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Galaxy becomes competitor to iPadGalaxy becomes competitor to iPad
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iPod nano has multi-touch interfaceiPod nano has multi-touch interface
Apple has come up with a new iPod nano with a multi-touch...
Australian found guilty of sex crimes on underage girls
A man in Melbourne who admitted coercing underage girls he met on the internet to have sex with him was found guilty Friday of committing at least 26 sex...
Laser-based missile defense for helicopters on the anvil
A new laser technology being developed at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc. will protect helicopters in combat from enemy...
Bangalore software engineer designs computer software for illiterates
Indrani Medhi, a software engineer, has designed a software that permits illiterate people to access a computer...
China's monopoly on 17 key elements sets stage for supply crisis in US
China's monopoly on the global supply of elements critical for production of computer hard disc drives, hybrid-electric cars, military weapons, and other key products - and its increasingly strict limits on exports - is setting the stage for a crisis in the United...
Submarines to employ new nanotube technology for sonar and stealth
Submarines need to probe ocean depths, and that too without being visible to enemies at times - both properties that they can now implement using new nanotube...
New tech improves voice clarity on mobile phones
A technology that improves voice clarity on mobile phones by filtering out unwanted sounds is on...
UV sensor that measures 'hidden' origins of space weather
A physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has helped NASA scientists observe a "hidden" layer of the Sun where violent space weather can originate, by positioning a crucial UV sensor inside a space-borne...
China's new computer does 1,000 trillion jobs per second
China has installed the country's first domestically-made supercomputer capable of doing 1,000 trillion operations per...
Eset Readies Mobile Security Software for Some Smartphone Operating Systems
Originally published September 3, 2010 at midnight, updated September 1, 2010 at 2:11 p.m. I must begin with a confession: It’s been awhile since I sat down with Eset CEO Anton Zajac to get an...
NCAA Football Preview - Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
By Gregg Xenakes, Associate College Football Editor Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - 2009 SEASON IN REVIEW: The Bulldogs entered the 2009 season with promise and optimism under head coach Derek...
IT Consulting Firm Southeast Computer Solutions Will Donate a Portion of Sales to United Way of Miami this Fall in Recognition of 'National Preparedness Month'
www.southeastcomputers.com/ ), a Miami-based IT consulting and business software firm, announced today it will donate $100 for every new purchase of its Disaster Recovery Services (through October...
DataCert Receives Top Honor for Legal Technology Implementation of the Year
DataCert, Inc ., the leading global provider of software and services for the legal industry, has been named winner of the Technology Implementation of the Year award from...
Apple, Google to Clash in Music Space by Christmas
is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry...
OESF Unveils SDK for Android-based Application Delivery Systems
Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF) demonstrated "Market Place SDK," a software development kit (SDK) to develop delivery and billing systems for applications software for the Android platform,...
3Par's Venture Backers Win Big By Holding Shares
3Par’s earliest and biggest venture investors, Menlo Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners and Mayfield Fund reaped a combined $560 million windfall by holding onto shares acquired near the...
Tablet PCs take on the iPad
Toshiba's UK business manager says its tablet PC was developed to complement trends in media usage. The Folio 100 has been unveiled at the IFA technology show in Berlin. It is in direct...
Portable video 'is the future'
Toshiba's UK business manager says its tablet PC was developed to complement trends in media usage. The Folio 100 has been unveiled at the IFA technology show in Berlin. It is in direct...
Aerospace research to save lives
Research projects at a newly-opened Brisbane aerospace centre could save lives by preventing mid-air collisions and see pilotless aircraft fighting bushfires, experts say.The Australian Research...
Christina Romer's White House days ending
. "The only misstep was in the original baseline forecast back in December 2008." DeLong was referring to Romer's initial prediction that unemployment would top out at 8 percent, which Romer...
US man enters plea in Internet sex assault case
A Phoenix man accused of sexually assaulting his unconscious girlfriend and broadcasting the attack live on the Internet has pleaded guilty to three charges.Twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Richard Hock...
Two-year college computer system rebid
MONTGOMERY — A centralized computer system for the Department of Postsecondary Education and the state’s two-year colleges and universities was rebid and now awaits analysis and a...
Overcome 5 common Windows problems
Computers are a big part of our daily lives. But as software and hardware improves, the old annoyances seem to remain. You encounter error messages. Windows slows down for no apparent reason. And...
