Friday, September 5, 2014

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Apple agrees to add alerts to iCloud

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:18 AM PDT

lawrrenceAfter denying that its iCloud security was as good as a tent flap, Apple has agreed to warn users when their privacy is being invaded.

Jobs' Mob hit the news this week after numerous beautiful celebs had their iCloud accounts hacked and naked pictures posted online. more»

Ballmer wrote the blue screen of death

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:16 AM PDT

Steve BallmerNow that he has gone, Microsoftys are telling tales about the shy and retiring former CEO Steve Ballmer.

It now appears that the much feared Blue Screen of Death was Ballmer's contribution to the Windows franchise.  Some people's writings create a sense of awe in the reader, but few can actually say that something they had written had created such anger and loathing as the blue screen of death. more»

Huawei steals Apple’s thunder

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:15 AM PDT

lightningThe Tame Apple Press is fuming that the Chinese phone  maker Huawei has managed to steal Apple's thunder by releasing a phone days before Jobs' Mob's traditional Nuremberg style rally.

Normally we do not think of a phone release as being sent as a spoiler to a rival's event, but it is clear that someone in Reuters does. more»

Nvidia sues Qualcomm and Samsung

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:14 AM PDT

nvidia-gangnam-style-330pxNvidia has sued Qualcomm and Samsung for infringing its patents on graphics processing technology.

Nvidia said Qualcomm and Samsung had used Nvidia’s patented technologies without a licence in Samsung’s mobile devices and the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge.

Nvidia said Samsung devices made with graphics technology from Qualcomm, Britain’s ARM and Imagination Technologies infringed on its patents. more»

Get your mind melded

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 02:12 AM PDT

mind-meldHumans just got a step closer to being able to think a message into someone else’s brain on the other side of the world.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Starlab Barcelona in Spain, and Axilum Robotics in Strasbourg, France have successfully achieved brain-to-brain transmission of information between humans. more»

Microsoft shows off three smartphones

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:49 AM PDT

skippieSoftware giant Microsoft said it has released Nokia Lumia smartphones all using the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system.

The Lumia 830 comes with a 10 megapixel PureView camera that uses Zeiss optics, comes with Office Mobile, and 15GB of free OneDrive storage.  more»

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:38 AM PDT

Dyson 360 EyeJoining a gaggle of other producers of robotic vacuum cleaners, Dyson said it will introduce its own model, dubbed the 360 Eye.

According to the company, the machine uses a 360 degree vision system to map out the room it's cleaning so that it knows where it's been and knows where to go. more»

Citrix intros tablet access app

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 07:22 AM PDT

shareconnectAn app that lets you connect Android tablets and Apple iPads to business applications and networks is being introduced by Citrix.

ShareConnect lets people access and edit files using native desktop applications on business networks.And it can use business applications that require resource intensive functions running on an enterprise network. more»

Language goes West

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:54 AM PDT

Tower of BabelOne hour translation said it has released another version of WeST – software that can localise websites for other languages.

The software works by using lines of Javascript into a site's template. It then counts the number of unique strings and gives translators an InContext interface, letting them translate directly onto the site. more»

Phablets will beat tablets

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 06:17 AM PDT

cheap-tabletsPhablets are smartphones with screen sizes between 5.5 inches and seven inches. And, according to market research company IDC, 175 million of them will ship this year, beating the 170 million portable PCs expected to ship this year.

It's a horrible word, phablet. more»

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