Google Uncovers Iran Spying on its Citizens

The surveillance campaign is just the latest evidence that political groups are increasingly using digital means to keep tabs on their opposition. During elections last April in Malaysia, security researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab found evidence that servers in Malaysia were running FinSpy, a surveillance tool sold to governments by the British surveillance firm Gamma Group. According to security researchers, the targets appeared to be members of Malaysia’s opposition party. (source infra)

Google Says It Has Uncovered Iranian Spy Campaign - NYTimes.com
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The timing of the effort, which has been targeting Iranian citizens, suggests that the attacks are related to the upcoming Iranian presidential election, Google said. Read more…
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Google buys Waze and puts the squeeze on Facebook and Apple
Computerworld
Moorhead added that he simply can't see the advantage of Google buying Waze -- other than keeping it out of the hands of competitors like Facebook and Apple. "It's bizarre that Google paid this much for so little," said Moorhead. "Millions of people ...

Xbox One and Microsoft's shocking discovery: gamers aren't data
The Guardian
... and there are plenty of pundits who assume Google or Apple will come into the market with a desirable new set-top box proposition or integrated connected TV that does everything from linear media to interactive gaming. Whatever, Microsoft's land ...

Azure Is the Future of Microsoft | Windows Azure content from Windows IT Pro: "Microsoft is a devices and services company. The services part is the biggest part. Azure is the king of Microsoft services. Azure is the future of Microsoft. Azure is so key to Microsoft's future, in fact, that I'm starting to question the use of the name Windows on that brand. In many ways it doesn't make sense to call such a thing Windows at all. Azure's a nice name. (And Azure SQL Database rolls off the tongue a lot more easily than does Windows Azure SQL Database. Just saying.)"

Apple looking at bigger iPhone screens, multiple colors - sources
Reuters
Apple is looking at introducing at least two bigger iPhones next year - one with a 4.7-inch screen and one with a 5.7-inch screen - said the sources, including those in the supply chain in Asia. They said suppliers have been approached with plans for ...

Apple OS X Mavericks: 10 Things You Need to Know
PC Magazine
Apple says the new operating system, OS X Mavericks, will be out "this fall"—which one might guess, based Apple's history of releases, really means mid-September. Currently, only developers have access to an early release of the operating system. 2.

Apple's Cue Is Key to Defense of E-Book Price-Fixing Case
Businessweek
The government's antitrust case over e-book pricing has reached a crucial stage as a key Apple Inc. executive takes the stand to try to convince a federal judge he didn't lead an illegal scheme with publishers to fix prices. Eddy Cue, called “the chief ...

Google to generate nearly $8.9 billion in mobile ad revenue this year: eMarketer
Economic Times
The company accomplished that largely by forging a partnership with Apple Inc. when that company's iPhone came out in 2007. Google then baked its services into Android, a free operating system now running on more than 900 million mobile devices.

Amazon launches Kindle Paperwhite ebook reader in India starting at Rs.10999
NDTV
While the basic Kindle has been available for more than ten months through Croma retail's physical stores and online through Junglee.com, Amazon's product listing service, it's the first time the company has introduced the Kindle Paperwhite in India.

Thank You, Google Overlords | TechCrunch
By Sarah Perez
And Google's influence when it comes to the web is massive. In the U.S., the company has 66.5 percent of search market share, with the next nearest competitor Microsoft/Bing at just 17.3 percent as of this April, according to comScore.
TechCrunch

Apple snuck a Google Now-ish feature into iOS 7 called “Today ...
By Erica Ogg
It's not nearly as full-featured as Google Now, but Today gives notifications about weather, commute traffic and a quick glance at future events.
GigaOM

Apple Posts Ten-Minute 'Making a Difference, One App at a Time ...
By Jordan Golson
Apple has posted a new entry in its branding campaign, this time a ten-minute piece entitled 'Making a difference. One app at a time.' The... ... In between hating Google, enjoy this YouTube video :). I watched it on the Apple site which uses HTML 5 :). Rating: 5 Positives. Avatar ... Thus far in the ongoing e-book price fixing case, Apple has maintained that it was indifferent to what business model book publishers adopted with Amazon. However, an email from Steve Jobs to Eddy.
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How Your Microsoft Points Will Become Dollars/Pounds/Euros ...
By Luke Plunkett
Later this year, Microsoft's awful points system will be retired. Yes. In its place, you'll be buying content using the same stuff you do for everything else: your local currency. But how, exactly, is the transition going to work?
Kotaku

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US Navy Deploying Laser Weapon Prototype Near Iran (video)

120804-N-ZZ999-001 SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jul. 30, 2012) The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) temporarily installed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) in San Diego, Calif., is a technology demonstrator built by the Naval Sea Systems Command from commercial fiber solid state lasers, utilizing combination methods developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. LaWS can be directed onto targets from the radar track obtained from a MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon system or other targeting source. The Office of Naval Research's Solid State Laser (SSL) portfolio includes LaWS development and upgrades providing a quick reaction capability for the fleet with an affordable SSL weapon prototype. This capability provides Navy ships a method for Sailors to easily defeat small boat threats and aerial targets without using bullets. (U.S. Navy video by Office of Naval Research/ Released)

Navy Deploying Laser Weapon Prototype Near Iran
New York Times
Published: April 8, 2013. WASHINGTON — The Navy is going to sea for the first time with a laser attack weapon that has been shown in tests to disable patrol boats and blind or destroy surveillance drones. Multimedia. U.S. Navy Laser Weapon Demonstration ...

