Newslinx

• Power and Protection in One Case - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  MyCharge has introduced the Freedom 2000, a battery case for the iPhone 5 that provides power via a tethered Lightning connector.
  
• Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphone - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  A smartphone created by former Nokia employees is unveiled ahead of its release later this year.
  
• Dell Project Ophelia USB Android stick to ship in July, priced at $100 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Engadget: We're still lacking a lot of the specifics, other than that there's WiFi, Bluetooth, Wyse PocketCloud integration, plus, of course, HDMI and Android 4.something.

  
  
• Can gaming be the turning point for Linux on the desktop? - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Tech Radar: Dear old Linux, what are we to do with you? Developed for just over two decades and it's still barely made a mark on the consumer consciousness.

  
  
• Tech finds profit in poo in Dubai - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Finding profit in poo in the Middle East
  
• Python4Kids New Tutorial: Comprehending Lists and Tuples - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Python Tutorials for Kids 8+: We're having a look at a couple of different aspects of the Python language.

  
  
• Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  CNet: Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that's less about Microsoft and more about Google.

  
  
• What to Expect from Unity in Ubuntu 13.10 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  OMG Ubuntu: It’s 5 months away from release, but we already know most of the new features planned for Unity in Ubuntu 13.10.

  
  
• Arch-based Manjaro Linux touts user-friendliness - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Tech Republic: For those of you always looking for — or at least willing to try — the newest Linux distribution on the scene, a pretty fresh candidate is Manjaro Linux,

  
  
• Google's open video proposal closes door on software freedom - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  INfoWorld:Google/MPEG-LA deal showed promise, but Google's requirement for user licenses may bring a backlash

  
  
• Open source code and business models: More than just a license - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  OpenSource.com: As an organization or even individual there always seem to be questions when considering whether or not to make your project or code snippet open source.

  
  
• New Xbox readies for video games war - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Will Microsoft's new games machine win the next console war?
  
• Fill 'er up at Blu ... with natural gas - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
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• Millions hit in Yahoo Japan hack - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan, the web firm warns.
  
• Pupils 'need early porn warnings' - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, head teachers say.
  
• Apple 'among US's big tax avoiders' - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Apple is accused of being "among America's largest tax avoiders" by a Senate committee, who says the company avoided paying billions of dollars in US taxes.
  
• China 'state hackers renew attacks' - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  State-sponsored hackers are renewing their attacks on the US after a three-month hiatus, according to the New York Times.
  
• Mixed review for BBC Online services - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  A review of BBC Online and the Red Button service by the BBC Trust finds audiences are served well but BBC Online has failed to hit its reach target.
  
• Tumblr 'will boost Yahoo revenue' - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Yahoo says its $1.1bn (£723m) purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014.
  
• VIDEO: Yahoo to buy Tumblr for £700m - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Tumblr, the blogging site set up by a 20 year old only six years ago, has been bought by the internet giant Yahoo for more than £700 million.
  
• Yahoo rolls out update to make Flickr 'awesome again' - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  The Internet asked Marissa Mayer to "please make Flickr awesome again," and in turn, the Yahoo CEO is revamping her company's photo-sharing service.
  
• VIDEO: Wikipedia founder on Yahoo's Tumblr deal - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  The BBC talks to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr, in a $1.1bn deal.
  
• UK astronaut given station date - TG Daily
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  UK astronaut Tim Peake is to fly to the International Space Station, launching on a Soyuz rocket in November or December 2015.
  
• Distribution Release: Mageia 3 - LinuxToday News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Mageia Blog: We still can't believe how much fun it is to make Mageia together, and we’ve been doing it for two and a half years.

  
  
• How Apple sidestepped U.S. taxes: The Senate's version - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  The results of its probe of Apple's offshore taxes is now available online.
  
• The new dotcom billionaire’s club - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Move over Mark Zuckerberg, there are a few new kids on the block. A growing number of startups are reaching that golden number: the $1 billion valuation.

  
  
• Q&A: Getting Passes for Passbook - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  You do not need a special iOS app to get coupons, tickets and other digital documents that work with Apple's Passbook electronic wallet.
  
• What happens when Google and NASA build a computer? - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing laboratory with NASA may have boosted a highly specialized and slightly obscure field of study into a more mainstream light.
  
• Video: Watch a Navy missile interceptor scream into the sky - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  The Navy successfully tested its short range ballistic missile last week, destroying a complex moving target that soared over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, May 15.

