Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Paris Guardian.com http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:22 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:22 -0400 30 In the last few decades, the computing industry has passed through several different eras. In the ’90s, the big tech companies were in a race for faster and more powerful computers. Then in the 2000s, the industry moved to mobile in a quest for slimmer phones with brighter screens.Now, the industry is entering the era of design.As I noted in my column this ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283315/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:31 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283315/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google’s motion to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday is the company’s latest move to control the public relations crisis that has resulted from revelations of government Internet ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283317/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:31 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283317/scat/d805653303cbbba8 For all the money it has spent, you don't hear about I.B.M. as a powerhouse of cloud computing-based services. Cloud computing is still a tiny fraction of the company's $106 billion in annual revenue. Still, I.B.M. has spent more than $4 billion acquiring cloud computing-based services in the last few years, and recently bought a big public cloud.I.B.M. apparently feels that attention ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283316/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283316/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Workers build a booth for Dish, a satellite TV provider, as they prepare for the International CES show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada January 4, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282292/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282292/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) For the past couple of months, prospective MacBook buyers, especially those looking for a slim MacBook Air, have been holding off on purchases, waiting to see what Apple had in store for ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:48 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) During Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's whirlwind Asia tour, he stopped by the offices of Samsung this week for a quick meeting with the company's president, Shin Jong Kyun. After the meeting, Shin stopped to talk to reporters and said that the two discussed potential partnerships, according ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282347/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282347/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The popular Fox-backed YouTube channel WIGS expands for broader appeal, and Google's video site is happy to be a launching pad sending sophisticated content -- and ad dollars -- ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282350/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:46 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282350/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Eunice Huthart, Jolie's body double in "Tomb Raider 2," claims that News Corp. hacked her phone and wrote stories based on information gleaned from her voice mails. This is the first U.S. claim in the hacking ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282348/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:46 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282348/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The chipmaker says its GPU technology could show up in other companies' processors for everything from smartphones to supercomputers in a couple ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282349/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282349/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © People visit the Microsoft booth at the 2013 Computex exhibition at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei June 4, 2013. REUTERS/Pichi ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281146/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281146/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © An employee rides her bike past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Christian ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281939/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:36 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281939/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LONDON - A year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country for questioning about sex crimes allegations, the WikiLeaks founder took refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.He's still there - and now says he won't emerge even if Sweden drops the case that triggered the strange ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281922/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281922/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. says its new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015.DreamWorks expects $100 million in TV revenue this year. The Glendale, Calif., company released the figures in a call with analysts Tuesday.The deal to supply Netflix Inc. with 300 hours of new TV shows over several ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281924/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281924/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple , which also reportedly bid $400 million for the company earlier this year.A billion dollars not only cements Google's lead in map search, it does so in a big way. Google has paid large sums to have cars drive around the world to give its maps information content. But Waze is doing the same thing on the cheap by having its own users do the work.Both types of systems are difficult and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:42:08 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 e-book antitrust trial (which I've been attending), I must have taken my eye off the Apple v. Samsung smartphone wars. Otherwise, how could I have missedMiyoung Kim's report Sundayout ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282144/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:03 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282144/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PARIS (Reuters) - Telecommunications gear maker Alcatel-Lucent aims to cut a billion euros in costs and focus on the IP router business and mobile broadband as part of a strategic revamp to be unveiled by its new chief executive on Wednesday, French daily Les Echos ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282146/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282146/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK (Reuters) - SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281160/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281160/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc asked the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests it receives separately from criminal requests, on First Amendment ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281159/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281159/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Inc., speaks during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecom Summit in New York May 21, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281158/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:26:51 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281158/scat/d805653303cbbba8 user-generated content . Nevertheless, there's always, inevitably, an end to the road. Naturally, sometimes this is because the land just plumb runs out. But there are a number of other reasons Google's cameras have not been able to proceed, from the natural to the man-made. The Atlantic's Alan Taylor took ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282148/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:29 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282148/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Facebook) Facebook is postponing the release of video advertisements that automatically play in News Feed, according to Ad Age. The social network wants to release the specialized units alongside new social-networking features and is now targeting an unofficial mid-October launch date, Ad ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:18pm EDT By Poornima Gupta June 18 (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co on Tuesday named Todd Bradley, the head of its largest unit, printing and personal computers, to take on the new job of improving the company's China business and extending distribution partner relationships around the world. Bradley, who was among the people considered for the chief executive post after the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282029/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:18:50 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215282029/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:29pm EDT (Corrects to remove reference to Mark Zaleski in paragraph 18) By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 (Reuters) - The online grocery start-up Webvan may have been the single most expensive flame-out of the dot-com era, blowing through more than $800 million in venture capital and IPO proceeds in just over three years before shutting its doors in 2001. Twelve years ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281174/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:29:12 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281174/scat/d805653303cbbba8 