Boris Johnson Pushes London Tech for Asian Funding (videos)

Boris Johnson Pushes London Tech for Asian Funding: Video - Bloomberg:
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Claire Cockerton, chief executive officer at Innovate Finance, talks with Anna Edwards about London Mayor Boris Johnson’s visit to Singapore as he seeks funding for U.K. financial technology companies. She speaks on “Countdown.” Nov. 28 (Bloomberg)

London Is Becoming a Tech Capital: Burbidge: Video - Bloomberg:
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Passion Capital Partner Eileen Burbidge discusses the growing tech scene in London, the talent issues in tech and their push for collaboration in Asia with Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin on “First Up.” (Source: Bloomberg 11/28)

Steve Jobs Still Wins Plenty of Patents | MIT Technology Review: "Who is named on a patent is sometimes just as important as what it says, at least that’s true for Jobs. In 2012, during a lawsuit with Motorola and Google, a Chicago judge had to order Apple’s lawyers to stop referring to a key patent covering swiping and scrolling on touch screens as “the Steve Jobs patent.”  Her reasoning: Apple’s lawyers were trying to turn the case into a popularity contest by invoking the beloved Apple founder. (Jobs was the first of 25 inventors named on that patent.)"

Microsoft distances itself from Steve Ballmer
USA TODAY
Longtime Microsoft (MSFT) Chief Steve Ballmer, in August 2013, issued the now-infamous statement that he would retire "within the year." News of ...

BeatThatQuote's Judo Move: How To Outdo Google
Forbes
As the European Parliament approves the break-up of Google, and Europe across the board targets US internet firms with regulation, we are failing to ...

Forbes
Is Google Doing Anything New?
Forbes
Apple's “simplicity of design” is no different from Henry Ford's Model T ... The possibility that Amazon's goals might be “missionary” rather than purely .... there was, in computingtechnology, I.B.M., of course, and then Microsoft; in the ...

Fortune
Apple and the crisis of disruption
Fortune
He may have been right about disk drives, mechanical excavators and steel mills. But Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation ...

Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart and Target Take Fight to Amazon for Holiday Sales
Wall Street Journal
Competition from Amazon.com Inc. and other online retailers is forcing brick-and-mortar chains to get more aggressive with deals. The online prices ...

Forbes
The Art Of Anticipation: Why Apple Stores' Retail Customer Service Is Better Than Yours
Forbes
With the Apple Store app, Apple allows a customer to schedule an ... on you the customer, a source of comfort rather than technology induced. One of ...

Business Insider
Here's How Returns Work With Apple Pay
Business Insider
A good number of people will be using Apple Pay to do their holiday shopping this year.Apple activated a million people on Apple Pay during the first ...

The Independent
Amazon smashes Black Friday forecasts with busiest sales day ever
Telegraph.co.uk
Amazon has reported its busiest ever sales day on Black Friday as consumers rushed ... Last year, Amazon sold more than 4m items on Black Friday.

EU Parliament Passes Non-Binding Measure Expressing Desire To Break Up Google Search Into...
Microsoft, IBM, and Apple are among many such companies singled out by the ... What exactly would breaking up Google accomplish, according to the ... In the European Parliament's ideal world, Outlook.com, Yahoo Mail, and .... for people that don't understand the technology they are trying to legislate.

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Apple Wins at the White House

A friend in need is a friend indeed!--Obama as Apple fanboy?--

Samsung Loses $1 Billion in Market Value After U.S. Veto on Apple ...
By Richard Padilla
After the Obama administration vetoed a partial ban on the import and sale of some Apple products, Samsung announced that it has been granted a hearing in a US appeals court next year against the original ruling, as reported by the ...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Veto of Apple Ruling Likely to Upend Big Patent Battles - Ian Sherr ...
By Ian Sherr and Brent Kendall
The Obama administration's decision to overturn an international trade ruling against Apple Inc. — the first such veto in more than 25 years — promises to upend long-running battles over intellectual property in the smartphone market and change the strategies some of the world's biggest technology ... How Google Enlisted Bloggers to Spread the Word About Moto X ... Allan Friedman, Fellow and Research Director at the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, in The Atlantic.
AllThingsD

Microsoft Surface Pro Price Drops $100
InformationWeek
Microsoft confirmed to the Verge website that the discount will run until August 29. The price cut arrives in time to take advantage of the back-to-school rush, which is traditionally a heavy period for device sales. It could also persuade on-the-fence ...

Android One-Click Google Apps Access Cracked
InformationWeek
Android smartphone and tablet users: Beware attackers who come gunning for a Google-issued authentication token that allows your device to automatically log into Google Apps, Gmail, Google Drive, or any other Google service. That warning comes by way ...

Apple to shrink some iCloud accounts by 20GB
Computerworld
Of the major players -- Apple, Google and Microsoft -- the latter's SkyDrive is the least expensive across the board. ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow ...

Where's Google's Android star Andy Rubin? Robots
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Android chief Andy Rubin -- who officially works on mysterious projects at search giant Google -- left Silicon Valley with a perplexing case of "Where's Andy?" when he stepped ... Before he started Android, Rubin co-founded ...

