March 2012
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US drone base a long-term plan
The Gillard Government has confirmed it is considering allowing US military surveillance drones to be based on Australian soil. Defence Minister Stephen Smith says a base on the strategically important Cocos Islands is a long-term prospect. But it’s a prospect that’s winning support from key Australian military experts. They’re also asking hard questions about Defence spending...
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New Kindle Fire App for your daily dose of...
If you’re a huge Medscape fan like I am, and you like to consume content on your Kindle Fire as much as I do, you’ll be thrilled to know that the Medscape free app is now available for your Kindle Fire.
If you’re not familiar with WebMD’s Medscape, now would be a good time to learn more about this great web resource, which is loved by physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals of...
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Robots and masks: Military gadgets displayed in UK
Transformable robots and weight-distribution backpacks are among the cutting-edge gadgets on display at a London showcase for defense science and technology. The government’s Center for Defense Enterprise on Tuesday unveiled the latest gizmos being developed by small and medium-sized companies for use by Britain’s troops. They included thin-fabric keyboards for military uniforms and...
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Mobile networks ride on small cell backhaul
In-Stat indicates a nine-fold increase from 2011 to 2015 in operator capital expenditures on small cell backhaul exceeding Rs.1.53 lakh crore ($31 billion) in 2015.
As operators invest in network capacity to satisfy consumers’ insatiable appetite for wireless broadband, operators have had to explore heterogeneous networks topologies (augmenting macrocell networks with small cells) to...
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Google Play Gets Nav Bar Visibility
What good is a retail shop without proper signage? Google Play, the digital store previously known as Android Market, should gain plenty of new shoppers—even if they’re just passersby doing a little window-shopping—thanks to new and improved visibility.
Google Play now has a coveted spot on Google’s own navigation bar, which appears atop the search giant’s home page....
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Microsoft, Nokia create $24M university app...
Microsoft and Nokia will invest up to $24 million in a new mobile application development program at Finland’s Aalto University during the next three years, with the goal of helping create applications for Windows Phone, the two companies said on Monday.
The program is called AppCampus and will kick off in May, at which time interested entrepreneurs can start applying for grants. The two...
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Report Analyzes Materials and Technologies for... →
BCC Research has been tracking the thin and thick film markets for over a decade, releasing several reports on materials, technologies and devices that are utilized to deposit these films. It witnessed the steady growth and new opportunities of these films over this period. The latest report is an updated review of BCC Research on the most significant developments in thin film technology. The...
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Latest smartphone worth the wait
Nokia’s long-talked-about collaboration with Microsoft, the Lumia 800 smartphone, has finally arrived on New Zealand shelves.
It was well worth the wait. Of the four Windows Phones I have trialled during the past 18 months the others being the HTC Trophy, the LG Optimus 7Q and the Samsung Omnia this is the fastest and the best.
It follows hot on the heels of a slightly lower-spec Lumia...
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Facebook buys 750 patents from IBM
Facebook has acquired hundreds of patents from IBM as the social networking company attempts to bolster its intellectual property portfolio in the wake of a lawsuit filed by Yahoo.
The 750 patents from IBM cover a broad range of technology, ranging from search to semiconductors, according to a person familiar with the matter. A Facebook spokeswoman said the company had no comment, and an IBM...
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Must-Have Gadgets for the Kitchen? Think Again
EVERY kitchen has one. The ingenious asparagus peeler. The automatic paper-towel dispenser. The whiz-bang electric pepper grinder.
These are the tools that Gail Simmons, a judge on the Bravo series “Top Chef” and the author of “Talking With My Mouth Full: My Life as a Professional Eater,” calls “the skeletons in the kitchen closet.” Unlike the preposterous gadgets that turn up uninvited beneath...
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Stop Facebook From Reading Your Face →
You may be one of the millions of Facebook users who are beguiled by the new Tag Suggestions tool which is powered by face recognition software. When a person’s photo is uploaded by a friend or even a stranger, the software will try to recognize that individual by comparing his or her picture with existing Facebook photos. Except for those who disable this feature, names of existing Faceboook...
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Study suggests mobile phone use during pregnancy...
While there have been – and continue to be – numerous studies examining the effects of radiation from mobile phones on users, Yale School of Medicine researchers have looked at the possible effects on fetuses of mobile phone use by pregnant mothers. According to the study, mobile phone radiation exposure in the womb can affect the brain development of offspring and potentially lead to behavioral...
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Top 10 Helpful SEO Tips for Small Business Owners
Small business owners who have just begun their SEO campaign will find that there is no end to the depth and complexity inherent in search engine optimization. Many companies try to take a do-it-yourself mentality to SEO implementation that ends with them sloppily stringing together popular search terms or stuffing keywords on contextually irrelevant web pages. Some businesses implement SEO so...
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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store →
Check out the top applications from the App Store for the iPhone and iPad.
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Virtual brain: Google making search smarter
Google says it is retooling its search machine to go beyond recognising words in queries and begin understanding what it is people are asking for.
The California-based internet titan is intent on adding “semantic” capabilities to automatically comprehend meanings of phrases and questions to better fetch the online information being sought.