At the Reuters Tech Summit, Trulia chief executive Pete Flint says private equity investors are starting to pull back from buying U.S. real estate, while overseas buyers are coming on strong once ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281035/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:21:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281035/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279951/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:21:14 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279951/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia wants to accelerate mobile-device performance with underlying tools that enable CPUs and graphics processors to work in a coherent manner. The company released on Tuesday its CUDA 5.5 programming tools, which will for the first time support ARM CPUs used in most smartphones and tablets. The tools could bring the type of performance gains that have helped supercomputers surpass petaflops in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281036/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:33 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281036/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hundreds of organizations around the world are running unpatched, Internet-facing versions of SAP software, exposing them to data theft, APTs (advanced persistent threats), and other unpleasantness, according to security analyst Alexander Polyakov, CTO of ERPScan and founder of ZeroNights. Polyakov also said that SAP exploits are part of a thriving underground trade, particularly as organizations ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215281037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 >Editor's note: Doug Gross covers consumer technology and the Web for CNN.com. Follow his updates on Twitter or add him to your Circles on Google+.(CNN) -- Let's face it: Most of us don't e-mail, tweet, text or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But having concerns about NSA cybersnooping doesn't mean we must surrender all privacy -- what's left of it -- in our day-to-day online ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215280851/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215280851/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The company's Creative Cloud subscriber base grew to 700,000 in the second quarter, but Adobe is considering other options to woo those who don't like the monthly payment ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279995/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279995/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Search company asks to clear its name by arguing it has the First Amendment right to reveal how many Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders it receives from the U.S. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279996/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:44 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279996/scat/d805653303cbbba8 issued a Grand Challenge aimed at locating all asteroid threats to Earth and figuring out what to do about them. It seems the asteroid threat has really picked up steam lately. We've had ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279997/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279997/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NASA is looking for asteroids and wants you to join the hunt. But don't expect to be starring in a real-life version of "Armageddon" any time soon. NASA unveiled some of ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215280214/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:15:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215280214/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With the Aadhaar unique identity number at its core, the scheme is heavily dependent on banks, which in turn are relying on technology firms to implement the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215280864/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:14:38 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215280864/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © The Google logo is seen on the top of its China headquarters building behind a road surveillance camera in Beijing January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279673/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279673/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The city is teaming up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations in parks across the five boroughs. The charges will provide a free boost to dying phones and other mobile ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279040/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:38:25 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279040/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The world's largest solar boat, a catamaran called Turanor, reached New York City Monday afternoon, docking at the North Cove Marina in downtown Manhattan at about 5 p.m. New York is the boat's sixth stop in a trans-Atlantic expedition that began in March in the south of France. The boat's upper decks are covered in 5,554 square feet of solar paneling. The photovoltaic cells get ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278704/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278704/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. energy independence is seen as something of a holy grail by many economists and policy makers, and soaring shale production has heightened hopes that the United States may actually get there. But some energy watchers are questioning how much the world's largest economy can realistically produce--and whether some estimates may be too lofty.To be sure, most market watchers are true ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279832/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279832/scat/d805653303cbbba8 An Australian train safety campaign called "Dumb Ways to Die" is winning big at this week's Cannes Advertising Festival. Might such a jokey style persuade those who cannot help texting at the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278735/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:56 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278735/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Editors' note: This blog was originally published on December 6, 2012. We'll continuously update this piece up until the device's official launch; let us know if we missed any rumors ourselves. iPhone rumors are like flies at a summer picnic: they're nearly unstoppable. Collected in one batch are all ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215279834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Orlando S.) On today's show we're welcoming Dan Chiappini from GameSpot Australia along with 404 veteran Scott Stein. We'll briefly recap Scott's time down ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278737/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:54 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278737/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google's cheap laptops arrive at more stores, Microsoft offers discounted Surface tablets for schools, and AT&T tests free phone charging stations in New ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278738/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:53 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278738/scat/d805653303cbbba8 vintage computers , but we can't help but be impressed when an entire movie is redone in bricks. That would be 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," which a team of 12 Lego builders has turned into a marvelous 3D plastic diorama that includes just about every scene in the film, including a rotating tornado. The collaborators ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278739/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278739/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday launched what it said was the world's thinnest smartphone, which it hopes will take on high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung in the global market. Bidding to extend its market reach outside China, Huawei chose London to unveil its Ascend P6, which is just 6.18 millimetres thick -- the June 18 launch date reflecting the dimensions. "Our theme ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:20:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Boeing) Boeing today announced the 787-10 Dreamliner, the third (and longest) plane in the often-troubled 787 family, and an aircraft that the aviation giant said will be the most fuel-efficient in the industry. The unveiling was timed to the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week in Le Bourget, France. That show is the aviation industry's biggest event of the year, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277455/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:11:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277455/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp plans to cut about 10 billion yen ($104 million) in costs this fiscal year by reorganizing its network of television factories in Indonesia, China and Poland, the Nikkei said, citing company ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278542/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:09:12 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278542/scat/d805653303cbbba8 At the Reuters Tech Summit, Trulia chief executive Pete Flint says private equity investors are starting to pull back from buying U.S. real estate, while overseas buyers are coming on strong once ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277419/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:08:44 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277419/scat/d805653303cbbba8 If you have forgotten your iTunes ID, meaning you can't play DRM-protected music or otherwise access your account, there is an easy way to look it ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278543/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:41 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215278543/scat/d805653303cbbba8 If changes to the city's strict transportation laws are implemented, the San Francisco-based black car service gets to start sending out cars in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Once upon a time, the Ford Motor Company was a startup -- and it was burning through cash like mad. Then a gent from Chicago ponied up $850, and the first Model A was ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277489/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277489/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Huawei would consider snapping up Nokia, which could help it boost its smartphone gains in Europe and the U.S., a company executive said on Tuesday. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277487/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:38 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277487/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Lekue) Leftovers. There are always leftovers. Obviously, dealing with leftovers is a nice problem to have. With a quick peek into the fridge, yesterday's meal can quickly become today's snack. But it's getting them into the fridge that's the hard part. There are storage containers in every shape and size, yet somehow that never seems to fully save all the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277491/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:37 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277491/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Finmeccanica subsidiary showed off an exotic tiltrotor aircraft called Project Zero that's powered by lithium batteries. It flies, but project manager Jianye Zhang wouldn't say how far or how ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277490/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:36 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277490/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Virgin Mobile) Those eyeing Virgin Mobile's prepaid phones now have another Android 4.1 smartphone to choose from. Starting Tuesday, the Jelly ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277493/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:36 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277493/scat/d805653303cbbba8 flying bicycles . The latest entry in the wheeled-air-machine category comes from British company XploreAir. It's a bicycle, flying machine, and camping tent all built into one device. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277492/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:35 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277492/scat/d805653303cbbba8 June 21 . The physical keyboard-toting gadget will cost the industry standard price of $199.99. With an expertly designed typing surface that's based on BlackBerry's legendary Bold line of handsets, the Q10 features keys that are billed as 30 percent larger. In my experience with the device, I can certainly vouch that punching out messages on the keyboard is both fast and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277494/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:33 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277494/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:57pm EDT June 18 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday laid out a new proposal for Dell Inc, calling on the No. 3 PC maker to buy back 1.1 billion shares and allowing the activist to become a larger stakeholder. Icahn said in an open letter to Dell shareholders that he and Southeastern Asset Management would still seek to stop founder Michael Dell's buyout ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277579/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:57:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277579/scat/d805653303cbbba8 THE MOVE: Hewlett-Packard Co. named executive Todd Bradley to a new position in charge of the company's strategy. Bradley will work with CEO Meg Whitman to improve HP's business in China and extend relationships with important partners worldwide.LAST ROLE: Bradley was in charge of HP's PC business from 2005 to 2012, when it combined the printing and PC divisions into one unit under ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277013/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:12 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277013/scat/d805653303cbbba8 When I was born in the 1950s, nuclear power was said to be "too cheap to meter." Although few and far between, disasters at Fukushima and Chernobyl have laid waste to that claim and, for that matter, entire cities. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, herself a nuclear physicist, led the charge to eliminate her nation's nuclear power plants in the next few years based on a rational ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276227/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:13:16 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276227/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Amazon Web Services on Tuesday to make a wide range of data on products, including jet engines and gas turbines, available online so they can be analyzed. GE ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277098/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:15 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277098/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference at the New York Stock Exchange in this June 27, 2007 file ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276032/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:59:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276032/scat/d805653303cbbba8 economic impact study -- this time for Amsterdam -- once again touting that its guests stay longer and spend more. The company again threw out some big claims and while it didn't include a total figure for how much money Airbnb brings to the city, the average amounts generated per tourist were slightly ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276078/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276078/scat/d805653303cbbba8 JesterLads came up with a hilarious trick that made many people think a mysterious hooded figure was opening elevator doors with the power of the Force seen in "Star Wars." With a hidden camera rolling, unsuspecting people in the elevator think it's just another normal day, but suddenly change tune as a nearby man wearing a gray hoodie waves his hand to reopen the elevator door ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Google) Will annoying online drug pitches ever go the way of pop-up ads? Probably not. But Google revealed on Tuesday some behind-the-scenes techniques it uses ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276079/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:48 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276079/scat/d805653303cbbba8 creative marriage proposals , but we never would have thought of proposing via a language-learning app. Flavio Esposito, on the other hand, seems to like thinking outside the down-on-one-knee box. The Italian man's American girlfriend was ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277279/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215277279/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Mark Coatney/Tumblr) Tumblr Director and Media Evangelist Mark Coatney announced Tuesday in a post on his personal Tumblr that he was departing the Yahoo-owned blogging platform without another gig lined up. "I'm leaving Tumblr this month," ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276081/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:46 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215276081/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , Huawei has stuffed the Ascend P6 with "innovative features" such as a 5MP front-facing camera and a redesigned user interface, along with a super-thin casing that measures just 6.18mm ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275875/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275875/scat/d805653303cbbba8 have announced a crackdown on money laundering, tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance at the end of a two day summit in Northern Island. Proposed by UK Prime Minister David Cameron at the gathering in Lough Erne today, the curb on tax avoiders will require "shell companies", which are often used to exploit tax loopholes, to be more transparent regarding the "beneficial ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275876/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275876/scat/d805653303cbbba8 shipped 40 million handsets with quad-core processors in 2012, despite the chips being restricted to high-end smartphones. Chip vendors such as Qualcomm, Nvidia and Samsung had quad-core processors available for smartphones in 2012, but all the firms targeted high-end smartphones. Despite this, Berg Insight claims that 40 million handsets were shipped with quad-core processors in 2012. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275877/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275877/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dreamworks Animation, the studio that is home to Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar, is making its way to Germany television under a deal with a children's television ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274857/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274857/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Todd Bradley, the head of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s printing and personal computer business, has been appointed to a new position in charge of the company's strategy with a focus on China, the company said ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275703/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:06:18 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275703/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Here on planet Earth we're used to flames -- whether from a candle or campfire -- reaching upward to the sky with slender limbs hungry for oxygen and driven by rising hot air. But in space, sans our planet's strong gravitational pull, flames are more likely to take the shape of eerie fireballs. Within the flame of a regular candle wick, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275879/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:50 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275879/scat/d805653303cbbba8 selling ) curved OLED screens to go along with traditional "flat" OLED screens. Curved screens have been used in theaters for decades, and more recently in some high-end home theaters too. In a TV though, it's nothing more than a gimmick.Here's ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274611/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274611/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A physicist is gathering supporters for an ATLAS experiment Lego mini model that could put a piece of the Large Hadron Collider in the hands of Lego fans ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274610/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:48 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274610/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The satellite television provider says the lawsuit is an aim to divert attention from Sprint's failure to offer a fair deal to Clearwire ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In a Tuesday tweet , Musk said the Tesla event, which will take place at 8 p.m. PT Thursday at the company's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., will include a "live pack swap ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274614/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274614/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Pop culture today associates tweeting less with chirping birds and more with social networking and so the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) will officially recognize it in its June 2013 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275880/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:45:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215275880/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Huawei announced the Ascend P6 on Tuesday, a device that claims the title of the world's thinnest smartphone at 6.18mm thick. As well as being skinny and looking an awful lot like the iPhone 5, the Huawei Ascend P6 features a high-end 4.7in HD screen, a quad-core 1.5GHz processor and Google's Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean mobile operating system skinned with Huawei's custom Emotion ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274391/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:10:51 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274391/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google has settled an investor lawsuit that paves the way for it to issue Class C shares. Google announced its intention to issue Class C stock last year, however the Brockton Retirement Board and shareholder Philip Skidmore sued the firm, claiming that the firm's co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page engineered the stock split in order to keep control of the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274392/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:10:50 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274392/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The 90" Sharp Aquos - the LC90LE757 - is six inches bigger than the previous largest model, an 84" version from LG. Alberico Lissoni, vice-president of consumer electronics for Sharp, said the set "provides an experience so immersive, you get completely absorbed by whatever you are watching. You can sit as close as 3.5 meters and see colours burst out of the screen, with incredible ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274393/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274393/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Zapping mosquitoes with an electrified tennis racket might seem to be a surefire entrant into the World's Dumbest Ideas Hall of Fame. But the Stinger Portable Bug Zapper actually works. You swing the light plastic racket at a flying bug while holding down a switch on the handle that puts 3000 volts of electricity through the strings. The result: a satisfying pop and a sizzle and one less ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The leaders of the world's richest countries will today try to patch over glaring differences on their approach to Syria, with a G8 declaration that stops short of demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.David Cameron, the British host of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, had pushed for a communiqu that called for immediate planning for a post-Assad regime, which would take ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273498/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:38 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273498/scat/d805653303cbbba8 wire more than a dozen cities with super-fast Internet service. The attention is well deserved. People at home will be able to download entire movies in just a few seconds. Businesses will be able to shave time from online chores, build new innovative products and lift productivity. But Google ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274211/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:09 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274211/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AMZN )-not to mention a swath of other competitors-where he once worked as a software design engineer, creating complex strings of math to find the most efficient routes for shipping packages to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274395/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:09 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274395/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S.A. v. Apple . The latest McGuffin in the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Apple is an e-mail signed by Steve Jobs and addressed to Eddy Cue -- the Apple senior vice president whom the government alleges was the ringleader of a conspiracy to raise the price of e-books in 2010. The evidence was first sprung on Keith Moerer, the head of Apple's iBookstore, by Dan ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273316/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273316/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Todd Bradley steps down from HP's PC and printer unit to be replaced by Dion Weisler, a former Lenovo and Acer executive. HP is hoping the two can form an executive tag team to tackle China and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft is making a reduced-price version of its ARM-based Surface RT tablet/notebook available directly to schools and universities for two months this summer. The "Microsoft Surface for education limited-time offer" will be available between June 24 and August 31, a spokesperson said Tuesday. Under the program, Surface RTs without keyboards will go for ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273025/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:48:41 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273025/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page.Jennifer Stoddart, Canada's privacy commissioner, signed the letter. Co-signers include Europe's privacy watchdog the Article 29 Working Party and as well as the privacy commissioners of New Zealand and Australia and their ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274428/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:45:20 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274428/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Barnes & Noble moves to clear the shelves of its Nook e-reader. Is there a deal with Microsoft over digital content and a Windows RT tablet in the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274397/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:59 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274397/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: TP-Link) Believe or not, the majority of men in the U.K. rank Internet access as valuable as sex and even more important than food and shelter. That's right, 42 percent of male respondents in a new survey by broadband ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273098/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273098/scat/d805653303cbbba8 plans to develop its first ARM chip starting next year. Codenamed "Seattle," the chip is being touted by AMD as the industry's first 64-bit ARM processor from a major chipmaker. AMD said that the chip will ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 launched Amazon Birthday Gift, which allows customers to send friends electronic gift cards on their birthdays. Customers can invite mutual friends to contribute, so the gift can grow. You