Woz: Windows Phone 'Beautiful', Better Than Android

Windows Phone Is 'Beautiful', Better Than Android: Steve Wozniak
PCWorld
By Ashleigh Allsopp, macworld.co.uk Steve WozniakSteve Wozniak prefers his Windows Phone to Android, but the iPhone is still his favourite. The Apple co-founder believes that Microsoft has hired a former Apple employee to work on the Windows Phone user ... 

SpaceX Prepares For Launch With Test Firing of Rocket Today
Wired News
By Jason Paur We're less than a week away from the scheduled launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, and today the company will fire the engines at the Kennedy Space Center with the rocket firmly anchored to the ground. The static test is somewhat unusual ...

Oracle: Google execs 'knew this day would come'
CNET
In closing arguments, Oracle's counsel posited to the jury that this case comes down to one simple question: Can one company use another company's property without permission? by Rachel King April 30, 2012 10:36 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle made its ...

Meteor shower: Treasure seekers flock to California Gold Country
Los Angeles Times
In the week since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold Country, the hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers. Once again there are lively saloons, fortune hunters jockeying for...

24 new Caribbean lizard species identified
msnbc.com
A suite of lizards called skinks has just crawled into the science books, with researchers discovering 24 new species of the reptiles from the Caribbean islands. Many of the skink species were identified from museum specimens, and now, the researchers ...

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Don't Let Google Intercept Your Wireless Data
PCWorld
Google Street View cars surreptitiously intercepted wireless network data for years. Simple security measures can prevent your data from being snooped. By Charles Ripley, Content Works Apr 30, 2012 6:54 AM Google has been in some hot water for a couple ...

UK High Court Orders ISPs to Block The Pirate Bay
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius The UK's High Court has ruled that five ISPs in the region must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay for copyright violations. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2, and Virgin Media must block the website within the next few ...

Australian government questions Apple over digital content 'price gouging'
Apple Insider
By Slash Lane The government of Australia has signed off on a parliamentary inquiry into alleged price gouging by Apple and other technology companies that sell digital content. The government has taken issue with the fact that content sold through ...

Wind farms are warming the earth, researchers say
Fox News
Research shows these wind farms raise nighttime temperatures. New research finds that wind farms actually warm up the surface of the land underneath them during the night, a phenomena that could put a damper on efforts to expand wind energy as a green ...

Symantec: Attacks Rose While Vulnerabilities Fell in 2011
eWeek
Google's Android OS, due to its open nature, became a favored target of cyber-criminals, according to Symantec. The number of malicious and Web attacks continued to grow rapidly in 2011, with mobile platforms like Google's Android operating system ...

Alienware debuts three Ivy Bridge gamer laptops
VentureBeat
Alienware, a division of Dell, just announced three new gamer laptops that use the Intel code-named Ivy Bridge processors. The M14x (pictured above), M17x, and M18x laptops also use stand-alone graphics chips from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

VentureBeat

Upcoming Web Series Might Revive Hollywood's Halo Movie
Escapist Magazine
Microsoft has announced a new web series that will premiere prior to the release of Halo 4, representing "the largest investment" the company has ever made in live-action production. But instead of simply adding to what will surely be a gigantic ...

Research In Motion: RBC Cuts Ests On Continuing Share Loss
Forbes
RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue this morning trimmed his financial forecasts for Research In Motion to reflect the BlackBerry maker's continued market share losses. Sue now sees revenue for the February 2013 fiscal year of $13.7 billion, ...

Angry Birds Space shatters records: 50 million downloads in 35 days
CNET
According to Rovio, the game's developer, Angry Birds Space is the "fastest-growing mobile game" ever released, beating previous records set by other Angry Birds titles. by Don Reisinger April 30, 2012 8:58 AM PDT Rovio's success with the Angry Birds ...

Less than 100 days before Curiosity touches down on Mars, NASA says
Fox News
This artist's concept depicts the moment that NASA's Curiosity rover touches down onto the Martian surface.NASA/JPL-Caltech After more than a decade of planning, NASA's Curiosity rover is only 97 days from touching down on Mars -- where it will search ...

LG unveils cloud-based storage service
USA TODAY
By Brett Molina, USA TODAY They've confirmed the launch of a cloud-based storage service geared toward multimedia files such as photos, videos and music. The LG Cloud is available in a beta phase starting May 1, the company announced in a statement.

USA TODAY

Apple is (finally) confirmed as Bloom Energy's customer
GigaOM
By Katie Fehrenbacher Apr. 30, 2012, 8:57am PT No Comments Last month I exclusively reported that Apple was buying fuel cells from Bloom Energy for its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. However at the time neither company would confirm the deal.

