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A Chinese university has built the world’s fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China’s rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing of the world’s fastest supercomputers released Monday... 
Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world’s biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more... 
LONDON – China’s Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology. The company says... 
MAE CHAN: In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens practicing everything from English to mathematics and music. The disadvantaged students are part of an ambitious scheme... 
Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday. JK Shin, also co-chief executive... 
Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said on Monday. Microsoft and Facebook Inc published... 
CHRISTCHURCH: Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand’s South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter... 
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would open 500 special stores within existing Best Buy Co Inc stores in the United States selling exclusively Windows-based tablets and computers and other Microsoft products, in an effort to revitalize sales... 
Apple Inc is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colors, over the next year, said four people with knowledge of the matter, as it takes a cue from rival... 
Tens of thousands of Gmail accounts belonging to Iranian users have been targeted in an extensive hacking campaign in the weeks leading up to the country’s closely watched presidential elections on Friday, Google Inc said. The US Internet... 
Amid a raging controversy over a sweeping US Internet surveillance programme, top tech companies in a concerted move have asked the government ease the secrecy surrounding national security investigations. Google, Facebook and Microsoft in requests echoed by a... 
LONDON: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has increased his stake in G4S, the world’s biggest security firm, which is looking to bounce back from a blunder over its staffing of the London 2012 Olympics. The Bill & Melinda Gates... 
Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads as the company opens its annual conference for software developers. Apple hasn’t said what it will unveil at the Worldwide... 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new IT minister has warned that Google could be blocked in the country if the company fails to remove blasphemous and objectionable material from its video-sharing website YouTube, the Press Trust of India reported. Minister of... 
In order to monitor private Web data, the NSA uses a program code-named PRISM, which sounds like “1984.” Many people don’t have a proper understanding about this program. Basically, it is the top-secret surveillance program, code-named PRISM, that... 
Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it will use Intel Corp processors to power a new version of one of its top-tier Android tablets. Its decision to begin using Intel in a marquee Android device is a coup... 
According to new analysis of a 5,000-year-old iron bead, the ancient Egyptians wore jewelry made from space rock, and meteors raining from the sky may have shaped their ideas of the gods. In order to inspire the ancient... 
Microsoft has confirmed a Start button is returning to the desktop mode’s taskbar of its Windows 8 operating system. The lack of the facility – which had been in every previous version since Windows 95 – has been... 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google revealed Thursday that it has two new sophisticated Android smartphones in the works, one of which will have the unprecedented distinction of being made in the United States. An HTC One smartphone customized to be... 
The Galaxy is the world’s second best-selling phone, behind the iPhone. And the latest version unabashedly claims that bigger is better. But considering the S4 in a different light, maybe we shouldn’t think of it as a big phone. Maybe we should... 
Google bought Sparrow (makers of a popular Gmail app for desktop and iOS), and the whole team was put to work on improving Gmail in mid 2012. Today, the results of that acquisition come in the form of... 
Motorola plans to launch a new, made-in-the-U.S. smartphone, CEO Dennis Wood side said on Wednesday, confirming speculation the once-dominant cellphone maker intends to make a comeback in the hotly competitive mobile market. Motorola, which Google Inc bought for... 
Daimler is to paste Quick Response (QR) code stickers on to its Mercedes-Benz cars. The black-and-white square barcodes are designed to help firefighters and paramedics get critical information needed to save car crash victims. The QR codes direct... 
