Yahoo Data Breach, Protecting Yourself (video)

Yahoo Data Breach: Protecting Yourself:

Video above published Dec 15, 2016: Yahoo says more than a billion users were affected by a data breach that it says occurred in 2013. WSJ personal technology editor Wilson Rothman and WSJ's Tanya Rivero discuss tips for protecting yourself against future breaches.

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Report: North Korea Linked To Cyberterrorism Against Sony (video)

U.S. Links North Korea to Sony Hacking - NYTimes.com: "... Senior administration officials, who would not speak on the record about the intelligence findings, said the White House was still debating whether to publicly accuse North Korea of what amounts to a cyberterrorism campaign..."



Sony’s New York premiere of “The Interview” was canceled and the fourth-largest U.S. cinema chain won’t screen the film after threats of violence from the hackers behind a devastating cyberattack on the studio. Adallom President of Marketing Tal Klein and Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw speak on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Google's Detractors Take Their Fight to the States
New York Times
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Sci-Fi Author Neal Stephenson Joins Mystery Startup Magic Leap as 'Chief Futurist'
Wired
Silicon Valley is already abuzz over this stealthy augmented-reality startup, mainly due to some funding from Google and a brief glimpse of the company's technology that shows a 3-D virtual elephant floating above someone's hands. And now, the company ...

ABC News
Instagram Gets Five New Filters
PC Magazine
It's been two years since Instagram added any new filters to its lineup of classics like Rise, Lo-Fi, and X-Pro II. So it's high time the Facebook-owned company got on that, right? Well, get ready to get excited, Instagrammers. Because the photo- and ...

The Independent
Google Reveals 2014's Top Searches
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Google clocked trillions of searches worldwide in 2014, but one man managed to steal the spotlight: The late Robin Williams landed the No. 1 spot in the global trends charts. The comedian and actor passed away in August, prompting folks around the world ...

PCWorld
Sony can make any eyewear more like Google Glass
Engadget
Sony has just announced a new attachable display module that can turn a "pair of fashionable glasses, goggles, sunglasses, or other type of eyewear" into smartglasses. And, yes, it's completely detachable so you can remove it whenever you want to.

Wall Street Journal
Sprint to Face Record Fine Over Unauthorized Customer Charges
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to fine Sprint Corp. a record $105 million over allegations the company charged consumers for unwanted text message alerts and other services. An FCC official confirmed that the ...

USA TODAY
Report: Samsung Eyeing Apple Pay Competitor
PC Magazine
Samsung is in talks with payments startup LoopPay for a technology that would rival Apple's new mobile payment system, according to a Tuesday report from Re/code. The technology, slated to make its debut in 2015, would bring greater convenience to the ...

CNET
Alleged OnePlus Mini spied in leaked photos
CNET
A pair of images have emerged showing what purports to be a smaller take on the OnePlus smartphone...

Forbes
Why Nintendo's Wii U Might Be The Best Console To Unwrap Christmas Morning
Forbes
In the next week or so, there will likely be many articles stacking up the three major consoles, the PS4, the Xbox One, and the Wii U, comparing price, features, graphics, games and so on as you try to understand which one to buy for someone (or yourself) this ...

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Buyology Author Martin Lindstrom on Alipay, Global Retailing (video)

Will Alipay Revolutionize America?: Video - Bloomberg:
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“Buyology” Author Martin Lindstrom discusses the impact Alipay will have on global retailing. Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal also speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg Nov.28)


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Report: Sony Prepping E Ink Watch
PC Magazine
Details are scant on Sony's FES Watch, but it sure looks like a novel offering....


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Recalls this week: battery packs, doors
Charlotte Observer
A line of battery packs used to charge electronic devices are being recalled this week because they can overheat and cause a fire....


Daily Digest
Roku, Chromecast Or Fire TV: Which Streaming Stick Is Right For You?
Forbes
If you're looking to add streaming capability to your TV without taking up extra shelf space, a streaming stick can be a good—and less expensive—alternative to the standard set-top box . Roku, Google GOOGL +0.27%, and now Amazon all make sticks that let ...


ZDNet
Sony Pictures corporate files stolen and released in cyberattack
ZDNet
Sony has quite the history with hacking and cyberattacks affecting its networks, and now a subsidiary of the company is coping with intrusion on internal networks. Sony Pictures Entertainment, the television and movie arm of the tech giant, was hijacked this ...


ZDNet
Two-thirds of iPhone and iPad users now running iOS 8.0/8.1
ZDNet
It's been slow progress, but figures released by Apple show that iOS 8.0/8.1 usage has finally hit the 60 percent mark. See also: Compared to iOS, Android Lollipop adoption rates suck. Data released by Apple shows that almost two thirds of users accessing ...


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How the Samsung Galaxy Note got its pen in CNET UK podcast 412
CNET
The Samsung Galaxy Note almost came with a toothpick, we're going back to "Jurassic World", and BT has its sights on O2 -- or maybe EE...


