Asia underground market awaits iPhone

Pirated mobile market all over Asia is eagerly awaiting for the launch of latest iPhone as Apple Inc.officially rolls out its newest iPhone in Asia on Friday. Pirates are already working out for making fake of the latest model. In India lot of people of use iPhone although...

Iran sentences Iranian 'Israeli spy' to death

An Iranian death sentence, with the title of Gabriel García Márquez's novel "Chronicle of a Death Foretold". " A Tehran court sentenced an Iranian man to death on charges of spying for Israel, the Iranian news...

Samsung Instinct Challenges Apple's IPhone Via Sprint Nextel

"Sprint Nextel Corp. will offer the Samsung Instinct phone, which can access e-mail and get live television programs, starting today for $129.99 each, according to Sprint's Web site. That's below larger rival AT&T Inc.'s $199 price for the iPhone. Unlike Apple's latest...

Canadian held in Sri Lanka: Terrorist Ties?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian man is being held in Sri Lanka after police were wondering what he was doing with Heat Seeking Technology, fearing this and other electronics would be headed to...

Penguin robot can interact with humans

"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces, the...

Policeman Shot Dead During Training Exercise in Manchester

" A policeman who died during a training exercise in Manchester has been named as Ian James Terry.The 32-year-old police constable was killed by a single shot from a colleague's gun. Investigations under way at...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

Future Apple Devices May Be Solar Powered

Ever since NowPublic member Innes Yates got me thinking about solar powered electronics I've been interested in this field.  Apple is always ahead of the curve and this is no exception."Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable...

Bikes of Tomorrow: Design with Its Knee Down

At Art Center Pasadena, Bumsuk Lim's students are putting their skills to work in the service of their professor's passion: motorcycles. Yeah, another bike story. Anyway, Lim's class is in pursuit of the next goal in...

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics

Should we be on the look out for 4 horsemen?"DALLAS - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards...

Best Buy enters Europe with Carphone retail deal

Best Buy, the world's biggest electronics retailer, is set to take on Europe. They are paying $2.1 billion for half of Britain's Carphone Warehouse chain to break into the European consumer market."The deal creates a...

Intel Dentro: Havana Gets PCs

While these machines will not win any performance awards, these Intel-based PCs are making history simply by appearing in a Cuban electronics store. Even with diminished specs, the personal computers now available in...

Cuba Puts Computers on Sale to Public

As Raul moves Cuba into the 21st Century many continue to wonder where its all headed. Salaries continue to put the luxury of a home PC or a weekend at a hotel resort clear out of reach for most Cubans. "Cubans are...

U.S. Border Agents Can Search Laptops Without Cause, Court Rules

This federal appeals court ruling will have significant implications for the millions of people who travel to and from the United States with their laptops, mobile phones, and digital cameras, assuming that the...

How Many Cables do you Have Under Your Desk?

Neat idea via CNET, a company called Green Plug is having a 'what's under your desk' contest. The goal is simple, take pics of the mess under your desk, and send it in!My house has several 'choke' points of cabling:...

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