start the process ahead of the friend's birthday ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273099/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273099/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. HP said that top executive Todd Bradley will step down from his role as executive vice president of the Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) group to become executive vice president of Strategic Growth Initiatives, where his first order of business will be ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274307/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:27 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274307/scat/d805653303cbbba8 When firefighters enter a burning building, they usually go in blind. Smoke often shrouds their view and it can be hard to know exactly where they are, or where the fire ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274331/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:34:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274331/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Kepler space telescope may instead be entering early retirement, spending its golden years seeking out planets with a gravitational magnifying ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274330/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:34:54 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274330/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK-U.S. retail sales of video games, hardware and accessories declined 25 percent in May as demand for aging game consoles continued to fade and fewer new games launched compared with last year, according to market researcher NPD Group. NPD said late Monday that total video game sales were $386.3 million, down from $517 million in May 2012. The decline comes as and Microsoft Corp. and Sony ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273248/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:32:24 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273248/scat/d805653303cbbba8 >Editor's note: John Gaudiosi is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Gamerhub.tv video syndication network. He's covered video games for hundreds of outlets over the past 20 years and specializes in the convergence of Hollywood and games. Los Angeles (CNN) -- The annual Electronics Entertainment Expo, which wrapped up here Thursday, is all about next-generation gaming. More than 45,000 game ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283318/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:25:12 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215283318/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Francesca Trianni NEW YORK, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:24am EDT NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - New York City unveiled the first of 25 free solar charging stations for mobile phones on Tuesday, installed in response to Superstorm Sandy, which wiped out power and forced residents to walk miles to charge their phones. The Street Charge stations are New York Mayor Michael ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274255/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:24:51 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215274255/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FRANKFURT | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:18am EDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens is seeking offers from private equity firms to buy its stake in its telecoms equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), three sources familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday. Siemens, together with its partner Nokia is reviving efforts to find a buyer and has approached ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273219/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:18:05 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215273219/scat/d805653303cbbba8 at Microsoft Research claim that its Deep Neural Network (DNN) technology has helped improve the performance of Microsoft's Bing voice search. Microsoft Research is one of the leading technology research outfits and works on a wide variety of problems. The firm has been working on neural networks for several years and work presented last year has been incorporated into Bing voice search, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272820/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:20 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272820/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Huawei unveiled the Ascend P6 in London on Tuesday, a handset that it claims is the world's thinnest smartphone. Announced at a glitzy launch event in Camden town that The INQUIRER attended, the Huawei Ascend P6 measures a mere 6.18mm thick, revealing the inspiration behind the handset's name. Huawei CEO Richard Yu joked, "Some people are joking with me, and asked whether we ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272819/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:19 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272819/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BERLIN - Shares in Germany's biggest cable operator are up after Kabel Deutschland received a preliminary takeover proposal from U.S. firm Liberty Global.Kabel Deutschland confirmed Liberty Global PLC's approach Tuesday, only days after British rival Vodafone PLC said it was also in early takeover talks with the company.London-listed Liberty Global - a cable TV and Internet provider ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272564/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272564/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The I-T department has slapped a tax demand notice of Rs 27.6 crore on online travel firm MakeMyTrip for assessment year 2009-2010 but the company said it is contesting the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272821/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:48:17 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272821/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mamata Banerjee and sternly told her to "shut up and do some work", a day after she lost her cool and branded as "CPI-M people" anti-rape protestors as also rapists of a college ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272822/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:48:17 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272822/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Som Mittal says there are some provisions in the Immigration Bill that could help the industry. At the sidelines of Nasscom's Emerge Out Conclave 2013, Mittal spoke to ET ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272823/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:48:16 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272823/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Viralheat saw it, judging from the graphic they released Monday.When the social media analytics firm looked at the reactions to the news coming out of WWDC on sites suchTwitter, Facebook and Pinterest, what jumped out at them was the 35% edge Ive had over Cook in social media mentions and the 72% to 64% advantage Ive had in "positive" sentiment. The full graphic, below the fold, also ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:45:21 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215272824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 embracing cloud computing . But because of security concerns, custom requirements, and in some cases, sheer scale, a number of big organizations are doing it with a twist: They're creating their own private ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:45:13 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Sony is once again being squeezed by one of its biggest investors to split itself up by spinning off its entertainment division. Third Point hedge fund founder Daniel Loeb sent a letter on Tuesday to Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai urging him to set up a semi-independent board ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271581/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:29 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271581/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Stephen Pakbaz) Here's another accomplishment that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover can add to its resume: the Mars-trotting robot will soon become an official Lego model. Lego ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271579/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271579/scat/d805653303cbbba8 If you really want to know how many calories that exercise burned, the BodyMedia Fit easily beats other popular trackers. But being an armband, rather than wristband, isn't particularly ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271578/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:27 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271578/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the best Microsoft Office alternative you can get , especially if you need only the core elements: word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Kingsoft offers a Pro version, of course, one that includes more goodies. A one-year license normally sells for $29.95, but today only, Giveaway of the Day ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xobni , which is "inbox" spelled backwards, offers desktop and mobile apps that can automatically create an address book based on your e-mails. As such, Yahoo may be eyeing the Xobni as a natural fit for its own online mail service. And there's a common thread between the two companies, AllThingsD noted. Xobni's CEO Jeff