Families crack mysteries together in 'Guilty Party'
If your family enjoys playing the board game Clue, they will love Guilty Party, the new whodunit from Disney Interactive. Instead of gathering around the kitchen table for an evening of sleuthing,...
2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Adds SuperCrew Option, More Technology, Towing, Standard 6.2-Liter Engine
Ford F-150 SVT Raptor again is raising the bar for high-speed off-road performance trucks by adding a SuperCrew option and more standard power and towing capability for...
HealthKey: New use of technology shines light on strangulation
Angela Primeau, a forensic nurse examiner at Mercy Medical Center, shows off the Spex forensics handscope, which uses light of different wavelengths to reveal bruising in domestic violence...
Hotmail suffers hours-long outage on Thursday
(09-02) 16:42 PDT -- A technical problem has kept an undetermined number of Windows Live Hotmail users locked out of their e-mail accounts for hours on Thursday. The problem, which started at...
Review: 'Machete' a dull ride with gore
So here is "Machete," director Robert Rodriguez's full-length expansion of his own fake trailer for a '70s-style exploitation movie that appeared with "Grindhouse" in 2007. If you've seen that,...
Court won't force state to defend Prop. 8
(09-02) 16:04 PDT SACRAMENTO -- The outlook for the legal defense of Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, grew cloudier Thursday as a state appellate court refused to order Gov....
Shanghai takes lead in LED technology
Visitors are captivated by the State Grid Pavilion's Magic Box, which uses 112 LED panels to create a visual illusion for visitors. (Photo: China...
Dell's enterprise challenge remains after 3Par
Dell, which launched the bidding contest for 3Par Inc. on Aug. 16, conceded defeat Thursday and said it won't match the latest offer from its archrival, Hewlett-Packard...
HP vs Dell: the showdown that ended in spectacle
3Par, which was founded 11 years ago by former Sun Microsystems managers, was seen as a takeover candidate well before Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. started bidding on it in mid-August. The...
After losing 3Par, Dell's enterprise challenge remains a mix of technology and time
SEATTLE - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure...
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a global leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions, will be presenting at the following investor...
New high-tech ambulance in the Pattonville Fire Protection District
-- It's one of the first ambulances of its kind and its part of Pattonville's Fire Protection District. The department rolled out the new ambulance this morning. What makes it so different is its...
Ariz. man enters plea in Internet sex assault case
A Phoenix man accused of sexually assaulting his unconscious girlfriend and broadcasting the attack live on the Internet has pleaded guilty to three charges.</p><p>Twenty-two-year-old...
Guyana pledges free Internet to remote Amerindians
Thousands of Amerindians living with few amenities deep in Guyana's Amazon jungle will soon have free access to computers and the Internet, officials say.Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo said...
Switching from software to wind
(MONEY Magazine) -- Jim Maguire describes himself as being ahead of his time, and he's hardly bragging. In 2002, Maguire -- who managed software projects for large companies -- was consulting in...
Meet the Tech Pioneers of 2011
Scribd , an online document-sharing site that makes it easy for anyone to publish original work on the Web and reach a global readership. Scribd is one of the 31 companies named Sept. 1 as 2011...
Help for Lost Cell Phones
Certain technology products are unintentionally irritating. The Zomm and Phone Halo—two new gadgets aimed at preventing you from losing your cell phone—are irritating by design. With some...
Video lambasts Google on privacy
A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square on Thursday as a privacy group continued to hound the internet...
God not needed for creation: Hawking
Did creation need a creator?British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God behind the creation of the universe.The concept is...
NASA launches iPad application
NASA has landed on the iPad.Nearly one year after launching a free application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the US space agency has created a program for the latest device from Apple.The NASA...
Telstra reveals SouFun IPO price
this morning said it has filed for an IPO of American Depositary Shares (ADS), representing Class A ordinary shares of SouFun, with the US Securities and Exchange."It is currently anticipated...
Samsung, Toshiba unveil 'iPad killers'
COMPETITION to Apple's highly successful iPad has hotted up -- Samsung and Toshiba will start selling tablet PCs in Australia in the fourth...
Bright ideas: S.J., PG&E flip switch on New Energy Academy, where students' studies will focus on green tech
Venture Academy became home Wednesday to the New Energy Academy, a school for green technology sponsored by Pacific Gas and Electric. Above, Orlando Ochoa, 14, from left; Raul Toledo, 15; Armando...