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Google may be forced to change the way it presents its services and search results in the EU, after the European Union’s anti-trust commissioner said that he believed the search engine was abusing its position as the market leader in search. In …
Big Data Making Waves In The Fight Against Somali Pirates
Law enforcement agencies around the world are learning to anticipate criminal behavior by studying millions of invisible clues hiding in the big data spectrum. We’ve already seen how local police forces have done this, using big data to analyze so-called ‘crime hotspots’ …
Streetline Paves The Way Forward To Easier Parking
Car parking is an industry that’s about as dull and uninteresting as it’s possible to be, but there’s no denying that it’s also a critical one. Moreover, it’s one that’s badly in need a helping hand through the use of mobile tech …
Big Brother’s Big Data: Why We Must Fear The Internet Of Things
When the visionary George Orwell first wrote about Big Brother using ‘telescreens’ as a means of spying on the general population, little did he know that this was but the tip of the iceberg. With the emergence of the “Internet of Things” …
AMD & Samsung Lay Their Chips On The Table At CES
One of the most surprising undercurrents at CES was the proliferation of new chips, and yesterday saw both Samsung and AMD introduce new processors at the Las Vegas exhibition. First up was AMD, which rolled out high performance chips for notebook and …
How Bad is the iPhone 5? Worse Than LG, Apparently…
There’s been a lot of talk lately that Apple has lost the edge in the smartphone stakes, with numerous Android-based models considered to be as good as, if not better than the iPhone 5. Now, in a controversial new report from the …
Facebook and Google Have a Big EU Data Problem
Google and Facebook could be forced to rethink the way they use customer data in the EU, with reports today suggesting that lawmakers are set to revamp internet regulations in order to give consumer data more protection. See all CES coverage here!
Iran Hijacks Data Centers to Launch Cyber War on US
Security experts believe that Iran has declared ‘cyber war’ on the US, claiming that the Islamic nation was almost certainly responsible for a spate of online attacks against American banks last September. “There is no doubt within the U.S. government that Iran …
Can Japan’s Tech Firms Finally Turn It Around?
Japan’s top tech firms have been aggressively marketing all manner of gadgets and gizmos at Las Vegas this week, including 4K OLED TVs, funky new display tech and water-proof smartphones, but their upbeat mood does little to mask the growing problems each …
The Internet Of Things Is Cool, But Cool Doesn’t Count
If there’s one thing that the CES has shown us so far, it’s that the idea of staying connected is no longer limited to our smartphones, tablets and computers. The Internet of Things has become all the rage in 2013, and as …