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Inexpensive 'nano-camera' can operate at the speed of light

Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)

A $500 "nano-camera" that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab. The three-dimensional camera, which was pres...

Snapchat finds its niche with disappearing messages

Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)

For 13-year-old Coral Fairchild, Snapchat trumps old-style text messaging as the way to socialize with friends in the mobile Internet age. The northern Californ...

Motorola low-cost smartphone hits US early

Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)

Motorola's smartphone aimed at cost-conscious consumers hit the US market ahead of schedule on Tuesday, in time for the key holiday season. The Moto G was made ...

Yahoo pushes further into news with 'global anchor'

Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)

Yahoo made a fresh move Monday to expand as a media group, naming a star "global anchor" to be the face of its digital news brand. The California Internet giant...

Chinese smartphone maker ZTE said working on smartwatch

Nov 25, 2013 (UPI)

Chinese smartphone maker ZTE will join the rush of companies making a smartwatch and bring out its own low-cost version, The Wall Street Journal reported. Expec...

iPhone maker Foxconn invests $40 million in US

Nov 22, 2013 (AFP)

Taiwan's Foxconn, the maker of iPhones, iPads and other electronics in China, said Thursday it would invest $40 million in the United States to ramp up manufact...

Xbox One makes hot debut as console war revs up

Nov 22, 2013 (AFP)

Gamers in more than a dozen countries started snapping up new-generation Xbox One consoles Friday as Microsoft battled Sony to be at the heart of Internet age h...

Founder faces tough battle on return to Taiwan's Acer

Nov 22, 2013 (AFP)

The founder of Taiwanese personal computer maker Acer has returned as its head to help turn around the firm's fortunes but analysts warn it has a tough fight in...

Nokia shareholders approve mobile phone sale to Microsoft

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Nokia shareholders voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favour of selling the company's mobile business to US software giant Microsoft in an attempt to reinvent the ...

Bitcoin supporters defend cyber currency at US Senate

Nov 19, 2013 (AFP)

Bitcoin supporters told a US Senate hearing Monday the virtual currency unit should not be viewed negatively by authorities despite its links to crime. The curr...

SciTchTalk: FCC, wireless carriers in tussle over locked phones

Nov 17, 2013 (UPI)

Last week the head of the Federal Communications Commission held a regulatory (and metaphorical) gun to the head of American wireless providers, telling them to...

Facebook: ad policy unchanged, users in control

Nov 15, 2013 (AFP)

Facebook said Friday that ads on the social network featuring user endorsements and pictures were nothing new, and that members remain in control of their own c...

Amazon enters original TV fray with 'Alpha House'

Nov 15, 2013 (AFP)

Online retail giant Amazon jumped on the original Internet TV programming bandwagon Friday with a character-driven political sitcom created by the man behind th...

Gamers snap up first deliveries of PS4 game console

Nov 15, 2013 (AFP)

The wait nearly over, Casey Karch was ready to get his hands on one of the first PlayStation 4 game consoles set to be released Friday. Karch, a resident of the...

Brazil pushes legislation for control over Google, other IT firms

Nov 14, 2013 (UPI)

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is pushing legislation to give the government greater control over data processed by Google, Microsoft and other IT giants. T...

Apple, Samsung earn all smartphone profits, and more

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

Apple and Samsung are grabbing virtually all the profits in the red-hot smartphone market while most other makers are losing money, an analyst said Thursday. "W...

'Super Wi-Fi' heading for US campuses

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

So-called "Super Wi-Fi," a new kind of wireless broadband, got a boost Thursday with the announcement that the technology would become available to hundreds of ...

Sony aims at gamers with new PlayStation 4 console

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

Sony unleashes its powerful new PlayStation 4 video game console on Friday, seeking to win over consumers with immersive, realistic game worlds and easy online ...

Google prevails in long-running book digitization case

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

A US judge Thursday threw out a long-running challenge to Google's massive book-scanning project in a decision that could transform copyright law in the digital...

Judge dismisses challenge to Google book digitization

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

A US judge Thursday dismissed a long-running lawsuit challenging Google's huge book digitization project, ruling that the scanning of millions of books is not c...