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Hotmail is dead as Outlook.com takes over

May 03, 2013 (AFP)

Microsoft's Hotmail, the free webmail service used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, was phased out Friday, as the US tech giant completed a r...

Tablet sales surge as consumers shun PCs: research

May 02, 2013 (AFP)

Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose small-screen devices over PCs, research f...

Shape-shifting mobile devices

May 02, 2013 (SPX)

Prototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand will be unveiled and could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the fu...

Apple raises record $17 bn in bond sale

May 01, 2013 (AFP)

Technology giant Apple confirmed Wednesday it sold $17 billion in bonds in the biggest corporate debt issue ever. The bond sale, described in documents filed wi...

Google Plus racks up followers, but not all are devoted

May 01, 2013 (AFP)

When Google launched its social networking service, Google Plus, during the summer of 2011, tens of millions of people clamoured to sign up for an account. But ...

Android fuels surge in global tablet sales: survey

May 01, 2013 (AFP)

Global sales of tablet computers surged in the first quarter of 2013, led by Android-powered devices that outpaced gains by Apple's iPads, a research firm said ...

IBM unveils 'world's smallest movie' using atoms

May 01, 2013 (AFP)

IBM scientists Wednesday unveiled what they called "the world's smallest movie," which tracks the movement of atoms magnified 100 million times. The film, "A Bo...

Facebook profit rise fueled by mobile ad growth

May 01, 2013 (AFP)

Facebook's profit in the first quarter of this year climbed as it used its grip on people's online social lives to challenge Google and Apple for revenue from m...

Zoomable keyboard could allow typing on a 'smart watch'

Apr 30, 2013 (UPI)

With rumors of so-called smart watches coming to market, U.S. researchers say they're trying to figure a way to type on the tiny screens of such devices. With A...

Alibaba buys $586 mn stake in China's Sina Weibo

Apr 30, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese online retail giant Alibaba has struck a deal to buy a $586 million stake in popular Chinese social network site Sina Weibo, raising expectations it wil...

Yahoo! chief Mayer paid $36.6 mn for six months' work

Apr 30, 2013 (AFP)

Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer hauled in $36.6 million in pay, bonuses and stock last year after just six months at the helm of the Internet firm, with some of that...

Android reigns, Windows gains in smartphones: survey

Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)

Google's Android mobile operating system extended its dominance in smartphones in the US and other major markets in early 2013, according to a survey published ...

Google pushes personal assistant on Apple devices

Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)

Google announced Monday it will offer its personal assistant app Google Now to users of Apple devices, stepping up its challenge to its rival's Siri program. "G...

China became top personal computer market in 2012: IHS

Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)

China unseated the United States last year as the top market for personal computers due to demand in rural areas where people opt for desktop machines, accordin...

Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed

Apr 29, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with colleagues at the Ecole Polytechnique in France, have conclusively identified Auge...

With wave of the hand, Carnegie Mellon researchers create touch-based interfaces

Apr 29, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. Bu...

As Google Glass appears, does personal privacy vanish?

Apr 28, 2013 (UPI)

Every jump in technology brings with it adjustments society must make and rules it must develop if the new paradigm is to be considered acceptable, and Google G...

Smartphones dethrone feature phones in market: IDC

Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)

Industry tracker IDC on Friday reported that shipments of smartphones topped those of basic mobile phones for the first time ever in the first three months of t...

Zuckerberg paid more than $2 bln at Facebook in 2012

Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)

Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg scored more than $2 billion worth of stock and $503,000 in base pay last year for running the world's leading soci...

Google boss sees autocrats' pushback against Internet

Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)

Life in authoritarian states is likely to get tougher before it gets better as their citizens gain more access to the Internet, Google's executive chairman Eric...