Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Jamaican Times.com http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:43 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:43 -0400 30 SA8000 certification for complying workplace standards based on International Labour Organisation and UN conventions. "The SA8000 is the world's first auditable social certification standard for decent workplaces. After an 8-month long process, that included an audit of Uninor's compliance to labour laws, ability of its employees to form unions...Uninor has been certified to have ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599320/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:41 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599320/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW DELHI: The recent data theft by hackers from two Indian companies processing prepaid cards for several overseas banks, which led to a global fraud of 45 million dollars, has made India's 100 billion ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599321/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:40 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599321/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass , the brainchild of co-founder Sergey Brin. ET pans the camera back home, and offers a timeline of Google's legal troubles in India, where its services are accessed by over 100 million ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599322/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:40 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599322/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Silicon Valley for several years. "Partnership is in our DNA and early-stage companies can sense that and are proving to be very willing to partner and co-develop," said Newman. Many retailers are pouring money into new technology to help them catch up ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599323/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:39 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214599323/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Long-awaited 4G services, which provide mobile users with Internet access 20 to 50 times faster than 3G network, make their debut in Shanghai next month when China Mobile begins large-scale trials, the carrier said yesterday. The trial in the world's biggest mobile phone market indicates that the country is ready to adopt the most advanced mobile technology for more than a billion handset ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598775/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:19:32 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598775/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by these Chinese companies in order to protect a "strategic" sector of Europe's economy. "Huawei and ZTE are dumping their products on the European market," De Gucht told Reuters in an exclusive interview before engaging with US businesses as part of his preparations for ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598776/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:02 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598776/scat/d805653303cbbba8 cybercriminals hacked into the firm's Mumbai-based current account and siphoned off Rs 2.41 crore in three hours on May 11. The first of the 13 money transfers to accounts across India was made at 11.30am and the last at 2.30pm, before the bank got suspicious of the huge cash transfers and checked with the group confirming the fraud, the Worli police said. The largest transaction was of Rs ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598777/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:01 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598777/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, as some find it 'socially awkward' and others find it is 'too irritating to wear' according to a survey conducted by YouGov. The report, entitled the 'Google Glass Adoption Forecast' commissioned by BiTE Interactive, found that even ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598778/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:00 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598778/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "With our foray into the open handset market in India, we want to become a dominant player here and be among the top 3 in the next three years.... handsets already contribute 10% of our revenues here," ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:22 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON: The technology industry and organized labour are locked in a fight that threatens to complicate the US Senate's immigration bill. At the heart of the debate is whether there is a shortage of Americans with the math and science skills needed for work at technology firms like Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Labour is brandishing research that says the scarcity of workers is a myth ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:21 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BRUSSELS: EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from the internet search giant. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:20 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance. The California tech giant offered no details of the event, set for New York, but invited reporters to "join us as we share something special." Tumblr, a fast-growing blogging platform popular with young internet users, is headquartered in New York. The Dow Jones-owned website AllThingsD reported on Friday that Yahoo is eyeing the move ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:20 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, as some find it 'socially awkward' and others find it is 'too irritating to wear' according to a survey conducted by YouGov. The report, entitled the 'Google Glass Adoption Forecast' commissioned by BiTE Interactive, found that even ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:19 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK: Apple, the world's most valuable technology company, has lost its edge among investors, according to the latest Bloomberg Global Poll. Hedge funds sold large stakes of ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:19 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214598169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Daniel BasesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by these Chinese ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214597073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:19:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214597073/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BPO revenues grew a healthy 17.8% in 2012-13, compared to IT services that grew sub-6%, which perhaps is the reason why the former is being treated differently. The BPO division has about 25,000 of Infosys’s 1.5 lakh employees. Infosys said it doesn’t comment on rumours and ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214597518/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:03:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214597518/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214595884/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:09 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214595884/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AllThingsD reported Friday. Unnamed sources told ATD that the deal is entirely in cash, which means Yahoo isn't offering up any stock options for the hip blogging site. The sources also said Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer -- who has been trying to turn the large, struggling company around -- thinks buying Tumblr is key to her vision of a new Yahoo. Yahoo sent out ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214594836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:48 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214594836/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214594803/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214594803/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Microsoft) Maybe everyone's focused on the wrong Microsoft operating system. Dell said during its earnings conference call on Thursday that "commercial" customers, meaning corporate customers, are just now transitioning ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214593924/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:21:02 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214593924/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is diving into several new ventures, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of "motivational business ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592816/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:36:11 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592816/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to unveil "something special" Monday in New York as she tries to attract more traffic and advertising to the Internet company.The Sunnyvale, Calif., company gave no further details Friday other than that Mayer will be discussing a product. Reporters are being invited to attend the 5 p.m. event at a lounge located in New York's Times ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214593589/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214593589/scat/d805653303cbbba8 On Tuesday, when Google's Vice President of Android Product Management Hugo