US now 'totally unified' in opposition of UN Internet governance

US now 'totally unified' in opposition of UN Internet governance
ZDNet
Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously approved a resolution to oppose U.N. intent to govern and regulate the Internet at its WCIT-12 conference in Dubai, currently underway....

ZDNet

Amazon and Google start e-book sales in Brazil
Reuters
SAO PAULO | Thu Dec 6, 2012 8:08am EST. SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc both opened their digital bookstores in Brazil on Thursday, hot on the heels of e-book offerings by local booksellers in a fast-growing online retail market.

Trainers teach dogs to drive cars
Fox News
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks -- a trainer in New Zealand is teaching man's best friend to drive -- really! MyFox Tampa Bay reports that the SPCA in Auckland thought it would be a good way to showcase how smart rescue dogs are and ...

Ford Resurrects Lincoln: What This Luxury Relaunch Really Means
DailyFinance
2013 Linclon MKZ (Courtesy Lincoln) Ford (F) unveiled a surprise this week: It's relaunching the Lincoln brand. The company is committing more than $1 billion for a slew of new Lincoln models, a robust promotional campaign, and even a Super Bowl ad -- a ...

BMW Concept 4 Series Coupe previews mid-range lust magnet
SlashGear
You can tell a lot about a company from its concepts, and judging by the Concept 4 Series Coupé, BMW is ready to go big in mid-range sports models. Slotting in just about the 3 Series, and continuing BMW's even-numbered specialist model strategy, the ...

SlashGear

Andreessen-Horowitz injects $30M into encryption startup CipherCloud
VentureBeat
If you're only protecting your enterprise's perimeter, you're not doing enough. Cloud encryption company CipherCloud, which just announced a $30 million first round of funding from Andreessen-Horowitz today, knows that it's the data inside that ...

VentureBeat

Instagram move affects Twitter photo display on platforms
BBC News
Instagram has removed support for a feature on Twitter that ensures photos are properly displayed on the site. Twitter's cards feature meant pictures were uncropped as part of a tweet, but now some users say certain images are being cut off. Instagram's chief ...

BBC News

MetroPCS Chief Says Stock Undervalued, Sees More Mergers
Bloomberg
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) Chief Executive Officer Roger Linquist said the company's stock is undervalued as investors focus too much on its pending merger with Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE)'s T-Mobile USA unit. MetroPCS stock, which has ...

Microsoft strategy 'killing' Surface sales
Telegraph.co.uk
Detwiler Fenton, a Boston-based wealth management firm, said yesterday in an analysis that Microsoft may sell 500,000 to 600,000 Surfaces by Christmas, far below its previous expectation of one to two million. The report described a lack of distribution as ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Nasa unveils 'black marble' images of the world
Telegraph.co.uk
The cloud-free pictures, taken with a high-resolution visible and infrared imager aboard a Nasa and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, capture the night lights of Earth in unprecedented detail. The sensor can capture the equivalent of ...

New Facebook rules aim to force developers back onto the social network
Gamasutra
Facebook isn't happy that some game developers are launching titles outside of the social network with Facebook's social integration options built in -- so much so, that it has launched two new policies that aim to bring them back. Up to this point, video game ...

Gamasutra

Casio G-Shock: The Smartwatch Craze's Less-Crazy Cousin
TIME
Casio has come up with a more traditional and less ambitious answer to high-tech smartwatches like the WIMM One, Sony SmartWatch and Pebble. It's called the G-Shock GB6900AA, and it uses Bluetooth to connect with an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5. It doesn't ...

TIME

Jeff Gelles: Debate in Washington focuses on Internet privacy protection
Philadelphia Inquirer
How much privacy can anyone expect while surfing the Internet? How much special protection should be provided to children and their families? Those are key questions underlying a little-noticed proceeding in Washington that could have major ...

