Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Malaysia Sun.com http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:29 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:29 -0400 30 Microsoft has launched the Xbox One, the entertainment and gaming hub that will replace the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 was released in Winter 2005, and the replacement has been heavily hyped and heading towards us for years. The countdown has finished, the wait is over and we can now confirm that it is called the Xbox One and has an eight-core x86 processor with more than 5 billion transistors. A ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670582/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:44 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670582/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox game console Tuesday, touting a device it claims will revolutionize the experience of using your television. Eight years after the launch of the Xbox 360, which is currently the best-selling games machine in the U.S., Microsoft finds itself the last of the three big game-makers to show off new hardware. The device is due out later this year. No price was announced. Here's a closer ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669258/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669258/scat/d805653303cbbba8 an apology . John McCain (Rep., Ariz.), after a bout of tax dodging rhetoric, wanted to know why his iPhone was constantly updating its apps. Even Levin was having a hard time getting up a head of righteous steam. Working from staff-prepared notes (and whispered instructions) on material he didn't seem to have mastered fully, he was left, at the end, with no choice but to filibuster. Levin ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:54 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With Windows PC sales falling like Steven Tyler at an Aerosmith concert, all the major PC manufacturers are unleashing a brace of innovative, competitive products based on Google's Android platform. In some cases, the Android alternatives go head-to-head with the same manufacturer's Windows 8 boxes, with the Android machines always cheaper and sometimes better endowed. It's almost ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One , I was struck by just how many voice commands Microsoft programmed into the device. Kinect brought a rudimentary set of commands to the gaming console, but now everything from opening movies to launching apps can be done via voice. "Xbox, Live TV" may be my new favorite phrase in the living room. Microsoft's not the only one who's betting big on voice commands. The ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669338/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669338/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled With the pre-E3 announcement of Microsoft's next living room video game console, the parlor game of speculation about all the missing details can begin. As with ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:34 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Systems and Materials Research) "Star Trek" food replicators will always be the holy grail of space-snack technology, but we could be edging a step closer to the dream thanks to the work of mechanical ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669342/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669342/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET) Over the years, sports games have become more and more realistic, and EA is promising to take that realism to a whole new level in next-generation versions of many of its popular sports franchises. At Microsoft's unveiling of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With specs revealed for the Xbox One, we finally have a chance to directly compare it with that other yet-to-be-released gaming console, the PlayStation ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:31 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214670584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Director Steven Spielberg will helm the creation of a new Halo live-action TV series. Microsoft and 343 Industries announced the new series during ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669344/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled The Xbox One was just announced, and with it, Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox Live. The service will include more capabilities, such as Skype and a dedicated game DVR for capturing in-game footage. The company also said that users can install games in segments so they can play without waiting for the whole program to install; the system will download and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:29 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Stefano Rebaudo and Alberto Sisto MILAN/ROME | Tue May 21, 2013 2:59pm EDT MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia is mulling spinning off its mobile unit along with its fixed-line network from the rest of the company to bring new investors on board, three people, including a senior political source, told Reuters on Tuesday. "The three-way split would allow the company to reduce ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669875/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:59:46 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669875/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Alistair BarrSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payment operation owned by eBay Inc, announced a new partnership on Tuesday with RadioShack Corp that will introduce PayPal into all of the electronics retailer's stores starting this month.PayPal has been testing a way for customers of smoothly store Jamba Juice to order ahead using PayPal's smartphone application and pick up ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214668898/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:46:17 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214668898/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PARIS | Tue May 21, 2013 2:43pm EDT PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Stephane Richard also said in an interview with RTL radio that "the door is not closed" to Yahoo Inc, which had been in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669315/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669315/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft Corp has given a first look at its new game console, hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus near ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667574/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:12 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667574/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 7. Apple CEO Tim Cook (C), CFO Peter Oppenheimer (L) and Apple Head of tax operations Philip Bullock appear before a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667593/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667593/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Join CNET for coverage from Verizon's press conference at the CTIA Wireless show. Our live blog will kick off about 30 minutes beforehand and bring you news updates, photos, and running ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Xbox One has just been announced and Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox Live which will include more capabilities such as Skype and a dedicated game DVR for capturing in-game ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lab on a Chip describes the fabric's microfluidic platform. Multiple woven threads suck droplets of water off the human skin and into the fabric. Those droplets then drain along the threads and are expelled from the fabric's exterior -- in effect, making the fabric water-repellent. What's more, this expelling action continues to work even after the fibers are totally saturated ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Sprint Nextel is planning at least one more BlackBerry to join its line up this year. "We're not done with BlackBerry," said Lois Eichelberger Fagan, director of product portfolio for Sprint Nextel, in an interview with CNET on Tuesday. "There's more to ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: PayPal) SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- PayPal spotlighted its retail partners Tuesday, showing off new campaigns for its in-store purchase feature as it tries to get into 2 million locations by the end of this year. PayPal president David Marcus said PayPal is expanding its Jamba Juice "order ahead and skip the line" feature to more of the juice chain's locations and taking ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669068/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669068/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS --Acting Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Mignon Clyburn said that the agency is not slowing down when it comes to getting new spectrum on the market, even though the commission is down two members. Clyburn, who made her first appearance as the interim head of the FCC at ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Sprint Nextel's prepaid arm, Boost Mobile, is taking its own stab at the digital wallet. The company on ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667694/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:52 