Barra told a crowd of nearly 6,000 attendees that the online giant would be ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592843/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592843/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Instead of gadgets, the message is clear: Google's personalized services are aiming to get into your head and be a part of you...and your social ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214593804/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214593804/scat/d805653303cbbba8 When Apple releases Mac firmware updates, the system undergoes a special installation procedure in which it shows a progress bar on a gray screen and then reboots. If you have an update available but do not see the progress bar when applying it, it may not have installed properly. As such, you may see the update still showing in Apple's Software Update service. There are some special ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592845/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:35 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592845/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - NewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations to Moreover Technologies, which monitors how Moreover's clients are portrayed in the media.NewsRight said that Moreover will get the NewsRight brand and will offer new contracts to the ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:11 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592407/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Given the grilling that Google has gotten this week in Parliament, you might think that Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of the company, would be persona non grata in London these days. Not so, it appears. Mr. Schmidt is one of 16 high-level corporate executives who have been invited to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron next week. They are members of the Business Advisory Group, which ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:45 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592678/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ultrabook world tour in New York, hoping to make consumers excited about the latest PCs and curb a drop in the computing market. The chip giant opened a temporary pop-up shop in Manhattan's Meatpacking District from May 17 to 19 to give New Yorkers the chance to try out new computers firsthand. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:47 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - The largest U.S. satellite video provider, DirecTV, is one of the companies considering a bid for online video website Hulu, according to a source familiar with the ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:08:35 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214592679/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) ORLANDO, Fla -- Irony may be funny to the gods of Olympus but it's a cruel lesson for us mortals. I found this out the hard way at BlackBerry Live 2013. Within minutes of arriving at my hotel I managed to misplace my ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:00 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BBQ Dragon could be the breath of fresh air -- literally -- to change my poor fire-starting fortune. Essentially working the same way as a fan, the cordless BBQ Dragon shoots a large amount of cool air into a fire and accelerates the burning process. The stainless steel device, which has a variable air speed controller and flexible arm, easily clips onto the side of a grill or smoker. The ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:59 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Warner Bros.) Batman: Arkham Origins, as the name suggests, is a prequel for the other two Arkham games, set a couple of years ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591689/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:58 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591689/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit say that, similar to handedness, most people who hold their cell phones to their left ear are right-hemisphere dominant and vice ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591692/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591692/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The technology world was buzzing with news this week. From Google's annual I/O conference to some very tiny robotics, these are the images from the week's tech stories that stood out. Google CEO Larry Page took the stage ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:53 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. The company will release its quarterly results on Tuesday. REUTERS/Robert ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:22:19 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK - Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution. These "Retina" displays reveal four times as much detail as any Windows laptop screen ... until now. Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display.Does this mean Windows users can let go of MacBook envy? Sort of. The jump in resolution with the Toshiba ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:58 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Facebook made its debut on the stock market a year ago on May 18 in one of the largest IPOs in history and the biggest for any Internet company.The social network's market value was more than $100 billion.Now, Facebook's stock is trading roughly 30 percent lower and has not hit its IPO price of $38 per share. Today, Facebook is valued at around $63 billion.In the year since its initial ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591249/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:56 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591249/scat/d805653303cbbba8 This week in my App Smart column, I wrote about some of the smartphone apps that have brought powerful photo manipulation techniques to your pocket. This is the kind of image trickery that used to be possible only on a desktop computer running Photoshop. Many of these photo manipulation apps offer a range of effects, and you can "layer" effects on top of each other. But there are many ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:13:24 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google is moving forward with efforts to make Gradle the build system of choice for Android applications. The company has released a plug-in for Gradle and is switching over from the Ant build system. "[Gradle is] just a lot more flexible and we have IDE integration," said Xavier Ducrohet, Google lead for Android development tools, following his presentation Friday on the new Android ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:54:39 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri May 17, 2013 4:53pm EDT * Headlines sabotaged, link posted to execution video * Latest in series of hacker attacks on news media By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba May 17 (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:53:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591715/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Bang With Friends) No more knocking boots with your Facebook friends, iPhone users. Apple has removed the salaciously titled Bang With Friends iPhone application from its App Store. Bang With Friends, which was going by "BWF Official" on Apple's App ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Hamilton Beach (Model 49983) Two-Way Deluxe Coffeemaker can brew into a travel mug or a 12-cup carafe. Either K-cups or ground coffee can be ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591549/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:53 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591549/scat/d805653303cbbba8 summer rollout of a streaming music service , has hit a negotiating snag with Sony Music over some of the features that it is building into its product. More specifically, Apple and Sony Music, the world's second-largest music label, are still trying to hammer out details over how much Apple would pay for songs that people listen to a fraction of and then skip, according to people ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590399/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590399/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mozilla might be fine with mixed company, but it's not fond of mixed content. A new tool to block unsecured content on secure sites makes its debut in the latest update to Firefox ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass  over the last couple of weeks. But those images don’t exactly warm your heart. But a two-year-old with the connected glasses on? That might be one of the cutest things you see on the Internet this week. Chris Angelini, a writer and editor at tech ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591550/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:14 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214591550/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Sanyo Electric Co may cease to exist under a reorganization by Panasonic Corp that includes global jobs cuts, Nikkei reported on Friday.Panasonic will cut 90 percent of Sanyo's global workforce of about 2,500 in around three years, the daily reported.About 1,000 workers at Sanyo's headquarters will be reduced to around 100 this fiscal year, leaving just a skeleton crew for ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:10:38 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs broadcast messages supporting Syrian President ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589917/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:51 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589917/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FILE - In this May 18, 2012, file photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, there were looming doubts. Potential investors wondered whether the social network could ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590055/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:05 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590055/scat/d805653303cbbba8 We are thrilled to introduce a new weekend column to DealBook called Life@Work by Tony Schwartz. Tony is one of the world’s top thought leaders on the workplace and getting the most out of people. He is a productivity maven and advises many of the Fortune 500 on how to build the right culture as the founder of the Energy Project. Earlier his year, he wrote a popular article for The New York ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:05 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. President Barack Obama (unseen) announces venture capitalist Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, May 1, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589052/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Vodafone's new Chief Executive Vittorio Colao poses for photos after their company's annual general meeting in a conference centre in Westminster, London July 29, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:45:34 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589050/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mozilla is postponing its controversial plan for Firefox to block certain third-party cookies by default - but the company's CTO Brandon Eich urged users not to interpret the delay as a sign that Mozilla is going soft on protecting user privacy. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:42:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214590230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Faithlessness is easy to find in Netflix relationships. The majority secretly watch or would watch TV shows earlier than their partner. Even though they promised they ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:57 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Yahoo Chief Marissa Mayer will speak at a mystery product event in New York on Monday, May 20, according to a tweet from ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589109/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:56 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589109/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A photo of a massive robot arm entertaining guests at a Google I/O party this week really needed a good caption, so we reached out to readers. Here's what they came up ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:53 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft will soon release details about the next Xbox console, preorders begin for the Nvidia Shield game system, and the Buycott app helps shoppers vote with their ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589107/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589107/scat/d805653303cbbba8 During the rest of the NBA playoffs, NBA Digital will be posting video highlights of notable plays. This comes days after a similar arrangement with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Neil deGrasse Tyson has thrown the weight of his astrophysics opinion behind "Star Trek," but plenty of "Star Wars" fans are ready to disagree. Where do you ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:51 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A cutesy Trekkie musical goes warp speed into awesomeness. "I'm giving her all she's got, Cap'n! Why is the power starting to dwindle? I'm not sure, but I've been charging my ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:50 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Maps users supply critical data that the company uses to customize maps based on the destination selected and to create cinematic fly-bys of popular ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589114/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:49 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589114/scat/d805653303cbbba8 TrackingPoint , has said its ';world’s first'; long range Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) integrate precision hardware, digital optics, and tracking technology to deliver an unmatched shooting experience. The line of rifles starts at about $22,500 and each comes packaged with an iPad mini including the interactive TrackingPoint mobile app. ';We’re taking centuries old ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589381/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:37:15 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589381/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.The leaked information does not include passwords and data necessary for identity verification to reset passwords, the agency ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589428/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:36:43 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214589428/scat/d805653303cbbba8 eyes for blogging sensation Tumblr . The 6-year-old startup that powers nearly 108 million blogs has piqued the curiosity of both Facebook and Microsoft who seem ready to duke it out over the object of their affection, according to a new report. The Thursday night rumor mill had Yahoo ready to commit to a Tumblr partnership, investment, or possibly even a $1 billion purchase. Now Forbes is ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:16 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sonic the Hedgehog is back and ready for the mobile world of the 21st century. So get out your old HyperColor T-shirts, pop in that cassette copy of Pearl Jam's "Ten," and get ready to relive the days when kids had actually heard of a company named Sega. The company this week launched a remastered version of the original Sonic game in ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587756/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:28:30 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587756/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass currently comes in five colors and has a pop-in sunglass visor, but no version of the Explorer Edition comes with prescription lenses. For glasses-wearers like me, that means getting contacts ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587757/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:28:29 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587757/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © Christian Chabot, (bottom R) CEO of Tableau Software, waits for his company's stock to begin trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:29 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN JOSE, Calif. -; The Canadian government is trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who are frustrated by U.S. visa policies, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586707/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586707/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Privacy concerns surrounding Google Glass are growing rampant. Eight Congressmen even joined in on the conversation on Thursday, fearing that the cyborg-like technology could be too ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586237/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:59 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586237/scat/d805653303cbbba8 facial recognition technology in public places is making it harder if not impossible to remain anonymous. Lesley Stahl reports on the new ways this technology is being used that even has one of its inventors calling it too intrusive. Her ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586202/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:16:35 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586202/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Brett Wolf ST. LOUIS, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - U.S. authorities have seized two accounts linked to a major operator in the booming Bitcoin digital currency market, Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox. The move may prevent the firm ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586221/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:14:16 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586221/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and nongovernmental organizations from over 100 countries.The operation, which Trend Micro has dubbed SafeNet, targets potential victims using spear phishing emails with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587575/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587575/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: ShopTronics) Pinball machine: check. Vintage Coke machine: check. Now all you need is a jukebox to finish off that awesome man-cave, basement rec-room, or retro-themed loft. Ah, but real old-fashioned jukeboxes limit you to a few dozen songs. I'd be more inclined to buy something that combines classic styling with modern technology. Like this: For one week, Shoptronics.com ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586240/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:09:00 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586240/scat/d805653303cbbba8 On the eve of the annual Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area, Maker Media CEO Dale Dougherty chats about this unique event where people can show off their "desire and ability to create ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586241/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:59 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586241/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Apple) Imagination Technologies, a graphics-chip designer that supplies the graphics tech in the iPad and iPhone, offers some tantalizing insights into what could power the next iPad. CNET spoke with Tony King-Smith, vice president of marketing at Imagination Technologies, about what's coming down the pike. While he would not confirm what's inside future iPads, it's ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586242/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:58 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586242/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung: TecTiles a warmup for mobile payments The main difference between these tags and the first iteration, which launched almost a year ago? Unlike the originals, the second TecTiles generation works with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586243/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:57 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586243/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass enters 3D space and uses your hands to interact with the virtual world. The Meta system includes stereoscopic 3D glasses, supplied by Epson, and a 3D camera to track hand movements, similar to the portrayals of gestural control in movies like "Minority Report" and "Avatar," as well as voice control and Wi-Fi. "There is no other future of computing other than ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:56 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The seventh version of Apple's iOS software is almost upon us! But which features does Apple's grid-based operating system desperately need to add, and which ones will Tim Cook and pals probably ignore completely? That's what we're asking in this video, so hit play on the clip above as we rattle through the apps and tweaks that we want to see, as well as the things we ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586244/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:56 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586244/scat/d805653303cbbba8 snagging one of the space rocks and towing it closer to Earth, is moving forward, and a specific asteroid has been chosen to visit and sample in the next few years. NASA has announced that the Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a key confirmation review Wednesday, approving the spacecraft to move into development phase. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586246/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586246/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WANT to keep tabs on your pet? Just slap a new coin-sized tagging device on it. The tag transmits a radio pulse that can be picked up at least 20 kilometres away - much further than existing tags can signal - and crucially, it needs no batteries to ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587463/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:41 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214587463/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Paul Otellini said the firm passed up the opportunity to make chips for Apple's iPhone. Intel, which has a miniscule presence in smartphones and tablets, hopes that its upcoming Merrifield Atom chip will help it finally gain a foothold in those lucrative mobile markets. However on his last day as Intel CEO, Otellini said in an interview that Intel passed up the chance to supply Apple with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586008/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586008/scat/d805653303cbbba8 an increasing number of punishments being dished out to people associated with the internet hacktivist collective Anonymous. Yesterday we saw four members of the self confessed "hackers for your entertainment" group Lulzsec sentenced and some pretty harsh words directed at them in the court. "The actions of these Lulzsec hackers were cowardly and vindictive," said Andrew ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586007/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586007/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LOS ANGELES - Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the popular blue critter on Nintendo platforms. The first title will be called "Sonic Lost World" and is set for release on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS later this year."With 'Sonic Lost World,' we're going to introduce new gameplay and enemies, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214585722/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:26 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214585722/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass, the company’s Internet-connected glasses, will soon have seven new apps, including breaking news alerts from CNN, fashion features from Elle, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook posts and reminder notes from Evernote. Google announced the apps, which it calls Glassware, Thursday at its I/O developers conference, the largest assembly yet of people wearing Glass in the same place. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586009/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:14:17 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586009/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Ginni, for many of us, Watson is that Jeopardy! Game; but when you think of Watson it's a much bigger thought, right? Yes, she has done way more than that ! It's about the coming of a third area of technology, right? You know, the original systems counted things. tThe next set of things were programmable. This thing learns, right? You give it very little instruction and then the more ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586010/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:30 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586010/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- It's been years since Samsung reported any unit sales numbers at all for its mobile phones, but on Thursday the South Korean manufacturing giant had something to brag about. Samsung Electronicsco-CEO Shin Jong-kyuntold reporters at an industry forum in Seoul that he is confident sales of the Galaxy S4 will top 10 million next week -- four weeks after the device went on sale in 60 ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:29 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586011/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) The latest data out on the gaming industry indicates one, simple message: times are tough. According to the latest data from research firm NPD, which provides monthly sales data on the games industry, overall game industry spending in the U.S. in April hit $495.2 million, down 25 percent compared to the $657.5 million consumers spent during the same period in 2012. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584532/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:58:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584532/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel apparently used screenshots from ARM's Developer Studio 5 (DS-5) in its recent Silvermont microarchitecture presentation. Last week Intel lifted the lid on ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586013/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:51 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586013/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers' pay checks declined by nearly 2 percent. There are multiple theories for the decline in pay, but a common one cited by analysts is simply that the new people being hired are paid less than those already on the ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586014/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:45 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586014/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Even if you don't want to work for Microsoft and couldn't care less about Bing, this novel help-wanted Easter egg should bring a chuckle -- particularly when you learn the secret to displaying the egg with Firefox or Chrome. First, here's the standard Internet Explorer approach to seeing the egg, modified a bit from the instructions originally posted this morning ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586015/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:45 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586015/scat/d805653303cbbba8 snagging one of the space rocks and towing it closer to earth, is moving forward and a specific asteroid has been chosen to visit and sample in the next few years. NASA has announced that the Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a key confirmation review Wednesday, approving the spacecraft to move into development phase. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584574/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:45 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584574/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Defense Department drops exclusive contract for BlackBerry The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency on Friday approved the use of ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:43 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET) Remember CinemaNow? The company has been slinging digital movies since 1999. But although it got picked up by Blockbuster in 2009, it has never achieved what I'd call critical mass. Indeed, I kinda thought it had gone the way of so many Blockbuster stores. Nope! In fact, CinemaNow appears to be working on a comeback, as evidenced by this new ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586017/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:42 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586017/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Blake Stevenson) Low Latency is a weekly comic on CNET's Crave blog written by CNET editor and podcast host Jeff Bakalar and illustrated by Blake Stevenson. Be sure to check Crave every Friday at 8 a.m. PT for new panels! Want more? ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586016/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:41 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586016/scat/d805653303cbbba8 University of Tokyo are developing a system that puts the mobile phone on the palm of your hand – literally. Using a special camera that combines high-speed vision and two rotational mirrors, Masatoshi Ishikawa and his team at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory here say they’ve found a way to project a device’s display screen or keyboard onto the palm, or any other surface, so that you ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586018/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:32 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586018/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Looking for work? Well, just finding out this job exists is work. Microsoft has posted a sort of secret job listing for a Bing software development engineer inside the code of their Bing.com search site, as found ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586019/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:32 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214586019/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung apparently is attacking on another front in its ongoing battle against Apple, with reports claiming that it is trying to steal its rival's parts suppliers. While Samsung does a lot of its manufacturing inhouse, Reuters reports that the company is looking for new suppliers due the growing demand for its Galaxy smartphones, in particular ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584332/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:23 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584332/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (SEA) has gone after the Financial Times (FT) in its latest hacking attack, taking over the newspaper's website and Twitter feeds. The SEA has been on a hacking spree of late, having recently taken over Twitter accounts belonging to the Associated Press, the BBC and the Guardian. Today, the activist group set its sights firmly on the FT, hacking the company's website and Twitter ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584333/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:22 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584333/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of hackers and on-line activists who say they support Syrian ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584334/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:55:09 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584334/scat/d805653303cbbba8 urged the company's shareholders to keep the faith, even as the software major goes through one of its toughest periods in its 32 year history. In his letter to shareholders in the company's annual report, Shibulal said that this is not the first time the company faced challenges. "Time and again, our resilience has been put to the test. Be it game-changing trends in technology, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584335/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:49 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584335/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Manish Sharma told ET's Gulveen Aulakh as it will rely on speed to bring nine models across price range to the market within a quarter. The Japanese handset maker plans to eat into Samsung's smartphone market share in India with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584337/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:47 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584337/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- This week's Google I/O conference in San Francisco was disappointingly light on Android news. And it was especially light on new, enterprise-friendly features for Android devices.Instead, it showed improvements aimed at consumers and education institutions. But while Google may not seem focused on making its mobile operating system more attractive to IT departments, other ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Hope comes in many hues. FORTUNE -- Blackberry's decision to make its free messaging service, BBM, available on other mobile phone platforms is a Hail Mary play for a damaged company that pretty much has nothing to lose at this point. By giving away the stickiest feature available to Blackberry's dwindling consumer base to Android and iOS users for free, the company is hoping that it ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584338/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584338/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Data: Whale Watch. Options trades not included. FORTUNE -- Any institution with more than $100 million in equities under management was required to file a Form 13f Wednesday telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission what stocks they bought and sold last quarter, and once again Apple ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584339/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214584339/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Anonymous flavoured assault on the Vatican happened on 22 March. Then a tweeted message from an account calling itself Anonymous Italy, of @OperationItaly, posted a link to a document that accused the Vatican of all manner of things, and added the announcement that the Vatican websites were down. "Anonymous decided today to besiege your site in response to the doctrine, to the ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582788/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:47:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582788/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Kogan has unveiled what it claims is the world's first Android 4.2 Jelly Bean powered 3D Smart TV. Kogan, a company known for its cut-rate ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582789/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:47:34 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582789/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google chairman Eric Schmidt is due to meet British PM David Cameron as a participant of an advisory group days after lawmakers lambasted the company's tax ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582790/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:20 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582790/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Larry Page said the world required a place where existing laws didn't apply so that technology companies could experiment and test out services without worrying about their implications in real world. "The pace of change in the world is increasing. But the problem is some of the institutions are very old... the laws (about technology) are very old. Some laws are 50-years old. These ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582791/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:18 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582791/scat/d805653303cbbba8 accused Apple of heartlessly exploiting Asian factory workers. "Any suggestion that we don't care is patently false and offensive to us. As you know better than anyone, accusations like these are contrary to our values. It's not who we ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582483/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:27:45 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582483/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the new world of fundraising , in which so-called crowdfunding websites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter let just about anyone with an idea try his or her hand at bankrolling a dream. Proponents of crowdfunding believe it has the potential to upend traditional financing models, such as loans and venture capital, and unleash a tidal wave of capital for entrepreneurs, creative types, and, yes, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582792/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:27:44 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582792/scat/d805653303cbbba8 When Facebook made its stock market debut last May, Barry Graubart was set to buy $10,000 worth of shares in the initial public offering. But due to Nasdaq's