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Apple iPhone 5 Design: 10 Hot Features We Expect to See

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Apple and Verizon Wireless offered another sweet piece of the Apple mobile pie when they announced the iPhone 4 would be coming to the Verizon network Feb. 10. But iPhone fans are already counting down the days to the usual June unveiling of the next-generation iPhone. No official details are available yet, though media reports are beginning to zero in on some of the features the new device and platform are expected to have. One item we believe you can count on as sure as the night is dark is that the next iPhone will include Near-Field Communication capabilities. NFC is the short-range wireless communications technology that enables wireless phones to communicate with sensors in posters, signs and even point-of-sale contact terminals. In other words, such technology will make the iPhone an electronic wallet. Expect the iPhone 5 to include a chip and for iOS5 to include an NFC controller software stack homegrown and patented by Apple. But there will be more, lots more. In this slide show, eWEEK speculates on a bunch of other new features for the iPhone 5 this summer. – …

Sri Trang Agro-Industry shares fall 5% in Bangkok

January 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Shares in Thailand’s Sri Trang Agro-Industry (SRTA.SI), the world’s biggest rubber producer and exporter, fell 5% on Monday on the Thai stock exchange.

Lea Michele, Maroon 5 Join Super Bowl XLV Pregame Show

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Glee’s Lea Michele and “Sunday Morning” rockers Maroon 5 will take the stage at next month’s Super Bowl XLV Pregame Show, the NFL said Friday. The Emmy-nominated Broadway alum — who plays Rachel Berry on the musical-comedy hit — has been tapped to use her signature pipes on a rendition of “America the Beautiful” before [...]

Motorola, HTC, RIM Missing from Smartphone Top 5: IDC

January 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Nokia, Samsung, LG, ZTE and Apple earned places in IDCs 2010 list of top-five phone vendors. Notably absent were Motorola, BlackBerry-maker RIM and HTC. – Nokia, Samsung, LG Electronics, ZTE and Apple all earned the
distinction of being the top five smartphone vendors during the fourth
quarter
of 2010 and the year on whole, IDC reported Jan. 27. Notably absent
from the
list were Motorola, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and HTC, each
of whic…

U.K. Police Arrest 5 in ‘Anonymous’ DDoS Attacks

January 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Police in the U.K. have arrested five people in connection with attacks launched by the loosely affiliated group "Anonymous." – Police in the U.K. arrested five males Jan. 27 in connection with
several distributed denial-of-service attacks associated with the group
Â‘Anonymous.
The suspects, ages 15-26, were picked up as part of what U.K.
police called an ongoing investigation into DDoS attacks launched
against several…

Apple’s iPad 2, iPhone 5 Will Allow Mobile Payments: Report

January 26th, 2011 | No Comments

Apple’s iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will include technology for wireless mobile payments, according to a new report from Bloomberg. – Apple will enable the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 to make wireless
purchases, according to an online report.
Richard Doherty, director of consulting firm Envisioneering
Group, told Bloomberg Jan. 25 that the next-generation iPad and iPhone will
feature payment technology leveraging NFC (near
field com…

Pioneer offers head units for cars with iPhone support, 10M iPhone 5 ordered, iPhone 5 and iPad 2 to have NFC

January 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Pioneer is a big name in the aftermarket world for car speakers and head units. The latest offerings from the company have cool LCD screens, support the iPhone, and include the MVH-8300BT and the MVH-7300. Over 10 million iPhone 5 smartphones have been ordered according to reports. Pegatron has also boosted production to meet the [...]