HP to customize Moonshot offerings, offer ARM and Xeon chips
PCWorld
Hewlett-Packard in the future will offer customized Moonshot servers at different prices and also offer configurations with ARM and Intel Xeon processors. HP on Monday started shipping the first offering in its new class of hyperscale servers called Moonshot, ...

Intel announces next-gen Thunderbolt with 4K resolution support, 20Gpbs ...
Apple Insider
Intel on Monday announced the next-generation of Thunderbolt transfer technology, which promises to bring 20-gigabyte per second transfer speeds to computing systems equipped with the new technology. According to Intel, the upgraded Thunderbolt ...

Climate Change Could Mean Bumpier Flights
National Geographic
Areas of predicted clear-air turbulence at cruising altitudes over the North Atlantic Ocean on a simulated winter day under doubled carbon dioxide conditions. Image courtesy Paul Williams, University of Reading. Jane J. Lee. National Geographic News ...

National Geographic

Microsoft Sheds Old TV Baggage to Focus on New Xbox
New York Times (blog)
Microsoft is planning to reveal details about its new Xbox video game console at an event in May, as the games industry prepares for a new generation of hardware that it hopes will lift sales. Microsoft is currently aiming to hold the event May 21, though it was ...

HTC Posts Record-Low Profit After Latest Smartphone Delayed
Bloomberg
HTC Corp. (2498) (2498), Taiwan's largest smartphone maker, posted its lowest quarterly profit on record after the delay of its newest flagship phone caused revenue to miss the company's target. First-quarter net income plunged 98 percent to NT$85 million ...

Bloomberg

Microsoft to sell Mountain View-based Mediaroom unit
San Jose Mercury News
For more than a decade, Microsoft has tried various ways to marry the Internet to the television. Now the company has decided to focus its Internet television efforts on its Xbox game console. On Monday, the tech giant ...

Monkey chatter smacks of human speech, researcher says
Los Angeles Times
Are monkeys talking behind our backs? That creepy "Planet of the Apes" sensation struck University of Michigan researcher Thore Bergman when he heard the lip-smacking sounds of wild geladas, a baboon-like primate found in the Ethiopian highlands.

Smartphone Maps While Driving Banned In California
InformationWeek
Recent court decision in California makes it illegal to check smartphone maps except in cases of hands-free, voice-guided navigation. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | April 08, 2013 10:53 AM. In January 2012, Steve R. Spriggs ...

Is Google following Apple's lead?
CNNMoney
Google's stock is down 9% from its all-time high but there's still room to fall before panic should set in. Apple may not be the darling of every investor's eye but Google is starting to lose some love too. Just a month ago, shares well on their way to $900, with ...

Are We Paying Enough Attention to Information Technology's Dark ...
By Jason Dorrier
Technological power is not new, of course, but information technology's exponential pace and declining cost is changing how the global game is played and who the players are. Control of technology is passing from the richest states and ...
Singularity Hub

Vehicle-to-Building Technology Rises With PEV Sales ...
By Environmental Leader
Vehicle-to-building technology, which makes energy stored in plug-in electric vehicle batteries available to commercial and residential buildings, is garnering new attention as PEV sales climb, according to a report by Navigant Research.
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Huawei CFO linked to attempt to sell HP goods in Iran

Huawei CFO linked to attempt to sell HP goods in Iran -- Reuters
CNET
Huawei CFO Cathy Meng reportedly served on the board of a Hong Kong-based company that tried to sell HP goods to an Iran-based firm. Don Reisinger. by Don Reisinger. January 31, 2013. Huawei, the China-based telecom equipment maker ...

Scientists Watch a Fish Think
LiveScience.com
For the first time, scientists have imaged the brain activity of a fish watching its prey. Observing neural signals in real time offers an important glimpse into how brains perceive the outside world. In the new study, researchers developed a way to follow these ...

Humans killed off the thylacine: study

The Australian
HUMANS alone were responsible for the demise of Australia's extinct native predator, the Tasmanian Tiger, or thylacine, a new study has found. Led by the University of Adelaide, the study has used new modelling to contradict a widespread belief that ...

App-Based Car Service Lyft Reaches Deal With Calif. Regulators

PC Magazine
California residents have another official car service to call, now that state regulators have lifted a cease-and-desist they imposed on Zimride's Lyft service. The move has allowed Lyft to expand beyond its San Francisco roots to Los Angeles, starting at 7 a.m. ...

Mega Repeat: Search Engine Mimics Dotcom's MegaUpload

InformationWeek
Crowdsourced MegaSearch site indexes all files on Mega, allowing users to share uploaded, encrypted content. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Mathew J. Schwartz | January 31, 2013 12:27 PM. Who Is Hacking U.S. Banks? 8 Facts ...

Facebook launches Facebook Card, a reusable gift card that works at multiple ...

CNET
The multi-tasking card, a new gift option on Facebook, can hold balances for Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora, and Target. Jennifer Van Grove. by Jennifer Van Grove. January 31, 2013 10:00 AM PST Follow @jbruin. The Facebook Card ...

Braintree trying single sign-on approach to mobile payments with Venmo Touch

ZDNet
Summary: Braintree is aiming to simplify the mobile payments process for users with just one tap, which could mean more money for businesses. Rachel King. By Rachel King for Between the Lines | January 31, 2013 -- 17:56 GMT (09:56 PST). Follow @ ...

Google kicks off 2013 Science Fair, seeks projects to change the world

Fox News
“It's your turn to change the world.” The 2013 Google Science Fair -- an online science competition open to students around the globe ages 13 to 18 -- kicked off Wednesday with those words. The ultimate prizes, to be awarded in Sept.: a $50,000 scholarship ...

