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 Arab Herald.com http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:36 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:36 -0400 30 Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen have warned London School of Economics students against censorship on the internet and the dangers that 'digital ethnic cleansing' pose. Sky News quoted Schmidt, as saying that people will omit data if they want to restrict communication and information. He, however, agreed that any piece of information cannot be ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731642/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731642/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 percent as global demand for the island's electronics exports remained ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735418/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:18:55 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735418/scat/d805653303cbbba8 forum to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to a customer for making threatening calls to pay internet bills which were raised despite his request for disconnection of the service. The South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum observed that the act of the telecom major amounted to not only deficiency in service but also unfair trade practice and for that the customer needs to be reasonably ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735903/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:15:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735903/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "I e-mailed my boss to ask what would happen if we don't free up enough spectrum," said Tom Sugrue, T-Mobile's vice president of government affairs, at a panel discussion held at the CTIA wireless industry trade show in Las Vegas this week. "He wrote, 'It will be the end of the world as we know it.' He didn't put a smiley face at the end or anything." ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735229/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735229/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tim Cook did Steve Jobs proud at this week's Congressional hearings into Apple's tax avoidance practices. During his testimony the CEO pulled a mind trick or two out of his iPocket, rivaling even the late Apple visionary in his ability to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735904/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:04:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735904/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mobile applications are becoming the principal focus of corporate software development efforts, according to a survey by PHP tools vendor Zend Technologies. Zend's Developer Pulse survey this quarter found that 91 percent of developers plan to deliver content and services to a mobile audience. This compares to 66 percent in a survey the company took in 2012. "Mobile applications are ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735905/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:04:10 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735905/scat/d805653303cbbba8 dollarydoos , Microsoft will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand its hybrid cloud platform to China, Japan, and Australia. The move, which makes Microsoft the first multinational organization to make public cloud services available in China, represents a significant investment in the company's cloud strategy. Microsoft has poured ample resources into Azure of late, and ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735906/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:04:10 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735906/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPhone 5 at 72 . The top scorer is the Nokia 808 Pureview at 77, but model is hobbled by its Symbian operating system, a commercial failure compared to Apple's iOS in the iPhone and Google's Android in ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735253/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:02:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735253/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for larger view and for slideshow) A defunct software company that failed to win a 2008 patent claim against Apple is back for a second bite at Apple and several other technology companies. Mirror Worlds Technologies, which sold software called Scopeware from 2001 until its demise in 2004, on Thursday filed a patent infringement claim against Apple, Best Buy, Dell, HP, Lenovo, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735064/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:56 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735064/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for slideshow) Edubuntu 13.04, released April 25, brings the education edition into sync with the latest version of Ubuntu, the popular Linux operating system. While schools are advised to stick with the Long Term Support (LTS) version, Edubuntu 12.04.x, the new release is "intended for enthusiasts and users who would like to try out the latest and greatest software," ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735065/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:55 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735065/scat/d805653303cbbba8 George Soros . The three-year-old company is basing its plans on the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) approach, in which optical fiber comprises the final connection to the subscriber's premises. In contrast, with rival technology FTTC (fiber-to-the-cabinet) the new access network architecture ends at the street, with the final leg of connection back down to older (and, according to FTTH ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735066/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:53 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735066/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft's cloud data centers get direct peering with Internet2, the high-speed network for education and research. This gives schools faster access to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:52 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Weakness in the data handling capacity of the U.K.'s equivalent to the IRS is leading to billions being lost to error or deception it can't afford, say ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735069/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:49 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735069/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IT leaders, brace yourself for pain as you push for agility. Business needs are emerging so rapidly that tools don't exist to support them, said CIOs at MIT Sloan CIO ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:49 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for larger view and for slideshow) IBM wants government agencies to move faster. In a new report, IBM makes that case that "fast government" is more efficient and more effective and operates a lower cost. Time saved by streamlining operations and improving service quality should be measures of government performance, writes Daniel Chenok, executive director of the IBM ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735072/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:46 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735072/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Department of Defense (DOD) will shop for a commercial electronic health record (EHR) system to replace its AHLTA. AHLTA stands for Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application. The DOD will seek bids from a range of EHR vendors. Industry insiders give the edge to Epic Systems, which is currently the market leader. If it isn't Epic, however, the winner will instantly gain a ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735071/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:46 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735071/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Former U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra was back on stage in Washington Wednesday serving up visions of how cloud computing, social media dashboards and mobile applications are fundamentally transforming customer relationships. That transformative power also stands to benefit government agencies, he said in an interview with Information Week Government and ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:44 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Things We Know When online attackers operating from China or other countries steal corporate secrets, let businesses strike back and retrieve stolen information from attackers' networks. That gloves-off approach is just one of many recommendations for combating industrial espionage outlined in a ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735076/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:42 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735076/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Mailbox today released a new version of its email application that is compatible with the iPad. Mailbox 1.3 is now a universal app and works on either the iPhone or the iPad. It can be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store. The app is currently compatible only with Google's Gmail email system. The developer has not said directly that ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735075/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:40 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735075/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Amazon cloud performance monitoring system goes a step further than competitors with specialized version that complies with federal security ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735074/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:40 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735074/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Things We Know Moving to combat months of high-profile account takeovers, Twitter Wednesday announced the implementation of a voluntary, two-step authentication system. "Today we're introducing a new security feature to better protect your Twitter account: login verification," said Jim O'Leary, a member of the social site's product ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735078/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:39 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735078/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for slideshow) Samsung announced Thursday that it has shipped 10 million Galaxy S 4 smartphones since that smartphone's launch, less than a month ago, making it the company's fastest-selling device. Samsung said that it is selling GS4s at the rate of about four every second. Keep in mind, Samsung is talking about shipments to its retail partners, not sales to individual ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:38 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for larger view and for slideshow) HP had few positive figures to report during a conference call with financial analysts on Wednesday, but one key figure, non-GAAP earnings, rose 11%. The 87 cents earned per share exceeded the high end of HP's 80- to 82-cent forecast and was a sign that the company's "fix and rebuild" plan is working, said CEO Meg Whitman. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735079/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:16:34 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735079/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4 vs. Wii U: Can one console ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733188/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:10:33 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733188/scat/d805653303cbbba8 cheaper iPhone will be up for field test in June with about 1,000 units. The blog also says that the device will go into full-fledged production from July through September. It is ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735081/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735081/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Phaneesh Murthy , the ousted CEO of iGate, to the sexual harassment charges made by the company's investor relations head Araceli Roiz late on Wednesday night. He only added that since the matter was definitely heading to court, he could not comment anymore. Late on Thursday, there were reports that an out-of-court settlement might be preferred by some of the parties involved in the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735080/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735080/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Airbus A319CJ aircraft with a top of the line infrared countermeasures system. The $26 million contract should be finalized by March 2016 and then the specially modified "head of state" will enter German service, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735082/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:52:45 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735082/scat/d805653303cbbba8 is scratching its head about what to do about 3D printed guns finding their way into the hands of criminals and right-wing nutjobs, the Australian cops want them banned. According ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735083/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:52:44 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735083/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android forwards a copy of your SMS to Russian criminals. While there are some cases where we can think it would be useful for a Russian criminal to know that you are on your way home with a frozen pizza, it is not clear what it is hoped to achieve with a huge database of useless data. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:52:42 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 calls a rare move, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the US Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase ebook prices. Judge Denise Cote gave her view during a pre-trial hearing and said it was based on reading some of the evidence. The move might be to put pressure on Apple to stop being an idiot and settle the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735086/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:52:41 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735086/scat/d805653303cbbba8 that one of the best things to do with all those stores it had to close after the US ran out of money, was to convert them into datacentres. According ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735085/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:52:40 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735085/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft's failed attempt to get rid of the start button from Windows 8 have got its designers a little grumpy. One of the reasons cited for the failure of Windows 8 to take the world by storm has been that Microsoft, for reasons known only to itself, removed the Start button from the console. Microsoft was furious and defended its moves incredibly strongly, right up until the moment it ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735087/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:52:39 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214735087/scat/d805653303cbbba8 3D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly. With support from Nasa, the firm, Systems and Materials Research Corp of Austin, intends to design, build and test a food printer that can work in space. "This project is to demonstrate we can create and change the nutrition of the food and be able to print it in a low-gravity environment," the company's research ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733020/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:23 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733020/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Phaneesh Murthy , has defended its actions even as more details emerged about the circumstances under which Murthy was sacked. "Immediately after being informed of the relationship, iGate's board of directors reacted swiftly and ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733022/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733022/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo pressed on with its shopping spree on Thursday with the acquisition of a start-up that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers. Word that Yahoo has bought Northern ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733021/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733021/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733023/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:19 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214733023/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Cambridge Consultants) In a seemingly random but nevertheless important discovery, scientists watching surfers with cystic fibrosis in Australia several years ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:56:09 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Britain came within six hours of running out of natural gas in March, according to a senior energy official, highlighting the risk of supply shortages amid declining domestic production and a growing reliance on imports. "We really only had six hours' worth of gas left in storage as a buffer," said Rob Hastings, director of energy and infrastructure at the Crown Estate, the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:20:53 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Amazon on Thursday announced it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries. The move steps up the offensive of Amazon against rivals like Apple and Google in the market for tablets and content sold for the devices. "Kindle Fire HD is the number one best-selling item in the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732543/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:17:14 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732543/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Having shown in a previous ad how everyone wants to photograph everything with their iPhone, a new Apple ad shows everyone navigating the world, while listening to their own ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732138/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:04:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732138/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nokia files a federal lawsuit, as well as a second complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, against the Taiwanese handset maker, according to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732137/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:04:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732137/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON: US regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters. The source said that it was unlikely that the Federal Trade Commission had sent out civil investigative demands in relation to the probe, which would be the sign of a formal and ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732056/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:26:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214732056/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iGate noted that Phaneesh Murthy's failure to report the relationship with a subordinate employee violated company policy as well as his employment ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:35:54 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Motorola Mobility. If the ITC had found that Microsoft infringed, it could have barred the Xbox from being imported into the United States. The fight over the Xbox is related to a larger smartphone patent war between Apple, Microsoft and the mobile phone makers who use ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731607/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:35:53 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731607/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET) PC designs have been lackluster, offering no good reason to upgrade, according