NDTV
Google Play Deals Include Nexus 9, Smartwatches
PC Magazine
On Black Friday through Cyber Monday, get Google Play credit and some extra discounts on Nexus 9 and Chromecast. 0shares. Hands On With the Google Nexus 9. Big box retailers aren't the only ones offering Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. On the ...


Christian Science Monitor
Windows 10 Consumer Preview May Come In January
Tom's Hardware
Just days after Microsoft indicated that no more builds of Windows 10 will be pushed off to Insiders this year, unnamed sources are now talking about a large-scale event that will take place in January. This event will happen later in the month and will reveal ...


Mobile Burn
Tutorial: Google Play Store and All Apps on Your Windows PC
Mobile Burn
Some recent all-in-one PCs (we're thinking the HP Slate 21) came with Android instead of Windows and the truth is Android is not robust enough as a full machine OS. Of course, some laptops come with both Windows and Android, but these hybrids have ...

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National Policies to Combat Cyber-Spies

Companies Want National Policies to Combat Cyber-Spies
eWeek
In the wake of an intelligence report blaming China for most of the espionage attacks on U.S. businesses and government agencies, security experts says the private sector needs national support. Following a classified National Intelligence Estimate that ...

eWeek

DropBox seeks to woo IT admins with team data controls

Register
Dropbox is changing its cloud storage service to reassure IT administrators that they can control their users and not have sensitive information taking wing out of their corporate servers. Last November the company claimed it had 100 million users, and that 95 ...

PayPal, Lenovo spearhead effort to kill passwords
ZDNet
Summary: FIDO Alliance aligns smart devices, authentication but will its scope be broad enough and its appeal wide enough. John Fontana. By John Fontana for Identity Matters | February 12, 2013 -- An alliance ...

Exploratorium Releases Audio-Centric iPad App
PC Magazine
Audiophiles, rejoice: The Exploratorium museum today released a free iPad app that lets users explore auditory illusions and acoustic phenomena. The free application, Sound Uncovered, uses science and technology to inform through activities, articles, and ...

Flickr Bug Revealed Private Photos To Public

InformationWeek
Yahoo-owned Flickr's fix -- resetting permissions on all potentially affected images -- also broke some connections with third-party websites. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Mathew J. Schwartz | February 12, 2013 03:06 PM. The online ...

Intel Working on Internet TV Device for Debut in 2013
Businessweek
Intel Corp. (INTC), the world's biggest chipmaker, is building an Internet television set-top box that it will sell directly to consumers, aiming to create a new market for its processors. Erik Huggers, vice president of Intel's digital home group, said the device and ...

Apple Defends Position on Cash
Wall Street Journal
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook fired back against hedge-fund mogul David Einhorn, defending the company's distribution of cash to its shareholders and calling a recent lawsuit filed by Mr. Einhorn's firm "a silly sideshow." Mr. Cook's remarks, made at a ...

Wall Street Journal

Microsoft delivers Connected Standby, Wi-Fi and other fixes for Windows 8 ...
ZDNet
Summary: Microsoft has delivered several non-security-specific updates for Windows RT, the operating system for ARM-based tablets and PCS including the Surface RT, as part of this month's Patch Tuesday. Mary Jo Foley. By Mary Jo Foley for All About ...

Alfa Romeo to return to US (finally) with all-new sports car
Los Angeles Times
After years of failed promises and delayed introductions, Alfa Romeo will officially return to the U.S. later this year with an all-new mid-engine sports car, the company announced Tuesday. The Alfa Romeo 4C will be the first of several Alfas to hit the U.S. ...

HBO Go app update allows users to stream content to Apple TV over AirPlay
Apple Insider
At the D: Dive Into Media conference on Tuesday, HBO CEO Eric Kessler announced that subscribers using the company's "HBO Go" iOS app will be able to stream content from the iPhone or iPad to their TVs via Apple's AirPlay protocol. HBO Go. The HBO ...

Video: High-Tech Gadgets Invade Toy Fair 2013
PC Magazine
Like something pulled from the imagination of a 5-year-old, New York's Jacob K. Javits Center was filled this week with hundreds of toy companies showing off their latest tech-savvy playthings. Toy Fair 2013 played host to fan favorites like LEGO, Activision, ...

Microsoft Fixes 57 Bugs In Windows, Office, IE
InformationWeek
Microsoft package of security fixes is one of the biggest updates ever; security professionals advise installing it immediately. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Michael Endler | February 12, 2013 03:18 PM. 8 Cool Windows 8 Tablets For ...

NASA: Alarming water loss in Middle East
Fox News
DOHA, Qatar – A NASA study found that an amount of freshwater almost the size of the Dead Sea has been lost in parts of the Middle East due to poor management, increased demands for groundwater and the effects of a 2007 drought. The study, to be ...