  
  
• New gadget can recharge a cell phone in 30 seconds - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  A new device invented by Eesha Khare of Saratoga, Calif., can fit inside a cell phone’s battery and recharge it fully in less than half a minute. And the inventor of the gizmo is just 18 years old.

  
  
• Is BlackBerry still alive? - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  This time last year, the death knell was sounding loudly for Research in Motion.
  
• Microsoft to unveil new Xbox Tuesday - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Microsoft will unveil its new Xbox on Tuesday. What's underneath the hood of the latest videogame console represents a multiyear odyssey of trying to figure out how to keep the machine "cool" in the age of smartphones and tablets.

  
  
• 'Crazy' ants driving out fire ants in southeast - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Invasive fire ants have been a thorn in the sides of Southerners for years. But another invasive species, the so-called "crazy" ant that many describe as being worse has arrived and is displacing fire ants in several places.

  
  
• Yahoo approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

  
  
• A guide for journalists (and everyone else) to avoid government snoops - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Revelations that the Department of Justice has been secretly spying on reporters should ring alarm bells for anyone concerned about their own privacy and freedom. Here's how journalists (and anyone) can keep prying marketers, hackers and the Feds out of their business.

  
  
• Tornado winds: how fast can they get? - Fox News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  

  Inconceivable” tornadoes, rated F6, have wind speeds of 319 miles per hour and can hurl cars and refrigerators like missiles.

  
  
• All Yahoo's spending can't make it cool again - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  It's time for the Web 1.0 icon to put down its credit card and get back to work.
  
• The IPO market is back -- for enterprise tech - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  The hottest trend in enterprise technology is fueling the market.
  
• Tumblr fans have little love for Yahoo purchase - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Users took to Twitter to complain about Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr. The biggest fear is that Yahoo will ruin the popular blog site.
  
• Apple set for DC tax fight - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
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• Yahoo buys Tumblr, promises to not 'screw it up' - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Internet giant buys site favored by bloggers, paying $1.1 billion in cash for Tumblr
  
• Where online shopping is killing retail - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  High-tech meets low-tech (bike messengers!) as new Chinese consumers embrace online shopping.
  
• An Apple bear calls a bottom - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Sees the Inverse Head and Shoulders he's been waiting for.
  
• Meet AOI, Apple's mysterious Irish subsidiary - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  In a statement to the Senate, Apple explains -- sort of -- what it's doing in Cork.
  
• Yahoo must learn from past merger mistakes - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
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• Skullcandy Cuts the Cord, and Offers Better Sound - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  At $180, the Plyr1 wireless gaming headset from Skullcandy is more expensive than rivals, but it does offer a few advantages.
  
• Yahoo-Tumblr: Who cares? - CNN -- Tech News
  Mon, 20 May 2013
  Too much is being made of the $1.1 billion acquisition.
  
• Google chief defends tax affairs - TG Daily
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt defends the company's tax affairs after it comes in for strong criticism from MPs.
  
• Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion: Report - CNN -- Tech News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  The Yahoo board reportedly has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr.
  
• The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls - CNN -- Tech News
  Sun, 19 May 2013
  Read full story for latest details.
  
• How devoted are Apple users? - CNN -- Tech News
  Sat, 18 May 2013
  A new Forrester survey compares it to Google and Microsoft.
  
• Man lists 12,000 call menu options - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  An IT manager who grew frustrated with call centre menus has catalogued shortcuts to thousands of phone services
  
• Ofcom plans simplified phone numbers - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Some people are "put off" making important calls because of confusion over the amount they will be charged, according to the telecoms regulator.
  
• App Smart Extra: Apps for Editing Photos - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Some simple photo apps can turn ordinary photos into quirky works of art -- converting images into colored bubbles or warping them like a funhouse mirror.
  
• Blackberry is about to give away its last advantage - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Its free messaging service is one of the struggling company's most valuable assets.
  
• US questions Google on Glass privacy - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  US politicians are seeking reassurances from Google that its smart spectacles will respect personal privacy.
  
• VIDEO: Webscape: Apollo 11 mission site - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Kate Russell looks at a site which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, plus other sites and apps reviewed.
  
• Google says you'll know when Glass is sketchy - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
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• VIDEO: Read Klingon on your computer screen - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Microsoft's Bing offers page translations into Klingon, Google launches a music subscription service plus other tech news.
  
• Supercomputer Watson's future revealed - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  IBM's CEO told Fortune what the future holds for the talking supercomputer.
  
