Smartphones with custom versions of Android offered by large mobile operators in the U.S. are not getting security updates as regularly as phones from Google, or smartphones from other vendors like Microsoft, according to a complaint by the ...
The White House has threatened to veto the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its current form, citing concerns that the bill does not adequately prevent sharing of irrelevant personal information. If ...
Three Google executives are heading back to court in Italy, where the prosecutor has appealed their acquittal on charges of allowing a video to be posted in breach of Italy's privacy laws, one of the Google execs involved said on Wednesday. ...
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Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the "Modern" UI and by restoring the Start button and menu to the beleaguered operating system. A pair of ...
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Yahoo wants to accelerate its development of mobile products geared toward delivery of personalized content, CEO Marissa Mayer said Tuesday, as the company works to stay relevant in a world where smartphones and tablets are becoming ...
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Google has beefed up the administration and management controls that IT staff have over their users' Chrome browsers. Google has added the ability for IT departments to apply the workplace configuration of Chrome browsers to Chrome ...
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Intel reported a drop in profits and revenue for the first quarter, as the biggest PC market slump in recent memory weighed on its business. Intel reported a profit of $2.05 billion for the quarter ended March 30, down 25 percent from a ...
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AMERICAN Airlines says it has fixed a computer problem that prompted the grounding of its aircraft on Tuesday, with flight resuming but schedules still in disarray. Earlier in the day, American had grounded all its aircraft due to ...
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Red Hat has launched a community version of its still-in-development OpenStack distribution, and it also released a preview of the enterprise edition of this distribution for those who sign up for an early adopter program. In much the ...
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Google's placement of its own flight-finding service in search results is resulting in lower click-through rates for companies that have not bought advertising, according to a study by Harvard University academics. The study provides data ...
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The Google Glass wearable computer will have a high-resolution display equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from 8 feet away, and will capture 5-megapixels images and video at a resolution of 720p, according to technical specs ...
US internet advertising revenue grew 15 per cent to a record $US36.6 billion ($35.2bn) in 2012, with mobile ad revenue growing faster than other types, says a new report. The report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and ...
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TELSTRA shares hit a five-year high yesterday as investors flocked to high-yield stocks in the telco and banking sectors to protect against dramatic sell-offs in resources stocks. Shares in the nation's dominant telco soared to their ...
The creators of Android originally dreamed it would be used to create a world of "smart cameras" that connected to PCs, a founder said, but it was reworked for mobile handsets as the smartphone market began to explode. "The exact same ...
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Facebook is teaming up with the nation's attorneys general to launch a public awareness campaign aimed at keeping young people safer on the site. The effort, which includes public service announcements and other informational resources, ...
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