Get started with Mailbox for iOS
CNET (blog)
After watching the reservation system slowly work its way to allowing you Mailbox access, you're now left wondering where to begin with the latest e-mail app on your iPhone. Don't worry, we can help. Jason Cipriani. by Jason Cipriani. February 12, 2013 ...

Coal emissions may be history with Carbon Sponge
SlashGear
This week a group of scientists hailing from Monash University and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have claimed so-called Carbon Sponges may be able to soak up coal emissions. The possibility of this solution ...

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Broadcom Scoffs at Qualcom's On-Die LTE, Announces Cheaper 28 nm Chip
DailyTech
Qualcomm, Inc.'s (QCOM) Snapdragon S4 was viewed as a major evolutionary leap in smartphone chipmaking as it incorporated an on-die 4G LTE modem into the central system-on-a-chip. Not so fast, says Broadcom Corp. (BRCM). The veteran ...

Facebook exec offers a 2013 forecast, and it is full of partnership deals
Digital Trends
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Digital Trends

Western Digital targets Roku with $70 WD TV Play streaming box
TechSpot
Western Digital has added a new model to its WD TV media streaming series to include a set-top that's priced to compete with Roku's affordable options. While the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Hub typically go for $100 or more, Western Digital is selling the ...
 
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What Is the FCC's Lifeline Phone-Subsidy Program?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Wall Street Journal reported that a large share of low-income Americans who received phone service through a special government program called Lifeline aren't actually eligible for the service. Here's a deeper look at how the program works: What is the ...

Fitbit's Updated Android App Packs Wireless Sync Support For Samsung's ...
TechCrunch
Nike may not be planning to release an Android companion app for its activity-tracking FuelBand, but rival Fitbit is eager to make sure that health-conscious Droid owners are well taken care of. To that end, the company pushed out a new version of its Fitbit ...

TechCrunch

Tesla CEO accuses New York Times of printing 'fake' car review
Fox News
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is taking The New York Times to task over a largely negative review of his company's battery-powered luxury car, the Model S, calling the article “fake.” In the piece, Times reporter John Broder attempts to drive the $101,000 ...

Raytheon Riot Software Predicts Behavior Based on Social Media
PC Magazine
Is Big Brother watching from the Raytheon headquarters? The security firm has reportedly developed software that can track people's online habits and predict future behavior based on data from social-networking websites. The "extreme-scale analytics" ...

CNN Anchor to Bill Nye: Did Global Warming Cause the Asteroid That Will Soon ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
On Friday, an asteroid will come within 17,000 miles of the Earth—“a very close shave” by space standards, as my colleague Phil Plait puts it on Bad Astronomy. Recently, Bill Nye the Science Guy went on CNN to discuss the phenomenon—and anchor Deb...

Slate Magazine (blog)

Move Over, BabelFish: Computer Program Reconstructs Lost Tongues
TIME
Move Over, BabelFish: Computer Program Reconstructs Lost Tongues. By Matt PeckhamFeb. 12, 20130. Share. 'Treasures of the World's Cultures' Exhibition in Madrid. Juan Naharro Gimenez / Getty Images. A replica of the Rosetta Stone is displayed as part ...

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Video Find: Ferrari Enzo Does its Best Rally-Car Impersonation
MotorTrend Magazine
Rally cars: they're typically hatchbacks with turbocharged four-cylinder engines and all-wheel drive. While the video below does feature a car blasting down dirt roads like a rally car, the car in question is a coupe with a naturally aspirated twelve-cylinder ...

MotorTrend Magazine

Inkling takes aim at Amazon
Reuters Blogs (blog)
Inkling, the three-year-old start-up that transforms bulky textbooks into an interactive experience for the iPad and other tablet devices, launched on Tuesday an ambitious new publishing and search platform aimed for non-fiction content such as books on wine ...

WB Announces New Batman Game This Year
Gamespy.com
It's a good couple of weeks for sneaky guys with hoods. Last week, we found out that there would be a new Assassin's Creed game, and today we've learned that WB will be bringing a new Batman in the vein of the Arkham games, as CVG reports. Wait, does...

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Yahoo Acquires Yelp-like Hyper-Local Mobile App
eWeek
Alike enables users to recommend nearby businesses as their favorites, similar to Yelp and Facebook's tagging feature. Yahoo revealed a hint about upgrading its mobile app strategy Feb. 12 when Yelp-like consumer application Alike announced in a blog ...

eWeek

Asteroid Set For a Close Encounter With Earth
History
Ever since astronomers in southern Spain spotted asteroid 2012 DA14 around this time last year, researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have been monitoring its course to see just how close it will come to Earth on its ...

Wireless charging orb for Nexus 4 now available!
The Droid Guy
nexus-4-charger Like all the Nexus devices made by Google in collaboration with various hardware manufacturers, even the Nexus 4 made by LG is an interesting device. Apart from being an interesting device, it is also an extremely popular phone, and the ...