Google Co-Founder: The Man Behind the $300K Test-Tube Burger
ABC News
If you are going to spend thousands of dollars on a burger made not out of meat but of bovine stem cells, you've got to have a huge passion for science and innovation. You've also got to have a lot of money. The 39-year-old co-founder of Google fits ...

Apple losing innovative core?
Boston Herald
Instant iCloud: Microsoft helped pioneer the idea of instant cloud backup for consumers. When you save a document in Office 365, it's backed up automatically to the so-called SkyDrive cloud service. Apple should rip off this idea, as we know it's had ...

Google finds streaming gold
Boston Herald
Google, which has tried to carve out market-share in the living room for years, finally may have found a winner in its sleek streaming stick, Chromecast. For a paltry $35, the tiny device just a bit bigger than a USB drive plugs into the back of your ...

Apple's iPad lineup slipped to 32% of tablets shipped in Q2 2013
Apple Insider
However, by the fourth quarter we expect new products from Apple, Amazon, and others to drive impressive growth in the market." IDC. While Apple's shipments slid 14.1 percent year over year, competing tablet makers who use Google's Android mobile ...

Google Play versions of Galaxy S4, HTC One to get Android 4.3
ZDNet (blog)
The roughly one-week turnaround means Google has delivered on the promise of faster updates on the Google Play editions, which have only been released in the US and run a vanilla version of Android without the tweaks vendors lay over the OS. The new ...

Daily Report: Amazon Runs Up Against Germany's Labor Culture ...
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
German labor unions say Amazon has imported American-style business practices — in particular, an antipathy to organized labor — that stand at odds with European norms. Read more… ...
NYT Bits

Lync, Azure, Office 365 And The Shifting Center Of Microsoft's Gravity
By Alex Wilhelm
The reason for the mild coverage of Lync and its performance is in fact a non-puzzle: One billion dollars in revenue stacked next to Microsoft total fiscal 2013 top line of $77.8 billion isn't much, and enterprise-facing products from incumbent firms aren't sexy, thus often getting lost in the press .... Won The SEO Wars, Google Has.
TechCrunch

Technology blog | Technology | The Guardian
As part of the triumvirate that runs the tech giant, Brin developed Google Glass ... Boot up: Microsoft's challenge, Google's aims, Apple's (screen) independence, ...
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Apple Leaves UK Judge at 'Loss' Over Samsung Web Posts

Apple Leaves UK Judge at 'Loss' Over Samsung Web Posts
Bloomberg
Apple Inc. (AAPL) was criticized by U.K. judges in a patent lawsuit with Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) for posting a notice on its website that was “untrue” and “incorrect.” The U.K. Court of Appeal in London ordered Apple to remove the statement within ...

Bloomberg

Zappos Founder Launches iOS Social Video App, Threadlife
PC Magazine
Threadlife. The man behind the popular online shoe retailer Zappos is at it again with a new iOS app launching today called Threadlife, which gives users a whole new way to create, view, had share video. Threadlife, which was created by Zappos founder ...

Mobile Device Management: a market overview
ZDNet
The Mobile Device Management (MDM) market has seen some consolidation over the last few years, but there's still a wide range of tools and services available. These range from mail servers with integrated MDM functionality, to cloud services, to tooling ...

iFixit tears into iPad Mini, finds assembly a lot like iPod Touch
CNET
iFixit tears into iPad Mini, finds assembly a lot like iPod Touch. The site got an early shipment and is tearing down the device right now. One of its initial findings is many parts in the device truly are mini -- including the battery and the screws. Shara Tibken ...

Intel Working on 48-Core Mobile Chip: Report
eWeek
The 48-core chip could give smartphones significant computing power and help reduce power use, according to Intel researchers. Intel reportedly is developing a 48-core chip for mobile devices that could begin appearing in smartphones and tablets within ...

eWeek

Astronauts begin spacewalk to fix space station cooling system
Fox News
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide is pictured during a spacewalk on Sept. 5, 2012. During the six-hour, 28-minute spacewalk, Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (out of frame) fixed a critical station power unit and installed a camera oNASA ...

AT&T, T-Mobile team up to curb smartphone theft
CNET
AT&T and T-Mobile, the two GSM carriers in the U.S., have turned on a database designed to cut back on smartphone theft. The database went live yesterday, and allows either AT&T or T-Mobile to block a device from being used on either network. In order to ...

Hyundai seeks youth vote with special editions
USA TODAY
Hyundai is going to sell a RE:MIX version of its Veloster sporty car (Photo: Hyundai). Story Highlights. Hyundai is going to try to appeal to young buyers with personalization; It's the same formula that Toyota has used for its Scion brand; The cars look more cool ...

Hardware hacker proves Apple Fusion Drive works on older Macs
Register
Top marks to hardware hacker Patrick Stein who has discovered that Apple's Fusion Drive technology, which combines separate SSD and HDD storage into a single volume, can be added to old Macs. And he's added one to his own Mac Pro. Patrick's test ...

Here's an inside look at the SEMA aftermarket car show [video]
Los Angeles Times
Car lovers, Las Vegas is the place to be this week. Autos writer Bill Hennigan reports there from the Specialty Equipment Market Assn. trade show about some of the interesting aftermarket auto parts and accessories he's seeing. Photos: Highlights from the ...

