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Mobile operators currently provide filter systems that enable parents to stop children accessing websites deemed to contain content suitable for individuals aged 18 or over. However, the Open Rights Group (ORG) said there are “a number of serious problems” with how those systems work. The ORG continued: “Mobile internet filtering blocks too much content, and [...]

The surveillance state expands. The Patriot Act allows our phones to be wiretapped. Our email and Internet transactions leave a trail for some to follow. The police can access our GPS location data through our smartphones without a warrant. Retailers record our purchasing habits with painstaking detail. Apparently, Target studies those purchases to determine when [...]

A last-ditch effort by Colorado’s governor to give gay couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after Republicans rejected the proposal during a special legislative session. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper had said the special session was needed to address a “fundamental question of fairness and civil rights.” The bill’s demise was [...]

A decade back, Nokia’s leadership position in India and globally was almost unassailable. But riding on the success of Android-based phones, South Korean handset maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has severely dented the Finnish company’s fortunes. This year, not only did Samsung break Nokia’s 14-year record of being the world’s largest handset maker by overtaking [...]

Australia’s digital entertainment landscape is changing and no-one should be more aware of this than pay TV providers such as Foxtel. Every time a new digital TV channel, IPTV service or online Catch Up TV service is launched in Australia, it makes it just that little bit harder to justify paying for Foxtel each month. [...]

In a marketplace teeming with compact and mid-size SUVs and Crossovers, the Mitsubishi Outlander stands out from the rest with its bold styling, ample power, unique 4WD system and a number of clever ideas and convenience features that aren’t available from the competition or are costly options. In addition, the Outlander covers all the bases [...]

Business agility demands real-time collaboration and communication between employees, partners, suppliers, and customers – in a global context. It also demands collaboration between and beyond heterogeneous networks and services. As enterprises deploy unified communications applications for services such as voice, video, presence, instant messaging, conferencing, calendaring, directory, identity, and address book, the enablement of real-time collaboration [...]

Probably the first thing that comes to mind is getting rid of paper and the tedium associated with manual invoicing. This is true of course, but e-invoicing can be so much more than just saving time and resources. What if we were to say that, for accounts receivable professionals,  e-invoicing (or e-billing) can both significantly [...]

Uprising is an action/adventure shooter featuring the return of Pit after over 20 years on Nintendo’s shelf. The game includes over 20 massive stages to complete in single player, a deep weapon customization feature, and two great multiplayer modes. The game also features Nintendo’s AR cards (over 400 of which are currently available to be [...]

Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices may soon be operated truly hands-free with the announcement of a new voice verification technology from speech technology firm Sensory. The technology, which Sensory has just revealed to be already available, adds another layer of security to your device since it creates a unique voice print for users. This [...]

In the aftermath of last summer’s Las Conchas wildfire—the largest in New Mexico history—a wall of black, muddy, log-choked water came roaring down Bandelier National Monument’s Frijoles Canyon. The National Park Service had prepared for the Aug. 21 flood, wrapping the historic visitor center in heavy plastic and erecting concrete barriers to deflect the waters. [...]

Indian agriculture, flood control operations and environment management entered the space age on Thursday with the launch of RISAT-1. Agriculture scientists and policy makers will be able to monitor moisture content, nature and health of the soil in real time thanks to the Radar Imaging Satellite-1 (RISAT-1) launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation from [...]

Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms are playing a critical role in marketing departments. Since more companies have turned to the Web as the primary marketing channel to accelerate revenue and build brands, managing a growing mountain of digital assets has become a challenge. Once considered a simple application that operated as a vault to store [...]

A year after the historic Memphis flood, emergency officials are teaming up with federal agencies to create a network of river gauges and weather stations in surrounding Shelby County to better monitor the Mississippi River tributaries that overflowed, forcing hundreds from their homes. Shelby County Office of Preparedness director Bob Nations told The Associated Press [...]

Advocates of machine-to-machine (M2M) enabling technologies are always ready to talk up the kinds of application it could benefit. Typically, M2M can be seen in a range of applications – security and surveillance, building automation, supply chains and logistics management – however, it is healthcare that is best placed to progress beyond proof-of-concept stage when [...]

Three years ago, 100 Parisians volunteered to wear a wristband with a sensor in it. The sensors measured air and noise pollution as the wearers made their way around the city, transmitting that data back to an online platform that created a virtual map of the city’s pollution levels, which anyone with an Internet connection [...]

Communications networks held up better than expected against Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a Sunday afternoon briefing, with the greatest swathe of outages reported by cable TV subscribers in North Carolina. On Sunday afternoon the FCC reported that 130,000 wirelines were down, 1,398 cell sites were out of servicess, 1,093 [...]

BStrong4Life and Naperville based Edward Hospital have jointly launched a 6-month pilot study to determine the effectiveness of the BStrong4Life System on improving bone mineral density without medication. The research team is currently seeking individuals to participate in the study. The Surgeon General has reported that to prevent or reverse the effects of osteoporosis you [...]

Wharf official Jeff Sunderland said seven different herring seiners were using the wharf in July to unload their catches.We had five seiners at one time, the first Monday  (July 11) they visited. That’s a significant increase from the two boats last year,” he said.The seiners bypassed Digby and the wharf during the period it was [...]

The modern soldier often uses night-vision goggles, lights, GPS devices and communication systems in the field but they all require batteries.New wearable battery technology has been developed in collaboration with the Defence Department to reduce the amount of batteries soldiers need to carry for equipment.The SLIVER cells are flexible, durable and lightweight with an energy [...]