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 Florida Statesman.com http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:53 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:53 -0400 30 A few months ago, word spread that the twins, Cameron and Tyler, had set up their own investment firm and decided to focus on a curious market niche: ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605939/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605939/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that's less about Microsoft and more about Google. On Tuesday, the largest PC maker in the world -- a dubious distinction these days ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605928/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:20:34 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605928/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MacConnection , stock has vanished for the popular 13.3-inch Air with a 1.8GHz processor and 256GB solid-state drive. That said, Best Buy has stock, but it's the "only reseller on ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605856/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:53 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605856/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A 15-year-old in Las Vegas dies after the passenger in a car allegedly tries to steal his iPad as he walks down the street. Police say the teen wouldn't let go of his iPad and was run ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 commentary What mind-blowing breakthrough will result from the advent of Google's high-tech specs? Maybe redesigned men's rooms? CNET's Danny Sullivan considers the topic, and shares his stream of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605200/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:26:42 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214605200/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Taunting the police on Facebook has limited benefits -- as one wanted man in the U.K. discovers when it takes police just 12 hours to catch up with him. They leave him a taunting message on Facebook in ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214604779/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214604779/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Watch out for that stair car... and any of the other numerous running jokes from resurrected cult hit ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214604231/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:13 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214604231/scat/d805653303cbbba8 App maker KS Mobile insists that its Clean Master can help all those who are concerned that their spontaneous naked Snapchat snaps might linger in some technological depths. At least it can help users on ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214604230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:12 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214604230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FREMONT, Calif. -; In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214603985/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214603985/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Translate provides a billion translations a day for 200 million users, the company revealed here Friday at ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214603600/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:31 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214603600/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Crave writer Amanda Kooser, a longtime Trekkie, looks at "Star Trek Into Darkness" through the lens of a long "Star Trek" history and (mostly) embraces the new ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602952/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:21:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602952/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Micro SE speaker ($239) is a tiny steel sphere, just 4 inches in diameter -- that's the size of an orange. It's an audiophile quality performer, capable of delivering high-resolution sound and a big, downright spacious stereo image. In fact, the imaging of the Micro SE and the slightly ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602373/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:21:28 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602373/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kim ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601765/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:47:01 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601765/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, a cross between a mobile computer and eyeglasses that can both record video and surf the Internet, is now available to a select few but is already among the year's most buzz-worthy new gadgets. The device has geeks all aflutter but is unnerving everyone from lawmakers to casino operators worried about the potential for hitherto unimagined privacy and policy violations."I ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602268/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602268/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, the total power of the web was literally within sight of every conversation. Using a screen positioned just above each wearer's right eye, Glass is able to offer, for now, directions, search results, information, reminders and emails without even the need to reach for a mobile phone. Thanks to its voice-activated camera, a photo or ten-second video is as easy as saying 'OK ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602267/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:39:26 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214602267/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Can Yahoo and Tumblr >>> (Credit: CNET screenshot) Marissa Mayer wants Yahoo to attract a younger, hipper and cooler audience for Yahoo. Its audience of 700 million is aging, and the 18-year-old brand that defined the first era of the web doesn't have a compelling entry point to attract the coveted 18-to-34 demographic. Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology conference ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601806/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:27:10 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601806/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601780/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:25:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601780/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Keep note-taking comes to Chrome Ian Ellison-Taylor, Director of Web Platform Product Management, agreed. "We have done a lot of work on performance per tab, and on our own apps, as well," he said. The first steps toward solving the virtual memory problem has been completed, Kay said. They've been able to get a tab to recognize when it's streaming audio. The ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601784/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:20:54 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601784/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Kickstarter) Do you still have your original "Star Wars" action figures? Mine are tucked away in storage, but looking at Rob Burden's artwork makes me want to dig them out. The San Francisco artist is so obsessed with his old "Star Wars" figures that he does 10-foot-tall oil paintings of them, like "The Birth of a Jedi," above. The works ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601291/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:17:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601291/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Symantec report found that 69% Indians connect to the internet with their mobile phones. As usage increases, so do threats. Last year, across the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601201/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:27:59 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601201/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The bar at top represents entire user population. The left pie chart shows the 6% who are "devoted" to a particular mobile ecosystem. The right pie chart shows the 9% who are merely "loyal." Source: Forrester Research Inc. Click to enlarge. FORTUNE -- According to ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601202/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:25:16 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214601202/scat/d805653303cbbba8 women to cry at work, share emotions and be honest about their femininity. Sandberg shot to global fame after her the publication of her best-selling book "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" which talks about women's career struggles and advises women to "lean in" to reach their potential. It has drawn bouquets from admirers for articulating a new modern feminist ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600711/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:26:08 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600711/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo Japan said it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600712/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:25:58 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600712/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A team of students from India became the winner of the 60,000-dollar-grand-prize at the Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC 2013) for its project Solar Conduction ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600713/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:25:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600713/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben is trying to re-energize the brand by focusing on the BlackBerry name, eschewing old standbys like Bold and ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who parlayed Facebook cash into a multi-million dollar Bitcoin stake, say making money means working with the Feds. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin Foundation is about to hire its first D.C. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:46 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 I/O conference , Google didn’t show off all the fun features of the company’s new multiplatform text and video chat service: Hangouts. If you’ve been thinking your chats have been a little too text-heavy, you can now decorate them with some animated animals. In the chat window, you can now punch in codes to add some fun animations. For instance, typing ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600414/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:10:53 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600414/scat/d805653303cbbba8  Chances are you like to know what’s in the food you eat and where the money you pay to buy that food goes. For instance, those tomatoes from the grocery store may come from a manufacturer that supports genetically modified foods, and you may not want any part of that. Ivan Pardo, a 26-year-old Los Angeles-based developer, created Buycott, an app that helps consumers manage where ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:10:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214600714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass , the brainchild of co-founder Sergey Brin. ET pans the camera back home, and offers a timeline of Google's legal troubles in India, where its services are accessed by over 100 million ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599759/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599759/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit a five-year high. It is the first time Gates has held the mantle since 2007. His fortune is valued at $72.7 billion, up 16% year-to-date. Slim's America Movil, the largest mobile-phone operator in the Americas, has dropped 14% this year after ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599760/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599760/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SA8000 certification for complying workplace standards based on International Labour Organisation and UN conventions. "The SA8000 is the world's first auditable social certification standard for decent workplaces. After an 8-month long process, that included an audit of Uninor's compliance to labour laws, ability of its employees to form unions...Uninor has been certified to have ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599320/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:41 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599320/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW DELHI: The recent data theft by hackers from two Indian companies processing prepaid cards for several overseas banks, which led to a global fraud of 45 million dollars, has made India's 100 billion ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599321/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599321/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass , the brainchild of co-founder Sergey Brin. ET pans the camera back home, and offers a timeline of Google's legal troubles in India, where its services are accessed by over 100 million ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599322/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:40 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599322/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Silicon Valley for several years. "Partnership is in our DNA and early-stage companies can sense that and are proving to be very willing to partner and co-develop," said Newman. Many retailers are pouring money into new technology to help them catch up ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599323/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:39 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214599323/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Long-awaited 4G services, which provide mobile users with Internet access 20 to 50 times faster than 3G network, make their debut in Shanghai next month when China Mobile begins large-scale trials, the carrier said yesterday. The trial in the world's biggest mobile phone market indicates that the country is ready to adopt the most advanced mobile technology for more than a billion handset ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598775/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:19:32 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598775/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by these Chinese companies in order to protect a "strategic" sector of Europe's economy. "Huawei and ZTE are dumping their products on the European market," De Gucht told Reuters in an exclusive interview before engaging with US businesses as part of his preparations for ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598776/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598776/scat/d805653303cbbba8 cybercriminals hacked into the firm's Mumbai-based current account and siphoned off Rs 2.41 crore in three hours on May 11. The first of the 13 money transfers to accounts across India was made at 11.30am and the last at 2.30pm, before the bank got suspicious of the huge cash transfers and checked with the group confirming the fraud, the Worli police said. The largest transaction was of Rs ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598777/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:01 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598777/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, as some find it 'socially awkward' and others find it is 'too irritating to wear' according to a survey conducted by YouGov. The report, entitled the 'Google Glass Adoption Forecast' commissioned by BiTE Interactive, found that even ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598778/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598778/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "With our foray into the open handset market in India, we want to become a dominant player here and be among the top 3 in the next three years.... handsets already contribute 10% of our revenues here," ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:22 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON: The technology industry and organized labour are locked in a fight that threatens to complicate the US Senate's immigration bill. At the heart of the debate is whether there is a shortage of Americans with the math and science skills needed for work at technology firms like Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Labour is brandishing research that says the scarcity of workers is a myth ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:21 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BRUSSELS: EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from the internet search giant. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:20 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance. The California tech giant offered no details of the event, set for New York, but invited reporters to "join us as we share something special." Tumblr, a fast-growing blogging platform popular with young internet users, is headquartered in New York. The Dow Jones-owned website AllThingsD reported on Friday that Yahoo is eyeing the move ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:20 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, as some find it 'socially awkward' and others find it is 'too irritating to wear' according to a survey conducted by YouGov. The report, entitled the 'Google Glass Adoption Forecast' commissioned by BiTE Interactive, found that even ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK: Apple, the world's most valuable technology company, has lost its edge among investors, according to the latest Bloomberg Global Poll. Hedge funds sold large stakes of ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214598169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Daniel BasesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by these Chinese ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214597073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:19:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214597073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BPO revenues grew a healthy 17.8% in 2012-13, compared to IT services that grew sub-6%, which perhaps is the reason why the former is being treated differently. The BPO division has about 25,000 of Infosys’s 1.5 lakh employees. Infosys said it doesn’t comment on rumours and ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214597518/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:03:55 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214597518/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214595884/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:09 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214595884/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Hulu) Satellite TV provider DirecTV is thinking about buying all or parts of streaming-video site Hulu, according to news reports Friday. An unnamed source ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214595491/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:44:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214595491/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AllThingsD reported Friday. Unnamed sources told ATD that the deal is entirely in cash, which means Yahoo isn't offering up any stock options for the hip blogging site. The sources also said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer -- who has been trying to turn the large, struggling company around -- thinks buying Tumblr is key to her vision of a new Yahoo. Yahoo sent out ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214594836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:48 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214594836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214594803/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:54 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214594803/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Microsoft) Maybe everyone's focused on the wrong Microsoft operating system. Dell said during its earnings conference call on Thursday that "commercial" customers, meaning corporate customers, are just now transitioning ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214593924/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:21:02 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214593924/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592816/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:36:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592816/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.The Sunnyvale, Calif., company gave no further details Friday other than that Mayer will be discussing a product. Reporters are being invited to attend the 5 p.m. event at a lounge located in New York's Times ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214593589/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:54 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214593589/scat/d805653303cbbba8 On Tuesday, when Google's Vice President of Android Product Management Hugo Barra told a crowd of nearly 6,000 attendees that the online giant would be ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592843/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592843/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Instead of gadgets, the message is clear: Google's personalized services are aiming to get into your head and be a part of you...and your social ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214593804/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214593804/scat/d805653303cbbba8 When Apple releases Mac firmware updates, the system undergoes a special installation procedure in which it shows a progress bar on a gray screen and then reboots. If you have an update available but do not see the progress bar when applying it, it may not have installed properly. As such, you may see the update still showing in Apple's Software Update service. There are some special ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592845/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:35 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592845/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - NewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations to Moreover Technologies, which monitors how Moreover's clients are portrayed in the media.NewsRight said that Moreover will get the NewsRight brand and will offer new contracts to the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:11 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Given the grilling that Google has gotten this week in Parliament, you might think that Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of the company, would be persona non grata in London these days. Not so, it appears. Mr. Schmidt is one of 16 high-level corporate executives who have been invited to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron next week. They are members of the Business Advisory Group, which ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:45 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ultrabook world tour in New York, hoping to make consumers excited about the latest PCs and curb a drop in the computing market. The chip giant opened a temporary pop-up shop in Manhattan's Meatpacking District from May 17 to 19 to give New Yorkers the chance to try out new computers firsthand. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:47 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - The largest U.S. satellite video provider, DirecTV, is one of the companies considering a bid for online video website Hulu, according to a source familiar with the ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:08:35 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214592679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) ORLANDO, Fla -- Irony may be funny to the gods of Olympus but it's a cruel lesson for us mortals. I found this out the hard way at BlackBerry Live 2013. Within minutes of arriving at my hotel I managed to misplace my ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:00 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BBQ Dragon could be the breath of fresh air -- literally -- to change my poor fire-starting fortune. Essentially working the same way as a fan, the cordless BBQ Dragon shoots a large amount of cool air into a fire and accelerates the burning process. The stainless steel device, which has a variable air speed controller and flexible arm, easily clips onto the side of a grill or smoker. The ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:59 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Warner Bros.) Batman: Arkham Origins, as the name suggests, is a prequel for the other two Arkham games, set a couple of years ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591689/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:58 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591689/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit say that, similar to handedness, most people who hold their cell phones to their left ear are right-hemisphere dominant and vice ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591692/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:54 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591692/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The technology world was buzzing with news this week. From Google's annual I/O conference to some very tiny robotics, these are the images from the week's tech stories that stood out. Google CEO Larry Page took the stage ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:53 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. The company will release its quarterly results on Tuesday. REUTERS/Robert ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:19 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen ... until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display.Does this mean Windows users can let go of MacBook envy? Sort of. The jump in resolution with the Toshiba ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:58 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.The social network's market value was more than $100 billion.Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 percent lower and has not hit its IPO price of $38 per share. Today, Facebook is valued at around $63 billion.In the year since its initial ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591249/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:56 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591249/scat/d805653303cbbba8 This week in my App Smart column, I wrote about some of the smartphone apps that have brought powerful photo manipulation techniques to your pocket. This is the kind of image trickery that used to be possible only on a desktop computer running Photoshop. Many of these photo manipulation apps offer a range of effects, and you can "layer" effects on top of each other. But there are many ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:24 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google is moving forward with efforts to make Gradle the build system of choice for Android applications. The company has released a plug-in for Gradle and is switching over from the Ant build system. "[Gradle is] just a lot more flexible and we have IDE integration," said Xavier Ducrohet, Google lead for Android development tools, following his presentation Friday on the new Android ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:54:39 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri May 17, 2013 4:53pm EDT * Headlines sabotaged, link posted to execution video * Latest in series of hacker attacks on news media By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba May 17 (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:53:07 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Bang With Friends) No more knocking boots with your Facebook friends, iPhone users. Apple has removed the salaciously titled Bang With Friends iPhone application from its App Store. Bang With Friends, which was going by "BWF Official" on Apple's App ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:54 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Hamilton Beach (Model 49983) Two-Way Deluxe Coffeemaker can brew into a travel mug or a 12-cup carafe. Either K-cups or ground coffee can be ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591549/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:53 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591549/scat/d805653303cbbba8 summer rollout of a streaming music service , has hit a negotiating snag with Sony Music over some of the features that it is building into its product. More specifically, Apple and Sony Music, the world's second-largest music label, are still trying to hammer out details over how much Apple would pay for songs that people listen to a fraction of and then skip, according to people ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590399/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590399/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mozilla might be fine with mixed company, but it's not fond of mixed content. A new tool to block unsecured content on secure sites makes its debut in the latest update to Firefox ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass  over the last couple of weeks. But those images don’t exactly warm your heart. But a two-year-old with the connected glasses on? That might be one of the cutest things you see on the Internet this week. Chris Angelini, a writer and editor at tech ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591550/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:14 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214591550/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Sanyo Electric Co may cease to exist under a reorganization by Panasonic Corp that includes global jobs cuts, Nikkei reported on Friday.Panasonic will cut 90 percent of Sanyo's global workforce of about 2,500 in around three years, the daily reported.About 1,000 workers at Sanyo's headquarters will be reduced to around 100 this fiscal year, leaving just a skeleton crew for ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:10:38 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs broadcast messages supporting Syrian President ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589917/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589917/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FILE - In this May 18, 2012, file photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, there were looming doubts. Potential investors wondered whether the social network could ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590055/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590055/scat/d805653303cbbba8 We are thrilled to introduce a new weekend column to DealBook called Life@Work by Tony Schwartz. Tony is one of the world’s top thought leaders on the workplace and getting the most out of people. He is a productivity maven and advises many of the Fortune 500 on how to build the right culture as the founder of the Energy Project. Earlier his year, he wrote a popular article for The New York ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:05 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. President Barack Obama (unseen) announces venture capitalist Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, May 1, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:36 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Vodafone's new Chief Executive Vittorio Colao poses for photos after their company's annual general meeting in a conference centre in Westminster, London July 29, ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:34 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mozilla is postponing its controversial plan for Firefox to block certain third-party cookies by default - but the company's CTO Brandon Eich urged users not to interpret the delay as a sign that Mozilla is going soft on protecting user privacy. ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214590230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Faithlessness is easy to find in Netflix relationships. The majority secretly watch or would watch TV shows earlier than their partner. Even though they promised they ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:57 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Yahoo Chief Marissa Mayer will speak at a mystery product event in New York on Monday, May 20, according to a tweet from ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589109/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:56 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589109/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A photo of a massive robot arm entertaining guests at a Google I/O party this week really needed a good caption, so we reached out to readers. Here's what they came up ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:53 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft will soon release details about the next Xbox console, preorders begin for the Nvidia Shield game system, and the Buycott app helps shoppers vote with their ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589107/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589107/scat/d805653303cbbba8 During the rest of the NBA playoffs, NBA Digital will be posting video highlights of notable plays. This comes days after a similar arrangement with ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:52 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Neil deGrasse Tyson has thrown the weight of his astrophysics opinion behind "Star Trek," but plenty of "Star Wars" fans are ready to disagree. Where do you ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:51 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A cutesy Trekkie musical goes warp speed into awesomeness. "I'm giving her all she's got, Cap'n! Why is the power starting to dwindle? I'm not sure, but I've been charging my ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:50 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Maps users supply critical data that the company uses to customize maps based on the destination selected and to create cinematic fly-bys of popular ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589114/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:49 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589114/scat/d805653303cbbba8 TrackingPoint , has said its ';world’s first'; long range Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) integrate precision hardware, digital optics, and tracking technology to deliver an unmatched shooting experience. The line of rifles starts at about $22,500 and each comes packaged with an iPad mini including the interactive TrackingPoint mobile app. ';We’re taking centuries old ... http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589381/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:15 -0400 http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/sid/214589381/scat/d805653303cbbba8