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Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)

The craze for tablets and smartphones is spreading to ever younger users. A new study of American households found 38 percent of toddlers and infants under the ...

Apple profit for year slips while iPhone sales soar

Oct 28, 2013 (AFP)

Apple on Monday reported that it raked in billions of dollars as iPhone sales soared to new highs, but that costs of making its coveted devices was squeezing pr...

Apple gives away free software. Crazy like a fox?

Oct 27, 2013 (UPI)

Apple, a premium technology company whose products and services generally command a premium price, announced the latest upgrade of its flagship desktop/laptop o...

Google presumed builder of floating data center: report

Oct 26, 2013 (AFP)

An enormous floating barge has emerged in the San Francisco Bay, which tech-savvy sleuths suspect is a massive data center being constructed by Google, the CNET...

Technology to deliver 'virtual' computer keyboard floating in air

Oct 25, 2013 (UPI)

A Taiwanese research institute says it has developed technology to allow a user's hand to control a computer with a virtual computer screen floating in the air....

Icahn boosts Apple stake, presses share buyback

Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)

Activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed Thursday he has raised his stake in Apple, and urged an "immediate" buyback of shares to boost the stock price of the US ...

Twitter seeks up to $1.61 bn in IPO

Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)

Twitter raised the value of its initial public offering Thursday to as much as $1.61 billion as the popular messaging service moved a step closer to Wall Street...

Microsoft unfazed by 'lightweight' Apple software

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

Microsoft on Wednesday brushed off Apple's move to give away its software, claiming the iWork productivity suite from its rival was "lightweight" and "has never...

Fedex sees huge day for 'Cyber Monday'

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

US delivery giant FedEx said Wednesday it expects its busiest day in company history with some 22 million shipments around the world on "Cyber Monday" which fal...

Chinese, Russian, Arabic language web addresses coming

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

The first-ever non-Latin language website address domains are on their way, the Internet's overlords said Wednesday. Online domains in which website addresses w...

A natural boost for MRI scans

Oct 23, 2013 (SPX)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a technique widely used in medicine to create images of internal organs such as the heart, the lungs, the liver and even the...

Apple unveils revamped iPads to beat back rivals

Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)

Apple has unveiled the "iPad Air", a slimmer version of its top-selling full-size tablet, and a revamped iPad Mini, bidding to fend off rivals who have eroded i...

Americans compulsively check smartphones: survey

Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)

The majority of US smartphone owners compulsively check handsets at least hourly, according to survey results released on Tuesday by mobile security firm Lookou...

Solving the internet capacity crunch

Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)

With optical fibre networks gradually approaching their theoretical capacity limits, new types of fibres such as multicore fibres have been at the focus of worl...

Wireless Data Transmission at 100 Gbits

Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)

Extension of cable-based telecommunication networks requires high investments in both conurbations and rural areas. Broadband data transmission via radio relay ...

Chinese state media sets sights on Samsung

Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)

China's state-run broadcaster launched a broadside against South Korean electronics giant Samsung, the latest foreign brand to be castigated by authorities in t...

Apple expected to rev up iPad line as tablet market heats

Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)

Apple is expected to rev up its iPad line Tuesday as the tablet market heats up with competition from devices powered by software from Google and Microsoft. Ana...

Wireless carriers plot death of cheap, unlimited plans

Oct 19, 2013 (UPI)

Smartphone owners patting themselves on the back for having had the foresight long ago to lock in a service plan featuring unlimited data at what now seems a ba...

Google stock surges on facebook ad deal

Oct 18, 2013 (AFP)

Google shares surged to a record high, close to $1,000, after quarterly earnings figures showed the Internet giant's profits are climbing despite a trend toward...

Apple polishes fashion credentials with new hires

Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)

Fashion and technology may not be so different after all, if one looks at the hiring strategy from iPhone maker Apple. In its latest move, the California tech g...