StarWatch Consumer | Blockbusters now selling mobile phones; feds investigate ...
Kansas City Star
Blockbuster diversifies. Dish Network Corp.'s Blockbuster will begin selling mobile phones in its movie-rental stores as a test for Dish's planned entry into the wireless business, according to a Bloomberg News report. Blockbuster recently started selling ...

MetroPCS announces the Samsung Galaxy Admire 4G: 3.65-inch screen, LTE ...
Engadget
Perhaps it's because the holiday season is well upon us, but MetroPCS decided now was the perfect time to welcome Samsung's Galaxy Admire 4G to its growing portfolio of wallet-friendly handsets. With today's introduction of the overhauled Admire, the ...

Astronomers discover youngest still-forming solar system yet seen
The Space Reporter
Astronomers have discovered an infant solar system that appears to be the youngest still-forming solar system yet found. The baby star, which is more than 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus, is encircled by a swirling disk of dust and gas.

The Space Reporter

Will Philippines negotiator's tears change our course on climate change?
The Guardian (blog)
When a senior diplomat at global talks breaks down in public, it is a signal that other countries must pay attention. It happens rarely, but it can have a dramatic effect. On Thursday, it happened in a full plenary session of the COP18 climate talks at Doha.

NASA on verge of losing its edge, report says
Los Angeles Times
Years of trying to do too many things with too little money have put NASA at risk of ceding leadership in space exploration to other nations, according to a new report that calls on the space agency to make wrenching decisions about its long-term strategy and ...

Fun Rumour: Is This The New Apple iPhone 5S?
Forbes
I wouldn't say I am wholly convinced by this particular little rumour, a possible sighting of Apple's next phone. What is being called, but probably won't be if it is released, the iPhone 5S. Via a French site the Mail has pictures which may or may not be that next ...

Why Facebook Just Turned Your Subscribers Into 'Followers'
Mashable
It's been more than a year since Facebook introduced the Twitter-like "subscribers" feature, letting you follow public updates from people you aren't friends with. Well, a year is a long time to go without changing any feature at the rapidly iterating social network ...

App Revenue Dominated by 25 Developers, Mostly Games
PC Magazine
Hoping to strike it rich with your app? Let's hope you have the next Angry Birds on your hands, because according to new stats, approximately 50 percent of app store revenue is earned by just 25 developers. Canalys examined U.S. app revenue for the first 20 ...

Court Decision Upholding FCC Data Roaming Order Is Boon to Small Carriers
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: A U.S. Appeals court finds that the Federal Communications Commission had the legal authority to require data roaming by customers of other competing mobile carriers. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...

eWeek

Verizon Patents a DVR That Knows What You're Saying, Doing
PC Magazine
Your cable box is listening. And judging. Yes, that set-top box has become self aware and will be listening to your fights, phone calls, and pillow talk in order to serve up targeted ads. Well, not quite. But it might one day become a reality, according to a newly ...

Avoid Bill Shock With AT&T's Personalized Video Bills
PC Magazine
Understanding your wireless bill can sometimes be a confusing and frustrating task. But now AT&T is aiming to help customers make sense of what they owe. The carrier has launched a new video bill service for wireless customers offering a personalized ...

Windows Phone 8: Challenger Keeps Fighting
InformationWeek
Microsoft exec Greg Sullivan takes a deep dive into Windows Phone 8 on the most recent episode of InformationWeek Valley View. By Fritz Nelson · InformationWeek. December 05, 2012 10:20 AM. Informationweek.com run-of-site player, used to publish ...

A long, long time: N.J. astronaut set for 2 years of training, then a year in space
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
WEST ORANGE — Astronaut Scott Kelly has several concerns as he prepares to set an American record by spending a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station. The West Orange native said he is thinking about the isolation, the confinement, the ...

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Missing 'Find Duplicates' feature in iTunes 11 to be restored
CNET
Some of the features Apple has removed from iTunes will see a return, but others may indicate changes to come elsewhere in Apple's product lines. Topher Kessler. by Topher Kessler. December 5, 2012 11:26 AM PST. The latest version of Apple's music ...