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667694/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Galaxy S3 to its prepaid Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile brands next month. The device will operate on 3G and LTE networks for both operators. The design and features of the reborn GS3 will be unchanged from the original version. Expect the same slim profile and 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, while inside you'll ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667693/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:52 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667693/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Twitter/USPTO) Twitter has won a new patent that it hopes to use as an example to stem the tide of patent lawsuits. Granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today, the patent named ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667696/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667696/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android , which was available as beta software in the Google Play marketplace, is now complete and officially launched. Getting it out of beta means that Opera is confident that most of the bugs are gone and the software is ready for wide ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:48 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 devastating tornado strike in Moore, Okla. , ripped through many homes, displacing irreplaceable possessions, in some cases, more than 100 miles away. In an attempt to reconnect victims with lost valuables, Facebook users across Moore and neighboring areas have created online groups to share information of found items and pets. Tulsa, Okla., resident Leslie Hagelberg lives roughly 100 miles from ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214669070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HAVANA (AP) — A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.The U.S. Interests Section has long cultivated ties to dissident bloggers and tweeters. But the mission's deputy chief Conrad Tribble has been reaching out to the communist Twitteratti as well.That has prompted ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665746/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665746/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Euan RochaTORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry no longer owns the fast-paced, innovative smartphone world but the company, whose email-on-your-hip devices once revolutionized the industry, now aims to run it.The change in focus was hard to miss at the company's well-attended annual conference in Florida last week, even as news of a new smartphone model and its plans to offer the popular ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667100/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667100/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BERLIN -- German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average population. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665761/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:46 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665761/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sprint plans to expand its Long-Term Evolution network. Sprint Nextel raised its offer for the wireless network operator Clearwire on Tuesday, just hours before shareholders were scheduled to vote on its earlier ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667393/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:27 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667393/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214666872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:16 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214666872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BOSTON | Tue May 21, 2013 1:10pm EDT BOSTON May 21 (Reuters) - Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers are seeking to attack the electric grid. Congressmen Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Henry Waxman of California disclosed ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667644/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667644/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Be like a dolphin Dolphins sleep with one eye open, to stay semi-alert to lurking predators and unexpected danger. If you need to use your phone in the wilds of the subway or sidewalk , do so discreetly, reserving at least a portion of your cognitive capacity for minding what is happening around you. Avoid leaving your phone on the table at restaurants, bars and coffee shops where it can easily ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- With data analytics now one of the fastest growing fields in IT, it stands to reason that data scientists are in demand. That's great for people with the requisite skills. The problem, according to Peter Sondergaard, a senior vice president at IT research firm Gartner, is that there aren't enough of them. Of the almost 2 million openings he expects over the next three years ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple executives defended the company's tax strategy on Capitol Hill Tuesday, claiming that it pays one of the highest effective tax rates of any major ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:47 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AAPL ) achievements with outrage over its "convoluted and pernicious" (McCain's words) tax avoidance strategies. Sen. Rand Paul showed no such balance. He lit into his own committee's leadership for "dragging" one of America's great success stories into what he called a "show trial." "I'm offended by the tone of these hearings," he ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667395/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667395/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Bad news for Manhattanites who use Airbnb to rent out their apartments temporarily: New York City officials have ruled that the service violates an "illegal hotel" ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665155/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:34 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665155/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tumblr allows users to share their thoughts for free with a community of bloggers. A friend of Karp's describes Tumblr as "a place for the lonely to be less lonely." Search for just about anything and you can find a community built around that topic. That friend said that if Karp had not been a bit of a loner himself, when he was a teen, he may not have even been able to envision a ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665150/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665150/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Find out how ActiveSync works with BlackBerry 10 to enable basic security and device management features. See what's involved in setup. And learn about BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, for full Enterprise Mobility ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667397/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667397/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 7. Apple CEO Tim Cook (C), CFO Peter Oppenheimer (L) and Apple Head of tax operations Philip Bullock appear before a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664990/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:37 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664990/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Amanda Ghassaei) Step aside, home photo printer! The age of the 3D printer is just beginning. But then what are you supposed to do with all those digital photos sitting on your hard drive? Well, thanks ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:47 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214667398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Maggie Reardon/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Sprint's sweetened bid for Clearwire represents its "best and final" offer, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told CNET on the sidelines of the CTIA Wireless show here Tuesday. "You can take that to the bank," he ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Source: Pew Internet Parent/Teen Privacy Survey, July 26-September 30, 2012 (Credit: Pew Research Center) A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society has mostly good news about how teens approach privacy issues on social-networking services. While "teens are sharing more ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:44 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Will gamers bite at a Wii U console that costs $239 instead of $299? Target is now selling Nintendo's diminutive console at a 20 percent discount off the full retail amount. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:43 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Getty Images) Last updated at 9:38 a.m. PT After stewing in silence for a couple of hours as a parade of senators and professional experts took turns portraying his company as a tax freeloader, CEO Tim Cook offered an impassioned defense of Apple as a solid corporate citizen. Apple has become the largest corporate income tax payer in America," Cook told the Senate Permanent ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665170/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665170/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) For many of us, the video below of Matthew Gough falling 1,000 feet after his parachute malfunctioned during a BASE jump is like watching a common nightmare brought to life. Remarkably, the video bears even more similarities to that horrible falling dream than first meets the eye, in that in the end, everything -- including 25-year-old Gough himself ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Many Flickr users seem none too happy about the new layout, at least according to a heavy dose of comments posted on the site's help forum. On Monday, Flickr's parent ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665171/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665171/scat/d805653303cbbba8 As CEO Tim Cook prepares to testify before a congressional subcommittee, senators portray Apple as having exploited tax loopholes to escape paying its fair ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665172/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:39 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665172/scat/d805653303cbbba8 announced that it has revised its $2.97-per-share offer for Clearwire to $3.40 per share. The increased offer represents a 14 percent increase from Sprint's previous offer, valuing Clearwire at $10.7 billion. More importantly, it's 10 cents higher than the $3.30-per-share offer made by Dish. Sprint already owns about 50 percent of Clearwire. The company had previously said that its ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665173/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:38 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665173/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:35 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © Showgoers visit the Intel booth on the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Rick ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 fossil skulls - but these are the first copies of real human hearts. Constructed from plastic, they are exact anatomical replicas of the hearts of patients with unusual complications. This one is being held ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:13 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 According to the Associated Press the US military has shut down WiFi services at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and blocked personnel from accessing social networking accounts. US military personnel have been blocked from accessing Facebook and Twitter in response to an Anonymous operation meant to raise awareness about prison conditions at Guantanamo, although nothing bad has happened so ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664866/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:53 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664866/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Blackberry Q10 and Z10 smartphones, which must be a blow for the Canadian smartphone maker. When asked whether he had used the Blackberry 10 operating system, Reed said simply, "No." Then he elaborated a bit, saying, "Like many people I was a Blackberry addict from 1997 or 1998 through to the iPhone but I haven't tried [Blackberry 10]. We don't currently support ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664867/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:52 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664867/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung relied on rival Apple for 83 percent of its processor revenues in 2012. As a semiconductor vendor Samsung is second only to Intel, however most of its chip revenues come from selling memory and controller parts. According to analyst outfit IC ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664869/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:51 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664869/scat/d805653303cbbba8 . The developer apparently has some inside knowledge about the company's plans, tweeting on Monday that the firm will launch a "Senseless" version of the HTC One, just ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664868/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:51 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664868/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663531/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:47 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663531/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664356/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:17 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664356/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- If the subcommittee report is any indication, Tim Cook and his colleagues will face tough questions Tuesday from Sens. Carl Levin (Dem.) and John McCain's (Rep.) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The report charges that Apple ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664870/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:56:36 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664870/scat/d805653303cbbba8 bring in extra telecommunications resources to the affected area and will waive overage charges for affected customers through June 30. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tornado," the company said Tuesday. "We are coordinating with local authorities and bringing in additional resources. We recommend text messaging for communications with family, friends, and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:52:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner. He said that all that is needed for the PC industry to be swept out of its doldrums is for the Haswell Messiah to arrive to herald a glorious new golden age for the PC. Well words to that effect at least. Speaking ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664871/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:23 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664871/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Watson software to the health industry where it is going to be telling people what is wrong with them. Watson, which understands natural language, will be trying to make sure that doctors do not make the wrong medical diagnosis. Watson vice-president of marketing Stephen Gold told a digital health conference in Dublin that at the moment one in five medical diagnoses are incomplete or wrong. It ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:21 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google have been named and shamed for hiding their cash from the US in Irish bank accounts so that they can pay tax in the much cheaper Ireland. In a report to its Senate, the US is seen as blaming the Irish for "facilitating" Apple and Google's tax avoidance antics, something which has hotly been denied by Eire. Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore told national broadcaster RTE ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664873/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664873/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 3. Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:49:05 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Atlassian has revamped the Jira bug tracking tool with a new user interface, which the company said will offer faster navigation and a simplified workflow. "We really tried hard to create a whole new, more efficient Jira," said Dan Chuparkoff, Atlassian group manager for Jira marketing. "It should be easier to use and easier to ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664874/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:46:13 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664874/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Lynn La/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Kyocera is looking to capitalize on one of the phones that has been a quiet success story for the company. The Kyorcera Hydro has been one of the top 10 selling smartphones each month since its launch in August, according to ITG Majestics. The company is looking to build on the Hydro name with the introduction of two new phones, the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663478/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663478/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Pandora) Dying to listen to the new Kanye West album before it's for sale? You just might be in luck. Pandora, the music streaming site and app, on Tuesday ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663477/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663477/scat/d805653303cbbba8 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ericsson announced on Tuesday plans to shut its telecom cable manufacturing facility in Sweden and would take a 500 million Swedish crown ($75 million) charge as a result.The company said it had given notice of a reduction of 354 positions. It said the market for copper cable had declined while fiber cable demand had grown over the last years, with production shifting ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661989/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661989/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Facebook has made it easier for developers to share information on Facebook through its native Share Dialog for Apple's iOS mobile operating system. Facebook has been feverishly developing its application programming interface (API) ever since the firm introduced it as a way for firms and developers to plaster the service with adverts and user generated media content. Now the firm has made ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:18 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, show attendees walk past Microsoft XBox booth at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. With the next Xbox expected to finally be revealed Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., anticipation for what the company is planning for the next iteration of its gaming console is higher than Master Chief's last spaceship. (AP Photo/Damian ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661960/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661960/scat/d805653303cbbba8 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Sprint says it has raised its buyout offer for the stake in Clearwire it does not already own by 14 percent.Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it is offering $3.40 per share for Clearwire Corp. Its previous offer, from December, was for $2.97 per share for the wireless data operator.Sprint says this is its best and final offer. A vote on the previous offer had been ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214662956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214662956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue May 21, 2013 9:52am EDT (Adds background on deal opponents, updates shares) By Sinead Carew May 21 (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share, though some investors and analysts said the new bid was still not enough to overcome staunch opposition. Clearwire shares almost immediately traded at the new offer price, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664808/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:52:07 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214664808/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663242/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:48:50 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663242/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A group of ex-Nokia software developers unveiled their first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663229/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663229/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Brian Bennett/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Tapping into high-speed 4G networks is a real treat but sometimes a signal is hard to find. The new CellMaps Mobile Coverage app for Android is here to help. Announced today ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214663230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft has made plans for dramatically increasing its supplier shipments of the next Xbox in the third quarter in anticipation of a fourth-quarter launch, according to one ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214662041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:28 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214662041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Yeganeh TorbatiDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest.Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661163/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:50:36 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661163/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is now sitting pretty with a £460 SIM-free price, and is available to order in both black and white models. The retailer hasn't announced an more specific release date than July ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell has dumped its own cloud service offering to instead resell services for Joyant, Scalematrix and Zerolag. Dell's public cloud service was the firm's offering that was meant to tempt customers that buy kit from the firm not to run off to Amazon. Now it seems that Dell doesn't want to run its own cloud datacentre operations but resell services through its Cloud Partner Program. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) is behind a court order that has blocked access to the Movie2k and Download4all websites in the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Garmin's Nuvi GPS device is getting better at tying into your phone, if you can live with the additional expense. The Nuvi links to a phone through ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661827/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661827/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A. E-mail security is an ongoing issue, but there are basic precautions you can take to help keep your account safer from intruders, viruses and other malicious scenarios. To start, make sure your computer's operating system, security software and e-mail/Web browser program have all the latest updates and security patches installed. Skipping simple or easy-to-remember passwords in favor of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661828/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661828/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Government plans to amend the 128-year-old Indian Telegraph Act in a bid to check misuse of VoIP, a tool that has become handy for terror and separatist ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661830/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:33:00 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661830/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Indian IT sector , said Krishnakumar Natarajan, Chairman, Nasscom. "This is a one off case and the industry is known for its highest standards of governance," he told ET Now. Natarajan said iGate board has taken a right decision to sack its President and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661829/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:33:00 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661829/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Executives buying a hot Internet company sound so assured and optimistic. In conference calls to celebrate such deals, they invariably predict accelerated growth for the parent business, a pipeline of new complimentary products and an infusion of entrepreneurial zeal. Check in a few years later, however, and the results are usually mixed. Some Internet acquisitions live up to their blockbuster ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661832/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:59 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661832/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AAPL ) overseas tax strategies submitted by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Monday is not an easy read. The 10-page overview of tax principles and law in the middle -- a history of how a program to block the use of offshore tax havens begun by President Kennedy was riddled with loopholes introduced by Congress -- is almost impenetrable. Yet you need to wrap your mind ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661833/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661833/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Drawbridge CEO and founder Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan wants to finish what AdMob started. "If there is an unfinished legacy of AdMob that needs to be solved, it's mobile advertising in this next generation ... It's understanding that consumer behavior, to better personalize and make advertising more relevant in mobile." Credit: Drawbridge FORTUNE -- Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661831/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661831/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- Flickr, the online photo sharing service, seemed to be heading for the big-time when Yahoo acquired it eight years ago. The site already had a lot going for it: legions of devoted users, a team of respected founders, and a head start on the social media phenomenon. But Yahoo screwed up its potential bonanza. Executives starved Flickr of resources and tangled it in bureaucracy while ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661661/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661661/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , just got a new job. According to the tech giant, Watson will now be employed in customer service centers, used as a tool for both representatives and consumers to get fast, data-driven responses. It's been two years since Watson made its debut on ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661835/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214661835/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash Tuesday with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the US$65-billion a year global computer gaming industry. But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp and the Wii U by Nintendo Co Ltd in a shifting ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660645/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:18:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660645/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: YouTube/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Nokia is out with another promo showing off the camera of its new Lumia 928 smartphone. A spot posted on YouTube reveals a series ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:18:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , and it looks like O2 got the memo today, having