Facebook forensics? What the feds can learn from your digital crumbs
Bits of you are all over the Internet. If you’ve signed into Google and searched, saved a file in your Dropbox folder, made a phone call using Skype, or just woken up in the morning and checked your email, you’re leaving a trail of digital crumbs. People who have access…
Your Smartphone Is Watching You
For many Americans, the upside of government watchfulness is worth the trade-off. ON Thursday, just after reports broke that the National Security Agency had been helping itself to data from just about every major American Internet company, an enterprising Twitter user set up an account called “Nothing to Hide,” which…
Reviewed.com: Smartphone cameras are taking over
Smartphone camera use has grown dramatically over the past few years, displacing point-and-shoot cameras.(Photo: mauro calvone, iStockPhoto)Story HighlightsSmartphones are quickly replacing low-cost point-and-shoot camerasSocial sharing sites, improved image sensors and editing tools fueling surge Whether you consider them “real” cameras or not, the easy connectivity and creative possibilities…
Amanda Bynes’ Twitter rants focus largely on one subject: being ugly
LOS ANGELES A few years ago, long before she started what has now become the Amanda Show, Amanda Bynes strutted out of a West Hollywood gym and stood for a moment, transfixed at the window reflection of herself in a tiny crop top and itty bitty shorts. “That’s what she…
BlackBerry’s New Lawyer Is Getting Busy
A man tries a Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) BlackBerry 10 smartphone prototype at the BlackBerry Jam Asia developer conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Steve Zipperstein prosecuted failed savings-and-loan associations in the 1980s and investigated the government’s siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, in the ’90s. Now the battle-hardened…
Netbook 2.0: Microsoft’s small tablets with free Office are a recipe for confusion
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it’s planning to bundle a basic version of Office with cheap 7- and 8-inch Windows 8 tablets. While at first glance it’s difficult to take issue with Microsoft giving something away for free, it signals a new era of low-end Windows devices that feels all The…
Analyst: Apple HDTV coming this year with ‘iRing’ motion controller & ‘mini …
We’ve seen predictions for an Apple HDTV and a revamped Apple TV experience come and go over the last couple of years. Analysts have predicted several times since as far back as 2011 that we’d see Apple introduce its own full-fledged TV set by the end of the year, and Topeka…
DIT offering fun summer Robotics Camps for students
DIT Bolton Street are running two robotics camps this summer, for students aged between 13-15 years. The camps will run for over a period of 5 days from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. Dates: Camp 1: 1st – 5th July Camp 2: 8th-12th July Venue: Bolton Street, Dublin
Vubiquity & TiVo Play Ball
Vubiquity and TiVo are teaming up to place Vubiquity’s VOD streaming service on many of TiVo’s advanced DVR set-top boxes. Under an agreement announced by the two companies Wednesday, Vubiquity will integrate its authenticated streaming service, AnyVU, into TiVo’s broadband-connected DVR set-tops that are sold to cable operators and then…
Jesuit High School Robotics Team Hopes To Reclaim International Title
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) The Jesuit High School robotics team is headed back to the big leagues in hopes of winning an international title once again. “We had to design everything ourselves; we built everything ourselves,” said one team member. The team is headed to Washington for the competition, which the school…
