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 Greek Herald.com http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:31 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:31 -0400 30 The Makani Power proposition is that if you fly a "tethered autonomous wing" with onboard turbines you can use it to generate electrical power. It said that its wing design matches both the motion and speed of a conventional turbine, except it flies up to 1,000 feet in the air. The firm apparently is being acquired by Google [X], the secretive part of the company that works on skunk ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214717750/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:18:03 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214717750/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lakshmi Mittal to prevent the closure of two furnaces at his steel plant based in the north eastern town of Florange.After coming to power in 2012, French Prime Minister Franois Hollande had initially pledged to save jobs at the factory following the planned closures. However, Mr Hollande was eventually forced to back down because of the costs of reviving it, agreeing instead to another deal ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214717751/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:43 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214717751/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill this week to overhaul the country's immigration system and give millions of unauthorized foreigners a path to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214717752/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214717752/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Tumbletrade.com) One thing I learned during my recent travels is that you can never have enough juice for your mobile gadgets. For example, if you're relying on your smartphone for GPS navigation in an unfamiliar city, you don't need the added stress of a low or dead battery. Solution: pack a power pack. Like this one: Tumbletrade.com has ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:29 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The controversial MegaUpload founder claims he holds the patent for two-factor authentication and all he wants from the tech companies is money for his ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716405/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:28 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716405/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Solar Impulse) The solar-powered Solar Impulse plane has set a world's record, and its journey across America still has a few more legs to go. Flying the second and longest leg of the journey, pilot Andre Borschberg landed the plane in Dallas/Fort Worth on Thursday, achieving a record for the longest distance flown by a solar-powered aircraft. The 1,541 kilometers (957 miles ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716406/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:27 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716406/scat/d805653303cbbba8 more interesting Rove 20 tabletop PC , HP has also announced revisions to the rest of its Pavilion and Envy laptop lineups. However, included in this bundle is one product that caught our eye -- an update to one of our favorite laptops. The new HP Pavilion 11 TouchSmart, an 11-inch semi-sequel to the low-cost, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:26 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android devices were rooted for the first time. Now, directions for gaining root access comes almost automatically thanks to an army of developers and plenty of misgivings about the shackles placed on the operating system by carriers and manufacturers. Of course, as the rooting rate has increased these past few years, carriers ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716408/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:25 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716408/scat/d805653303cbbba8 >London (CNN) -- Imagine if you could paint a working light switch directly onto your wall, without any need for sockets, cables or wiring. A group of students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London has made that possible by creating electrically conductive paint. The paint acts as a form of liquid wiring. Unlike conventional wires, it can be applied to almost any surface, including ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716357/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:21:37 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716357/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214715485/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:56 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214715485/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Kim Dotcom claims that he is the inventor of two factor authentication and has the patent to prove it. Dotcom was commenting on the news that Twitter has joined a growing number of internet firms that ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716181/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:03 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716181/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft has released a video in which it lampoons the Apple iPad and suggests it is only fit to play Chopsticks. The video posted on Youtube shows two tablets being compared. One quickly moves through its designated tasks, while the other doesn't and instead lags behind bemoaning all the things that it can't do. "Sorry, I don't update like that", it says. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716180/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716180/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia has refreshed its range topping single GPU enthusiast graphics card with the 2,304 core Geforce GTX 780. Nvidia's Geforce GTX 680 was announced over a year ago and competed ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716182/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716182/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nokia Siemens will collaborate with Intel to drive computing power into network base stations, in a bid to push more content to users. Nokia Siemens has been busy trying to win contracts for 4G deployments around the world and is looking at ways of increasing the capabilities of mobile base stations in order to provide network operators ways to make more money. The firm announced that it has ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716184/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716184/scat/d805653303cbbba8 are ticked off about Netflix's revelation that it won't be making an app for Blackberry's latest mobile operating system (OS) and apparently have decided to boycott the service. Earlier this week, Netflix's CEO spoke about the company's future mobile plans and said ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716185/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716185/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC One handsets since its release earlier this year, as it bounces back from speculation that the firm is in a state of turmoil. This figure comes from an unnamed HTC ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716183/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716183/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LOS ANGELES - Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers. The All Access service represents Google's attempt to grab a bigger piece of the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214715063/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:38 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214715063/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One, and the future looks gloomy.Upon purchase of a game, a unique code linked to Xbox Live is issued that can only be used once and is verified online. Other users wanting to play a game will then have to buy the right to play the game - at full price.The code "sits on your hard drive and you have permission to play that game as long as you'd like," Microsoft corporate vice ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716186/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:57:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716186/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the rest in installments. Samsung has offered EMI options on the Galaxy S4 while its offering cash back on other smartphones in the Galaxy range such as the Note and Grand. Customers can purchase the Z10 by paying an EMI of Rs 4,799 per month for nine months. A similar scheme for BlackBerry Curve 9220 is available where customers can use their credit card to buy the device and pay an EMI of Rs ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:07 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 reported record results for its fiscal year ended March 31. For the year, Lenovo captured sales of $34 billion, a 15 percent increase from the prior year. Earnings hit $635 million, up 34 percent. And its PC shipments grew by 10.2 percent, compared with an overall industry drop of 8.1 percent. Lenovo's 15.5 percent market share for the year put in within reach of stealing the top spot from ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714909/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714909/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC reportedly is in crisis due to "disastrous" sales of its HTC First handset that features Facebook Home, which has apparently lead to the firm canning the smartphone's UK ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716188/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716188/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ARM to licence the ARM Cortex-A50 CPU as well as the next gen of the Mali GPU. LG was already signed up for the previous Cortex processors and Mali GPUs for its SoCs, but this new agreement should further boost performance in 32 and 64 bit applications, beyond the Mali-T678 GPU, ARM boasted. Senior veep at LG, Bo-ik Sohn, said