Hackers hit Web security firm Bit9
Boston Herald
Waltham-based online security firm Bit9 suffered a security breach last week because of an “operational oversight” within the company's network. The company said it failed to install its own software product on a handful of computers within its network.

Verizon pushing out much-needed Droid DNA software fix
TechRadar UK
HTC's Droid DNA is an impressive smartphone, but it is also host to more than a few issues in need of fixing. Verizon announced that it will soon release software update version 2.04.605.2 710RD to address a bevy of bug fixes for the handset. Chief among ...

Bungie's Set To Begin The 'Destiny' Promotional Offensive
MTV.com (blog)
Bungie's been pretty quiet since the release of "Halo: Reach" amid their ongoing development of the sci-fi shooter, "Destiny." Well, starting next week, we can probably expect to start seeing/hearing more details in earnest as the studio behind "Halo" begins ...

MTV.com (blog)

Future iPhones Might Be Made From A Single Block Of Aluminum
AppAdvice
A new U.S. patent granted to Apple may give us a glimpse of future iPhone design. First spotted by AppleInsider, the so-called “microslot antenna” technology allows an antenna to be embedded directly into the case of a portable device, making it impossible ...

AppAdvice

Darwin Day Brings out Evolution's Friends and Foes
Newsworks.org (blog)
As we celebrate another Charles Darwin birthday on February 12, friends of Darwinian evolution will pick up on things he got right, and enemies on what he didn't. Darwin was a prolific, wide-ranging thinker and writer, so it's no surprise that a few things he ...

Video game violence research has 'not been very well done'
Shacknews
Following the tragic shooting in Newtown, CT and a subsequent NRA conference that implicated video games as a major part of the problem, the national conversation has turned toward just how much media violence impacts young minds. According to some...

Shacknews

Pink planet in the sky: Mercury makes rare appearance
UPI.com (blog)
You are here: Home / Blog / Pink planet in the sky: Mercury makes rare appearance · Blog. Pink planet in the sky: Mercury makes rare appearance. The closest planet to the Sun will be visible for part of February, giving stargazers a rare look at the zippy little ...

UPI.com (blog)

Apple iWatch: 7 Reasons It Won't Fly
InformationWeek
Squeezing a processor into an iPod Nano form factor mostly means a less-capable computing device, and adding a wristband doesn't change that. Start The Discussion · | February 12, 2013 . Apple is ...

VMware buys Virsto for software-defined datacentre future
ZDNet
Summary: The company is to acquire Virsto, a storage hypervisor and optimisation vendor, in an effort to further its software-defined datacentre strategy. Liam Tung. ...

Landsat 8 Pushes the Earth-Monitoring Envelope
TechNewsWorld
Planet Earth is finally ready for its close-up thanks to the state-of-the-art cameras on board Landsat 8, the newest satellite in a series of Earth-monitoring spacecraft that blasted off Monday with two primary missions: to keep track of Earth's land masses and ...

5 reasons to stick with BlackBerry, and 5 reasons to bail
PCWorld
BlackBerry customers are at a crossroads: Either stick with BlackBerry or switch to some other smartphone platform. If you're still using a BlackBerry, then you've probably grown tired of watching the smartphone world pass you by. However, the new ...

Nokia Lumia 720 & 520 Specs Leak, Announcement Expected At MWC
Mobile & Apps
Nokia shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to releasing new Lumia smartphones. According to a new report, Nokia will be unveiling two new handsets, the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 at Mobile World Congress later this month. Follow us ...

Arctic Soil Releases Dangerous Levels of CO2, Speeding Global Warming
Science World Report
(Photo : Reuters) Global warming has caused scientists to worry as permafrost melts, releasing a vast amount of CO2 into the atmosphere and further perpetuating the problem. For most of the year, the Arctic is frozen: its hard-packed tundra and ice forming ...

Science World Report

Sonos Playbar: a home theater soundbar that wirelessly streams music for $699 ...
Engadget
We've long been enamored of Sonos' musical streaming technology and its wireless speakers, whether it's the S5 Play:5, the Play:3 or the Sub. But, what if you're looking for some Sonos gear that can stream your favorite MOG or Spotify playlist and deliver ...

Your Help Wanted to Name Pluto's Newest Moons
Fox17
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If you have ever wanted a chance to make a name for yourself in astronomy, you now have an opportunity. Astronomers who were part of NASA's New Horizons mission have discovered two new moons of Pluto, and now they need ...

Fox17

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WikiLeaks: Our site's been hit by weeklong attack

WikiLeaks: Our site's been hit by weeklong attack
KSNT
The homepage of the WikiLeaks.org website is seen on a computer after leaked classified military documents were posted to it July 26, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle, Getty Images) LONDON (AP) — The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's ... 

Flickr Photo of Insect Identified As Never-Before-Seen Species [VIDEO]
Mashable
When wildlife photographer Hock Ping Guek posted a picture of a delicate fly with patches of color on its wings to photo-sharing site Flickr, he didn't know he had come across a never-before-seen species of lacewing. Guek uploaded the picture after ...

