Guns, grenades and iPads for Singapore soldiers
New recruits to Singapore's military, air force and navy are to get a new standard-issue item of equipment besides their rifle -- the iPad.
View ArticleReview: Newest Apple Mountain Lion OS adds nifty features
Macintosh users have been waiting for a year to get their hands on Apple's newest big cat - the operating system called Mountain Lion, or the more boring Mac OS 10.8.
View ArticleDisaster is just a click away
A Kansas State University computer scientist and psychologist are developing improved security warning messages that prompt users to go with their gut when it comes to making a decision online.
View ArticleForensics: A call for evidence
Many people today rely heavily on instant messaging services such as AIM, Windows Live Messenger and Google Talk for communications, and an increasing number of users are accessing these online chat...
View ArticleNovel Blackberry alerts for Philippine disasters
A Philippine charity said Monday it had launched a novel early warning system for disaster-prone areas using Blackberry devices and laptops.
View ArticleMicrosoft to power Toyota cars on Internet highway
Microsoft and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) on Wednesday announced they will work together to infuse the Japanese auto maker's cars with digital capabilities hosted in the Internet "cloud."
View ArticleUS anti-trust oversight of Microsoft ends Thursday
Justice Department oversight of Microsoft is ending on Thursday, more than a decade after the US authorities filed an historic anti-trust lawsuit against the US software giant.
View ArticleCanadians using smartphones for everything but talking
A boom in smartphone sales is changing how Canadians interact with each other as these devices are increasingly used for anything but talking to people, according to a survey Thursday.
View ArticleMicrosoft takes Office into the 'cloud' (Update)
Microsoft took its Office software into the Internet "cloud" on Tuesday, moving the suite of popular business tools online amid budding competition from Google's Web-based products.
View ArticleGermany warns of Apple software security hole
Germany's IT security agency says the software running Apple's iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch has "critical weaknesses."
View ArticleChina's Alibaba to launch mobile operating system
China's leading e-commerce company Alibaba said Friday it will launch a mobile operating system, joining industry giants Google and Apple in providing software for smartphones.
View ArticleSamsung Series 5 Chromebook irons out kinks
Consumers shopping for a PC have a new choice: laptops running Google's Chrome OS operating system.
View ArticleResearchers develop prototype to detect fake websites
(PhysOrg.com) -- Do you go online to pay bills, shop, transfer funds, sign up for classes, send email or instant messages or search for medical information? If so, then this pertains to you.
View ArticleTexting, grand theft auto style; alarms pose risk
Texting and driving don't go well together - though not in the way you might think.
View ArticleBug forces Google to pull Gmail app
Google unveiled an email application for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on Wednesday but was forced to pull it just hours later because of a bug.
View ArticleStaggering surge in Android gadget viruses: Juniper
The arsenal of malicious code aimed at Android-powered gadgets has grown exponentially, with criminals hiding viruses in applications people download to devices, according to Juniper Networks.
View ArticleHigh-tech devices leave users vulnerable to spies
"You could now listen in 100 percent completely undetected" - that's the promise one company makes on its website to anyone who wants to eavesdrop on someone else's cellphone.
View ArticleTwitter unveils self-service advertising system
(AP) -- Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.
View ArticleNYTimes leads group defense in mobile patent suit
The New York Times Co. is girding for a legal battle that many larger organizations have avoided. The Times is leading the defense of a diverse group of companies that use technology they assumed was...
View ArticleLmod: The 'secret sauce' behind module management at TACC
Modules "set the table" for users of high performance computing system by loading the packages each user needs. Lmod, developed at TACC, protects users so they can't load mismatched compilers,...
View ArticleBrief Facebook outage after infrastructure change
Facebook was unreachable briefly after the social network made a change to part of its infrastructure dealing with routing traffic to its online address.
View ArticleNielsen taps Twitter for TV show buzz
Nielsen on Monday announced a deal to tap into Twitter to gauge how much online buzz is being generated by television shows instead of simply focusing on numbers of viewers for programs.
View ArticleChina satellite navigation starts services to Asia
(AP)—A Chinese satellite navigation network created to eventually compete with America's Global Positioning System has started offering services to Asian users outside the country.
View ArticleReview: Microsoft email better, not revolutionary (Update)
Longtime users of Hotmail, MSN and other Microsoft email services will start noticing a big change: When they sign in to check messages, they'll be sent to a new service called Outlook.com.
View ArticleBluebox Security reveals Android vulnerability in run up to Blackhat convention
(Phys.org) —Mobile security startup Bluebox Security has revealed via a post on its website a vulnerability in smartphones running the Android operating system. The vulnerability, they say could allow...
View ArticleEye-tracking could outshine passwords if made user-friendly
(Phys.org) —It's a wonder we still put up with passwords. We forget our highly secretive combinations, so we frequently have them reset and sent to our cellphones and alternative email addresses. We...
View ArticleWireless devices go battery-free with new communication technique
(Phys.org) —We might be one step closer to an Internet-of-things reality. University of Washington engineers have created a new wireless communication system that allows devices to interact with each...
View ArticleTwitter buys data analytics partner Gnip
Twitter says it has bought its data partner Gnip, which provides analysis of the more than 500 million tweets its users share each day—to advertisers, academic institutions, politicians and other...
View ArticleTalking to your car can be dangerous, studies say
Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse instead of better.
View ArticleNew untraceable text-messaging system comes with statistical guarantees
Anonymity networks, which sit on top of the public Internet, are designed to conceal people's Web-browsing habits from prying eyes. The most popular of these, Tor, has been around for more than a...
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