Review: Sand, surf, blood in thrilling 'Far Cry 3'
The Associated Press
The travel brochure that enticed Jason Brody and his friends to book their spring break-style trip to the Rook Islands probably left out the pillaging pirates, aggressive bull sharks and lunging leopards. The picturesque setting of "Far Cry 3" (Ubisoft, for the Xbox ...

Australian PM spoofs Mayan doomsday prediction
CBC.ca
In a spoof video posted online by an Australian radio show, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the Mayan prediction of the end of the world on Dec. 21 is right. "My dear remaining fellow Australians. The end of the world is coming. It wasn't Y2K, it wasn't even ...

Apple iPad's share of tablet market slips as demand grows, IDC says
Los Angeles Times
First, the good news for Apple: The tablet market continues to surpass all projections as the iPad and iPad Mini are exciting consumers. That's according to IDC, which on Wednesday released its latest projections for tablet shipments this year Wednesday.

AT&T on track for record smartphone sales in 4th quarter
Computerworld
Computerworld - AT&T is on pace to sell a record number of smartphones in the fourth quarter, with strong sales of the iPhone 5 and Android phones such as the LG Optimus G and HTC One X, AT&T Mobile CEO Ralph de la Vega said today. AT&T sold 6.4 ...

New space pics show 'battered' moon
BBC News
Scientists know more about the early history of the Moon, thanks to new data from two Nasa satellites. The Ebb and Flow satellites - known together as the Grail mission - have mapped the slight differences in gravity across the Moon's surface. The results ...

BBC News

Mean-Spirited Jokes About the World's Oldest Dinosaur
Vanity Fair
“Just when you thought dinosaurs couldn't get any older, the oldest dinosaur has been found in Africa, a new study says. The fossils push back the dawn of the dinosaurs to around 240 million years ago—about 10 to 15 million years earlier than previously ...

Vanity Fair

Social media continues to grow, exits 'infancy'
DVICE
According to the Nielsen and NM Incite's 2012 Social Media Report, social networking is no longer a considered a passing trend as consumers are spending more time on social networks than on any other category of sites. Social media graph.jpg ...

DVICE

United States and European Union Closing In on Google: Settlement or Antitrust ...
Windows IT Pro
Regulators from both the United States and the European Union (EU) are wrapping up extensive antitrust investigations of online advertising giant Google. The only question now is whether Google settles these cases or is formally charged with abusing its ...

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UN body opens debate on Internet future to public

UN body opens debate on Internet future to public
NBCNews.com
GENEVA — The UN telecoms agency has invited the world's more than 2 billion Internet users to join a debate about the future of the Internet. The Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union's announcement Wednesday follows criticism from civil ...

A High-Tech Fix for Broken Schools
Wall Street Journal
But these days Mooresville is leading the nation in a different way—by using digitaltechnology to improve public education. "Fixing Our Schools," a documentary I am hosting for the Fox News Channel this Sunday, looks at how digital learning is being ...

Wall Street Journal

The startup that feeds other startups - literally
CNNMoney
After realizing that friends at other tech start-ups had this same problem, Sabetti said he decided to make a business out of it. He balanced ... Last year, ZeroCater joined Y Combinator, one of the most well-known technology business accelerators. Its ...

Gaining Info On Tech Execs With Just Their Email - Slashdot
Gaining Info On Tech Execs With Just Their Email 3 ... Glasses; 606 comments How the Inventors of Dragon Speech Recognition Technology Lost Everything ...
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Netflix to launch streaming service in Nordic countries | Reuters
Tech ». A sign is shown at the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos, ... news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, ...
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Bright idea: How LED technology is key to future smart buildings
GreenBiz.com (blog)
But the convergence of building automation and information technology that is transforming the facilities management industry -- and helping define the smart buildings market -- presents a significant opportunity for deployments in LED (light emitting ...