Bonforte was previously the vice president of social ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271582/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:25 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271582/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) LG is hard at work on a new smartphone that will allow for always-on voice commands, a new report claims. The handset, which will launch in 2014, will allow users to speak commands without needing to touch the screen first, Gotta Be Mobile ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:24 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 There's no homework after camp and road trips can be very long. Those are just a couple of reasons why streaming-video service Netflix sees a 30 percent uptick in usage during ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271863/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:33 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271863/scat/d805653303cbbba8 will host a simulated cyber war next week to prepare banks, brokerages and exchanges for a large scale cyber attack. With a name reminiscent of a video game from the '90s, the cyber exercise called Quantum Dawn 2 will take part in the financial district of New York from 9am to 2:30pm on 28 June. Organised ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:44 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Oracle has announced MySQL Cluster 7.3, bringing tighter integration with MySQL 5.6 and improved support for Node.js. Oracle's stewardship of the MySQL database has led to many questioning whether the firm will continue to develop the product that sits behind many websites. However the firm announced an update to MySQL Cluster, its enterprise offering of the database, bringing support for ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:43 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 . The latest wheezes are those found in apps for smartphones. They are so-called 'freemium' apps that carry a payload of crap that costs money. Without this crap and your money, they are cut down, boring click sessions that don't go very far. But if you are prepared to add some cash into the equation and buy a diamond rainbow turd or lipstick for a virtual cow, then you get a ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MMP, which stands for Mobile Music Pump. Using it to increase the power of your music player may improve the sound quality. Of course, this is a phenomenon known to every stereo sales representative. If you want a customer to buy a particular component, play it slightly louder than those it’s being compared with. For some reason the louder one is almost always perceived as sounding better. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271348/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:59 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271348/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The PowerSnap Kit from Duracell. Duracell wants to make sure you never have to beg for a phone charger or hunt for a power outlet again. The copper-top battery maker recently introduced a charging case for ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271347/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:58 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271347/scat/d805653303cbbba8 class action lawsuit in the US for alleged violations of federal securities laws in view of its sacked CEO Phaneesh Murthy's "improper relationship" with a subordinate employee. The suit has been filed on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or acquired securities of iGate between March 14, 2012 and May 21, 2013. The New York-Based law firm, Pomerantz Grossman Hufford ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271349/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:42:15 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271349/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sony India today added two new models to its 4K TV portfolio and refreshed its Bravia line-up by unveiling 20 new television sets. The new models in Sony's 4K range have displays measuring 55-inch (KD-55X9004) and 65-inch (KD-65X9004) and are priced at Rs 3.05 lakh and Rs 4.05 lakh, respectively. The previous 4K TV that Sony unveiled cost Rs 17 lakh and had screen measuring 84-inch. These ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271350/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:42:14 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271350/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPhone or the iPad or some new device. After showing off new laptop computers and a new, cylindrical Mac Pro, Cook and other Apple executives spent the rest of their two-hour keynote address discussing the features of Apple's latest mobile operating ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271352/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:42:13 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271352/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Uber CEO and NYC taxi commish sit down for a chat in Brooklyn. FORTUNE -- On-demand car service Uber is not currently raising new venture capital funding, according to comments made by CEO Travis Kalanick last Friday at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn. It also hasn't raised any new capital since late 2011, nor have its early employees or investors sold any shares via ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271353/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:27 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271353/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Web portal company followed other major tech companies in revealing the extent of its involvement in the government's web surveillance program. Its report indicates it has had more requests ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271201/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271201/scat/d805653303cbbba8 To celebrate the latest honour for the Curiosity Mars rover - immortality in Lego - New Scientist presents the pick of space probe models from Mars and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271292/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:32:46 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271292/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sony Xperia Z in the coming weeks. The company didn't include a price, but like all other T-Mobile phones, will be eligible for a low down payment and monthly installments under its Simple Choice plan. The Xperia Z will be exclusive to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270264/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:05 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270264/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Electronics Systems Consultants) For some people, an ordinary old giant flat-screen television and Blu-ray player just aren't enough. How much would you spend for the best of the best? Some hard-core videophiles and audiophiles dump incredible amounts of cash on home theater equipment (and fancy home theaters) that can cost as much as the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270263/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:04 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270263/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The device , which is designed for customers on a budget, comes with a 3.5-inch display and runs on 3G networks. The inside is similarly budget-friendly, boasting a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor and 4GB of onboard memory. The device has just 512MB of ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270266/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:03 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270266/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon/YouTube/screenshot by CNET) Late Night host Jimmy Fallon got his chance to play with the Xbox One on his show Monday night. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270267/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270267/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The feeding fronds of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum turn out to have memory resistance - or memristance. This electronic property can be used to create the data-processing circuits at the heart of all computers. Crucially, a memristor's electrical resistance is not constant but can be set by applying different voltages so that when the current stops, it "remembers" its ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:23:13 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215271290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , and sports like rugby and cricket test match specials. Daily requests added up to around eight million, and weekly that equated to 53 million. The most popular TV shows ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270045/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:39 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270045/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The video, posted on YouTube, showed a Taurus Judge .45 Colt handgun attached to the underbelly of a custom-made carbon-fiber octocopter, with the gun operated by a remote control trigger (a set-up that is illegal in its own right, not just when attached to a drone).Although the video was created in order to advertise a range a range of protective smartphone screens by ClearPlex (the objects ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270071/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:44:59 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270071/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated those involved in the success of Tianhe-2, the world's fastest supercomputer.In a statement available on Tuesday, Xi extended greetings to all the staff who took part in the development of Tianhe-2, which has a peak performance speed of 54.9 quadrillion operations per second.Xi said the success showed that China has gained a leading place in the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:44:09 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 friends from posting photos and comments directly to your Timeline, although they can still see and comment on any photos or updates you post there yourself. To get to your account's controls, log into Facebook, click the gear-shaped icon in the top right corner of the page and select Account Settings. On the left side of the Account Settings screen, click on the "Timeline and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270046/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:38:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270046/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones.Responding to a significant increase in mobile usage of its product, Jive has developed its first native iPad application, enhanced its existing iPhone application ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:28:58 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 discovered the first definitive evidence that the Red Planet was once suited to life - but only now has the interplanetary monster truck gained the space fan's ultimate credential: immortalisation in Lego. It's the latest in a long line of Lego space kits, but this one is special because it was demanded by thousands and designed by an engineer who worked on the real Curiosity. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269985/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:28:31 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269985/scat/d805653303cbbba8 stacks of unshipped Surface RTs : The company has confirmed that it will sell the ARM-based tablet to students at a steep discount starting later this month, according ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215270047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft's console was the top-selling console for the 29th consecutive month, and total spending on its platform hit $149.8 million during the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:24:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 North Korea has pounced on the recent revelations of NSA snooping to take a few digs at the United States. Minju Joson, the country's state-run newspaper, lashed out at the U.S. in the wake of leaks from NSA ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:24:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The telecom company has installed 25 Street Charge stations in parks throughout the five boroughs of New York. The initial run marks a trial for a potential broader ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269051/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:24:44 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215269051/scat/d805653303cbbba8 enjoying celebrity status on the BBC have been fined almost a quarter of a million pounds because they cold call people about payment protection insurance (PPI). It is possible for people to claim mis-sold PPI themselves, and there is a supply of information online about how to do this. That has not stopped an aggressive industry from popping up and harassing people at home who might or might ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268809/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:49:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268809/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia has made its CUDA 5.5 release candidate supporting ARM based processors available for download. Nvidia has been aggressively pushing its CUDA programming language as a way for developers to exploit the floating point performance of its GPUs. Now the firm has announced the availability of ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268808/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:49:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268808/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A. If the Home button is acting up, there are a few troubleshooting steps for determining if this is a software or hardware issue before you proceed with any repairs. Apple's online support guides for the iPad ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268810/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:41:21 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268810/scat/d805653303cbbba8 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Sprint Nextel is suing to stop Dish Network's buyout offer for wireless data network operator Clearwire. The nation's third-largest cellphone carrier says the proposed deal violates the rights of Sprint and other Clearwire shareholders. Dish is offering to pay $4.40 per share for Clearwire Corp., which has recommended that its shareholders approve the offer. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:36:04 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Bluetooth beacon with an adhesive backing that you can stick to your keys or anything else you might lose. You can use your phone to home in on the beacon. The little gizmos are easy to use. The adhesive-backed disks, about the size of two quarters stacked together , can stick to anything you might hunt for between the couch cushions. A free Stick-N-Find app goes on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268811/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:34:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268811/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lenovo Horizon doesn't just nudge the needle -- it snaps off the needle and teleports it. Its screen measures 27-inch diagonally. Now, at this point, Lenovo's rivals probably have cartoon steam exploding from their ears. "Twenty-seven inches? That's not a tablet, you idiot -- that's an all-in-one PC!" So what is the Horizon? A PC or a tablet? The argument could go on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268812/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:34:41 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268812/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Instagram smartphone picture-sharing service. The leading social network invited the media to its headquarters in the Silicon Valley city of Menlo Park where "a small team has been working on a big idea," but remained hush about what will be unveiled. Online speculation at technology news ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268813/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:34:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215268813/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC silently launched its Desire 200 handset, a low-end Android smartphone with Beats Audio, on Tuesday. Outed in a series of leaks ahead of its ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:46:57 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , where Stuart Dommett, UK & Ireland business marketing manager at Intel, will be sharing his thoughts on whether the office is dead. During day one, Emma McGuigan, managing director of technology at Accenture, said that due to advancements in technology and the fact that Accenture is a consulting and technology firm, the switch to flexible working was an easy one for her company, and that ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267680/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:46:56 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267680/scat/d805653303cbbba8 retire its popular RSS reader on 1 July due to deterioration of interest. "So next week we will begin rolling out Digg Reader, version 1," Digg's blog post read. "We're doing the launch in phases because, as you might have guessed, RSS aggregation is a hard thing to do at scale, and we want to make sure the experience is as fast and reliable as possible. Everyone will ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:46:56 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Michael Coombes and James Atkins announced the launch of a smartphone startup focused on Europe called Kazam on Tuesday. Coombes and Atkins, who held the roles of head of sales and UK marketing chief at HTC, respectively, spoke about Kazam for the first time on Tuesday. Coombes is now CEO of Kazam and Atkins is CMO, and they revealed that the new firm will release a range of smartphones across ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267681/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:46:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267681/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FILE - This May 1, 2013 file photo shows Jay-Z at "The Great Gatsby" world premiere at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. Jay-Z is teaming up with Samsung to release his new album, unveiling a three-minute commercial during the NBA Finals and announcing a deal that will give the music to 1 million users of Galaxy mobile phones. The new album, called “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” will be free ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266847/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:04 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266847/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Atmos subwoofer. Designed by the physicist and audio rule-breaker Bob Carver, the Atmos is about the size of five or so stacked hardback books. Packing powerful bass into a box measuring roughly 8.5 inches by 9 inches by 10 inches and weighing 32 pounds was technologically