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Chrome browser gains Web Speech API support in latest stable build
Engadget - 22 Feb 2013 02:46
Good news, everyone: a safer and more robust version of Google Chrome has just been tipped for the masses. Like we've previously seen in the beta release, the stable version of Chrome 25 brings support for the Web Speech...
Facebook iOS Update Adds Free VoIP Calling in US and Canada [iOS Blog]
Mac Rumors - 22 Feb 2013 23:16
Facebook today updated its main iOS app, adding free VoIP calling in the United States and Canada. Facebook previously beta tested the feature in its Messenger iOS app, which received an update to allow voice calling in ...
Apple v. Samsung: What are the most reliable smartphones on the market?
ZDNet - 22 Feb 2013 19:19
The latest report released by FixYa suggests that although Apple's iPhone comes with a premium price tag, you do get what you pay for in terms of reliability.
Jimmy Fallon gets first PS4 hands-on, plays some Killzone: Shadow Fall (video)
Engadget - 22 Feb 2013 10:26
First things first: We still haven't seen the PlayStation 4. That said, if you'd like to see someone other than a Sony rep or developer putting their hands all over that DualShock 4 with touchpad and share button -- we a...
PayPal Here coming to the UK with a chip reader to match (video)
Engadget - 22 Feb 2013 05:49
US-born mobile payment methods like PayPal Here and Square haven't had much traction in Europe, due in no small part to the continent's frequent reliance on chip-and-PIN credit cards over North America's (slowly outgoing...
LG Optimus G shipping to Europe this month with Jelly Bean (video)
Engadget - 22 Feb 2013 03:53
LG is about to kick its currently slow, worldwide Optimus G deployment into high gear. Right in time for Mobile World Congress, the company has confirmed that its late 2012 flagship is about to reach Europe. Sweden gets ...
HTC settles with the FTC over claims of insecurities in logging software
Engadget - 22 Feb 2013 23:49
Much of the firestorm surrounding remote phone diagnostics in late 2011 ultimately enveloped Carrier IQ and the providers that used it, but HTC was also scorched by accusations that its phones' software flaws (including ...
Hackers exploit NBC.com to spread malware
The Verge - 22 Feb 2013 03:09
Several security analysts issued warnings today that hackers were distributing malware from the website of NBC, one of the top four TV networks. Brian Krebs, a former Washington Post reporter and well-known internet secu...
Framebench Is A Google Docs For Creative Collaboration
TechCrunch - 22 Feb 2013 23:50
Framebench is a newly launched platform for creative collaboration, specifically aimed at those working in digital agencies and other creative design firms. There are a number of tools already available serving this indu...
Einhorn wins ruling against Apple in cash pile fight
Reuters - 22 Feb 2013 23:01
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Why Google bothered to make the Chromebook Pixel
PC World - 22 Feb 2013 19:35Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest user information exposed in hack attack
L.A. Times - 22 Feb 2013 18:20IT pervasiveness shifting customer engagement paradigm
ZDNet - 22 Feb 2013 15:19
Winners of the 2013 IT Leader Awards by Singapore Computer Society give nods to how ubiquitous mobility and user expectation of immediacy have pushed companies to relook customer engagement.
As widget service shuts down, Chumby lives on with partial functionality
The Verge - 22 Feb 2013 13:47
Chumby Industries may have folded back in April 2012, but the community has been keeping the widget platform up and running ever since. Last month, news came that funding for the project had all but dried up, and the 40,...
Sharp revival plan unlikely to include Hon Hai capital: sources
Reuters - 22 Feb 2013 13:39
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HP's off-and-on romance with its PC business is on again
GigaOM - 22 Feb 2013 06:22
Revenue for Hewlett-Packard's personal systems was off 8 percent year over year, but Meg Whitman reiterated that the company is devoted to this margin-stretched business.
Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest warn of privacy risk after customer support company Zendesk is hacked (update)
The Verge - 22 Feb 2013 05:26
The last few weeks have seen a flood of companies being hacked or otherwise attacked online, and the latest is customer-support company Zendesk and some of its clients -- including Tumblr. In a post on its blog, Zendesk ...
Watch this: quadrocopters perform amazing pole-catching acrobatics
The Verge - 22 Feb 2013 04:43
Quadrocopters can do more than take part in elaborate dances -- they're making the jump into gymnastics. Dario Brescianini, a student at ETH Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Controls, has programmed the mini-dr...
Historic Mars Rock Drilling Sample Set for Analysis by Curiosity Robot in Search of Organics
Universe Today - 22 Feb 2013 04:17
Newly received images from the surface of Mars confirm that NASA's Curiosity rover successfully extracted the 1st ever samples collected by drilling down inside a rock on another planet and transferred the pulverized ali...
Why Does This Image of the Mount Etna Volcano Eruption from Space Look So Weird?
Gizmodo - 22 Feb 2013 03:00
Because Earth can sometimes look like an Impressionist painting from space, NASA added colors to the Mount Etna volcano eruption to separate what from what. The false-color image combines shortwave infrared, near-infrare...
The 'unparticle' might lurk in Earth's mantle
NBC News - 22 Feb 2013 01:59How To Avoid American Drones, by Al-Qaeda
Gizmodo - 22 Feb 2013 00:20
When AP reporters walked through turf where Islamic terrorists had been driven out by the French military, they found a curious photocopied document: a list of 22 tips for avoiding UAV death. But you can use them, too! M...