Thursday, April 4, 2013

[Technology] The real reason why Google forked WebKit

The real reason why Google forked WebKit
http://www.zdnet.com/the-real-reason-why-google-forked-webkit-7000013514/
Summary: So why is Google going to all the effort of forking the WebKit rendering engine in order to crete Blink? It's down to one thing -- the post-PC era that we find ourselves in.

North Korean Propaganda Website Hacked, Apparently by Anonymous
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/n-koreas-twitter-account-hacked-amid-tension/articleshow/19379104.cms
Uriminzokkiri.com, the North Korean propaganda site, was hacked, it seems. As of posting, it is impossible to access the site. It's gone dark.

Mobile Phone Quietly Turned 40!
http://www.indiatimes.com/technology/mobile/mobile-phone-quietly-turned-40_-70114.html
Can you imagine life without your mobile/smartphone today? Humans have adapted to the mobile phone quickly and they are such an integral part of life that imagining even a day without mobiles is impossible.

EVGA Unveils GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition: Apple Gets Another High-End ...
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/graphics/display/20130403231135_EVGA_Unveils_GeForce_GTX_680_Mac_Edition_Apple_Gets_Another_High_End_Graphics_Option.html
EVGA, a premium maker of Nvidia GeForce graphics cards, has quietly unveiled one of the world's highest-performance graphics cards for Apple Macintosh computers, the GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition.

Baidu Eye Not an April Fools' Joke: Google Glass Rival is Definitely Coming Soon
http://www.gizbot.com/gadgets/baidu-eye-not-an-april-fool-joke-google-glass-rival-011456.html
News about Chinese search giant, Baidu, coming up with a new Google Glass like device, came to surface this April 1st. Was this a April fool's joke or is there an element of truth to it?

Apple's iPad, 3 years in: Magical? Some beg to differ
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/hardware/Best-Buy-selling-Apple-iPad-3-at-30-discount/articleshow/19375609.cms
Apple's iPad was released three years ago today. Needless to say, there have been plenty of detractors over the last three years.

Apple 'iTV' to Feature 'iRing,' Be Compatible With 'iWatch'
http://www.eweek.com/mobile/apple-itv-to-feature-iring-be-compatible-with-iwatch/
Topeka Capital is reporting that Apple's iTV package will include a ring controller and a smaller screen that can be carried into other rooms.

The App Economy Is In Rude Health, Says Flurry, But Mobile Browsers Are ...
http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/04/facebook-mobile-app-winning-the-browser-war/
App analytics company Flurry, which measures monthly usage on more than a billion active smart mobile devices, has taken a look at how U.S.

Huawei: The Chinese Company That Scares Washington
http://world.time.com/2013/04/04/huawei-the-chinese-company-that-scares-washington/
There is not much that brings together Democrats and Republicans these days. But on Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, American politicos are uncharacteritically united.

Google Sells Guidebook Brand Back To Frommer
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Travel-guru-Arthur-Frommer-reacquires-eponymous-brand-from-Google/articleshow/19376990.cms
After buying the company last year, Google decided to stop printing Frommer's travel guides. The founder of the brand now says Google has agreed to sell the company back to him.

Skype Users Spend 2 Billion Minutes a Day Connecting
http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/03/skype-users-hit-milestone-2-billion-minutes-per-day/
Skype announced Wednesday users are spending more than two billion minutes a day connecting with one another via the video-chat platform - enough time to watch 16 million movies or travel to the moon and back 225,000 times.

Cisco gobbles UK mobe mast maker - you know where this is going
http://www.telecoms.com/133022/cisco-gets-deeper-into-small-cells-with-ubiquisys-acquisition/
Swindon-based Ubiquisys will soon be part of Cisco in a $310m (£205m) buyout. The networking colossus has, in effect, snapped up more than 50 customers wanting small cellular base stations and the technology they want.

Diablo III 1.0.8 patch aims to improve co-op play
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/blizzard-details-new-co-op-features-for-diablo-iii039s-108-patch_846958.html
In the upcoming patch, which is currently available on the game's public test realm, Blizzard intends to make co-operative play more appealing by adding matchmaking tags, additional bonuses to playing multiplayer, a decrease in the amount of health ...

Which laptops have high-resolution screens?
http://asia.cnet.com/ask/which-laptops-have-high-resolution-screens-62220771.htm
High-resolution (or full-HD) screens are no longer just found on laptops with larger screens (15 inches and above), but are increasingly present on 13- or even 11-inch models.

Ford Atlas Pickup Concept Development Unveiled [Photo Gallery]
http://www.autos.ca/general-news/one-of-these-sketches-could-have-been-the-ford-atlas-concept/
Unveiled during the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, the Ford Atlas Concept was conceived to preview the future F-150 pickup truck, the Blue Oval's proud best seller for 36 years.



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