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Apple, Android have smartphone 'duopoly': survey
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Android and Apple smartphones captured a whopping 92 percent of global sales in the fourth quarter, giving the two systems an effective duopoly, a research firm...
China artists work up-close with old masters in Madrid
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
With brushes and paint-splotched palette, Chinese artist Yang Feiyun adds the finishing strokes to his latest work: a portrait of the moustached 17th century Sp...
Samsung to unveil Google Glass competitor; As Smartphone Sales Soar
Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)
Samsung may unveil a rival to the Google Glass wearable computer before the year is over, Korea Times reported. The newspaper, citing unnamed Samsung officials,...
Organic sensors increase light sensitivity of cameras
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) have developed a new generation of image sensors that are more sensitive to light than the conventional si...
US braces for 'six strikes' anti-piracy program
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
A new voluntary system aimed at rooting out online copyright piracy using a controversial "six strikes" system is set to be implemented by US Internet providers...
Smartphone sales exploded in 2012: surveys
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
Global smartphone sales soared in 2012, taking a huge slice of a mobile phone market that was otherwise flat, survey data showed Friday. A report by the researc...
Web inventor says governments stifling net freedom
Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)
The inventor of the World Wide Web warned Friday that government control is limiting the possibilities of the Internet, as dozens of countries and businesses si...
Apple bruised as analysts predict slower growth
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Apple took a fresh bruising on Thursday after a gloomy forecast accompanying its record quarterly profits prompted pessimism over the tech giant's slowing growt...
New York police get X-ray vision
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
The New York Police Department already has the long arm of the law. Now it gets X-ray eyes. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says officers are in the advanced stages...
Twitter launches iPhone video sharing app
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Twitter on Thursday launched Vine, a service that lets people share video snippets from iPhones or iPod touch devices. Perpetually looping videos clips up to si...
Amazon speaks for Kindle Fire with Ivona buy
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
Internet retail colossus Amazon.com on Thursday announced the purchase of a text-to-speech technology company in a move evidently aimed at ramping up the capabi...
Apple hails results but outlook knocks stock price
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
Apple shares slid about 10 percent Wednesday after the tech giant posted record profits and sales of its iPhones and iPads but offered a disappointing forecast ...
Microsoft in talks on Dell buyout: reports
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
Microsoft is in talks with private equity investors on a possible buyout of US computer giant Dell, the Wall Street Journal and cable news channel CNBC reported...
Google 2012 revenue hits $50 billion, profits up
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
Google reported Tuesday that its profit climbed and its annual revenue hit an unprecedented high last year as it evolved to stay in tune with people using smart...
Argentina clamps down on Internet shopping to stem capital flight
Jan 22, 2013 (UPI)
Argentine shoppers on the Internet are being asked to pay up to 50 percent tax on what they hoped will be bargains to escape gouging by local sellers. The gover...
Rumors of multiple iPhones from Apple
Jan 21, 2013 (UPI)
New rumors suggest Apple will bring out three new iPhone models this year, including one dubbed the "iPhone Math," tech sites say. Brightwire.com, translating s...
America archives its billions of tweets
Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)
The Library of Congress, repository of the world's largest collection of books, has set for itself the enormous task of archiving something less weighty and far...
Kim Dotcom launches successor to outlawed Megaupload
Jan 20, 2013 (AFP)
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom hailed a "massive" response Sunday to his new file-sharing service with half a million users registering within hours, a year afte...
Sci-Tech-Talk: Has Apple stumbled?
Jan 19, 2013 (UPI)
With recent reports Apple may have cut back on orders for some iPhone 5 components, rumors ran rampant of a less than healthy demand for what has to be consider...
China moviegoers show Hollywood the money
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Ten new movie screens open each day in China as the popularity of cinema soars in the country, but the appeal of Chinese films has failed to maintain the pace. ...
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