Sex app claims to help you mix business with pleasure

CNET
Bang with Friends is a curiously successful new Facebook app that aims to be more direct about sex. Now Bang With Professionals wants to help people make carnal connections via LinkedIn. Is this for real? by Chris Matyszczyk. January ...

Twitter confirms second outage this month

Washington Post
Twitter confirmed that some users were unable to access the service Thursday, marking the second time this month that the micro-blogging service has been hit with an outage. The company said on its status blog that it was working to resolve the issue.

Penultimate for iPad Update - New Design And Tighter Evernote Integration

PC Magazine
Penultimate is a pretty sweet writing app for the iPad. That's probably why Evernote scooped it up. But Evernote hasn't shelfed the app. In fact, it has drawn it even closed into the ecosystem with this latest batch of updates that include baking Evernote right into ...

Apple Store Design Gets Trademark Approval

Mashable
Apple loves to patent and protect its products. Now, according to a trademark application, the company aims to keep others from copying the design and layout of its retail stores. Nearly three years after Apple filed for a trademark to protect its store design, the ...

Wall Street boos BlackBerry 10

USA TODAY
Stock skids nearly 10% on debut. blackberry 10. The new BlackBerry 10 smartphone is displayed during the global launch of the new BlackBerry 10 in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (Photo: Nathan Denette AP). SAN FRANCISCO -- Research In ...

Chesapeake shows signs of resilience, report finds

San Francisco Chronicle
BALTIMORE (AP) — Bay grasses, crabs and rockfish are showing signs of resilience in the Chesapeake Bay, which continues to suffer from poor water quality as a growing population stresses it, according to a report released Thursday. The bay barometer ...

New York Times says it was hit by a cyber attack #thecircuit

Washington Post (blog)
New York Times hit by cyber attack: The New York Times reported late Wednesday that it had been the victim of a cyber attack for the last four months while working on a story about Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao and his business connections. According ...

Ford Sets Hybrid Market Share Record Thanks to Strong Fusion Hybrid, C-MAX ...
DailyTech
Ford has had very good luck with its hybrid vehicle sales over the last year. Ford announced recently that it had achieved an all-time high for its hybrid market share. Ford grew its share of the hybrid vehicle market almost 9% between December 2011 and ...

DailyTech

Temple Run 2 beats “fastest growing mobile game” record by 22 days

SlashGear
Today the developers at Imangi Studios have announced that they've reached the 50 million app download mark for mobile devices, reaching this point a full 22 days earlier than the previous record holder. That previous record holder was Angry Birds Space, ...

Mercedes Channels American Express In Virtuoso Super Bowl Spot
Forbes
Daimler AG pulls off a tricky feat with their new Super Bowl spot: reinforcing the prestige of the Mercedes brand while introducing a product whose low price threatens to undermine that very exclusivity. To do so, they borrow a time-honored branding technique ...

Forbes

Take Two Shares Slump with Grand Theft Auto 5 Delayed Until Fall
Forbes
It's sort of a running joke in the industry that 90% of major releases are stacked in the fall of each year to line up with the holiday season. This spring was looking to be a welcome change from that with one of the biggest titles of the 2013, Grand Theft Auto 5, ...

Forbes

China's Gas Mask Future Is Worry for Us All

Bloomberg
Is it already too late for China to clean up its fast-blackening skies? For all the lip service about green growth, investments in renewable energy and sprawling windmill farms, China's pollution woes are spiraling out of control. The nation's capital is a case in ...

BlackBerry 10: For U.S. Carriers, the Waiting Continues
eWeek
With BlackBerry 10 sales weeks away, carriers are sharing what they can. Verizon is pricing the Z10 for $199.99 in black or (exclusive to Verizon) white. Verizon Wireless is the only top-tier carrier sharing what for now passes for details about the BlackBerry ...

eWeek

iOS 6.1 wins over 22 percent of iOS users, says report

CNET
Just 36 hours after its debut, iOS 6.1 had already been installed by almost a quarter of iOS users, says mobile Web site creator Onswipe. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. January 31, 2013 8:45 AM PST Follow @lancewhit. (Credit: CNET). Apple's iOS 6.1 ...

Apple still top for slab-fondlers despite FLOOD of Xmas tablets

Register
Apple is still riding clear at the top of the global tablet market, though it has lost 8 per cent of its share of sales since the same time last year. Its tablet rivals, meanwhile, experienced triple-digit growth compared to the final quarter of 2011. This is according to ...

BlackBerry Unveils Z10, Q10; Facebook Earnings; Honda Embraces Siri Eyes Free

PC Magazine
Research in Motion was the talk of the tech world yesterday, as it unveiled its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 operating system, as well as the first smartphones that will run the OS. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins also announced that RIM will re-brand itself as ...

Firefox Moves To Block Java, Silverlight, Adobe Reader

InformationWeek
Mozilla's "click to play" move will block all plug-ins from executing without explicit user authorization. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Mathew J. Schwartz | January 31, 2013 09:59 AM. Mozilla has announced that all Firefox plug-ins, barring ...

Nvidia's Project Shield went from concept to reality in less than a year

TechSpot
Nvidia surprised a number of journalists and consumers alike by unveiling a portable gaming device at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Codenamed Project Shield, the handheld is powered by the company's latest Tegra 4 mobile chip that ...

