Days after Google announced it would move its search services out of China due to censorship issues, here comes the news of an attack in which Yahoo email accounts of some China-focused journalists and activists were compromised. When the affect people contacted Yahoo Technicians, one of the four was informed that his Yahoo account was [...]
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Simone Meier
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Only guesses no estimate from Analysts over iPad’s sales !
As the date of launch of Apple’s iPad draws closer, its the time for guessing the ipad’s sales as analysts shy from estimating. With the iPad, Munster is estimating first weekend sales of 200,000, a figure his rivals say is too difficult to predict. With the iPad being an untested category of computer that’s bigger [...]
Mar
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Sprint and HTC unveil their best work together: HTV EVO 4G
Sprint has finally released its long-awaited WiMax handset. The latest smartphone is a 4G device designed just for Sprint. It will be the first phone to access Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network, which just happens to be the fastest wireless data network currently available in the U.S. The handset called HTV Evo, is a feature-packed gadget [...]
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Nintendo announces launch of new 3D-capable DS handheld
Nintendo Co. announced on Tuesday in a press release, its newest portable hardware, a new version of its handheld gaming device on which users can play 3D without using special glasses. The device, temporarily called Nintendo 3DS is planned for launch in Japan in Nintendo’s next fiscal year, which ends March, 2011. The new DS [...]
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FCC national broadband plan to enhance health care
If the Federal Communications Commission has its way, a national broadband plan with 100-megabit Internet connection to 100 million U.S. homes will be available by 2020. This could likely enhance health care in remote regions.The national broadband plan includes a 25-page chapter on health care and the FCC has asked the Department of Health and [...]
Mar
22
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Quantum Technology efficient in enhancing sensor’s performance
In the last few years, manufacturers have been touting megapixels as the measure of a camera’s prowess. But the true measure of picture quality is not as much in the megapixels but in the size of the sensor used in the device and that’s exactly what the new “Quantum technology” emphasizes on. Mobile photographers could [...]
Mar
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2010
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Legal battle between YouTube and Viacom Inc. gets dirty
A 3-year long legal tussle between media conglomerate Viacom Inc. and service provider YouTube will see a new turn, as a federal judge preparing to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential details. In this legal tussle over the copyright law now, details are expected to be disclosed as both the parties are citing [...]
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Mars Express craft captures images of Phobos
The European Space Agency recently announced that the sharpest images taken of Mars’ moon, Phobos revealed features as small as 4.4 meters. The images were taken by the Mars Express spacecraft. Researchers measured the moon’s tug on Mars Express by examining shift in the frequency of radio signals beamed by the spacecraft to Earth. This was [...]
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Chinese firms worried about their future
Latest news coming from the on-going tussle between China and Google, is that, the Chinese firms involved in advertising on Google’s China search engine appealed for information on their future. They also announced that they might seek compensation for their employees or customers if Google.cn is shut down. The appeal in the name of 27 companies comes as Google might [...]
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2010
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PayPal to double its staff by year end
Scott Thompson, President, PayPal announced on Wednesday that Pay Pal has decided to double its staff in Asia to 2,000 by the year end. As reported by Thompson, Asia is their fastest growing market and so this decision comes as a part to expand their business there. He though refused to comment on recent Chinese [...]