Japan Nuclear Disaster Update 31: Radioactive stuff spreads, questions multiply [Greg Laden's Blog]Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:17PMThe International Atomic Energy Association has issued its last report on Fukushima on June 2nd and appears to not be keeping their web site up to date any more. This is the last time I'll be checking with them unless I hear otherwise. The email scandal reported last time continues "Analysts say the scandal reflects panic in Japan's atomic power industry, long coddled by political, corporate and ...
Android 3.2 'Honeycomb' Makes Phone Apps Tablet-FriendlySaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:13AMGoogle's Android 3.2 "Honeycomb" operating system is getting better at making existing Android phone apps usable on tablet computers.
Sony preps two oddly shaped tabletsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:48PMSan Francisco (CNN) -- A tablet computer doesn't have to look like a flat rectangle.
Skype vulnerability makes for easy PC hijackingFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:42PMA review by security consultant Levent Kayan revealed a new cross-site scripting vulnerability in Skype that could allow a malicious user to remotely change another user’s password and hijack their computer. The user and the attacker have to be friends on Skype for the exploit to work, but if they are, Kayan noted that the [...]
IDC, Gartner: Worldwide PC Shipments Increase ModestlyFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:11AMBoth IDC and Gartner have released their PC shipment analyses again, and as it turns out, worldwide PC sales are on the rise. Gartner: "Worldwide PC shipments surpassed 85.2 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a 2.3 percent increase from the same period last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. These results are below Gartner's earlier projection for 6.7 percent ...
Android Atlas Weekly 57: Conspiracy theories (Podcast)Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:30PMHTC's Thunderbolt update quietly removes unlimited tethering; the Motorola Xoom's LTE upgrade may land just in time for the Xoom 2 launch; and Amazon's got a plan for tablet domination. Ep. 57: Conspiracy theories $lazy(window.GeckoVideoPlayer, CBSi.lazy.videoPlayer, function(){ loadGeckoVideoPlayer({ parentElement: 'universalVideoid50107944', flashVars:{ autoplay: 'false', adTargetType: 'Page ...
Fujitsu Windows Phone could be tweaked 12MP Android handsetThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:37AMFujitsu’s first Windows Phone handset could well be a reworked Android device, with particular similarities spotted between the smartphone briefly previewed earlier this week and the REGZA T-01C currently available on Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo. Both handsets have a distinctive camera ring design as well as three front-panel buttons with the same styling. Japanese site Nanapho flagged [...]
Amazon tablet set to battle iPad in AutumnThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:41AMAll indicators point to Amazon readying a tablet for this year. And according to a report by the Wall Street Journal today, the online retail giant will introduce its first colour offering "before October," according to unnamed sources.
Report: Amazon tablet set to battle iPad in fallThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:48AMCiting unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal reports Amazon will introduce its first color offering "before October."