Are Android apps for Chromebooks on the way?
ZDNet
Summary: The appearance of an Android robot covered in Chrome at the Google campus teases a synergy between the two products. James Kendrick. By James Kendrick for Mobile News | January 31, 2013 -- 15:06 GMT (07:06 PST). Follow @jkendrick ...

ZDNet

Facebook falls as mobile ad growth fails to impress

Reuters
Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:22am EST. (Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc fell as much as 8 percent on Thursday as a surge in fourth-quarter mobile advertising revenue failed to live up to Wall Street's high expectations. Facebook has long established itself as one ...

Richer Google Now notification system arriving in Chrome

CNET
New changes mean a key Android feature for general-purpose alerts is closer to reality. Google's browser is getting a mechanism for more elaborate notifications. Stephen Shankland. by Stephen Shankland. January 31, 2013 7:47 AM PST Follow @stshank ...

Great White Shark 'Mary Lee' Tracked In The Hamptons; Cue 'Jaws' Music

Huffington Post
Last month, the great white shark entered the surf zone in Jacksonville, Fla., causing a stir. Now, the 16-foot, nearly 3,500-pound shark has entered waters where movie legend meets reality. The Long Island, N.Y., coast -- the fictional town of Amity to be exact ...

Google Maps the Grand Canyon With 9500 Panoramas

PC Magazine
Now you can get a taste of what it's like to experience the breathtaking wonder of the Grand Canyon, right from your computer chair. As promised, Google has added more than 9,500 panoramic images of the Grand Canyon to its Maps service, the Web giant ...

Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS and 115 IS hands-on (video)

Engadget
In Japan, they've been coined the IXUS 255 HS and IXUS 132, but folks in the US will probably recognize them as the ELPH 330 HS and 115 IS. By any name, they're Canon's two mid-range point-and-shoots for CP+, and while they were joined by the A2500 ...

Phenomena:
National Geographic
Parasites have a disturbingly deep history. Many of the sneaky little hitchhikers around today – from feather lice to fungi that control the behavior of ants – have been around for millions and millions of years. Tapeworms, amoebas, and their kind are some of ...

National Geographic

SEA to see Intel-powered smartphones in 'near future'
ZDNet
Summary: Most Southeast Asian markets will see Acer's Liquid C1 smartphone, powered by Intel's "Lexington" processor, in the "very near future" as the chipmaker capitalizes on the region's move from feature phones to smartphones. Kevin Kwang. By Kevin ...

ZDNet

It's tough to find even 50 good BB10 apps out of the 70000 in BlackBerry World
ZDNet
Summary: I appreciate Alec Saunders energy and the efforts made by BlackBerry, however the current state of BB World for BB10 in the US is not very good. The number of apps doesn't mean much when key popular apps are missing. It always takes time to ...

ZDNet

China's complicated history with video games: when a ban isn't really a ban

Engadget
Earlier this week, China Daily quoted an anonymous government source -- allegedly straight from the Ministry of Culture -- saying China is considering lifting a 12-year-old "ban" on game consoles soon. While it was unclear how reliable the source was at the ...

Slideshow: On stage in Raleigh, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Triangle Business Journal
Stanley Bahorek and Darren Ritchie star as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs in the NCT performance of Nerds. Dathan Kazsuk: Design Editor- Triangle Business Journal: Email | Facebook | Twitter. It's like a sitcom sent to enlighten you about how the two largest ...

BioShock Infinite's latest 'City in the Sky' trailer reminds us that Columbia is a ...

Neoseeker
On the back of Monday's BioShock Infinite trailer that reminded us we don't really know anything about Columbia, today's "City in the Sky" trailer brings us back to the reality at hand -- that, simply put, there's a great game here waiting to be played. City in the ...

PSA: Today Is Final Chance For $40 Windows 8 Upgrade
Forbes
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 25: The Microsoft Windows 8 logo is displayed following a press conference unveiling the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system on October 25, 2012 in New York City. Windows 8 offers a touch interface in an effort to bridge the ...

Forbes

Acting like a superhero makes you behave like one in real life

Indian Express
Pretending to be a superhero can make you behave like one in real life, according to a new study. Scientists from Stanford University put volunteers in a virtual reality and gave them an air-based mission where some had the Superman-ability to fly and others ...

Nuclear Test Could Open Window on North Korea

New York Times
WASHINGTON — The world is warning North Korea against going ahead with its third nuclear test, but inside the American intelligence community, some officials are quietly hoping it happens. A test could give them their first real view in years into whether the ...

Ticketmaster Dumping Captcha in Favor of Easier Verification System

Spinner
Ticketmaster is finally getting rid of its Captcha verification system! In its place will be a simpler process in which people can answer questions with normal phrases like "freezing temperatures" or multiple-choice options instead of hard-to-read gibberish.

Briton finds valuable, rare 'whale vomit'

The Daily Telegraph
A BRITISH man has been offered 50,000 euros ($A65,625) for a strange-smelling rock he found, which may be a rare form of whale vomit used in perfumes. Ken Wilman was walking his dog Madge in the coastal town of Morecambe in northwest England ...

Nintendo makes drastic cut to forecast
ZDNet
Summary: The Japanese games company said it will post an operating loss of US$220 million for the year, instead of a profit of US$220 million in its previous estimate, due to lower-than-expected sales in the year-end sales season and the weaker yen.

ZDNet

Study: Comet Did Not Wipe Out Prehistoric Humans in North America
Cleveland Leader
According to a new study, a massive comet impact did not lead to the end of the prehistoric human culture, known as Clovis, in North America 13,000 years ago. Researchers say that they have gathered evidence that shows that a massive comet never ...

