Category: Technology

Pentagon admits to cyberattack by foreign hackers

Pentagon admits to cyberattack by foreign hackers

The Pentagon has admitted it suffered a major cyber attack in which thousands of files were taken by foreign hackers. Deputy Defence Secretary William Lynn said that in a March attack and other breaches, hackers had taken information on “our most sensitive systems”. The admission came as the Pentagon rolled out a strategy for strengthening [...]

July 17, 2011 | 0 Comments More
A liberal group ‘Progressive Change Campaign Committee’ Threatens To Pull Obama Support Ahead Of 2012

A liberal group ‘Progressive Change Campaign Committee’ Threatens To Pull Obama Support Ahead Of 2012

A liberal group upset over potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security delivered pledges Friday to President Barack Obama’s national campaign headquarters threatening to pull its support. About a dozen people representing the Progressive Change Campaign Committee delivered what they said were 200,000 pledges from people who will refuse to donate or volunteer for [...]

July 16, 2011 | 0 Comments More
WWII German Submarine Found By Brazilian Researchers

WWII German Submarine Found By Brazilian Researchers

SAO PAULO (AP) — Researchers say they have located the wreckage of a German World War IIsubmarine sunk off the coast of southern Brazil. Researchers from the Vale do Itajai University say the U-513 submarine was found on Thursday at a depth of 245 feet (75 meters) off the coast of Santa Catarina state. It has not been [...]

July 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
HTC sued by Apple Again;Will Microsoft come to the Rescue?

HTC sued by Apple Again;Will Microsoft come to the Rescue?

Apple still doesn’t like HTC. On July 8, the Cuppertino company filed its second U.S. patent complaint against the Taiwanese High Tech Computer Corporation, claiming that it has infringed on five patents related to software and user interface design, touch screen hardware, and movement sensors, reports Bloomberg. As it did with Samsung, Apple is seeking to block the [...]

July 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Apple files new patent complaint against HTC

Apple files new patent complaint against HTC

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has filed a fresh complaint against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp with a U.S. trade panel over unspecified portable electronic devices and software, according to the panel’s web site. Apple already filed a separate action last year against HTC before the U.S. International Trade Commission, where HTC then leveled its own patent infringement claims against [...]

July 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
EA Scrabble lets iPhone and Android play nicely

EA Scrabble lets iPhone and Android play nicely

US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) on Monday released a version of word game Scrabble that people can play together whether they are using Apple devices, Android gadgets, orFacebook. Scrabble Free broke from the pattern of limiting adversaries to folks using similar operating platforms, such as iPhone versus iPador Android smartphone versus a tablet computer also running on the Google-backed operating software. Scrabble Free [...]

July 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
HTC down after Apple’s new patent lawsuit

HTC down after Apple’s new patent lawsuit

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Shares in the world’s No.5 handset maker, HTCCorp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Incsued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel. Fund managers said investors sold off HTC in a market that was already reacting to unconfirmed speculation. “There are rumors out there that HTC [...]

July 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
China Telecom plans to launch iPhone near year-end

China Telecom plans to launch iPhone near year-end

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China Telecom Corp Ltd plans to offer its 106 million subscribers the Apple Inc iPhone by the end of 2011, sources said on Wednesday, which would make it the second operator to do so in the world’s largest mobile phone market. The move would help China Telecom, the smallest of the [...]

July 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Atlantis space shuttle launch: Final mission

Atlantis space shuttle launch: Final mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle Atlantis soared into the heavens and the history books Friday (July 8), kicking off the last-ever mission of NASA’s storied shuttle program.   Despite a bleak forecast of thunderstorms and clouds, the shuttle beat the weather in a stunning midday launch, sailing into the sky on one final [...]

July 8, 2011 | 0 Comments More
iPhone 5 rumour points again to September 2011 release date

iPhone 5 rumour points again to September 2011 release date

Today, The Wall Street Journal independently confirmed reports that the next generation iPhone will be on the way in the third quarter of this year. According to sources close to the supply line, Apple’s next iPhone is expected to trim down the famously svelte iPhone 4, making it both lighter and thinner than the current model. While plenty of [...]

July 7, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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