GreenBiz.com (blog)

New Toilet Technology After 150 Years Of Waste
NPR
There, local entrepreneurs will use the new technology to turn pollution into cash. "We couldn't be happier with the response that we've gotten," Bill Gates said. To pass the foundation's threshold for the world's next toilet, it must operate without ...

Samsung: Apple developed touch tech? Yeah, right (pictures)
CNET (blog)
Some of Apple's allegations, as it wages a patent court battle against Samsung, involve the iPhone's pinch-and-zoom technology. Other patents involve enlarging documents. Apple says thistechnology was new in 2007 when the iPhone debuted. Yesterday ...

NFL headsets going digital in new technology wave
Boston Herald
While the NFL's coach-to-quarterback radio connection has been a part of the game for three decades, the most popular sports league has not always been on the cutting edge of technology. “There was one time when I was doing it and it happened to be on ...

Sony demos cross-controller tech at Gamescon
CNET (blog)
Sony demos cross-controller tech at Gamescon. Created: 08/14/2012. Video description: At Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, Sony demos its PS3-Vita cross-controller technology. Owners of both gaming devices can now use their Vita as a second controller ...

Med tech firm Getinge buys US therapeutic bed firm for $275 million
Reuters
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish medical technology group Getinge (GETIb.ST) said on Wednesday it would buy the Therapeutic Support Systems business of Kinetic Concepts Inc. CRGYHK.UL for $275 million as it looks to expand in the key U.S. market.

Reports Says Small Businesses Face Tech Gap
WNYC
In a report called “Smarter Small Businesses” released Wednesday, the center found that atechnology gap is hurting small New York City businesses, especially mom-and-pop stores and those owned by immigrants or minorities in boroughs other than ...

Kenya Faces Tech Skills Gap
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Kenya, it seems, is facing a problem common in places with fast-growing technology industries. Companies are finding it hard to recruit qualified staff, as demand outstrips supply. The BBC reports that multinationals are moving rapidly into the Kenyan ...

Magid on Tech: Lenovo's new X1 Carbon a top-notch ultrabook
San Jose Mercury News
If the price tag wasn't so steep, it could take a bite out of Apple's sales. But the good news for Lenovo is that there are many people with the budget and desire for a top-notch Windows ultrabook. Larry Magid's technology column appears Wednesdays in ...

Samsung 10" Galaxy Note Tablet Review
All Things Digital
... Readies BlackBerry “One-Two Punch” for Early 2013 · Follow on Twitter »Subscribe on Facebook »Like on Facebook »Get the Daily Newsletter » · Walt Mossberg. ethics statement; bio; e-mail · RSS · Follow @waltmossberg · Personal Technology > Tablets ...

Tech Tools to Ease the Strain of the Nomadic Life
TechNewsWorld
Using technology to book travel on the road used to involve an 800 number and a dirty payphone. While we've had Web-based air transportation booking options for a while now, ground options are relatively new. Smartphone apps that can integrate with ...

Report: Self-driving cars could hit showrooms by 2019
Chicago Tribune
General Motors showed off "dream cars" in the late 1950s like the Firebird II and Cadillac Cyclone with features automakers are now starting to roll out in new models as the technology, based on sensors, lasers, radar systems, GPS, cameras and ...

The New Meaning of 'Tech Savvy'
By Kathy Martinez
Any leading employer can tell you about the importance of being “tech savvy.” From desktop software to smart phones providing employees the technology they need is key to business success. However, not all employers understand the ...
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Mobile pay war: Wal-Mart and others vs. Google
CNN
All of those competitors are looking to get a piece of what technology consultancy Gartner believes will be a $617 billion mobile payments market by 2016, up from $171.5 billion this year. The problem the industry faces is fragmentation: For all the ...

Brazil's Coastal Rainforest Suffers Widespread Species Extinction
Voice of America
The Atlantic forest in Brazil, once a part of the great Amazon basin on the South American continent, is suffering from widespread species loss according to a new study. Ecologist Carlos Peres with England's University of East Anglia and then ...