Kickstarter smartphone-watch project tops $7 million in weeks
CBS News
(CBS News) Imagine raising $7 million dollars in a matter of weeks from nearly 50000 strangers. That's the power of a growing trend in crowd funding, which is demonstrated by the most successful Kickstarter campaign yet. Pebble is a watch that syncs ...

Antarctic albatross displays shift in breeding habits
Phys.Org
A new study of the wandering albatross -- one of the largest birds on Earth -- has shown that some of the birds are breeding earlier in the season compared with 30 years ago. The wandering albatross is the largest of seabirds, with a wing span reaching ...

EA's PopCap Heads Into Merchandise With Plants Vs. Zombies Toys, Underwear ...
TechCrunch
Want a zombie on your underwear? Good, because soon, you will have that opportunity. Today, there comes more proof that mobile gaming is the entertainment franchise opp of the future as EA-owned PopCap, makers of Plants vs. Zombies and the “Bejeweled” ...

TechCrunch

SC gas price average dips below 2011
ABC NEWS 4
CHARLOTTE, NC (April 30, 2012) -- South Carolina motorists are now paying less for a gallon of gasoline than last year, according to AAA Carolinas. The average price in the Palmetto State on Monday is $3.598 per gallon compared to $3.69.3 a year ago.

Historic U.S. Navy Stealth Warship Sea Shadow Can be Yours for Only $100K: How?
Mobile & Apps
By Johnny Wills | April 30, 2012 1:22 PM EDT Historic US Navy Stealth Warship Sea Shadow Can be Yours for Only $100K: How?(Photo: Gsaauctions|Wikipedia|M&A) The historic US Navy Sea Shadow vessel that inspired a high-tech war-boat in 1997 James Bond ...

Mobile & Apps

Man Sues BMW For Persisting Erection
Daily Beast
A California man who set out on a short but exhilarating motorcycle ride got off the bike with a long-lasting thrill. Henry Wolf has sued BMW North America and a motorcycle-seat maker claiming that a four-hour ride on his 1993 bike with a ridge-like ...

Daily Beast

New Boro Taxis Will Be Painted Apple Green
Patch.com
Livery cabs with permits to pick up street hails will be painted green, to distinguish them from other taxis. By Jamie Schuh Mayor Bloomberg unveils official color of new boro taxis with TLC Commissioner Yassky.April 29, 2012.

Nintendo 3DS turning purple on May 20th, takes a bruising from the ugly stick
Engadget
By Terrence O'Brien posted Apr 30th 2012 12:40PM Pink, red, aqua and black not good enough for you? Fine. Have a purple one -- if that's what you really want. On May 20th you can pick up this Grimace-hued Nintendo 3DS for the usual price of $169.99 ...

Samsung denies staging “Wake Up” anti-Apple flashmob
SlashGear
Samsung has denied any involvement with the “Wake Up” flashmob staged outside an Apple Store in Australia, despite suggestions that it was an escalation of the company's anti-iPhone campaign. Reported earlier this week, the flashmob saw dozens of ...

SlashGear

HTC One X gets an early CyanogenMod 9 port
Android Community
The HTC One X is rightly sitting on top of the Android world for the moment, and of course that means just one thing: the modders are coming out to play. Users of the international One X (with the Tegra 3 processor) can now get a taste of the ...

Android Community

The Google Drive FAQ
CNET
Are you ready for a hard drive in the cloud? Do you have friends or family who are nagging you to explain it? Use our FAQ. Updated with new questions. by Rafe Needleman April 24, 2012 2:57 PM PDT Follow @rafe Got questions about Google's new cloud ...

Acer Iconia Tab A510 (Nvidia Tegra 3 Processor 1.3GHz; 10.1-inch display)
CNET
by Eric Franklin | 27 April 2012 2:39pm SGT The first quad-core tablet, the Asus Transformer Prime, launched in December 2011, but the adoption rate of quad-core on tablets since then has been disappointingly slow. The new Acer Iconia Tab A510 marks ...

Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Names CareCloud CEO Technology Entrepreneur ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The accolade was awarded at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce's Technology Leaders of the Year Awards luncheon Friday at Jungle Island. The awards program honors "individuals that guide the effective use of information technology to improve their ...

Shanghai's Five Most High-Tech Hotels
Forbes
In fact, we gave The Peninsula Shanghai an Editors' Choice Award for Top Technology Hotel — read on to find out which gadgets the Five-Star hotel has in store, plus our picks for four more of the most high-tech hotels in Shanghai.

