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Integrated Dual-mode Active and Passive Infrared Camera Developed
Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)
High-performance infrared cameras are crucial for civilian and military applications such as night-vision goggles and search-and-rescue operations. Existing cam...
Kim Dotcom poised for return with Megaupload successor
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom will launch a new file-sharing site at his Auckland mansion on Sunday, exactly a year after armed police arrested him at the same ven...
Amazon says music catalog open to Apple users
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
Amazon said Thursday its 22-million song music catalog was now "optimized" for users of Apple devices, making it easier for iPhone owners to circumvent the iTun...
Prosecutor defends handling on Internet activist case
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
A US prosecutor at the center of a controversy over the handling of a case involving an Internet activist who committed suicide has defended the government's ac...
Knight grant boosts Wikipedia move to mobile phones
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
The group behind Wikipedia on Thursday won a $600,000 Knight Foundation grant to improve access to the communally compiled online encyclopedia from mobile phone...
Japan's Sharp in TV tie-up talks with Lenovo
Jan 17, 2013 (AFP)
Shares in struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp shot up 7.30 percent on Thursday on reports it is in talks with Chinese computer giant Lenovo Group to wor...
Schools should ditch books: New York mayor hopeful
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
New York students would ditch textbooks and be issued tablets under a proposal by a leading candidate for mayor. Christine Quinn, the current city council speak...
Outside View: Resolutions for communications policymakers
Jan 16, 2013 (UPI)
The beginning of any new year is a prime opportunity to chart a path for success in the coming months. Because we at the Digital Policy Institute think a lot ab...
Online buzz grows over US Internet activist suicide
Jan 16, 2013 (AFP)
As funeral services were held for Internet activist Aaron Swartz, the debate intensified over what some called a "draconian" US computer crime law used by alleg...
Smartphone app to help birdwatchers identify subjects of sightings
Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. birdwatchers can get help identifying a species they're observing by reaching for their smartphone, Cornell University developers of an app say. Created by...
China Internet users hit 564 million in 2012
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
China's population of Internet users grew by 50.9 million people in 2012 to 564 million, official data showed Tuesday, with mobile devices the main means of onl...
Facebook launches search engine for friends' content
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook launched a search engine Tuesday for shared content as a way to find out more about friends on the huge social network in a potential challenge to Goog...
US student could doodle way to college money
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Google on Monday launched a competition that will let a US student "doodle" his or her way to cash for college along with landing grant money to fund technology...
Samsung announces 100 mn Galaxy S smartphone sales
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Samsung Electronics said Monday that global sales of its flagship Galaxy S smartphones had topped 100 million since the first model debuted in 2010, cementing i...
Dell shares soar on talk of going private
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Dell shares soared on Monday as rumors spread that the Texas-based computer maker was exploring the option of going private with the help of equity firms. Dell ...
SciTechTalk: Smartphone OS war heats up
Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)
Reports last week of a possible smartphone running a Firefox operating system from Mozilla, developer of the Firefox Web browser, raises the question of whether...
Anger at suicide of US Internet activist
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
The death of prominent Internet freedom fighter Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26, weeks before he faced trial, sparked grief and anger Sunda...
Microsoft Threshold project likely to bring forth Windows 9
Jan 13, 2013 (UPI)
Microsoft is set to announce a new operating system in April, a U.S. tech blogger reports, seen as vital for the embattled tech company. Microsoft is set to int...
Foxconn faces another strike in China: rights group
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
Over 1,000 workers went on strike over working conditions at a plant linked to Foxconn, a rights group said Saturday, in the latest controversy to hit the Taiwa...
Smartphone touted as 'remote for your life' at CES
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
It can talk to your car, your refrigerator, water your plants and help you stay fit and healthy: the smartphone is become the consumer's remote control for life...
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