having access to the full profile GPU compute compared with ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716189/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:42 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716189/scat/d805653303cbbba8 seems to think that no crisis should ever go to waste, hence it believes it can capitalize on disruptions in the PC market and weather the storm with ease. We are of course talking ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716190/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716190/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has finally taken the wraps off its low-power APU line-up for 2013. Of course, avid readers probably know what AMD has cooked up with its Jaguar and Piledriver based chips, which now have proper names to go by, and they sound worse than the codenames. Temash, the world’s first 28nm x86 SoC is designed for tablets and hybrids. Its market name is 2013 AMD Elite Mobility APU and it will come ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716191/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:39 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716191/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - GameStop Corp, the world's largest retailer of video game products, reported quarterly results ahead of Wall Street estimates helped by higher sales of mobile devices and digital ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214716192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel Corp's board if its takeover bid succeeds and give the U.S. government right of approval on the appointment in hopes of easing national security concerns raised by ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714938/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:40:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714938/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Square) Mobile-payment-processing company Square has brought its operation to Japan. The company announced the news on Thursday, saying that it will charge merchants 3.25 percent per swipe. As with its service in the U.S., all funds will be automatically deposited into the merchant's bank account on the next business day. In order to bring Square to Japan, the company teamed ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714953/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:21 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714953/scat/d805653303cbbba8 national launch, San Francisco-based startup Nextdoor is making its neighborhood-only social networks accessible from iPhone and giving people a quick-response way to spread urgent alerts or exchange messages with ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714954/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:20 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714954/scat/d805653303cbbba8 car stereos this week with the announcement of the AppRadio 3. The new model adds a surprising new feature and a few others that I feel the line of receivers should have had all along. AppRadio 3's biggest new party trick is the addition of the MirrorLink connectivity standard to its feature set. When connected to supported phones via USB, MirrorLink allows AppRadio to mirror the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714955/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:19 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714955/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) HTC's flagship smartphone, the One, has inched towards 5 million units sold since its launch about a month ago, an unidentified HTC executive has told the Wall Street ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Makani Power, a startup building power-generating cable-tethered flying wings , and is incorporating the technology within its Google X "moonshots" division. "We look forward to working with our new colleagues at Google[x] to make airborne wind a cost-effective reality," the company said on ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714957/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:17 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714957/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Aixtron's new chief executive laid out a strategy focused on returning to profit and wrestling back leadership of the global market for LED chip-making equipment from U.S. rival Veeco Instruments.The German company swung from a profit in 2011 to a net loss of 103.2 million euros ($132.9 million) last year as orders from customers making light-emitting diode (LED) chips ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:59 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Matt Warman - 23 May 2013 Micro-blogging site Twitter has upgraded security features in a bid to combat the growing number of hacking ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714711/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:44:21 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714711/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "Worried" that children can be exploited through social networking sites, Delhi High Court has asked Facebook and Google to submit within four weeks suggestions on safety measures for online usage of such sites by minors in ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714712/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:04 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714712/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Micromax MMX377G data card can upload files at a speed of 5.76 mbps. The plug-and play requires no prior installation for use. Speaking about the new product, Mr. Deepak Mehrotra, CEO Micromax said, "At Micromax we constantly strive to innovate and develop technologically advanced devices. With the internet penetration in the country expected to grow at a steady rate, we have tried to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714713/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:37:04 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714713/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Peter Elkind, editor at large FORTUNE -- For many years, Amazon.com enjoyed a crucial leg up compared to traditional retailers like Barnes & Noble, Sears, and Wal-Mart: The e-tailer didn't charge sales taxes to its customers. The result: Amazon benefited from as much as a 10% pricing advantage over its rivals, one key reason behind the company's meteoric rise. "It's ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The power of all the computers networked together to maintain the digital currency's system far exceeds the combined processing strength of the top 500 most powerful ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713587/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713587/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fortune 500 ) to launch a chain of cell phone stores targeted to the Latino population. Verizon and Lopez announced the partnership Wednesday at the CTIA wireless industry trade show in Las ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:33:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:28:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714717/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714717/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Seeing a "404 error" or the Twitter "Fail Whale" can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service outages, though, occur on the Internet on a daily basis, as the latest numbers ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714716/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714716/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hewlett-Packard reported a 32 percent drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers. HP's revenue for the quarter, ended April 30, was $27.6 billion, down 10 percent from the same period last year, the company announced ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714719/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714719/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.K., Germany, and Sweden follow as the least riskiest places to establish data centers, while Indonesia, India, and Brazil were at the bottom of a new survey's ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714718/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:59 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214714718/scat/d805653303cbbba8 snapped up by Dropbox earlier this year , has redesigned its app for the iPad. The new app, which currently only works with Gmail accounts, has the same functions as the old app, it lets users organize their email using swipe motions with the ultimate goal of reaching "inbox zero." Mailbox CEO Gentry Underwood said there were a lot of requests for an app designed specifically for ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713599/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:23:16 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713599/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Matt SmithDUBAI (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G mobile networks and IT outsourcing will be among its main regional growth drivers, the firm said.The world's second-largest telecom equipment maker also expects Middle East telecom operators to prioritize improving network efficiency, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713852/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:19:31 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713852/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Qualcomm, Broadcom and Nvidia were the only firms among the 10 largest semiconductor vendors to see revenues increase last year. Analyst outfit IDC totted up the scores from 120 semiconductor vendors and found that only 17 reported an increase in revenue during a difficult 2012 with total revenue falling 2.2 percent to $295bn. Among the stars of the show was third placed Qualcomm, which saw a 34 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:36 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter is tightening up its security by offering two-factor authentication for users across its social network. Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which rolled out a similar login verification scheme a while ago, Twitter wants to "make sure it's really you" logging in by rolling out an optional feature that makes users enter a six-digit code that is sent to their phone via ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713358/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:35 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713358/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC announced the mid-range HTC Desire 600 handset on Thursday, an affordable alternative to its flagship One smartphone. The handset is billed as a mid-range smartphone, despite having a quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.5in qHD Super LCD2 touchscreen and Google's Android Jelly Bean mobile operating system. HTC has yet to reveal whether the handset is running Android 4.1 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:35 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung has announced that it shifted 10 million Galaxy S4 handsets in less than one month, and to celebrate has introduced an additional range of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713361/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713361/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ASUS VivoTab Smart table as a strong machine suitable to productivity - implying that the is a 'lighter' version geared towards entertainment.The ad, entitled"Less Talking, More Doing," places an iPad next to the VivoTab Smart, showing off the latter's capabilities and its built-in office apps.A Siri voiceover highlights that the iPad does not support multiple windows at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:18 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The US-based outsourcing firm iGate is being investigated by a law firm to ascertain whether the company and its employees violated federal securities ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713363/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713363/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Indian IT companies , remains in place despite a last minute deal reached between key Senators on certain provisions of the immigration bill. Continued presence of such a problematic provision in the bill, which was passed by a key Senate panel yesterday, industry sources said that it would not only badly hit Indian IT companies, but also disrupt operational capabilities of a large number of key ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:43 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google boss Eric Schmidt insisted that his company was trying to do the "right thing" as it faces criticism in Britain over the amount of tax it ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713364/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:43 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713364/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A tablet is a tablet and not a phone even if it allows for phone calls and shall face higher rate of import duty levied on computing devices, says the finance ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on June 15, with others following in Los Angeles and Miami. The stores will have bilingual staff and provide a "culturally relevant shopping experience,'' Viva Movil said. Viva Movil will be an authorized Verizon reseller, with ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713368/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713368/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Shazam's existing song-identification app is already popular, with 300 million global users. The update released on Thursday revamps the app's old features, and includes a slate of new ones focused on location data, popular tracks, social media options and faster tagging. Some of those features are available on a new iPhone app as well, but Android users will have to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712390/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:23:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712390/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cyberattackers can sniff out new businesses to target as quickly as two months after they come into existence, according to a new report from cybersecurity ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712266/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:23:21 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712266/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713369/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:11 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713369/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android phones are flying off the shelves, leaving the competition in a cloud of dust. Samsung has managed to ship 10 million Galaxy S4s over the last month or so, making the S4 the fastest selling Samsung phone of all time. It easily trumps the S III, which took 50 days to hit the 10 million milestone, and the S II, which took five months. It is an impressive result to say the least, although ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 there are physicists who claim that there is good evidence that a legion of floating space brains are not spontaneously bursting into existence throughout the universe. For the last decade it was postulated that space might be full of floating brains, which were dubbed Boltzmann brains. The idea was that since space was jolly big, there was a likelihood that consciousness big enough to form a ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713371/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:07 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214713371/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Viva Movil , a self-styled "premium retailer" for Verizon Wireless products and services targeting Latino consumers. "As an entrepreneur, empowering the Latino community is at the core of what I choose to have my businesses stand for and exemplify," Lopez said during her presentation to the CTIA audience. She added that Latino smartphone customers don't have any ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712276/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712276/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Kent German/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Wireless made a little noise on Wednesday after they unveiled a partnership to create a Latino-centric shopping ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712277/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712277/scat/d805653303cbbba8 promises a better experience than Apple's Siri , plans to beat Google at its own game on Google Glass. Sherpa CEO and co-founder Xabier Uribe-Etxebarria unveiled the company's plans for the new app on Thursday in Spain, at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712278/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:11:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712278/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Summary: The Kindle Fire represents a real threat to the Android tablet landscape not because of the Amazon logo, but because of its highly disruptive ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214711932/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:34:43 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214711932/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HP reported a 32 percent drop in second quarter fiscal 2013 profits to $1.1bn, while rival PC maker Lenovo saw its profits rise 84 percent to $124m. HP's position as the largest PC maker has been under threat for some time from Lenovo and the two firms released contrasting quarterly financials. HP saw its revenues and profits fall by 10 percent to $27.6bn and 32 percent to $1.1bn, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712042/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:06 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712042/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hamburg will be showcasing some of the most questionable items ever to be created in its exhibition 'Evil Things: An Encyclopaedia of Bad Taste'.The idea for the exhibition was conceived by the Museum der Dinge (Museum of Things) in Berlin and uses art historian, Gustav E. Pazaurek's system to categorise bad taste.Pazaurek devised his classification system for bad taste over a ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712043/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712043/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Gadgetwise is a blog about everything related to buying and using tech products. From figuring out which gadget to buy and how to get the best deal on it to configuring it once it’s out of the box, Gadgetwise offers a mix of information, analysis and opinion to help you get the most out of your personal ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712044/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712044/scat/d805653303cbbba8 An international data protection forum that started in Vladivostok Thursday will focus on cybercrime and other computer issues.Other topics to be discussed at the Positive Hack Days Vladivostok forum include the safety of mission-critical information systems, government and corporate security in the era of WikiLeaks, cyber war and cyber espionage.The forum gathered 1,500 people, including ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712045/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:10 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712045/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has released a paper confirming that a device made by a secretive Italian might be cold fusion. The paper, penned by a team of independent scientists, has yet to receive a peer review, but appears to suggest that Andrea Rossi's cold fusion device might be the business. The cold fusion device being tested has roughly 10,000 times the energy density and 1,000 times the power density