'Halo 4' Review
Forbes
Usually when there's a '4′ in a game's title, there's not much to be said about how it's going to be a reinvention of the series. Across five different shooter titles, Halo has given us new guns, maps and gameplay modes over the years, all developed by its ...

Forbes

Kim Dotcom's new Mega to replace Megaupload
Telegraph.co.uk
"The new Mega avoids any dealings with US hosters, US domains and US backbone providers and has changed the way it operates to avoid another takedown." Mr Dotcom announced the new site via twitter today. He wrote: "This must be the biggest launch ...http://kim.com/mega/

Telegraph.co.uk

Daily Report: Apple Shake-Up May Lead to Design Shift
New York Times (blog)
Steven P. Jobs, the Apple chief executive who died a year ago, pushed the company's software designers to use virtual doodads that mimic the appearance and behavior of real-world things, like wooden shelves for organizing newspapers and the ...

New York Times (blog)

BlackBerry 10: Dozens of networks probe the final RIM shot
Register
RIM reckons more than 50 network operators are testing its BlackBerry 10 handsets, which sounds impressive until one remembers that testing is just a first step on the long journey to market. Nonetheless, the trouble mobe maker is keen to prove its radio ...

Why Did This Take Facebook So Long?
Forbes
Facebook is testing a new service that might make Craigslist a thing of the past. Two sources within Facebook, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, have independently told The Daily that development of a classifieds project is on a fast track, not just as a ...

Today in Tech: Why Eddy Cue may be Apple Maps' best hope
Fortune
At my home in suburban New Jersey, a 30-foot limb dropped down at 4 p.m., so the illusion that this was an event happening to someone else quickly dissipated. And at 8 p.m., just when we hunkered down in front of the big screen, the house went dark.

Damaged Goods: Fisker Karmas Ignite in Lot after Hurricane Sandy
MotorTrend Magazine
Hurricane Sandy ravaged parts of the East Coast earlier this week, and dealers are still feeling the pain as as fleets of now-unsellable new cars were submerged in water, reports Automotive News. Among the damaged goods were 16 Fisker Karmas that were ...

MotorTrend Magazine

Teardown: Microsoft Surface Tablet
EE Times
Will Microsoft's $499 Surface make a dent in the tablet market? On a technical basis, its innards should be illustrative. So we turned to our friends at iFixit, who gave us a mini version of their Surface teardown. The tablet is notable because it runs Windows RT, ...

EE Times

Why I Won't Be Using Google's New iPhone Voice Search
TIME
Google's search app for iPhone just got a big upgrade, with improved voice search that supports natural-language questions, just like Apple's Siri. I tried it on my iPhone 5, and it's pretty slick. When I asked “What movies are playing tonight?” the app almost...

TIME

2013 Automobile of the Year: Tesla Model S
Automobile Magazine
Last summer, Automobile Magazine editors had the opportunity to interview Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, as the company launched its all-new electric sedan. A well-known industry insider warned us not to fall for Musk's smooth talk. "Don't bring any cash," he ...

Bulgaria Claims to Find Europe's 'Oldest Town'
ABC News
A Bulgarian archaeologist says a prehistoric town unearthed in eastern Bulgaria is the oldest urban settlement found to date in Europe. According to Vasil Nikolov, a professor from Bulgaria's National Institute of Archaeology, the stone walls excavated by his ...

Most and least reliable new cars by brand
ConsumerReports.org
If you are looking for a reliable car, don't assume that certain brands are always the best. Each manufacturer has models that offer a range of reliability, as identified in Consumer Reports' annual car reliability survey. When shopping for a new car, it's best to ...

Daily Infographic: A Family Tree Of Every Bird On Earth
Popular Science
This gorgeous infographic is the first family tree linking every bird on Earth, revealing how birds have evolved since the dinosaur age. The map shows where and when birds lived, which offers a glimpse of species diversification around the planet. One big ...

Titan slays Jaguar in computing comparison, open to R&D comers
FierceBiotech IT
Free Weekly Biotech IT Newsletter Want top headlines about Clinical Trial Design & Management, Pharmacovigilance, and Cloud Computing sent straight to your Inbox? Join over 22,000 biotech, pharma and IT professionals who subscribe to FierceBiotechIT ...

Boxee TV hits Wal-Mart, Roku gets Universal Search
ITworld.com
November 01, 2012, 8:30 AM — The first Boxee Box manufactured by D-Link didn't exactly take off, reportedly selling around 120,000 units. Whether that was due to the feature set or the unique 'sunken cube' design that was a challenge to place in your ...

Holman & Moody Announces Limited Edition 2014 Mustang
Motor Authority
In 1964, a British racing team entered three new and unproven Ford Mustangs in a 4,000 mile European endurance race, called the Tour de France Automobile. Built by American tuning specialist and race car builder Holman & Moody, no one gave the ...

It's Global Warming, Stupid
Businessweek
Yes, yes, it's unsophisticated to blame any given storm on climate change. Men and women in white lab coats tell us—and they're right—that many factors contribute to each severe weather episode. Climate deniers exploit scientific complexity to avoid any ...

In the wake of Sandy's fury, residents regret decisions to stay put
Sydney Morning Herald
LONG Island is almost 200 kilometres long and about 30 kilometres wide, a fat digit pointing out into the Atlantic Ocean. Its base is New York harbour, the borough of Brooklyn opposite downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. From there it stretches east ...

Proto-planet Vesta's weathering is unlike other airless bodies
Los Angeles Times
The giant asteroid Vesta, sometimes known as a proto-planet, has a surface unlike any other airless body previously observed. While Earth's moon and other airless bodies are generally a relatively uniform gray, Vesta's bright background is streaked with ...

California Targets Mobile Apps For Missing Privacy Policies
InformationWeek
Mobile app developers, beware: California is set to begin fining mobile app developers that release apps that lack a clear -- and easily accessible -- privacy policy. The state's Attorney General, Kamala D. Harris, this week began notifying numerous ...

Rosetta Stone and Google settle trademark lawsuit
Reuters
(Reuters) - Language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc has agreed to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit against Google Inc over the search engine company's advertising practices. The companies agreed to settle all claims and dismiss the suit, ...

Google Teams Up with LG Electronics for New Flagship Nexus 4 Smartphone.
X-bit Labs
Google and LG Electronics this week introduced the new flagship Google Nexus 4 smartphone, which will deliver the best functionality the search giant has to offer and will likely become one of the top-selling Android-based device. The smartphone boasts...

X-bit Labs

Apple 10-K: R&D spending up to $3.4bn, increased retail focus
ZDNet
Apple late last night filed its 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the 2012 fiscal year. The Cupertino, CA.-based technology giant's form, a requirement by the U.S. government, sheds some light on interesting figures ...

FCC: Communications slowly improving after Sandy
Wall Street Journal
Associated Press. NEW YORK — Federal regulators say that wireless networks are slowly coming back to life after Hurricane Sandy, with about 1 in 5 cell towers still being out of service Wednesday in a storm-hit area stretching from Virginia to Massachusetts.

Verizon's New Ad Campaign Is a Load of Half-Truths
E-Commerce Times
Verizon's New Ad Campaign Is a Load of Half-Truths. Verizon's New Ad Campaign Is a Load of Half-Truths. By Jeff Kagan E-Commerce Times 11/01/12 5:00 AM PT. No carrier offers high-speed to all customers in all locations. The industry is undergoing a ...

Apple iPad (2012)
CNET
If you're buying a tablet this holiday season, you'll want to stop here first. The iPad has more apps and faster performance of any other tablet. Its ecosystem of content runs the gamut through movies, TV shows, music, games, and books. Its 9.7-inch screen is ...

Google Improving Gmail With New Multi-Message Capabilities
eWeek
Google is fixing one of the most frustrating things about Gmail: Users will soon be able to compose multiple messages to any recipients at the same time. Google's Gmail users will soon be relieved of the frustration that often occurred when they couldn't open...

eWeek

Endeavour Exhibit Opens Thanks to Toyota Tundra
Crave Online
The permanent exhibition of the Space Shuttle Endeavour is now open for business at the California Science Center near downtown Los Angeles. But, that big, beautiful bird would never have arrived without a lot of help from a 2012 Toyota Tundra pickup ...

Samsung spills Galaxy S3 Mini's UK launch date
ZDNet (blog)
Samsung spills Galaxy S3 Mini's UK launch date. Summary: The smartphone, which is billed as a smaller version of the hit Galaxy S III but is in reality no such thing, will go on sale in a week's time. David Meyer. By David Meyer | November 1, 2012 -- 10:00 ...

ZDNet (blog)

Jack O'Lantern's glow is a working game of Tetris
NBCNews.com
What happens when you combine Russian design, Japanese entertainment and American holiday tradition? A Jack O'Lantern with a fully functional game of Tetris inside, topped off by a prickly pumpkin stem serving as a joystick. The one-of-a-kind gourd was ...

Duracell and Starbucks test wireless charging spots in Boston
DVICE
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Web has been awash with photos of New Yorkers huddled around Starbucks locations hoping to snag free wireless service or a power outlet. Now, in a move unrelated to the disasters, Starbucks is further acknowledging...

DVICE

Take-Two quarterly losses narrow as Borderlands 2, GTA IV & Red Dead ...
Neoseeker
Take-Two Interactive's quarterly financial report is in and while profitablilty eluded the publisher, it did report a reduced loss compared to the previous fiscal year. Quarterly revenue doubled to $273 million USD (from $107 million the year before), while losses ...

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs developer wants your recorded vomiting, screaming
Neoseeker
Horror game sequel Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs is not exactly going the tradtional route for development, but then again it's not a normal game, so that fits; developer The Chinese Room is making a very odd request of fans for the impending release: send ...

Neoseeker

EMC Grabs Silver Tail
E-Commerce Times
EMC Grabs Silver Tail. EMC Grabs Silver Tail. By Erika Morphy E-Commerce Times 10/31/12 2:42 PM PT. The only thing that makes EMC's acquisition of Silver Tail predictable is that EMC has a history of buying companies that appear to be odd choices.

NASA rover's first soil studies help fingerprint Martian minerals
Indiana University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 31, 2012. PASADENA, Calif. -- Initial experiments completed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have shown the mineralogy of Martian soil to be similar to that of weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. Investigators ...

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Apple Phone Patent War

Apple Phone Patent War Like Sewing Machine Minus Violence
Businessweek
In other respects, Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s patent war inspired by its late co-founder against iPhone competitors using Google's Android system evokes an 1850s free-for-all among sewing machine makers, when Isaac Singer threatened violence after Elias Howe ...

The Patent, Used as a Sword
New York Times
For three decades, Mr. Phillips had focused on writing software to allow computers to understand human speech. In 2006, he had co-founded a voice recognition company, and eventually executives at Apple, Google and elsewhere proposed partnerships.

The day Apple's Steve Jobs got serious about patents - Fortune Tech
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Just months earlier, Apple reluctantly agreed to pay $100 million to Creative Technology... Privately, Mr. Jobs gathered his senior managers. While Apple had long been adept at filing patents, when it came to the new iPhone, "we're going to ...
Fortune Tech: Technology blogs,...

US panel: China tech giants pose security threat
USA TODAY
2012 - WASHINGTON (AP) — American companies should avoid doing business with China's two leading technology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States, the House Intelligence Committee is warning in a report to be issued ...

Mitt Romney gains late traction among tech-industry donors
Deseret News
President Barack Obama may be the one campaigning Monday in Silicon Valley, California — the unofficial capital of America's technology industry — but Mitt Romney is the presidential candidate with surging popularity among tech-sector donors ...

Deseret News

Imtech chosen as strategic technology partner by Severn Trent Water until 2020
Reuters
Capula specializes in delivering advanced control systems as well as real time business intelligence, IT performance systems and high-tech telemetry solutions. These competences make it possible for customers like Severn Trent Water to implement ...

Michigan Tech drops NMU
Escanaba Daily Press
MARQUETTE - The Michigan Tech University football team found itself in an inescapable hole last week at home against Grand Valley State in part due to a lackluster first half. That was not the case Saturday against rival Northern Michigan University.

Star Wars invades Angry Birds
USA TODAY
Mike Snider. Technology writer Mike Snider, who joined USA TODAY in 1990, covers the ongoing digital revolution in home entertainment. His favorite devices? His HDTV and high-def DVRs.    . Send Mike Snider a Message ...

So What If Tech Start-Ups Are Small? Their Job-Creation Impact Is Big
The Atlantic
Last week's jobs report seems to throw cold water on the contention that techentrepreneurs can solve America's employment woes. The Atlantic Wire used the report's data, which showed the most significant growth being in healthcare and education ...

The Atlantic

Mobile Technology Helping Small Businesses Boost Efficiency
eWeek
The report, conducted by Harris Interactive and Bank of the West, found nine out of 10 (88 percent) of small business owners surveyed use mobile technology, including the applications and programs that run on mobile phones, smartphones and tablets.

eWeek

LOGIC Technology Introduces Power Series Line
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
LIVINGSTON, N.J., Oct. 8, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- LOGIC Technology today announced the introduction of its collection of rechargeable electronic cigarettes, the LOGIC Power Series. Offering the superior product quality LOGIC users have come to expect ...

Tech Test Drive: Best alternatives to the iPhone 5
San Jose Mercury News
Tech Test Drive: Best alternatives to the iPhone 5. By CNet.com. mercurynews.com. Posted: 10/08/2012 12:00:00 AM PDT. Click photo to enlarge. Samsung Galaxy S3. « 1; 2; 3; ». Samsung Galaxy S III (multiple carriers). CNET rating: 4.0 out of 5; Price: ...

House Intelligence Committee Says China Tech Giants Pose ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
WASHINGTON — American companies should avoid doing business with China's two leadingtechnology firms because they pose a national security threat to the United States, the House Intelligence Committee is warning in a report to be ...
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Tech Companies Try, And Fail, To Inspire With Recent Commercials ...
By Alexia Tsotsis
These days you can't fully understand consumer Internet technology unless you watch TV. Between entreaties to Like brands on Facebook or use hashtags interspersed ... Tech Companies Try, And Fail, To Inspire With Recent Commercials ...
TechCrunch

Is The World Ready For Consumer Mobile Technology In Emergency
By Christina Ortiz
If you spot your local boys in blue chatting on a smart phone don't worry - they're probably not just chatting with their spouses. It turns out that giving emergency services access to consumer-style mobile devices like tablets and smart phones is ...
ReadWriteWeb

Tech Execs Spend Their World-Changing Billions in the Land of ...
By Jessica Roy
As residents of Silicon Alley (a clever knockoff of California's original Silicon Valley), we don't have much room to mock other cities around the country for attempting to claim a piece of the tech pie all for themselves. But we couldn't help but ...
Betabeat

China Tech Giant Under Fire - Yahoo! Finance
13, 2012, file photo, executives of two major Chinese technology companies, Charles Ding, Huawei.... US panel: China tech giants pose security thr … Chinese ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../china-tech-giant-under-fire-030500986....

Designing Tech To Stay Ahead Of Cultural Shifts [PSFK ...
Designing Tech To Stay Ahead Of Cultural Shifts [PSFK CONFERENCE SF] ... All of that, including a lot of technology arrangements or figuring out a lot of pieces ...
www.psfk.com/2012/10/designing-tech-psfk-sf.html

Tech (9-12) - Tech High School
The four home varsity football games for Tech High School will be moved to St. Cloud ... Techcurrently uses Husky Stadium and other St. Cloud State University ...
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BBC News - World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
24 SEPTEMBER 2012, TECHNOLOGY. Viewpoint: ... cut off in Iran. 28 AUGUST 2012,TECHNOLOGY ... This week's best science and tech reads Read more.
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Apple expecting 'iPad mini' to sell big, report says
Washington Post
The competition could get rougher headed into the holiday season, with Microsoft and its manufacturers releasing their lineup of new tablets running Windows 8 and Windows RT. Amazon, of course, has also refreshed its tablet line with a full-sized ...