Bemused motorists took photographs of the huge JC-Penney billboard advertising the kettle as they drove past it on the 405 Interstate high way near Culver City in California, one of America’s busiest stretches of roads. “That Hitler looks like... -
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Technology
Chinese supercomputer named as world’s fastest
By: Sheraz Nasir, Uploaded: 19th June 2013
A Chinese university has built the world’s fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China’s rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing of the world’s fastest supercomputers released Monday says the Tianhe-2 developed by the National University of Defense Technology in central China’s Changsha city is capable of... Microsoft says it freed millions of computers from criminal botnet
By: Sheraz Nasir, Uploaded: 19th June 2013
Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world’s biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 million from bank accounts worldwide. “We definitely have liberated at least 2 million PCs globally.... Huawei launches world’s slimmest smartphone
By: Hassaan Ali, Uploaded: 19th June 2013
LONDON – China’s Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology. The company says the device, at 6.18 mm thick, is the world’s slimmest. It has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera,... Tablets thrust Thai classrooms into digital era
By: Hassaan Ali, Uploaded: 18th June 2013
MAE CHAN: In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens practicing everything from English to mathematics and music. The disadvantaged students are part of an ambitious scheme by the kingdom to distribute millions of the handheld devices in its schools in a move supporters... Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone
By: Afraz Ahmed, Uploaded: 18th June 2013
Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday. JK Shin, also co-chief executive of the world’s biggest technology firm by revenue, said the phone would be sold in South Korea... Apple got up to 5,000 data requests in six months
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 17th June 2013
Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said on Monday. Microsoft and Facebook Inc published similar data last week after reaching a deal about disclosures with U.S. national security authorities. “We have... Pen still mightier than the tablet
By: Hassaan Ali, Uploaded: 15th June 2013
UNICH – Computers, tablets and smartphones have not yet managed to crowd out pens and pencils, says Faber-Castell, German maker of high-end writing instruments. The family-run group, famous for its forest-green pencils, says its production is still running at top speed thanks to rising levels of education in emerging markets on the one hand and... Google launches internet-beaming balloons
By: Fawad Khan, Uploaded: 15th June 2013
CHRISTCHURCH: Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand’s South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter skies above Lake Tekapo, passing the first big test of a lofty goal to get the entire... Microsoft to open Windows stores within Best Buy
By: Fawad Khan, Uploaded: 13th June 2013
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would open 500 special stores within existing Best Buy Co Inc stores in the United States selling exclusively Windows-based tablets and computers and other Microsoft products, in an effort to revitalize sales of its flagship operating system. The world’s largest software company, which already has a chain of its... Apple looking at bigger iPhone screens, multiple colors – sources
By: Sheraz Nasir, Uploaded: 13th June 2013
Apple Inc is exploring launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colors, over the next year, said four people with knowledge of the matter, as it takes a cue from rival Samsung Electronics. The moves, which are still under discussion, underscore how the California-based firm that once ruled... Iranian Gmail users targeted in pre-election hacking campaign: Google
By: Fawad Khan, Uploaded: 13th June 2013
Tens of thousands of Gmail accounts belonging to Iranian users have been targeted in an extensive hacking campaign in the weeks leading up to the country’s closely watched presidential elections on Friday, Google Inc said. The US Internet company, which described the attacks as broad “email-based phishing” attempts seeking to trick unsuspecting Gmail users into... Google, Facebook, Microsoft seek easing of secrecy rules
By: Maliha, Uploaded: 12th June 2013
Amid a raging controversy over a sweeping US Internet surveillance programme, top tech companies in a concerted move have asked the government ease the secrecy surrounding national security investigations. Google, Facebook and Microsoft in requests echoed by a top official from Twitter also asked US officials Tuesday to lift long-standing gag orders covering the nature... Bill Gates buys into British security firm G4S
By: Afraz Ahmed, Uploaded: 11th June 2013
LONDON: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has increased his stake in G4S, the world’s biggest security firm, which is looking to bounce back from a blunder over its staffing of the London 2012 Olympics. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and Cascade Investment, an asset management firm owned by Bill Gates – one of the... China to launch longest-ever space mission
By: AFP, Uploaded: 11th June 2013
