Double Fine studio uses crowd-sourced funding for new adventure game
AllThingsD report: Apple iPad 3 unveiling set for March
In what apparently is the latest report on the much-speculated launch of the next iteration of the Apple iPad - the iPad 3 as it is referred to -, AllThingsD cited unnamed `inside' sources to reveal that the iPad 3 will be unveiled at a high-profile event in San Francisco in March. The tablet will reportedly feature a powerful processor as well as Retina Display.
Federal jury strikes down Eolas' 'Interactive Web' patent
According to a Wired report, a federal jury in the supposedly software-patent friendly US District Court in East Texas recently sided with Web firms like Google and Amazon, in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Eolas Technologies.
NHS managers defend teenagers getting contraceptive implants
For avoiding teenage pregnancies, girls as young as 13 years old are being given a contraceptive implant and that too without their parents having any clue about it.
This has however been defended by NHS managers as they feel that this step will keep teenage pregnancies away.
Coalition states no alternative to NHS reforms
It has been agreed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg that they have to go ahead with the NHS reforms that have been planned and is facing heat from all quarters.
They said that they have to do this as they are in a rubbish place politically and for voters who fear the reforms it could take three years.
Drop a glass size and get healthy
People are being encouraged by the Outer Hebrides Alcohol & Drug Partnership, ADP, to ponder upon their alcohol intake and taking certain easy steps to bring down their alcohol consumption.
Study: Algorithms used by online dating sites are “unlikely to be effective”
According to the findings of a new study conducted by psychologists and sociologists, even though dating sites like eHarmony and Match. com appear to be doing a good job at depicting ideal relationships, they actually may not be offering potential mates selected via accurate scientific methods.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 boasts retro styling, high-end functionality
In a move that further steps up Olympus' retro fixation, the Japanese camera-maker has recently announced a new OM-D line of its Micro Four Thirds cameras; with the first offering in this lineup being the new E-M5.
Apple asks telecom standards body to set rules for essential patents
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple has written a letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute asking it to lay down some specific guidelines that would govern the manner in which patents are licensed by member companies.
Secret birth control implant in teenage girls without parents' knowledge
Contraceptive implants were injected in girls as young as 13 and this was done without their parents knowing about this.
In an attempt to bring down underage pregnancies in a city, the controversial procedure was carried out on pupils.
Super Bowl XLVI sets new ‘tweet-per-second’ record for a sporting event
The 46th annual Super Bowl was a stupendous hit --- not just in terms of it being the most-watched program ever in television history, but also for giving the popular microblogging service Twitter a new ‘tweet-per-second (TPS)’ record for a sporting event!
Samsung reduces its LTE chip cost by half
It is widely assumed that bringing aboard new and faster technology on the modern-day devices ends up making products pricier; but, electronics giant Samsung has recently shown that it may not always be so --- with the company actually having slashed the cost of its LTE chip, used in its Galaxy Nexus handset, by half!
Health-care system will get strained by Canada’s aging population
A longer lifespan is being lived by a majority of Canadians and this also means they are living with more diseases.
Problems like kidney problems, diabetes and high blood pressure are being experienced by many and this has become a cause of concern for experts.
Stem cell surgery restores sight for Katie Piper
Stem cell surgery has restored sight for a former model and television presenter who following an acid attack was left partially blind in one eye.
NHS reforms row confuses patients
Patients are now confused with the NHS reforms that are being talked over and over again and has created a row, senior doctors claimed.
The controversial bill must be stopped; this was stated by the Labour leader Ed Miliband MP.
He had stated in an article that there are just three months to prevent great harm being done to the NHS.
“People-pleasers” tend to overeat in social situations: study
"People-pleasers"- who put their own needs behind the needs of others- tend to overeat in social situations, a new study says.
The study, published in the Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, says people-pleasers tend to overeat in social settings to make sure others feel more comfortable.
Apple mobile devices were briefly unavailable for sale in Germany on Friday after injunction
With the Apple-Motorola patent scuffle in Germany resulting in a Manheim court verdict which granted a permanent injunction against Apple's iCloud push email notifications, some of the mobile devices from Apple were briefly unavailable for sale in the country on Friday.
US government, military to get secure Android phones
According to the information shared by the people involved in the project pertaining to the deployment of smartphones to US government and military, some US officials will likely be given smartphones equipped with the capability of handling classified government documents over cellular networks.
Mark Zuckerberg's 2011 personal income tax bill may be $1.5 billion!
According to a Financial Times (FT) report, the imminent Facebook IPO will make the social network's founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg one of the richest people in the world; with his Facebook stake likely to be worth as much as a whopping $28.4 billion, and his 2011 personal income tax bill reaching up to a staggering $1.5 billion.
Symantec retracts Android malware claims to align with Lookout
Close on the heels of its last-week announcement about having detected what it termed as the Android. Counterclank "threat" involving the most widespread fraction of Android malware, Symantec has now retracted the `malware' claims to align with a much hushed assessment of the threat by Lookout Mobile Security.