of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712046/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:07:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712046/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HP to turn the outfit around is starting to work. The maker of expensive printer ink raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations. Analysts believe that Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset falling PC sales by boosting enterprise computing services. It was not all good news, in fact, if the company had not been in Dire Straits playing back up for Mark ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:07:39 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft Paul Allen has not done a lot with his life. He has been a philanthropist, inventor, investor, cancer survivor and author. Yesterday he tweeted that he is going to become a recording artist and put out an album. Allen shared ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712048/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:07:38 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712048/scat/d805653303cbbba8 it off again. Although most PC peddlers are in the red, the company reported record PC shipments, annual sales, global market share and annual pre-tax income. In its fiscal fourth quarter, ending 31 March, Lenovo reported sales of $34 billion, up 15 percent year-on-year, as well as a record full-year pre tax income of $801 million, up 38 percent over the previous year. Better yet, Lenovo’s ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:07:37 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cloud vendors are delivering boatloads of new tools to help enterprise IT build, buy, manage, monitor, tweak and track cloud services. These tools are designed to help IT execs free up their budgets and their staff so both can be used towards more strategic, line of business projects. [BUT ARE THEY ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214712050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BRUSSELS | Thu May 23, 2013 4:18am EDT BRUSSELS May 23 (Reuters) - Large companies should disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, the European Commission's top regulatory official said, in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of drafting business regulation, said large banks will already be ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710219/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:18:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710219/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The plane flew its first leg from California in early May. From Dallas, it will fly to Lambert-St. Louis airport, Dulles airport near Washington and New York's John F. Kennedy ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214709654/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:12:23 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214709654/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hewlett-Packard raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. While fiscal second-quarter profit plummeted 32 per ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710045/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:57:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710045/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iGate employees in India received an email from the company's communication team at around 8 am, explaining the situation and telling them not to discuss it on social ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:57:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and password, users will have to enter ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710046/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:57:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710046/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades. Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, posted on Thursday an estimate-beating 90 percent rise in quarterly ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710048/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:57:50 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710048/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW DELHI: A Norwegian cyber security firm has alleged that a sophisticated cyber attack infrastructure appears to originate from India, conducted by private actors with no evidence of state-sponsorship. Norman Shark, Norwegian firm, has also named an Indian company that is known to work with Indian military and intelligence as one of the possible suspects behind the attacks. The Indian company, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:57:49 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710049/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAP said that it will provide job coaches to act as mediators between autistic workers and their colleagues. In a statement, the company said that it wanted to find workers that "think different", and will recruit hundreds of people with autism within the next few years. It wants to train 650 workers with autism to become IT specialists by 2020. The figure amounts to one percent of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:49:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214710050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BEIJING - Computer maker Lenovo Group says its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.Lenovo Group said Thursday it earned $127 million, or 1.22 cents per share, in the three months ending March 31. Revenue rose 4 percent over a year earlier to $7.8 billion.Lenovo ranks a close second behind Hewlett-Packard Co. as the biggest maker ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:55:30 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 It has been a tough two days for IT services firm iGate, which fired its chief executive Phaneesh Murthy for not disclosing a relationship with his ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708898/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:46:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708898/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Abheek Anand is no ordinary product manager working out of Facebook's California headquarters. The 32-year-old, along with fellow IITian Sohan Majumdar, sold the mobile-based customer loyalty startup Tagtile, which they had jointly launched, to Facebook last year. Anand and Majumdar represent the new generation of tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. This breed thrives by soaking up the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708899/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:46:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708899/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Private equity and entrepreneurs form a heady mix. While private equity firms look for individuals with cracker business ideas, the latter look for capital to back their dreams. And so in their attempt to strike gold, private equity takes risks on the entrepreneur as well as on the project. London-based Apax Partners, which manages assets worth $35 billion globally, also did the same. That's ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708900/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:46:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708900/scat/d805653303cbbba8 acquisition for $1.2 billion. The now-ousted iGate CEO had previously tried to acquire Satyam, but failed. Acquiring Patni involved a long and hard battle with other bidders, and he, in association with private equity firm Apax Partners, eventually emerged victorious. Today, two years after the acquisition, it's far from clear whether the acquisition will pay off. iGate had to take a $700 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708901/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:46:50 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708901/scat/d805653303cbbba8 drawn scepticism from the public . Not only had we not seen an image of an object printed by the ProDesk3D, but the company has also yet to release an actual photograph of the printer. To date, all we have seen are renders. This last part is still true, but BotObjects has now posted some images to its website of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:33:10 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law. At a hearing Tuesday, members of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations grilled Apple ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708054/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:39:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708054/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Browser Click Tools> Internet Options>Privacy>Advanced Check Override automatic cookie handling For First-party Cookies and Third-party Cookies click Accept Click OK and ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708055/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:29:09 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214708055/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AMD has revealed details about its Temash and Kabini chips for tablets and mainstream laptops ahead of Computex. AMD's Jaguar core is best known for powering ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:46:26 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Aer Arann is eyeing up franchise agreements with other airlines - in Europe and further afield - as it seeks to boost its passenger numbers to two million by 2018 and become one of Europe's leading regional airlines by ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707114/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707114/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707128/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:34:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707128/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes and monitor cellphone communications, too. Pitches like that, from a salesman for Nanjing Xhunter Software, were not uncommon at a crowded trade show this month that brought together ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:34:24 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple has asked a federal judge in Silicon Valley to add Samsung's new flagship Galaxy smartphone to the list of devices targeted in a patent lawsuit involving Siri personal assistant software. The motion to amend the lawsuit to include the Galaxy S4 will be on the agenda of a June 25 hearing before US District Court Judge Paul Grewal in the California city of San Jose. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706654/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:33:28 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706654/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Tesla) In what could be viewed as a shot in the arm for U.S.-made electric cars, Tesla has repaid a government loan nine years early. "Today, Tesla Automotive repaid the entire remaining balance on a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy nine years earlier than originally required," the U.S. Department of Energy said in a statement Wednesday. That clean-energy ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET) Forget pricey Teslas; Chevrolet announced pricing for its Spark EV model at $27,495. If a buyer qualifies for the full federal tax credit of $7,500, that price drops to $19,995. The Spark EV goes on sale in June but will be limited to California and Oregon. California owners will be able to apply further credits up to $2,500. Oregon may be less friendly, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: AMD) The prerelease code names of AMD's new low-power and mainstream CPUs, Temash, Kabini, and Richland, may not mean much to laptop shoppers, but these components aim to give ultrathin laptops, tablets, and other PCs better value and battery life. For the past several years, AMD has actually named its processors APUs rather than CPUs, which stands for accelerated processing ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707115/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214707115/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , Sony revealed very brief pictures of the mysterious PlayStation 4 hardware, leaving gamers in the dark about what the highly anticipated gaming console will look ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214706166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A Norwegian cyber security firm has alleged that a sophisticated cyber attack infrastructure appears to originate from India, conducted by private actors with no evidence of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:12 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A handful of profiles and pages on the social network, which have been gathering places for Syrians to discuss their country's civil war, have mysteriously ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705134/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:32 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705134/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Receipt scanning and a new interface, heavily influenced from the Cards look of Google Glass and Google Now, greet you in an update to Google Drive for ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705133/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:32 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705133/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Self-printed guns aren't the only firearms altering the weapons landscape. Also out there: Precision rifles with high-tech scopes and auto-firing triggers, and iPhone adapters and apps that offer custom ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705135/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:31 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705135/scat/d805653303cbbba8 campaigns to send vacationers to Mars , it’s time to start working out some of the logistics. One concern: How do you pack enough food to supply years-long space missions? One company, Systems and Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), believes the answer may be in 3-D food printing, and it has been selected to receive a $125,000 grant from NASA to construct a prototype. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705952/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:02:34 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705952/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The grant was issued to Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC), which plans to take on the larger task of making 3D-printed food easier to produce, especially for developing regions with limited access or ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705010/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:13:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214705010/scat/d805653303cbbba8 also dropped 26 cents to $102.34 a barrel. The U.S. government's Energy Information Administration said gasoline inventories rose by 3 million barrels last week, suggesting the U.S. domestic fuel market was well supplied for the peak driving season. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704198/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:13:31 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704198/scat/d805653303cbbba8 a new Windows 8 ad sees Microsoft take Siri hostage, tie her up in a chair, and make her tell the truth. The truth as Microsoft sees it, that ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704139/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:06 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704139/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With high quality digital cameras on every smartphone and apps that make your pictures even better, just about anyone can be an accomplished photographer. Sure, you may not be an accomplished professional photographer, but you can certainly upload your images to photo sharing sites and receive feedback to make your shots even better. As most people know, there are a number of popular services ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704141/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704141/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Samsung/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Technology and love have a long relationship. In recent times, the former has played the dominant role. We now find partners online and one-night stands on our phones. However, Samsung would like you to know that the best way to meet the woman of your dreams is to pull out your gadget and stalk her a little. Perhaps this is ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704142/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:04 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704142/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Glass Terms of Sale . Violating an electronic product's sale terms is practically a rite of passage, from ripping the safety tag off of mattresses to ripping CDs and DVDs. What makes this case unusual is that the Craigslister is clearly trying to make a buck: this pair of Glass, perhaps more valuable because of its rarity on Craigslist, is going for four times the market cost of $1,500. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:04 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214704143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Open the Google Chrome browser Click Tools icon>Options>Under the Hood>Content Settings Check Allow local data to be set Uncheck Block third-party cookies from being set Uncheck Clear cookies Close ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703930/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:49:48 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703930/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The popular LifeProof case joins the OtterBox family. If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. OtterBox, which struggled for months to bring a waterproof iPhone case to market, has acquired rival LifeProof, which makes one of the best -- and bestselling -- tough iPhone cases. Colorado-based OtterBox has been a leading case manufacturer for a variety of smartphones ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703008/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703008/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET) Consumers awaiting Apple's rumored wearable, watch-like device might need to wait until next year before the gadget sees the light of day. That's according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the company "may not have adequate resources" to develop a version of iOS for the device given its efforts to revamp ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703009/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:45 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703009/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Palo Alto Research Center) Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple cable cinched with phone-like jacks. But, Ethernet is so much more. It is the foundation for global Internet access and undoubtedly the world's most-used connectivity technology. In the annals of "techdom," Ethernet is a very big deal. "Ethernet ranks highly among those technologies ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703931/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703931/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Starting Wednesday, LinkedIn will be sporting a much sexier and simplified navigation bar inspired by the design of its just-improved mobile applications. "Over the last year and half we've had the chance to learn quite a bit from you about the types of changes that add the most value to your daily professional life, and we've brought some of these learnings to the new ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214703011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702604/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank Corp's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, hoping to convince lawmakers and government reviewers that it poses national security ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702889/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:43:19 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702889/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Palo Alto Research Center) Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple colored cable cinched with phone-like jacks. But, Ethernet is so much more. It is the foundation for global Internet access and undoubtedly the world's most used connectivity technology. In the annuals of techdom, Ethernet is a very big deal. "Ethernet ranks highly among those technologies ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214701738/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214701738/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hewlett-Packard is thinking a lot more about Android these days. CEO Meg Whitman focused on new Android products during the company's earnings conference ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702890/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702890/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Antuan Goodwin/CNET) Aside from sounding like it received its moniker from BMW's product department, the S-Voice Drive driving mode is an extension of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214701739/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214701739/scat/d805653303cbbba8 For the better part of a decade the videogame landscape remained mostly unchanged, complacent in a sea of sequels, motion controls and downloadable content. It's a generation that has lasted longer than any other before it albeit for generally good reasons. And perhaps most impressive is though their PC gaming counterparts have long since passed them by, these aging consoles are still able ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214701741/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214701741/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 6:58pm EDT WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps inadvertently, on a top priority for U.S. business: simplifying America's tax code. Chief ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702593/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:50 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214702593/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Perhaps it was odd enough that Sen. John McCain asked Tim Cook why he kept having to update the apps on his iPhone, but one question was even more ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:29 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Lee Chyen Yee and Umesh DesaiHONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades.Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, is expected on ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700621/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:25:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700621/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed May 22, 2013 5:43pm EDT By Jim Finkle May 22 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. The micro blogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages a day, said on Wednesday that it had begun rolling out an optional ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700455/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:43:22 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700455/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Koss Fit Series , has two models -- the FitClips and the FitBuds, both priced at $30. The FitClips are an in-ear headphone with a retention clip that goes behind the ear. They are made of a soft rubbery material that fit around my smallish (lady-size?) ears comfortably. The FitBuds go directly into your ear canals and, like the FitClips, come with three sizes of ear cushions. The headphones ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:40:43 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700221/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:37:38 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214700221/scat/d805653303cbbba8 View Photo Reuters/Reuters - An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699990/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699990/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hewlett-Packard is still struggling to turn itself around. But here's the good news for HP and CEO Meg Whitman: When Wall Street estimates are set at rock bottom, they're easy to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698984/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:57 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698984/scat/d805653303cbbba8 were expecting a mixed bag . They got one. The tech giant reported earnings of $1.1 billion, or 55 cents per share. Non-GAAP earnings were 87 cents per share on a revenue of $27.6 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 81 cents a share on revenue of $28 billion for the second quarter. Out of the six core segments highlighted in the second quarter report, only the software ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698986/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:57 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698986/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Kenny Gibbs) In general, bicycles haven't adopted the same high-tech features as many cars. Turn signals are done by hand, and GPS equates to using good old-fashioned brain power or the information you have on your ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698987/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:56 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698987/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wii U are still big boxes of mystery -- even though one's already been out in stores for months. So, how will this new gaming landscape shake out? Sony and Nintendo, the also-rans to the current success story of Microsoft and the Xbox 360, will have options. But they're not always ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698988/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698988/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Enough is enough for the global network of fast-moving 140-character missives. Twitter now hopes to protect member accounts with a more sophisticated login ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698989/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698989/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Pew study shows that teenage users have been moving some of their online sharing to other social media services like Twitter and Instagram to escape the "drama and pressure" of Facebook. The study does still list Facebook as the most often used service (81 percent of teens answered this way) and number one for active accounts (94 percent of teens said they currently have a Facebook ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the Associated Press' account was taken over by hackers who told the media outlet's millions of followers that bombs had exploded at the White House. Starting today, though, Twitter users will have an added security feature intended to help prevent those types of hacks. The social network has rolled out a log in, or two-step, verification process, which requires users to confirm ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699244/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:52 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699244/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:15:41 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214699359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.A quarterly earnings report released Wednesday provided the evidence of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s deteriorating condition.The results included the seventh consecutive decline in HP's ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:24 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697488/scat/d805653303cbbba8 View Photo Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:18:25 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Jim Finkle REUTERS - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A hacking expert who helps companies uncover network vulnerabilities, Moore said he found the sensors last month while analyzing information in huge, publicly available databases of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698641/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:18:20 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698641/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698810/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:15:12 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214698810/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox Live Arcade games with them to the Xbox One are out of luck. Microsoft has confirmed that these games will not carry over to the next-generation ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697566/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:22 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697566/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Using facial recognition software, a team has created a program that crawls Google Maps, seeking out faces hidden in the Earth's folds. Do you see what it ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697565/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:21 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697565/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Speaking of Glass, Google's chief Internet evangelist predicted, "It may be we will have to experience some damage before we discover what the social conventions ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697568/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:20 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697568/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Dacor Discovery DYWS4 WineStation stores, preserves and dispenses up to four bottles of wine at a time. After opening, wine stays good for up to 60 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:19 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Google) Google has made