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Article | 7/06/2013 Privacy groups, some lawmakers rip into NSA surveillance

Privacy groups and some lawmakers are in an uproar after news reports this week that the U.S. National Security Agency is conducting broad surveillanc...

Article | 7/06/2013 Samsung's rugged Galaxy S4 Active is coming to Australia

Samsung has confirmed that its new Galaxy S4 Active, a water and dust resistant Android smartphone, will be released in Australia "later this year".

Article | 7/06/2013 ZTE sends 400Gbps over 5,000 kilometers

Showing off its optical networking prowess, ZTE has completed at test that managed speeds at 400Gbps over a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers, or...

Article | 7/06/2013 Sierra Wireless puts Verizon's LTE in cars, highlights M2M move to 4G

Sierra Wireless' latest embedded wireless module connects cars to Verizon's LTE network, underlining growing interest in the 4G technology while also ...

Article | 7/06/2013 Amazon launches Kindle tablet and e-reader in China

After remaining quiet on the hardware front for years, Amazon.com's China business has finally brought the company's Kindle tablet and Kindle e-reader...

Article | 6/06/2013 iiNet launches mobile 4G plans

Australian telecommunications provider, iiNet, has unveiled a range of 4G mobile plans with no lock-in contracts

Article | 7/06/2013 External server disk storage sales drop for first time since 2009, says IDC

Global sales of external server storage have dropped for the first time since 2009, according to data from research firm IDC.

Article | 7/06/2013 Nokia Lumia EOS PureView smartphone gets leaked with 41-megapixel camera

Numerous photos of a supposed Nokia Lumia EOS PureView smartphone have been leaked online. Believed to be called the Lumia EOS PureView, the device w...

Article | 7/06/2013 Google releases stock Android keyboard as standalone app

Rejoice, Samsung and HTC Android phones owners: Google has made the stock Android keyboard available as a standalone app in Google Play. And the app i...

Article | 7/06/2013 BlackBerry Messenger will hit iOS and Android stores soon, but not on 27 June

BlackBerry Messenger, a free messaging and social networking app for BlackBerry devices, will arrive at iOS and Android app stores at some point, but ...

Article | 7/06/2013 Android infiltrates Computex via tablets, PCs, set-top boxes

New Windows PCs have always been the main attraction at Computex, the annual trade show in Taipei. But notable on the show floor this year is the grow...

Article | 7/06/2013 Intel exec says Silvermont trumps ARM in power, performance

A top Intel executive said the power and performance battle with ARM is over, because Intel's upcoming chips based on its Silvermont architecture are ...

Article | 7/06/2013 US intelligence chief defends surveillance programs

The U.S. government said late Thursday that it is authorized to collect intelligence information of non-U.S. persons located outside the country, in t...

Article | 7/06/2013 Dashcams going high-def, high-tech

The next time a bear hits a car on a Russian highway, the video might be in high definition.

Article | 7/06/2013 Salesforce.com hires former Oracle executive as president

Salesforce.com has hired a key former Oracle executive Keith Block as its president and vice chairman.

Article | 6/06/2013 Report: NSA, FBI collecting content from Google, Facebook, other services

The U.S. National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation have access to servers at Google, Facebook and other major Internet services, co...

Article | 6/06/2013 Facebook aims to simplify advertising for marketers

Facebook is gearing up for a new project to simplify its advertising platform, making it easier for marketers to decide how to place ads across the si...

Article | 6/06/2013 Obama pushes for higher speed broadband in schools

U.S. President Barack Obama wants the nation's students to have access to faster broadband in their schools and libraries.

Article | 6/06/2013 SAP at work on Sentinel, an 'Amazon for Stocks'

SAP is at work on a new product called Sentinel that is supposed to be "nothing less than the Amazon for Stocks and the Facebook for Investors," accor...

Article | 6/06/2013 Watch your Plex content on your Apple TV with the jailbreak-free PlexConnect

PlexConnect is a clever project: a free command-line tool that lets you view content from your Plex Media Server on your Apple TV--without jailbreakin...