Microsoft cites BBC, Wikipedia in error-filled DMCA takedown
CNET
In addition to seemingly legitimate links featuring Windows 8 downloads, Microsoft lists a BBC URL linking to the 45th day of the Olympic torch relay. The company also asked Google to remove a Wikipedia entry on the 45th Fighter Squadron and a Real ...

Google Privacy Audit Leaves Lingering Questions
InformationWeek
Has the Federal Trade Commission been sufficiently forthcoming about how Google has changed its privacy program following a 2010 settlement with the agency? Privacy rights group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) recently released the ...

Apple's fix for iPhone 5 camera's purple flare? Tweak the angle
Los Angeles Times
Apple has addressed the purple flares and streaks that show up on some iPhone 5 pictures, but its solution for the problem is quite disappointing. On a support page on the Apple website, the Cupertino tech company said this is an issue that affects ...

Seven Google Nexus 7 tips
CNET
One of the major differences between Apple's iOS and Android used to be the latter's support for Flash. Unfortunately, it's no longer the case--Adobe is stopping development of Flash on Android mobile browsers and there's no official Flash support on ...

CNET

Has Apple's iOS 'Jumped the Shark' with the Map Flap?
ZDNet (blog)
The Google Maps software that provided integrated geolocation services and has so prominently been featured in Apple commercials since 2007 for showing "There's an App for that" in multitudes of 3rd-party apps that make extensive use of the ...

ZDNet (blog)

Microsoft's Kinect for Windows software development kit adds Windows 8 ...
ZDNet
Microsoft's Kinect for Windows software development kit adds Windows 8 Desktop app support · Hands-on with the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (review) · Has Apple's iOS 'Jumped the Shark' with the Map Flap? Around ZDNet. Topics · Broadband Speed Test ...

HTC Posts Record Profit Drop as Samsung, Apple Grab Sales
Businessweek
(2498), Asia's second-largest smartphone maker, posted a record 79 percent drop in quarterly profit as competition from Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. (AAPL) drove down sales of the Taiwanese company's devices. Third-quarter net income ...

Google launches major YouTube expansion in Europe
The Detroit News
The Google Inc.-owned video site said Monday the new channels, with content from Britain, Germany, France and the United States, will be in addition to the 100 channels launched in the U.S. last year. Like the pre-existing American offerings, the ...

iPad Mini: Apple Orders More Than 10 Million Units For Q4, Says ...
By Natasha Lomas
If Apple is planning to launch a smaller iPad, it will be a direct competitor to Amazon's small form-factor Kindle tablets and also Google's Nexus 7. Apple hasn't confirmed any of the myriad reports, rumours and speculation it's planning to make ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft claims ownership of the number 45, asks Google to censor ...
By Cory Doctorow
Supergod: Warren Ellis's horrific arms-race endtimes. Warren Ellis and Garrie Gastonny's Supergod is a magnificently grim and horrifying superhero comic, in which a British government scientist narrates the sequence of events that killed the ...
Boing Boing

Apple Orders 10 Million iPad Minis [REPORT]
By Todd Wasserman
... Wasserman 1. Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share. Apple has ordered more than 10 million units of a smaller version of the iPad for the fourth quarter — about double the amount Amazon has ordered for the Kindle Fire — according to a report.
Mashable » Mobile

Saroo's Google-Earth Quest: How an Orphaned Boy Found His Way ...
Saroo Brierley, raised in Australia but adopted from India at age five, used Google Earth to track down his family—25 years after he went missing.
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Apple Reportedly Ordered 10 Million 'iPad Minis' from Suppliers
By Josh Ong
Google itself released the Nexus 7 earlier this year and has seen “incredible” demand for the device, and Amazon has announced its own fall lineup of tablets, including an updated 7-inch Kindle Fire HD tablet and a larger 8.9-inch version. Image credit: Matthew Lloyd / Getty Images. Join TNW Apple on: Follow @TNWapple ... Microsoft Accidentally Asks Google to Censor News Sites, US Government · A screen displays the logo of the open-s · Mozilla Adds Chrome-Like Downloader ...
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Volcano spews ash, lava in northeast Indonesia
CNN
Read a version of this story in Arabic (CNN) -- Fresh lava and ash spewed Sunday from a volcano in northeast Indonesia, casting haze over the crater and prompting authorities to warn nearby residents, state news reported. Loud, thumping noises were ...

50-Foot Finback Whale Found Dead in Boston Harbor
ABC News
(ABCNEWS.com) Coast Guard officials say a 50-foot finback whale has been found dead, floating in Boston Harbor. Authorities don't know the cause of death. Petty Officer Robert Simpson says the whale was spotted early Sunday.

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Huawei and ZTE pose security threat, warns US panel
BBC News
Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, a congressional panel has warned after an investigation into the two companies. The panel says the firms failed to allay fears about their association with China's government and ...

