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Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1
May 30, 2013 9:19 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsMicrosoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for personal computers. The revisions to Windows 8 will be released...
Americans talk, surf more than Europeans on cells
May 30, 2013 9:16 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | CommentsAmericans pay more for their cell service than Europeans, but they're getting a lot more use out of their phones, a global wireless trade group said Wednesday. In releasing the report, GSM Association urged European regulators to take cues from the U.S.
Microsoft aims to simplify things with Windows 8.1
May 30, 2013 9:02 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsMicrosoft is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows by making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for personal computers. The revisions to Windows 8 will be released later...
Timberlake to headline iTunes festival
May 30, 2013 8:40 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsJustin Timberlake will be the headliner when the iTunes festival kicks off in September in London. The superstar is among the acts slated for the annual music series, which will be held each night that month and streamed on Apple Inc.-made devices like the iPad, iPhone and Apple TV. Fans can see...
Warhol-Velvet Underground lawsuit settled in NY
May 30, 2013 8:38 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsA legal fight between the legendary rock band The Velvet Underground and the Andy Warhol Foundation is over. Court papers made public on Wednesday said that a lawsuit brought by the band had been settled. The terms weren't disclosed. The Velvet Underground sued last year after the foundation...
Research in the News: Yale scientists peer into a cell in real time
May 30, 2013 8:01 am | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsA dream of scientists has been to visualize details of structures within our cells in real time, a breakthrough that would greatly aid in the study of their function. However, even the best of current microscopes can take minutes to recreate images of the internal machinery of cells at a usable resolution....
EMC boosts buyback, declares dividend
May 30, 2013 7:59 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsEMC Corp. will ramp up its stock buyback program sharply and begin paying a quarterly cash dividend. Shares rose more than 3 percent in premarket trading. EMC buyback authorization was expanded from $1 billion for 2013, to $6 billion over the three-year period ending Dec. 31, 2015. The data...
White Sands builds 'enemy tanks' on budget
May 30, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | CommentsA target system has gotten an upgrade at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., to become a more accurate, flexible threat representation for use in future training and testing missions in place of real vehicles....
Motorola: 1st US-assembled smartphones coming
May 29, 2013 8:02 pm | by WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press - Associated Press | CommentsCellphone pioneer Motorola is opening a Texas manufacturing facility that will produce the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S. Motorola Mobility announced Wednesday it will produce its new flagship device, Moto X, in Texas and create 2,000 jobs. The factory will be owned and run by...
Roku raises $60M from Hearst, News Corp, others
May 29, 2013 5:27 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsRoku Inc., the streaming video device maker, said Wednesday that it has raised $60 million in its sixth round of funding. Media giant Hearst Corp. and an unnamed institutional investor joined existing backers such as News Corp. and its subsidiary British Sky Broadcasting in the round. Roku's...
Iran's approaching vote brings receding Web access
May 29, 2013 3:44 pm | by NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press | CommentsFrom a computer keyboard in London, an Iranian emigre plays the role of counselor, social media guru and all-around adviser for Internet users back home seeking ways around the cyber-blocks set up by authorities in Tehran. These have been busy days. His Twitter account - which goes under the handle of Nariman Gharib - registers a steady stream of calls for help from Iran....
Ivory Coast techies elect new 'Web Mayor'
May 29, 2013 3:09 pm | by ROBBIE COREY-BOULET, Associated Press | CommentsA 22-year-old who lives with his parents is the new mayor of Ivory Coast's largest city, at least according to the West African nation's active community of self-described Internet geeks. Abidjan's budding network of bloggers, strategists, designers and Web entrepreneurs organized a separate vote for "Web Mayor," in late April days after Ivorians went to the polls for local elections.
An electrical switch for magnetism
May 29, 2013 11:42 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsResearchers at MIT have developed a new way of controlling the motion of magnetic domains — the key technology in magnetic memory systems, such as a computer’s hard disk. The new approach requires little power to write and no power to maintain the stored information, and could lead to a new generation of extremely low-power data storage.The new approach controls magnetism by applying a voltage, rather than a magnetic field...
Asia stocks post muted gains on improving US data
May 29, 2013 10:59 am | by PAMELA SAMPSON, AP Business Writer | CommentsRising U.S. consumer confidence and home prices painted a picture of a rebounding economy, helping Asian stock markets to post muted gains Wednesday. Wall Street resumed its record-breaking rally on Tuesday after the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller survey found that U.S. home prices rose 10.9 percent in March, the most since April 2006.
US defense programs target of China cyber threat
May 29, 2013 10:58 am | by LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press | CommentsNew revelations that China used cyberattacks to access data from nearly 40 U.S. weapons programs and almost 30 other defense technologies have increased pressure on American leaders to take more strident action against Beijing to stem the persistent breaches.
