martes, 6 de marzo de 2012

Mobile User Privacy Bill of Rights

Developers need to create applications that respect these rights.

Source:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/best-practices-respect-mobile-user-bill-rights

Gigabyte intros U2442 ultrabooks P2542G gaming notebook

Gigabyte has introduced several new notebooks, including two 14-inch ultrabooks and a 15.6-inch gaming notebook. The ultrabooks include two variants, the U2442N with standard-voltage Core i5 or i7 processors, and the U2442V with ultra-low voltage Core i5 and i7 chips for improved battery life.......

Gigabyte intros U2442 ultrabooks P2542G gaming notebook

Source:
http://techtime.posterous.com/gigabyte-intros-u2442-ultrabooks-p2542g-gamin

Will Social Media Predict Super Tuesday Election Results

Analysis of Facebook, blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and more show different outcomes than traditional polls predict.

Source:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/super-tuesday-social-media-120305.html

InYourFace Can Computers Catch You Telling a Lie

Research suggests that software might be better than law-enforcement officials at detecting a lie.

But will it really work?

Source:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=automated-lie-detection

Next Wave of StartUps Going Public

The Silicon Valley's initial public offering machine is shifting to a new sweet spot: business technology companies.

While attention is on Facebook's upcoming IPO, companies like Palo Alto Networks and Splunk are gearing up for their own offerings.

Source:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203986604577255452644418264.html

Reports Raise Questions About Who Has Access To Your Facebook Profile

Gawker started a row against Facebook last month by pointing out some of the moderators it outsources work to in Morocco, India and other countries are paid $1 per day.

As Forbes points out, Gawker initially made a non-story into a story: while $1 per day is not great, it does amount to the standard minimum wage in the countries where Facebook is sending work. "One of the problems is that many people don't quite understand how poor many parts of

Source:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/reports_raise_questions_about_who_has_access_to_yo.php

lunes, 5 de marzo de 2012

Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel

The wheel seems like a primitive invention, but it actually only happened fairly recently, and was a major accomplishment.

Source:
http://www.livescience.com/18808-invention-wheel.html

Samsung Galaxy S III launch reportedly confirmed for April

The sequel to Samsungs wildly popular Galaxy S II will launch in April.

The technology giant is reportedly planning a huge campaign in the United Kingdom, one of the Galaxy S IIIs initial launch markets, and the focus of the ad blitz will be this years Summer Olympics, which will take place in London. ZDNet Korea claims to have confirmed the time frame with Cheil Worldwide, Samsungs marketing and advertising agency.

Source:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/02/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-launch-reportedly-confirmed-for-april/

Anonymous Decentralized and Uncensored FileSharing is Booming TorrentFreak

The file-sharing landscape is slowly adjusting in response to the continued push for more anti-piracy tools, the final Pirate Bay verdict, and the raids and arrests in the Megaupload case.

Faced with uncertainty and drastic changes at file-sharing sites, many users are searching for secure, private and uncensored file-sharing clients. Despite the image its name suggests, RetroShare is one such future-proof client.

Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-decentralized-and-uncensored-file-sharing-is-booming-120302/

Twist Assassin039s Creed III to be Set During American Revolution

Twist Assassin039s Creed III to be Set During American Revolution

After what's felt like a lifetime of playing Ezio's, well, entire life, Assassin's Creed is finally in for a much-requested/angrily demanded change of scenery. More specifically, the American Revolution is about to get a massive shipment of conveniently placed hay bales, which have somehow been imbued with the magical power to muffle the sound of a 170 lb or so man falling 100 feet. But we digress. So far, Ubisoft's only officially sent along a box shot of AC III's tomahawk-wielding main character making a British soldier's head revolt from the rest of his body, but�All Games Beta�has managed to...

Source:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/gaming/twist_assassins_creed_iii_be_set_during_american_revolution

Apple App Store Makes History with 25 Billion Downloads

Go ahead and pat yourself on the back if you've ever downloaded an application from Apple's App Store.

If you have, then you've contributed to Apple's crazy achievement of serving up 25 billion App Store downloads (and to Cupertino's ongoing cash cow). Apple doled out its 25 billionth App Store download sometime today and hasn't had time to...

Source:
http://hothardware.com/News/Apple-App-Store-Makes-History-with-25-Billion-Downloads/

Darpa Warns Your iPhone Is a Military Threat

There's a growing threat to the U.S. military, according to the Pentagon's premier research wing.

No, it's not Iran's nukes or China's missiles. It's the iPads, Android phones and other gadgets we all carry around with us every day.

Source:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/darpa-iphone/

domingo, 4 de marzo de 2012

Apple takes credit for over half a million US jobs

To be exact, Apple said it created or supported� approximately 514,000 U.S. jobs.

About 304,000 (47,000 at Apple) are in fields such as engineering, manufacturing, and transportation, and 210,000 are attributed to the iOS app economy.

Source:
http://9to5mac.com/2012/03/02/apple-takes-credit-for-514000-u-s-jobs/

Samsung intros webbased ChatON messaging app for browsers

Samsung has released an web-based version of its ChatON messaging utility, expanding the potential reach beyond native apps for popular smartphone platforms such as Android and iOS. Users can now switch between mobile devices and desktop browsers without breaking away from Samsung's messaging service.......

