 WTVR | Is 'Gaming Addiction' A Real Disorder? WRTV Indianapolis By John D. Sutter CNN (CNN) -- Late last year, a video producer and I visited South Korea, which is said to be the global hub for gaming addiction, as well as gaming addiction treatment. There we met with three young men who had been in some form of ... 5 warning signs of gaming addiction |
 The Age | Should RIM License Blackberry 10: Pros And Cons InformationWeek (blog) Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins admits the company is exploring a licensing model to help scale up BlackBerry 10. Could this really help RIM's smartphone business? Thorsten Heins, CEO of RIM, indicated that licensing its BlackBerry 10 mobile ... RIM rolls out BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.1 'Our platform isn't burning', BlackBerry boss says 10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook leaked |
 USA TODAY | NASA counting down to nail-biting Mars plunge USA TODAY PASADENA, California â€" The most high-tech rover NASA has ever designed was speeding toward Mars on Monday to attempt an acrobatic landing on the planet's surface. The Curiosity rover was poised to hit the top of the Martian atmosphere at 13000 mph ... Mars mission: The whole world is watching Watch Live: Curiosity Rover Attempts to Land on Mars Pasadena to party hardy as Martian landing looms |
 Business Today | Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' Computerworld By Stephen Lawson IDG News Service - Apple considered developing a car or a camera after seeing the iPod's success, and in early 2011 one of its top executives recommended making a 7-inch iPad, Friday's testimony and documents revealed in the company's ... Samsung On Mission To Feel Out Phablet Market Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August Samsung defeats Apple bid for sanction in patent case |
 CBC.ca | Samsung Galaxy S3 an' Note Smartphones Ode 2 Beckham & Note Taking Wireless and Mobile News By Lynn Walford 08/05/2012 Tweet As we have noted previously, Samsung does an excellent job of getting celebrity spokespeople for their products and phenomenal product placement such as the Super Bowl/Super Models for the Samsung Galaxy Note and the ... Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' Samsung On Mission To Feel Out Phablet Market Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August |
 Business Insider | Apple's Biggest Marketing Secret Just Got Revealed In Federal Court Business Insider Apple no longer actually needs to do ANY advertising when it launches new products, marketing chief Phil Schiller testified Friday in the Apple v. Samsung patent trial in a San Jose, Calif., federal court. Rely on the media to create buzz for its ... Did anyone really confuse Samsung products for Apple's? Samsung Executive Denies Copying Apple iPhone, iPad Designs in Patent Trial Jobs Was 'Receptive' to 7-inch iPad, Court Docs Claim |
 New York Times | 10 Things Apple Won't Tell You Smartmoney.com By QUENTIN FOTTRELL All that initial excitement over the first iPhone or iPad has quickly given way to what analysts are dubbing "upgrade fatigue" -- with even Apple's most loyal customers upset about the steady stream of newer models. Did anyone really confuse Samsung products for Apple's? iPad Mini Specs Rumors Point To A 7.85 Inch Screen Apple's Jobs was open to making smaller iPad: executive |
 Forbes | Daily Cuppa: iPhone 5 screen leaked, Apple helps hack Gizmodo ZDNet (blog) Summary: You deserve a nice, warm cup of tech news at the start of the work week, and we're here to deliver. By Spandas Lui for Technolatte | August 5, 2012 -- 23:24 GMT (16:24 PDT) Yes, it's Monday, again. Let's ease you back into the working week ... Smooth-Talking Hacker Remote-Wipes Reporter's iPad, MacBook How Did Apple Allow Hackers to Access iCloud Account? Apple Allowed Hackers Access To User's iCloud Account |
 Tapscape | Apple reportedly in talks to buy small social commerce site CNET The goal of acquiring The Fancy, Business Insider reports, is to beef up its position in the growing e-commerce arena. by Steven Musil Apple is in talks to acquire social commerce site The Fancy to further entrench its position in the growing ... Rumor: Apple Reportedly In Talks to Buy The Fancy Apple courts The Fancy CEO: Pinterest challenge imminent Apple Wants To Buy Pinterest Rival, The Fancy (AAPL) |
 IBNLive.com | Did anyone really confuse Samsung products for Apple's? CNET Apple is claiming that Samusung copied the iPhone and iPad wholesale. But is there any evidence that anyone was actually confused between Apple's products and Samsung's? by Chris Matyszczyk I have a certain fondness for courtroom drama. Apple's Steve Jobs was open to making smaller iPad Samsung Denies Copying Apple iPad and iPhone Samsung Executive Denies Copying Apple iPhone, iPad Designs in Patent Trial |
 National Post | Mars rover Curiosity nears make-or-break landing attempt Reuters * Controllers say spacecraft on track for precise touchdown * Martian weather expected to be favorable at landing site * First NASA first astrobiology mission since 1970s (Adds details; paragraphs 19, 21) By Steve Gorman and Irene Klotz PASADENA, ... NASA rover Curiosity must rely on aging satellite to relay messages Mars Rover Landing Tonight: What Could Go Wrong Countdown to Mars: Thoughts from a NASA Curiosity engineer |
 Financial Times | Court battle gives glimpse into Apple's core Financial Times By Tim Bradshaw in San Jose Struck by a daily onslaught of rumours and speculation about the next iPhone or iPad, Apple always refuses to discuss future product launches. Surprise is an essential ingredient for Apple's product launches, ... Samsung Executive Denies Copying Apple iPhone, iPad Designs in Patent Trial Here's Apple's e-mail thread about a 7-inch iPad Apple marketing exec reveals tactic in Samgsung trial |
