The NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered a black hole in a binary system called IGR J17091. Apparently, the system is located in the bulge of the Milky Way galaxy and is about 28,000 light years from Earth. That’s a good thing too, because the black hole seriously blows. According to NASA calculations, the gas [...]
Twitter said today that it will withhold tweets from a country when there are local restrictions rather than having to block them globally. “As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression,” the company wrote on its blog. “Some differ so much from our [...]
A server housing tens of thousands of stolen Facebook credentials was discovered–and it turns out the attackers employed a new version of an existing worm to pilfer the goods. Researchers at Seculert say the attackers used a new variant of the Ramnit worm, which is best known as a financial malware family that steals FTP [...]
Sony said Friday it will begin selling memory cards with write speeds of 125 Mbps, the fastest in the industry, from February. The new cards are the first to be announced under a new standard called XQD, a specification from the CompactFlash Assocation announced in December. The cards are meant for working with data-heavy formats [...]
Every day more than 700,000 people sign up for a new Android device, Google’s Android chief, Andy Rubin, said late Tuesday via Twitter andGoogle+. That works out to nearly 5 million new Android users every week, which is about the equivalent of an iPhone 4S opening weekendevery seven days. Rubin also clarified that Google’s 700,000 activations per [...]
TOKYO – Honda Motor is recalling 304,000 vehicles globally for air-bags that may inflate with too much pressure in a crash, send metal and plastic pieces flying and cause injuries or deaths. Honda said there have been 20 accidents so far related to the problems, including two deaths in the United States in 2009. The [...]
The Internet’s most popular video site — and the second most popular site, period, according to owner Google — has finally gotten an image overhaul. YouTube unveiled its new look, which features gray navigation bars, on Thursday. YouTube announced the renovation on its blog: “So, today we’re introducing a new homepage, Channel design and a fresh coat [...]
Research in Motion Ltd. said Wednesday it is investigating claims by online hackers that they have been able to access some of the proprietary systems, software and tools that run the company’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer. Several hackers bragged in social-media posts early this week that they were successful in “jail breaking” the PlayBook. Jail [...]
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) will offer companies software to manage the iPhones and other handsets that are increasingly displacing its once-dominant BlackBerry, seeking to bolster relationships with corporate customers. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, as the device-management software is known, will be available in the first quarter and can run alongside or replace the BlackBerry Enterprise [...]
Is Microsoft jealous of Siri? No, according to chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie, because Microsoft has had its own version of Siri available for over a year. In an interview with Forbes tech writer Eric Savitz (below), Mundie said Siri probably got so much press because “people are infatuated with Apple.” Apple is [...]
Microsoft has acquired VideoSurf, an Al Gore-backed video search technology start-up, for a reported $70 million. The news was first reported by Israeli business newspaper Calcalist (text in Hebrew). The San Mateo, Calif-based start-up says its technology can “see” frames inside videos–rather than using text-based data such as meta tags–to find content quickly from anywhere on the [...]
Lenovo is reportedly working on a 5-inch Android-powered tablet with HDMI output and a front-facing camera. Various reports are indicating that Lenovo is currently working on a 5-inch dual-core IdeaPad/LePad tablet to take on the Samsung Galaxy Note and the Dell Streak 5. Very little is known about the tablet at this point save for [...]
Apple is likely to outshine Hewlett-Packard as the world’s top PC maker before the second half of next year, says research firm Canalys, but it’ll need some help from the iPad 3. Currently the world’s second-leading PC vendor, Apple has seen its share of the market jump to 15 percent from 9 percent over just the past [...]
In the vast eco-system that is Facebook, you’re closer to your fellow social networkers than you might think. In a new study, Facebook researchers tested the “six degrees of separation” theory and found that four degrees, and in some cases three, might be more accurate. Facebook teamed up with the Università degli Studi di Milano [...]
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