Samsung intros webbased ChatON messaging app for browsers

Source:
http://afanley.livejournal.com/1606005.html

Invisible Mercedes

When Mercedes wanted to promote its new fuel cell vehicle, instead of placing it squarely in front of everyone in the world, the company decided to make the ...

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIGzpi9lCck

Google Assistant may become semiopen equivalent to Siri

Apparent new leaks have suggested Google is developing a very broad, multi-platform alternative to Siri. So far called Assistant, the concept TechCrunch saw would translate Google's search content into a "personalization layer" that would understand the relationships between data points. A voice-based recognition engine would, like Apple's system, focus on returning a key useful result or accomplishing a task, not just pushing a raw list of results.......

Google Assistant may become semiopen equivalent to Siri

Source:
http://techtime.posterous.com/google-assistant-may-become-semi-open-equival

Photoshop CS6 New Feature Will Awesomely Fake a Shallow Depth Of Field

Here's a peek from Photoshop Product Manager Stephen Nielsen of a tool that will add blur to any image without masks, layers or depth maps.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FffZ22_o_6M

Intel Ivy Bridge said still on track for late April

Intel's own claims that its Ivy Bridge platform had been moved back to June might have been unintentionally conservative. New leaks on Saturday to Digitimes had the 22-nanometer processors shipping in late April, setting them back only by a few weeks. As expected, the initial supply would be higher-end Core i5 and i7 processors....


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Via: http://www.electronista.com

Quadrotors These aerial robots fly to a different drummer

UPenn prof shows off flying mini robots during TED2012 talk; James Bond theme like you've never heard it

Source:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/quadrotors-these-aerial-robots-fly-different-drummer

Windows 8 Consumer Preview has impressive 1M downloads in 24 hours

The interface of Microsofts forthcoming OS embraces Microsofts Metro theme already seen on the Xbox and Windows Phone 7.

It also features an app store, a la Mac, and a complete rebuild of the architecture behind the operation system.

Source:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/one-million-downloads-in-24-hours-for-the-windows-8-consumer-preview/

sábado, 3 de marzo de 2012

Smartphones autocorrect function puts high school on lockdown

A north Georgia high school and middle school went on lockdown after the autocorrect function on a student's phone changed the word "gunna" to "gunman," according to media reports.

Source:
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-smartphones-autocorrect-high-school-on-lockdown-20120229,0,2730844.story

Humanity Must Jail Dangerous AI to Avoid Doom Expert Says

Humans could stave off "Judgment Day" by building a virtual prison that keeps possibly dangerous artificial intelligence trapped.

Source:
http://www.livescience.com/18760-humans-build-virtual-prison-dangerous-ai-expert.html

Listen up Google Heres what Windows 8 can teach you about tablets

Windows 8 is certain to make a huge splash with consumers -- not just because it's the next version of Windows, but because Microsoft has finally managed to crack the code for putting Windows on tablets.

Source:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/listen-up-google-heres-what-windows-8-can-teach-you-about-tablets/

Apple May Release 8GB iPad 2 to Compete with Lower Cost Tablets

Apple May Release 8GB iPad 2 to Compete with Lower Cost Tablets

The late Steve Jobs was adamantly opposed to the idea of a 7-inch slate and called them "tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad." Due to his untimely death, Jobs never had a chance to see Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire device rapidly rise in ranks to become the world's second best selling tablet behind the iPad, but if he was alive today, would he change his stance?

Not likely. Apple hasn't skipped a beat since Jobs passed away, and while there have been rumors of a smaller sized iPad device , the Cupertino company may have found another way to compete with lower cost tablets. According to DigiTimes, Apple is expected to unveil an 8GB version of its iPad 2, which is half the amount of memory found on its entry-level 16GB iPad 2. It's expected to sell for between $350 and $400, which is still significantly more than Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet ($199...

Source:
http://afanley.livejournal.com/1604491.html

Police Censor Google Facebook and 8000 Other Sites by Accident

A human error� carried out by the police resulted in thousands of websites being completely blocked at the DNS level yesterday.

Danish visitors to around 8,000 sites including Google and Facebook were informed that the sites were being blocked by the countrys High Tech Crime Unit due to them offering child pornography, a situation which persisted for several hours.

Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/google-facebook-and-8000-other-sites-accidentally-dns-blocked-120302/

Steve Jobs Used Patents to Get Bill Gates to Make 1997 Investment In Apple Forbes

Yahoo! isn't the first Silicon Valley company to assert its patents against others.

Steve Jobs did it to Microsoft back in 1997.

Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/03/01/steve-jobs-used-patents-to-get-bill-gates-to-make-1997-investment-in-apple/

Sony releases new HSeries Cybershot cameras

Sony has introduced five new Cyber-shot model cameras to the US market, each with high optical zoom and HD video recording capability. Ranging in price from $480 to $250, the cameras are said by Sony to be ideal for travel photography and everyday snapshots or videos. The higher end models offer up to 30x optical zoom, embedded GPS and Full HD recording, while the budget models feature 16x zoom and 720p video among other features....


