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Apple Battles to Avoid iPad Ban in China

22/02/2012 10:16pmThe latest stage of Apple’s battle to use the “iPad” trademark in China saw heated exchanges in a Shanghai court, as the technology giant fought to avoid disruption to global supplies of its best-selling tablet.

Pirate Bay vows to go underground over blocking threat

22/02/2012 10:16pmFile-sharing site Pirate Bay vows to carry on after the High Court lays the foundations for its closure.

D-Wave Defies World of Critics With ‘First Quantum Cloud’

22/02/2012 10:16pmGeordie Rose has a Ph.D. in quantum physics, but he's also a world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a Canadian national champion wrestler...

The Pirate Bay to defy international crackdown on filesharing websites

22/02/2012 10:16pmSite says it will bypass attempts to shut it down with a more covert system for illicitly downloading films and music. By Josh Halliday

MegaUpload founder released on bail after new evidence surfaces.

22/02/2012 10:16pmIn a surprise move, court releases Kim DotCom today.

An E-Mail App Arrives for the BlackBerry Tablet

22/02/2012 10:16pmResearch in Motion on Tuesday finally brought e-mail to its tablet computer, the BlackBerry PlayBook, which initially could send or receive e-mails only by being connected to a BlackBerry phone.

Google+ iOS app updated with Instant Upload

22/02/2012 10:16pmGoogle updated its Google+ app for iOS-based devices. The main new thing is Instant Upload, which once enabled will automatically upload all your photos and videos to a private album on Google+ from where you can easily share them with your circles, or the world.

Comcast Is Launching a Netflix Competitor

22/02/2012 10:16pmComcast Corp. is taking aim at Netflix Inc., unveiling its own streaming-video service that will give existing Comcast video customers a similar selection of old TV shows and movies over the Web.

Privacy Spat: Microsoft vs. Google vs. the truth

22/02/2012 10:16pmAccording to one expert, who played a role in creating the privacy standard at issue here, says they're all partially right ... but ultimately wrong.

Photos show alleged front panel display for iPad 3

22/02/2012 10:16pmPhotos from the Chinese-language website Weibo appear to depict the front panel display and digitizer assembly for an iPad 3, notes Apple.pro. The hardware is said to be similar to that for the iPad 3, but with the distinction of a ribbon cable exte

Do Students Understand the Material? A New App Helps Teachers Know For Sure

22/02/2012 10:16pmGoSoapBox allows students to ask questions, vote up questions posed by their classmates, participate in discussions, or express confusion.

What Is Anonymous?

22/02/2012 10:16pmThe National Security Agency director has privately warned that Anonymous could knock out power grids in the U.S. within two years.

Will iPads Replace TV Screens in NYC Taxis?

22/02/2012 10:16pmNew York City residents and visitors could be in for a major tech upgrade soon ? those televisions in the back of taxi cabs might soon be replaced with new embedded tablet devices.

Sci-fi ad can scan your face, deliver gender-biased messages

22/02/2012 10:16pmIn a straight-out-of-science-fiction move, a new ad campaign can scan you face, determine your gender, and deliver a specific message if you are a women. It's hard to not make a reference to Minority Report, the 2002 Tom Cruise movie, when describing this technology.

"Thinking Cities" - Ericsson’s vision of a networked society expands with

22/02/2012 10:16pmWhen we first covered Ericsson’s Networked Society Project, we called it beautiful and terrifying. Their latest video shows that beauty can prevail when technology inserts itself into our lives with positive motives in mind.

iPad 3: What to expect, a feature drill down

22/02/2012 10:16pmApple seems to have kicked up the notches by exploring the possibility of having a newer version of the existing Retina Display, thus pushing the screen resolution to a whopping 2048 x 1536 pixels. There are also some rumors about iPad 3 having an integrated 3D feature in its display, though up till now it is based on pure conjecture on the part of analysts.

Video: Apple Factories: An Exclusive Look

22/02/2012 10:16pmA look inside a Chinese factory run by Apple's biggest supplier.

Massive information dump by Anonymous on hundreds of cops, including a ‘pedo cop’ @CabinCr3w @ItsKahuna

22/02/2012 10:16pmAnonymous has been extremely active over the last few weeks; for one, disclosing the inept state of Alabama’s privacy of 40,000 of its residents, after hacking into their site in just minutes. In addition to a mountain of website’s defaced and hacked, the group has surpassed themselves. Again. Imagine what you would expect to find after hacking into the databases of the Los Angeles Police Canine Association‘s website — certainly not disturbing images from an ‘alleged’ pedo cop of unclothed children with adults – the police officer in question, Jesse Flores, should have ‘expecte

Court Orders ISP To Block Grooveshark | TorrentFreak

22/02/2012 10:16pmA group of more than 30 rightsholders have won their case targeted against Grooveshark in Denmark. A court agreed that both the streaming music service and its users infringe recording label copyrights and granted an injunction forcing an ISP to initiate a block of the service. The anti-piracy group behind the action hopes that other ISPs will now follow suit.

Connected Cars: The Future of Communication or a Plague of Distraction?

22/02/2012 10:16pmBy 2016, over 90% of new vehicles sold in America are expected to come equipped with Internet-connected technology features. As car manufacturers wage the next automotive arms race to build the "iPad on Wheels", are we heading towards safety through hands-free technology or a new wave of distracted drivers making the roads more dangerous?