Cleveland Leader

Ridges on Martian Craters Could Hold Fossilized Water
Latinos Post
(Photo : NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) Three-dimensional representation of the ridges in the Nilosyrtis region of Mars. New research has revealed that ridges on the surface of Mars may be the fossilized remains of a web of water. Researchers from ...

Latinos Post

Morning Jolt: Pastor won't tip waitress more than he tithes

Wellsville Daily Reporter
A man who identified himself as a pastor objected to having to automatically tip a waitress 18 percent and left a note on the receipt saying, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?” The waitress posted a photo of the receipt on Reddit.com, and the story has ...

Alicia Keys Named Global Creative Director for Blackberry
BET
Looking to light a fire of enthusiasm for their upcoming products, Blackberry named Alicia Keys as their Global Creative Director. The singer will help in the marketing of the company's BlackBerry 10 campaign, which features two phones, a touch screen only...

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Iran officials tout plans for local alternative to the Internet

Iran officials tout plans for local alternative to the Internet as users ...
Washington Post
TEHRAN — Iranian officials announced that they would soon introduce local alternatives to Google and its Gmail e-mail service, even as the country's media and even some officials stepped up complaints over Tehran's decision to enact a ban on Gmail in ...

Cool tools to add dimension to your photos
USA TODAY
"Cool tools to add dimension to your photos ...

Teaching Technology as It Changes
New York Times
Q. Is there enough information technology, or I.T., education in Europe? A. In India today, 30 percent of university students are studying software engineering, and 40 percent in China. In Europe this figure is less than 15 percent. Between now and ...

Technology Focus: Has RIM Exited Its Death Spiral?
International Business Times
Can it avoid the fate of earlier technology pioneers like Silicon Graphics Inc. (Nasdaq: SGI) and Eastman Kodak Corp. (Pink: EKDKQ) that went into bankruptcy and dozens more like Polaroid, Kaypro and Wang Laboratories that vanished? There's a case to ...

Tech minnows can pull us out of the economic downturn
Telegraph.co.uk
These innovative businesses, many of them in the technology sector, represent the UK's best hope for growth, and for pulling ourselves out of the current economic downturn. Study after study has shown that SMEs – small and medium-sized companies – are ...

Mars Opportunity rover reaches Matijevic HillTG Daily
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover has arrived at "Matijevic Hill" - a site overlooking the 14-mile-wide Endeavour Crater. The rover will spend the next several weeks exploring the site's intriguing geological features and has already begun investigating a ...

TG Daily

AMD Partners with BlueStacks to fetch Android Apps to Windows 8
Avauncer
Boston (Avauncer.com) – For its new AppZone, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will make use of App Player technology from BlueStacks. This new technology will open up AMD-powered Windows personal computers to over 500000 Android apps.

Avauncer

New iPad Mini Mockup With 7.85" Display Appears Online
ValueWalk
By Saqib Khan Now that the iPhone 5 has been officially announced, it's time to wait for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s next iOS device – the iPad Mini. A new video has surfaced online showing a mockup of iPad Mini which comes with 7.85-inch screen.

ValueWalk

Court rules Microsoft can continue selling products in Germany
The Droid Guy
Google failed to stop Microsoft from selling its wares in Germany after an appeals court in the United States ruled on Friday that Google's Motorola Mobility unit does not have authority to do so. The move is another hit against Google's leverage in ...

The Droid Guy

Barnes & Noble Says NOOK Simple Touch With GlowLight Now Available For $119
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) announced its NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight is now available for the price of $119. "At just $119, our high-quality, top-rated NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight is an unbeatable value for customers who are ...

NASA Coverage Set For Oct. 7 SpaceX Launch To Space Station
Sacramento Bee
By NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first SpaceX launch for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 7, from Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

Dish Network Adds Internet Service, Aimed at Rural Areas
All Things Digital
Dish Network Corp. plans to launch a nationwide broadband service next Monday under the brand dishNET, hoping to add a new revenue stream on top of its pay-television business. The satellite-TV company on Thursday is expected to disclose plans to sell ...

Is Your PS Vita A Paperweight? Sony's Trying To Attract More Game Devs
Tapscape
The PS Vita is arguably one of the best-designed handheld gaming devices out in the market. It also has quite a set of features that can make some of the most amazing smartphones out there envious. So why then isn't the PS Vita a runaway hit?

Tapscape

Blackberry shares surge after $235m loss
Sky News Australia
Blackberry shares surge after $235m loss Updated: 09:08, Sunday September 30, 2012 BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has revealed it lost $235m in the past quarter. In the three months to September 1, the Canadian-based firm posted its third...

Sky News Australia

The AppAdvice Week In Review: As Criticism Mounted, Apple Admitted Maps Mistakes
AppAdvice
I'll get right to it, Apple is probably happy last week is over. Despite promising iPhone 5 sales, the last week in September wasn't a great one for the company on a number of fronts. No, I'm not talking about its arrival in stores worldwide.

AppAdvice

T-Mobile USA Inks $2.4 Billion Tower Deal With Crown Castle
International Business Times
BY VALLI MEENAKSHI RAMANATHAN | September 30 2012 7:42 AM T-Mobile USA has entered into an agreement with Crown Castle International Corp to sell the operation rights for 7200 of its wireless broadcast towers for $2.4 billion. T-Mobile USA has entered ...