trading glitches, his buy order never went ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:27:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback. The term virus is frequently used as a catch-all for malicious software, but actually describes a very specific type of program that infects files and replicates, noticeable impairing a computer. Most malware these days tries to not be so obvious. But Microsoft has noticed that viruses--which have been present on around 5 percent of ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582633/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:25:19 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582633/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nvidia . AMD won a court order banning the former employees from disclosing trade secrets or soliciting their former colleagues to change sides and join Nvidia.AMD accused ex-employees of borrowing sensitive company documents when they cleared out their desks and headed over the Nvidia. They allegedly transferred more than 100,000 files pertaining to AMD’s GPU business in the days leading ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582795/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:21:45 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582795/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Apple) Apple's iPad Mini could be entering a rough few months, if the latest information the sometimes-spotty Digitimes is to be believed. The blog on ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:39 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 announced that preorders for Shield at the aforementioned retailers would begin on Monday, May 20, but now cites "growing buzz" as its reason for making the portable console available sooner. The Nvidia Shield is ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581576/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:38 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581576/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) BlackBerry has been able to regain some lost market share in its home country of Canada. In a research note to investors on Thursday, Raymond James analyst Tavis ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581575/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:38 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581575/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive) HTC will be ramping up production of its flagship HTC One device, and capacity will double this month from April's, as the company looks to make up for lost sales due to component shortages that delayed the phone's launch in various ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582796/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:37 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214582796/scat/d805653303cbbba8 For Ben Burtt, the 'Star Trek Into Darkness' sound designer, nothing was more useful in deciding what the audience should hear than knowing intimately what the original TV show sounded ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:15:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Electronic Arts (EA) apparently is shutting the door on further game development for the Nintendo Wii U. The Wii U has been a bit of a slow burner. Nintendo has watched as it was outsold by other, older hardware models, and although EA was present with games at launch, it looks like it is going to walk away ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:33:11 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Bill Gates has once again taken up the mantle as the world's richest person. Gates had held the position of world's richest person for over a decade until Mexican telecoms giant Carlos Slim overtook him in 2007. With Slim's telecoms business ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581369/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:33:11 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581369/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo reportedly is in talks to buy blogging service Tumblr for a cool $1bn, as it looks to attract a more youthful user base. Tumblr, a place for posting cat memes and duck faces, is apparently in Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581371/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:33:10 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581371/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nintendo has resorted to a clumsy add-on to bolster its controls.The new Circle Pad Pro adds a sizeable chunk of plastic to the already chubby form of ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581372/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581372/scat/d805653303cbbba8 From Sheryl Sandberg and the Nasdaq to the graffiti artist who took stock instead of cash, here's who's riding high and lying low one year after the Facebook ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581236/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:15:05 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581236/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CAN'T get to the phone? Try waving at it. A device that enables a smartphone's camera to recognise gestures - without gobbling up precious battery life - looks set to transform the way we make ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581376/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:07:28 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214581376/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Samsung's Galaxy S4 is on pace to easily surpass its predecessor's sales record, Samsung Electronics co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun said Thursday in an ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580400/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:34 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580400/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook's freshman year as a public company played out like an MTV drama in which Mark Zuckerberg was forced to navigate through an awkward accommodation with the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street. Even as Wall Street lectured loudly, a preoccupied Zuckerberg was only half listening and seemed more interested in saving the world from a dearth of sharing ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580401/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:34 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580401/scat/d805653303cbbba8 For Ben Burtt, the 'Star Trek Into Darkness' sound designer, nothing was more useful in deciding what the audience should hear than knowing intimately what the original TV show sounded ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580402/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:32 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580402/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO -- Google long has been a firm believer that JavaScript, the programming language used to build Web apps such as Google Maps and Gmail, could shoulder a much heavier computing load. But even as the company continues to push JavaScript's abilities with Chrome's V8 engine, some at the company believe JavaScript is pushing up against ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580403/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:31 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580403/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nintendo is being accused of trying to profit from user generated videos that have been uploaded to Youtube. Gamer Zack Scott, who creates walkthroughs for games and has some 220,000 subscribers on his Youtube channel said that Nintendo has made Content ID match claims on his and other gamers' Let's Play videos. The claims mean that Nintendo can bumper videos with its adverts. Scott ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580189/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:24:00 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580189/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , such as how it will prevent Glass from collecting sensitive private data without user consent. Congress gave Google until 14 June to respond. "As members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, we are curious whether this new technology could infringe on the privacy of the average American," said the letter addressed Google CEO Larry Page. Composed by Bipartisan ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580190/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:23:59 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580190/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HANOI, VIETNAM: A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party. The move Thursday follows an Associated Press ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580191/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:09:25 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580191/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Manish Sharma told ET's Gulveen Aulakh as it will rely on speed to bring nine models across price range to the market within a quarter. The Japanese handset maker plans to eat into Samsung's smartphone market share in India with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:09:24 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580192/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung and Panasonic plan to limit their support and service backup for imported models that are estimated to account for almost 20% of the Indian flat television market. With LCD and LED televisions in markets such as Thailand, Dubai and Singapore being 30-50% cheaper than in India, most people returning from such destinations carry flat televisions. There is no duty on goods up to 35,000. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580194/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:09:22 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580194/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580197/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:38 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580197/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple probably couldn't have timed hitting the 50 billion app downloads milestone better if it tried, revealing the figure just moments after Google I/O made a similar announcement. Google announced at its I/O conference on Wednesday that its Android operating system has seen 48 billion app downloads from the Google Play store, and it seemed pretty pleased with itself. However, moments ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580198/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:32 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580198/scat/d805653303cbbba8 human brains by 2045 and artificially intelligent machines may be capable of doing anything that humans can, including masturbating. And standing in line for ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580199/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:31 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580199/scat/d805653303cbbba8 nearly four-hour keynote for this week's developers conference in San Francisco, Google execs swaggered through a laundry list of announcements and put Apple on notice that Google is here to ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580200/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:57:53 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214580200/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Radu MarinasVASLUI, Romania (Reuters) - Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.Boanta, 33, is six months into a five-year sentence for supplying gadgets an organized crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers, which can copy data from an ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578382/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:16:17 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578382/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel has released an integrated development environment (IDE) for Android that offers performance tuning for its Atom processors. Intel's various Atom processors intended for servers, tablets and smartphones are set to receive a significant boost this year with ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214579164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:15:42 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214579164/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Archos unveiled an addition to its affordable Android lineup on Thursday, the £159 Archos 80 Xenon. While it doesn't sound all that exciting, the Archos 80 Xenon tablet comes with 3G connectivity, making it one of the cheapest if not the cheapest 3G Android tablet on the market, undercutting the price ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214579165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:15:41 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214579165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LONDON: A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday. Police said four men, members of the hacking collective known ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214579166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:59:36 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214579166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 game for Android. The game is already out for iOS. Sega said that it's had a tune-up and has different content, but explained that any improvements will be shared for free with existing Apple ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578239/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:07:46 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578239/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell has reported a 79 percent drop in first quarter fiscal 2014 profits as it is left reeling by falling PC sales. Dell's reliance on the PC industry in the past allowed it to become highly profitable and a major player in the information technology industry, but that same reliance hurt the firm as PC sales dried up. The firm announced a two percent drop in first quarter fiscal 2014 ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578240/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:07:46 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578240/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Amazon will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. Amazon will follow search ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578241/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:52:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578241/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AMD has seen better days, the stock had quite a rally in the first half of the year. Propped up by encouraging console design wins, AMD gained 83 percent this year, but now it is tumbling back again. On Thursday shares of AMD were down 14.4 percent, after Goldman Sachs analyst James Covello cut his rating to Sell from Neutral. Although Covello identified some positive trends, such as the console ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578244/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:44:59 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578244/scat/d805653303cbbba8 a mysterious throat condition, Larry Page is now telling the world+dog that people are being precious about hiding their medical records from the known world. Now let's be clear about this. Page has had his medical condition for nearly a year and no one has been able to get a clear statement about it. He began skipping public appearances in July last year due to a problem affecting his ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:44:58 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578245/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google CEO Larry Page, raising concerns about Google Glass and its eavesdropping potential. The letter features eight questions and asks Page for a response by June 14, reports ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578246/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:44:57 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578246/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Firefox appears to be over as the developers of Ubuntu talk about dropping the browser and replacing it with Chromium. Of course you will still be able to run Firefox in Ubuntu 13.10 it is just that it will not be the default. The reason is that the Ubuntu Touch stack is being powered largely by ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578247/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:44:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578247/scat/d805653303cbbba8 in the shadow of a Mexican millionaire, Sir William Gates III is back to being the world's richest man again. Since 2007, Gates has played number two to Carlos Slim who played telecom monopoly in Mexico, gaining Park Lane and Mayfair. However Slim had a bad year and although he has not gone to jail he did fail to collect $2 billion as Mexico's Congress passed a monopoly-busting ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578248/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:44:54 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578248/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to roll out mobile networks in Naxalite hotbeds on a "nomination basis", bypassing the bidding route, a top executive in the telecom department told ET. The home ministry is backing the proposal moved by the Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body in the communications ministry, on an urgent basis. Under current provisions of the Act, state-run BSNL ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578261/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:36:02 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214578261/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Loop Mobile as it attempts to cut costs and bring efficiency into its existing network. The debt-laden operator had earlier struck a Rs 1,200-crore deal for sharing its optic fibre with elder brother Mukesh ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:45:01 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LONDON: Single-pixel power! UK scientists have found a way to make sophisticated 3D images without using the conventional digital cameras. Their system uses simple, cheap detectors which have just a single pixel to sense light instead of the millions of pixels used in the imaging sensors of digital cameras. The technology developed by researchers from the University of Glasgow's school of ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577399/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:44:53 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577399/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON: Amid fierce lobbying