to an Intel executive speaking at the company's Spring Analyst Summit in London. Navin Shenoy, vice president and general manager of the Mobile Client Platform division, was responding to a question from an analyst when he said the following on ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731160/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:29:40 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731160/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Bill Detwiler/CNET) It's happened to a lot of people -- their iPhone drops from their hands, falls off their lap, plunks into a toilet, or gets knocked off a table. Showing off a cracked iPhone screen is sometimes almost a point of pride. I have one friend who lovingly calls his damaged phone "The Hurt Locker," referring to the 2008 movie about a bomb disposal team ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731176/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:22:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214731176/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The "Daily Show" simply had to have an opinion on Tim Cook's appearance in front of the supposedly stern senators. His opinion of both the Senate and Apple wasn't exactly ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214730138/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214730138/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, Mr. Schumer, Democrat of New York, urged the two to carefully consider the SoftBank deal in the wake of widespread attacks by Chinese hackers. "The protection of our critical infrastructure is a topic of intense legislative scrutiny," the Democratic senator from New York wrote in the letter, which was reviewed by a reporter for the The New ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214730085/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:59 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214730085/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In a pretrial hearing for the antitrust lawsuit, the judge says she thinks the Justice Department will be able to show direct evidence that Apple "facilitated a conspiracy to raise prices of ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729598/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:34 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729598/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. crude futures dropped to around $94 a barrel on Friday after disappointing China data and on lingering concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve would curb its stimulus program. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729079/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:31 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729079/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google is considering a bid for the mobile mapping and navigation company, Bloomberg reports. Could this be a play to keep Facebook out of its ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729074/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:50:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729074/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS -- When it comes to emerging tech, crazy accessories, and carrier news, you can always count on a mobile conference to deliver. CTIA 2013 was a much quieter show than in years past, with the biggest carriers and manufacturers largely opting out to focus on their own launch events. While this confab felt the brunt of companies' shifting ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AT&T's new "Mobility Administrative Fee" is raising wireless bills by 61 cents a month -- a move that could reportedly raise half a billion dollars for the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729043/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:08 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729043/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Hulu) Those companies looking to get a piece of the Hulu pie had until this week to put in their first round of bids for the video streaming service. And, it appears that so far four companies have gone in for a slice. Former News Corp president Peter Chernin, private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media (which is headed the former interim Yahoo CEO by Ross Levinsohn), satellite ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729044/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:08 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214729044/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BANGALORE: iGate's ousted CEO Phaneesh Murthy, who has been charged with sexually harassing the company's 31-year-old investor relations head Araceli Roiz, may end up paying huge damages if charges pressed by her are proven under US law. In India, proven sexual offences are liable for criminal punishment and not necessarily a monetary payout. But in the US, the focus is on monetary ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728198/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:59:10 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728198/scat/d805653303cbbba8 and Silver Lake Partners. Icahn and Southeastern are seeking at least $5.2 billion and as much as $7 billion in lender commitments, sources said. "They want the shareholders to know that they have an alternative," another source said. Jefferies is understood to have committed $1.6 billion to the bridge loan. The arranger is asking for commitments as large as $1 billion and is expected ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728519/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:58:59 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728519/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft's "iPad vs. Windows" campaign now includes iPad vs. Surface RT. Is Microsoft picking the right fight? On the back ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728175/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:10 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728175/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter just got it. Apple recently got it, too. Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon have had it for a while. But why's two-factor authentication important, and will it keep you ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728221/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728221/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: eiphoneaccessories.com) Apple's rumored iPhone 5S and low-cost iPhone are said to be coming in a rainbow of colors, according to an article ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728222/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728222/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One . We now know a lot about it, but as with most game console launches, we were left with a few unanswered questions that my colleague Dan Ackerman summed up nicely in his ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728223/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:28 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728223/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Doodle 4 Google contest on Wednesday, where students grades K-12 from all over the country submit their artwork to the competition, hoping to see their masterpiece intertwined ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728320/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214728320/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Time Warner Cable Inc also put in bids, one of the people told Reuters. Hulu was put on the auction block this year for the second time after disagreement between ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727890/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727890/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday said it won't review a final ruling that found Microsoft to be in the clear of infringing on patents held by Motorola Mobility, which Google acquired last year. The ruling ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727035/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:40:59 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727035/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Williams Sonoma) The kitchen countertop is valuable real estate. With available counter space always at a premium, gadgets and appliances that are contenders for acreage require something to help them stand out from the crowd. Sometimes it's a matter of versatility and other times it's convenience that determines what gets to stay and what has to go. And sometimes ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727082/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727082/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: European Southern Observatory) Triple planetary conjunctions are relatively rare in the night sky, but astronomers are about to be in for a real treat. The three brightest planets in our solar system as seen from Earth -- Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus -- will be coming together in the sky, "dancing" around each other over the course of several nights, starting Friday, May ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727083/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214727083/scat/d805653303cbbba8 expects cashflow to turn positive this year as it spends less on acquiring new paid customers for its consumer review website, the company's co-founder said, fending off criticism of its business model by short-seller Citron Research.Chief Executive William Oesterle said Angie's List, which compiles reviews on everything from plumbers to pediatricians, said a recovery in U.S. consumer ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214726746/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:05 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214726746/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-books prices.U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who is set to oversee a trial on June 3, gave her view during a pretrial hearing on Thursday. She stressed that the view was not final and that she had only so ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Jason