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Online Dating, Match Making Websites Not Based on Scientific Principles: Researchers

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:48:00 PST

No doubt that the online dating industry has been climbing up the ladder really fast in terms of popularity since the past few years, but according to a group of researchers, the unreliable method used by these sites often results in their services failing to project a superiority over the &lsquo

Facebook IPO Could See Zuckerberg Pay Nearly $2 Billion in Taxes

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:43:00 PST

Facebook's IPO will make Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire and to that affect will also see the founder being stung by the tax bee that could suck as much as $2 billion out of his Facebook kitty.

BlackBerry 10 OS will be coming to BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, states RIM to ITProPortal

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:39:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

Mozilla Working on 'Silent Updates' for Firefox

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:49:00 PST

Mozilla is working on ‘silent updates' in a bid to reduce the amount of interruptions that a user faces during an update to the Firefox browser.

BT Cuts Enable Profit Despite Falling Revenue

itproportalstaff@itproportal.com (Staff Writer) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:33:21 PST

BT, the leading telecoms service provider in the UK, has managed a small rise in quarterly earnings by squeezing itself in terms of investments.

Google Addresses EU Privacy Concerns with a 3-page Letter

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:19:00 PST

Google, not paying heed to requests by the EU privacy regulators, has refused to delay the roll out of its latest privacy policy changes.

Nicira Goes After Cisco, Juniper With Virtualisation Platform

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:11:00 PST

Nicira has unveiled a new networking resolution system, called Network Virtualization Platform (NVP), which is going to address one of the most mind numbing challenges in networking, how to virtualise networks

RIM: BlackBerry OS 10 Native SDK to be Open Source

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:56:00 PST

Canada based BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its Native software development kit (SDK) for the latest iteration of Blackberry OS - version 10, will be open source.

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS - video walkthrough and remove control features; OS will be arriving in two week, confirms RIM

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:46:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

Antec Announces the One Case

Jon Martindale — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:00 PST

Antec has announced a new case known as the 'One' as part of its gaming series, offering "cooling and convenience features at an affordable price."

Sky, TalkTalk Reluctant to Reduce Broadband Pricing

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:10:00 PST

Sky and TalkTalk have denied following suite and reducing rates of their services despite the recent cut-down in the wholesale broadband price.

Amazon almost at Completion of Viacom Deal

Jon Martindale — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:00 PST

Amazon is set to announce a partnership with Viacom to improve its Amazon Prime Instant Video streaming service to compete directly with companies like Netflix.

Over 25 Per cent of School Children Victims of Cyber Bullying

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:54:00 PST

Cyber bullying seems to be on the rise again as a new research sheds light onto how thousands of children from across the country are still subject to such severe abuse.

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS - hands on walk through in pictures; PlayBook 2.0 OS won't be the last update, confirms RIM

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:21:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

Google Denied Exclusion of Lindholm Email from Oracle Lawsuit

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:04:00 PST

Google has suffered a potentially damaging blow in its ongoing legal fistfight against the enterprise software maker Oracle. The court hearing the search giant's appeal to exclude a controversial email sent by one of its engineers on August 2010, from the lawsuit filed by Oracle, has been dismiss

Apple may face $1.6 Billion Payout for 'iPad' Trademark in China

Radu Tyrsina — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:27 PST

An ongoing legal battle between tech giant Apple and Chinese company, Shenzhen Proview Technology, who says it owns the 'iPad' trademark in the country, could prove very costly to the former, as the

13 percent of BlackBerry Apps make over $100,000

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday Celebrated with Google Doodle

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:36:00 PST

Google paid accolade to the late legendary story writer Charles Dickens on his 200th birth anniversary by garnishing the Google logo with some of the iconic characters from his tales including the likes of Scrooge and Pip.

Nokia To Launch High End Phone At MWC 2012

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:19:39 PST

Nokia will launch at least one new high end smartphone at Mobile World Congress, in a few weeks' time in Barcelona, according to a report published by Forbes.

iPad Rival Alert : 3G Samsung Galaxy Tab Available From £250

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:14:46 PST

The 3G version of the original Samsung Galaxy Tab, which was launched back in 2010, is being cleared out by Carphone Warehouse.

Samsung Tocco Lite 2 Smartphone To Launch In March

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:14:00 PST

Samsung will launch a new budget/entry level smartphone called the Tocco Lite 2 for cash strapped UK customers in March.

iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Samsung Galaxy S3 Won't Launch On March 22nd

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:12 PST

Samsung had already confirmed that the Galaxy S3 smartphone won't be launched forthcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Exclusive : Asus Issues Statement Over Transformer Prime "Quality" Matter

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:03:25 PST

Asus got in touch with ITProPortal to provide us with an official statement and an update on what it calls the "Clove/Transformer Prime situation".

HTC Issues Fix for Smartphone WiFi Security Flaw

itproportalstaff@itproportal.com (Staff Writer) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:40:57 PST

It was revealed in a recent report that due to a software issue with Wi-Fi security in some HTC Android handsets, networks could become prone to hacking activities.