Funcom Blames MetaCritic For Share Price Drop
Escapist Magazine
The MMO merchants over at Funcom aren't having a particularly good week. The company's share price has halved over the past few days, and according to a recent investor relations update, MetaCritic is to blame. "Following the launch of The Secret World ...

Apple Offered To License Patents to Samsung for $30 per Phone, $40 per Tablet
Maximum PC
The Apple vs. Samsung saga has been unfolding at a rapid pace over the last few weeks, and several new developments about what went on behind the scenes is starting to emerge. According to court fillings, Apple considered Samsung a “strategic partner”, ...

Maximum PC

EA expects its digital sales to overtake boxed games
Reuters
By Harro Ten Wolde | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Electronic Arts expects revenue from digital downloads of its games to overtake sales of boxed game software within a few years and is focussed on expanding its array of mobile and free-to-play products, ...

Can Hotmail regain its crown?
Sydney Morning Herald
"Coming soon, from the creator of the Macarena!"... "New, from the founders of Myspace!" ... "He has the same agent as Steven Seagal!" You don't hear phrases like that much. Generally, once a hot property becomes a lame has-been, you don't base your ...

Epic Games hires laid-off video game pros, creates new studio in Hunt Valley
Baltimore Sun
Somewhere around 90-100 or so were laid off abruptly at Big Huge's office, which helped design the "Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning" video game, which was released earlier this year. Big Huge was part of former baseball start Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, ...

uTorrent Will Soon Have Ads in the Form of Sponsored Torrents
Geekosystem
by Rollin Bishop | 1:00 pm, August 12th, 2012 It was quietly announced this past week that uTorrent, a torrent client owned in full by BitTorrent, would soon began to include sponsored torrents. The newest build will have a featured torrent on top of ...

temple run
CNET
At the risk of dating myself, I'm old enough to remember Pitfall, the iconic 1982 Atari game of running, jumping, and swinging. Old enough, in fact, to have owned an Atari 2600 and a Pitfall cartridge. Perhaps it was inevitable that the game would get ...

Google Testing New Search Feature for Gmail Users
Terra.com
If email is one of your primary communication tools then your inbox is probably a treasure trove of valuable information for your business. Search giant Google is testing a new search function that could make finding information in Gmail accounts even ...

New Devil May Cry Trailer Shows Us That Dante Can Still Jump
StickSkills
Ninja Theory's take on Capcom's classic Devil May Cry franchise has been looking quite strong as its January 15, 2013 release date approaches. This latest piece of media shows off what we've all been waiting to see, though: platforming. Wait, what?

StickSkills

New Awesomenauts Character Revealed After Successful PC Launch
StickSkills
Ronimo Games' Awesomenauts just released last week for PC, and to thank fans for their huge support for the MOBA's Steam debut, the developers have released footage of a new character dubbed Gnaw. This strange, acidic addition fits in perfectly with ...

StickSkills

Should we compare stock versus unreleased software?
PhoneDog (blog)
After the Galaxy S III by Samsung launched, I wrote about how the device was able to get me back into the Android fold. Soon after, I got my hands on a Galaxy Nexus, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean made me fall in love with Google's mobile operating system ...

Burner iPhone App Lets You Create Temporary Phone Numbers
Complex.com (blog)
By Damien Scott | Aug 11, 2012 | 8:27 pm | Permalink When it comes to mobile phones, the term "burner" carries with it a pretty negative connotation. Burners usually refer to pre-paid cell phones that are replaced weekly. You can guess which field of ...

Smokey Bear celebrates 68th birthday
KTVB
by KTVB BOISE -- With all the fires we've been having, it was very fitting that Smokey Bear celebrated his 68th birthday Saturday. He threw quite a party at Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park. There were games, educational displays to help people, ...

iPhone 5 release date details: Why the new Apple iPhone 5 design is still good
Examiner.com
Related topics iPhone 5 release date iPhone 5 iphone 5 details new iphone 5 iPhone 5 Rumors iPhone 5 release The rumored iPhone 5 release date is fast approaching, and fans of the 6th generation model are super excited. As usual, nothing is confirmed ...

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Web purchases are big on tablets
Examiner.com
Related topics Tablets The tablet market has revolutionized the computer market overnight. Martyn Williams has reported for Computerworld "Apple's US iPad sales equivalent to 1 in 9 of population." The iPad has sold 34 million units in the US alone ...

Black Ops 2 Gamescom schedule revealed; Multiplayer community analysis released
Examiner.com
Related topics black ops 2 Black Ops 2 Zombies black ops 2 online Black Ops 2 Multiplayer As many of you may already know, Treyarch has finally released the first glimpse of the multiplayer portion of Black Ops 2 in the recent release of the ...

