London's Burning Over Government Surveillance Plans
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:27The UK government has proposed plans to monitor the electronic communications of everyone in that country. It claims it's not seeking to read the content of the communications, according to reports, but instead wants to know who the senders and recipients of messages are, the places from which messages are sent, and other details such as the length of messages and their formats.
Iran Threatens to Sue Over Google Maps Slap
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 08:50Scalado Album's Photo-Mapping Skill Earns It a Niche
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 05:00Have you ever found yourself scrolling endlessly around your phone's chronologically arranged photograph album -- called "Gallery" in Android -- looking for a photograph you've captured? If you can remember the specific place but not the date, then Scalado Album may be for you. I say "may be" because there are some downsides to using it over the stock "Gallery" app, which I'll get to.
SpaceX Dragon to Soar to Launch History on Falcon's Wings
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 05:00When the SpaceX Dragon capsule blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop the company's Falcon rocket Saturday morning, it will be doing more than just setting off on another cargo-laden trip to the International Space Station. Rather, as the very first commercial attempt ever to fly to the ISS, this test launch will be making history.
iPhone 5 Screen: Will Things Get Ugly?
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 05:00Should Apple decide to increase the display size of the next version of its bestselling iPhone, it could present developers with new sets of both challenges and opportunities. Speculation about Apple boosting the screen found on the next edition of its smartphone isn't new, but it was renewed this week with The Wall Street Journal predicting the new iPhone would have a display of at least four inches.
Paralyzed Woman Takes Sip of Joe Using Mind-Powered Robo Arm
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 15:29Researchers have developed a robotic arm that has enabled a paralyzed woman to drink a cup of coffee -- by directly controlling it with her mind. The development has raised the question of whether this approach could perhaps restore some mobility to similarly affected people in the future. The 58-year-old woman was one of two participants in the BrainGate 2 project who controlled a robotic arm with their thoughts.
Android: What, Me Fragmented?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 12:10There are nearly 4,000 different types of devices running Android, OpenSignalMaps has found. More than 1,300 of them have custom ROMs that tweak the android.build model. Android brands are almost as diverse as the models, OpenSignalMaps discovered. Further, the application programming interface level, meaning the Android version, has also become more fragmented over time.
Leaving Your Mark on the Web
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 05:00There are a lot of photographs out there. Photo sharing and album network Flickr alone reckons it hit the 6 billion image upload mark last year. If you consider Picasa, Facebook, and the current darling known as Instagram, we're talking gazillions of images floating around -- all freely downloadable.
Google's Knowledge Graph Answers Questions Searchers Haven't Yet Asked
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 09:37DDoS Blitz Floods The Pirate Bay
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 08:54Last week, file-sharing site The Pirate Bay condemned a DDoS attack launched against British ISP Virgin Media. This week, The Pirate Bay got hit with a DDoS attack. The DDoS attack -- which stands for distributed denial of service -- severely limited accessibility to The Pirate Bay, according to the BBC.
A Tale of Two Suites: Do We Still Need OpenOffice.org?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 05:00Can a Fresher Flickr Be Yahoo's Ray of Sunshine?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:01Flickr announced a redesign recently, introducing larger onscreen displays for high-res images. The photo sharing site launched what it calls its "liquid layout," stating that "Large sizes + Low compression = Beautiful photos." Since Flickr uses less compression than many other image sharing sites, it claimed, the detail and color of Flickr photos is richer.
Quantum Teleportation Leaps to New Distance Record
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 13:21Whatever You Want, Miro Finds It, Gets It, Plays It
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 05:00The Internet is a hub for acquiring music, video and a just about any other form of content. Miro is one of the most capable player apps that I have seen for all of this media. Keeping up with the various forms of content the Web has to offer can be a daunting task. The process is similar to what people do in the non-Internet world.
The BBC's Olympian Streaming Ambitions
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 08:27The British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, plans to stream the entire Summer Olympics, according to PaidContent.org. The streams will create what the BBC is calling "the first proper digital Olympics." Some of the features, according to Paid Content: "A new video player built for the recently upgraded BBC Sport website will offer rewindable live action, alerts to key alternate live moments and participant information.