begun accepting preorders for the device. Unfortunately it's not as cheap as we were expecting, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660459/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:50 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660459/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has claimed to have mounted a successful attack against the CNN website. Reckz0r claimed to have extracted information from the US based 'news' company and posted four fake articles on its website. He made the announcement about the attack on Twitter, following that ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660460/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660460/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo has rolled out a number of updates to its Flickr photo service, including a cleaner home page with less clutter and full resolution images. It has built the renovation around a new photostream that offers an endless scrolling gallery so "it's easy to see what your friends are posting and what they're saying about your ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660458/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660458/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.The companies said late Thursday that SoftBank had waived provisions of its deal with Sprint that will allow Sprint to talk with Dish.SoftBank currently has a $20.1 billion deal with ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660218/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660218/scat/d805653303cbbba8 21 May 2013 IT outsourcing company iGate Corp said it had sacked its chief executive, Phaneesh Murthy, for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate after investigating one of the industry's best-known executives for sexual ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659482/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:14 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659482/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO -- Both Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's chief executive, and David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old founder, reassured worried users on Monday that Yahoo’s deal to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion would allow the social networking site to operate as it is. "Marissa walked me through exactly what that would look like, what that could look like, and she showed me an opportunity ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660461/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:31:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660461/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Computerworld - Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year. One source inside Google and another close to Google said the company expects to ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659580/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:27:46 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659580/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google I/O Conference in San Francisco last week were invited to send a drink recipe via a smartphone application to a three-armed robot Makr Shakr. They could then interact with attendees having similar taste to collaboratively design the perfect drink via social media. MIT's Senseable City Lab wanted to see what happened when a lot of people take control of an industrial manufacturing ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660462/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:23:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660462/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Your computer can slow down due to a number of reasons. One of them could be accumulation of unnecessary files in the disk. A simple way to speed up the computer is to periodically clean the disk. There are some files, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660463/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:23:39 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660463/scat/d805653303cbbba8 sexual harassment against him and said it's a case of extortion. "There is no merit to the sexual harassment claim. The charges are completely false. They have an easy way to collect money. It's the same lawyer and law firm who represented the other woman in 2002 (when Murthy was charged with similar allegations when he was ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660464/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:23:38 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660464/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple has set up three foreign subsidiaries that the company claims are not resident in any nation for taxing purposes, in an effort to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes to the U.S. and other countries, according to a new report from a U.S. Senate subcommittee. Apple has set up a "complex web" of offshore entities to avoid paying taxes, with some subsidiaries set up in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660465/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214660465/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue May 21, 2013 6:52am EDT * Biggest ever fall in organic service revenue * FY earnings down 3.1 percent, just beating market view * CEO refuses to comment on sale of Verizon stake * Will keep hold of latest Verizon payout * Shares flat By Kate Holton and Paul Sandle LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone will reinvest a $3.2 billion dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to counter weakness in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659775/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:52:54 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659775/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Consumer Reports has named Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone the top smartphone in the world, dethroning LG's Optimus G. Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit organisation that tells subscribers what are the best products on the market, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone is the latest mobile device to pass the company's testing. It apparently passed with flying ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659286/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659286/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The SEA has made a name for itself by taking over news organisations' social media accounts and has trophies from the BBC, the Guardian and the Onion on its shelves. Most ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659287/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659287/scat/d805653303cbbba8 game series based on Tom Clancy adventure potboilers has been around since 2002, and this will be the sixth Ubisoft release. They are third person shoot and chokers and are supported by a Tom Clancy novel. The trailer popped up late yesterday, and Ubisoft's promotional blurb said, "Tom ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659289/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659289/scat/d805653303cbbba8 for technology companies explaining their tax situations. The week started off with news that a £150m rural mobile contract had been awarded to Arqiva, the firm that in January came under the spotlight for alleged dodgy tax practices. On Tuesday, news broke of another government contract for Arqiva in the form of providing the infrastructure to support the rollout ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659288/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:31:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659288/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox 360 . It's been a long few months of rumours and rabble-rousing, and finally comes the chance to separate the fact from fiction for Microsoft's vision of the next generation. Always-online? A camera that must be connected for the machine to even work? Blocking second hand games? Some of the more long-standing rumours paint the Next Xbox as a decidedly Orwellian piece of kit. Aside ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659291/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:23:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659291/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc., speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2013 conference in New York, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2013. The event features leaders from various technology fields and includes a competition for the best new startup company. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Marissa ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:23:48 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Instagram has undergone a memetic mutation to become a platform for sharing photographs of food. Now, a Bangalore-based company is hoping to become the platform of choice for people who want to share their photographs and opinions on clothing, accessories and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659293/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:15:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659293/scat/d805653303cbbba8 highly bullish guidance -- projecting that profits would come in as much as 28% higher than expected this year on healthy sales growth. First Solar's stock shot up 43% in a day. Recently at $45, the shares remain far below their record high of $273 in 2008. Still, says First Solar CEO Jim Hughes, "the fog is ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659193/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:12:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659193/scat/d805653303cbbba8 involved in a US government scheme to provide an affordable phone service to the poor have threatened reporters who found a security hole in their Lifeline phone system with charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659294/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:31 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659294/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Western Digital , has come up with the world's most spacious 2.5-inch hard drive. The Travelstar 5K1500 is a three-platter affair stuck in a 9.5mm case. While it might not be good match for thin and light notebooks, its three 500GB platters deliver a total of 1.5TB of storage, which is more than many users have in their desktops. The really interesting bit isn't the capacity, though. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659296/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659296/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has developed its second generation 19nm process that will be applied to mass produce 2-bit-per-cell 64Gb NAND memory chips starting later this month. The new process helped Toshiba develop the smallest 2-bit 64Gb NAND chips on the market, measuring just 94 square millimetres, making it slightly smaller than the average studio apartment in Tokyo. The chips also incorporate a new high speed ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659295/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:29 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659295/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Windows 8 faces a number of hurdles in the enterprise, but the biggest reason it won't replace the current corporate champion, Windows 7, is simple. "Enterprises just don't see Windows 8 having value," said David Johnson, an analyst with Forrester Research. "They don't see the value in the changes in Windows 8 [compared to Windows ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659298/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659298/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google is getting ready to bring its JavaScript rival Dart language to a formal 1.0 release and has a good idea what will be featured in the 3.0 version of Google Web Toolkit (GWT), due next year. Dart is slated to reach the 1.0 milestone soon, said Emily Fortuna, a software engineer at Google. Billed as a language for structured Web programming, Dart will be packed with features such as method ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659297/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214659297/scat/d805653303cbbba8 It's possible that you find it hard to motivate yourself to exercise or to head to the gym, and you don't like the idea of a personal trainer. It's time for an app, in other words; and there are many out there to help us get in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658270/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:08:37 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658270/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft is all set to offer a glimpse at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658273/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:08:35 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658273/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple Inc will argue for a comprehensive corporate tax reform that will levy a "reasonable tax" on foreign earnings and is not dependent on a company's revenue when it goes before a Senate panel to explain its offshore tax practices. In prepared testimony released by the company and submitted ahead of Apple chief executive Tim Cook's hearing on Tuesday before the Senate ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658272/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:08:35 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658272/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from youthful users. The two companies, one ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658274/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:08:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658274/scat/d805653303cbbba8 who uploaded a history book on his website as a free educational resource for poor students, faces two years in jail, forced labour, or a fine for daring to offend the Latvian government's closest chums. The $4 book was posted by Pavels Jurs, a teacher in Latvia, created the site so that children from poor families can still have access to education. His efforts had been praised by the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658275/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658275/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Windows Mobile have created their first smartphone using Nokia's rejected operating system MeeGo. The team wanted to prove that Nokia was daft killing off MeeGo in favour of Windows and want to prove a point. According ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658278/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:24 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658278/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple ’s Retina panels look rather outdated. The company has developed a new 4.99-inch AMOLED 1080p panel for smartphones. The resolution is not spectacular, but since going for higher resolutions on such small panels is pointless, Samsung focused its efforts on display quality. It claims the new screen has the world’s broadest colour gamut. Coupled with AMOLED’s exceptional ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658279/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658279/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell has become one of the first high profile companies to dump its public cloud plans. The company said that it will not invest in its OpenStack ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658277/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:21 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658277/scat/d805653303cbbba8 to the US government how it managed to kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government. Apple CEO Tim Cook's is going to show up before Congress, to explain how the company avoided paying so much tax. The Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations identified three subsidiaries that have no "tax residency" in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658276/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658276/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Current Western military strategy focuses more on drones than on traditional forces, but remote-controlled drones are vulnerable to hijacking. Fully autonomous systems are virtually immune to this. They also lower costs. This means manufacturers sell more, so there is a commercial imperative to develop autonomous systems and for governments to deploy ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658280/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:58:39 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214658280/scat/d805653303cbbba8 sexual harassment against him are 'completely baseless'. According to Murthy the charges were filed by Araceli Roiz a few days ago. "I am not certain if the employee will file harassment charges in court," Murthy said. "I will fight all harassment charges vigorously in court," he ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214657340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214657340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The inaction or delayed action by the licensor and the authority to enforce quality service of the cellular mobile services in the country have cost the government dearly in the recent 2G spectrum ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214657341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:54 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214657341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The billion-dollar deal for Tumblr has stirred talk on the next big acquisition target in the sector, with cash-rich tech giants looking for the next potential ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656442/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656442/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MphasiS may face off in a takeover bid for the IT services company with revenues of over $1 billion. Hewlett-Packard's decision to sell the controlling stake in MphasiS has ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656441/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656441/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter citing their stringent privacy settings to decline Indian agencies requests for data on users indulging in suspicious net activity, cybersecurity experts are exploring the option of promoting a 'desi' social networking entity as an alternative to the US-based sites. The idea is to have a parallel Indian social networking site -- possibly owned by a reputed domestic media house ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656443/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656443/scat/d805653303cbbba8 awesome again," said the new site will showcase "bigger images" and create a user experience that is "more immersive, more expressive." Mayer's announcement of the Flickr makeover came only hours after the company announced it was ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656444/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:29 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214656444/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Vodafone posted its largest ever quarterly fall in key organic service revenue on Tuesday, prompting it to keep hold of a dividend from its US arm and reinvest it into the business and not return it to shareholders. The world's second largest mobile operator, at the centre of intense speculation as to whether it will sell its US arm in one of the world's largest deals, posted a 4.2% ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214655706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:28 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214655706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wipro E.Go Sense - launched in 2010 is not to be seen at any of the retailers, online or brick and mortar, raising fresh questions about the future of the consumer hardware business at the Bangalore-based technology outsourcer. Retailers and industry analysts said the tablet - a laptop with a screen that can be turned 360 degrees, originally priced at about 30,000 - has vanished without a trace, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214655566/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:54:59 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214655566/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In April, banks cut their dependence on Central Bank support by EUR300m, taking the total outstanding to EUR52.8bn.Reducing Ireland's need for the loans has been a priority under the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214654729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214654729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A zoomed image of a computer screen showing the Amazon logo is seen in Vienna November 26, 2012. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214654608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:48:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214654608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's 721.2 million pounds acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653992/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:42:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653992/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Apple) A full-size iPad that gets closer to the lean design of the iPad Mini may finally be on the way. Production of the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653996/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653996/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET) More customers are satisfied with Apple's phones than any other handsets, but they're not as happy as they were last year, a new report said. According to an American Customer Satisfaction Index report issued today, Apple received a score of 81 (on a scale of 100) in terms of customer satisfaction. But the company dropped 2 percent from its 2012 position, and the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653995/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653995/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon May 20, 2013 11:56pm EDT MUMBAI May 21 (Reuters) - Outsourcing company iGate Corp said it had sacked its Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate after investigating one of India's best-known IT executives for sexual harassment. Murthy was replaced with immediate effect by interim CEO Gerhard Watzinger, iGate said. Murthy was forced to quit ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214654618/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:48 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214654618/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In unity with the prison's inmates, the hacking group pledges to disrupt online activities at Guantanamo -- prompting the U.S. military to shut down the base's ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653123/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653123/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Spot) Satellite phones may seem like a niche technology, and in many ways they are. You won't need one while roaming city streets, but they can be invaluable if you're ever trekking far from civilization -- though that didn't ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653122/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653122/scat/d805653303cbbba8 commentary More space for online photo storage is a welcome move, but it's also like having a bigger "shoebox" where more of your photos get lost. How about an increase in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:40 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon May 20, 2013 11:26pm EDT * Sprint gets waiver to consider $25.5 bln rival offer from Dish * SoftBank to issue 300 bln yen ($3.9 bln) in bonds in June - filing * Sprint says recommendation in favour of SoftBank offer not changed TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:26:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214653143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo bought the company for $3.6 billion. When Yahoo announced its headline-grabbing acquisition, it boasted that the deal gave it access to an "unduplicated" audience of users and that its target was a "popular personal publishing" platform. "Yahoo will be able to integrate and distribute a powerful set of state-of-the-art editing tools and content published through ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652931/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:50:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652931/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. crude futures eased to about $96.50 a barrel in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as ample supplies weighed on prices, despite support from equity ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652247/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652247/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Japanese wireless carrier is letting its rival Dish go into further talks with Sprint, saying that "we are providing this waiver because we are confident in the value of our ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652204/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:29:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652204/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Cat B15 Android smartphone is the newest entrant to the U.S.' rough and ready durable phone tussle. I got my hands on the B15 this past March when it first appeared on the world stage at Mobile World Congress. This U.S. variant is essentially the same handset, except for the cellular support -- AWS bands 1700/2100 to complement GSM 850/1900 support. There's no launch date yet, since ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:59 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214652205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chinese hackers were blamed for breaking into Google's servers in 2010; now, U.S. officials say these cyberattacks may have led to the release of secret government ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651251/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:39 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651251/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon May 20, 2013 9:02pm EDT May 20 (Reuters) - Wireless service provider Sprint Nextel Corp received a waiver from SoftBank Corp on various provisions of their merger agreement permitting it to engage in discussions with Dish Network Corp. Satellite TV service Dish made a $25.5 billion counter bid last month for Sprint against SoftBank's October agreement to pay $20.1 billion for 70 percent ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651958/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:46 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651958/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Francis Howell senior shortstop Zac Perkins broke two school records in the Vikings' Class 5 District 8 championship win against Holt last ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:52 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Fresh on the heels of its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo says it is rebooting its languishing photo-sharing site Flickr with plans to make it "awesome" again.Yahoo Inc. said at an event in New York City's Times Square on Monday that it is now offering users 1 terabyte of online storage for free. One terabyte is 1,024 gigabytes _ enough to store more than 500,000 images ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650771/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:52 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650771/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "The hearing will examine how Apple Inc., a U.S. multinational corporation, has used a variety of offshore structures, arrangements, and transactions to shift billions of dollars in profits away from the United