Brain-Scanning Bot Maps Minds at Warp Speed
'Autopatching makes recording the electrical and circuit properties [of cells] straightforward and effortless for the operator,' Craig Forest, assistant professor at Georgia Tech and one of the members of the research team, told TechNewsWorld. This technology 'can be integrated with molecular analysis, such as gene expression measurement,
Report: Microsoft to offer $99 Xbox 360 bundle with service commitment
(Ars Technica) -- Buying a home video game console may soon become a lot more like buying a cell phone, according to a new report suggesting Microsoft is planning to offer a subsidized, $99 bundle including a 4GB Xbox 360 and Kinect sensor to anyone who commits to two years of a new, $15 monthly online service package.
Samsung May Have Edged Out Apple
'As you know, Samsung doesn't give their cellphone shipment numbers,' Azita Arvani of the Arvani Group told the E-Commerce Times, 'and analysts have differing opinions on how many Samsung smartphones were actually shipped.'Apple is still be the top smartphone vendor in the global market, according to some analysts, while others proclaim
Nokia in talks to sell luxury Vertu unit: source
Cellphone maker Nokia is in talks to sell its UK luxury subsidiary Vertu, which hand makes some of the world's most expensive mobile phones, a source familiar with the company's strategy said on Monday. Earlier the Financial Times reported that talks with private equity group Permira were at an advanced stage on a possible sale which
Samsung takes cell phone market lead from Nokia
Nokia is now the world's second-largest cell phone company, ending a 14-year run at the top. Samsung took over the top spot, shipping 92 million cell phones in the first quarter, compared to the 83 million that Nokia shipped, according to IHS iSuppli. It was the first time since 1998, when Nokia surpassed Motorola (MMI), that Nokia was
Nokia suffers second cut to junk as S&P downgrades
Cellphone maker Nokia Oyj had its credit rating cut to 'junk' status by ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Friday, its second downgrade to non-investment grade status this week as the company battles falling sales and doubts over its product strategy. The rating cut, which follows a similar move by Fitch Ratings earlier this week, sent
Obama to cite new technologies in rights abuses: report
President Barack Obama will issue an order on Monday to allow imposition of sanctions on foreign nationals who use new technologies such as cell-phone tracking and Internet monitoring to help carry out human rights abuses, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The newspaper quoted a senior administration official as saying that the
X-Ray Vision Tech Could Work With Cellphone Cameras
Shown is the electromagnet spectrum, from radio waves used for FM and AM signals, to infrared waves used for remote controls, to gamma rays that kill cancer cells. A team at UT Dallas is focusing on the 'terahertz band,' which has not been accessible for most consumer devices.
The researchers have designed a chip that could make it
Verizon Wireless to charge $30 fee for upgrades
Verizon Wireless will start charging customers a $30 fee for cellphone upgrades, on top of the price they pay for the new device, as the company looks to supplement its income to cover costs. The change at the biggest U.S. mobile provider follows a fourth-quarter decline in its wireless profit margins, which came under pressure from hefty
Nokia smartphone bug hits U.S. ambitions
Struggling cellphone maker Nokia has found a software bug in its new flagship Lumia 900 model, dealing a blow to its ambitions to re-enter the lucrative U.S. smartphone market. The glitch, which Nokia said on Wednesday it would fix early next week, can in some cases cause the phone to lose its data connection. Nokia lost smartphone
HTML Mobile Gaming Site Cellufun Is Now Tylted, Eyes Up Substantial Facebook Play, Virtual Goods, Ads
Facebook is banking a lot on the future of HTML5 and the idea of people going web-first instead of native-apps for their mobile content fixes, and today mobile gaming company Cellufun taking one step in its strategy to position itself as a key player in that space, too: it's announcing that it is rebranding itself as Tylted. Tylted , a
Can You Really Sequence DNA With a USB Thumb Drive?
Can this USB stick change biology research? Photo: Oxford NanoporeWhat if you could put a few bacterial cells into a USB stick, plug it into your laptop, and get back a complete DNA sequence in a matter of minutes? Oxford Nanopore has built a USB device that will do just that. At least, that's what the company says. Known as MinION,
Wireless carriers to create database to fight phone theft
Wireless carriers representing 90 percent of subscribers will on Tuesday announce the creation of a database of unique cell phone IDs to help prevent theft and reactivation of stolen or lost devices, which often contain sensitive personal data. The shared database will be up and running in the United States in six months and the carriers
Keen On... The Economist: How Innovation Can Solve The Planets Most Wicked Problems [TCTV]
Daniel Franklin is the Executive Editor of The Economist magazine and one of the sponsors of last week's excellent Innovation event at UC Berkeley's Haas School. He is also author of the new book, Megachange: The World in 2050 which imagines the major economic, scientific and political challenges and opportunities to come over the next 40
Windows Phone Marketplace Growth Keeps Up The Pace, Tops 80,000 Apps
Windows Phone 7 is an excellent new mobile operating system — there's no doubt about that. But every rose has its thorn, and on Windows Phone it's a lack of apps. Luckily, the Marketplace seems to be growing at a rapid pace, today topping 80,000 apps. The platform has been slowly but steadily picking up steam, topping 50,000 apps in
ACLU: Most police track phones locations without warrants
Don't want the police or your local government to know where you are? Then put your cell phone in airplane mode or turn it off. Location tracking is inherent in how cell networks function; otherwise nobody's cell phone would ring. But new evidence from the American Civil Liberties Union shows that
Phone customers ditch their carriers faster than ever
The average cell phone customer now switches carriers as soon as his or her second two-year contract is up. That startling decline in loyalty is causing wireless companies to rethink the way they do business, according to a new study released Monday. The average length of relationships between carriers and their under-contract customers
So where does Apple turn for the next big iThing?
The treatment for the blood disease polycythemia vera (the name means 'too many red cells') goes back to the dark ages: Lance a vein and relieve the patient of a pint of blood. Phlebotomy treats the symptom but not the condition. There is no cure; the blood-letting must be repeated indefinitely. This is what comes to mind when I see how
