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iPads Boost Kindergarten Kids' Learning Capabilities
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According to a recent study, the iPad is an efficient educational tool even for children as young as five. An experiment conducted in Auburn, Maine showed that Apple's tablets can make kids more receptive to learning and...
Anonymous Accuse NSA Of Fear-Mongering Following False Power Grid Claims
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Renowned hackers collective Anonymous has announced that contrary to media reports citing inputs from a senior NSA official, it has no plans whatsoever to target any of the US power grids. Reports had stated that the director of...
Apple Issues Threat to Proview in iPad Trademark Case
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The legal battle between the world's largest tech company and a bankrupt Chinese firm is getting more intriguing by the week. Apple is fighting for the right to the iPad trademark in China, which Proview Technology argues it...
The Pirate Bay To Be Blocked In The UK
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The UK High Court has ruled that the immensely popular file sharing portal, The Pirate Bay, is violating the country's copyright laws to a huge extent. With this judgement approved by the court, a nationwide block on the site in...
Settlement in iPhone 4 "Antennagate" Lawsuit: $15 or a Bumper Case from Apple
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Undoubtedly, iPhone 4 owners will remember and maybe even experienced the infuriating antenna problem that the fourth generation iPhone exhibited in its early days. At the time, reporters and users alike blamed it on "the death...
Court Orders ISP to Block Grooveshark Music Site in Denmark
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Copyright holders have won a court case in Denmark, giving them the right to force an internet service provider (ISP) to block the music streaming website Grooveshark. Continuing the European trend of music site take downs -...
UK Set to Update Weather Prediction Supercomputers
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The UK could be set to upgrade its weather prediction supercomputers after a group of members of the parliament expressed interest in improving long range forecasting. Titling themselves the Commons Science and Technology...
UK Government To Monitor Facebook And Twitter Without ISP Consent
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Recent reports suggest that the UK government will be going ahead with its proposed plans of storing and monitoring Facebook, Twitter as well as other personal communication data over the Web without first consulting the...
AM News: HijackThis Now Open Source, UK Government's CloudStore Open for Business, iPad 3 May Feature 8MP Camera
Overviews Government
Security software maker Trend Micro has given its security application, Hijackthis, to the open source community, the company announced. The source code for HijackThis, which was written in VisualBasic, is now available for the...
Government Opens CloudStore for Businesses
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Over 250 IT as well as communications suppliers have been appointed by Cabinet Office for selling government wires to the public sector companies via CloudStore. This is the first time when government's £60m G-Cloud...
UK Gov Wants to Keep Tabs on Calls, Email, Online Records Under new Spy Plan
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In a bid to provide better protection against terrorism and to combat future terror threats, UK government wants to store details such as online browsing history, phone calls, text messages and emails of every individual in...
AM News: Nvidia 4G LTE SoC Coming Later this Year, Apple Bags Slide-to-Unlock Victory, FBI to Shut Down Internet on March 8?
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Last year, open source browser maker Mozilla started a new project with the vision of coming up with their own mobile OS platform. Dubbed Boot to Gecko (B2G) the new offering has now reportedly bagged the backing of some key...
Chinese Anti-Monopoly Bureau Reviewing Google’s Motorola Acquisition Bid
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Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman revealed that the Ministry is reviewing the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. by Google. The spokesman, Shen Danyang, in a regular press briefing stated that...
Physical Conditions at Apple's Chinese iPad Factories "First Class" FLA Says
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Investigators from the Fair Labor Association who are checking working conditions at Foxconn Technology factories, as well as seven other Chinese companies in Apple's supply chain, report that everything seems in good order...
ONR Official Loses 'Radioactive' USB
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New reports have revealed that a USB stick containing some crucial nuclear power plant data was lost by an official in north-east England. According to a BBC News report, the memory stick was not even encrypted and that it...