BBC News

Polycom tools up for 'mass adoption' of video collaboration
ZDNet
Summary: Video collaboration specialist Polycom has announced a portfolio of new software, platform enhancements and hardware aimed at broadening the uptake of video communication in businesses. By Charles McLellan for Product Central | October 8, ...

ZDNet

SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station on supply run
Washington Post
A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday en route to the international space station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket attached to the cargo-only capsule called Dragon sits on the ...

Apple addresses purple camera flare
Washington Post
Apple addressed a common complaint about the iPhone 5's camera with a message on its support pages over the weekend. The problem: “a purplish or other colored flare, haze, or spot” when shooting into a light source just off-frame.

BBC and others targeted by Microsoft copyright takedown request
BBC News
Microsoft wrongly made automated requests for pages on the BBC website to be removed from Google due to "copyright infringements". The system also mistakenly requested the removal of content created by CNN, Wikipedia and the US government.

BBC News

Foxconn Denies Strike; Apple Addresses Purple Flare; Facebook Like-a-Hug Vest
PC Magazine
By Angela Moscaritolo Didn't have time to check out the tech headlines over the weekend? Here's what you missed. Foxconn denied that workers at its Zhengzhou factory went on strike last week. The report emerged after a labor rights group said workers ...

iPad Mini screen protector already being sold by Zagg
CNET
Apple has yet to confirm plans for a small tablet, yet Zagg is offering to protect its screen for $24.99. by Lance Whitney The much-rumored iPad Mini may not be here yet, but screen accessories are already popping up. Known for its mobile device cases ...

HTC misses targets yet again
CNET
by Zack Whittaker HTC's third-quarter earnings paints a dire picture for the phone maker's ongoing profits, as the Taiwanese giant once again performs below analyst expectations and company forecasts. The world's fifth largest smartphone maker said ...

Why like someone on Facebook when you can hug them
Telegraph.co.uk
Designers have come up with a jacket that actively gives you a cuddle when someone says they like you on the social network site. The "Like-A-Hug" jacket inflates when someone clicks on the "Like" button putting a little more reality into virtual ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Unpredictable Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Space.com
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor A meteor shower spawned by the remains of a comet will be at its best tonight, but whether the "shooting star" display will peak as amazing celestial fireworks or a cosmic fizzle remains to be seen.

5 Reasons to Scrap Our Patent System: #1. Apple's Siri
Forbes
The Apple (AAPL) iPhone features a flawed voice recognition service, Siri. And the patent battle that wiped out its inventor and his three decades of work is a great example of why America's current patent system needs a revamp.

Your next diet, fitness, & sleep coach will probably be a wearable gadget like ...
VentureBeat
Lark, the startup that makes those nifty sleep-tracking, insomnia-curing wristbands, has just taken its product a step farther. Today, the company launched a new wristband that brings diet and exercise into the biometic fold. Called larklife, the new ...

VentureBeat

Why the iPod (yes, the iPod) still matters
Fortune
Yes, the iPod plays a pivotal role in Apple's turnaround story. But there is another reason it still matters to the juggernaut's fortunes. By Don Reisinger, contributor Early iPhone prototypes show the influence of the iPod mini.

Coyotes may soon be hanging out in your backyard
CNN (blog)
Those creatures had Dorothy worried on the yellow brick road in "The Wizard of Oz" – and now you may need to worry about seeing them and other large carnivores in your backyard, an Ohio State University researcher says. OK, there shouldn't be any ...

World of Warcraft cities hacked
BBC News
Hackers have massacred all the virtual characters in some of online adventure game World of Warcraft's major cities. They appear to have created a character able to destroy those of other players and those controlled by the game.

BBC News

Will climate change lead to more flooding?
The Guardian
Because warmer air can hold more water, climate change will give the potential for stronger rainfall events. What this means for the risk of flooding, however, will vary widely from location to location depending on local climatic changes that at ...

Lock pick disguised as dry erase marker leaves at least 4 million hotel rooms ...
New York Daily News
This is no ordinary dry erase marker. Three hackers have created a stealthy lock pick in the form of a pocket-sized marker which can spring open locks used in at least four million hotel rooms worldwide, Forbes Magazine reported.

New York Daily News

NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Prepares to Study Martian Soil
Space Daily
by Staff Writers Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for analysis. Curiosity is the centerpiece of the two-year Mars ...

Mobile Sports Report TechWatch: New Tablets from Google, Acer
Mobile Sports Report
The latest rumor, about Google anyway, is that it is preparing to release another member of its Nexus 7 tablet family. The latest is expected to have 32GB of storage, a big leap up from the 16GB that is the current maximum storage available for users.

New Chevrolet Volt App Tracks Charging Costs
Inside Line
A new Chevrolet Volt app tells owners how much it costs to charge the vehicle's battery. | October 05, 2012 | General Motors Corporation By Anita Lienert, Correspondent | Published Oct 8, 2012 OnStar is testing an app for the Chevrolet Volt that tells ...

Bidding on Einstein's 'God letter' set to start at $3 million
The Bell Jar
By Staff | October 08, 2012 Bidding on Albert Einstein's “God letter” will begin on Columbus Day and end next Wednesday. According to an information sheet on the letter, bidding will start at $3 million dollars. Four years earlier, Fox News reports, ...

