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 Sacramento Sun.com http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 05:38:54 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:38:54 -0400 30 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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214657340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:55 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214657341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:54 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214656442/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:33 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214656441/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:33 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214656443/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214656444/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:29 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214655706/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:57:28 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214655566/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:54:59 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214655566/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A US Senate report has concluded that Apple Inc has held billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214655567/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:54:58 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214655567/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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214654729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:57:26 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214654729/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Phaneesh Murthy due to the facts and circumstances surrounding Murthy's relationship with a subordinate employee and a claim of sexual harassment. Concurrently, the board has ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214654730/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:50:38 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214654730/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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214654608/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:48:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653992/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:42:49 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653996/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:04 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653995/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:02 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653995/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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653123/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653122/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:41 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:40 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214653143/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:26:33 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214652931/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:50:08 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214652247/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:46:55 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214652204/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:29:01 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214652205/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:59 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651251/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:39 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651958/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:46 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:52 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650771/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:52 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651038/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:37 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651037/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:28:36 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651039/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:14 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651040/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:12 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650119/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:21 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650120/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:20 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650121/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:19 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214651041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:18 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650124/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:17 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650124/scat/d805653303cbbba8 report Monday detailing how it believes the tech giant has avoided paying its fair share of U.S. taxes. "Apple is an American success story," the report reads. "Today, Apple Inc. maintains more than $102 billion in offshore cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (cash). Apple executives told the Subcommittee that the company has no intention of returning those funds to ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650125/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:16 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650125/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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650123/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:15 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214650367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:12 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214649878/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:25:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214649878/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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214648908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:07 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214648929/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:51 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214648934/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:03:23 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214648933/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:03:23 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214648933/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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214649101/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.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.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644474/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:43 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644474/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , it's in the southern Irish city of Cork that Apple pioneered its famous "double irish with a Dutch sandwich" -- a tax avoidance technique designed to take advantage of a quirk in Ireland's tax laws that allows foreign corporations to move money around the world tax free. Perhaps anticipating that this is what the senators want to talk about, Apple spent nearly half of the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644186/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:09:11 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644186/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple executives are set to defend the company's tax practices and call for corporate tax reform that would allow it to bring some of the billions of dollars in cash it has overseas back to the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643843/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:09:07 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643843/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo’s narrative arc as a company can be defined by its acquisitions, which taken together also serve as one take on the history of the web itself. In the Yahoo version of that history, founders and backers of overvalued companies enjoy huge exits while the buyer tends to learn too late that its exuberance was irrational. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will soon find out whether her ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644812/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:04:52 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644812/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Windows users, rejoice! Leap Motion is coming to a PC near you, and for the first time, you can see what it will be like. Today, Leap Motion released ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643848/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:09 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643848/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Digital Paper touch-panel display was recently shown off at Educational IT Solutions Expo (EDIX) in Tokyo. Sony is planning to try it out at Japanese universities and bring it to the general market this year. It incorporates ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643847/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:08 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643847/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Dan Farber/CNET) LightSquared's wireless spectrum could be getting a new owner, according to a new ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644813/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:07 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214644813/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Facebook) Sharing is caring -- if your Facebook and your network depends on it. Monday, the social network simplified the process for sharing activities from third-party iOS apps to Facebook. The company rolled out something called the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643851/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:59:06 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643851/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to buy blogging forum Tumblr, ranking it in among the top 10 tech deals announced this year, according to research firm Dealogic. Here's a list of the top 10 tech mergers and acquisitions in 2013. Valuation is based on Dealogic's criteria and includes ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643458/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:41 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643458/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo is paying $1.1 billion to buy the popular blogging site Tumblr. It's part of Yahoo's comeback efforts, after years in a financial funk. Tumblr will give Yahoo more opportunities to sell advertising. Here's how the two companies compare:- TUMBLRFOUNDED: February 2007 by software consultant David Karp and Web developer Marco Arment.HEADQUARTERS: New YorkLEADERSHIP: Founder ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:21 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643359/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The statement from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer begins with a promise "not to screw it up", whilst assuring users that David Karp will remain CEO and that Yahoo! will "operate Tumblr independently".The deal went through for $1.1 billion (723 million) in cash, a sum justified by Tumblr's impressive numbers as one of the world's fastest growing social-media networks.The ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642846/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:10 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642846/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Square Cash, which is invite-only for now, lets anyone send money simply by sending an e-mail. It's not known whether either party in the transaction has to have a Square ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642620/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:02:43 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642620/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643666/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:54 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643666/scat/d805653303cbbba8 car . Police in Fresno, Calif., say that a 911 operator received a call. No one was on the other end. However, the dispatcher decided to keep listening and ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643667/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:36 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643667/scat/d805653303cbbba8 harness energy from the force of the heel hitting the ground . The prototype -- while admittedly big, unattractive, and impractical to wear 100 percent of the time (think sleeping, showering, etc.) -- demonstrates that the simple act of walking may one day power a wide range of electronics, including medical devices such as pacemakers and artificial hearts. "Theoretically, it would be ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643668/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:35 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643668/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android provides users with options such as automatic photo enhancements and Auto Awesome. Other features include the instant hashtagging, quick access to Hangouts, and improved notifications. Building off of the tools that came ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:31 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC One to be on top of the world, but thanks to British mountaineer Daniel Hughes, the high-end Android phone is the first to make a video call from the highest point on Earth. Hughes, who's trying to raise $1.5 million for Comic Relief -- it's also the highest ever Red Nose -- spoke ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 see Facebook and Instagram ) there are big questions about what will happen to Tumblr as its users know it today. Some have started to jump ship by ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:21 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214643669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BOISE, Idaho -; An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends that central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site have heisted his ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:38 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Natural gas is the top performing commodity after President Obama approved a $10 billion natural gas export facility last week. Andrew Lipow, Lipow Oil Associates, shares his outlook for the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:23 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642360/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642361/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:10 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214642361/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Galaxy S4 variant is meant to be resistant to dust and water, which is fortunate for those times when you feel compelled to tweet while rolling down a sand dune into a rushing ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641333/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:52:00 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641333/scat/d805653303cbbba8 An 18-year-old's science fair project leads her to create an improved supercapacitor with technology that could provide super-fast phone charging in the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641335/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:59 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641335/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Hooked Digital Media) In recent years, we've seen people dabble in bringing a narrative film experience to mobile phones. It makes sense -- there's an interactive personal screen in your pocket that allows you to pick up content wherever you go. But neither the interactive film ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641334/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:59 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641334/scat/d805653303cbbba8 As the company integrates Google Voice into its social network, the latest update for Hangouts is missing the ability to make outbound phone calls. Users can still receive calls to their Google Voice ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641337/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:57 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641337/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214640874/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:13:35 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214640874/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MIAMI - The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats.A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat.Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says the precautions were taken because ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214640914/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:09 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214640914/scat/d805653303cbbba8 John Chambers says the profits from Cisco Systems’ new strategy are still one to three years away. The strategy, however, is already becoming more clear: Big Data will only work if it's delivered through the network, and that could go hand-in-hand with consolidation among companies that specialize in data analysis and networking or traditional computing. "You can't ship the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641154/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:43 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641154/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Freedom 2000 battery case from MyCharge. Knowing that power and protection are a constant necessity for personal devices, technology companies have lately been combining both into a single case. MyCharge, a maker of backup batteries, has joined the competition with a model for the iPhone 5, the Freedom 2000. Named for the 2,000-milliamp-hour battery inside, the Freedom 2000 provides power ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641153/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:43 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641153/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tumblr is the latest, and perhaps buzziest, startup to be acquired by Yahoo -- but the purple tech giant's track record for previous mergers is spotty at ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641005/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:55:11 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641005/scat/d805653303cbbba8 LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday told Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and other business leaders that he expected their companies to pay their taxes in exchange for benefiting from low tax ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639859/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:47 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639859/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Petcube is a smartphone-controlled Webcam that shines a laser spot around when you're out. It might make you feel less guilty about leaving little Rover home ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639920/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:41 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639920/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo confirms $1.1B Tumblr buy, promises 'not to screw it up' The simplest and most obvious reason for Yahoo's interest in Tumblr can be seen in the chart above, which highlights the dramatically differing demographic profiles for the media portal and the blogging network. It's a tale of two audiences. Tumblr is a fountain of youth. Yahoo is practically a retirement ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639923/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:39 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639923/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Mississippi Entomological Museum, Joe MacGown) It sounds like an old black-and-white monster movie. Crazy, tech-nesting ants invade America! That would make for a great matinee, but it's oh so very real. Tawny crazy ants, known scientifically as Nylanderia fulva, are marching into territories once dominated by fire ants -- and they're not being very good neighbors. While ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639922/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:39 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639922/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Has it really only been eight years since we first clapped eyes on the PlayStation 3? Oh wait, yes, it has. And we've spent several of those long, dark years desperately awaiting a glimpse of some exotic, new gaming hardware from Sony. The test of endurance is almost at an end, as the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641155/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:38 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214641155/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Sarah McBrideSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the nation's biggest online food delivery businesses said they are merging in a deal that they hope will drive more orders, in more cities, through their platforms.GrubHub and Seamless, which allow consumers to easily order online from various restaurants, are part of a group of fast-growing businesses that standardize local services under a ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638533/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:15 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638533/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, along with Pactera's CEO and other managers, have offered to take Pactera private in a deal that values the Chinese technology consulting and outsourcing firm at $680.4 million.Shares rose 31 percent Monday. Through Friday's close, before news of the offer, Pactera's stock had lost about two-thirds of its value over the past year.Blackstone ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639485/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:12 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639485/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Which will it be? FORTUNE -- Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr looks like an expensive and misguided attempt by chief executive Marissa Mayer to somehow make the Web 1.0 company "cool" again. Instead of innovating her way out of the mediocre corner of the Internet in which Yahoo currently resides, the former Google executive has instead decided to take the company's ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639578/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:38 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639578/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Earlier this month, several employees of the satirical news website The Onion received what looked like harmless unsolicited emails, containing apparently innocuous hyperlinks. One such message purported to be from an address at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees; it invited the recipient to click through to an article seemingly from The Washington Post. In fact, the link redirected to a page ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638610/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638610/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Washington: An 18-year-old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge a cellphone in less than 20 seconds.Eesha Khare from Saratoga in California was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Intel Foundation after developing the tiny device that fits inside mobile phone batteries that could allow them to charge within 20-30 seconds.The so-called ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638988/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:10 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638988/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET) It's a good thing you weren't standing on the Mare Imbrium on the moon on March 17. You might have been ground into space dust. A meteoroid "the size of a small boulder" crashed into the lunar surface and exploded with a flash so bright, it was visible to the naked eye from Earth. NASA has been keeping an eye on the moon ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:10 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638571/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) Five months later, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is once again aloft. United Flight 1, took off from Houston this morning en route to Chicago. It marked the first flight of Boeing's next-generation airliner since the entire worldwide fleet of ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:09 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Glass is in for a bumpy ride. Unlike some journalists, I believe that Glass has great potential, especially when developers build more apps for it. Google faces an uphill battle of Everest proportions spurring