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U.S. Carriers Took a Major Step Toward Curbing The Rising Number of Smartphone Thefts

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks. The ...

Tags: cellphone, smartphone thefts, SIM card, second-hand market

Sprint Is Set to Showcase Its Velocity in-Vehicle Communications Platform

Dec 31, 2012

Sprint is set to showcase its Velocity in-vehicle communications platform in Chrysler's redesigned 2013 Ram 1500 truck and new SRT Viper car at the L.A. Auto Show this week. Sprint had disclosed in August its selection as telematics ...

Tags: Sprint, Wireless Tech, US, ommunications platform

Users of Windows 8 to Change The Default Setting for The"Do Not Track" Privacy Feature

Dec 31, 2012

Microsoft today said users of Windows 8 will be able to change the default setting for the"Do Not Track"privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10(IE10)when they first run the new operating system. Do Not Track(DNT)signals whether a user ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8

The Number of Countries Has Been Blocked Increased to Five by Monday

Dec 31, 2012

The number of countries where a controversial movie trailer on YouTube has been blocked increased to five by Monday, as Google ran into legal threats in some of these countries. Malaysia is the latest country in which Google has blocked ...

Tags: YouTube Video, Google, Computer Products, YouTube

Businesses for New IT Should Consider Moving to Open Source

Dec 31, 2012

Businesses that want to trade in their old systems for new IT should consider moving to open source first before thinking about a proprietary system, according to a report commissioned by transaction processing services provider Amadeus IT ...

Tags: CIOs, source software, software

Google's Cloud SQL Database Has Gained More Storage, Faster Reads and Writes

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - Google's Cloud SQL database has gained more storage, faster reads and writes, and now offers users the choice of running their instances in data centers based in either the U.S. or Europe. The performance upgrade allows ...

Tags: Cloud SQL, Google, Amazon Web Services, Relational Database Service

Rover Curiosity Wrapped up Its First Full Day and Is Functioning Perfectly

Dec 31, 2012

The rover Curiosity wrapped up its first full day on the Martian surface and is functioning perfectly,NASA officials said Tuesday. "Curiosity is asleep right now getting ready for tomorrow,"said Michael Watkins,a mission systems manager ...

Tags: NASA, curiosity

Google Took Down in Indonesia The Controversial Movie Trailer That Has Sparked Protests

Dec 31, 2012

Google took down on Friday in Indonesia the controversial movie trailer that has sparked protests worldwide, adding the country to the short list of nations where the video can't be seen on YouTube. The company received a valid request ...

Tags: Google, trailer, Indonesia, Computer Products

Illinois Has Become The Third State in The Country to Pass a Law Prohibiting Companies

Dec 31, 2012

Illinois has become the third state in the country to pass a law prohibiting companies from asking employees and job candidates for usernames and passwords to their social media accounts. Illinois Gov.Patrick Quinn signed the bill ...

Tags: Illinois, law prohibiting companies

Eastman Kodak Is Exploring Alternatives to The Auction of Its Digital Imaging Patents

Dec 31, 2012

Eastman Kodak has told a bankruptcy court that it is exploring alternatives to the auction of its digital imaging patents, including keeping the patents and setting up a licensing company to repay creditors. Kodak filed in June a motion ...

Tags: Kodak mulls, patents auction, licensing company, Computer Products

Facebook Is Getting in LinkedIn's Space

Dec 31, 2012

Watch out, LinkedIn. Facebook is getting in your space. The social network announced Wednesday that it's launching an app to help users find jobs. The app, as of Wednesday afternoon, included 1.7 million job listings, in areas including ...

Tags: Facebook, new app, US, smartphone

Foreman of The Jury That Recently Handed Apple a $1 Billion Patent Victory Over Samsung

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - The foreman of the jury that recently handed Apple a $1 billion patent victory over Samsung Electronics was untruthful and biased, the South Korean company alleged in a filing with a U.S. court. Samsung wants a retrial of ...

Tags: Apple, patent victory, Samsung Electronics, smartphone

Big Data Was in a Category by Itself and for Good Reason

Dec 31, 2012

Network World - SANTA CLARA -- At this week's Fall 2012 DEMO conference, big data was in a category by itself - and for good reason. In an event typically dominated by consumer-facing technologies, DEMO organizers created a separate panel ...

Tags: big data, consumer facing technologies, computing, software

A Deeper Look Into The Flame Malware

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - A deeper look into the Flame malware, linked to the infamous Stuxnet, has revealed that it may be just one of four pieces of malware created by the same unknown development team. Flame became public in May after Iran ...

Tags: Flame malware, virus, malware, cyber security

Tizen 2.0 Is Now Available as an Alpha Release with an Accompanying SDK

Dec 31, 2012

Tizen 2.0, the open-source smartphone operating system, is now available as an alpha release with an accompanying software development kit (SDK), the Tizen project announced on Tuesday. The release lends credence to rumors that project ...

Tags: software, Computer Products, Samsung, Tizen based smartphone

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