Voice of America

The real Mars rover Curiosity mission begins [Google+ Hangout]
Los Angeles Times
[Update: Please note that the Google+ Hangout has been rescheduled from noon, as previously stated, to 11 am Wednesday.] How is the Mars rover Curiosity mission going to change when the craft begins traveling on the Mars surface?

Microsoft Releases Windows 8 RTM to Developers
PC Magazine
By Michael Muchmore Windows 8 in its final form is closer than you think, and if you're a developer, you can get it today. Windows 8 RTM is now available for download for subscribers to Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN subscription sites for developers.

Lose The Burners: Court Okays Prepaid Phone Tracking
InformationWeek
Appeals court rules law enforcement agencies don't need a warrant to "ping" and track prepaid cellphone locations. By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek Prepaid cellphone users may be tracked by law enforcement agencies at any time, without police ...

Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet Breaks 30-Year Record
LiveScience.com
On Aug. 8, the Greenland ice sheet shattered a seasonal record, with more cumulative melting since record-keeping began more than three decades ago, new research finds. Greenland's melting season usually begins in June, when the first puddles of ...

Apple's lone wolf approach to security will bite it in the rear
Register
By Matt Asay • Get more from this author Open... and Shut Apple may have minimal market share in desktop computers, but it has dominated the smartphone and tablet markets for years without any significant hacker exploits. Is Apple impervious to hackers ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Coming Aug. 16
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Samsung announced today that its Galaxy Note 10.1 will be available in the US on Aug. 16. The tablet will come in 16GB and 32GB flavors for $499 and $549, respectively. It will be available in white or dark gray from retailers like ...

Multiple births on cosmic scale in distant galaxy
The Associated Press
By By SETH BORENSTEIN – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have found a cosmic supermom. It's a galaxy that gives births to more stars in a day than ours does in a year. Astronomers used NASA's Chandra X-Ray telescope to spot this distant ...

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Pinterest Releases Apps for Android and iPad
PC Magazine
By Jill Duffy Pinterest today released new apps for Android and iPad (finally), while also overhauling its iPhone app (finally). The new suite of mobile apps greatly improves the mobile experience of using Pinterest, a site that works like a virtual ...

Twitter co-founders seek to shake up Web publishing with Medium
Computerworld
By Juan Carlos Perez IDG News Service - Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, who were also leaders at Blogger, have unveiled a preview of Medium, which they describe as a new Web publishing platform. With Medium, they aim to inject a dose ...

German officials reopen Facebook inquiry #thecircuit
Washington Post (blog)
By Hayley Tsukayama Germany takes second look at Facebook: German data protection authorities are reopening a probe into Facebook's facial recognition technology that had been suspended in June, The New York Times reported. According to the report, ...

Starting Oct. 3, Hawaiian Airlines to fly nonstop daily to Maui from Oakland ...
Washington Post
HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines is doubling its nonstop flights between Maui and California's Bay Area. The airline says that starting Oct. 3, there will be 14 flights per week to Maui from Oakland and San Jose. Hawaiian usually offers four flights per ...

iPhone 5 launch in Sept. could boost current quarter earnings 12%: analyst
MarketWatch
Speculation has grown over the last two weeks that Apple Inc. may unveil its iPhone 5 in early September – about a month earlier than most were expecting. That poses somewhat of a challenge for Wall Street analysts covering Apple , who were largely ...

EA's 'Command and Conquer' Franchise Goes Free-To-Play
Forbes
Publisher Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) surprised many today with the announcement that BioWare Victory's Command & Conquer: Generals 2 will be a free-to-play game when it releases in 2013. Moreover, EA is transforming the entire Command & Conquer ...

