News tagged with operations
NIST improves tool for hardening software against cyber attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report
Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Microsoft buys Al Gore-backed video search engine
Microsoft announced Tuesday it has bought VideoSurf, an online video search engine founded by four Israelis and which has received funding from former US vice president Al Gore.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Pakistan delays ban on 'obscene' text messages
Pakistan's mobile operators on Monday deferred implementing a ban on nearly 1,700 "obscene" words from text messages, saying they were seeking further clarification from the telecoms authority.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Clearwire slammed as CEO reportedly mulls default
(AP) -- Shares of wireless broadband network operator Clearwire Corp. plunged Friday after its chief executive told The Wall Street Journal that the company is weighing whether to make a large interest payment on Dec. 1.
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Ballmer says 'Windows Era' everlasting
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer proclaimed an everlasting "Windows Era" as the software giant's board easily won re-election at an annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Logitech pulls plug on Google TV set-top boxes
Logitech has pulled the plug on Google TV set-top boxes, saying consumers just aren't ready for the device which merges television and the Internet.
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Nov 11, 2011 |
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iPhone 4S making frenzied debut in 15 new markets
Apple's new iPhone 4S made glitzy and chaotic debuts in three new Asian markets on Friday, with customers and profiteers queuing for up to a week to get their hands on the popular gadget.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Battery life fix out for new iPhone, Apple devices
Apple has released a software update to fix a problem that is shortening the battery life of some iPhones, iPads and iPods.
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Nov 11, 2011 |
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'Lost Interview' shows a younger, healthier Jobs
(AP) -- A recently discovered video copy of a 1995 interview with Steve Jobs shows the Apple co-founder at a healthier time, not long before he rejoined and revitalized the company.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Mark Zuckerberg says Steve Jobs advised him on Facebook
Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was moved that Apple's Steve Jobs admired him for not "selling out."
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Facebook in no rush to IPO, enter China
Facebook is in no hurry to go public or to get into China, where it is officially blocked, according to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social networking giant.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Study looks at predicting NFL betting lines
When bookmakers set the over/under line for NFL games they tend to give weight to the number of points a team scored in its immediate previous game. But that statistic is a poor predictor of the number of points to be scored ...
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Easily 're-programmable cells' could be key in creation of new life forms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Nottingham are leading an ambitious research project to develop an in vivo biological cell-equivalent of a computer operating system.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Tapjoy calms mobile 'app' storm
Startup Tapjoy on Thursday set out to woo smartphone and tablet computer lovers with a marketplace that makes it easy to find and use applications suited to their tastes.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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