The FCC has undertaken an important quest to use an incentive auction to repurpose broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband. Some in Washington oppose designating any of the recovered spectrum for unlicensed technologies. They see this process merely as a way to raise money for the U.S. Treasury, rather than focusing on the much larger and [...]
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Samsung is on a path to offer a device in every screen size with today’s introduction of the Galaxy Note 8.0. Debuting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Galaxy Note 8.0 is positioned between the 5.5-inch Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note 10.1, as Samsung looks to re-establish itself as a player in the [...]
~ read more ~Unconfirmed find would treble country’s estimated supply of raw uranium Iran has announced the discovery of new deposits of raw uranium to feed its nuclear programme and has identified sites for 16 more nuclear power stations, just days before talks with Western powers over its disputed atomic programme. The Iran Atomic Energy Organisation report cited [...]
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The Apple fan behind the Every Apple TV ad YouTube channel has created a new channel and blog with the self-explanatory title Every Steve Jobs video, offering a total of around 150 clips of varying lengths. The site’s creator told MacRumors that he wanted to get them online in time for Steve Jobs’ birthday on [...]
~ read more ~Apple has posted a new job listing for a ‘Maps Ground Truth Data Specialist’ in Australia. The job listing, which was posted two days ago, comes several months after Apple came under fire for incorrect mapping data in central Australia. The position will check “changes to map data, provide feedback on unique local map requirements, [...]
~ read more ~At its Chromebook Pixel event yesterday, Google didn’t just launch its new premium Chromebook. It also announced that it is porting Quickoffice, the mobile productivity app that brings Microsoft Office to iOS and Android to the web through Native Client and Chrome. Google acquired Quickoffice. As Google’s vice president of Chrome Sundar Pichai noted at [...]
~ read more ~Sokikom, a new startup that wants to help K-12 teachers motivate students to learn using games, is announcing today that it has raised $2 million in seed funding, half of which comes in the form of a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (a research branch within the U.S. Department of Education) and the [...]
~ read more ~FBI assistant director details ‘rash of sexting cases’ and hopes report’s release will stem tide of inappropriate behavior So widespread are the instances of illegal activities among FBI employees that the bureau has taken the drastic step of issuing a report detailing the spread of misconduct in an attempt to stem the tide. From sexting [...]
~ read more ~British oil giant faces Deepwater Horizon court case determined to dispute level of culpability and reduce fines Dolphin calving season has just begun in the Gulf of Mexico and marine biologists are reporting an alarming trend. Between 2000 and 2009, an average of 25 to 30 dolphins were found dead on the beaches of the [...]
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Asus has announced the launch of its latest video card in partnership with Nvidia called the GeForce GTX Titan. This is the highest performance video card ever offered from Nvidia and it carries a gigantic price tag to match its performance. Asus will be selling the video card for $999.
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Dedicated GPS navigation devices have been around for quite some time already, although there is the very real and present danger of such a niche market to go out of vogue with the plethora of devices these days (smartphones and tablets, especially) that already come with their fair share of built-in GPS navigation capability, hence [...]
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New rules for the telecommunications industry that were originally set out by the European Commission two years ago have finally come into full effect, granting citizens significant new rights over the length of their phone contract, personal data and provider of choice. All EU citizens, regardless of what country they are in, now have the [...]
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Back in January, we reported that Facebook’s over 1 billion users have uploaded a staggering 240 billion photographs. Now, news has surfaced that 82 percent of Facebook’s traffic is actually focused on just 8 percent of those photos. In other words, while Facebook is storing an incredible number of images, just a small percentage of [...]
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~ read more ~Mandiant founder reveals how balance of power in US cyberwar has shifted to multibillion-dollar computer security firms When Kevin Mandia, a retired military cybercrime investigator, decided to expose China as a primary threat to US computer networks, he did not have to consult with US diplomats in Beijing or declassify tactics to safely reveal government [...]
~ read more ~The gulf between France and Germany has widened, according to the latest healthcheck of the eurozone economy Josephine Moulds
~ read more ~Bao Zhenming, who declined to take up the challenge was offered over 20,000 to swim in the contaminated waterway Widespread outrage against China’s environmental issues that began when Beijing’s air pollution hit record levels last month has spread to encompass another major public health threat: water pollution. Last week, an eyeglass-retailer executive from Rui’an City, [...]
~ read more ~Now that we’ve had a firsthand look at the undeniably incredible—although not all that revolutionary—graphics that the PS4′s blazing fast guts will be spewing forth, we can actually start considering if its going to be worth shelling out the (currently undisclosed amount of) money required. Granted, we still have no idea what the damn thing [...]
~ read more ~Flickr’s just been updated to include some features you probably wanted. Among them are some basics—uploading is faster and it’s easier to save pics from your Photostream to the camera roll. Then the app gets to some things you’ve probably missed. It now auto-saves your original photos before you add a filter. If you @ [...]
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