FCC to Auction Off Broadcast Spectrum to Wireless Industry
eWeek
By Jeffrey Burt | Posted 2012-09-29 Email Print The FCC voted to begin repurposing spectrum from TV broadcasters for wireless networks, which face a broadband crunch due to smartphones and tablets. The Federal Communications Commission is turning its ...

eWeek

GSAT-10 placed in Intermediate Orbit
Hindu Business Line
PTI ISRO scientists today carried out the first critical orbit raising manoeuvre as part of efforts to place India's latest communication satellite GSAT-10 in its final orbit. The orbit raising operations, which placed the satellite in an intermediate ...

Who's watching? 3D TV no hit with viewers
USA TODAY
USA Today X News Sports Life Money Tech Travel Opinion Weather Settings Enter City, State or Zip Cancel Set Cancel Full Forecast Media Cover View Login with Facebook to comment and share content. Login with Facebook You are logged in as Logout of ...

Comparing the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 4S
Gadget Heaven
After months of anticipation by legions of die-hard Apple fans, the arrival of the new Apple iPhone 5 is here which means it is time to take a look at all the improvements over the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 is now part of a lineup that also includes the ...

Watch Live: Harvest Moon Meets Up With Uranus in Opposition
Wired (blog)
By Adam MannEmail Author An odd pair of solar system objects will be meeting up in the night sky tonight: the full moon and distant Uranus. You've got two opportunities to watch this sweet celestial action go down during two live Slooh Space Camera ...

First XXX-dedicated search engine opens for business
Examiner.com
Related topics offbeat Internet Google Porn Bing sex With the advent of the new .xxx top-level domain (TLD) comes the need for a new search engine dedicated to porn. Or does it? In the opinion of ICM Registry, the answer is a resounding yes.

Examiner.com

Google's self-guided car could drive the next wave of unemployment
The Guardian
Almost without noticing it, our world crossed a significant threshold last week. Jerry Brown, the governor of California, signed into law a bill that will allow driverless cars on to his state's roads from 2015. Insofar as most people noticed this ...

The Guardian

Intel Clover Trail to make mid-range Windows 8 Pro tablets attractive
BetaNews
By Mihaita Bamburic In the consumer market, Intel is best known for making chips that go into PCs of various design, and with the newly announced Intel Atom Z2760 processor, codenamed Clover Trail, the Santa Clara, California-based corporation is ...

BetaNews

Astronomers crafts image of edge of supermassive black hole
French Tribune
Astronomers have crafted an image of the outermost edge of a supermassive black hole, which is situated at the center of a galaxy dubbed M87, around fifty million light-years away from Earth. An international team of researchers created a linkage among...

French Tribune

Why smart consumers make dumb decisions on smartphones
Digital Trends
Are you lining up for the iPhone 5 because it's tailored to your needs better than any other phone, or because it's the new iPhone? Given the massive success of the iPhone despite a number of problems (Wi-Fi, maps), tech pundits have been writing ...

Digital Trends

Apple vs. Samsung: Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban could be lifted
Newsday
Apple vs. Samsung: Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban could be lifted A US appeals court Friday ruled that Samsung can pursue its efforts to rescind a ban on US sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet -- and iPad competitor -- that's part of a dispute with Apple.

Xbox Live Rewards offers MS Points for Achievements
Computerandvideogames.com
By Mike Jackson for CVG UK Xbox Live Rewards has revealed what 'rewards' it will offer to Xbox Live members in return for their Achievement unlocking skills. Rewards members who have amassed between 3000 and 9999 Gamerscore will receive a "special gift ...

Sony Xperia Go, Xperia U, and Xperia Sol Receive The Android 4.0 ICS Update
Android Geeks
After Sony Tablet S and Sony Xperia Ion smartphone, the US variant, have received the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, now it's time for the mid-range models Xperia Go, Xperia U and Xperia Sol to get upgraded to the latest version of Google's ...

Android Geeks

Minecraft Developer Refuses To Get The Game Windows 8 Certified
StudentNewsIE.com
The creator of Minecraft, Markus “Notch” Persson, has refused to get his game Windows 8 certification. The developer let the Internet know about it through his Tweets a couple of days back. The Tweets state: “Got an email from microsoft, ...

Apple Maps vs. Google maps: Which is better for DC navigating?
Washington Post
(1) I like Google's multi-colored indicators of traffic congestion. The roadway goes from green to black, depending on the flow of traffic. Apple Maps shows me a much more limited spectrum of pain, with a dotted red line and a slightly lighter, orangey ...

Google, Gmail alternatives to be introduced in Iran amid ban
Newsday
Iranian officials announced that they would soon introduce local alternatives to Googleand its Gmail e-mail service, even as the country's media and even some officials stepped up complaints over Tehran's decision to enact a ban on Gmail in response ...
 
Newsday

People Are Calling For This Apple Executive's Head
San Francisco Chronicle
Other reports say Forstall has issues internally at Apple too. Last year Bloomberg Businessweek reported that he doesn't get along well with other Apple executives; designer Jony Ive and Bob Mansfiled avoid meeting with Forstall unless Apple's ...

Apple, Android, Windows Phone, and 'The One Percent' of Technology Bloggers
Forbes
I say 'prediction', given Apple's policy of no comment and tightly controlled information it might be more accurate to say 'guess'. I doubt Apple was ... The Galaxy Tab, the Motorola Xoom, and of course the second coming with the Google Nexus 7. To ...

Forbes

Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite explained in new video
PCWorld (blog)
Kindle Paperwhite, which Amazon introduced earlier this month, has generated strong interest. Consider this: Amazon's flagship e-reader, which starts at $119 but is also available in a 3G version for $179, originally was supposed to ship on October 1 ...

