April 2012
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iPhone 5 To Feature NFC Chip, Mobile Wallet
A recently filed patent by Apple Inc. points the way towards the inclusion of an NFC (Near Field Communications) chip in the next iPhone model, known in the popular tech press as the iPhone 5. (Although, if Apple follows the precedent it set with the new iPad, model numbers may be going out the windows for Cupertino’s flagship device.)
According to a report in the International Business Times,...
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Adobe to launch new software suite for designers
Adobe is launching the latest version of its software package for designers and Web developers.
Adobe Systems Inc. unveiled Creative Suite 6 on Monday at an event in San Francisco. CS6 includes Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs.
Unlike previous versions, which came shrink-wrapped in a box, Creative Suite 6 will be available on a monthly subscription basis as part of Adobe’s...
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20% Of Mac Computers Have Windows Malware
A top security firm has revealed that one of every five Mac computers have Windows malware on their system.
The report comes from Sophos which said in a post on its Naked Security site that “A 100,000 strong snapshot of the millions of Mac computers which have recently downloaded Sophos’s free Mac anti-virus software, revealed that 20% of Mac computers were carrying one or more instances of...
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“As the digital transition upends the industry, resistance to on-demand printing...”
– Amazon vs. Publishers: The Book Battle Continues - Businessweek (via infoneer-pulse)
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This Is How Asteroid Mining Will Work →
A group of billionaires, scientists and engineers announced what could become the most important enterprise in human history since Columbus sailed West: an asteroid-mining company called Planetary Resources. They want to jump-start a completely new industry between the Earth and the moon, one that will add trillions of dollars to the world economy and ensure our prosperity for centuries to come
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Looking Back at the 2009 Offshore Technology... →
Let us look back at what happened on 2009, on the 40th anniversary of the Offshore technology Conference.
Dan Pickering, Houston energy analyst, said that the economy is probably rebounding better than most realize except if oil demand continues to drop that the damage to the energy business will be significant. In front of the crowd, on a Thuirsady, at the final day of the conference at Reliant...
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Apple CEO slams laptop/tablet hybrids
Does Tim Cook protest too much about potential iPad rival?
When Apple CEO Tim Cook dissed the whole idea of hybrid mobile computers, he may have been showing his hand.
Cook said during a financial earnings conference call this week that consumers simply won’t be interested in buying or using a machine that is a hybrid of a laptop and a tablet.
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“I think…anything can...
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Video Conferencing Services in Australia via...
newsataustralia:
NewSat’s VSAT services provide interactive, real-time video conferencing, enhancing operations and on-site reporting from almost any location. Constraints arising from remote locations are overcome through simultaneous video conferencing connecting multiple remote sites. Through reliable, two-way remote site connectivity, NewSat’s video conferencing services deliver secure...
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Google Drive: The pros and cons
Google Drive: The pros and cons
Google’s long-awaited Dropbox competitor, Drive, is finally here and includes impressive search capabilities and good integration with other Google services including Docs and Google+. But if you just want to get some work done using a reliable file storage and sync service, Drive may not be ready for you just yet. And unless you’re an Android user, the...
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Facebook buys $550m patents from Microsoft
Microsoft, which just bought patents from AOL for $US1 billion, is now turning around and selling most of them to Facebook for $US550 million.
Facebook is buying about 650 of the 925 AOL patents and patent applications that Microsoft bought, Microsoft and Facebook said.
Facebook will also get a licence to use the rest of the AOL patents that Microsoft bought. Similarly, Microsoft will get a...
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Space-exploration startup sees natural resources...
WASHINGTON — A group of high-tech tycoons wants to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits.
The megamillion-dollar plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals like platinum and gold out of the lifeless rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. One of the company founders predicts they could have their version of a...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0: A low-cost,...
On the surface, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 appears to be little more than a low-key refresh of its six-month-old predecessor, the in-betweener Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. And while that’s true, the Tab 2’s noticeably lower cost—at $250, it dropped in price by 38 percent from the 7.0 Plus—coupled with its numerous features give it a clear advantage over leading value tablet competitors Amazon...