daunting. For one thing, the device has a built-in 1400-watt amplifier, which would normally produce a lot of heat and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267682/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:38:20 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267682/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Vodafone India has cut 2G data rates by 80%, from 10p/10kb to 2p/10kb. These rates are currently applicable in Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh circles and will be rolled out nationally in a phased ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267683/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:31:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267683/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Indian market is not professional at all when it comes to live events. Artists are taken for granted, payments are not made properly. The artists themselves are not on time and come late for sound checks," explains Parth Sinha, co-founder of Tommy Jams, a Bangalore-based start-up which looks to make organizing a gig easier. Tommy Jams tries to act as a bridge between artists and venues, and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267684/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:31:39 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267684/scat/d805653303cbbba8 but the highest paid of all CEOs . Most of Ellison's pay ($90.7 million) comes from his stock grants. In June of 2011 he was given an option to purchase 7 million shares ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267588/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:28:37 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267588/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has worked out a way to use a smartphone to create a map of the inside of a building. According to the study's lead author electrical engineer Ivan Dokmanic of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, an algorithm-based on the sort of echolocation that bats and dolphins use to navigate-could be incorporated into mobile phone apps to determine room dimensions for architectural ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267685/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:23:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267685/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia has revealed that it has helped Stanford University create the world's largest artificial neural network built to model how the human brain learns. The network is 6.5 times bigger than the previous record-setting network developed ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267686/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:23:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267686/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apache Cassandra is attracting developer attention as a highly scalable database, with user sites eyeing the open source project as a mechanism to expand their data storage capacities dramatically. Developers laud the potential of Cassandra. "We're looking for scalability," says software engineer Elder Crisostomo of user management service vendor Stormpath. "We're also ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:19:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215267687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © U.S. President Barack Obama (unseen) announces venture capitalist Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266170/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:22 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266170/scat/d805653303cbbba8 " was posted to the Yahoo Tumblr feed last night. Signed by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and general counsel Ron Bell, it echoed the messages from the other firms, explaining that most of the requests it received were part of run of the mill criminal investigations. "We've worked hard over the years to earn our users' trust and we fight hard to preserve it. To that end, we are ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:42:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 software, which no one knows what it does, and is so esoteric that no one ever bothers to upgrade it, could be a ticking security bomb. Many companies ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:33 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 YouTube . The web-search outfit has already enabled the free video compression standard by default in the latest Chromium build. Developer and Google open-source Chromium evangelist François Beaufort spotted the change in his latest download. Writing in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266689/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266689/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Edward Snowden nicking all the anti-secrecy press, the Ecuadorian government has reminded the world that it is still looking after Julian Assange. Assange has been effectively under house arrest in the Ecuador embassy because he refuses to go to Sweden to face sex charges. A copper outside the embassy waiting to arrest him costs the UK taxpayer £3 million a year. He must be a well paid ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple ’s rumoured iWatch might be on the way as well. Asus chairman Jonney Shih said Monday that Asus is also considering a move into wearable devices. He said Asus research engineers already held meetings to review the development of wearable devices, which he described as a "critical sector" for innovation, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:29 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has revealed its latest server roadmap and it has a cunning plan to recapture market share in data centre servers and micro servers, with the help of some interesting acronyms. Grunge loving Seattle is AMD’s ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266692/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266692/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Glofo ’s 28nm High-K metal gate process and they are based on the A9 core. The process allows them to hit 1.8GHz. The RK3188 and RK3168 are designed with low end tablets in mind and they aren’t really that spectacular by today’s high-end SoC standards. However, they are one of the first uses of Glofo’s 28nm node for mainstream SoCs and they may be a sign of things to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266693/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215266693/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Rapper Jay Z's new album will be distributed free to a million users of Samsung smartphones three days before its official release in a promotional ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215265700/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:30:58 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215265700/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW DELHI: Chinese communications giant Huawei launched its Ascend Mate smartphone in India. This devices features a 6.1-inch screen that dwarves even the likes of the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215265701/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:23:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215265701/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple and Google's dominance of mobile devices, two of the field's pioneers say. Wearable devices - from bracelets that monitor physical activity and sleeping patterns to clothing with built-in sensors and Web-ready glasses - may mark the next big technology shift, just as smartphones evolved from personal computers. That transition has put the unglamorous battery in a starring role. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215265702/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:23:38 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215265702/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The telecom regulator has lowered mobile phone roaming charges by up to 30% from next month and allowed operators to float conditional free roaming ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215264849/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:19:09 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215264849/scat/d805653303cbbba8 N Chandrasekaran: Highly depreciating rupee is not good from two different points. First of all, it just gives you a sense of false confidence. The second thing is it is not good for the Indian economy and so we would like a stable rupee at least in a narrow band and also rupee definitely should strengthen and get to a level where it can stay for a long time. Particularly for TCS, we just have to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215264850/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:19:08 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215264850/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Analyst: Google Fiber probably won't go national But the coming world of extremely fast Internet connections is driving more than summer movie plot points. Widespread gigabit Ethernet of the kind ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215264108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:12:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215264108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AFTER their first prototype that was unveiled nine months ago, their design has progressed greatly - with this video showing a successful test run of the first flying ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215263936/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:24:04 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/215263936/scat/d805653303cbbba8