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• Gartner talks up smart watches
• US confirms Chinese government behind hacks
• Apple to release two new iPads
• Radio Shack likely to close
• Malaysian IT uses forced labour
• Scientists twist to get more radio bandwidth
• Tablet sales slow down
• More women play vid games than men
• Smart watches a danger to driving
• Watson becomes a Sherlock

Gartner talks up smart watches Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:56 AM PDT The jury is still very much out on whether people will want to have a smart watch on their wrists, but a report from Gartner appears to favour the "yes" rather than the "no" vote. Gartner's notion is that Chinese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) will drive the price of smart watches down – with Android devices averaging $150 a throw. more»

US confirms Chinese government behind hacks Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:24 AM PDT A US Senate panel has ruled that hackers associated with the Chinese government have repeatedly infiltrated the computer systems of US airlines, technology companies and other contractors involved in the movement of US troops and military equipment. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s year-long probe found the military’s US Transportation Command, or Transcom, was aware of only two out of at 20 such cyber intrusions within a single year. more»

Apple to release two new iPads Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:23 AM PDT Of course Apple itself has not announced it, it has leaked it as an official rumour to its favourite journalists who have lovingly published it. The company plans to unveil the sixth generation of its iPad and the third edition of the iPad mini, as well as its operating system OS X Yosemite.  more»

Radio Shack likely to close Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:20 AM PDT On paper, the electronics giant Radio Shack should have been one of the success stories of the electronics industry – however this week it announced its latest quarterly loss, $119.4 million, and that might mean that it is going to have to shut. more»

Malaysian IT uses forced labour Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:17 AM PDT Malaysian electronics companies are routinely using forced labour systems to get products to market, a human rights group claims. The report is the result of a two-year study funded by the US Department of Labour and undertaken by Verité, a nonprofit organisation focused on labour issues. more»

Scientists twist to get more radio bandwidth Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:16 AM PDT Scientists from three international universities have twisted again, like they did last summer, and  managed to transfer data at the speed of 32 gigabits per second. This is 30 times faster than 4G LTE wireless technology. The team, led by Alan Willner, of the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, successfully demonstrated data transmission rates of 32 gigabits per second across 2.5m of free space in his basement. more»

Tablet sales slow down Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:28 AM PDT Sales of tablets are set to slow down next year because the market is saturated with devices. So says Taiwanese market research company Market Intelligence and Consulting (MIC). MIC is a Taiwanese government quango and is in a position to know because most tablets are made in Taiwan and mainland China. more»

More women play vid games than men Posted: 17 Sep 2014 07:08 AM PDT Research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) claims more women now play video games than men. The trend is being driven by 25-44 year old women downloading trivia games and free puzzle games, the IAB said. The research, conducted by Populus, show that women account for 52 percent of people who played a video game in the last six months.  more»

Smart watches a danger to driving Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:54 AM PDT Legislation that makes it an offence to use a mobile phone while driving will also apply to the use of smart watches. That's according to the Daily Telegraph, which said today the Department for Transport confirmed using smart watches while driving will face the same sanctions as mobile phone use at the wheel. more»

Watson becomes a Sherlock Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:32 AM PDT IBM formally announced Watson Analytics and, somewhat modestly, said it was its biggest announcement in a decade in analytics. The software is a natural language based service that gives access to predictive and visual analytic tools for business. The first version of Watson Analytics includes a version of its cloud service for desktops and mobiles.  more»

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