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Google execs back asteroid mining venture
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and billionaire co-founder Larry Page have teamed up with “Avatar” director James Cameron and other investors to back an ambitious space exploration and natural resources venture, details of which will be unveiled this week.
The fledgling company, called Planetary Resources, will be unveiled at a Tuesday news conference at the Museum of Flight...
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Wind energy blowing away nuclear power
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Wind energy supplies 3 percent of global electricity needs and will soon supply more electricity than nuclear power. In 2011, some 50 billion euros were invested in wind, leading some to say it’s cheap and creates jobs.
Wind energy is booming and it is gaining in significance worldwide. It supplies some 20 percent of electricity in Spain and Denmark as well as about 10...
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Chinese Espionage Campaign Targets U.S. Space...
China is stealing U.S. military and civilian space technology in an effort to disrupt U.S. access to intelligence, navigation and communications satellites, according to a report from the State and Defense Departments.
“China’s continuing efforts to acquire U.S. military and dual-use technologies are enabling China’s science and technology base to diminish the U.S. technological edge in areas...
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Why Don’t We Charge All Our Gadgets With Solar...
Keeping your gadgets going with power is tricky business, which is a little unusual when you consider that there’s an immense source of power constantly erupting over our heads. At a gadget level, there’s plenty of solar chargers out there, but uptake has been relatively slow — and for a very good reason. There’s certainly no shortage of solar-powered chargers for your gadgets, with everything...
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Lenovo CEO: ‘We’ve never been so close to the top’
On April 11 in Beijing, Lenovo held its fiscal 2012 pep rally with the title “Wow! Begins Now”. At the ceremony, Lenovo’s president and CEO Yang Yuanqing revealed their objective in the coming fiscal year, “Our goal is to be No.1 in global PC market. It’s the first time we’ve ever been so close to the top.”
April 1 was the first day of Lenovo’s fiscal 2012. According to a April 11 Gartner...
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In Camouflage, Android Could Power Military Apps
Android is still the smartphone platform of choice for the world’s consumers, and it may also be the ideal operating system for the world’s armies, navies, and security agencies. The versatile, open, and free operating system already has most of the necessary pieces in place to power the most sophisticated defense and government applications. The only thing Android is missing is a heavy layer of...
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China’s mysterious Internet outage; speculation...
China’s mysterious Internet outage; speculation over a ‘kill switch’
At approximately 11am local time yesterday, Internet users around China reported significant Internet blackouts. Not only were they unable to access some Chinese sites, but also many foreign Web sites that had not previously been blocked.
The issue was not isolated to China. Web users in Hong Kong and Japan also reported...
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Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial...
Oracle and Google’s Android copyright row trial begins
Oracle’s claim that Google violated several of its patents and copyrights goes to trial in a San Francisco court on Monday.
It is one of the biggest such tech lawsuits to date. Oracle is claiming about $1bn (£630m) in compensation. The Java developer claims Google’s Android system infringes intellectual property rights...
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Pardot Prioritizes SEO With Keyword and Competitor... →
Marketing automation leader Pardot has upgraded its software to include new search engine optimization (SEO) tools for small business marketers. The cloud-based system now includes features for monitoring of keywords and competitors. The data, compiled from multiple sources, is available to marketers from a dashboard within the Pardot system. The new SEO tools — which are free to Pardot...
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Microsoft opens trenchcoat, reveals 'in-memory'...
If there’s one thing scarier than the big data tsunami, tech vendors tell us, then it’s tech vendors getting left out of the big-data conversation. Microsoft is the latest software maker to crowbar itself into the debate on big data, this time claiming a place at the table on in-memory databases.
According to a blog here and flagged here, in-memory database technologies are reaching a tipping...
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HP offers its view of Cloud's future
A global elite of Cloud providers will emerge, predicts HP cloud exec Computer World: Patrick Thibodeau
Hewlett-Packard sees the Cloud computing’s Big Bang, which started with the launch of Google Apps and Amazon EC2, coming to an end and a new future about to begin.
