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Dell tablet leak: 10.1-inch display, two-battery choice

(Phys.org) -- Headline after headline talks about vendors’ tablets in the wings as likely number-one contenders for the iPad. Such claims have justifiably been taken with a grain of salt, considering ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

PayPal to expand in Asia after mobile app launch

PayPal Asia-Pacific chief Rupert Keeley said Friday the US company plans to expand in the region over the next 12 to 18 months, after it launched the region's first payments service for smartphones. ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cloud-based secure desktop streaming from any PC

Today at the CeBIT Fair, IBM is announcing the Secure Enterprise Desktop, an innovative service that enables corporate users to securely access the contents of their entire hard disk, including operating system, applications ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Sea of rights limits March Madness digital

(AP) -- Madness is one way to describe my experience with March Madness Live, a service for watching the annual college basketball tournament on computers and mobile devices.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making a game of research

Tablet computers are being adopted by behavioural scientists at Norway's University of Stavanger (UiS) as a more efficient way of obtaining information from young children.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PayPal lets shops take payments on smartphones (Update)

Online financial transactions titan PayPal has started to allow merchants across the world to take payments using smartphones in a direct challenge to startup Square.

Technology / Business

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Mobile money faces developed-world challenge

Instances of the so-called tail wagging the dog abound. Add to that club mobile-money services, the idea that you can make financial transactions of all kinds using only a cellphone.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Review: A stellar finish to 'Mass Effect' trilogy

(AP) -- Science fiction fans love their galactic empires. From the novels of Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert to the multimedia epics created by George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry, the planet-hopping space opera ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New Fujitsu V series FRAMs deliver optimal design flexibility

Fujitsu Semiconductor America (FSA) today extended its growing portfolio of Ferroelectric memory products with the introduction of a new Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM) product series that features a wide voltage ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Authentication Outlet': Electricity use can be managed, consumed on a per-user and per-device basis

In recent years, the situation surrounding the supply of electricity and energy has changed significantly, and this has raised social concern over the impact of such supply on the global environment and our ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gadget Watch: HP Envy 14 PC has smart-tag sensor

(AP) -- Thin, light laptops -known as "ultrabooks"- are a much-hyped category at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase for the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name

Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US gets chance to catch up on credit card security

The next time you swipe your credit card at check-out, consider this: It's a ritual the rest of the world deems outdated and unsafe.

Technology / Other

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 17

Payment startup Square rolls out iPad sales app

(AP) -- First, mobile payment service Square made it easier for merchants to accept credit cards anytime, anywhere, with just a smart phone and a tiny, plastic credit-card reader. Now the startup led by Twitter co-founder ...

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tickets, coupons among uses for tap-to-pay phones

(AP) -- Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0