Apple’s iPhone 5 Component Makers Change: Report

January 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Apple is shifting component makers for the iPhone 5, according to reports. Inevitable rumors about the next iPhone are already well underway. – While Apples next-generation iPad seems to be drawing the
lions share of speculation recently, rumors are also emerging about the
companys next iPhone.
Over the weekend, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News
reported that Apple had selected a handful of new companies as component builders for…

$10k gift card winner hangs up, Apple unifies iPhone 4 ads, Qualcomm baseband evidence for iPhone 5 found

January 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Over the weekend, the App Store hit the 10 billion mark and Apple called up the winner to give them the $10,000 gift card. The mom of the girl who downloaded the winning app hung up on Apple. An exec later called back to award the card. Apple has unified the advertisements for the iPhone [...]

Teenaged dancer asked Berlusconi for 5 mn euros for her silence

January 19th, 2011 | No Comments

The teenage Moroccan nightclub dancer whom Italy’s prime minister Silvio Berlusconi allegedly paid for sex, asked the premier for five million euros in exchange for her silence, according to tapped phonecalls. Karima El Mahgroug, now 18, and Berlusconi deny they had sex over several months in 2010 when she was 17. Berlusconi is being formally [...]

Singapore inflation rate may reach 5% in coming months, Ong says

January 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Singapore’s inflation rate may reach 5% in coming months, central bank Deputy Managing Director Ong Chong Tee said.

The Singapore dollar’s appreciation is helping limit imported inflation and the currency’s trading band is providing flexibility to cope with capital inflows, Ong said at a conference in Hong Kong today.

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Putin orders 5% cut in Russian govt. staff

January 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Russia’s federal government will lose 5% of its staff this year as part of a three-year program of cuts, RIA Novosti reported. The Russian news agency quoted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

5 members of KLA war crimes group freed

January 11th, 2011 | No Comments

The War Crimes Trial Chamber of the Belgrade High Court revoked the detention of five members of the so-called Gnjilane Group of the KLA. Spokeperson of the court DuÅ¡ica RistiÄ‡ confirmed this for Tanjug on Monday.

5 Best Smartphone Games Posted By : exsmith

January 10th, 2011 | No Comments

The 80s era saw the rising of video games with simple interface and a game plan that let you get addicted to it so much that you spent hours standing in that video game shop as few had the luxury of having it as a home facility.

Maroon 5 Adam Levine Naked Testicular Cancer PSA

January 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Listen up, Men: Adam wants you to be kind to your testes…. Now this is just what we need to cheer ourselves up on a cold and miserable Thursday afternoon…There’s usually heartbreak, a bathroom mirror, and a high-definition digital camera involved when a celebrity’s nether regions become a Trending Topic on Twitter, but Maroon 5′s [...]

Jan. 5, 1972: Nixon OKs â€˜Low-Costâ€™ Space Shuttle

January 5th, 2011 | No Comments

1972: President Richard M. Nixon announces that NASA will develop a space shuttle system, touting its reliability, reusability and low cost.

Jan 5: GLP, CapitaMalls Asia, Bonvest, China New Town

January 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Singapore shares may weaken slightly on Wednesday after sharp falls in commodity prices weighed on major equity markets, but losses are likely to be limited with strong US economic data lending support.

Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index <.FTSTI> was up 0.45% on Tuesday to 3,250.29 points. Here are some stocks and factors to watch:

â€œSarah Palinâ€™s Alaskaâ€ DVD Release April 5

January 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

The Discovery Network will release a two-disc DVD set featuring the complete first season of TLC’s travelogue reality series Sarah Palin’s Alaska, CNN said this week. All seven episodes of the former GOP Vice-Presidential candidate’s reality show will be included in the set, which will retail for $19.98. The box set will not include outtakes, [...]

5 Reasons Why Google Won’t Become a Phone Carrier

January 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Imagine Google as your phone carrier. What? You can’t? We can’t either. Heading into 2011, here are five reasons why Google won’t make that leap from search power to carrier. – CNNMoney.com Dec. 30 offered a compelling piece arguing that Google could
become a phone carrier that competes with Verizon, AT amp;T, Sprint, T-Mobile
and others in the United States.
David Goldman argued that the search and Web services provider has
established the Android operating system as …