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Via: http://www.electronista.com

viernes, 2 de marzo de 2012

Samsung official company not doing very well in tablets

Samsung official company not doing very well in tablets

An official at Samsung was unusually candid during a media roundtable at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, admitting the obvious but rarely-spoken truth that the company's attempts to replicate its smartphone success in the tablet market had failed. "Honestly, we're not doing very well in the tablet market," product strategy executive Hankil Yoon said, but added that Samsung expects to change that this year.......

Source:
http://feeds.electronista.com/click.phdo?i=96722dd666328fa16cd00b2c519e64b1

A TED View of the Future Hypersonic Gliders Liquid Batteries and Flying Robots

This morning the TED conference brought researchers out of the lab to show off their latest gadgets -- if you can use the word "gadget" to describe collaborative flying robots.

Source:
http://allthingsd.com/20120229/a-ted-view-of-the-future-hypersonic-gliders-liquid-batteries-and-flying-robots/

Marvell intros multimode LTE and TDHSPA modems new CPU

Marvell helped kick off Mobile World Congress with a pair of important cellular chipsets and a new mobile processor to match. The PXA1802 is one of the first cellular chips that can talk both to a conventional 4G LTE base station as well as the TD-LTE used on China Mobile and some North American carriers, even up to LTE's peak 150Mbps speed. It can connect to TD-SCDMA for China Mobile smartphones, although Marvell told Electronista it could also be used for pure data on a hotspot or tablet.......

Marvell intros multimode LTE and TDHSPA modems new CPU

Source:
http://techtime.posterous.com/marvell-intros-multi-mode-lte-and-td-hspa-mod

LEGOlike Toys Help Kids Build Electronics

littleBits is developing Lego-like toys that help them understand how devices like iPads and cell phones actually work.

Source:
http://mashable.com/2012/02/29/littlebits/

13 New Features in Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 is finally ready to have its tires kicked by the masses in the Consumer Preview.

Here's what's new since the Developer Preview.

Source:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400967,00.asp

Planned Parenthood Wants You to Check In When You Have Sex

The nonprofit family-planning and sexual-health group Planned Parenthood has been much in the headlines over the past month.

Source:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2012/02/planned_parenthood_condom_chec.php

EFF Tells Supreme Court that No Means No in Wiretap Act

Yesterday, EFF and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed an amicus brief (PDF) in support of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to enforce the plain text of the Wiretap Act and its absolute prohibition against the use of illegally intercepted communications.

Source:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/eff-tells-supreme-court-no-means-no-wiretap-act

jueves, 1 de marzo de 2012

Samsung intros 101inch Galaxy Note

Samsung has expanded its Galaxy Note lineup to include a 10.1-inch tablet. The Note 10.1 integrates a 1280x800 display that appears to match the Galaxy Tab 10.1 panel, though the new model jumps from a 1GHz chip to a 1.4GHz dual-core processor to match the five-inch Note.......

Samsung intros 101inch Galaxy Note

Source:
http://afanley.livejournal.com/1601125.html

Raspberry Pi goes on sale

A 22 bare-bones computer intended to help teach people programming goes on sale for the first time.

Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17190918

Russian Moguls Plan Plant Our Brains in Robots Keep Them Alive Forever

According to a 31-year-old Russian media mogul, the U.S. militarys Avatar initiative doesnt go nearly far enough.

Hes got a massive, sci-fi-esque venture of his own that he hopes will put the Pentagons project to shame. Itskovs plan: Construct robots thatll (within 10 years, he hopes) actually store a humans mind and keep that consciousness working. Forever.

Source:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/dmitry-itskov/

Marketing Your App Find Market Weaknesses and Exploit Them

There are more smartphones in the hands of consumers than ever.

Source:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/02/as-app-downloads-increase-oppo.php

Report LightSquared to hire former Nextel head as new CEO

Report LightSquared to hire former Nextel head as new CEO

Beleagured LightSquared, the LTE data company that is facing stiff government resistance to its GPS-fouling technology for implementing wireless networks, is said to be considering hiring former Sprint chairman and Nextel CEO Timothy Donahue to head the company following the resignation of former CEO Sanjiv Ahuja. The veteran telecommunications executive could help the company fight government opposition to its high-speed network plans.......

Source:
http://afanley.livejournal.com/1601598.html

TechCrunch ASO App Store Optimization Is The New SEO And Heres A Tool To Do It

What's the hardest thing about building a successful mobile app? If you answered "building a mobile app," you're wrong.

It's getting your app found. With over 600,000+ iOS applications, and now some 450,000 on Android, the real challenge for developers is having their app surfaced higher than hundreds of other competitors in the app store search results. Doing this correctly involves ASO, or app store optimization. It's basically SEO repurposed f

Source:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/28/aso-app-store-optimization-is-the-new-seo-and-heres-a-tool-to-do-it/

Princess LeiaLike Hologram Coming Soon Discovery News

Microsoft's Holoflector uses a translucent mirror, LCD screen and Kinect to generate augmented reality graphics.

Source:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/holoflector-120229.html