The Bell Jar

Motorola kills Android Webtop
SlashGear
Motorola has axed development of its Webtop system, claiming underwhelming sales means further investment in the idea of using a smartphone as the core of a desktop-replacement hub was unfeasible. Webtop, a custom feature of several recent Motorola ...

Video offers first look at Wii U menu system
Computerandvideogames.com
By Tom Ivan for CVG UK The first footage of the Wii U menu system has emerged via console demo stations in New York's Nintendo World Store. The menu system on display - which may or may not be the finished article - enables users to scroll through game ...

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg writes "Lean In"
Pursuitist
On Thursday, AllThingsD announced that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's first book, titled 'Lean In' will be released by Knopf for publish in 2013. The title, described by Kara Swisher as a full of research and data and anecdotes of the experience of ...

Microsoft may surprise music fans with October launch
TechHive
Microsoft took a lot of the sizzle out of its scheduled product launches in October by announcing the products months before consumers could get their hands on primetime versions of them. However, Redmond may be playing a surprise card when it rolls ...

TechHive

Laser Attacks on Pilots Prompt FBI to Create Nationwide Crackdown
ticklethewire.com
To crackdown on the increasing number of people pointing at pilots, the FBI has created a national Anti-Laser Attack Task Force, Gizmodo.com reports. Since 2005, so-called laser attacks, which can temporarily blind a pilot, are up 10 fold, ...

ticklethewire.com

Stars spotted dancing superfast tango around black hole handbag
Register
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Astroboffins have found a star whipping around our galaxy's central supermassive black hole so fast that it completes a circuit in just 11.5 years, which could help test Albert Einstein's theory of ...

Nokia Transport 2.3 beta released, adds prioritized transit and glanceable icons
The Verge
By Ben Kersey on October 8, 2012 08:14 am @ben_kersey 8Comments Nokia has introduced a new beta version of its Transport app for Windows Phone. Version 2.3 of the app includes prioritized transport, with public transit pushed to the top of destination ...

Ford C-Max Tries To Prey On Weaker Member of Prius Family
Forbes
Ford has launched a daring first TV-advertising campaign for its 2013 C-Max hybrid, aimed right at the Toyota Prius franchise. But it might be even more clever than it is daring. C-Max is Ford's all-new (to the US) electrification nameplate.

Forbes

T-Mobile Selling iPhone 5 Friendly Nano-Sims As Company Continues to Target ...
Dslreports
While T-Mobile didn't get the iPhone 5, they're pulling out all the stops to ensure that the damage caused by that fact will be minimal. The carrier has stated they're pushing out HSPA+ in the 1900 MHz band so unlocked iPhones can use their faster ...

PhoneFactor Acquisition Enhances Security of Microsoft Applications with Multi ...
InfoQ.com
Microsoft has announced that it has acquired PhoneFactor, which is a suite of phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods to secure account logins and financial transactions. Moreover, it also protects data in SharePoint and file servers ...

Comet flyby to dazzle sky watchers
Stuff.co.nz
A newly discovered comet has set the astronomy world abuzz, as star gazers anticipate a spectacular once-in-a-lifetime display when it passes Earth next year. The C/2012 S1 (ISON) comet is heading in our direction, and scientists are expecting it will ...

The next big Facebook
Gadget
Facebook has hit the billion mark, but it's not game over, as MySpace makes a comeback, Pinterest grabs a niche and, in Africa, Mxit makes a new play, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK. Facebook reached the milestone of one billion users last week, ...

Gadget

Deep-sea worm recalls Star Wars favourite
Register
By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author A deep-ocean research mission along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge has yielded up an oddity: an invertebrate that called to mind the venerable Jedi, Yoda. Yoda purpurata – that is, purple Yoda – is one of three ...

3M launches Streaming Projector with Roku integration
Expert Reviews
3M has announced the launch of its Streaming Projector, a compact device with access to streaming video through a partnership with specialist Roku. Designed to fit in a pocket, the 3M Streaming Projector includes an integrated battery capable of ...

Expert Reviews

Austrian to attempt skydive from space
The Guardian
If the wind blowing across the New Mexican desert drops, a 43-year-old Austrian man will step out of a small silver capsule on Tuesday and attempt to make history. If all goes to plan, Felix Baumgartner will jump from the largest helium-filled balloon ...

The Guardian

3 quick tips for Pokémon Dream Radar
VentureBeat
If you're a fan of the Pokémon franchise, chances are you're far more excited to dig into the new Pokémon Black and White 2 for the DS than Pokémon Dream Radar, a downloadable game for 3DS. But if you're serious about getting the most out of your ...

VentureBeat

Facebook, It's Like A Chair [Video]
Social News Daily
By Dan Evon How would you describe Facebook? The social network recently compared itself to chairs, doorbells, planes, and bridges in its first ad to celebrate its one billionth user. The ad, which was created by American agency Wieden + Kennedy, ...

Engadget UK Giveaway: win a Samsung Galaxy Note II courtesy of MobiCity
Engadget
By James Trew posted Oct 8th 2012 6:00AM Samsung's Galaxy Note II is one of the biggest phones this year, both figuratively, and literally. The OG Note stretched palms when it arrived last 12 months ago, with its 5.3-inch display, and it proved so ...

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