Chrome Browser sees First Decline in Market Share for Two Years

itproportalstaff@itproportal.com (Staff Writer) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:57:09 PST

Having lead the industry with its impressive growth record for two consecutive years, Google's Chrome browser suffered a minor setback in January this year as its market share underwent a minor decline.

TalkTalk to Provide New Customers with 'Active Choice' on Parental Controls

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:49:00 PST

TalkTalk has announced that from February all new customers, who sign up for the company's broadband network, will be provided with the option to activate the parental control web service.

Google Chrome is Most Secure Web Browser, German Government Says

itproportalstaff@itproportal.com (Staff Writer) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:45:18 PST

The team behind Google's Chrome browser received a high accolade recently, after the German government named Chrome as the most secure web browser.

Graphene Breakthrough Could Give Rise To Superfast Transistors

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:35:00 PST

Researchers at Manchester University, who earlier succeeded in isolating graphene, have come up with another way to manufacture transistors. The new method involves enforcing a band gap into the material, thus making it better suited to be transformed into transistors.

Research In Motion to give away 25,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; PlayBook 2.0 OS due by the end of February – official

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:18:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

Microsoft To Drop Start Button From Windows 8 Consumer Preview

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:11:00 PST

Microsoft's forthcoming desktop operating system, Windows 8, may not have a start button on the home screen according to a report published in the Verge by Tom Warren a

Hackers Release Symantec PCAnywhere Code

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:08:00 PST

Security software maker Symantec, it seems, is living its worst nightmare ever as Anonymous - the infamous hacktivist group has released PCAnywhere source code on the web for everyone to see it.

iPhone 5 to be Unveiled at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June?

Radu Tyrsina — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:00:52 PST

The upcoming iPhone 5 (we hope, this time) will arrive this Summer at Apple's annual developers' conference, if the latest rumour from prominent Taiwanese website DigiTimes is to be believed.

ASA Bans BT’s 'Most Reliable Wireless Connection' Ad

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:17:00 PST

BT's goal of projecting itself as the country's most reliable wireless network suffered a massive setback last week after the Advertising Standards Authority asked it stop misleading marketing campaigns

Zynga Chokes out Competition, Ex-Employee Confirms

Jon Martindale — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:58:00 PST

An ex-Zynga employee has spoken out on Reddit about his old company's business practices, corroborating reports that it does choke out competition and clone games from smaller firms.

Google's Heads Up Display Terminator Glasses Coming Soon

Jon Martindale — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:50:09 PST

Google's heads up display Terminator glasses could be just around the corner according to some sources, though unfortunately it seems it won't be translucent. Why not make it an eye patch in that case?

New RIM CEO Makes First Public Appearance At BlackBerry Developers Conference

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:08:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

London Police Arrest Olympics Police Fraudster

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:57:00 PST

London police has managed to uncover an online extortion scam encompassing the London 2102 Olympics following which a 24 year man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM to go Mobile with Support for iPad, iPhone, Android

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:29:00 PST

Redmond based software giant Microsoft announced on Monday that the next service update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM will make available some time during the second quarter of 2012.

Amazon to Open High Street Shop

Jon Martindale — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:20:00 PST

Amazon could be set to open its first high street retail shop in just a few months' time, in the company's home town of Seattle.

Sony Patented its Own Wii U Tablet Style Controller

Jon Martindale — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:11:00 PST

A Sony patent filing has emerged that seems to show a tablet like controller very similar to the one which Wii U has and is expected to be a big part of the next generation console.

Xbox Manager Joins Apple to Advance iPhone, iPad Gaming Capacity

Radu Tyrsina — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:23:29 PST

The Cupertino-based company intends to push the gaming potential of its mobile devices even further, and is putting together an experienced team from the industry to this end.

iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Samsung Ships 700,000 Galaxy Note In South Korea

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 PST

Samsung has confirmed it has managed to ship more than 700,000 of its oversized Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrids in its homeland, South Korea, a launch that allowed it to capture two thirds of the LTE market in January.

RIM Hints At Upcoming Mobile Devices In DevCon Keynote Speech

robkerr@itproportal.com (Rob Kerr) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:00 PST

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012

TeaMp0isoN Targets Nigeria for OpNigeria Rampage

Jon Martindale — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:35:24 PST

Hacktivist organisation TeaMp0isoN has now targeted Nigeria as part of OpNigeria Rampage, releasing information from "influential sites in Nigeria" in a Pastebin posting.

BT has more than 3.5 Million Wi-Fi Hotspots

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:23 PST

In what could be termed as yet another milestone achieved by the BT, the UK based telecom giant has announced on a proud note that it is currently in possession of over 3.5 million Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the UK and Ireland.

iPad Owners far Happier with their Tablet than Kindle Fire Users

Radu Tyrsina — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:25:52 PST

A recent study from ChangeWave Research shows that customers who opted for Apple's iPad were far more satisfied than those who went for a rival tablet, including the increasingly popular Amazon Kindle, as

iOS 5.01 Jailbreak Absinthe 0.4 Update Adds Support for Mac OS X 10.5

Radu Tyrsina — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:21:32 PST

A new version of the untethered jailbreak for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S has been released which allows users of older Mac OS versions to install the tool, and brings some other fixes.