China was to launch its longest-ever space mission on Tuesday, with its second woman astronaut among the crew, as it steps up its ambitious space programme, a symbol of the country’s growing power. The Shenzhou-10 – the name means “Divine Vessel” – was due to lift off at 0938 GMT from the Jiuquan launch centre... Music service, mobile software expected from Apple
By: Fawad Khan, Uploaded: 10th June 2013
Apple is expected to reveal a digital radio service and changes to the software behind iPhones and iPads as the company opens its annual conference for software developers. Apple hasn’t said what it will unveil at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. But the major announcements are expected during Monday’s keynote presentation. Last year,... New IT Minister warns to block Google in Pakistan
By: Aqsa Ishtiaque, Uploaded: 10th June 2013
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new IT minister has warned that Google could be blocked in the country if the company fails to remove blasphemous and objectionable material from its video-sharing website YouTube, the Press Trust of India reported. Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Anusha Rahman Khan made the remarks on her first day in office... Insight into NSA’s PRISM program
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 8th June 2013
In order to monitor private Web data, the NSA uses a program code-named PRISM, which sounds like “1984.” Many people don’t have a proper understanding about this program. Basically, it is the top-secret surveillance program, code-named PRISM, that reportedly allows the National Security Agency to gain access to customer information held by Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple,... Samsung unveils first Android tablet using Intel chip
By: Hassaan Ali, Uploaded: 3rd June 2013
Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it will use Intel Corp processors to power a new version of one of its top-tier Android tablets. Its decision to begin using Intel in a marquee Android device is a coup for the US chipmaker as it races to establish itself in a mobile market it was slow... Ancient Egyptian jewelry made from Meteorite: Research
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 31st May 2013
According to new analysis of a 5,000-year-old iron bead, the ancient Egyptians wore jewelry made from space rock, and meteors raining from the sky may have shaped their ideas of the gods. In order to inspire the ancient religion, Meteorite had been used thousands of years ago. A research has been conducted on space rock,... Start button backs to Microsoft Windows 8
By: Bazla Javed, Uploaded: 31st May 2013
Microsoft has confirmed a Start button is returning to the desktop mode’s taskbar of its Windows 8 operating system. The lack of the facility – which had been in every previous version since Windows 95 – has been one of the most controversial aspects of the software. However, it will not offer all the functionality... Google coming out with two new Android phones
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 31st May 2013
SAN FRANCISCO: Google revealed Thursday that it has two new sophisticated Android smartphones in the works, one of which will have the unprecedented distinction of being made in the United States. An HTC One smartphone customized to be “Google’s take on Android” will make its US debut on June 26 at a price of $599,... Samsung lauches S4 mini
By: Bazla Javed, Uploaded: 30th May 2013
The Galaxy is the world’s second best-selling phone, behind the iPhone. And the latest version unabashedly claims that bigger is better. But considering the S4 in a different light, maybe we shouldn’t think of it as a big phone. Maybe we should treat it like a very small tablet and leave our real tablet home. Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini... New look of Gmail Inbox for users
By: Farah Jamil, Uploaded: 30th May 2013
Google bought Sparrow (makers of a popular Gmail app for desktop and iOS), and the whole team was put to work on improving Gmail in mid 2012. Today, the results of that acquisition come in the form of a major update to Gmail for desktop and mobile devices. This update is a new smart inbox... Motorola to launch Moto X with google
By: Bazla Javed, Uploaded: 30th May 2013
Motorola plans to launch a new, made-in-the-U.S. smartphone, CEO Dennis Wood side said on Wednesday, confirming speculation the once-dominant cellphone maker intends to make a comeback in the hotly competitive mobile market. Motorola, which Google Inc bought for $12.5 billion in 2012, has steadily ceded market share to Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd,... Mercedes-Benz adds QR codes to save car crash victims
By: Bazla Javed, Uploaded: 29th May 2013
Daimler is to paste Quick Response (QR) code stickers on to its Mercedes-Benz cars. The black-and-white square barcodes are designed to help firefighters and paramedics get critical information needed to save car crash victims. The QR codes direct smartphones to a webpage showing how to cut into each type of vehicle to free its passengers.... Kettle that looks like Hitler brews trouble for JCPenney
By: Sheraz Nasir, Uploaded: 28th May 2013
Bemused motorists took photographs of the huge JC-Penney billboard advertising the kettle as they drove past it on the 405 Interstate high way near Culver City in California, one of America’s busiest stretches of roads. “That Hitler looks like a kettle,” commented one user of Reddit, one of the several websites where the image was posted over... 
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