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 Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:11:28 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:11:28 -0400 30 A Roman Catholic prelate has developed a smart-phone application that will help let his parishioners know when and where he is available to listen to their sins. Rev. Richard Heilman's My Confessor App allows faithful to keep up digitally with when their local priest is hearing confession, the New York Daily News reported. Heilman said that he wanted people to not feel uncomfortable asking ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240831/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:50:02 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240831/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © Sleiman Itani (L), co-founder and chief executive of Atheer, and Hosain Rahman, co-founder and chief executive of Jawbone, speak at the wearing computing panel during Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco, June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262154/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:28 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262154/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AMD has released information on its first server APU supporting its heterogeous system architecture (HSA), codenamed Berlin, and its first ARM server processor, codenamed Seattle. AMD's server division has been busy preparing both x86 and ARM based processors and it has revealed some information about chips that will appear next year. The firm's x86 quad-core Berlin processor will have ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262235/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:25:52 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262235/scat/d805653303cbbba8 DreamWorks shares as much as 7pc in early trading on the Nasdaq.DreamWorks said the multi-year deal, which involves more than 300 hours of programming, is a cornerstone of a major initiative to expand its TV production and distribution.The companies did not disclose the value of the deal or the length of the contract, the biggest that Netflix has signed for original programming.Wedbush analyst ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262236/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:17:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262236/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple , Yahoo disclosed late Friday some broad data about the number of requests that American law enforcement authorities had made for data about its users. From Dec. 1, 2012, to May 31, 2013, the Internet company received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests from the government, related to everything from local crimes to terrorism investigations under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262237/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:17:39 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215262237/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Lori Grunin/CNET) It's been a bumpy few weeks for Adobe since announcing its controversial decision to move all its "perpetual license" Creative Suite applications to a subscription-only plan ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:54 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Web pioneer says it received more than 12,000 requests in the past six months for user information, most of which were related to criminal investigations such as fraud and ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:56:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Solar Impulse airplane are looking at the challenge of flying around the globe but focusing on the weak spot in their cutting-edge technological effort: human ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261437/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:14:20 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261437/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. oil ticked higher on Tuesday, holding near a nine-month peak struck in the previous session, but investors remain cautious as they wait for the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting for clues on the outlook for U.S. economic ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261438/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:11:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215261438/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "It's a new world" out there in terms of digital identity and security, Microsoft said Monday. And, this world is far more dangerous than it used to be. In order to mitigate e-mail infiltration by hackers and wrongdoers, Microsoft has announced that it's tossing linked accounts for ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260702/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:47 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260702/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The wireless carrier appears to have quietly begun nationwide support for the videoconferencing app on its cellular network in various states across the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:53:10 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET UK via FrAndroid) A French press invite from Sony Mobile touts a "big surprise" at an upcoming July 4 event in Paris, but a slew of leaked images and specs may have spoiled the secret of Sony's first phablet before its big ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260730/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:53:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260730/scat/d805653303cbbba8 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today that it has filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery against DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) and Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) asking the Court to prevent the consummation of the DISH tender offer for Clearwire. Sprint believes the transaction violates Delaware law and the rights of both ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260629/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:08:34 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260629/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:04pm EDT TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - New York-based hedge fund company Third Point said it had raised its stake in Japan's Sony Corp and asked for an opportunity to present its proposal to Sony's board for a partial spin-off of the company's entertainment unit. The move comes after Third Point, a $13 billion hedge fund founded by billionaire investor Daniel Loeb, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:04:13 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215260011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In an interview with Charlie Rose, the president maintains that the top-secret NSA spying programs were within the bounds of the law and were intended to protect U.S. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259012/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259012/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sprint Nextel has filed a lawsuit against Dish Network and Clearwire seeking to prevent Dish's takeover of the wireless broadband provider. The No. 3 wireless carrier filed a lawsuit Monday against the two companies in Delaware Court of Chancery, alleging that Dish's tender offer violates the rights of Sprint and Clearwire's shareholders and the laws of the state of Delaware. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259013/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:45 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259013/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LOS GATOS (CBS / AP) — Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. Though financial details were not disclosed, Netflix Inc. said the agreement includes more than 300 hours of new TV episodes in a multi-year deal. Analysts estimated the contract ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:41:51 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 * SoftBank, Dish seek to buy Sprint * Sprint, Dish seek control of Clearwire * Lawsuit filed in Delaware Chancery Court, Sprint says June 17 (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259686/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:33:42 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215259686/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp has filed a lawsuit against Dish Network Corp and Clearwire Corp to prevent the completion of Dish's offer for Clearwire's shares.The lawsuit details how Dish has "repeatedly attempted to fool Clearwire's shareholders into believing its proposal was actionable in an effort to acquire Clearwire's spectrum and to obstruct Sprint's ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215258760/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:11:26 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215258760/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Two former HTC executives are hoping for a fresh start with their own company. Michael Coombes, former head of sales at HTC, and James Atkins, former U.K. marketing head for the company, said on Monday that they are launching smartphone manufacturer Kazam. The two executives are promising smartphones that are about "stunning design, robust hardware, and intuitive technology, underpinned ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257998/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:54 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257998/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) NEW YORK -- An e-mail from late Apple CEO Steve Jobs about e-book deal terms is no smoking gun, just a confused draft of a message, a high-level Apple executive said Monday during the e-books antitrust trial. Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of software and services, testified that he never received an email from Jobs that said publishers would have to ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257999/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257999/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A Florida school admits that it made several mistakes when it allowed a security company to install iris scanners without telling parents -- and without even having a contract with the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215258000/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:52 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215258000/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LOS ANGELES -- Netflix's deal to air 300 hours of original television programming from Dreamworks Animation in a multi-year deal is part of a trend in which online streaming video services including Amazon and Hulu are increasingly producing original shows. The new content often stacks up in length and quality to regular TV fare, and that of pay TV services such as HBO and Showtime. The ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215256973/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:06:06 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215256973/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Google) While Google hasn't done a lot of promotion around its Chromebooks, there's no doubt that the company is still working on bringing the low-cost laptops to more people around the world. The tech ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257004/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:58 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257004/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Apple) Apple Senior Vice President Jonathan Ive began last week with a new title, the company's Web site shows. Instead of being listed as the company's SVP of "Industrial Design," ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257005/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:57 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257005/scat/d805653303cbbba8 But Barnes & Noble is neck-and-neck with the electronics giant and sometimes surpasses Apple's market share in digital books, the high-level Apple executive said during testimony in ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257006/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:56 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257006/scat/d805653303cbbba8 E3 2013 and filter out some of the new-found disgust I have for videogame fanboys. You know, the worst kind of fanboy. - Check out Jeff's slideshow showing ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257007/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:55 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215257007/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Netflix announced a deal on Monday to air television programming from Dreamworks Animation in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content. Though financial details were not disclosed, Netflix Inc. said the agreement includes more than 300 hours of new TV episodes in a multi-year deal starting in ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215256592/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:33 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215256592/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The video-discovery app that scours the Internet improves its search and adds private messaging. The next step is getting official with content ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:40 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden says Americans' domestic communications are perused by National Security Agency "on the certification of an analyst rather than a ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255835/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:40 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255835/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Researchers say a next-gen sequencing approach allows them to subtract the entire human genetic sequence from the genetic material of a blood sample and identify viruses based on what ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:35:39 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Would you pay 25 cents to send a tweet to space on the odd chance that an alien might read it? The founders of Lone Signal hope so. The New York startup is launching a new website through which anyone can submit messages that will be broadcast to a star 17 light years ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255568/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:23 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255568/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Bats, dolphins and even some blind people use echoes to create a mental 3D map of their environment and where they are in it. A smartphone's chirp could soon let us do the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255680/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:35:43 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255680/scat/d805653303cbbba8 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg smattered his commencement address to Stanford's graduating class this past weekend with a little trash talk about Silicon Valley, part of his and other influential New Yorkers' ongoing effort to foster the Big Apple's evolution into a major tech mecca. "I believe that more and more Stanford graduates will find themselves moving to Silicon ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255681/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:33:57 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255681/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PIP biosensor on Kickstarter wants gaming to be the road to relaxation. There are two parts to this system. The first is the bionsensor that you hold between your thumb and forefinger. It communicates via Bluetooth to ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254702/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:15 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254702/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: FCC (via Engadget)) A new phone model named Nokia RM-877 recently spied at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Web site suggests that AT&T could be among the first carriers to offer ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254701/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:14 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254701/scat/d805653303cbbba8 shown off by Brave Robotics at last year's Tokyo Maker Faire? It seems the toy caught the eye of official Transformers toy maker Tomy, which is now working with Brave Robotics to create a commercial line, according to Italian hobby news Web ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254703/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:12 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254703/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The settlement came on the eve of a scheduled Delaware chancery court trial that threatened to cast an unflattering light on Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255558/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:30:11 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215255558/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Jim FinkleBOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. security expert says he has identified ways to remotely attack high-end surveillance cameras used by industrial plants, prisons, banks and the military, something that potentially would allow hackers to spy on facilities or gain access to sensitive computer networks.Craig Heffner, a former software developer with the National Security Administration who now ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254386/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:40 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215254386/scat/d805653303cbbba8 