 NDTV | NASA's Robot Lab Curiosity Nears Mars Wall Street Journal By ROBERT LEE HOTZ The one ton, $2.5 billion Curiosity is the most scientifically equipped probe ever sent to another planet. And when the robot rover touches down on Sunday, it will begin an intensive search for signs that Mars may have once hosted ... Countdown to Mars: NASA rover readies for “7 minutes of terror†plummet ... NASA rover Curiosity on course for Sunday night landing on Mars NASA braces for "7 minutes of terror" Mars plunge |
Forbes | Gizmodo Writer Has iCloud Account Hacked TidBITS by Glenn Fleishman Mat Honan of Gizmodo admits he had an seven-character password he had used for years, but that weakness isn't what led to a villain gaining access to his iCloud account, remote wiping his iOS devices and MacBook, and hijacking his ... How Secure Is Your Cloud? Take The Mud Puddle Test Hackers Got Into Honan's iCloud Account With Deception, No Password Required How Did Apple Allow Hackers to Access iCloud Account? |
 The Guardian | Samsung Executive Denies Copying Apple iPhone, iPad Designs in Patent Trial eWeek A Samsung executive testified during the trial of Apple's patent infringement lawsuit that the company studied the designs of Apple's iPhone and iPad before developing their own competing models, but denied deliberately copying Apple's technology. Apple Claims Samsung Galaxy Devices are Copies of iPhone and iPad Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August |
 Los Angeles Times | Scientists await the fate of Mars rover Curiosity Los Angeles Times NASA has dubbed the dizzyingly complex landing of its new Mars rover "seven minutes of terror" â€" a sequence of pyrotechnics, ropes and a "backpack" of engines that must work in meticulous choreography to give the mission a shot. Mars rover Curiosity nears make-or-break landing attempt Mars Rover Curiosity: The Red Planet's Next Explorer Countdown to Mars: NASA rover readies for “7 minutes of terror†plummet ... |
NDTV | Mars Rover Curiosity: The Red Planet's Next Explorer Fox News Next stop, Mars. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and the Curiosity rover are preparing to enter the Martian atmosphere, following an 8 ½ month race to the red planet at 8000 miles per hour. By the time it arrives at Mars, gravity will have accelerated ... Mars rover Curiosity nears make-or-break landing attempt NASA hopes Curiosity landing site is a Grand Canyon of Mars Curiosity rover Mars landing, descent complicated, never before attempted |
 Los Angeles Times | NASA hopes Curiosity landing site is a Grand Canyon of Mars Los Angeles Times In the spring of 1869, a geology professor who had lost an arm to a musket ball at the Battle of Shiloh led a tortuous journey down a canyon that had been etched into stone, a mile deep, by the unremitting force of the Colorado River. How to Watch the Mars Curiosity Rover Landing What If the Curiosity rover finds life on Mars? Mars Rover On Final Approach for Landing Tonight |
 Business Insider | Zynga Is Sued For Copying Games - Here's The Most Damaging Evidence Business Insider Electronics Arts has hit Zynga with a lawsuit accusing it of copying the design and game mechanics of "The Sims Social." The lawsuit is filled with side-by-side comparisons of Zynga's "The Ville" and EA's "The Sims Social. Electronic Arts Sues Zynga for Infringement for The Ville EA sues Zynga, alleges 'The Ville' is 'Sims Social' ripoff Electronic Arts sues Zynga, says it copied "Sims" game |
 Times LIVE | Electronic Arts Sues Zynga for Infringement for The Ville Businessweek By Karen Gullo on August 03, 2012 Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) (EA), the second-largest US video-game maker, sued Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) (ZNGA) claiming the company's “The Ville†video game infringed copyrights for “The Sims Social,†an EA game that runs on ... EA sues Zynga, alleges 'The Ville' is 'Sims Social' ripoff Electronic Arts sues Zynga, says it copied "Sims" game EA Sues Zynga for Copyright Infringement on New 'Ville' Game |
 CNET UK | Apple Allowed Hackers Access To User's iCloud Account Forbes Is your iCloud account secured by a good password? That's not going to help you if Apple sidesteps your security and hands hackers access to your account. Yesterday I posted Mat Honan's tale of woe. Hackers got into his iCloud account and used that to ... Gizmodo's Twitter account hacked Gizmodo reporter gets hacked via Apple tech support Hacked iCloud password leads to nightmare |
Business Today | Apple, Samsung and the patent circus TabTimes by Dan Rowinski August 5 2012, 4:45 am Comment With ridiculous patent lawsuits you get ridiculous trials and when those trials involve multi-billion dollar empires striving for dominance in the mobile arena, the results are, well, ridiculous. Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August Samsung On Mission To Feel Out Phablet Market Apple's Secrets Revealed at Trial |
 CBC.ca | We need to stick to science of climate change â€" not the hype TheNewsTribune.com NASA recently announced that 97 percent of Greenland's vast ice sheet had undergone at least some surface melting this summer, compared with a normal melt area of about 50 percent. The 2012 figure, said the headline on the space agency's press release, ... James Hansen: Extreme Heat Events Connected to Climate Change New Study Links Current Events to Climate Change NASA scientist links climate change, extreme weather |
 Daily Mail | Sick of looking at babies! If that's you, Unbaby.me can help Los Angeles Times Tired of looking at baby pictures on Facebook? Now you can fight back. A new service called Unbaby.me is designed to automatically replace all the baby photos on your Facebook feed with pictures of something more palatable -- like cats, or manatees, ... Unbaby.me? Yes, Please. Chrome Plugin Replaces Facebook Baby Photos With Cats Baby-picture pooh-pooher is well Liked on Facebook |
