Sexism and the single hacker: Where are the women at Def Con? (via Pando Daily)By Elinor Mills On August 31, 2013At the latest Def Con, the annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, there were presentations on hacking automotive network and control systems, remotely gaining control of consumer devices, and NSA snooping. But…
7 Moments You Might Have Missed From Obama's Interview (via PBS News Hour)By: Vanessa Dennis and colleen shalby President Obama sat down with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill for an exclusive interview in the Blue Room of the White House. Photo courtesy of White House. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama gave…
Obama faces increasing isolation on Syria (via The Christian Science Monitor)President Obama tells reporters at the White House Friday that he hasn't made a final decision about a military strike against Syria. But he says he's considering a limited and narrow action in response to a chemical weapons attack that he says Syria…
Obama approves attacking Syria, but delays that for vote in Congress (via The Christian Science Monitor)President Barack Obama speaks about Syria next to Vice President Joe Biden at the White House Saturday. Obama said he had decided the US should strike Syrian government targets in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack, but said he would seek…
Mississippi indictment highlights pitfalls of power for sheriffs (via The Christian Science Monitor)Jackson County, Miss., Sheriff Mike Byrd, right, walks to the Ocean Springs, Miss., Police Department with his attorneys on Friday. Byrd turned himself in to be served with a 31-count indictment including charges of embezzlement, fraud, hindering prosecution…
China manufacturing activity strengthens in August (via AFP)China's manufacturing activity strengthened in August, official figures showed Sunday, the latest data to suggest that the world's second-largest economy is stabilising. The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 51.0 last month from 50.3…
France signals shift to tax cuts in boost to business (via AFP)France's Socialist government is hinting it may appease discontent at tax rises by putting more stress on spending cuts in its fight to control the budget and boost growth. The latest signs came with a new reform of the pension system, which was headed…
Nadal, Federer move closer to US Open showdown (via AFP)Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the US Open, taking a crucial step toward a possible first-ever Grand Slam matchup on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts. And the last-16 roadblocks to their potential quarter-final showdown…
Live Blog: Obama to Seek Authorization from Congress for Taking Military Action Against Syria (via PBS News Hour)By: News Desk President Barack Obama said Saturday from the White House Rose Garden that the U.S. should take military action against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The president said that he will seek authorization from Congress when members…
Live Blog: Obama to Seek Authorization from Congress for Taking Military Action Against Syria (via PBS News Hour)By: News Desk President Barack Obama said Saturday from the White House Rose Garden that the U.S. should take military action against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The president said that he will seek authorization from Congress when members…
Unity Makes Strong Push Into Mobile Gaming (via slashdot)Lots of mobile-game developers sell their work for ultra-cheap (think of all the $1.99 games available for Google Android and Apple’s iOS) or free—and sometimes, that overshadows the fact that those developers need to actually eat and pay their…
Apple set to make 63 million iWatches in 2014 priced at $199 (via The Inquirer)GADGET DESIGNER Apple is rumoured to have teamed up with two Taiwanese suppliers to begin the making of its so-called iWatch wearable smart device, with plans to launch to market in the second half of 2014. There are also mutterings that the Cupertino…
NJ Startups: Allweb, MallStand, Payintele Launch; crafterMania (now weCraft) Rebrands; and More (via NJ Tech Weekly)Allweb's Adnan Qadeer at the launch of his product that protects users from identity theft. | Esther Surden Allweb: Back in November 2012, NJTechWeekly.com attended a launch for NJIT Enterprise Development Center member Allweb Technologies (Newark),…
NJ’s BIO-Key is Optimistic as Apple’s Move Validates Biometrics Authentication Market (via NJ Tech Weekly) BIO-Key, the Wall, N.J. provider of backend and on device authentication software for fingerprint readers, had a rough quarter last quarter --with total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2012 of $533,000, representing a decrease of 46 percent…
Big VC funding and new technology makes enterprise storage sexy. Really! (via Pando Daily)By Fritz Nelson On August 30, 2013It’s shocking, I know, but the storage industry has more juice than Ryan Braun leaving a Biogenesis clinic. Approximately two years after Fusion-io’s IPO, yet another in a lengthening list of flash storage start…
Amazon Woos Mobile Developers With New API (via Dice News in Tech)Amazon unveiled its Mobile Associates API this week in a bid to prompt mobile developers to hawk its physical goods in their apps and games. Do that, and the e-commerce giant will give up to 6 percent cut of the sale. The API, which works with Amazon…