Instead of an expanding universe of hundreds of diffuse Clouds, the world’s economy will one day...
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When Do New and Old Pages Outrank The Other? →
Google traditionally uses the date of creation or modification of documents when ranking search results. For instance, the date of creation tells Google the pace of link growth and how soon domains change server location and registrar accounts. These indicators are used to detect signs of spamming. Google also looks at the inception date of a document when processing search queries about breaking...
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Facebook offers $1b for Instragram
INSTAGRAM, an internet startup in San Francisco, has no revenue and about a dozen employees. It has not yet celebrated its second birthday. But to Facebook, it is already worth a billion dollars.
Facebook announced on Monday it would pay that much in cash and stock for Instagram, the latest big winner in an industry that seems to be more awash in money by the day.
The acquisition,...
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Apple set to launch the latest iMacs by June?
Apple seems set to introduce new iMacs in June using Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processor. A recent Digitimes report postulates both Quanta and Foxconn will be manufacturing new Ivy Bridge iMac models, with the new computers set to ship in June.
Noting a report in the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, Digitimes claims: “The new iMac is rumoured to feature an anti-glare display with Intel’s latest...
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KVH mini-VSAT Broadband Network has the largest...
Launched in late 2007, the mini-VSAT Broadband service from KVH Industries, Inc. has quickly grown to become the world’s leading maritime VSAT network, according to a new industry research report from Euroconsult, the leading international research and analysis firm specializing in the satellite and space sectors.
In “Maritime Telecom Solutions by Satellite, Global Market Analysis...
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Preparing for future Google algorithm changes
There has been a lot of talk about Google’s algorithm changes recently, and it seems most of it has leaned toward the negative. Nobody likes change (especially me with my OCD tendencies), but I think algorithm changes are a positive.
The job of the search engines: There is one main job for search engines, and that is to provide the most relevant content possible for their users. Despite...
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Technology: Nokia’s new Lumia 900 hindered by...
Once the dominant maker of smartphones, Nokia Corp. hopes to reassert itself by challenging the new top players, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
This month, the Finnish company will release the Lumia 900, its new flagship smartphone. Offered by AT&T and featuring a sleek design and large, 4.3-inch screen, the new device is clearly intended to take on the iPhone and top-of-the-line...
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Survival gadgets that would impress MacGyver →
Calling all Bear Grylls wannabes – you could try and “take on the wild” like the Chuck Norris of the outdoors, but you will probably only end up with frozen toes and a shattered ego. Instead, kit yourself out with some super-cool adventure travel products; it’s not cheating, it’s winning.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer Usage Increases
There was a popular belief last year that Microsoft Internet Explorer was slowly dying. Other browsers, in particular Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, were gradually taking users away and eroding its dominant position.
But something has happened. Explorer hasn’t only stabilized its position, it has actually started to gain users — admittedly not in huge numbers, but they come at the expense...
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BBC to offer 24 HD Olympic streams to cable and...
The BBC has announced it will make all 24 HD quality streams from the Olympic Games available to cable and satellite platforms for the duration of the games.
Sky and Freesat have both confirmed they will be taking the feeds, meaning that every sport from every venue will be available, across TV, including the Red Button, mobile, tablet, connected TV and PC. The BBC had already promised to...
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Facebook may implement 'Hate' button
Facebook may add a ‘Hate’ button next to its ‘Like’ button on the social networking site in response to Facebook studies suggesting people hate things on the internet more than they like them, TechCrunch reported.
There’s a business reason behind the possible move, too: Facebook’s S-1 filing reveals users are generating 2.7bn Likes and comments per day....
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Most Powerful Android Smartphone On The Market...
When it comes to Android smartphones, it is very rare that you can buy the best smartphone on the market and still feel the same after a couple of months. With the rapid release of high-end Android smartphones on the market, along with rumors popping up on a daily basis as to what new devices we can expect in the weeks to come, choosing an Android smartphone to tie up with for the life of your...
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Spectacular Video of Solar Tornado →
Check out this spectacular video of a solar tornado.
