Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria Sun.com http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 30 Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc.’s board shakeup that led to the departure of Chairman Roy Bostock adds to pressure on the company to sell Asian assets valued at more than $10 billion and ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328129/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:46 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328129/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hours after NBC aired an episode of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Indian television channel Zee Cafe cut a joke featuring the Golden Temple from local ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203325412/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:43 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203325412/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. decided it would rather have a new trial against SAP AG for copyright infringement than accept a judge’s $1 billion reduction in a jury verdict it won ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328904/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:39 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328904/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Telenor ASA, the Nordic region’s largest telephone company, forecast 5 percent revenue growth this year, excluding acquisitions and currency shifts, after writedowns at ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203325413/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:36 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203325413/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s largest wireless operator, slumped the most in 21 months in Mumbai trading after unexpectedly reporting a profit decline because of lower ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328377/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:32 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328377/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Misys Plc shareholders will gain a majority stake in the company formed by a merger of the U.K. software maker with Temenos Group AG, while the Swiss rival’s chief ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328260/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:28 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328260/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- United Microelectronics Corp., the world’s second-largest contract maker of chips, said fourth- quarter profit fell 82 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323281/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:25 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323281/ A spin-off of the cult game Donkey Kong, "Dinky Kong", will take its rightful place alongside new computer software programs in a collection of trans-Tasman digital heritage.Researchers ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328912/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:57 -0500 Ninemsn http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328912/ Inconsistent speed limits on damaged sections of the Melbourne-to-Sydney rail link could pose a safety risk, a review of the network has found.The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328913/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:49 -0500 Ninemsn http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328913/ Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328909/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:03:44 -0500 Wired News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328909/ Greenpeace looks down on the tech giants of the world. But it looks down on Google the least. On Tuesday, the big-name environmental-rights outfit unveiled its annual ranking of the tech giants ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328910/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:03:41 -0500 Wired News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328910/ A new cell phone application limits distracted driving by prohibiting the ability to text or e-mail when the device is traveling more than 15 miles per hour. It can also track the mobile user's ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328902/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:54:02 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328902/ SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top television manufacturer, has seen TV sales firming up so far this year and plans to introduce cheaper TVs, as demand for lower-end ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328903/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:53:57 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328903/ (Credit: Brooke Crothers) Asia-based DigiTimes posted another in a series of articles that call for Intel to lower its chips prices. In this case, for Windows 8 gadgets. This isn't the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323512/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:54 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323512/ , continuing an expansion of the note-taking software beyond the company's own operating systems. "Mobile versions of OneNote are currently available on Windows ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323511/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:52 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323511/ Silicon Valley is experiencing a surge in job growth and wealth, outpacing the national economic recovery, according to a new report released today. Silicon Valley added 42,000 jobs last year, an ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323510/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:49 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323510/ (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) Cuban blogger and activist Yoani Sanchez was told last week for the 19th time in four years that she was not allowed to leave Cuba, according ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323514/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:48 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323514/ Amazon might expand its current member-based instant video plan and launch a standalone, subscription-based video streaming service, much like Netflix's. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323513/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:46 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323513/ iPhone controller app. Although a little clunky to set up, Hot Wheel's iNitro Speeders gives the option of using an iPhone to control its little remote control cars. The iPhone app includes ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323516/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:44 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323516/ Much as it did when launching the PEN series of Micro Four Thirds cameras, Olympus trots out another beloved film brand and updates it for the digital age. This time out, though, Olympus frames ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323515/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:40 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323515/ Google is reportedly preparing a letter to standards organizations to reassure them that it will license Motorola Mobility's patents on reasonable terms if their planned merger closes. The ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323517/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:37 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323517/ More members of Yahoo's board are following co-founder Jerry Yang out the door. Four board members at the Sunnyvale Internet giant will not stand for re-election, including embattled chairman ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328905/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:43 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328905/ The light source in Eric Kim's hands is just 6 millimeters across and, once powered up, almost blindingly bright. It's the flagship product of Kim's startup company, Soraa, which ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328906/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:35 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328906/ The flipside to the mobile revolution is that we're rapidly approaching a wireless spectrum crunch. As spiraling numbers of consumers watch video, stream music and send pictures on their smart ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328907/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:28 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328907/ Jive Software hit with quarterly loss Jive Software, a Palo Alto maker of social-networking software for businesses, had a wider net loss in its first quarterly report since selling shares to the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328908/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:30:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328908/ Teresa Rowe (foreground left to right), Kristin Orbin, Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis react with other supporters of same-sex marriage outside the James R. Browning United States Courthouse after a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323236/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:29:57 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203323236/ That's a small fraction of the record 111.3 million viewers that watched NBC's broadcast of the big game. But it was still enough to make it the most-watched single-game sports event ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328911/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:17 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203328911/ Larry Seltzer , tossed a tech-grenade over the wall today to see if he could roust the minions on a post-Super-Bowl Monday. As usual, TeamBYTE did not disappoint. Today's tech fodder: ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322635/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:44 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322635/ Approximately 466,000 jobs have been created in the U.S. by the current demand for smartphone and tablet applications, says a new study from TechNet. The research firm points out that U.S. companies ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322636/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:37 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322636/ Survey finds that 62% of agencies encourage staffers to bring their own mobile devices to work to save the agencies money. Close to half of federal employees are doing just ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322637/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:30 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322637/ National Institute of Standards and Technology's new IT Lab Director Chuck Romine says agency is focusing on big data, cloud computing, mobility, and cybersecurity in the coming ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322638/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:23 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322638/ Three-and-a-half years after Google introduced the desktop version of its Chrome Web browser, the company has finally launched a mobile version of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322639/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:16 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322639/ Security expert says Google Bouncer malware checks are a step in the right direction, but not a complete solution. Meanwhile, Google excised more fake apps from the Android ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322640/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:09 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322640/ (click image for larger view and for slideshow) The Air Mobility Command is the second Air Force unit to replace paper-based flight information manuals with tablet devices. The command, which ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322641/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:02 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322641/ SSH attack warning from ICS-CERT just the latest in a series of high-profile vulnerabilities affecting critical infrastructure of power plants, hospitals, even ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322642/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:55 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322642/ Siemens Enterprise Communications challenges market leaders Cisco, Avaya as revamped company pushes corporate networking and communications gear under OpenScape ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322643/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:48 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322643/ (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Regardless of whether the secure sockets layer (SSL) business VeriSign sold to Symantec was compromised in the 2010 security breach that came to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322644/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:41 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322644/ Hospitals still ran on mainframes when Rick Schooler, named CIO of the Year by CHIME and HIMSS, started in healthcare. Now, business analytics and rich data are keys to healthcare transformation, he ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322645/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:34 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322645/ Anonymous 'hacktivists' aim to expose what they call government and establishment hypocrisy. Take a closer look at the group, its offshoots, and its infamous ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322646/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:29 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322646/ 60,000 employees worldwide , around 4,500 of whom carry BlackBerry handsets, according to the report. In the message, employees were told, "Over the next year, we will begin expanding the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322647/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:26 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322647/ Research In Motion is clearly attempting to do some damage control at DevCon Europe, which is taking place in Amsterdam this week. Speaking to some 2,000 developers, the company revealed that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322648/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:22 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322648/ XIV Storage Systems, tuned for cloud, virtualization, big data implementations, get solid state drives to triple storage speed, plus iPhone app for remote ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322650/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:13 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322650/ Tablet mania is in high gear for 2012, and consumers are being bombarded with offerings from vendors small and large. Given the consumerization of technology, this fusillade will ultimately land on ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322651/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:11 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322651/ Enterprise social network enables international health agency workers to get immediate answers from peers, rather than waiting for the home office in D.C. to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322653/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:08 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322653/ VMware users who want to run virtualized workloads in the cloud now have 94 cloud service providers to choose from in a wide variety of worldwide ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322652/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:06 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322652/ Wolfram Alpha has been upgraded with a number of significant new capabilities that will be offered starting on Wednesday under a paid subscription program called Wolfram Alpha Pro. Company ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322654/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:03 -0500 Tech Web http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322654/ wrote about the people who are set to get rich from Facebook’s coming initial public offering of stock. The most startling was David Choe, a graffiti artist who chose Facebook stock instead of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322629/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:49:41 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322629/ It's high time IT security companies selling to consumers utilized both truth and honesty as part of clear and growing need for more transparent security ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322660/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:51 -0500 ZDNet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322660/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Four longtime Yahoo board members, including the chairman, are leaving the company.Chairman Roy Bostock announced the shakeup -- including his own departure -- in a letter ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203321659/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:13:42 -0500 CNN Money http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203321659/ Joseph Chen, founder, CEO, and chairman of Renren FORTUNE -- Joseph Chen chuckles a bit when asked what the hype surrounding Facebook's announced plans for an initial public offering means for ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203317030/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:13:40 -0500 CNN Money http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203317030/ Sheep have a greater diversity of genes than many other animals in Australia because of the way they have been bred, a new study has found.Scientists from the CSIRO say this information is good news ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322666/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:46 -0500 Ninemsn http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322666/ "China is a large potential market for Facebook," the company's filing said. Its population of 1.3 billion offers growth potential for Facebook like no other. And Facebook, which filed last week to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203317031/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:57:14 -0500 USA Today http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203317031/ Apple is embroiled in a trademark suit over ownership of the iPad name, and the battle has taken a dark turn for Cook and company. Apple might have to shell out anywhere from $38 million to $1.6 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322655/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:31 -0500 Wired News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322655/ sourcing parts suppliers for it rumored HDTV project. The next day, actual HDTV prototypes are in the hands of research labs in Canada. Such is the hurried development cycle of a product that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322657/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:27 -0500 Wired News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322657/ A recent Walmart ad for Amazon Five years ago, Amazon sold no physical merchandise of its own. Today, it sells five Kindle devices -- more, if you count models with or without advertising or 3G ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322658/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:24 -0500 Wired News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322658/ Google today began offering a beta version of its Chrome browser for Android smartphones, finally beginning the move to unify its computer, tablet, and smartphone browsers. The browser, however, is ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322669/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:05 -0500 InfoWorld http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322669/ VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to other providers. Cloud Integration Manager automates many ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322670/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:02 -0500 InfoWorld http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322670/ The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to the makers of six mobile apps used for background checks, saying the apps may violate a consumer credit protection law. The FTC ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322671/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:58 -0500 InfoWorld http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322671/ Google's Safe Browsing API was designed to spot malicious Web pages so users wouldn't get trapped in them. Google identifies these sites through its own algorithms and user notification. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322672/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:46:54 -0500 InfoWorld http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322672/ "We are disappointed that the Facebook board will not have any women members," CalSTRS corporate governance director Anne Sheehan wrote in a letter to Facebook founder and Chief Executive ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322621/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:43:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322621/ AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Next-generation software for BlackBerry's smartphones is "ready to compete", Research In Motion's new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322623/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:43:09 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322623/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Renesas Electronics Corp, Fujitsu Ltd and Panasonic Corp are in talks to merge their chip operations, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322624/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:43:03 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322624/ (Reuters) - Struggling PC chipmaker Advanced Mico Devices Inc said senior vice president and chief sales officer Emilio Ghilardi was leaving the company with immediate ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322625/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:42:57 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322625/ (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc and Coinstar's Redbox unit have formed a joint venture to sell video services aimed at competing against video rental giant Netflix ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322626/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:42:51 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322626/ iPod Touches is expected to be phased out eventually, but in a new note to developers, the company appears to want to move that process along--at least on its digital storefront. In an e-mail to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315427/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:49 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315427/ Sony gave us the Xperia Ion at CES. Could the Xperia Sola be next? With Mobile World Congress just three weeks away, rumors continue to fly about what we might see out of big players ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315429/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:44 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315429/ started right at the foundation with a different kind of LED chip inside. The Fremont, Calif.-based company tomorrow will come out of stealth mode and launch its first product, a spotlight which ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315430/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:42 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315430/ Perhaps you are aware that we conduct power consumption testing across a number of review categories. David Katzmaier started it with TV reviews ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315434/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:29 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315434/ , and boy does it lookunderwhelming. Don't get me wrong, I have no qualms with either LG or Microsoft, and I'm always excited to hear about what new phones will be sporting the Windows ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315436/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:25 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315436/ tablets are picking up the slack. In the fourth quarter of 2011, shipments in the U.K. PC market fell to 2.9 million units, a decline of 19.6 percent compared with the same period in 2010 (see ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315435/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:23 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315435/ ," the handset maker is looking at the new year with a new perspective. What should the company do to resurrect the glowing brand that helped ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315438/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:20 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315438/ (Credit: CNET/James Martin) The popular photo sharing service Path is deep in the weeds today after a blogger revealed