from the tech industry and organized labor, senators hit a snag over a visa program for high-skilled foreign workers in ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577400/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:44:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577400/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , are looking to move beyond their home market. WeChat, which claims to have 300 million users globally, will also look to offer mobile games and monetize the platform through brand associations with merchants going forward, Dennis Hau, GM, international business group at Tencent, told TOI. The Hong Kong-listed company's flagship QQ messenger has 700 million users. Over the past few years, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577401/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:44:52 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577401/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country's legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA). But the Taiwanese manufacturer is making overall steady progress in improving the working conditions at a select group of factories in China, it said.The report released Thursday is the latest audit ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577410/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:34:55 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577410/scat/d805653303cbbba8 recent study of the behaviour of parole board judges revealed this interesting human trait. The law isn't supposed to put the rumbling of stomachs above fact and reason, but that's the problem when those charged with administering it are ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:34:35 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214577404/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Crucial) Congrats to Enrique G. of Tracy, Calif., for winning a pair of Sennheiser Momentum headphones in last week's giveaway. This week, we're got a twofer -- hardware and software. First off, the winner gets ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576589/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:31:11 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576589/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo Mexico in a contractual dispute with two Mexican firms. The appellate decision overturned all monetary awards against Yahoo and upheld an award of $2.6 million in the original for Yahoo Mexico, the company said in a statement. It was not immediately clear when the court issued its ruling. The original ruling late last year was equal to an estimated 40% of Yahoo's 2012 cash balance, and ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576460/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:06 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576460/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Andrew Mason is moving to San Francisco to start a company after recently recording an album of "motivational business music," according to an update on his blog. "If there's a silver lining to leaving Groupon, it's the opportunity to start something new," Mason wrote. "I've accumulated a backlog of ideas over the last several years, my favorite of which ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576461/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:06 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576461/scat/d805653303cbbba8 YouTube case. Last year, the video-sharing website was blocked by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) over a blasphemous movie - 'Innocence of Muslims'- that angered Muslims around the world. Fearing a violent reaction and the subsequent denial of YouTube to remove the anti-Islam film, the website was blocked on September 18, 2012 on the orders of then prime minister Raja ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576464/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:05 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576464/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android mobile system boosted its lead in the global smartphone market over Apple in early 2013, while Microsoft's Windows edged into third place, a survey showed. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576462/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:04 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576462/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are improving. But employees are still working more hours than the country's legal limit. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576465/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:03 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576465/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google glasses as developers rushed to learn more about tailoring software for the Internet-linked eyewear yet to hit the market. "Built by Facebook, this app allows you to upload photos ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576463/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:02 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576463/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Brian Krzanich on Thursday said that under his leadership the top chipmaker will be more responsive to customers in an intensified focus on the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market where it lags its rivals. Krzanich took over as chief executive at Intel's annual shareholders meeting, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576466/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:38:02 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576466/scat/d805653303cbbba8 TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labour monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers' hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge. ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576374/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:11:38 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214576374/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google spent the second half of the 2000s turning Google Talk into the de facto replacement for AOL Instant Messenger. Then, over the past few years, Google stopped paying attention to it ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214574817/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 01:27:03 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214574817/scat/d805653303cbbba8 During a Google I/O fireside chat, a team of Google Android engineers acknowledged continuing fragmentation issues with Android's software. Also: might Android get dramatically different camera ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214574838/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fri, 17 May 2013 01:23:53 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214574838/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A federal law called the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act allows law enforcement officials to tap a traditional phone, as long as they get approval from a judge. But if communication is through voice over Internet Protocol technology -- Skype, for instance -- it's not as ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573765/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:20:44 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573765/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. crude futures slipped towards $95 a barrel on Friday as disappointing U.S. economic data revived worries over demand in the world's biggest oil ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573766/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 16 May 2013 23:17:41 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573766/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO -- Two of Google's top Chrome and Google Apps security experts confessed that the problem of passwords will continue to plague the people who use them and computer security for the foreseeable future. On the second day of the company's I/O conference here on Thursday, Eran Feigenbaum, the director of security for Google Apps, ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573035/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:59:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573035/scat/d805653303cbbba8 During the fireside chat at Google I/O, a team of Google Android engineers acknowledged continuing fragmentation issues with the Android software and talked about how they're trying to fix ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573036/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:59:07 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573036/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The plucky little Mars rover Opportunity has proven itself to be the Marco Polo of space. This extraterrestrial robot has set the new record for miles explored by a NASA vehicle in a world other than Earth, according ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:59:06 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Where there's smoke, there's fire - maybe. Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer reportedly seeks to attract a younger, hipper demographic and Tumblr is said to be the apple of her ... http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573038/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Thu, 16 May 2013 22:59:04 -0400 http://www.jamaicantimes.com/index.php/sid/214573038/scat/d805653303cbbba8