Cipriani/CNET) Foursquare is now selling unfettered access to its real-time stream of check-ins through Gnip, a popular reseller of social-media data. The companies announced the partnership Thursday in separate blog posts that celebrate the possibilities for ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725782/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725782/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: PRNewsFoto/Microsoft) For years we've heard about the ever-widening appeal of video games and game-playing devices. Women gamers, senior gamers, casual gamers, and even the kind of social/mobile gamers who would never refer to themselves with the dreaded G word. But, when it was time to reveal its first major gaming hardware of the post-iPhone era (the first-gen iPhone was ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725781/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725781/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , but it may be the first to employ 6-second video medium Vine as part of the proceedings. Surgeons on Thursday implanted a brain pacemaker to counteract the effects of Parkinson's disease in a patient and sent out Twitter updates using both Instagram and Vine. The procedure has generated such memorable tweets as "Removing the skin and drilling through the skull for electrode ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725780/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:10 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725780/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google has reportedly returned to the display ads hot seat with the Federal Trade Commission, after avoiding disciplinary action following an antitrust probe ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725779/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:09 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725779/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Internet radio company Pandora reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening rose above 2.5 million.The net loss in the three months ending April 30 grew to $28.6 million, or 16 cents per share, from a loss of $20.2 million, or 12 cents per share, a year ago.Excluding items ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725159/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:19 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725159/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for slideshow) NASA has announced five winners of its second International Space Apps Challenge, a competition that aims to solve challenges on Earth and in space through software, hardware, data visualization and mobile apps. During the event, 770 apps were submitted and 133 were nominated for judging. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:31 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 There's big, then there's really big, and then there's colossal, which might be a good word to use when describing a near 46,000-pound Lego X-Wing that made a triumphant debut today in New York's Times Square. The full-size replica, about 42 times the size of the Lego "Star Wars" X-Wing (#9493) set available on store shelves, celebrates the debut of Cartoon ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724235/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:14:44 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724235/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, which dominates web display advertising, has broken antitrust law in how it handles some ad sales, a source told Reuters on ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724196/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:11:55 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724196/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Open source developers launched 15,000 Android mobile projects in 2012, representing a 96 percent increase over 2011. By contrast, iOS developers launched nearly 2,500 open source projects for Apple's mobile platform, a 32 percent increase year over year, which isn't half bad when you consider that ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:07 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214725583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Based on its face-rec API released last year, Lambda Labs' Google Glass Face Recognition API could help you recognize people who are less famous than Tiger ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724254/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:12 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724254/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter lets users add a second layer of password protection, Jennifer Lopez has a new mobile brand, and Nextdoor brings text alerts to the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724255/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724255/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mandiant report earlier in the year linking China's People's Liberation Army to ongoing and massive cyberattacks against U.S. corporations, government agencies, universities, and other organizations, policy makers and industry experts have been trying to figure out how to better secure their intellectual property against cyberattacks. Call it a work in progress. "The frustration ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724256/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:09 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724256/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook highlighted its developer platform on Thursday, throwing out some big numbers around how third-party apps benefit from connecting to users through the social network. The social network opened up its platform to independent developers six years ago Friday, Director of Product Manager Doug Purdy told journalists today at a press conference at Facebook's ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724257/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:09 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724257/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IDG News Service (New York Bureau) - Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. "We're the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion -- being able to analyze data in real time," said Bob Picciano, IBM's general manager for Information ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724269/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:08 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724269/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. The hurricane forecast is for 7 to 11 hurricanes this season, which could be bullish for the energy markets. Nat gas was up on the day because storage levels rose less than ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722919/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722919/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Two farmers bought a truckload of watermelons, paying five dollars apiece for them. Then they drove to the market and sold all their watermelons for four dollars each. After counting their money at the end of the day, they realized that they'd ended up with less money than they'd started with. "See!" said the one farmer to the other. "I told you we shoulda got a bigger ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214724067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "For lack of a better verb, the media came and @&$#%! [expletive deleted] it up," Kutcher said at the CTIA wireless industry trade show in Las Vegas on Thursday. "When I first got on, it felt like the democratization of media. Now it just feels like ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722784/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:53 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722784/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Google) Looking for a picture you took at your sister's bridal shower? Google's search engine will now help you find it -- so long as you've posted the shot to the company's companion social network. The company announced Thursday that Google+ members can log in to Google.com ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722785/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:37 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722785/scat/d805653303cbbba8 tornado that rampaged through 17 miles of central Oklahoma, plans for storm-chasing UAVs are taking on new significance. Students at Oklahoma State University have been working on ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722787/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:33 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722787/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Africa's greatest river is about to be tamed. The River Congo is set to succumb to a series of giant hydroelectric dams with twice the generating capacity of the world's most powerful hydro-plant, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214723100/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:43:13 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214723100/scat/d805653303cbbba8 original Kinect and promised next-level gaming free of controllers. What happened? It turned out that the Kinect hardware wasn't quite as advanced as we ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721118/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:28 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721118/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The European Commission is spending 5 billion euros to coordinate and advance the processor industry in Europe. The goal: a fifth of worldwide ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:23 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 After getting Siri to do its critical work, Microsoft releases another ad comparing the iPad and Windows 8 tablet. Guess which comes out looking ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:23 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will finally deliver a Kinect sensor for Windows sometime next year. The company announced Thursday that the Kinect