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Mobile applications to post privacy policies before installation under ... - Washington Post


Los Angeles Times

Mobile applications to post privacy policies before installation under ...
Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — California is clamping down on nosy mobile applications, telling them they must give people advance warning if they want to keep pulling sensitive information from smartphones an…

Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality - New York Times


The Age

Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn't so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny earpieces that connected wirelessly to their smartphones. Wha…

OnLive offers service to speed up Web browsing on an iPad - San Jose Mercury News


TechRadar UK

OnLive offers service to speed up Web browsing on an iPad
San Jose Mercury News
By Troy Wolverton On Live, as seen on an Apple iPad2, HTC Flyer and Samsung Galaxy. (On Live photo) Palo Alto-based OnLive, the cloud gaming pioneer, is offering a new way for iPad users to view Flash content a…

Was Einstein wrong - or was the cable loose? - Reuters


CBC.ca

Was Einstein wrong - or was the cable loose?
Reuters
By Robert Evans and Julie Steenhuysen | GENEVA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The world of science was upended last year when an experiment appeared to show one of Einstein's fundamental theories was wrong - but now the lab behind it says the result coul…

Men Aren't Going Extinct, Study of Shrinking Y Chromosome Finds - BusinessWeek


Aljazeera.com

Men Aren't Going Extinct, Study of Shrinking Y Chromosome Finds
BusinessWeek
By Ryan Flinn The Y chromosome, the strand of DNA that determines male sex, contained about 800 genes some 200 million years ago. Now, though, it has only 30, leading some scientists to conclude it could disappea…

Google to Launch TV Service - Mashable


MyFox Houston

Google to Launch TV Service
Mashable
The company filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved, the service could launch as soon as a month from now, according to the article, which cites a ...
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The Pokemon Company issues statement on fake App Store game - SlashGear


ZDNet

The Pokemon Company issues statement on fake App Store game
SlashGear
In a world where Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonists struggle getting their own content approved as an iPhone app, somehow a lone developer managed to submit a game that was a blatant ripoff and trademark infringement …

Sony Vita handheld needs more speed - San Francisco Chronicle


The Guardian

Sony Vita handheld needs more speed
San Francisco Chronicle
Sony's new Vita has an impressive 5-inch screen, but load times are slower than other handheld devices. Marketing copy for Sony's new PlayStation Vita promises to let you "game at the speed of your mobile lifestyle." But mobile li…

Microsoft Slams Google on Patents - Wall Street Journal


USA TODAY

Microsoft Slams Google on Patents
Wall Street Journal
By SHIRA OVIDE And IAN SHERR Microsoft Corp. is complaining to European regulators that Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and its soon-to-be-owner Google Inc. are misusing patents to gain an upper hand in the mobile-device market.
The Patent …

iPad trademark dispute shows troubles of doing business in China - Washington Post


CTV.ca

iPad trademark dispute shows troubles of doing business in China
Washington Post
To most global consumers, the iPad is practically synonymous with American electronics titan Apple. But one debt-ridden company in China, Proview, is alleging that it is the rightful owner of the trademark for the n…