Is it a Tech Bubble?…NO…Just too many Wantrepreneurs | Howard ...
By Howard
Is it a Tech Bubble?…NO…Just too many Wantrepreneurs. Posted by Howard; on April 29th, 2012. We are NOT in a technology bubble. We are in the 'Great Network Chase of 2012′. The bubble discussion is on in full force today again.
Howard Lindzon

Apple squared, (four)squared — Tech News and Analysis
By Mor Naaman, Mahaya
They could even build that technology into their ipads if they want, and give them away to 10 million merchants, and still spend less than $4 billion. Square isn't worth anywhere near $4B, as Apple just isn't as gullible as the VCs who are willing ...
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Woz: I Wish My iPhone Did All The Things My Android Does

Woz: I Wish My iPhone Did All The Things My Android Does
DailyTech
Hardcore Apple fans are notorious for discarding anything without a shiny Apple logo, even if it sometimes means the competitor's product is better. One would expect Apple's co-founder, Steve Wozniak, to be at the top of that list of Apple loyalists, ...Wozniak says the iPhone is for people who like simple, pretty things while the Android-based smartphones offer greater capabilities . . .

DailyTech

Pantech next to pay Microsoft over Android patents
SlashGear
Microsoft has successfully sought royalty payments from a number of Android device makers and the next company that will likely pay up is Pantech, South Korea's third largest handset manufacturer. According to Yonhap News, Pantech is currently in talks ...

The New Science Classroom Battleground: Climate Change
Wired News
By Ars Technica By John Timmer, Ars Technica The National Center for Science Education has been defending the teaching of evolution since before Edwards vs. Aguillard, the 1987 Supreme Court decision that declared the teaching of creationism an ...

Wired News

1st private rocket launch to space station delayed
Fox News
By Denise Chow The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to allow more time to prepare the vehicle, the spacecraft's builder announced Monday, Jan. 16. The unmanned Dragon space ...

Fox News

Google Tackles Online Privacy in Unusual Ad Blitz
ABC News
Google is focusing on the importance of protecting personal information in an unusual marketing campaign for a company that has been blasted for its own online privacy lapses and practices. The educational ads will start appearing Tuesday in dozens of ...

Scientists: Mars rocks fell in Africa last July
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) – Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer. By Darryl Pitt, Macovich Collection, via AP A Martian meteorite was recovered in December last...

USA TODAY

Average age of US vehicles hits record 10.8 years
The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — That clunker in America's driveway has reached a record old age, but there are signs that people may be growing confident enough in the economy to get a whiff of that fresh car scent very soon. The average age of a car or truck in the US ...

Countries Consider Time out on the 'Leap Second'
ABC News
By FRANK JORDANS AP After ten years of talks, governments are headed for a showdown vote this week on an issue that pits technological precision against nature's whims. The United States, France and others are pushing for countries at a UN telecom ...

ABC News

UK Scientists Find 'Lost' Darwin Fossils
ABC News
British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years. Dr. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist at Royal Holloway, University of London, ...

ABC News

Steve Jobs Action Figure Pulled Amidst Legal Threats From Apple
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn Chinese company In Icons has pulled the plug on its Steve Jobs action figure due to the threat of legal action from Apple. In Icons confirmed that it would stop making the toy in a Sunday note posted on its Web site. ...

Apple seeks ban on Samsung phones in Germany
CNET
by Roger Cheng January 17, 2012 7:05 AM PST Follow @RogerWCheng Samsung devices such as the Galaxy S II could be banned in Germany if Apple has its way. Nope, these patent lawsuits aren't slowing down anytime soon. The latest comes from Apple, ...

Russia investigates theory US radars caused probe crash
Telegraph.co.uk
Russia is investigating a theory that the humiliating failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe to one of Mars' moons last November was caused by inadvertent interference from a powerful battery of US radars located on the Marshall Islands. ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Apple extends iTunes Match service to 19 more countries
Mobile Burn
Apple has expanded the availability of its iTunes Match service to 19 more countries in Latin America and Europe. iTunes Match is Apple's cloud-based answer to Google Music and Amazon's Cloud Player, and allows users to access all of their songs on any ...

Watch out, Tim Cook: Apple VP Scott Forstall is eyeing your job
CNET
by Don Reisinger January 17, 2012 4:56 AM PST Though Apple CEO Tim Cook has been on the job for only a few months, a new book on the company claims one of its top executives is already eyeing the top spot. According to author Adam Lashinsky, ...

CNET

ZTE Plans Huge Smartphone Push Into China, U.S.
TechCrunch
We often forget about ZTE here in the states since the company does most of its operations outside of our home turf. Still, we shouldn't forget that the company ranks fourth in the world in terms of handset makers, largely due to its focus on budget ...

Facebook Open Graph apps due Wednesday tip sources
SlashGear
Facebook and its partner developers are readying the first batch of Open Graph apps that will “frictionlessly” integrate third-party services into your social stream, according to sources. The initial apps will arrive at an event this Wednesday, ...

