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Article | 19/03/2013 Nvidia aims for late Q2 launch for Project Shield handheld

Nvidia hopes to make its ambitious break into the portable handheld gaming market in the next few months, the company's CEO said Tuesday.

Article | 16/03/2013 North Korea's Internet returns after 36-hour outage

Internet connectivity to North Korea was restored Friday after a day-and-a-half-long outage that the country's official media blamed on international ...

Article | 14/03/2013 ITC postpones decision on iPhone, iPad sales ban

The U.S. International Trade Commission will take two more months to decide whether Apple's iPhone and iPad should be taken off sale in the U.S. due t...

Article | 13/03/2013 Addressing Android's fragmentation seen as first job for Google's Pichai

Google's decision to bring its Android and Chrome divisions together under Sundar Pichai should result in greater work between the two platforms, but ...

Article | 12/03/2013 Google to pay $7M to US states for Wi-Fi eavesdropping

Google will pay US$7 million to settle complaints from dozens of U.S. states about its unauthorized collection of personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi...

Article | 12/03/2013 Facebook extends outreach to mobile developers

Facebook is planning a series of three events that will for the first time give mobile developers a chance to hear directly from the company and inter...

Article | 12/03/2013 Curiosity finds Mars could have supported life

Rock samples analyzed by NASA's Curiosity rover have shown conditions that could have supported ancient life on Mars.

Article | 8/03/2013 Toothpaste inspires better solar panels, batteries at PARC

They say inspiration can come from the most unlikely places. For a scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center, the Xerox-owned lab in Silicon Valley b...

Article | 7/03/2013 Facebook unveils redesigned News Feed

Facebook is giving its billion users a completely new way to look at its site.

Article | 6/03/2013 Google's latest Android browser promises faster surfing

Faster Web browsing and lower data use might be on the cards for Android mobile phone users if they download a new version of the Chrome Web browser o...

Article | 4/03/2013 Facebook gets down to business on mobile

After spending the past six months talking about prioritizing its business around mobile platforms, Facebook says it's time to get down to business.

Article | 28/02/2013 General Dynamics eyes government-level security on smartphones

General Dynamics is looking to bring U.S. government-level security to consumer smartphones, allowing organizations to benefit from the type of strong...

Article | 27/02/2013 Engineers deconstruct smartphones to find new uses

Smartphones, it seems, can do anything.

Article | 26/02/2013 NEC seeing double with dual-screen smartphone

Japan's NEC has come up with a different way to answer consumer demands for bigger screens on smartphones. Rather than use a single, larger display, w...

Article | 25/02/2013 DoCoMo decodes new video standard without new hardware

Consumers might not have to upgrade their phones to take advantage of a new video compression system that can send high-definition images much more ef...