A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, researchers say. Ravishankar Borgaonkar, a ...
Tags: USSD, SIM Cards, Samsung, Android Devices
Diagnostic software improves system reliability and increases productivity in the warehouse. With access to real time statistics, you have greater visibility and control over your operation, and can quickly respond to unexpected events. ...
Tags: Warehouse Productivity, Diagnostic software, software solutions
Alaska Dispatch has published an interactive map plotting Alaska's operating mines, active prospects and abandoned prospects. Assembled by Ground-Truth Trekking, the map allows the user to click on one of the state's 75 mineral prospects, ...
Tags: Alaska, Copper, Exploration, Gold, Rare Earth, USA
Computerworld - Western Digital on Monday announced what it said is the industry's thinnest hybrid drive for Ultrabooks, a 5mm-thick model with 500GB of storage capacity. The drives, equivalent to about one-fifth of an inch thick with a ...
Tags: Ultrabooks, hybrid drive, storage capacity, spinning disk, NAND flash
Mobile pioneer Research in Motion is fast approaching a crossroads on its long-term prospects. Due early next year, the company's BlackBerry 10 OS and related devices are a potential savior for the platform, and developers vested in ...
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IDG News Service - The Russian version of Wikipedia went black on Tuesday to protest a proposed law that could become the basis for Internet censorship. Wikipedia's protest is backed by other large Russian online businesses such as the ...
Tags: Internet censorship, electronic curtain, firewall, Wikipedia
December 22, 2012 - Just in time for Christmas, a team of GE scientists and engineers have introduced several new features to Santa’s sleigh. The updated vehicle incorporates a number of new technologies that promise to make ...
Tags: GE, Santa Claus, technologies, thinner laptop
Computerworld - Intel needs to generate a lot of excitement at its annual developers conference this week -- not just around the company but also around the whole PC industry. After Intel lowered its third-quarter revenue forecast last ...
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December 22, 2012 - Alstom Grid says it has completed its acquisition of ASAT Solutions Inc., a Calgary, Alta.-based based substation automation solutions provider. “This acquisition is a great opportunity for Alstom Grid to help ...
Tags: automation solutions, ASAT Solutions, ASAT business, smart grid
December 22, 2012 - British Columbia-based Naikun Wind Energy Group Inc. has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Siemens Canada Ltd. The latter will assist Naikun in advancing the development of the first phase of its Haida Energy ...
Tags: Naikun Wind, Siemens, Energy Field, electricity
Computerworld - The idea that public cloud-based services will radically transform in-house IT operations is ever more evident at Netflix. Netflix no longer wants to run a data center in support of its in-house corporate IT services. It ...
Tags: cloud-based services, IT operations, Netflix, software-as-a-service
December 21, 2012 - Think you can “Rip It real good”? If so, Southwire wants you to make a video that could earn you a cool prize. Earlier this year, Southwire teamed up with Devo, a 1980s punk/new wave band, to encourage ...
Tags: Southwire, inner Devo, wave band, Video Contest
Rare earth production throughout China – responsible for more than 90% of the world's output – has slowed due to weak downstream demand with output in Guangdong province particularly depressed. China Daily reports ...
Tags: China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
China's strangehold on the global supply of rare earth metals is shaking up diplomatic and trade ties in Asia as rival economies seek alternative sources of the key industrial materials. World Politics Review (paywall) reports that ...
Tags: China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Rare Earth, Rare Earths, USA
IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is advising smartphone users on how to protect their mobile devices and data from mobile security threats. The Commission released an online tool called the "Smartphone ...
Tags: FCC, security advice, smartphone, mobile devices.data