TECHNOLOGY

Apple's EasyPay to Displace Salespeople, Kill NFC?

Apple has updated its Apple Store mobile app with a new feature that turns your iPhone into a wallet. EasyPay, built into the latest version of the Apple Store mobile app allows users to use their phones to buy Apple products and items from select partners without interacting with Apple employees in the retail store

ASUS Transformer Prime Could Topple iPad 2: Top 10 Reasons Why

ASUS has unveiled the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, an ultra-thin tablet with a powerful quad-core processor. Apple Inc. last year had more than 90% of the tablet market with its iPad. In the recent quarter, Samsung's Galaxy Tab and other tablets cut Apple's market share to less than 70%. Asus, the world's fifth largest seller of personal computers, is poised to make the iPad look outdated with the revolutionary features of the second generation Transformer.
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DARPA to Hackers: Help us Secure Networks

DARPA or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency which helped create the Internet more than 40 years ago is now looking for more offensive ways to fight against cyber threats. In its Cyber Colloquium that hosted academics, computer security professionals and hackers, DARPA Director Regina Dugan reinforced the need for more options in the future warfare which would include cyber terrorism.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich Update List: HTC Phones, Samsung Galaxy S II in 2012

Google's Ice Cream Sandwich is the latest update to its Android OS and many Android owners are already wondering when their own phones will get the update.HTC answered this question by announcing on Monday in their Facebook page that they are releasing eight devices in 2012 with the Android Ice Cream already installed. HTC listed the following phones including the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XL and HTC Sensation XE, as well as the HTC Rezound, HTC EVO 3D, HTC EVO Design 4G and HTC Amaze...

Bio-Tech: Are Cyborgs Already Amongst us?

Cyborgs, beings with both biological and artificial parts seem like the stuff of science fiction but in reality they're already among us. With recent advances in bio-technology cyborgs are becoming more and more common. You might even become one in the next few years.

Signing up for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Elite?

The much hyped Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be released on Tuesday, November 8 but aside from the blockbuster game, Activision is also counting on gamers to sign up for the new member service called "Call of Duty Elite".

Adidas Latest Victim of Cyber Attack

German sportswear and gear manufacturer Adidas is the latest victim of cyber attack. The company's Web site was closed on Sunday after a sophisticated and criminal hacking incident.

Optus will Launch New Australian Satellite by 2013

Arianespace will launch its sixth satellite for Optus by 2013 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. The rocket will launch from Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, Paul O'Sullivan, Optus Chief Executive, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, announced in Sydney, Australia.

Samsung Beats Apple in Third Sales Quarter

In the news that took tech industry by surprise, sales of Samsung Electronics surpassed those of Apple Inc. Apple phones are known to be the highest bought consumer electronics in the world, and rarely has any other brand’s products ever threatened to overtake Apple’s sales.

iPhone 4s Possible Fixes for Battery Drain and Siri Problems

Count Siri in as another headache for iPhone 4s users. The voice controlled assistant was down for some users on Thursday with users complaining online about their problems getting Siri to respond to voice commands.Siri is the built-in virtual assistant that uses voice commands to perform certain functions. It can make text messages and appointments. Siri's biggest draw is in using a network connection to search the Web for answers to the user's questions. It's this functionality th...

‘Do a Barrel Roll’: 8 Other Hidden Google Tricks

Google's "Do a Barrel Roll" search trick went viral on Thursday after bored users tweeted about the cool trick to their friends. The barrel roll trick isn't the only Easter egg Google's hidden in its site. Here are seven other Google tricks. Be warned that they only work if your turn off the "instant search" feature.

Australian Defence Secrets on USB Device Stolen

Secret Defense documents of Australia's most senior commander in the Middle East, Major-General John Cantwell, were contained in a USB drive that was stolen from his aide's checked in bag at Kuwait's airport on February 28, according to a report on the investigation of the incident.

How Online Reviews Can Kill Your Business in 5 Minutes

A Briton revealed that Google has finally removed a fake online review of his business on Google's Places that mentioned him as a pedophile after his request to delete it have been ignored for 18 months. Unfortunately, the damage had been done.

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