Posted on 05 February 2011.
A Federal Court judge has negated the 2009 government judgment allowing Globalive to initiate its Wind Mobile wireless brand name. The CRTC had initially found Globalive’s complex ownership organization, it is mainly financed by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s Orascom realm, was in violation of Canada’s restrictions on foreign ownership. But the cabinet exercised authority over [...]
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Posted on 27 January 2011. Tags: Anonymous, Cyber Assaults, Internet hacking, WikiLeaks
Anonymous cyber assaults have garnered 5 arrests. Police arrested 5 men in association with latest virtual assaults carried out by an Internet hacking organization, which has supported WikiLeaks, British police reported. They went on to say that the 5 men, ages between 15 and 26, were detained at their residences across the United Kingdom, on [...]
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Posted on 26 January 2011. Tags: Black Eyed Peas, Intel, Jr., will.i.am, William James Adams
The ostentatious Black Eyed Peas front man, will.i.am, has been signed on as the Director of Creative Innovation for PC chip producer Intel Corp. Even though, particulars were not publicized, Intel’s vice-president and chief marketing officer, Deborah Conrad, commented that the enterprise ties the knot between technology and entertainment to generate “the definitive experience.” Technology [...]
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Posted on 23 January 2011. Tags: Sean Miller, temporary digits, Tigits, unidentifiable 2nd phone number
A Toronto-area businessman, Sean Miller, who after living through a few blind date nightmares, determined that something was necessary to make private experiences like dating completely more safe. I had an appealing episode with another person. I wasn’t secure in giving out my phone number, said Miller, president and co-founder Tigits. I have talked with [...]
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Posted on 22 January 2011. Tags: Big Bang, Cosmic Dust, Planck space telescope, Space dust
New galaxies are covered in cosmic dust. Space dust is mucking up efforts to learn about light remaining from the original Big Bang, forcing Canadian scientists to plan on clearing up the predicament. Microscopic dust saturates the cosmos, creating perplexing indications in information being accumulated from the Planck space telescope, that is intended to research [...]
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Posted on 20 January 2011. Tags: CommStellation, CRTC, Microsat Systems Canada Inc, satellites
A Canadian corporation has publicized a plan to put 78 diminutive satellites into orbit to carry the Internet. Being named the “CommStellation”, the system would be positioned from 2014 – 2015. It would need 6 rockets to transport the platforms to a height of 1,000km. The system will execute as backhaul, linking the traffic of [...]
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Posted on 18 January 2011. Tags: Hands Free Texting, texting apps, U.S. Highway Loss Data Institute, voice recognition
Smartphone apps that permit drivers to receive and send text messages while they have their hands upon the wheel may well be legal, but the police are worried that they could pilot the way to more distractions for drivers. A minimum of 5 smart phone applications that are now on the market promise verbal technology [...]
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Posted on 13 January 2011. Tags: Android, app store, Apple, Microsoft
The “app store” controversy between Microsoft and Apple has moved another step down the path as Microsoft challenges Apple’s trade marking of the term “app store”. William Ferror, lawyer for Microsoft, submitted a motion at the U.S. Trademark and Patent office asking for a summary ruling of the claim submitted in 2008 by Apple. At [...]
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Posted on 05 January 2011. Tags: Geinimi Trojan, iPhone and iPad, Mobile Devices, Targets for Crime
The appeal of new technology is being stained by cybercriminals who utilize the high tech gadgets to steel from unwary customers, warns the security software company McAfee. GPS systems that permit friends to see your location, what you’re activity is, and what you are saying is becoming a bonus to criminals who are getting better [...]
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Posted on 04 January 2011. Tags: algorithm, Joseph Bates, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloppy Arithmetic
Sloppy arithmetic in proving faster and cheaper than standard arithmetic in some computer applications. By letting an algorithm to compute an incorrect response it can be more proficient performing a certain type of work for video production, according to U.S. researchers. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said by expanding an algorithm’s allowance of error, the [...]
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