Bigger than ever, Pinterest opens up to all
Brisbane Times
Silicon Valley social network Pinterest is now open for all to join, with the fast-growing site ditching its invite-only beginnings as it becomes more established. A blog postplaced on the site this week announced that the social network welcomes all ...

GM recalls 38000 cop cars
Toronto Sun
General Motors is recalling more than 38000 Chevrolet Impala police cars in the US and Canada because a part in the front suspension can crack and cause a crash. The safety recall of cop cars from the 2008 through 2012 model years does not include ...

Sony lets The Last Guardian trademark expire; nothing to worry about
The Gaming Vault
Sony has let the trademark for their long-in-development first party title, The Last Guardian, slide into oblivion; marking the latest development for the seemingly beleagured title. The news of the trademark expiration is just the latest chapter in ...

Earth getting warmer, human activity the cause
San Antonio Express
Sailboats and a floating dock lie on the dry, cracked dirt in a harbor at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. This July was the hottest month in a century. Yes, the heat is on for climate-change skeptics. Listen carefully and you can almost hear nature, ...

13″ MacBook Pro Retina Pops Up Again
Auto-o-Mobile
There has been more evidence of a 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina model as it has appeared in an online database at GeekBench reports ArsTechnica. The machine is said to have run a seed of OS X 10.8.1, which has not yet been released to the developers or ...

WordPress iOS App Receives Huge Update With Over 180 Improvements [Updates]
MakeUseOf
By Dave LeClair Some apps are quick to call an update huge when there is only a few new features. That is not the case with the WordPress app. Their latest update hits the app store with an absolutely staggering 180 new features and improvements.

Get Pixelmator 2.1 image-editing app (Mac) for $15
CNET
Newly updated with Mountain Lion support and other improvements, this well-respected Photoshop clone previously sold for $59. by Rick Broida Pixelmator 2.1 includes a bunch of new features and Mountain Lion support. It's on sale for $14.99.

Higgs Boson, a History
Huffington Post
Readers of The Huffington Post have heard much about the great discovery of the Higgs boson, announced to the world with much fanfare on July 4 by the international laboratory CERN. And everyone knows that this important last particle in the reigning ...

Apple Thinks Its Smartphone Patents Are Worth 3X As Much As Microsoft's
Business Insider
As with any negotiation, this could have been the starting point. Apple may have started high, then Samsung could have come back with a lower bid, and then the two could have met in the middle. Reading over Ina Fried's excellent coverage of the trial, ...

Business Insider

Reservoir release to prevent salmon disease
San Francisco Chronicle
KLAMATH, Del Norte County -- Federal authorities plan to release extra water from the Trinity Reservoir to help protect Chinook salmon in the lower Klamath River in Northern California. The Bureau of Reclamation said Friday it will begin releasing ...

Kodak Patent Bidding Is Tame
Wall Street Journal
By DANA MATTIOLI, MIKE SPECTOR and ASHBY JONES Eastman Kodak Co.'s patent auction has failed to generate the premium bids that the company and creditors had hoped for, with some suitors leaving Manhattan for home in the past few days, people familiar ...

Wall Street Journal

SC scientists trim years in conserving artifacts
Sacramento Bee
By BRUCE SMITH AP NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -- Clemson scientists are using a new technique that trims years off the time-consuming process of preserving historic artifacts like cannon balls and a ballast block from the Confederate submarine HL Hunley.

PS Vita Struggles to Gain Support from Third-Party Devs
Exophase
by David Sanchez on August 11, 2012 @ 12:50 am Sony launched the Vita just about eight months ago, and in that time the portable system has had its loyal followers and not-so-loyal detractors. The fact of the matter is that the handheld hardly has any ...

Exophase

State-Sponsored Spying May Be Teaching Cyber-Criminals New Tricks
Technology Review
In the past two days researchers have unmasked two sophisticated cyber-espionage tools created by nation sates. And some experts now say there's evidence criminals are adopting techniques learned from such tools. On Wednesday, computer security company ...

Gears Of War, Left 4 Dead Heroes Coming To Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition
Cinema Blend
The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is due to receive another batch of character skins. Skin Pack 2 will provide 45 additional skins, many of which are inspired by characters from high-profile Xbox 360 titles. Five of the skins have been revealed thus ...

Cinema Blend

The Ouya Console Surpasses Kickstarter Goal
Vibe
In just 30 days, Ouya, an inexpensive gaming console that runs on Android, has raised $8596475 in crowd funds. Ouya's Kickstarter campaign was created to help fund the development of an open platform and succeeded, as 63416 backers raised the money...

Vibe

Silicon Valley: The valley of God?
Globe and Mail
Alexa Andrzejewski sits in the balcony watching the pastor pace the floor below. Before the sermon gets rolling, she sneaks out her iPhone and opens her social networking app. She “checks in” at her San Francisco church, and looks to see if anyone else ...