SlashGear

Close to 50 dolphins have been stranded on Cape Cod beaches since Thursday
Boston.com
By Lindsey Hoshaw, Globe Correspondent Up to fifty dolphins have been stranded on Cape Cod beaches since last Thursday, one of the largest strandings in recent years. “I've been doing this for 15 years and this is only the second season I've seen it ...

Apple Juice Made in America? Think Again.
Sci-Tech Today
By Christina Rexrode America's insatiable desire to chomp on overseas food has been growing. About a quarter of the orange juice Americans drink is imported; more than 40 percent of that is from Brazil. In many cases, it's just become much cheaper to ...

Sci-Tech Today

Administration Powers Up DHS Cyber Staff
Nextgov
By Aliya Sternstein 01/17/12 09:54 am ET The federal government is restructuring cybersecurity leadership, as Congress prepares to debate legislation early this year that could increase the Homeland Security Department's cyber workload. ...

Ice Cream Sandwich woes for some Transformer Prime users
ZDNet (blog)
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | January 16, 2012, 2:08pm PST Trying to get Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' onto your shiny new ASUS Transformer Prime tablet but seeing it fail because of an “unknown” serial number problem? You're not alone. ...

ZDNet (blog)

AMD's Ultrabook competitor to focus on price, undercut Intel
Engadget
By Terrence O'Brien posted Jan 17th 2012 10:33AM When AMD showed off its upcoming Trinity APUs at CES the company was pretty light on the details. We're still stuck holding our breath for specs, but DigiTimes is reporting some alleged info on pricing. ...

Saints Row The Third Gets Team Fortress 2 Themed DLC – Only On Steam
Platform Nation
If you purchased Saints Row the Third on Steam, then today you will be able to download some free Team Fortress 2 themed DLC. The content contains a set of 9 masks(seen above), Also released today for all platforms is a free homie based on the creator ...

Platform Nation

Those Facebook posts could cost you a job
San Jose Mercury News
By Steve Johnson You might want to think twice about bad-mouthing your former boss on Facebook or posting those racy pictures of yourself from last night's rollicking bachelor party. It could cost you a new job. In a twist on the exploding use of ...

LightSquared Cannot Co-Exist with GPS
Helicopter Association International
The US National Space-Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Committee (PNT), an advisory board made up of representatives from nine federal departments, reached the “unanimous conclusion” that the LightSquared network could “cause harmful ...

HzO's WaterBlock technology could make it to Apple products ...
By Steven Sande
While our very own Victor Agreda, Jr. checked out the Liquipel waterproofing technology at CES last week, others were checking out competitor HzO's.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Dave Barry's Blog: TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
By judi
I now plead "guilty" to arranging for a computer on display at ()Mart to commit a prank. The screen gave out the message, "Please press "Return". When that button was pressed, the message, "This unit will self-destruct in 10 seconds" came up, ...
Dave Barry's Blog

Wedding Technology: Couples Share Their Big Days Online
By The Huffington Post News Editors
It's no surprise that the Internet has made the wedding planning process a little bit easier for couples everywhere -- with websites that put the bridal world at your fingertips, clever wedding-planning apps, and services like Google Docs, which ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

A Technology Paradox « Freakonomics
By Stephen J. Dubner
As the technology gets more open, the lines of political communications become more closed. True enough, and I'm surprised that more people don't consider this paradox. On the other hand, our silicon revolution has also led to Rupert ...
Freakonomics

Wikipedia to Go Dark on Wednesday - Technology - The Atlantic Wire
By Dino Grandoni
It's been speculated, and now it's confirmed: Wikipedia plans to give its users a (severe) taste of the Internet under SOPA by going offline in protest of the bill on Wednesday.
The Atlantic Wire

Technology To Help You Track Fitness Goals « CBS Minnesota
By Alison Lorge
When you start a new workout routine it's much more helpful to achieve your goals if you can see your progress. That way you know if your endurance is increasing, if you're losing or gaining weight, and if you're getting stronger.
CBS Minnesota

Hands-On Demo of Toshiba's Transfer Jet Technology for Android
By Alexander Maxham
Toshiba Transfer Jet Last week at CES 2012 Toshiba had a lot of cool stuff to show us, we saw the Excite X10 tablet and now we are seeing Toshiba's Transfer Jet Technology. It.
Android Authority

Apple and Samsung Both Looking into HzO Technology to - iClarified
Apple and Samsung are both reportedly interested in HzO technology that can waterproof smartphones.
iClarified - Apple News

Tennis technology: a real game changer | SmartPlanet
By Lieu Thi Pham
MELBOURNE — In the high profile game of tennis, performance-enhancing technologies have given athletes a competitive edge, but is this really an.
Global Observer | SmartPlanet

2012 Key Social Technology Predictions from Top Business and ...
By mlewis1
2011 was a year of increased adoption of social technologies within the Image enterprise, and that trend will continue into 2012.
The Customer Collective - The...

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