Free Download iPhone Apps/Games and Transfer/Backup iPhone Data with Newly-Released Freeware AppRevels (via SBWire)AppRevels released AppRevels Software on the 28th of August. The AppRevels Software allows users to download and install free apps and games within the software, check for updates and manage apps and games of their iOS devices with ease. The software…
Multiple Winners Pitch Wide Variety of Apps at NJTC Mobile Apps Forum (via NJ Tech Weekly)Social Media Category Winner: Tucker Snedeker, Cofounder - AirCast Mobile, Inc. | NJTC Ashis Biskey, VP, Technology Delivery, DATA, Inc. Digital Footsteps working with DATA, Inc. won the Best of the World category. | NJTC NJTechWeekly.com attended…
NJ-Connect Headlines for April, Featuring LiveLOOK, Global Crowdfunding Day and More (via NJ Tech Weekly)A recent NJ-Connect Meetup. | Allyson Pryor (NJTechWeekly.com will be publishing a monthly roundup of selected, relevant stories that appeared on NJ-Connect, a website developed by the NJ-Connect Meetup group. The website aims to fulfill the same objectives…
Apple launches iPhone trade-in program in US (via AFP)Apple on Friday began letting US iPhone owners trade in their smartphones for credit toward buying new models. The California company's trade-in program kicked off in the wake of unconfirmed reports of a September 10 event at which Apple will unveil…
Google's Sergey Brin, Wife Split Amid Office Affair Rumors (via NewsLook)Video News by NewsLook Google co-founder Sergey Brin is separating from his wife, Anne Wojcicki, amid rumors he's having a workplace romance.
Flipbook Creator Provides Top of the Line Page Turn Features (via SBWire)GuangZhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/30/2013 -- FlipBook Creator, a piece of smart flip book maker software created by FlipPageMaker Software Co., Ltd, continues to rise in popularity among users’ months after its launch. The said software can meet…
Microsoft might invest in Foursquare. Maybe this means Bing Maps will suck a little less (via Pando Daily)By Nathaniel Mott On August 30, 2013Microsoft and American Express are reportedly competing to make a strategic investment in Foursquare, the former check-in star hoping to become the “location layer for the Internet.” It’s clear how Foursquare…
Google's Brin splits with wife (via AFP)Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki on Thursday were reportedly splitting up after six years of marriage. Stories of a split mounted after technology new website AllThingsD first reported that the 40-year-old Google co-founder and his wife…
Google's Brin splits with wife (via AFP)Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki on Thursday were reportedly splitting up after six years of marriage. Stories of a split mounted after technology new website AllThingsD first reported that the 40-year-old Google co-founder and his wife…
Google's Brin splits with wife (via AFP)Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki on Thursday were reportedly splitting up after six years of marriage. Stories of a split mounted after technology new website AllThingsD first reported that the 40-year-old Google co-founder and his wife…
Parallels Desktop 9 runs Windows on Macs (via The Inquirer)CROSSOVER SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Parallels launched Desktop 9 for Mac on Thursday, which enables users to run Windows and Mac applications simultaneously on Apple Mac computers. Parallels is the seven year old Mac OS X virtualisation software that lets…
Parallels Desktop 9 runs Windows on Macs (via The Inquirer)CROSSOVER SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Parallels launched Desktop 9 for Mac on Thursday, which enables users to run Windows and Mac applications simultaneously on Apple Mac computers. Parallels is the seven year old Mac OS X virtualisation software that lets…
Nokia CEO Elop bookies favourite to take on Microsoft top spot (via The Inquirer)IPHONE LOBBER Stephen Elop is the bookies favourite to take over from Steve Ballmer when he leaves Microsoft next year. Betting firm Ladbrokes has released its odds for the most likely candidates for the Microsoft chief executive job. In at top slot…
Google Android exec poached by China's Xiaomi (via AFP)China's Xiaomi has poached a key Google executive involved in the tech giant's Android phones, in a move seen as a coup for the rapidly growing Chinese smartphone maker. Hugo Barra, who was Google's vice president in charge of Android product management…
Google Android exec poached by China's Xiaomi (via AFP)China's Xiaomi has poached a key Google executive involved in the tech giant's Android phones, in a move seen as a coup for the rapidly growing Chinese smartphone maker. Hugo Barra, who was Google's vice president in charge of Android product management…
Who Are The Big 5 In The Carbon Trade? (via Clean Technica)This article originally published on Shrink That Footprintby Lindsay Wilson When we talk about a country’s carbon emissions we generally only consider those that occur within its borders. But where does the fuel for those emissions come from? …
Who Are The Big 5 In The Carbon Trade? (via Clean Technica)This article originally published on Shrink That Footprintby Lindsay Wilson When we talk about a country’s carbon emissions we generally only consider those that occur within its borders. But where does the fuel for those emissions come from? …