Globe and Mail

BlackBerry makers looks to sell Newbay, other assets
NDTV
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is looking to sell cloud services provider NewBay and some of the other minor assets it recently acquired, as part of a strategic review process, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Computer Virus Could Disable Cyberattack Source

Computer Virus Could Disable Cyberattack Source
Sci-Tech Today
A "virtual cyberweapon" has been developed by Japanese scientists at Fujitsu -- a computer virus that can track down and disable a cyberattack's source. The virtual cyberweapon has passed tests in closed networks in which it jumped between attacking ...

Microsoft Patents Bad Neighborhood Detection
InformationWeek
With the grant of their US Patent #8090532 Microsoft may be attempting to corner the market on GPS systems for use by pedestrians, or they may have opened a fertile ground for discrimination lawsuits. We won't really know until actual devices ...

5 Things Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown Must Do
Gamespy.com
By Dan Stapleton | Jan 7, 2012 Just calling a game "XCOM" does not make it a true successor to X-COM: UFO Defense. In order to have a chance at recreating the magic that made the 1994 original one of the all-time PC gaming greats, there are certain ...

Gamespy.com

SolarKindle case packs sun-charged battery and reading lamp
SlashGear
E-Ink's power-sipping frugality makes it an ideal partner to solar panels, and so it's hard to believe SolarFocus' SolarKindle idea hasn't been offered before. A combination case, recharging system and LED light for the Kindle ereader, ...

SlashGear

Nissan, Daimler to Make Mercedes Engines in U.S. in '14
Bloomberg
Nissan Motor Co. and Daimler AG (DAI) will build Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder engines beginning in 2014 at a Nissan plant in Tennessee, the first Mercedes engines made in North America. The engines will be used in Mercedes and Infiniti models, ...

Eve Samples: Gov. Scott is saying the right things about the Everglades, but ...
TCPalm
By Eve Samples He reminded attendees at this weekend's Everglades Coalition conference that he's pushing to get $40 million for Everglades restoration included in the state budget. It was an easy applause line, and it worked. ...

Ford Plans Major Unveil at Consumer Electronics Show
Torque News
By Keith Griffin on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 10:24 In addition to Ford CEO Allen Mulally participating at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, Ford will make a major unveil regarding its Ford Sync AppLink, Ford's industry-exclusive in-car, ...

Torque News

Qualcomm's Snapdragon GameCommand Released To The Android Market A Few Days Early
Android Police
Adreno Graphics, a division within Qualcomm, has just released Snapdragon GameCommand, a new game management and discovery app. Originally, GameCommand was supposed to be released on January 10th at CES, but it looks like someone pulled the trigger ...

Analyst: Nintendo's Strategy Is No Longer Working
Cinema Blend
The Wii U's tablet-like controller turned a lot of heads when the system was first announced. However, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter says that there's a price to being unique. The console could be lacking in third-party games come launch...

Cinema Blend

CES: Vizio Aims Low-Price Wrecking Ball at PCs
Bloomberg
Vizio Inc., the television maker that helped drive higher-cost rivals out of the business with rock- bottom prices, plans to bring the same mayhem to the personal- computer market. Vizio will unveil two desktop PCs and three notebooks at the Consumer ...

MasterImage 3D prepares glasses-free 3D tablet and 720p smartphone displays ...
The Verge
By Dante D'Orazio on January 7, 2012 11:21 am 5Comments MasterImage 3D thinks it knows exactly what you need: more 3D. The company has announced that it is going to be demonstrating two cell-matrix parallax barrier (read: glasses-free) 3D displays at ...

Best Buy thinks Diablo 3 is coming out on February 1, 2012
Joystiq
by Ben Gilbert on Jan 7th 2012 8:22PM Best Buy apparently believes Diablo 3 isn't far off from launch in North America, as a Winnipeg, Canada-based Twitter user spotted a display for the game in a Rochester, Minnesota store showing a February 1 launch ...

Polaroid launching new tablet, color screen e-reader at CES?
Engadget
By Brian Heater posted Jan 7th 2012 3:40PM What's this here, then? A sneaky tipster sent of some shots of what looks to be a new Android tab and a color screen e-reader from the photo-shaking folks at Polaroid. Not a lot to go on here, but, fittingly, ...

Best Skyrim Mod Ever? WWE Meets Dragons!
Just Push Start
Arguably this could be the best mod ever seen in Skyrim. This is because someone has made a dragon that looks like the legendary Macho Man Randy Savage. Sadly, the WWE Legend passed away in a car accident last year but it's good to know that he still ...

Sony quits organic-screen TV business
The Daily Yomiuri
Sony Corp. has discontinued production of TV sets with organic electroluminescence (EL) display panels, widely seen as the mainstream panel to be used in next-generation flat-screen TVs, it was learned Saturday. Though Sony will continue selling ...