“Right now, our understanding is...
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SBMT announces 2012 recipients of Pioneers in...
Today, the Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics announced the 2012 recipients of the organization’s prestigious Pioneers in Medicine, Technology, and Healthcare Policy Awards. The Society will honor each recipient at the Brain Mapping Foundation’s Gala on June 1, 2012 as part of their 9th Annual World Congress in Toronto, Canada.
This year, the Society has selected Andres...
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Military technology offers disruptive route for...
Disruptive technology can approach from an unexpected direction. One candidate that is likely to provide such a disruption in the embedded world comes from a military heritage.
Data Distribution Service, or DDS, is an open, peer-to-peer messaging protocol that uses a publish-subscribe model for communicating. It is being used to make defence systems more interoperable at the data level, and has...
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“All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the...”
– Mark Kennedy
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O2 to use old US military tech to shower the...
Technology originally developed by the US military is being deployed by O2 for a new campaign that will launch later this month.
But, says the agency behind the campaign, this is part of a wider revolution in “out-of-home” advertising that could see content accurately served to the public based on their emotional response within the next 12 months.
From 19 March, in select shopping...
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Property management goes high-tech
Assurance Properties wants to set itself apart from the pack. One among many property management companies in Park City, owner and CEO Michael Kirklen said he a plan on how to stand out: energy and security services.
“We’re out to be the best property management company in Park City,” Kirklen said. “That’s why we’re giving so much control to owners, especially...
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iPad 3's strengths and weaknesses
IPAD has new features and a price cut, writes, Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson.
After creating the tablet market in 2010, Apple will seek to lock down its leading position with a third edition of the popular tablet this week.
The company, which has sold more than 55 million iPads to date, will launch the new tablet in Australian stores on Friday, with new features and a lower price.
While experts...
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Check out the Dell XPS 13 Laptop
SYDNEY, Australia, March 13, 2012 – Dell’s highly anticipated, award-winning* XPS 13 laptop – widely acclaimed for its superb craftsmanship, thoughtful design and durability – is now available for customers in Australia. The system was first revealed in January and early buzz about the unit – which features uncompromising performance, extended battery life and Intel Rapid Start and Smart Connect...
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SEO Apps updated for The new iPad
With the release of iOS 5.1 last week, and the imminent arrival of The new iPad this week, four apps from leading Search Engine Optimisation Apps Developer Mike Irving have been updated with new features.
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Microsoft Demonstrates Vocal Translator
Experimental programs that use speech recognition to perform real-time language translations have been kicking around for years now, but Microsoft took the idea to a new level at its TechFest 2012 event last week.
Like other translators, the software developed by Microsoft Research allows you to talk to it in your native tongue and send it out the speaker of a device as another language —...
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Nokia maps fightback against cheap Android phones
Finnish group Nokia aims to revamp its feature phone offering this year and add more and cheaper Windows smartphones to fight back against the fast-rising popularity of Google’s massmarket Android phones.
“We are addressing this with our planned introductions in 2012 of smarter, competitively priced feature phones with more modern user experiences,” the company said on Thursday...
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U.S. firms partner for satcoms
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 8 (UPI) — Two U.S. companies are working together to offer Inmarsat-3, -4 and -5 bandwidth communications to potential U.S. government customers.
The collaboration is between Boeing Commercial Satellite Services, a unit of Boeing Satellite systems International, and Virginia’s Artel.
“Boeing’s collaboration with Artel reflects our commitment to assisting commercial...
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Brave new world: Smartphones a threat to US...
YOU know youre living in a brave new world when the Pentagon is more concerned about the smartphone in your pocket than biological weapons.
The Pentagon’s research department known as DARPA said that portable computing devices like the iPhone, iPads and Android phones pose a real and present danger to the US military.
“Computing, imaging and communications capabilities that, as recently as 15...
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The World’s Most Connected City
In an increasingly globalized world, more and more people are finding themselves connected to the Internet, thanks to Wi-Fi technology or Wireless Fidelity which offers convenient access to cyberspace sans messy and limiting cables. The release of Wi-Fi-ready gadgets, especially mobile devices, are slowly transforming the way people live. This lifestyle shift is further compounded by the success...
“Every day, rival nations, criminal syndicates and maybe even terrorists probe...”
– U.S. senators: No time to lose on strengthening cybersecurity | Security - CNET News (via infoneer-pulse)
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iPad 3 Predictions: Wired Handicaps Apple’s Grand... →
On March 7, Wednesday, Apple will unveil the latest Ipad in their series of super smart tablet computers. Read what the experts are predicting to be possible features and specs from the Ipad 3 (if it is indeed named, the iPad 3).
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30 Ways To Make Money Online
Do you want to make money online? Well, here are 30 of the most common ways to earn some much-needed cash online. 1. Blogging is perhaps the most popular way of making money online. It’s an attractive platform to get extra cash just by being yourself or expressing things you like. 2. PPC or a Pay Per Click program is the most commonly used method employed by bloggers in their sites. Basically,...
