Category archives for: Sci/Tech

Saverin posts congrats to ‘Zukerberg’ – CNET

The GuardianSaverin posts congrats to 'Zukerberg'CNETOn the eve of Facebook's IPO, the estranged company co-founder offers congratulations to fellow co-founder but manages to mangle the surname spelling. by Charles Cooper May 18, 2012 6:15 …

General Motors un-friending of Facebook ads spells trouble for users – Macworld

USA TODAYGeneral Motors un-friending of Facebook ads spells trouble for usersMacworldby Ian Paul, PCWorld If you haven't heard the news, GM will stop advertising on Facebook after discovering that people don't shop for cars between status updat…

US HTC phones circumvent Apple’s patents – SlashGear

SlashGearUS HTC phones circumvent Apple's patentsSlashGearApple has managed to score a victory against HTC, with the ITC finding that its Android phones infringed a patent dealing with context menus. It may be short lived, however, as it has been d…

DDOS Attack Cripples The Pirate Bay – DailyTech

BBC NewsDDOS Attack Cripples The Pirate BayDailyTechThe Pirate Bay, the largest torrent and magnet link site on the internet, is down. The site appears have been undergoing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack since early this morning. The cul…

Smartphone App Downloads Jump 28 Percent – PC Magazine

CNETSmartphone App Downloads Jump 28 PercentPC MagazineBy Chloe Albanesius With more and more people picking up smartphones and tablets, it should be no surprise that app usage has also seen a swift uptick in the last year. According to stats from Niel…

Google Makes Its Search Engine Smarter – Wall Street Journal

USA TODAYGoogle Makes Its Search Engine SmarterWall Street JournalBy JOHN LETZING SAN FRANCISCO—Google Inc. said Wednesday it is rolling out an extensive update to its dominant search engine by using troves of data to refine the answers it provides t…

Nvidia shows off superjuiced Kepler GPU – Register

ExtremeTechNvidia shows off superjuiced Kepler GPURegisterBy Dan Olds, Gabriel Consulting • Get more from this author HPC blog There were quite a few surprises in today's GTC12 keynote by NVIDIA CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang. If NVIDIA were j…

iPhone 5 production starts in June – SlashGear

SlashGeariPhone 5 production starts in JuneSlashGearWith the Summer season upon us, it's the mobile world that we once again look to for the most surprises, especially from Apple with it's upcoming iPhone 5, it being a “full refresh” season…

Facebook has trust issues – SlashGear

SlashGearFacebook has trust issuesSlashGearFacebook may be poised to offer its initial shares to the public following strong demand, propelling them up to a $100 billion valuation, but the company faces other challenges ahead. One of the obstacles the …

Debut of Cut-Rate Mobile Plan Marred by Alleged Malicious Attack – PCWorld

SlashGearDebut of Cut-Rate Mobile Plan Marred by Alleged Malicious AttackPCWorldThe launch of a cut-rate unlimited $39-a-month mobile plan offered by upstart Voyager Mobile was marred Tuesday by what the company claims is "a malicious network atta…

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