CES 2012 Preview: Tobii Technology Lets You Control Your Laptop with a Gaze ...
International Business Times
By Surojit Chatterjee | Jan 08, 2012 09:13 AM EDT Tobii Technology, a pioneer pioneer and the world leader in eye tracking and eye control technology, is all set to show off its recent innovation at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 (better known as ...

CES 2012 Preview: iDevices to Launch Water Resistant Bluetooth Speaker "iShower"
International Business Times
By Chun He: Subscribe to Chun's RSS feed The Connecticut-based company iDevices LLC will launch a water resistant, Bluetooth-enabled speaker "iShower" at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012. The "iShower" plays music directly from all Apple devices ...

International Business Times

biologist could get 20 yrs prison for feeding whales
Pakistan Daily Times
A California marine biologist is facing up to 20 years in prison and half a million dollars in fines for allegedly feeding a group of killer whales and then altering footage of the incident and lying to authorities. In addition to her carrying out ...

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc boasting 12MP camera
Phones Review
Next week at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas, many will be holding on with baited breath as to what will be showcased and of course announced. Some big named manufacturers will be attending with the exception of Cali...

Phones Review

2013 Toyota Land Cruiser: better than ever
Daily auto news
The large SUV has not seen anything new for 2012, but now the Japanese have considered they improve that matter of facts. Maybe the fact the showrooms are much more accustomed to the Land Cruiser than customers had something to do with it, ...

Couture meets rap: Oscar de la Renta teams up with Dr. Dre
The New Age Online
There have been a string of Oscar de la Renta expansions of late, although the most unexpected comes in the launch of a partnership with rapper Dr. Dre on a pair of lavish designer headphones which double up as earmuffs. Currently featuring on the "new ...

Notch's Minicraft Now Ported to Android Devices
PCWorld
By Kevin Lee, PCWorld Jan 7, 2012 9:01 AM A few weeks back, Minecraft creator Markus Persson (aka Notch) created a micro spin-off of his popular Minecraft game called Minicraft for the 48-hour make-a-game-from-scratch Ludum Dare Competition. ...

Is This Industry Walking the Plank?
DailyFinance
By Alex Planes, The Motley Fool Posted 6:05PM 01/07/12 Investing Amazon.com's (NAS: AMZN) Kindle Fire was one of the hottest gifts this past holiday season, but its growing popularity has brought more opportunistic privateers to the digital seas. ...

Motorola teases wireless charging for CES 2012
SlashGear
Drooling toaster? Actually this is Motorola's latest CES teaser, a weeping USB charger and the promise to “Stay Unplugged”; it doesn't take a genius to figure out that wireless charging is on the table for this week's show. What remains to be seen is ...

SlashGear

Vuzix Corporation's SMART Glasses Technology unveiled » Coolest ...
By Edwin
Features of the Vuzix SMART Glasses Technology include a built-in HD display engine as well as waveguide optics which will literally break the boundaries of conventional optics and display solutions. Head Mounted Displays tend to be bulky ...
Coolest Gadgets

Infographic: Technology Use on Campuses « Exploring Our Matrix
By James F. McGrath
Appreciate it, young whippersnappers. Try walking to the local computer building, typing at a keypunch machine to generate your FORTRAN program, get a large stack of cards held together with a rubber band, look through the cards to proof it ...
Exploring Our Matrix

AALS Standing Committee on Law Libraries and Technology
By Paul Caron
The universe of legal education continues to evolve and expand during this time of unlimited opportunity and dramatic change. Curricular reform, new approaches to skills training, increased interdisciplinary collaboration, globalization, and ...
TaxProf Blog

something of me: Dragonsoft Research 1st Technology Showcase
By yeongboon
Dragonsoft is an R&D outfit that specializes in developing technology that bridges the gap in the way we communicate and interact with the technology surrounding us. Our main focus is to further develop the field of immersion technology and ...
something of me

Iran Offers Nuclear Technology to African Regimes | Socialism is not ...
By 1dragon
Is this the hope or the change? Iran is offering nuclear technology to friendly African regimes. Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Kenya, who says he is Barack Obama's cousin, held meetings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009 ...
Socialism is not the Answer

The Science and Technology of Gaming Continues to Evolve » Blog ...
“We're working closely with the lead partners at the Boateng Hoffer and Budhram Sully Law firm to develop our new gaming technology law curriculum,” said Raeann Auces, Pre-law advisor at Ariel Tomanek University, “in hopes to provide ...
The Science and Technology of...

Cognitive Informatics » Advancements in Tablet PC Technology
Drastic increase in the popularity and craze for tablet PCs can be attributed for advancements in tablet technology. These devices can be considered as intermediate between mobile phones and laptops. Or they can also be defined as a cross ...
Cognitive Informatics

Rewritten by Machines and New Technology* | Confessions of a ...
By Margot Kinberg
Electronic technology has also made it possible to access many books that were previously out of print. For people who enjoy classic, Golden Age and early crime fiction, it's welcome news when a hard-to-find series or novel is re-released. ...
Confessions of a Mystery Novelist...

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