States and into Ireland, where Apple has negotiated a special corporate tax rate of less than two percent. One of Apple's more unusual tactics has been to establish and direct ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651038/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:37 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651038/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple executives are set to defend the company's tax practices and call for corporate tax reform on Capitol Hill Tuesday amid harsh criticism following a Senate ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:36 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - U.S. satellite company Dish Network Corp has offered to buy bankrupt broadband company LightSquared Inc's radio frequencies for $2 billion, Bloomberg said, quoting people familiar with the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651039/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:14 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651039/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SYDNEY (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is expanding its services for hosting and processing online data in Australia with the establishment of two new "cloud" computing data centers in the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651040/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:12 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651040/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Yahoo on Monday increased the amount of storage Flickr users get by 70-fold, and at the same time quietly introduced a new pro tier that costs users 20 times as much as the one it replaces. That ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650119/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:21 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650119/scat/d805653303cbbba8 languish with a fresh coat of paint and a free terabyte of space. Too bad today's photo-sharer has found a home elsewhere and is already accustomed to free. Monday at a press event in New York, Yahoo announced major changes ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Donna Tam/CNET) New York City officials have determined that a man who rented out part of his apartment on Airbnb should pay $2,400 for violating the city's illegal hotel law, despite Airbnb stepping in on the host's behalf. The city initially asked host Nigel Warren ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:19 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 blog post Monday . Even though Checkout was replaced by Wallet in 2011, it still has been an option for those merchants who are adamant about using the old service in their operations. But on November 20, that will come to an end. Google said by that time merchants who use Checkout will have two options: (1) move to another service, such as Google partners Braintree, Shopify, or Freshbooks, if ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:18 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214651041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android tablet allegedly will sport a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom CloverTrail+ chip, industry sources familiar with the product told CNET. The plus sign means the CloverTrial chip packs a high-performance PowerVR SGX544 MP2 graphic processing unit from Imagination Technologies. Other specs include Android 4.2.2 and a 1,280 x 800 display. Samsung is expected to reveal the Galaxy Tab at Computex, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650124/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:17 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650124/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple's Preview program is the default PDF viewer in OS X, and has a number of options for annotating and otherwise managing PDF files. One of its features is support for Quartz filters, which can be applied to PDFs and image files to convert them, for example into sepia, black-and-white, or gray scale. A Quartz filter can be used to reduce the PDF's file size, but while it's ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650123/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:15 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650123/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) –After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders.That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:12 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Now, however, his tool of choice is the high-resolution camera on his iPhone. When he found a document of interest, he quickly snapped a photo and instantly shared his discovery with a colleague working hundreds of miles away. Indeed, Mr. Fernstedt, who conducts his research on several continents, now packs his own substantial digital Popper library on the disk of his MacBook Air laptop computer ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214649878/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:25:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214649878/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell has dramatically shifted its cloud computing strategy, canceling plans it once had to launch a public cloud service based on the OpenStack open source platform, and discontinuing a VMware-based public cloud it already has on the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214649896/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214649896/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitions, including a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:07 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The new Flickr homepage offers "endless scrolling," a la Pinterest and features huge photos on the left side of the page, with smaller pictures and social options on the right. Personal photo pages also got a revamp that focuses on big images. Photos won't lose any fidelity when they're uploaded and shared, and all Flickr users now get a whopping one terabyte of storage, which ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648929/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:51 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648929/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPad to lock down digital diary entries and keep secret crushes and innermost thoughts safe from prying eyes. The gold heart necklace, designed with preteens and teens in mind, works with the iHeart Locket Diary App for iOS. The diary app holds text, pictures, speech-to-text audio, and written notes, making it more of a digital scrapbook than a simple ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648934/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:03:23 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648934/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , the U.S. military's dolphin program, active since the 1960s, has had quite a bit of success. Dolphins, you see, are capable of producing sonar, and have an aptitude for learning commands, proving to be much more useful than machines for aquatic mine detection. "Dolphins naturally possess the most sophisticated sonar known to man," explains Braden Duryee, operations supervisor ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648933/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:03:23 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214648933/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon May 20, 2013 7:00pm EDT By Patrick Temple-West and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO May 20 (Reuters) - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a U.S. Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said on Monday. In a 40-page memorandum released a day before ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:24 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214650187/scat/d805653303cbbba8 $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr , Yahoo announced some major updates to its Flickr photo-sharing service. "Tonight is about Flickr," Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said at an event in New York City Monday evening. "It is about that other 'R' brand and how we can make Flickr awesome again." To that end, Yahoo announced three main changes to Flickr: a cleaner design, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214649101/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214649101/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Macy's has announced it will close its downtown store in the 100-year-old Railway Exchange Building, where over the years customers have ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214644474/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:43 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214644474/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IDG News Service - Yahoo has promised "not to screw up" Tumblr now that it has acquired the freewheeling blogging site. But there are still several ways Tumblr could get better, and worse, as a Yahoo-owned company. On the bad side, there's the threat of excessive advertising. "Tumblr has been unprofitable, and Yahoo has to figure out how to monetize it," said Forrester ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214644651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:34 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214644651/scat/d805653303cbbba8