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Czechs to auction 4G mobile frequencies

Czech telecommunications regulators (CTU) announced Monday their intention to auction 4G mobile telephony frequencies and that a fourth mobile operator could enter the Czech market.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Including ads in mobile apps poses privacy, security risks

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the official Google Play market, researchers ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NetZero to launch free wireless broadband service

It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -only this time it's wireless.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Report: Tablets helping improve news consumption

Mobile technology appears to be increasing the public appetite for news but it's far from clear whether the news industry will profit from that, a study issued Monday concluded.

Technology / Internet

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Movie industry embraces an old enemy: the cellphone

Looking to buck the line at the Regency Bruin in Los Angeles' Westwood neighborhood? It's fine if you bring your smartphone.

Technology / Business

created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto

With its "Don't Be Evil" motto, Google Inc. has always held itself to a higher moral standard.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 24

Google invests in social with Kevin Rose hire

Google confirmed Friday that it has hired Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and other members of the team at his latest project, a Milk incubator for startups making "apps" for mobile gadgets.

Technology / Internet

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

Graphene battery demonstrated to power an LED

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Hong Kong have reported, in ArXiv, their experiments to make a graphene battery that they say generates an electrical current by drawing on the ambient thermal energy in the sol ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (25) | comments 24 | 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

China smartphone market 'to overtake US'

China is set to be the biggest smartphone market this year after shipments in the second-half of 2011 outstripped the US, a technology research firm said.

Technology / Business

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Apple fans snap up new iPad in muted launch

The new iPad went on sale on Friday with Apple fans lining up from Sydney to San Francisco to snap up the latest model of the hot-selling tablet computer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Australians first to get hands on new iPad

Hundreds of gadget lovers laid siege to Apple's flagship Sydney store Friday to be the first in the world to get their hands on the new iPad as the company's shares in New York spiked above US$600.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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

Researchers devise simple, inexpensive approach to making soft magnetic films for microwave applications

Soft magnetic materials can be easily magnetized and demagnetized. They are widely used in microwave devices, such as absorption of electromagnetic radiations.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New generation of flexible graphene transistors

Making electronic components using graphene, a material composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, is one of today's major technological challenges. Researchers hope to harness the outstanding electron mobility ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast