial cost has.
Solar Feeds

NASA Selects 300 Small Business Research And Technology ...
By Staff Editor
“NASA's partnerships with small businesses and universities through these programs brings spacetechnologies to the marketplace, helping start-ups and small businesses create new jobs and grow our economy while meeting NASA's current ...
USADefenseIndustryJobs.com

The Science and Technology of Gaming Continues to Evolve » Blog ...
Many gaming technology companies hire scientists and engineers for consultation and make them sign Non-Disclosure Agreements so that they won't take the same inforamtion to the competition. “We made a big mistake five years ago when ...
The Science and Technology of...

The potential of most gaming technology development companies, if ...
“Starting up a new gaming technology development company'” queried Reveles Gahlman, an industry veteran and founder of Zelda Sledz LTD, “you'll need lots of capital, talent, luck, and financial discipline to see your project through.” Indeed ...
Northern Europe Looks to The...

SiliconCore Technology Introduces Breakthrough 1.9mm Fine Pitch ...
SiliconCore Technology, a silicon based technology provider, announced its breakthrough 1.9mm pitch LED display panel technology for indoor applications. Such fine pitch designs have not been possible until now due to several limitations, ...
MFRTech

BT sues Google over Android | Technology | guardian.co.uk
British Telecom claims Google's Android mobile operating system infringes a number of the company's patents. By Charles Arthur.
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/.../bt-sues-google-over-andro...

Iran may have captured U.S. stealth drone by hacking its GPS ...
Read 'Iran may have captured U.S. stealth drone by hacking its GPS' from our blog TechnologyNews Blog on Yahoo! News. The CIA and the U.S. military may ...
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