PCWorld (blog)

Apple's iOS 6 stumbles on basic connectivity: Wi-Fi
CNET
Will Google Maps app swoop in and save iOS 6? Nintendo's Wii U is probably going to be region-locked, to nobody's surprise. Soon you may be able to wake your phone up by yelling at it, andApple Mapgate 2012 has an effect on someone very near and ...

Former Apple guru cuts to core of a problem
Sydney Morning Herald
''Even if you have got [patents], if a large company like Microsoft or Apple or Googleor Oracle stepped on your patent … so now you are two guys in a garage with maybe a million dollars and you are going to go out-litigate any of those companies ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Google Performs More Spring Cleaning for Lesser-Used Features
PC Magazine
Google's grabbing its digital broom and starting up another round of spring cleaning for the features, services, and apps its patrons no longer use with great frequency. On the chopping block this go-around: Spreadsheet gadgets, the Android app "Places ...

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Why Iran May Never Create a "Closed Internet"

Why Iran May Never Create a "Closed Internet" - Technology Review: " . . . . But as China has come to realize (see our feature on the Chinese way of Internet control), their economy has come to depend on the Internet. Business, not just dissidents, need the global connections. And this is true in Iran, too, sanctions notwithstanding. So as Roberts put it: “The much more interesting, important, and difficult question is whether shutting its citizens off from the rest of the Internet for an extended period would be socially, economically, and politically feasible for the Iranian government.” Many observers have said the Internet is at increasing risk of devolving, to some extent, in the direction of controlled national Intranets and product-centric networks. The hope is that a globally-connected Internet has shown enough of its value, even to the Iranian regime, that it is no longer possible to simply cut it off."

Microsoft Fixes 11 Bugs in April Patch Tuesday
PC Magazine
By Fahmida Y. Rashid Microsoft fixed 11 vulnerabilities in Windows and several significant applications, including Internet Explorer, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Office, as part of April's Patch Tuesday release. Of the six security bulletins, ...

Google Chrome OS Busts Out Of Browser With New Interface
Wired News
By Caleb Garling Google is giving Chrome OS a makeover, revamping its browser-based OS look a lot more like classic desktop operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. On Monday, as it does every six weeks, the company released a ...

Wired News

Enterprise Mobility: Nokia Lumia 900: Taking a Close Look Inside and Out
eWeek
By Wayne Rash on 2012-04-10 The just-released Nokia Lumia 900 phone uses Windows Phone 7.5, which has shown to be a slick, easy-to-use interface. With the larger phone, it's even easier to use. The device is thin, but the screen is larger than an ...

eWeek

Toshiba Overreaches With 13-Inch Tablet
InformationWeek
Toshiba announced a trio of Android 4.0 tablets today, including one with a whopping 13.3-inch display. That's a lot of girth for a tablet. Toshiba added to the crowded tablet market today with not one, but three new Android tablets.

SAP Lays Out Plans to Become Big Player in Databases, Mobile
CIO
By Chris Kanaracus IDG News Service (Boston Bureau) — SAP made a series of announcements on Tuesday as part of its bid to become a high-profile player in the database market alongside the likes of Oracle and IBM. The HANA in-memory database platform is ...

Maryland passes bills banning employers from seeking online passwords
Los Angeles Times
By Michelle Maltais Maryland recently gave a big "dislike" to employers asking for social media passwords, becoming the first state to pass a bill banning the practice. The state Senate and House last week passed their versions of the bill that ...

Apple reportedly tries to shut down Flashback discoverer's server
Apple Insider
By Mikey Campbell In what may be a case of mistaken identity, it was revealed on Tuesday that Apple attempted to shut down a server belonging to the security firm that first discovered the Flashback malware, giving insight into how the Cupertino, ...

DARPA Seeking to Build (Friendly) Terminators
PC Magazine
By Mark Hachman The government is looking for a few good robots. But never fear, this year's DARPA Robotics Challenge isn't a casting call for positronic killing machines—instead, teams are being asked to design robots capable of driving a vehicle, ...

Awesome 9-year-old's cardboard arcade gets flashmobbed
CNET
Caine Monroy just might be the coolest 9-year-old we've never met. Check out his homemade cardboard arcade that went viral. It's guaranteed to make you smile. by Bonnie Cha April 10, 2012 1:19 PM PDT Follow @bonnieCNET A proud Caine Monroy and his ...

More RIM Execs Head for the Exit
PC Magazine
By Damon Poeter More executives are leaving struggling smartphone maker Research in Motion, the company confirmed Tuesday. Alistair Mitchell, former vice president of BBM Platform and Integrated Services, has already left RIM and Alan Brenner, ...

Facebook and Instagram: Made for each other
Washington Post
Facebook bought Instagram on Monday for one buh-buh-billion dollars, a tectonic lurch in the realm of social media, and what does this have to do with the real world — the chaotic world that surrounds us, not the orderly one that is contained in the ...

T-Mobile breaks 1 million iPhone mark on EDGE
SlashGear
Amid AT&T's new unlocking of their off-contract iPhones in collaboration with Apple officially, T-Mobile has chosen this opportune moment to announce that they've already got 1 million iPhone customers on their network. They do this with the micro-SIM ...

SlashGear

Speed for iPad drops with Retina quality upgrade
SlashGear
There's a brand new upgrade for the best-selling speedometer iPhone application, redesigned fully for the new iPad with a new interface as well as high-definition Retina-quality graphics. This app is made for you to be able to get an alternate look at ...