efforts of a couple of different architectural firms . Now you can get an idea of what it would take to create your own home from 3D-printed blocks. Real estate blog Movoto has created ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215253651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:31 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215253651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LONDON -; Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks to the Guardian newspaper have thrown back the curtain on the world of diplomatic espionage, revealing - in explicit detail - how British spies monitor enemies and allies alike. So what does GCHQ, Britain's eavesdropping agency, actually do? And how does it do it? And is any of this really all that ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252822/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:54:01 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252822/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S.A. v. Apple , being steered toward the end of his cross examination to talk about Steve Jobs. Cue had testified last week that he was under extra pressure to sign publishers up for Apple's iBookstore in 2010 because Steve was nearing the end of his life, and this was a project he cared a lot about. When Cue returned to the stand on Monday, Orin Synder, Apple's chief counsel, did ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:38:12 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- Ask any parent who is a Netflix subscriber, and there's a good chance they'll tell you that the video-streamer is much stronger on kids' programming than on adult fare. The difference grows a bit starker with Netflix's new deal to run 300 hours of original animated programming from DreamWorks. The deal will give Netflix ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215253369/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:38:10 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215253369/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A company calling itself Magnus Fun nearly scammed Kickstarter backers out of $120,000 for what they claimed was the "first 100% Japanese Kobe beef ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252516/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:38:03 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252516/scat/d805653303cbbba8 At nearly half the price of a suborbital flight, Romain Jerome's latest slab of luxury has sci-fi styling, moon dust, and Apollo 11 bits. But no ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252518/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:27:37 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252518/scat/d805653303cbbba8 multiple display management features that allow better integration with full-screen applications. However the new features come with other changes that, for some people, and especially those with more than two displays, may be a bit of a hindrance. Recently an individual by the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252519/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:27:37 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252519/scat/d805653303cbbba8 This kick-ass app for budding moviemakers now includes phaser fights, an Enterprise fly-by, and more. And if you buy extra effects, you support a worthy ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252520/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:27:36 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252520/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel has revealed that it will develop a chip that incorporates its Xeon Phi co-processor, dubbed Knights Landing. Intel has so far put its Xeon Phi accelerators onto daughter boards that run on the PCI-Express bus, however the firm told The INQUIRER last year that eventually ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252366/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:16 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252366/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , however the firm isn't waiting around to bring out new products. At the International Supercomputing show, Intel extended its Xeon Phi range with five new products, all of which have more than one TFLOPS double precision floating point performance, and the Xeon Phi 7120P and 7120X cards, which have 16GB of GDDR5 memory. Intel's Xeon Phi 7120P and 7120X cards have peak double ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:16 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With the aid of the Chinese military, Intel has won itself big bragging rights: the world's fastest supercomputer runs entirely on Intel semiconductors. It is the first time in 15 years, Intel says, that an all-Intel machine has held top honors. More important is what this news says about computing: the kind of work done by supercomputers is increasingly applicable to the kind of work done ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:57 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Sony KDL-55W900A offers more colors than a standard TV. I was asked for some advice about buying a television this weekend, and the one thing I could say with certainty was, ';Don’t buy a 4K TV.'; These 4K televisions, if you aren’t familiar with them, are sets with four times the resolution of current, top-of-the-line 1080p TVs. That means there are many more lines on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252368/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:44:56 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215252368/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:43pm EDT * Google settles on eve of scheduled trial * Deal includes protections for common shareholders * Brin, Page agree to deal "tying their hands" By Tom Hals June 17 (Reuters) - Google Inc has settled a shareholder class action lawsuit that clears the way for the company to issue a new class of nonvoting stock, giving the company a currency for acquisitions that ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215253360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:43:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215253360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Video screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Like most social media, Foursquare is designed to connect people, but what if you feel like being alone? Web ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251434/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:57 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251434/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android Jelly Bean device sells for $399.99, not including the monthly data connection. That's a fairly steep price for those on the fence about choosing a smaller slate over a larger one, which is presumably why AT&T will kick off sales with a $199.99 sticker price when you also buy a new smartphone. Catch all the pros, cons, and even more in CNET's ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251435/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:56 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251435/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Electronic Privacy Information Center organizes request by leading technologists to halt National Security Agency's domestic surveillance. They're trying a novel argument from a 2011 ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251436/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:55 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251436/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A June 11, 2013, photo provided by Brookhaven National Laboratory shows a red stabilizing apparatus carrying a 50-foot-wide electromagnet storage ring, at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., on eastern Long Island. The ring, which will capture subatomic particles that live only 2.2 millionths of a second, will be transported in one piece, and moved flat, to its new home at the U.S. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251900/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:21 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251900/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Natasha Baker(Reuters) - Americans looking to buy a used car can turn to two new smartphone apps that provide wholesale prices, which the app makers say can help them negotiate a better deal.The apps give the wholesale, or auction value, of a car when it scans the vehicle's identification number (VIN), which is found on the car's dashboard or driver side door."Dealers really ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:51:22 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Facebook will hold a mysterious press event on 20 June that is rumoured to reveal the addition of a video function for its photo-sharing app ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251249/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:50:42 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251249/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung's Galaxy S4 Mini handset has gone up for preorder on T-Mobile UK, although there's no word on its release date yet. Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 Mini in May essentially as a cheaper, smaller version of the firm's ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251250/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:50:41 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251250/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - DISCLOSURE: Apple Inc. said it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.BACKGROUND: The company, like some other businesses, had asked the U.S government to be able to share how many requests it received related to national security and how it handled them. Those requests were made as part of Prism, the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251025/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:43:23 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251025/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Doron Levin FORTUNE -- General Motors' hiring of Randy Mott in February 2012 as the automaker's chief information officer had a lot to do, not surprisingly, with the breakdown of a crucial GM computer the year before. Dan Akerson, GM's ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250043/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:32:54 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250043/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Tory Newmyer, writer FORTUNE -- Google and Yahoo -- and the other tech giants stung by the recent news of their participation in government surveillance programs -- are in the midst of a public-relations offensive to steady suddenly wobbly reputations. They're sounding a commiserating note, insisting they're just as confounded and concerned as many Americans by the reported extent ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251102/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:32:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251102/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Using a novel method that mimics brain functions, Microsoft researchers say they've doubled the speed at which speech is recognized and results are returned. They've also improved accuracy by 15 ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249982/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:29:55 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249982/scat/d805653303cbbba8 feel comfortable with the idea that government may be offering surveillance for own own good. Or do they? An answer given by Miss Alabama during the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night fully expressed how pretzel-ish the thinking has to be around our personal safety and ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250048/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:55 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250048/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Porsche Go-Kart . Not satisfied with just tackling the adult sports car market, the automaker is trying to corner the kids' market too. The go-kart comes in a spiffy combination of black and orange. It's missing some of the luxuries normally associated with Porsche vehicles, like a windshield, headlights, and an engine. It can only hold up to 110 pounds, meaning you need to be a very ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:54 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "What's stopping you from getting a plasma?" A majority of voters rebuked my premise, picking "I love my plasma." The other responses were fairly evenly split among the choices. However, there was a surprisingly common reason given in the comments that baffled me, and it's so bizarre it's clearly worth debunking, or at least shining the light on the facts. So ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251251/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215251251/scat/d805653303cbbba8 launched on Monday to all Skype users . Those of you on Skype can record a video message to share with folks who aren't available. The message then pops up for your recipients after they log into Skype. Built directly into the Skype software, Video Messaging is accessible via Skype for Windows desktop, Skype ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250051/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:52 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250051/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: The Guardian) Edward Snowden, the onetime government analyst responsible for the most high-profile leaks from the National Security Agency in its history, is explaining his decision to disclose top-secret documents in a live chat hosted by the Guardian newspaper. Snowden, 29, is reportedly still in Hong Kong after leaving his home and girlfriend in Hawaii. His disclosures ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:51 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215250052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft will put a $60 price tag on games for the Xbox One console. We can work that out with exchange rates and decide that this means that games will cost £40 in the UK. We don't know if they will or they won't. We only found out what the console itself cost last week, but the $60 price keeps the cost of games pretty static in the US, something that should appeal to some ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249840/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249840/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Netflix has revealed a multi-year deal with motion picture house Dreamworks to bring a raft of original animated TV shows to its internet service. The deal between Netflix and Dreamworks is said to be the largest for original first-run content in the streaming provider's history, and is set to deliver over 300 hours of new programming to the service. Though Netflix seems to be getting a ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249841/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:48:41 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249841/scat/d805653303cbbba8 JERUSALEM -; An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249134/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:46:57 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249134/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The report said that the Hashing technology will tag known child sexual abuse images and allow Google to identify duplicate images existing ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249842/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:33:27 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249842/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google announced a bizarre stock split -- which would allow the company to issue more shares. The move got held up due to a legal battle, but the split is finally closer to reality after Google settled a case with shareholders this ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248819/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:30:27 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248819/scat/d805653303cbbba8 OpenStack . Red Hat executives say OpenStack the open source cloud computing platform is just like Linux. The code just needs to be massaged into a commercially-hardened package before enterprises will really use it. But just because Red Hat successfully commercialized Linux does not guarantee its OpenStack effort will go as ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249844/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:21:52 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215249844/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: AT&T) AT&T has been crowned the leading mobile network provider in a new study from PC Magazine. The news outlet on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:20:06 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CES , you know that manufacturers have shifted their breathless attention to 4K Ultra HD. Of course, as with any new technology, the first models come at a premium: Sony's 55-inch 4K Ultra HD TV lists for $4,999.99, effectively five times the price of your average 1080p TV of the same size. Ah, but now there's this: For a limited time, Amazon has ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:20:06 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (VoIP) and chat service Skype announced on Monday that its recently announced Video Messaging feature has left preview and is now a full-fledged feature on iOS, Android, and Blackberry handsets, as well as Windows PCs and Mac computers. Skype announced Video Messaging in February, and the feature does what it says on the tin, enabling users to the service to record a video and send it to ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248650/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:47:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248650/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel has for the first time in years taken first place in the prestigious Top 500 supercomputers list with the all-Intel Tianhe 2 cluster using Xeon processors and Xeon Phi accelerators. Intel's Xeon Phi GPGPU accelerator is ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:47:07 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Minx Air 200 wireless speaker from Cambridge Audio. The market for wireless speakers is quickly becoming saturated with products in every shape, size and color, but few device makers give consideration to the individual needs of listeners. The ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248652/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:39:10 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248652/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Computerworld - Feedly said Monday that it has started migrating its users to its own back-end RSS infrastructure two weeks before Google is to pull the plug on its Reader service. Millions of Google refugees have moved to the San Francisco-based Feedly after ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248491/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:36:14 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248491/scat/d805653303cbbba8 William Blake's death mask (with EEG) next to a Cyberman's head and a gargoyle: a new exhibition crosses the lines between humans and the things we ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248653/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:23:38 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215248653/scat/d805653303cbbba8 @evleaks , the Motorola Moto X packs a 1.7GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 Pro processor with 2GB of RAM. That's nothing to sneeze at, but in the age of quad-core phones, it isn't exactly high end. The Moto X is also said to boast a 720p high-definition OLED screen -- again, perfectly fine, but nowhere near the 1080p displays of the HTC One ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247677/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:20:17 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247677/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Verizon Wireless could be making its way to Canada, a new report claims. The U.S.-based carrier is currently considering a plan that would see it acquire a smaller carrier in Canada and then compete to buy wireless spectrum Canada is auctioning off this year to solidify its position in the marketplace, The Globe and Mail ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:20:15 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Urging compromises so that today's 27 separate mobile-network markets can be replaced in effect by just one, the European Commission's Neelie Kroes lays out several ideas for ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:20:14 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Father's Day is lasting a little bit longer than usual, at least in the land of Barnes & Noble. The retailer revealed on Monday that it's stretching its special Father's Day sales prices on the Nook HD and Nook ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247680/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:20:13 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247680/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Samsung) Apple's new MacBook Air has adopted faster solid-state drives made by Samsung. But Apple won't be the only beneficiary. Samsung announced Monday that it has ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247681/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:20:12 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247681/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Blackberry has announced that it will add support for Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean apps in an upcoming software update slated for release later this year. At the unveiling of its Blackberry 10 operating system the firm was keen to talk up the fact that its software comes with support for Android applications. However, what it didn't dwell on was that Blackberry 10 OS can only support Android ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247483/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:46:28 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247483/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BEIJING -; China has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost twice as fast as the previous U.S. holder and underlining the country's rise as a science and technology ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246551/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:44:48 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246551/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple reiterated its position that "We first heard of the government's 'Prism' program when news organizations asked us about it on June 6." The company says that accusations that the US government or the controversial spy programme has direct access to its servers are untrue, and says that it complies only with requests from the state when its own lawyers think they are ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247485/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:38:38 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247485/scat/d805653303cbbba8 McDonald's can now track the progress of a meal from the herd of cattle that become meat in their burgers to the restaurant where they are served, all through a smartphone ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247484/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:38:37 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247484/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PARIS/LONDON: France has its Sovereign Cloud project, while across the Rhine data firms have created the label Cloud Services: Made in Germany, all trying to reassure big companies that their information is stored away from the prying eyes of US spies. European firms believe revelations that the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247487/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:32:23 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247487/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MUMBAI: Reliance Games, the official gaming partner of the International Cricket Council for the fourth consecutive year, has launched a 3D and a 2D mobile game for Champions Trophy 2013. Both the 3D and 2D mobile games allow fans to be a part of their favourite cricket team and step into the field to fight for the trophy. The cricket game in 3D can be enjoyed ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:32:22 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hiroshi Ishiguro , director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, has been working on developing life like androids. The new robot was unveiled at ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247486/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:32:21 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247486/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cue leaving federal court on Thursday. AP Photo. FORTUNE -- Eddy Cue, the alleged "ringmaster" of a conspiracy to raise e-book prices in 2010, returns to a Manhattan federal court Monday in the final four days of the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Apple ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247489/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:29:25 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247489/scat/d805653303cbbba8 public statement early Monday that it hoped would allay its customers' concerns. Among the key points: The authorities asked for a ton of information: Between Dec. 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013 the company received 4,000 to 5,000 requests about 9,000 to 10,000 accounts and devices. The requests came from federal, state and local authorities and included both criminal investigations and national ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:29:24 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Go ahead and ask CSOs from the nation's largest banks about the myriad distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks they've experienced in recent months. They're not going to tell you anything. Security execs have never been comfortable talking about these attacks because they don't want to draw more attention to their companies. They worry that offering even the basic details ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247490/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:21:08 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247490/scat/d805653303cbbba8 statement released Monday , the Spanish telecommunications giant said that "in relation to press rumors published today, Telefonica states that it has not received any approach, nor any indication of interest, neither verbal nor in written form, from any party." Telefonica was responding to a story published Monday by Spanish newspaper El Mundo saying ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:19:23 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: PRNewsFoto/Netflix Inc.) If you need a cheap sitter for almost two weeks straight, next year Netflix will oblige. After losing popular Nickelodeon content earlier this year, the Internet's top streaming service is set to bring 300 hours of original kids' television programming based on blockbuster DreamWorks Animation franchises to its streaming subscribers next year. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:19:22 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 reporting , citing a person who claims to have knowledge of its plans. Similar to Twitter's Vine, which allows users to post 6-second videos, Instagram's videos would be limited to 5 to 10 seconds. Vine has been growing rapidly, as users have found it to be a worthwhile alternative to tweeting or sharing pictures. Users are able to record several seconds of video, and then share it ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:19:18 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:09am EDT * Deal involves 300 hours of new programming * Deal is Netflix's largest for original programming * Netflix shares up 5 pct premarket June 17 (Reuters) - Video streaming service Netflix Inc is beefing up its original programming menu through a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, the maker of movies such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:09:12 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215247404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple's Macbook Air refresh brought in not only Intel's Haswell processor, but also an SSD drive that uses the PCI-Express bus. Now Samsung, which makes the SSD in the 13in Macbook Air, has released a PCI-Express SSD intended for use in ultrabooks. Samsung's XP941 SSD comes in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, with read bandwidth of 1.4GB/s and a weight of six grams, far less ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246403/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:47:49 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246403/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ESPN , the nation's largest sports network and an early adopter of 3-D technology, said last week that it was turning off its three-year-old 3-D channel. A spokeswoman said the decision was "due to limited consumer adoption of 3-D services to the home." Although 3-D was once hailed as the next big thing in television, the format is now seen as an expensive ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:39:36 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Deepak Khanna, the joint chief executive officer at enterprise data services firm Tulip, is learnt to have put in his papers after being in the role for about one-and-a-half ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246405/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:33:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246405/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Could Samsung's "next big thing" come from the heart of the Big Apple or Silicon Valley? The smartphone and consumer electronics maker is close to launching an incubator space for startups that are developing software and services for phones, tablet computers and ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246406/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:22:21 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215246406/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CBS Interactive) Samsung is ready to launch a new Galaxy S4 that will be capable of connecting to the Internet through the LTE-Advanced 4G technology. Speaking to Reuters in ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245562/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:20:38 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245562/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Verizon Communications Inc is looking to enter Canada's cellular telephone business, potentially fulfilling the government's hopes of having a fourth major wireless company, the Globe and Mail reported on ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245544/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:18:53 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245544/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ET presents five missives of India Inc's leading lights to their daughters...Be passionate about things other than your work. Learn and enjoy music, books, environmental protection and enjoying nature, writes Gopinath to his daughters Krithika & ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245940/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:18:49 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245940/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ? This is the question many firms are considering as their staff expect to work more flexibly and mobile devices proliferate the workplace. And as firms face a growing number of staff working outside the office, the next logical question is whether it’s worth maintaining a physical office space at all, or whether it’s better to downsize and ask employees to work remotely.The INQUIRER ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245375/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:49:42 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245375/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have counted up the number of requests that they get from US surveillance and law enforcement agencies and have come up with many thousands. Between them the firms have well over a million users, but it seems that few are reached by ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245376/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:49:41 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245376/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BERLIN -; Union members at online retailer Amazon's German operations have begun a two-day strike to ratchet up pressure on the company over pay ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244794/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:48:03 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244794/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google , the internet giant, is to create a global database of child abuse images - which it will share with its rival companies - in a bid to eradicate child pornography from the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245377/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:42:13 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245377/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPad app has been developed, which allows people to click telescope images of celestial objects from the comfort of their couch. The app created by the online Slooh Space Camera allows people to command and control their robotic network of space cameras, Fox News reported. Slooh's professional telescopes click an image of the celestial object and provide user with a time, date and ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245378/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:19 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245378/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Guava Soft has started e-mail services -- email.biz -- with complete set-up in India, offering single character-based and name-based domains. The company has set up its data centre in India and has developed entire e-mail services with its in-house Indian employees. "Our complete set-up is in India. We have our data centre in Ludhiana. The services and applications, everything has been ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245379/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:36:18 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245379/scat/d805653303cbbba8 a public letter describing the lengths it goes to in protecting user privacy, while providing a little bit of information as to how many data requests it receives. Apple outlined some of its data-security product features, such as encrypting all conversations, end to end, over iMessage and FaceTime. (Microsoft has recently faced accusations ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245380/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:24:32 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215245380/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: LogicBuy) Sometimes it's hard being the Cheapskate. I don't mean the rigors of finding awesome deals on a daily basis, though that certainly can be a challenge. (What? ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244563/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:23:10 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244563/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The supercomputing arms race is heating up again between the United States and China, as China retakes the top spot in the 41st Top500 listing of the world's most powerful supercomputers with Tianhe-2, an updated system that was able to execute 33.86 petaflops, or 33.86 thousand trillion floating point operations per ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:23:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google plans to give internet access to the entire world by sending network-enabled balloons into the stratosphere. Dubbed Project Loon, the venture aims to liberate those five billion or so people on Earth without internet access, because "for everyone person in the world that can get online, there are two that can't". "Right now in most of the countries in the southern ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244384/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:52:01 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244384/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "tweet" has been added to the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, despite having been around for less than a decade. This is unusual for the OED, but it said that the word, which means to send a message on Twitter, is "catching on". "The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED," said John Simpson, chief editor ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244386/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:52:00 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244386/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung has inked a multi-million dollar deal with US hip hop artist Jay Z to give away his upcoming album to owners of selected Samsung Android handsets. Jay Z's retirement is clearly going well, as he has announced a new album ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244387/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:51:59 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244387/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Computerworld - When questions arise about the threat of tornadoes to Perimeter Technology's Oklahoma City data center, Todd Currie has answers at the ready. Perimeter's vice president of operations and general manager, Currie even has a cutout sample of the data center's roof to use as proof of the sturdiness of the facility, which was built to withstand an EF3 tornado. In the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244206/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:41:56 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244206/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The world's largest software company has roped in Mumbai-based Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) to conduct a study of the scheme launched by the Samajwadi Party government last ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244388/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:38:45 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244388/scat/d805653303cbbba8 reports. This might prove a lot more challenging than actually designing and building the next generation of 2-in-1 convertibles. Convertibles are supposed to feature the best of both worlds, but at the moment they simply don’t. They fall short on a number of fronts. In terms of productivity they are trumped by 13-inch and bigger notebooks, but at the same time they are bulkier and more ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244389/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:31:41 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215244389/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple has commented on PRISM, the internet surveillance dragnet deployed by the US National Security Agency (NSA). Apple claimed it is shocked at the news, but that its users are protected. It posted a statement to its website entitled, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215243514/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:56:01 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215243514/scat/d805653303cbbba8 free nationwide mobile roaming to subscribers for a fixed fee from July 1, in a partial relief to operators, some of whom had opposed a proposal to completely abolish roaming charges. ET Now reported ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215243516/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:43:14 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215243516/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Eben Bayer's company makes packaging from agricultural waste and the mycelium of mushrooms - he says the next step is to make building materials this ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215243517/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:34:22 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215243517/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple, over the last six months, received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from US law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242823/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:48:47 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242823/scat/d805653303cbbba8 internet surveillance despite deep unease over revelations of US online spying, Der Spiegel news weekly reported. Spiegel said that the BND planned a 100 million euro ($130 million) programme over the next five years to expand web monitoring with up to 100 new staff members on a "technical reconnaissance" team. The report came ahead of a state visit to Berlin by US President Barack ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:48:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The report said that the Hashing technology will tag known child sexual abuse images and allow Google to identify duplicate images existing ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:48:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 will be deciding what its citizens can see on the internet by the end of 2013 because some adults decided to breed and cannot take responsibly for what they spawned. Under David Cameron's Britain, filters will be installed on every ISPs server which will forbid access to content deemed unfit for children. If you want to see this material, you will have to ring up your ISP and tell them ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:41:31 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 went to elaborate lengths to spy on members of the G20 summit when it was held in the UK in 2009. Apparently GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits, monitored phones and set up fake internet cafes to gather information from allies. Among the pile of documents leaked by NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, there was information on the surveillance of G20 ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242827/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:41:29 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242827/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung's chances in the smartphone market. Despite the fact they had data on their desks which suggested that the smartphone market was saturated, they believed Samsung spinners that the S4, Samsung's latest Galaxy smartphone, would do really well. According ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242828/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:41:28 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242828/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo thinks that more people might use its email service if all the good names had not been taken. Yahoo announced that it's going to cancel inactive yahoo.com email accounts and let others use them. According ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242829/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:41:27 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242829/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Oxford English Dictionary , has more than 1,200 new or revised words which show how much the language has changed over recent years. The dictionary said it expanded its entries for "follow" (verb), "follower" (noun), and "tweet" (noun and verb) to include social media terms. It is now correct to refer to "tweet" as a posting on the social notworking ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242830/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:41:26 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242830/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said on Monday. Microsoft and Facebook Inc published similar data last week after reaching a deal about disclosures with U.S. national security authorities. "We have asked the U.S. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241551/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:58:26 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241551/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Myth 1: Serious professionals do not waste time on social media If you believe that media is only for college kids, reconsider. Social media is defined as the creation, exchange and sharing of information and ideas in virtual communities and networks. Would you ignore an opportunity to exchange information at an industry conference or present a paper at a seminar? No. Then why miss out on doing ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242126/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:55:47 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242126/scat/d805653303cbbba8 tariff hikes , apart from denting the global image of India's flourishing mobile phone industry, experts maintain. The mobile phone industry, which was adding over 10 million new subscribers to the network every month in the past year, has seen the growth fall to less than five million now, experts say. "The issue has definitely impacted the cost of telecom services in India," ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242127/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:55:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215242127/scat/d805653303cbbba8 From December 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, Apple said it received between 4,000 and 5,000 government requests, affecting 9,000 and 10,000 accounts or ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:44:33 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The cable industry says it is more than ready to compete with Google Fiber, but adds that consumers are nowhere near ready for gigabit speeds. Is it cable's pricing schemes that are holding back ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241578/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:44:32 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241578/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung paid $5 a piece for the million copies of the album it plans to give away, perhaps making "Magna Carta Holy Grail" the first album to go platinum weeks before being released. Clearly the huge Korean company sees it as a price worth paying to gain a little extra credibility in the U.S. in its ongoing battle with Apple for mobile market share. And, ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241580/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:44:31 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241580/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Top500.org) Performing more than 33 quadrillion calculations per second, a new Chinese supercomputer called Tianhe-2 arrived two years earlier than expected to claim the top spot in a list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241579/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:44:31 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241579/scat/d805653303cbbba8 KENT, Ohio -- If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of his small department's 49,000 Facebook fans.And Oliver does not mince words.In postings ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240868/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:11:14 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240868/scat/d805653303cbbba8 YouTube channel. The videos, with tagline "Can Life Be Endless," show a smartphone with a sleek body and 13MP camera. Expected to be an update to the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241464/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:05 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241464/scat/d805653303cbbba8 2G scam , where suspected government corruption in the award of telecom spectrum led to the cancellation of 122 service licences across the country by the Supreme Court, is one of the reasons for ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241465/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:04 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241465/scat/d805653303cbbba8 About 75 per cent of India's youth prefers social media over phone calls to communicate, with more students using the Net for school-related tasks, says a TCS ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241466/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:03:02 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215241466/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NR Narayana Murthy back to his home turf nearly two years after he resigned from the company. Shareholders hailed Murthy as the Don Bradman and Visvesvaraya of the IT industry. Some called him a messiah of good tidings. Gundu Rao, a shareholder, said, "We are so happy that NRN is back. When he said ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240790/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:11:14 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240790/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Aircel is back to square one, where everyone who has something to do with it does not want to do anything more with it than they absolutely have to. The glimmer of hope arising from the multitude of talks took another beating on June 13, when India's top investigating agency announced it had moved forward in a corruption probe involving Aircel's Malaysian ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240791/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:11:12 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240791/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MUMBAI: Mid-tier IT firms such as Tech Mahindra and MindTree may raise salaries by 7-12% this fiscal to ensure they do not lose talent to top players TCS, Infosys and Wipro, according to HR service providers. The larger players have announced wage hikes ranging between 6% and 10% for this fiscal. "Current environment is challenging and companies are looking at preserving their bottomline. ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240294/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:19:13 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240294/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SEOUL: Analysts fell under Samsung's marketing spell when they made what they now admit were hopelessly optimistic forecasts for its smartphone sales. Samsung's huge share of the high-end smartphone market also persuaded some analysts to downplay industry data pointing to a fast-saturating segment, a reality that is already eating into sales of Apple's iPhone 5. Woori Investment ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240295/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:19:11 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215240295/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google has launched a network of balloons over the southern hemisphere in an experiment it hopes could bring reliable internet access to the world's most remote regions, the company ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215239691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:31:46 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215239691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Brent crude futures traded below $106 a barrel on Monday, as worries over bulging U.S. inventories and soft global demand forecasts overshadowed supply concerns tied to Middle East tensions. The European benchmark ended last week at its highest since April 9, after hitting an intraday high of $106.64 on worries over Middle East tensions and despite a grim global oil demand outlook by the ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215238639/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:34:17 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215238639/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The perigee full moon, which happens once every 14 months, is happening next weekend and will likely bring with it tales of impending calamity and natural ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215238616/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:18:19 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215238616/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hours after President Obama met with then Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in 2009, U.S. spies reportedly intercepted top-secret communications between Medvedev and his ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215237684/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:32:10 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215237684/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Prospects are looking better for Advanced Micro Devices Inc, the No. 2 maker of microprocessors for personal computers whose revenue fell sharply last year, as computer servers acquired last year in its purchase of tiny startup company SeaMicro bolster results, Barron's said."SeaMicro offers AMD a chance to take share in the mainstream server-computer market, in which Intel ... http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215236956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:13:20 -0400 http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/215236956/scat/d805653303cbbba8