searching in Chrome for Android a bit easier with an update Wednesday to the browser. The latest stable version ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697569/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:19 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697569/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Verizon Wireless announces a partnership with a new mobile brand started by actress and singer Jennifer Lopez that will be geared toward Latino ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:09:17 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Former Yahoo Inc executive Shashi Seth has joined Tribune Co to lead its digital ventures as the newspaper and broadcast company seeks new revenue sources.The company said on Wednesday that Seth was named president of Tribune Digital Ventures, a newly created stand-alone company that will operate out of Silicon Valley rather than Tribune's Chicago headquarters.Seth said in an ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697162/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:08 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697162/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Smartphone forensics experts can retrieve just about anything from any phone. Police will often seize and analyze phones for evidence of things such as indecent photos and videos, what calls were placed when and to whom, browser history, calendar events and explanations of a suicide or ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:12 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google conference this morning where champagne socialist Ed Miliband dilated at length about how evil Google is.Schmidt did, however, appear at a conference later on, where he said and yeah, I kid you not, he said: "Google is a country."He corrected that to "company" a few seconds later, in Just a Minute style. Now we have met Schmidt when he suddenly appeared as the boss ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697343/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:02:44 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697343/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed May 22, 2013 3:01pm EDT * Austria to end bank secrecy for foreigners this year * Merkel says EU information exchange 'enormous step' * Luxembourg's Juncker says wants to see Swiss deal first (Adds Juncker, Faymann, Merkel comment, graphic link, detail) By John O'Donnell and Martin Santa BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - Europe edged closer to lifting banking secrecy on Wednesday ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697816/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:57 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697816/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Existing forecasting models are good at predicting roughly when an area might experience the right mix of conditions to create a flash flood, but they can't say precisely when or where a flood will strike. Christian Claudel at ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 It's a soft 'g', Mr. President . Correction: On today's episode, we mentioned that Webby winners had to purchase their awards separately. In fact, they're included with the purchase of a ticket to the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:24 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696077/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CBS Interactive) A pair of yet-to-be-announced HTC smartphones surfaced this week, tipping the hardware maker's future ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696078/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:23 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696078/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Image credit: Courtesy The Webby Awards ';It’s pronounced ‘JIF,’ not ‘GIF.’'; Those are the words of GIF creator Steve Wilhite, who finally settled the pronunciation debate Tuesday night as he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Webby Award show in New York City, hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt. That’s right, it’s ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:55 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697346/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook on Wednesday became a full member of the Global Network Initiative, a non-governmental organization promoting Internet freedom and privacy rights.The announcement came one year after the world's biggest social network gained observer status at GNI, whose corporate members include Microsoft, Yahoo! and Google."We welcome Facebook as a full member of GNI and ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697157/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:53:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214697157/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia has announced that its Grid virtual GPU technology will be supported by Citrix's Xenserver. Nvidia's GPGPU development has been largely aimed at the high performance computing and academic markets, however the firm is promoting it for the enterprise with its Grid GPU virtualisation technology. The firm announced that Citrix's Xenserver will support virtual machines running ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695860/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:46 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695860/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AAPL ) taxes Tuesday, the Tea Party candidate from Wisconsin was anything but dumb. In fact, he asked smarter questions that elicited more information about Apple's operations than all the other senators combined. (See C-Span clip below.) It helped, perhaps, that his background is in business (accountant, night-school MBA program, CEO of a plastics manufacturer) not law or politics. But if ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:16 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- It takes ten years to become a New Yorker. There's no official document that says this, and you can argue the point if you like, but among my friends, that's the going wisdom. So, it's official: I offer my congratulations to Google ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:15 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Google's top dog for last month was, once again, the pitbull. Having taken the title for most-searched breed away from the bulldog in January, the pit has stayed in the top spot for the past four months, but the German Shepherd is looking to make a move after overtaking the Siberian Husky to advance to the No. 4 ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694331/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:52:32 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694331/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WAVE energy hasn't had a great time of it in recent years. Despite advances in research, getting wave power up and running in any meaningful commercial sense has not been very successful - and that's putting it mildly. In 2008, for example, the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695750/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:40 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695750/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Foursquare) Foursquare released new versions of its iPhone and Android applications to help people narrow their searches and find just the right bar, restaurant, or coffee spot. Application users can now fine-tune their place queries and use the filter button to tick off a number of attributes to find venues that are open now or places where friends have been to in the past. People ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694379/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:56 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694379/scat/d805653303cbbba8 a free 100-photo flip-book from Groovebook when you apply coupon code CNETGROOVE at checkout. That's a colossal savings of...wait for it...$2.99! No, seriously. Without that code, a 100-photo flip-book would cost you exactly $2.99. Shipped. What kind of crazy craziness is this? I'll explain. After installing the Groovebook app ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694378/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:56 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694378/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS -- Walmart believes smartphones can deliver the same kind of personalized service that founder Sam Walton embraced with his first store. Where e-commerce brought the store to the Web, smartphones are bringing the Web to physical stores, with each consumer able to access data from their phones, according to Gibu Thomas, head of mobile for Walmart. ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694380/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:54 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694380/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Kevin Montgomery . "We are providing worldwide geospatial infrastructure to empower people." Collaborate.org grew out of Intelesense, a company headed by Montgomery that provides monitoring products for wireless sensor networks and a spatial data exchange. Collaborate.org is built ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694381/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694381/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Twitter) Twitter aims to turn the tweet stream into a more efficient marketing channel with the addition of a new Twitter Card that lets people quickly sign up for advertiser offers or promotions inside tweets. Twitter Cards, also known as expanded tweets, are a 1-year-old feature meant to keep information network users glued to their streams. Cards bring rich media from partners to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694382/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:49 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694382/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) In response to falling prices, nearly 25 percent of all laptops should have touch screens by 2016, IHS said Wednesday. Windows 8 is the first version of Microsoft's popular operating system that works well with touch. The technology has been promising, and many companies have vowed to make more products with touch screens. But so far, high pricing and low ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694383/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:48 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694383/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Glass debuted in May last year at Google's annual developer conference, Google I/O, but it was only last month that designers and developers finally got their hands on the device. At the latest I/O, held in San Francisco last week, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695672/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:37:07 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214695672/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FRANKFURT | Wed May 22, 2013 1:12pm EDT FRANKFURT May 22 (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems. SAP has asked start-up Danish recruitment company Specialisterne to help it find, train and manage employees ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696199/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:12:59 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214696199/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cortado has extended its cloud printing product portfolio and launched Thinprint Cloud Printer, a technology that turns any printer into a cloud printer regardless of the make or model. Available for download now on Windows, iOS and Android, Thinprint Cloud Printer works through a free app that turns the user's preferred printer into a cloud printer via a "virtual instance". ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694152/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:51 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694152/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday."Mobile platforms, for a lot of attackers, represent a new target-rich environment," said Chris Doggett, senior vice president, North America, at Kaspersky Lab. He was addressing a panel discussion at the CTIA Wireless trade ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214693982/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:41:53 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214693982/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed May 22, 2013 12:40pm EDT * European leaders want to end aggressive tax avoidance * EU losing up to 1 trillion euros a year to tax evasion, avoidance * OECD report urges EU to tackle tax arbitrage by companies * Apple, Amazon, Google among corporations in the spotlight By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany called for stricter rules to stop companies such as ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694517/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:58 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694517/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Emma Way of Norfolk in the U.K. tweets that she hit a cyclist and that she had right of way. The police are informed. Her employer is none too pleased ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692985/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:38:06 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692985/scat/d805653303cbbba8 that one of its editors has been conducting a campaign to purge the encyclopaedia of all references to the occult and modern pagans. The problem was first flagged by the pagan community in November last year when it appeared that someone had been flagging articles for deletion relating to Pagan authors, events, and notable figures. The Wikipedia editor who went by "Qworty" seemed to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694153/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:03 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214694153/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Britain's leader of the opposition Labour party Ed Miliband speaks at the Google big tent event at the Grove Hotel, on the outskirts of London May 22, ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214693977/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:01 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214693977/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Ben Kokes/Enfinicorp) Engineer Ben Kokes is a lot of things. He's an outdoor enthusiast. He's a Bronco mechanic. He's a tinkerer who builds electronic gadgets for fun. He's also in love. I'll let him tell his story in his own words: "Once upon a time, a boy met a girl. Then a short amount of time later, the boy decided to design and build a ring for ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692846/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:05 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692846/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Zite) Zite, the personal news aggregator, released a new version Wednesday that aims to help people discover more stories relevant to them, while better highlighting publishers. With version 2.3, which is now available on iOS devices, the ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692847/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:04 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692847/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Jonathan Skillings/CNET) Penguin has agreed to pay $75 million to settle e-book pricing lawsuits filed by many states and private class plaintiffs, bringing an end to the long-running complaints in the U.S. The settlement would resolve claims filed by 33 state attorneys general against Penguin, as well as class-action lawsuits filed by consumers who alleged the company's ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692848/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:03 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692848/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- General Motors is eager to get its slice of the app pie. Mary Chan, head of the global connected consumer unit for GM, told CNET that apps would come to ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692849/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692849/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cricket's Half Is More campaign sets crosshairs on AT&T and Verizon. LAS VEGAS -- In an aggressive move for Cricket Wireless, the prepaid carrier has launched an advertising campaign urging Verizon and AT&T customers to switch over from their costly on-contact plans to Cricket's more affordable rates. Named "Half Is More," the initiative will fan out online, in ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692850/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:02 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692850/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Pantech) Samsung has inked a deal with fellow Korean phone maker Pantech for an equity stake in the company. In a statement on Wednesday, Samsung confirmed an ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692851/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692851/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Video game maker Atari Inc is seeking court approval for the sale of all its assets as it works its way out of bankruptcy protection.The company said on Tuesday it tried looking for a buyer with the help of its investment banker Perella Weinberg Partners, but was unable to find a "stalking horse," or initial bidder, acceptable to it.Atari has set a minimum bid of $15 million ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:17 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Vodafone will not launch its 4G services until "late summer", but will not comment on whether that's down to an Apple iPhone release. Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao said that the firm won't rush to follow EE's lead, but instead will pursue a wait and see approach. This has prompted speculation that the firm is waiting until Apple releases an iPhone 6 or an iOS update that ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692607/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:28 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692607/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HGST has launched what it claims is the highest capacity hard disk drive (HDD) for notebooks, touted as the industry's first 9.5mm 2.5in HDD with 1.5TB capacity. Sounding like a budget airline flight you'd take on your holidays to Benidorm, HGST has named its new drive the "Travelstar 5K1500". The firm, which is part of Western Digital, said the HDD is notable for its ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:27 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IBM has put its Watson technology to use by offering it as a service for call centres to provide additional insight to customer service representatives. IBM's Watson artificial learning technology hit the headlines after ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692606/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:26 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692606/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Acetrax is closing its doors and advising users to back up any content that they might have paid for through it. The service is a Sky product and compares to Tesco's Blinkbox and Sky's own but newer Now ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:26 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it.Sprint upped its bid by 14 percent to $2.5 billion Tuesday for the wireless data network operator.Some shareholders have opposed the deal, including Crest Financial, which spurned the latest bid as well.Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering $3.40 per share for the half of ... http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692185/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:45 -0400 http://www.greekherald.com/index.php/sid/214692185/scat/d805653303cbbba8