Android won't challenge Apple's tablet dominance in 2012, says Gartner
Computerworld
By Mikael Ricknäs IDG News Service - Worldwide tablet sales to end users are expected to total 118.9 million units in 2012, with Apple continuing to dominate and the Android camp struggling to replicate its success in the smartphone market, ...

FCC, Carriers To Fight Mobile Phone Theft
InformationWeek
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint will launch database to prevent reuse of stolen phones. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The Federal Communications Commission, police departments, the wireless industry, and a US senator joined forces...

Kinect coming to Windows Phone 8: report
TG Daily
According to a report in VR-Zone.com, Kinect may be an integral part of the next generation of Microsoft's mobile operating system. The question is just how much of the sophisticated technology can be brought to a mobile platform.

TG Daily

The latest chatter on iPhone 5
Los Angeles Times
By Michelle Maltais A bigger screen, a new design, a faster chip and 4G connectivity. Those mentally queuing up for the new iPhone, you may be able to look forward to a big change if details about screen size and form factor from an analyst's recent ...

Anonymous Hackers Attack Trade Groups Over Cybersecurity Legislation
eWeek
The hacktivist collective launched DoS attacks on USTelecom and TechAmerica over their support of the CISPA cybersecurity proposal. The Anonymous hacker collective, which in recent days has made headlines for attacking hundreds of Chinese government...

Amazon Launches In-App Purchasing for Appstore
Tom's Guide
Amazon said on Tuesday that it officially launched in-app purchasing in the Amazon Appstore. What this means for consumers is that they can now purchase digital content and subscriptions within all supporting apps available for the Kindle Fire and ...

Apple's Tim Cook to Open D10 Tech Conference
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Apple CEO Tim Cook is slated to make a rare speaking appearance at a non-Apple event next month, kicking off a technology conference. The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD today said that Cook will be the opening speaker at its...

MacBook Pro spring, summer release date rumors
CBS News
(Credit: Apple) (CBS News) Rumors of Apple's next MacBook Pro line are re-surfacing. This time, it's being reported that the current 15-inch models are running low on stock. Speculators are taking that as a clue that Apple is getting ready to release ...

Texas Fireball Video Not a Meteor; It's a Contrail
Discovery News
In a classic case of mistaken identity, the screenshot of an eyewitness video featured in an earlier Discovery News article is not the meteor it seemed to be. The original video of a news report shows what appears to be a bright daytime meteor burning ...

HP's OpenStack bet to deliver what Amazon Web Services won't
InfoWorld
By David Linthicum | InfoWorld HP today announced its HP Converged Cloud, which when released in beta form in May will use a version of the open source OpenStack software. HP's betting that the OpenStack-fueled offering will get enterprises excited ...

Commodore 64's Father, Jack Tramiel, Passes Away
Gamespy.com
By Mike Nelson | Apr 10, 2012 The man behind the PET, Vic-20, and Commodore 64 passed away on Sunday at the age of 83. As reported by Forbes, this past Sunday marked the passing of one of the PC's most influential men of all time, Jack Tramiel, ...

Gamespy.com

Death Watch: Microsoft to kill Windows XP in two years
Fox News
The end is coming. Repent! That's the message from Microsoft as it reminded consumers that its support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will end on April 8, 2014. According to Microsoft marketing director Stella Chernyak that means the software giant ...

Ramos Alarm Clock says no to snooze, requires leaving bed to turn off
CBS News
(CBS/AP) HOBOKEN, NJ - There is no snooze button. If you unplug it, a battery takes over. And it offers a "lockdown mode": As wake-up time approaches, you cannot reset the alarm time. Once it goes off, to stop it you must get out of bed and punch in a ...

CBS News

Internet infringement 2.0: Appeals courts want facts, not policies
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Until last week, the state of the art in appellate consideration of online intellectual property infringement was the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in Tiffany v. eBay in April 2010. The three-judge appellate panel affirmed US District Judge ...

Thomson Reuters News & Insight

Intel's New Studybook Tablet Reignites Rivalry With OLPC
PCWorld
By Agam Shah, IDG News Intel on Tuesday announced a reference design for a new 7-inch education tablet, which will rekindle the chip maker's rivalry with nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child in the area of providing computing devices as learning...

Few hybrid vehicle owners are repeat buyers
Los Angeles Times
Only 35% of hybrid owners chose another one when they bought a new car last year, automotive research firm RL Polk & Co. says. Possible reasons that only about 1 in 3 hybrid vehicle owners are repeat buyers are high prices and the improving fuel ...

Tech Patents Soar in Value
Wall Street Journal
s agreement to spend nearly $1.1 billion buying and licensing about 1100 patents covering some of the Internet's basic plumbing from AOL Inc. spotlights the ongoing boom in spending among tech titans for what amounts to the Internet era's nuclear ...

Here is why Facebook bought Instagram — Tech News and Analysis
By Om Malik
You might have heard by now that Facebook has acquired Instagram for nearly a billion dollars in cash and stock. Incredible, isn't it? I have received text messages of awe and shock from many people in the Valley, for no one saw this coming.
GigaOM

Google Beats Out Apple, Facebook, And Twitter For Most Popular ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
If the tech world were a high school, Google, apparently, would be crowned prom queen. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on April 5, Google beat out Apple, Facebook, and Twitter to win the title of most popular tech brand. ... Monty Python App: Terry Gilliam Talks Apple, iPad, Technology For 'Holy Grail' App Release · Larry Page's Letter To Google Shareholders Reflects On First Year As CEO · The 9 Most Influential Women In Tech, Ranked By PeekYou ...
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