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China to conduct nationwide pharma probe: state media

Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)

China will launch a three-month investigation into unfair competition in the pharmaceutical and other industries, state media reported Wednesday, following brib...

Icahn takes large stake in 'undervalued' Apple

Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)

Corporate raider Carl Icahn said Tuesday he has taken a "large position" in Apple, calling the US tech giant "extremely undervalued." Icahn, who is in the midst...

London concerned over trash cans collecting smartphone data

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

Authorities in London's financial district on Monday ordered a company using high-tech trash cans to collect smartphone data from passers-by to cease its activi...

China's ZTE launches Firefox phones in US, Britain

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

The Firefox smartphone is getting its biggest launch, and biggest test. Chinese telecom giant ZTE announced plans Monday to sell a low-cost smartphone using the...

Computer model can render cloth for animated movies, computer games

Aug 12, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. scientists say they can simulate cloth on a computer with unprecedented accuracy to make it look more realistic in animated movies and computer games. Exis...

Apple lifted by report on iPhone launch

Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)

Apple shares gained Monday after a report saying the California tech giant was set to announce its next iPhone at a September 10 event. Apple shares closed up 2...

Quantum communication controlled by resonance in 'artificial atoms'

Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, together with colleagues in the US and Australia, have developed a method to control a quantum bit for electronic quant...

Reliable communication, unreliable networks

Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)

Now that the Internet's basic protocols are more than 30 years old, network scientists are increasingly turning their attention to ad hoc networks - communicati...

A layer of tiny grains can slow sound waves

Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)

In some ways, granular material - such as a pile of sand - can behave much like a crystal, with its close-packed grains mimicking the precise, orderly arrangeme...

LG unveils new device in smartphone war

Aug 08, 2013 (AFP)

LG Electronics on Wednesday unveiled a new device to challenge Apple, Samsung and other rivals in the booming smartphone market. The G2 was introduced as the fi...

A magnetic pen for smartphones adds another level of conveniences

Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)

A doctoral candidate at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed a magnetically driven pen interface that works both on and arou...

21st Century Fox profit driven up by cable television

Aug 07, 2013 (AFP)

Rupert Murdoch's freshly unfettered entertainment company 21st Century Fox on Tuesday reported that its annual profit was pumped up by revenue from its cable te...

Trademark filing in U.S. suggests Samsung readying smartwatch

Aug 05, 2013 (UPI)

A recent trademark filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office suggests Samsung intends to produce a smartwatch, tech watchers say. The trademark filing fo...

Tablet sales slow in absence of new iPad model: IDC

Aug 05, 2013 (AFP)

Sizzling hot tablet sales have cooled a bit but should re-ignite with the release of a new iPad model later this year, market tracker IDC reported on Monday. Th...

SciTechTalk: Are smartphone makers going for style over substance?

Aug 04, 2013 (UPI)

Motorola unveiled its first flagship smartphone since being acquired by Google, and facing fierce competition from Samsung and Apple, it appears it's decided to...

Yahoo buying binge continues with Rockmelt deal

Aug 02, 2013 (AFP)

Yahoo on Friday said it bought social web-browsing startup Rockmelt, extending a buying spree started shortly after Marissa Mayer became chief last year. Yahoo ...

Half of urban Chinese report owning, using smartphones

Aug 02, 2013 (UPI)

A new survey by Google has found almost half of urban residents in China have smartphones and have a strong attachment to their devices. The "Our Mobile Planet:...

Google's Motorola unveils Android smartphone

Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)

Motorola on Thursday introduced a keenly-anticipated Moto X smartphone in a move aimed at reviving the withered mobile device maker bought by Google for $12.5 b...

Tests show every cellphone emits a traceable digital fingerprint

Aug 01, 2013 (UPI)

Engineers in Germany say the radio signal from every cellphone is a unique, unalterable digital fingerprint that could allow police to track a handset. With tec...

NEC's quarterly loss swells as it abandons smartphones

Jul 31, 2013 (AFP)

NEC said Wednesday its net loss swelled in the three months to June, as the Japanese information technology giant announced plans to exit its once-dominant smar...