Monday, November 17, 2014

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Facebook takes on Linkedin

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 02:43 AM PST

Mark Zuckerberg - WikimedaSocial networking site Facebook is apparently readying a rival to Linkedin – a site that some people occasionally use for work to share resumes and the like.

The Financial Times originally broke the news and claims that Facebook, which has already lost popularity with younger people, will let people tie up with their professional contacts and chat to their colleagues. more»

Scientists teach computer legerdemain

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 02:26 AM PST

levitationArtificial intelligence reached its zenith today after researchers at Queen Mary University of London taught a computer to create magic tricks.

The computer's even been clever enough to create a card trick called Phoney which is available in the Google Play Store. more»

Samsung squeezes its suppliers

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 01:50 AM PST

samsung-hqIn a bid to cut prices and keep pace with its competitors it appears Korean giant Samsung is putting pressure on its suppliers to cut their prices.

Digitimes reports that Samsung wants some component suppliers for its display business to slash their prices, in some cases by as much as 30 percent during this quarter. more»

Goggle Glass goes dim

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 01:32 AM PST

OgleA cunning plan by Google to let us snoop on each other and record it on the internet now appears to be an idea without legs.

Information on the superinformation highway – that is to say from Vanity Fair and Reuters suggests that Google co-founder Sergey Brin is tired of the idea. more»

Cameron: Free speech turns you into a radical

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 01:20 AM PST

stupid cameronBritish Prime Minister David "one is an ordinary bloke" Cameron has come up with a new reason to censor the internet – he thinks that all this free speech radicalises you.

Cameron said that people were not radicalised by poverty or foreign policy, but by free speech online. more»

US splashes out on two more supercomputers

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 01:17 AM PST

15013The US is going to spend $325 million on two new supercomputers, one of which may eventually be built to support speeds of up to 300 petaflops.

Deeply embarrassed by the fact that China has been ruling the super computer league tables for a while now, the US government is taking steps to unseat them from the top. more»

MediaTek creates cheap phone boom

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 01:16 AM PST

mediatek-generic-chipTaiwan’s MediaTek is leading the Chinese low cost smartphone boom and providing chips that are shaking up the industry.

After missing out on the first wave of smartphones,   MediaTek is now a $23 billion purveyor of systems on a chip packages to the budget challenged. more»

Microsoft now awarded number two slot

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 01:14 AM PST

ToiletAwardMicrosoft is now the second most valuable company in the world, behind Apple after edging past Exxon Mobil in terms of market capitalization.

Exxon Mobil was neck and neck with Jobs Mob when Apple stuffed up their Apple Maps software. But Microsoft coming up and replacing Exxon is a little surprising. more»

Apple use makes it harder to evolve

Posted: 17 Nov 2014 12:56 AM PST

evolutionFor a while now, the fruity cargo cult Apple has made it difficult for its customers to upgrade their expensive hardware going with third party updates.

However, with OS X 10.10 Yosemite, the company has taken another step down the path towards total vendor lock-in and effectively disabled support for third-party SSDs. more»

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