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avast! Free Antivirus for Mac tops CNET’s download.com in 3 days

TheTechArena — Mon, 21 May 2012 03:10:55 +0000

Three days after its release avast! Free Antivirus for Mac shot to first position in the ‘Most Popular Mac Downloads’ section of CNET’s Download.com, surpassing Mac security products from other vendors as well as all music, video, browsing, or other … Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy S III: 9m pre-orders

TheTechArena — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:31:50 +0000

There’s some good news for Samsung when it comes to its new S III device, which is due to come out at the end of this month. According to the Korea Economic Daily (via Reuters), 9 million pre-orders have been … Continue reading →

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4G mobile to disrupt TV signal for 2 million

TheTechArena — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:48:50 +0000

4G is proving to be something of a controversial service when it comes to the UK. Firstly, there’s been much bickering over the auction process, and ensuing delays. Then Everything Everywhere complicated matters by pushing for an earlier 4G roll-out … Continue reading →

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Verizon Lets the Sun Go Down on Unlimited Data

TheTechArena — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:07:22 +0000

Wireless carriers have begun to realize that when you offer flat-rate, all-you-can-eat deals, it tends to bring out the pig in people. Whether it’s food or beer or cellular data, customers will gorge themselves on it, and the buffet arrangement can quickly turn into a money-losing proposition if you don’t plan it out just right. That’s especially true when your customers have constant access to the resource you have on offer — like mobile data through those cellphones they carry with them 24/7.

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London’s Burning Over Government Surveillance Plans

TheTechArena — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:32:31 +0000

The UK government has proposed plans to monitor the electronic communications of everyone in that country. It claims it’s not seeking to read the content of the communications, according to reports, but instead wants to know who the senders and recipients of messages are, the places from which messages are sent, and other details such as the length of messages and their formats. The proposed legislation “is about granting law enforcement authorities and government agencies access to current and historical Internet data …” said Gus Hosein, director of Privacy International.

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Iran Threatens to Sue Over Google Map Slap

TheTechArena — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:53:15 +0000

Iran has threatened to sue Google over Google Maps’ labeling — or non-labeling, rather — of the Persian Gulf, according to CNN. Iran raised the issue earlier this month and heightened the rhetoric this week. From CNN: “On state-run Press TV, the Iranian regime warns it may take legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf.” Iran went so far as to accuse Google of carrying out the objectives of Iranian enemies, according to CNN.

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Paralyzed Woman Takes Sip of Joe Using Mind-Powered Robo Arm

TheTechArena — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:04:44 +0000

Researchers have developed a robotic arm that has enabled a paralyzed woman to drink a cup of coffee — by directly controlling it with her mind. The development has raised the question of whether this approach could perhaps restore some mobility to similarly affected people in the future. The 58-year-old woman was one of two participants in the BrainGate 2 project who controlled a robotic arm with their thoughts. Implants the size of baby aspirin tablets in the subjects’ brains let them control the robotic arms.

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HTC Desire C coming May 24th

TheTechArena — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:34:26 +0000

The release date and price of the HTC Desire C has been confirmed by Clove. The online retailer stated on its blog page that the Desire C, a budget Ice Cream Sandwich handset, is now available to pre-order, and the … Continue reading →

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Quantum Teleportation Leaps to New Distance Record

TheTechArena — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:44:56 +0000

Scientists in China have transmitted quantum bits, or qubits, over a record distance of 97 km, or roughly 60 miles. This is more than six times the distance of the previous record of 16 km, set by another team of Chinese researchers in May of 2010, as reported in Nature.com. The results represent a step toward the establishment of a global quantum network, and the methods used in the experiment could be utilized for satellite-based quantum communications, the scientists said.

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Editorial: Thin laptops are the new mainstream, but what about battery life?

TheTechArena — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:02:59 +0000

Bandwagons, trains and Tranes. Can’t say that these three have a heck of a lot in common in most regards, but one thing’s for sure: trying to stop this trio would be a Herculean task. And so it goes with laptops — once upon a time, it was good enough to have something that resembled a portable tower, but these days, the ability to even see the chassis at all feels like a negative. I exaggerate, of course, but the proverbial race in the laptop world is hardly about price; it’s about thinness. Intel’s unstoppable quest to plaster the Ultrabook term as far and wide as possible has led to a change in the way consumers are viewing portable machines, and Apple’s devilishly thin MacBook Air certainly played a role, too. What we’re left with is a very curious priority list, and I’m wondering if too many OEMs have stopped to wonder if the “obvious” is indeed the “right.”

I’ll be the first to confess that I love the look of thin. Samsung’s Series 9 and Acer’s Aspire S5 might just be two of the sexiest machines to ever be built, and Dell’s original Adamo was primarily of interest due to one thing: it’s jaw-droppingly thin frame. But there’s some saying about putting form before function that seems to apply here, particularly when keying in on battery life. I’ve no doubt that the marketing and research teams for PC makers far and wide understand the realities of the market place, and perhaps the average consumer really doesn’t need more than four to six hours of life on a single charge. Five years ago, squeezing that much life from machines under an inch thick would’ve required some sort of wizardry that exists only in a rarely visited corner of West Hollywood. But today, I’m a dreamer. And I’m dreaming of a laptop with “all day battery life” — something that could be screamed from the rooftops, and honestly, something that could probably be accomplished tomorrow if our laptop options weren’t on such a diet.

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