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Apple will fix location tracking glitch with iOS 4.3.3
After taking ample heat for tracking users' whereabouts, Apple will issue an iOS upgrade to put things right.
2011-05-02 16:44:47 | Digital Trends
Yandex divulges info on Russian anti-corruption crusader (AFP)
AFP - Russia's top Internet portal Yandex said Monday it has been forced to divulge financial details about the country's top anti-corruption crusader to the powerful Federal Security Service (FSB).
2011-05-02 16:37:35 | Yahoo News
Online revelry at Bin Laden's death (AFP)
AFP - Word of Osama bin Laden's death rocketed through the Internet in rapid-fire Twitter messages, Facebook updates, and YouTube video clips.
2011-05-02 16:27:33 | Yahoo News
The Uranium Petabyte Hard Drive
There’s something you probably never thought you’d hear. Have you ever imagined having a uranium hard drive with the capacity of a petabyte? That’s one thousand terabytes.Admittedly, my chemistry knowledge is abysmal at the moment so I’ll let these guys do most of the theoretical explanation. It’s quite fascinating actually, ...Continue Reading on Walyou
2011-05-02 16:25:52 | WalyouMicrosoft still struggling with Windows Phone 7 updates
Microsoft started pushing its first major Windows Phone 7 update over a month ago, but some - like owners of Samsung Omnia 7s - are still waiting.
2011-05-02 16:25:50 | Digital TrendsSony says its sorry for PSN hack with 30 days of free service
After a long stream of silence, a press conference was finally held on Sunday in Japan where Kaz Hirai, Sony’s head of video game and consumer electronics, and other executives, apologized about the PSN breach that leaked customers information to the hackers. To try to make amends, Sony will be offering 30 days of free [...]
2011-05-02 16:10:41 | Geek.comHands on: BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 review
It's been a long time coming, BlackBerry's touchscreen Bold handset. While the BlackBerry Torch offered both a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, it wasn't perfect for keyboard aficionados; that annoying edging, the cramped keyboard… although the touchscreen was nice to have, typing was a bit of a pain.But with the launch of the BlackBerry Bold Touch, its first proper touch and type hybrid, has RIM finally cracked it?RIM has made a bit of a song (...)
2011-05-02 16:09:00 | Tech RadarMan unwittingly breaks news of Bin Laden raid on Twitter (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Microblogging service Twitter is already a go-to source for the latest news from around the world. If there's big news to be known, you can bet there are thousands, even millions of Twitter users talking about it. Last night's news that …
2011-05-02 16:05:39 | Yahoo NewsBlackBerry PlayBook to get Video Chat and Facebook apps
At BlackBerry World today, RIM announced that its PlayBook tablet will soon have full-fledged Facebook and Video Chat apps.
2011-05-02 16:01:12 | Digital TrendsTiVo, Dish Network, EchoStar reach $500 mln settlement
Dish Network and EchoStar will be paying TiVo $500 million to settle the long-running DVR patent war between the two companies.
2011-05-02 15:52:07 | Digital Trends
Transparent Animal Skeleton Origami
Apart from being a reckoning force in the world o technology and gaming, Japan has also contributed to the world of art and culture. Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, and has been carried on for generations.In fact, most kids abroad too learn how to fold paper ...Continue Reading on Walyou
2011-05-02 15:45:14 | WalyouTime Inc., Apple allow magazine subscribers to access iPad versions for free
A new deal between publisher Time Inc. and Apple may signal a change in Cupertino's strict subscription policy.
2011-05-02 15:44:26 | Digital Trends
Man unknowingly liveblogs Bin Laden operation (AP)
AP - A computer programmer, startled by a helicopter clattering above his quiet Pakistani town in the early hours of the morning Monday, did what any social-media addict would do: he began sending messages to the social networking site Twitter.
2011-05-02 15:37:34 | Yahoo NewsTiVo, Dish Network, EchoStar reach $500 mln settlement (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Itâs either the end of an era or the beginning of a new one, depending how you look at it: Dish Network and EchoStar have reached a $500 million settlement agreement with TiVo in the companiesâ long-running legal battle over DVR patents. Under the deal, TiVo will receive $300 million up-front with the remaining $200 million distributed in annual $33 million installments through 2017. The deal ends all patent litigation between (...)
2011-05-02 15:37:07 | Yahoo NewsWitnessing Social Media – measuring the real power of Twitter after bin Laden’s death
Last night, an historic event occurred as President Barack Obama walked to a podium in the White House and announced that after a tactical assault on Osama Bin Laden the Al Qaeda leader had been killed, his body recovered, and then promptly buried at sea. As I sat in front of my HTPC watching the [...]
2011-05-02 15:36:50 | Geek.com