for Windows sensor will use the same set of technologies key to the new Kinect sensor for ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A prosecutor in Las Vegas is comparing two men accused of killing a high school student who refused to let go of his iPad to wild animals ambushing a weak ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722297/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:13 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722297/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - ChannelAdvisor Corp shares soared more than 40 percent in their market debut on Thursday as investors bet the e-commerce software company will benefit from the rapid global spread of online buying and ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:39:59 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox. The Folders technology will be deeply integrated with Box's own iOS application, which will be upgraded with the Folders improvements later this year, Box's Vice President of Engineering Sam ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722585/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214722585/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple's Xserve computers were a rack-mountable line of Macintosh systems designed for enterprise use; however, in 2011 Apple abandoned the project, leaving only its Mac Pro and Mac Mini with available server options. Though anyone can download the OS X Server tools from the Mac App Store and convert any current Mac into a server system, some may wish to get a rack-mounted setup going again. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721201/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:19 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721201/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CERN) The first draft of the World Wide Web has gone missing, with perhaps one of the only copies of the very first Web site floating around the world's drawers or attics on a floppy disk ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721203/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721203/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Worldwide Developers Conference will kick off on June 10, the first day of the week-long conference. This is typically when the keynote occurs, with the rest of the week consisting of sessions for developers, along with events held at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., and other parts of the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where WWDC is taking ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721202/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721202/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Ashton Kutcher is angry at the state of Twitter. "Media kind of f*cked it up," Kutcher said during his fireside chat at ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721204/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:17 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721204/scat/d805653303cbbba8 It's doesn't get much more geek-adorable than watching a 4-year-old girl casually toss out answers to Marvel trivia questions while cruising in a ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:15 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Amazon's Jeff Bezos at an event launching Kindle electronic readers in Santa Monica, Calif., last September. SEATTLE -- Since its earliest days, Amazon has put investing in new business ahead of expanding its profit margins, often to shareholder chagrin. At the company's annual meeting here today, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos repeated the mantra, and listed more than a dozen areas into ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721206/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:14 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214721206/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HP's financial results have been marred with news of a multi-billion dollar write-down but this time there was no hiding from the fact that sales were down across the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720966/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:48:13 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720966/scat/d805653303cbbba8 continues to hemorrhage cash . Undaunted by the shaky computer sales, the company also used Wednesday to launch a fleet of new PC offerings, including traditionally minded and budget-priced desktop towers, a range of low-cost touchscreen laptops, and a 20-inch, supersized tablet that will feature Intel's next-gen Haswell processor. Reduced prices and new chips are among the factors that ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720882/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:40 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720882/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IDG News Service - Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered "KitM" spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting German-speaking users. KitM (Kumar in the Mac), also known as HackBack, is a backdoor-type program that takes unauthorized screen shots and uploads them to a remote command-and-control (C&C) server. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720797/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:35:56 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720797/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One will rely on an 8-core processor, supported by 8 gigabytes of RAM, a Blu-ray disc drive, a non-removable 500 gigabyte hard drive, three USB 3.0 ports, and WiFi capability. The Xbox One will also be packaged with an advanced version ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720967/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720967/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mailbox for iPad replicates the iPhone experience but takes advantage of the tablet's larger screen size. Credit: Mailbox FORTUNE -- Not since the 1990s -- ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720809/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720809/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PayPal President David Marcus. Credit: eBay/PayPal FORTUNE -- The way PayPal President David Marcus sees it, wallets are on the way out. The question isn't "if" they become antiquated, but instead "when." To wit, the payments company released a study this week that revealed that 83% of people polled in five countries, including the U.S., wished they didn't have to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720968/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720968/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In this May 2013 photo provided by Google, Daniel Orellana of the Charles Darwin Foundation collects seashore imagery with the Street View Trekker at the Los Humedales wetland area on Isabela island in the Galapagos. Few have laid eyes on many of the volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago that remain closed to tourists. But soon the curious will be able to explore these places that ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720788/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720788/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft's Bing is morphing from a "mere" search engine into more of a service that will power next-generation devices -- Windows Blue PCs and tablets, as well as the Xbox ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719526/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:25:49 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719526/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is pledging 5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) to boost research on semiconductors and other electronics items used in everything from smartphones to cars, in a bid to boost the sector which is lagging U.S. and Asian ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720969/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:37 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720969/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A rare condition caused Kaiba Gionfriddo's airway to collapse and stopped him from breathing, so doctors created a splint that's supposed to reabsorb into his body as his windpipe grows in a healthy ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:50 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Combo chips offer Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and FM radio all in one package. This second generation of 5G Wi-Fi chips includes the same features as Broadcom's current lineup but integrates more components to keep costs ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:49 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Facebook Home is officially in remodel mode. The social network said Thursday that it has decided to halt the U.K. release of ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:48 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Twitter users may see more videos start to pop up in their timelines. The microblogging site has already worked with companies to display videos in their tweets. ESPN and Ford Fusion teamed up to show instant replays in tweets during college football games. Turner Sports, the NCAA, AT&T, and Coke Zero united to tweet real-time video highlights ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719606/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:17:47 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719606/scat/d805653303cbbba8 After Siri seemingly gives up and opens the GarageBand piano, the ad ends with a rather rough rendition of Chopsticks (a play on Apple’s iPad mini commercial) and a graphic showing the iPad priced at $699 and the Windows 8 Asus tablet at $449, both tablets in 64 GB ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719902/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:14:13 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719902/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chad Toprak of the Exertion Games Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues have developed a game called Cart-Load-o-Fun that can be installed on buses, trains or trams. "Back in the 70s we had games arcades," he says. "People would gather and a community would build up." But today people play games either at home or in a private bubble on their phones. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720900/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:33 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214720900/scat/d805653303cbbba8 will be coming to the Sony Playstation 4 (PS4). While we already knew that the game will be coming to Microsoft's Xbox One console, we'd heard no word that it will be also be released on the PS4. However, Infinity Ward announced on Wednesday ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719343/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:20 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719343/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Electronic Arts (EA) will continue to develop games for the Nintendo Wii U, just apparently without much vigour. Last week the company's spokesperson Jeff Brown said that the firm ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:19 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , saying that it must remove the Youtube app from the Windows Store because it didn't comply with its terms and conditions. In simple terms, Google had a moan at Microsoft because Youtube for Windows Phone didn't show any adverts and allowed users to download content from within the app. While there's little love lost between the two firms, it looks like Microsoft was more ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (click image for slideshow) Apple continues to target competitor Samsung with patent-related lawsuits. It has filed a new motion in California that claims the Galaxy S4, Samsung's flagship smartphone, violates five of its patents. Two of those patents pertain to voice search. The motion is an amendment to an existing patent claim. Apple and Samsung are locked in bitter legal battles ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:31:36 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu May 23, 2013 12:15pm EDT * Shares jump as much as 39 percent * Investors bet company will benefit from global e-commerce growth * ChannelAdvisor plans to help companies sell through Alibaba marketplaces By Alistair Barr and Tanya Agrawal May 23 (Reuters) - ChannelAdvisor Corp shares soared as much as 39 percent in their market debut on Thursday as investors bet the e-commerce software company ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719725/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:45 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719725/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter has added a two-step login option to make users' accounts more secure The move comes after multiple high-profile hacks The AP, Burger King, Jeep and The Wall Street Journal are among recent hacking victims Security pro says many of those targeted won't use the new ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:12:11 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fan fiction, in which aficionados of existing books and movies write characters into new storylines, has long been popular fodder on Internet forums -- but stories based on copyrighted works are essentially impossible to sell. Amazon wants to change that with its new "Kindle Worlds" ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718016/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:12:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718016/scat/d805653303cbbba8 it was rid of the reviled 'snooper's charter' communications bill, which would make storing data on all Britains legal, but now political figures are suggested it be resurrected in light of the axe attack in Woolwich yesterday. Lord Carlisle, formerly the independent reviewer of terror laws, said ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719348/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:06:58 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719348/scat/d805653303cbbba8 are getting more worried that focusing on "rational" attackers such as the Chinese might be a dangerous way to go, and the country needs to fear the irrational types more. For years now the US national security experts have believed that "rational" super powers like China or Russia were their main adversaries. But now there are growing concerns that extremist groups, rogue ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719349/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:06:57 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719349/scat/d805653303cbbba8 As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: the cloud. On Thursday at the Ethernet Innovation Summit, which will include a commemoration ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:05:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hands up! Do you speak digital body language? "). Rather than checking in with our phones, omnipresent computers will check in on us. This is the next step in the evolution that has already taken us from mainframes to desktops to tablets. It seems the age of ubiquitous computing, or "ubicomp", is upon ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719350/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:05:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719350/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With the discovery of malware signed with a valid Apple ID, here are some steps you can take to help prevent the remote chance of any such programs infecting your ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718017/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:30 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718017/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: PlayerScale) Yahoo's at it again. The online giant has made another acquisition only days after reaching a deal to buy Tumblr. This time around, Yahoo is expanding in the gaming arena with the purchase ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718018/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718018/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Chinese have been known to be experts at hacking for quite some time. But what might surprise some is that it's an epidemic across the country in all levels of ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718019/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718019/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung Galaxy S4's latest hue. The Aurora Red shade of the 16GB Galaxy S4 goes on sale to AT&T customers starting June 14, though pre-orders begin May 24. AT&T seems to have a special affinity for red shades; just about a year ago it ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718020/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:28 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718020/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) A picture depicting a girl's reunion with her father returning from war has won the top award in a Google Doodle contest. On display Thursday ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718021/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:01:27 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214718021/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu May 23, 2013 12:00pm EDT By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN May 23 (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719724/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:08 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214719724/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Makani Power proposition is that if you fly a "tethered autonomous wing" with onboard turbines you can use it to generate electrical power. It said that its wing design matches both the motion and speed of a conventional turbine, except it flies up to 1,000 feet in the air. The firm apparently is being acquired by Google [X], the secretive part of the company that works on skunk ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717750/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717750/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lakshmi Mittal to prevent the closure of two furnaces at his steel plant based in the north eastern town of Florange.After coming to power in 2012, French Prime Minister Franois Hollande had initially pledged to save jobs at the factory following the planned closures. However, Mr Hollande was eventually forced to back down because of the costs of reviving it, agreeing instead to another deal ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717751/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:43 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717751/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Joeffice , it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as in browsers, according to the developer, Anthony Goubard. It includes a very basic word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation program and database software, Goubard ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717787/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:16 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717787/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill this week to overhaul the country's immigration system and give millions of unauthorized foreigners a path to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717752/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214717752/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Tumbletrade.com) One thing I learned during my recent travels is that you can never have enough juice for your mobile gadgets. For example, if you're relying on your smartphone for GPS navigation in an unfamiliar city, you don't need the added stress of a low or dead battery. Solution: pack a power pack. Like this one: Tumbletrade.com has ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:29 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The controversial MegaUpload founder claims he holds the patent for two-factor authentication and all he wants from the tech companies is money for his ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716405/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:28 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716405/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Solar Impulse) The solar-powered Solar Impulse plane has set a world's record, and its journey across America still has a few more legs to go. Flying the second and longest leg of the journey, pilot Andre Borschberg landed the plane in Dallas/Fort Worth on Thursday, achieving a record for the longest distance flown by a solar-powered aircraft. The 1,541 kilometers (957 miles ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716406/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:27 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716406/scat/d805653303cbbba8 more interesting Rove 20 tabletop PC , HP has also announced revisions to the rest of its Pavilion and Envy laptop lineups. However, included in this bundle is one product that caught our eye -- an update to one of our favorite laptops. The new HP Pavilion 11 TouchSmart, an 11-inch semi-sequel to the low-cost, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:26 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android devices were rooted for the first time. Now, directions for gaining root access comes almost automatically thanks to an army of developers and plenty of misgivings about the shackles placed on the operating system by carriers and manufacturers. Of course, as the rooting rate has increased these past few years, carriers ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716408/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:25 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716408/scat/d805653303cbbba8 >London (CNN) -- Imagine if you could paint a working light switch directly onto your wall, without any need for sockets, cables or wiring. A group of students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London has made that possible by creating electrically conductive paint. The paint acts as a form of liquid wiring. Unlike conventional wires, it can be applied to almost any surface, including ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716357/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:21:37 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716357/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Kim Dotcom claims that he is the inventor of two factor authentication and has the patent to prove it. Dotcom was commenting on the news that Twitter has joined a growing number of internet firms that ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716181/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:03 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716181/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft has released a video in which it lampoons the Apple iPad and suggests it is only fit to play Chopsticks. The video posted on Youtube shows two tablets being compared. One quickly moves through its designated tasks, while the other doesn't and instead lags behind bemoaning all the things that it can't do. "Sorry, I don't update like that", it says. ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716180/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716180/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia has refreshed its range topping single GPU enthusiast graphics card with the 2,304 core Geforce GTX 780. Nvidia's Geforce GTX 680 was announced over a year ago and competed ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716182/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716182/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nokia Siemens will collaborate with Intel to drive computing power into network base stations, in a bid to push more content to users. Nokia Siemens has been busy trying to win contracts for 4G deployments around the world and is looking at ways of increasing the capabilities of mobile base stations in order to provide network operators ways to make more money. The firm announced that it has ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716184/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716184/scat/d805653303cbbba8 are ticked off about Netflix's revelation that it won't be making an app for Blackberry's latest mobile operating system (OS) and apparently have decided to boycott the service. Earlier this week, Netflix's CEO spoke about the company's future mobile plans and said ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716185/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716185/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC One handsets since its release earlier this year, as it bounces back from speculation that the firm is in a state of turmoil. This figure comes from an unnamed HTC ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716183/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716183/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LOS ANGELES - Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers. The All Access service represents Google's attempt to grab a bigger piece of the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214715063/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:38 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214715063/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One, and the future looks gloomy.Upon purchase of a game, a unique code linked to Xbox Live is issued that can only be used once and is verified online. Other users wanting to play a game will then have to buy the right to play the game - at full price.The code "sits on your hard drive and you have permission to play that game as long as you'd like," Microsoft corporate vice ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716186/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:57:02 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716186/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the rest in installments. Samsung has offered EMI options on the Galaxy S4 while its offering cash back on other smartphones in the Galaxy range such as the Note and Grand. Customers can purchase the Z10 by paying an EMI of Rs 4,799 per month for nine months. A similar scheme for BlackBerry Curve 9220 is available where customers can use their credit card to buy the device and pay an EMI of Rs ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:07 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 reported record results for its fiscal year ended March 31. For the year, Lenovo captured sales of $34 billion, a 15 percent increase from the prior year. Earnings hit $635 million, up 34 percent. And its PC shipments grew by 10.2 percent, compared with an overall industry drop of 8.1 percent. Lenovo's 15.5 percent market share for the year put in within reach of stealing the top spot from ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714909/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:41 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714909/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC reportedly is in crisis due to "disastrous" sales of its HTC First handset that features Facebook Home, which has apparently lead to the firm canning the smartphone's UK ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716188/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:51 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716188/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ARM to licence the ARM Cortex-A50 CPU as well as the next gen of the Mali GPU. LG was already signed up for the previous Cortex processors and Mali GPUs for its SoCs, but this new agreement should further boost performance in 32 and 64 bit applications, beyond the Mali-T678 GPU, ARM boasted. Senior veep at LG, Bo-ik Sohn, said having access to the full profile GPU compute compared with ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716189/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:42 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716189/scat/d805653303cbbba8 seems to think that no crisis should ever go to waste, hence it believes it can capitalize on disruptions in the PC market and weather the storm with ease. We are of course talking ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716190/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:41 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716190/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has finally taken the wraps off its low-power APU line-up for 2013. Of course, avid readers probably know what AMD has cooked up with its Jaguar and Piledriver based chips, which now have proper names to go by, and they sound worse than the codenames. Temash, the world’s first 28nm x86 SoC is designed for tablets and hybrids. Its market name is 2013 AMD Elite Mobility APU and it will come ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716191/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:39 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716191/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - GameStop Corp, the world's largest retailer of video game products, reported quarterly results ahead of Wall Street estimates helped by higher sales of mobile devices and digital ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214716192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel Corp's board if its takeover bid succeeds and give the U.S. government right of approval on the appointment in hopes of easing national security concerns raised by ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714938/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:15 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714938/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Square) Mobile-payment-processing company Square has brought its operation to Japan. The company announced the news on Thursday, saying that it will charge merchants 3.25 percent per swipe. As with its service in the U.S., all funds will be automatically deposited into the merchant's bank account on the next business day. In order to bring Square to Japan, the company teamed ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714953/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714953/scat/d805653303cbbba8 national launch, San Francisco-based