Samsung Belittles Apple's iPhone in Galaxy Note Super Bowl Ad

itproportalstaff@itproportal.com (Staff Writer) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:20:00 PST

In a TV commercial during the Super Bowl Mobile manufacturing giant Samsung, in an attempt to divert away some of the customer base of rival Apple, took a swipe at the selfsame group.

Apple Mac OS X 10.7.3 Update Contains Retina Display Cursors

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:16:00 PST

A number of Mac users, including Daring Fireball's John Gruber, have noted that the latest update to Mac OS X, v10.7.3, contains a set of updated icons which could indicate that Apple will be bringing ultra high resolution displays to non-mobile platforms.

Google Seeks Radical Solutions to Worldwide Problems through 'Solve for X'

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:05:41 PST

Having established itself as a leading force virtually everywhere in the Web industry - be it search engine or social media, Mountain View based Google Inc. has revealed that it is coming up with a new project which will be totally dedicated to radical problem solving.

Google, Facebook Forced to Remove 'Offensive' Content in India

abtinfanaeian@itproportal.com (Abtin Fanaeian) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PST

Internet giants Google and Facebook have removed "offensive" content from their India-specific domains following a court order, according to new reports.

Apple TV Sets Already In Canada Claims Newspaper

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:59:39 PST

Further rumours have emerged regarding the impending launch of the Apple iTV, this time coming from Canada's biggest national newspaper, The Globe and Mail.

New Facebook Scam Goes Viral, Infects Thousands of Systems

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:45:00 PST

A new Facebook spam campaign, one which reportedly infects the victims' computers with malware, has caught the attention of security researchers.

Apple Intern Worked on ARM-port of Mac OS X

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:08 PST

An intriguing piece of research has surfaced courtesy of a former Apple intern who now works as a Core OS Engineer at the Cupertino-based company.

New Report Sheds Light on Militant Culture, Inhumane Conditions at Foxconn

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:15:00 PST

Whether or not all the human rights violation related charges brought against Foxconn are true, only a proper and in-depth investigation can tell; but, it seems like the company - one of the key manufacturing partners of Apple, never fails to make it to the headlines for wrong reasons.

Coinstar Posts Profits for Q4, May Buyout NCR Unit

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:06:29 PST

Coinstar Inc. announced on Monday that its earnings in the fourth quarter of 2011 underwent a steady growth of over 200 per cent.

iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Fake Samsung Galaxy S3 With Curved Screen Surface

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST

Pictures that could well be of a rendered mockup of the Samsung Galaxy S3, have emerged on a Chinese website called XDA.

Rhapsody Outs New Android App Designed for Tablets

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:23:53 PST

Online music service provider Rhapsody has dished out a new application, aimed at the users of Android powered tablets which will allow music enthusiasts to explore the vast musical terrain in a much better and effortless way- they will be able to search and discover new music, find interesting i

WebOS Soon to be Better than Android Says HP

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:47:00 PST

WebOS may be down, but certainly not dead, and it's just a matter of time till this troubled HP proprietary OS returns to haunt the arch rival Android and iOS - that's the sort of message HP's CEO Meg Whitman conveyed to the tech world during her latest interview with CRN.

LibreOffice Growing at a Steady Pace Says TDF

abtinfanaeian@itproportal.com (Abtin Fanaeian) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:18:00 PST

According to statistics revealed by The Document Foundation (TDF), LibreOffice is expanding at a rapid pace and surpassing all industry expectations.

Google Hires Senior Apple Exec for Secret Project

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:09:00 PST

Google has hired a senior executive from Apple to beef up the proceedings of an ongoing secret project, according to new reports.

Twitter to Hire Google Asia Advertising Chief Shailesh Rao

abtinfanaeian@itproportal.com (Abtin Fanaeian) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:55:00 PST

Microblogging platform Twitter has disclosed that it is pondering over the idea of hiring Shaliesh Rao, the former chief of Google's advertising sales in Asia.

Atlantis Lost Again, Google Earth to Blame!

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:42:00 PST

Google has finally removed the controversial underwater grid-like patterns from its Google Earth through a bathymetry update - the same patterns, which let to rumours about the lost city of Atlantis.

London Olympics May Cause Internet Breakdown

ravimandalia@itproportal.com (Ravi Mandalia) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:27:00 PST

The British government is working on measures to tackle potentially sluggish Internet speeds during the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games.

iPhone 4S Rival Alert : Samsung Galaxy S3 To Be 7mm Thin

desire@net-communities.co.uk (Desire Athow) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:57:00 PST

The Samsung Galaxy S3, the heir to the Galaxy S2, will apparently be a mere 7mm thick, according to a report published by Korean news