US Uses 11 Times More Energy Than UK (with Only 5 Times More People) (via Clean Technica)Originally published on Outlier, Opower’s blog.by Barry Fischer Last week, we called attention to America’s massive energy inefficiency problem. The amount of energy wasted by the US economy in 2012, we noted, could power the United Kingdom for…
Obama: It’s lonely at the top (via GlobalPost)Enlarge President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry went before the American people on Friday to make their case for military intervention in Syria to a reluctant public. “Now, we know that after a decade of conflict, the American people…
Here's what Syrians have to say about intervention (via GlobalPost)As Obama tries to rally support for an airstrike on Syria, he is asking everyone what they think. France is on his side, but Germany and the UK are against him. But what about the Syrians themselves? What do they have to say? “Syrians have spoken…
Here's what Syrians have to say about intervention (via GlobalPost)As Obama tries to rally support for an airstrike on Syria, he is asking everyone what they think. France is on his side, but Germany and the UK are against him. But what about the Syrians themselves? What do they have to say? “Syrians have spoken…
Here's what Syrians have to say about intervention (via GlobalPost)As Obama tries to rally support for an airstrike on Syria, he is asking everyone what they think. France is on his side, but Germany and the UK are against him. But what about the Syrians themselves? What do they have to say? “Syrians have spoken…
Edgy Lebanese add smartphones to security arsenal (via AFP)As Lebanon reels from deadly bomb attacks that revived painful memories of the civil war, jittery authorities are banking on a smartphone application and other alert systems to prevent further bloodshed. The attacks -- twin car bombs in the northern…
Edgy Lebanese add smartphones to security arsenal (via AFP)As Lebanon reels from deadly bomb attacks that revived painful memories of the civil war, jittery authorities are banking on a smartphone application and other alert systems to prevent further bloodshed. The attacks -- twin car bombs in the northern…
Qaeda in Iraq urges Egyptians to rise against army (via AFP)An Al-Qaeda front group based in Iraq and Syria called for Egyptians to take up arms against their country's military, in an audio message posted on the Internet on Saturday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) also dismissed the Muslim…
Five killed in Baghdad mosque shooting (via AFP)Gunmen killed five worshippers at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad on Saturday, the latest in a surge in violence that has sparked fears of a return to all-out sectarian war. The militants fled the scene after carrying out the attack, which came during early…
Schweinsteiger to miss qualifiers against Austria, Faroes (via AFP)Veteran German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will miss upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Austria and the Faroe Islands because of a niggling ankle injury, the German football federation announced on Saturday. Germany coach Joachim Loew…
US drone 'kills four' in northwest Pakistan (via AFP)A US drone killed at least four militants in a missile strike Saturday targeting a compound in northwest Pakistan's tribal belt, local security officials said. The attack took place in the village of Heso Khel around 35 kilometres (21 miles) east of…
Fearing US missiles, Syrians escape to Lebanon (via AFP)As UN inspectors crossed the border from Syria into Lebanon Saturday, they were followed out of the war-torn country by a continuous flow of families desperate to flee the threat of US strikes. Cars filled with weary-looking passengers, their open boots…
Experts warn Syria attack could escalate violence and further destabilize region (via Raw Story )Some Middle East experts are throwing cold water on the Obama administration’s contention that a limited missile strike on Syria won’t actually result in more violence and a further destabilization of the region. According to an article at the top…
US hawks slam Obama as world awaits Syria strike (via AFP)Even as the world waited on Saturday to hear when President Barack Obama was to order military strikes against Syria's chemical-armed regime,the US leader was already under fire at home. While the latest opinion polls show that the American public does…
Putin demands US prove Syria chemical arms use (via AFP)Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday dismissed as "nonsense" claims that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons and demanded that the United States provide proof. Speaking after the United States released an intelligence report, Putin rejected…
Syria expects US-led military attack 'any moment' (via AFP)Syria expects a military attack "at any moment" and is ready to retaliate, an official said Saturday, hours after UN experts probing a suspected gas attack blamed on the regime quit the country. The departure of the inspectors has opened a window for…
Syria expects US-led military attack 'any moment' (via AFP)Syria expects a military attack "at any moment" and is ready to retaliate, an official said Saturday, hours after UN experts probing a suspected gas attack blamed on the regime quit the country. The departure of the inspectors has opened a window for…