startup Nextdoor is making its neighborhood-only social networks accessible from iPhone and giving people a quick-response way to spread urgent alerts or exchange messages with ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714954/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:20 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714954/scat/d805653303cbbba8 car stereos this week with the announcement of the AppRadio 3. The new model adds a surprising new feature and a few others that I feel the line of receivers should have had all along. AppRadio 3's biggest new party trick is the addition of the MirrorLink connectivity standard to its feature set. When connected to supported phones via USB, MirrorLink allows AppRadio to mirror the ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714955/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:19 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714955/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) HTC's flagship smartphone, the One, has inched towards 5 million units sold since its launch about a month ago, an unidentified HTC executive has told the Wall Street ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Makani Power, a startup building power-generating cable-tethered flying wings , and is incorporating the technology within its Google X "moonshots" division. "We look forward to working with our new colleagues at Google[x] to make airborne wind a cost-effective reality," the company said on ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714957/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:17 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714957/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Aixtron's new chief executive laid out a strategy focused on returning to profit and wrestling back leadership of the global market for LED chip-making equipment from U.S. rival Veeco Instruments.The German company swung from a profit in 2011 to a net loss of 103.2 million euros ($132.9 million) last year as orders from customers making light-emitting diode (LED) chips ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:59 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Matt Warman - 23 May 2013 Micro-blogging site Twitter has upgraded security features in a bid to combat the growing number of hacking ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714711/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:44:21 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714711/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "Worried" that children can be exploited through social networking sites, Delhi High Court has asked Facebook and Google to submit within four weeks suggestions on safety measures for online usage of such sites by minors in ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714712/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714712/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Micromax MMX377G data card can upload files at a speed of 5.76 mbps. The plug-and play requires no prior installation for use. Speaking about the new product, Mr. Deepak Mehrotra, CEO Micromax said, "At Micromax we constantly strive to innovate and develop technologically advanced devices. With the internet penetration in the country expected to grow at a steady rate, we have tried to ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714713/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:04 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714713/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Peter Elkind, editor at large FORTUNE -- For many years, Amazon.com enjoyed a crucial leg up compared to traditional retailers like Barnes & Noble, Sears, and Wal-Mart: The e-tailer didn't charge sales taxes to its customers. The result: Amazon benefited from as much as a 10% pricing advantage over its rivals, one key reason behind the company's meteoric rise. "It's ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The power of all the computers networked together to maintain the digital currency's system far exceeds the combined processing strength of the top 500 most powerful ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713587/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:55 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713587/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fortune 500 ) to launch a chain of cell phone stores targeted to the Latino population. Verizon and Lopez announced the partnership Wednesday at the CTIA wireless industry trade show in Las ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:55 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:28:41 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714717/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714717/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Seeing a "404 error" or the Twitter "Fail Whale" can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service outages, though, occur on the Internet on a daily basis, as the latest numbers ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714716/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:01 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714716/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hewlett-Packard reported a 32 percent drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers. HP's revenue for the quarter, ended April 30, was $27.6 billion, down 10 percent from the same period last year, the company announced ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714719/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:00 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714719/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.K., Germany, and Sweden follow as the least riskiest places to establish data centers, while Indonesia, India, and Brazil were at the bottom of a new survey's ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714718/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:59 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214714718/scat/d805653303cbbba8 snapped up by Dropbox earlier this year , has redesigned its app for the iPad. The new app, which currently only works with Gmail accounts, has the same functions as the old app, it lets users organize their email using swipe motions with the ultimate goal of reaching "inbox zero." Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood said there were a lot of requests for an app designed specifically for ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713599/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:23:16 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713599/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Matt SmithDUBAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G mobile networks and IT outsourcing will be among its main regional growth drivers, the firm said.The world's second-largest telecom equipment maker also expects Middle East telecom operators to prioritize improving network efficiency, ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713852/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:19:31 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713852/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Qualcomm, Broadcom and Nvidia were the only firms among the 10 largest semiconductor vendors to see revenues increase last year. Analyst outfit IDC totted up the scores from 120 semiconductor vendors and found that only 17 reported an increase in revenue during a difficult 2012 with total revenue falling 2.2 percent to $295bn. Among the stars of the show was third placed Qualcomm, which saw a 34 ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:36 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter is tightening up its security by offering two-factor authentication for users across its social network. Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which rolled out a similar login verification scheme a while ago, Twitter wants to "make sure it's really you" logging in by rolling out an optional feature that makes users enter a six-digit code that is sent to their phone via ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713358/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:35 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713358/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC announced the mid-range HTC Desire 600 handset on Thursday, an affordable alternative to its flagship One smartphone. The handset is billed as a mid-range smartphone, despite having a quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.5in qHD Super LCD2 touchscreen and Google's Android Jelly Bean mobile operating system. HTC has yet to reveal whether the handset is running Android 4.1 ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:35 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ASUS VivoTab Smart table as a strong machine suitable to productivity - implying that the is a 'lighter' version geared towards entertainment.The ad, entitled"Less Talking, More Doing," places an iPad next to the VivoTab Smart, showing off the latter's capabilities and its built-in office apps.A Siri voiceover highlights that the iPad does not support multiple windows at ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:18 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The US-based outsourcing firm iGate is being investigated by a law firm to ascertain whether the company and its employees violated federal securities ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713363/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:44 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713363/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Indian IT companies , remains in place despite a last minute deal reached between key Senators on certain provisions of the immigration bill. Continued presence of such a problematic provision in the bill, which was passed by a key Senate panel yesterday, industry sources said that it would not only badly hit Indian IT companies, but also disrupt operational capabilities of a large number of key ... http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:43 -0400 http://www.arabherald.com/index.php/sid/214713365/scat/d805653303cbbba8