• EA stops making games for Wii U - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  Games giant EA has revealed that it currently has no games in development for Nintendo's Wii U console.
  
• GPS 'improves early tsunami alerts' - TG Daily
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  GPS data could provide faster and more accurate early warning systems for tsunamis, a German team of scientists suggest.
  
• Galaxy S4: 10M in 4 weeks. iPhone 5: 5M in 3 days. - CNN -- Tech News
  Fri, 17 May 2013
  When Apple reported record iPhone 5 sales, the stock began a six-month free fall.
  
• VIDEO: 'Internet is world devoid of empathy' - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Former LulzSec hacker Jake Davis, who has received a 24 month sentence for computer hacking, talks to Newsnight's Susan Watts about his time as part of the group.
  
• Single-pixel camera makes 3D image - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  Scientists in Glasgow have discovered a low-cost way to create 3D images, capable of sensing frequencies beyond visible light.
  
• VIDEO: Intel reveals tech innovations - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  From 'perceptual computing' to smarter car headlights, chip maker Intel reveals what it thinks is the technology of tomorrow.
  
• Jail sentences for Lulzsec hackers - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  British hackers who were behind a series of high profile cyber-attacks in 2011 have been sentenced at a hearing in London.
  
• 'Kickstarter for gigs' is launched - TG Daily
  Thu, 16 May 2013
  A service allowing fans to club together to pay bands to play gigs at their request has been launched.
  
• Q&A: Closing (or Merging) Two LinkedIn Accounts - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  If you find yourself with two LinkedIn accounts, you can close one and move your connections to the other account.
  
• Kobo’s New E-Reader Is Sharp, but Maybe Not Sharp Enough - NY Times -- Technology News
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Kobo has produced what it said is the highest resolution e-ink reader, the $170 Aura HD. But how does it match up to other e-ink devices?
  
• VIDEO: First US drone launch from carrier - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  The US Navy successfully launched an unmanned drone from the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time on Tuesday, in what officials called a breakthrough for robotic aviation.
  
• VIDEO: Google Glass: For and against - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  Technology developers and privacy campaigners give their views on the Google Glass smart headset.
  
• Saudi virtue police condemn Twitter - TG Daily
  Wed, 15 May 2013
  The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police warns Saudis against using Twitter, amid fears it is being used to challenge political taboos.
  
• Cellphone Case Helps to Alleviate Wi-Fi Woes - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Absolute Technology recently introduced Linkase, a $50 cellphone case for the iPhone 5 that uses electromagnetic waveguide technology to enhance the Wi-Fi signal.
  
• Q&A: Covering Up Your Amazon Tracks - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Amazon.com displays on its home page products you browsed on recent visits to the site, but you can delete some or all of your shopping history.
  
• Tip of the Week: Customize the Windows 8 Start Screen - NY Times -- Technology News
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  The look of Microsoft's Windows 8 Start screen can be rearranged to match personal preferences.
  
• VIDEO: 'Screaming' cones could save lives - TG Daily
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  "Intelligent" traffic cones are being unveiled on the M6 in the West Midlands in a bid to improve road safety.
  
• VIDEO: Quieter by design - TG Daily
  Tue, 14 May 2013
  Lara Lewington looks at how manufacturers are focusing their attention on technology to make their products quieter.
  
• Q.& A.: Hanging out on Google+ - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  Google+ Hangouts can support up to 10 people in a video chat or virtual meeting, but certain bandwidth speeds are required.
  
• Q&A: New Speeds for Old Machines - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  The new 802.11ac wireless-networking standard promises much faster data speeds, as long as you have the right equipment.
  
• Phone Sounds Good, but How Is the Deal? - NY Times -- Technology News
  Mon, 13 May 2013
  The Ooma Telo is advertised as a “free home phone service,” and while it is nowhere near free, it may be a better deal than you currently get from your phone provider, plus the sound quality is excellent.
  
• Q.& A.: Getting More (or Less) Mail from Facebook - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 10 May 2013
  You can tell Facebook what types of e-mail notifications you would like to receive by adjusting your account settings.
  
• App Smart Extra: More Ways to Stay Fit - NY Times -- Technology News
  Fri, 10 May 2013
  With summer approaching, it's the perfect time to improve your fitness levels.
  
• Tip of the Week: Getting Wireless Network Details - NY Times -- Technology News
  Thu, 09 May 2013
  Both Windows and Mac OS X can quickly give you information about your computer's wireless network connection, along with built-in troubleshooting tools.