Facebook Inc. stock is a “buy,” according to some of the world’s major investment banks, but others are more cautious. Their comments were published early Wednesday, as the leading firms on Wall Street and elsewhere were freed for the first time to voice their opinions. Wednesday marked the end of…

STORY HIGHLIGHTSTwo incidents this week cause backlash against FacebookThe company changes users’ e-mail addresses, tests “Find Friends” featureBut what concerns underlie the discontent with Facebook? (CNN) — Every week, there’s a new Facebook thing to gripe about. This week, there have been two — and it’s only Tuesday. On Sunday,…

Seventy years ago, Asimov created the “first law of robotics,” the idea that robots of the future would obey a rule rooted deep in their programming: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” By the year 2015, as But…

Apple today released a standalone podcast app that provides one-stop access to the podcasts currently available via iTunes. The app, accessible on devices running iOS 5.1 and higher, includes “hundreds of thousands” of podcasts in 40 languages, Apple said. To help narrow it down, a Top Stations feature will group Users can…

Oct 20: Becoming a Security Detective – Gathering and Analyzing Security Intelligence in the Enterprise In this all-day virtual event, experts will offer detailed insight in how to collect security intelligence in the enterprise, and how to analyze and study it in order to efficiently identify new threats as well as…

Now there’s another way to completely ignore or annoy your fellow subway riders. Straphangers will be able to get free Wi-Fi on six subway platforms in Manhattan, officials said yesterday. The platforms are located in four stations, at Eighth Avenue and West 14th Street, Eighth Avenue and West 23rd Street,…

Google today updated the iOS version of its Gmail app, which adds full support for Apple’s Notification Center. The search giant also added the ability to send messages from alternate email addresses and improved the log-in experience. With the Notification Center update, iOS users can now opt to have their…

It looks like NFC technology could finally find itself a home, and a wider user base, in the iPhone. Prototype iPhone models that appear to support NFC suggest Apple’s next iPhone will be NFC-enabled, according to a code dump explored by 9to5Mac. These devices, referred to as iPhone 5,1 and…

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OkaraThe estranged leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Naheed Khan on Saturday said that new Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is a robot whose remote control is in the hands of someone else and lacks qualities to steer the country out of current challenges. In a telephonic interview…