How to Send Web Content Straight to Your Kindle
PCWorld
By Rick Broida, PCWorld Aug 15, 2012 9:31 AM If you're a Kindle (or Kindle app) owner and a Google Chrome user, here's good news: You can now send Web content directly to your mobile device. Just add the Send to Kindle extension to Chrome, ...

iPhone 5 LTE confirmed by Korean mobile carriers
SlashGear
This week it appears that the Korean mobile data carrier KT may have spilled the beans a bit early as they've been quoted speaking about the next-generation iPhone by the Korea Times. According to that publication, a senior KT executive spoke on the ...

SlashGear

Verizon expanding its 4G network in Plymouth County, on the North Shore, and ...
Boston Globe
By DC Denison Verizon Wireless will expand its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to three new Massachusetts areas on Thursday, August 16: five towns in Plymouth County, ten on the North Shore, and eleven in the Pittsfield area.

webOS rises from the ashes as Gram, but won't focus on consumer products
VentureBeat
A brand with many faces, webOS has gone through more than its share of changes in the last few years. And in its latest act, it's being freed from the shackles of Hewlett-Packard. HP bought webOS alongside its creator Palm in 2010.

Despite state ruling, Uber car service vows “full speed ahead.”
Boston Globe
By DC Denison Uber, a start-up that allows people to use a smartphone to request private car service, is promising to fight a cease-and-desist order from the Division of Standards of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requiring it to stop operating in ...

Two Space Station Spacewalks To Be Broadcast On NASA TV
Sacramento Bee
By NASA WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronauts and cosmonauts will perform two spacewalks outside the International Space Station this month. NASA Television will broadcast both events live. Coverage of the first will begin ...

Rumored iPad mini may look more like iPhone than iPad
Los Angeles Times
The rumored iPad mini is believed to look more like an iPhone than an iPad, according to two new reports. The 7.85-inch iPad mini, which has been heavily rumored since the launch of the Google Nexus 7 tablet, is expected to have practically no side ...

Text-and-drive teens ratted out by AT&T mobe tech
Register
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author Vid US telco AT&T is urging staff and customers to pledge never to text and drive - and is willing to rat on teenagers that break that promise. Those who vow never to juggle text messages and the control of a ...

SC motorists paying more for gas than last year
Sacramento Bee
AP CHARLESTON, SC -- Gasoline prices in South Carolina have spiked in recent weeks and now, for the first time this summer, motorists are paying more than at the same time last year. AAA Carolinas said Wednesday the average price for a gallon of gas is ...

Inside Facebook's Push to Woo Big Advertisers
Wall Street Journal
By SHAYNDI RAICE After joining Facebook as vice president of marketing last year, Carolyn Everson made it her mission to win over skeptical ad executives who complained that spending on the giant social network wasn't paying off.

Wall Street Journal

Gamescom: Diablo 2 lead Brevik on Diablo 3's design
Edge
Tadhg Kelly explains the importance of 'strange rules', and why they make for outstanding games. Eight years after the second game, Nintendo's garden peons arrive on Wii U with a broader world view. Chris Donlan suggests a few highlights from ...

Watch kids in 1995 predict the future Internet with amazing accuracy
DVICE
When you think about how it has come to take over our lives, it's easy to forget that the Internet landscape as we know it today is quite a recent thing. This hilarious 1995 PSA hammers that point home, with some fifth graders from Montana predicting ...

DVICE

McLaren 12C Can-Am Edition Racing Concept: Pebble Beach 2012
Washington Post
The 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is about to get underway, and while we'll be bringing you the freshest photos and latest news as it happens, there's a bit of preliminary business to take care of: the previews. The latest is McLaren's 12C ...

2013 Mercedes E-Class and C-Class Priced, E400 Hybrid Starts at $56705
Automobile Magazine (blog)
Pricing info has been released for the 2013 Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class lineups, revealing the new 2013 E400 Hybrid's MSRP of $56705. That places the midsize hybrid Benz squarely between the $50195 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 and $61995 ActiveHybrid 5.

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