that the company's app automatically ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315437/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:17 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315437/ posted photos from their everyday lives . Golden's imaginings run the gamut from Uncharted Drake's family vacation at the Grand Canyon to Goro from Mortal Kombat showing off his 12-pack ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315439/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:15 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315439/ . But to his credit, the Gizmodo writer made a little business problem immensely fascinating. Honan tells a story of how Instagram blew up without blowing up--that is, scaled to 15 million users ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315440/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:13 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315440/ (Credit: Raspberry Pi Foundation) Finally, a computer that costs less than a filet mignon is almost here. We first reported on the $25 (a "B" model with double the RAM and an Ethernet ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315441/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:11 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315441/ LightSquared, the hedge fund-backed company planning to build a nationwide wireless broadband network to compete with AT&T and Verizon Wireless, is asking the Federal Communications Commission ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315442/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:08 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315442/ (Credit: Canon) Canon just added three new Pixma multifunction printers to its arsenal of media devices that include Wi-Fi to match the company's 2012 point-and-shoot ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315444/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:06 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315444/ Android apps for potential malware. Once someone uploads an app, Google new service--codenamed "Bouncer"--henceforth will scan for known malware, spyware, Trojans, and any indications that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315443/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:03 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315443/ . HBO's managers had to know how it would look for the premium cable channel to invest $10 million in a company with a name like that. Not surprisingly, some media outlets are writing that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315445/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:00 -0500 Cnet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315445/ Radioactive nuclear fuel rods at Savannah River National Laboratory. White cobweb-like material appears near top of some containers. Image: U.S. Department of Energy. At ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322675/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:29:28 -0500 ABC News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322675/ The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said longtime Chairman Roy Bostock and three others board members ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203321660/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:21:46 -0500 USA Today http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203321660/ (02-07) 11:54 PST -- Walgreen Co. and CVS Caremark Corp., the biggest U.S. drugstore chains, are betting they can generate sales by answering a question few men want to ask: whether or not ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322633/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:48 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322633/ With a broad feature set aimed at enthusiasts, tilting LCD, nicely implemented filters, good performance and excellent raw photo quality, plus a price that's less burdensome than the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322632/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:42 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322632/ (02-07) 15:06 PST SACRAMENTO -- For all the reverence bestowed upon fine wine in Northern California, for all the sincerity with which it is tasted and described, few tributes have been as potent as ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322634/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322634/ (02-07) 14:23 PST LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) -- The plot seemed familiar: A hotshot Hollywood filmmaker shills for a bailed-out car industry, yet another limousine liberal going to bat for big ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315050/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:24 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315050/ Jack Donohoe from the San Francisco Department of Technology talks to a police dispatcher using the police call box on Van Ness Street. Both Police and fireboxes are dated to the late ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315049/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:17 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315049/ Two time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants walked into a luxury suit at AT&T Park on the eve of Fanfest at AT&T Park Saturday. The players and coaches talked with the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315048/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:14:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203315048/ Sony, Panasonic and Olympus have jumped in to solve that riddle, with in-between cameras that perform substantially better than a point-and-shoot but are smaller and easier to use than the big ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322665/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:03:43 -0500 USA Today http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322665/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that its net income rose 12 percent in the final quarter of 2011, as a slimmer movie slate and upbeat theme park results helped the company top ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322661/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:52:00 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322661/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322663/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:51:54 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322663/ At no point has his inner geek been more evident than on Tuesday as he mischievously - "The Secret Service is going to be mad at me about this" - helped fire an eighth-grader's award ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203317305/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:51:50 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203317305/ Groupon ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322664/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:18:01 -0500 USA Today http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203322664/ Companies including Macy's, HSN and Adidas are building large, TV-like interactive screens to give consumers experiences like these in an ever-increasing effort to bring the convenience of online ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203316190/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:23 -0500 USA Today http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203316190/ AN 83-year-old woman has become the first person to have a 3D printer-created jaw fitted.The artificial jaw was made from titanium powder, heated and built-up in layers in a 3D printer to create a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203314487/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:59 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203314487/ Those are some huge numbers. If it is hard to believe that so many people are clicking on facebook.com every day, that's because well, they aren't, exactly. Those eye-popping numbers ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203313577/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:36:37 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203313577/ employee. "The communications with the person(s) attempting to extort the payment from Symantec were part of the law enforcement investigation," company spokesman Cris Paden said, adding ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203306601/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:36:22 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203306601/