mass adoption for the device, though. Just because it's "the future" doesn't mean it will be embraced by the public (see: Segway). I believe Google Glass faces ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638569/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:08 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638569/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Microsoft) A former Grand Theft Auto producer at Rockstar Games thinks that the next, next generation in consoles won't have three hardware makers competing for your dollars. Speaking to Games Industry in ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638572/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:07 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638572/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Pinterest now offers users more information behind all those pretty pictures. The scrapbooking social network today tweaked the power of certain pins to provide more details on the showcased items, thanks to new active links to third-party Web sites. As described in the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:31:07 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638573/scat/d805653303cbbba8 It's late, you didn't have time to make dinner, and now you're in the mood for sushi. Chances are, you reach for your phone, fire up either the Seamless or GrubHub app, sort by restaurant, select your meal, place your order and wait for the delivery person to knock on your door. Soon, those two food app companies will become one. Seamless and GrubHub announced today that they ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639714/scat/d805653303cbbba8 First time firing a gun? There's help at hand - a new "self-aiming" rifle can help even a novice hit the target at long range on the first go. But the technology has its critics, who see it as a serious threat to public ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639665/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:24:08 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214639665/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell has reiterated its call to corporate raider Carl Icahn to submit more details about his proposal to buy the firm and said it will not talk to the investor unless further details are forthcoming. Dell is in the midst of a messy shareholder battle ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:50 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638362/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung has unveiled plans to launch a 13.3in LCD display for a future ultrabook range with 3200x1800 resolution, offering 254ppi pixel density. If true, that would beat Apple's equivalent 13in Macbook Pro Retina display, which has 2560x1600 resolution and 227ppi, as well ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638363/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:49 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638363/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sony will reveal its Playstation 4 (PS4) at the E3 event next month and has today, on the eve of Microsoft's Xbox 720 launch, produced a teaser clip for fans. The video is more "Ooooh?" than "Aaaaah!" and it doesn't really show us much. We'll just have to wait until Sony's press conference at E3 in June for the big ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638364/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:49 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638364/scat/d805653303cbbba8 EE's 4G data network apparently suffered from an outage in the UK on Monday, with users complaining of not being able to access the web. Typically, we know this because of Twitter, where EE customers have flocked to bemoan their lack of mobile ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:48 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638365/scat/d805653303cbbba8 TOUTED AS the highest resolution ereader on the market, the Kobo Aura HD features a 6.8in backlit screen with a 1440x1080 resolution display for sharper text and images compared to its rivals. Announced ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638366/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:47 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638366/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has been released. While the trailer does not offer any game play it is five minutes long and includes a mix of old and new Batman motifs - see the ticking bomb, the choke hold and a headbutt. The trailer is an extended fight between Batman and an assassin called Death Stroke. Batman gets squashed by another assassin but apparently dodges the bullet, and by bullet we meet a massive shipping ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:47 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638367/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about $1.1 billion, nearly all in cash. "Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business," Yahoo said in a statement on Monday. Tumblr CEO and founder David ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:21 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638370/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Pintererest users who click on the pin of a tasty-looking meal may now discover a recipe to cook up the dish themselves. The scrapbooking social network today tweaked the power of certain pins to provide more details on the pinned item, courtesy of third-party Web sites. As described in the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:32 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Zinio's new Z-Pass , a $5 subscription option that gives you a choice of three digitally delivered magazines per month. You can try that free for a month, but here's an even better deal: ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:31 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: NextGuide) While most companies are making the jump from Web to mobile, NextGuide, the app that tells you when and where your favorite shows are on, has decided to go the opposite way. The social TV guide for iOS is now on the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:31 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637166/scat/d805653303cbbba8 original "Spears and Munsil HD Benchmark" , released in 2009, offered some excellent patterns to help setting up TVs, and ingenious test patterns to judge the performance of deinterlacers and scalers. Though anyone could buy it, it wasn't as entry-level or as user-friendly as "Disney's World of Wonder" setup discs. The updated second edition adds myriad new setup ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:29 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The show will air in 2014, first as a one-hour special and then as a regular series. It's set chronologically between the third prequel film and the original "Star Wars" ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637171/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:27 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214637171/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Natasha BakerTORONTO (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks.The Sonnet Project is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that showcases the bard's poetry through films of up to two minutes and performances by Tony-Award winning ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:52 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636605/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , has in recent years become a supporter of software patents and their licensing. However the firm said that the present system in which firms do not have to reveal what patents they own is flawed, and it is supporting the End Anonymous Patents Act. The End Anonymous Patents Act has been introduced by US Representative Ted Deutch and would require all patents to have ownership data attached to ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636758/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:04 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636758/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , claiming that bloggers are flocking to his website following the expensive buyout. Matt Mullenweng, the creator of Wordpress has apparently already seen a backlash following Yahoo's Tumblr acqusition, and doesn't seem to mind talking about it. According to Mullenweng, the number of imports from Tumblr to Wordpress climbed to over 72,000 per hour over the weekend, a huge spike from ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636757/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:04 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636757/scat/d805653303cbbba8 recent report by McKinsey & Co. shows that e-commerce sales in China reached an estimated $190 billion last year, almost equaling the U.S. market as largest in the world. China's online retail industry is expected to grow to at least $420 billion by 2020-which would total more than the U.S., Japanese, U.K., German, and French markets combined. China will overtake the U.S. for the top ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635787/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635787/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE --- If you hadn't heard of Tableau Softwarebefore its glamorous debut on the public market last Friday, you're not alone. The Seattle-based company ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:29 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 "It is probably the most common technical analysis pattern in trading," he explains. "An Inverse Head and Shoulders pattern is an extremely bullish reversal pattern, it occurs when a stock forms a bottom by printing a series of 3 lows. What's important about this pattern is volume. Volume must be heavy on the lowest low, because that signals a wash out and exhaustion in ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636614/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:28 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636614/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HELSINKI | Mon May 20, 2013 11:28am EDT HELSINKI May 20 (Reuters) - A group of ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone on Monday, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone maker. Jolla was founded by Nokia's former MeeGo software team that was shut down after the company decided to switch to ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638225/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:50 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214638225/scat/d805653303cbbba8 After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint Thursday that the European Privacy Association is working to represent industry interests in the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636788/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:24 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214636788/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Maggie Reardon/CNET) Sprint Nextel has acquired Handmark and its unit OneLouder Apps to boost its Pinsight Media+ advertising ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:57 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635669/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung will demo a new LCD screen that would top similar displays in resolution and pixel density. Geared for notebooks, the 13.3-inch WQXGA+ LCD ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635670/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:55 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635670/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wordpress founder Matt Mullenweg says he usually sees 400 to 600 blog post defections from Tumblr per hour. But that figure apparently skyrocketed after news of the deal surfaced ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635671/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:54 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635671/scat/d805653303cbbba8 revenue per visitor of $57.60 during the first quarter , mobile analyst Horace Dediu said Monday in his Asymco blog. The number of visitors rose by 7 percent from the prior year's first quarter. As such, the average revenue per Apple store reached $13 million for the quarter, the highest number ever for a non-holiday quarter, Dediu noted. The average number of visitors per store hit 250,000 ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635672/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:53 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635672/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON -; The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634354/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:47:41 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634354/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The BBC Trust's report (PDF) was published today and followed up on early summaries in 2008 and 2010. This is the first time that the online services have been reviewed together. Overall the appraisal was that the BBC is a popular source for news and telly, but could be easier to navigate. The BBC has a target to reach 65 percent of the UK online population by 2014. It is on its way, but so ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635335/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44:49 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635335/scat/d805653303cbbba8 . In comparison, Samsung's Galaxy S4 can now be picked up from £552.00 SIM-free, while Apple's cheapest iPhone 5 is priced at £529.00. The website is also selling the handset on two year pay monthly contracts with T-Mobile and Vodafone, with the cheapest tariff priced at £37 a month. This will get buyers a free Nokia Lumia 925 handset, 600 minutes, unlimited texts and ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635336/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:44:48 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635336/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Along with its billion-dollar intent to purchase Tumblr, Yahoo finds a new home for official blog -- and tries to drive home the message that all will be ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634378/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:33 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634378/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CHICAGO (AP) -- Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create an online food ordering service covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634969/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:32 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634969/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lem concluded we should abandon analysis for creative activity (Image: Aleksander Jalosinski/Forum/Reuters/Corbis) WHEN Germany occupied Poland during the second world war, a young Pole was scratching a living under false papers as a car mechanic. The man, Stanislaw Lem, who was to become one of world's most famous science fiction writers, used to "mend" German vehicles so they ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635337/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:20:52 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214635337/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Along with its billion-dollar intent to purchase Tumblr, Yahoo finds a new home for official blog -- and tries to drive home the message that all will be ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634283/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:21 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634283/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) LG Display is preparing to demonstrate a new, flexible smartphone panel that promises to be unbreakable. The new screen is set to pop up at the Society for Information Display's annual ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634284/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:15 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634284/scat/d805653303cbbba8 longstanding brothers, the Iconia W8 and the Iconia W7 tablets, the Iconia W3 is featured on the product webpages at www.acer.fi despite never having been previously announced or launched. Upon asking an Acer representative what was going on, we were told the firm "does not comment on products that have not been launched", and it seems that it doesn't comment on products that ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634107/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634107/scat/d805653303cbbba8 and Google chairman Eric Schmidt is set to meet with British prime minister David Cameron, just as Google is embroiled in another UK tax avoidance row. Ever since Schmidt gave up his CEO post at Google to become chairman, he has been busy meeting politicians on Google's behalf. His latest stint of glad-handing will occur this week ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634106/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634106/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel saw its GPU shipments fall while AMD's remained flat overall and Nvidia posted an increase despite falling PC shipments. As Intel's reliance on the PC industry has been revealed with falling PC sales, the firm's GPU chip sales have also declined. According to analyst firm Jon Peddie Research, Intel's GPU shipment figures are down 5.3 percent from last year, while ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634105/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:29 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634105/scat/d805653303cbbba8 This Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, photo, shows a sign in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633952/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:41:21 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633952/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Facebook and Twitter. Karp told the paper such things "really poison a whole community".The son of a composer and a teacher who separated when he was 17, Karp grew up on Manhattan's upper west side. He was building websites for businesses by the age of 11, and his interest in computing was sparked by the work of animation house Frederator Studios. Homeschooled from the age of 15, ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:06 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634108/scat/d805653303cbbba8 IDG News Service - Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier this month, recalling how he and his colleagues looked and dressed when they went to work at the cluster of modern, low-slung ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:00 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634047/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Anadarko Petroleum as chief executive, filling the post vacated by co-founder Aubrey McClendon.Lawler, who is senior vice president of international and deep-water operations at Anadarko Petroleum, will join Chesapeake on June 17, the company said.McClendon's departure on April 1 came after a tumultuous year in which a series of Reuters investigations led to civil and criminal probes of the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:52 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK: Yahoo! geared up for a major announcement Monday said to be a $1.1 billion deal to take over popular blogging platform Tumblr, a move that could bring a younger, hipper audience to the struggling Internet pioneer. The deal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, if confirmed would be the largest for Yahoo! ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634109/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:27:25 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634109/scat/d805653303cbbba8 India PC shipments rose by 7.5 per cent to 2.71 million units in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said. The branded desktops witnessed execution of a few large deals, primarily in BFSI, IT and government verticals, supporting the overall commercial growth in Q1 2013, IDC said. However, consumer market remained largely ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:27:24 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo announced Monday that it will pay $1.1B cash to purchase Tumblr, a blogging service that says it has massed more than 50 billion posts from 108 million blogs. (Fred ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633302/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:55 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633302/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo has announced its acquisition of blogging website Tumblr, following a string of rumours. Although the news was expected to be announced at a New York press event this evening, Yahoo has already announced that it will acquire Tumblr for a cool $1.1bn in ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:19:46 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Julian Assange has revealed some instant messages from Britain's espionage agency, GCHQ, which discuss the possibility of the Swedish sex scandal being a "fit-up". Julian Assange is wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault in Sweden. He believes it is part of a ploy that would ultimately see him extradited to the United States, where he could be detained. ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:19:35 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr , tens of thousands of Tumblr users have already cast a vote of no-confidence in the deal by migrating to WordPress, according to WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg. Evidently Yahoo's ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:10 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214634113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Ford has let us poke around its 3D Cave automatic virtual environment (CAVE), a simulated cavern where vehicles are designed and tested digitally to increase manufacturing efficiency while reducing the costs of building physical prototypes. Based at Ford's research and development centre just down the road from the firm's production line in Cologne, Germany, CAVE acts as "an ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632905/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632905/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft is going to launch its next generation Xbox console tomorrow. The firm has been revving up its hype machine for weeks and rumours about the console have been swirling for months. It was codenamed Durango and apparently one was for sale on eBay, but now it seems that the next generation Microsoft games console will be named the Xbox 720. A countdown to the Xbox 720 launch is slowly ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632904/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:30 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632904/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Passbook feature for iOS 6, you can get passes -- electronic tickets, boarding passes, coupons, loyalty cards and the like -- from other sources. Businesses that do not have their own stand-alone iOS apps can ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632906/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:34:12 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632906/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Commuters who manage to make it from southwest Connecticut to New York City for work should consider staying in the Big Apple all week as crews begin rebuilding 2,000 feet of track following a commuter ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632694/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:29:29 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632694/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to founder Michael ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632907/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:27 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632907/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW DELHI: A barely-masked populist move by the Rajasthan government, just six months ahead of the assembly elections, is giving hope to Indian tablet makers who see an opportunity to increase their share in the country's fast-growing tablet market. Last week, the Congress government in Rajasthan, led by Chief ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:26 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 India PC shipments rose by 7.5 per cent to 2.71 million units in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said. The branded desktops witnessed execution of a few large deals, primarily in BFSI, IT and government verticals, supporting the overall commercial growth in Q1 2013, IDC said. However, consumer market remained largely ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632910/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:25 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632910/scat/d805653303cbbba8 UK's famous parliamentary committee hearings, though they really can't do much to change laws or take punitive action, can sure make headlines and influence public opinion. Unlike Indian JPCs, UK MPs are known for being rather acerbic at times. It was a parliamentary committee that ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632909/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:28:25 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632909/scat/d805653303cbbba8 James Bond's geiger counter wristwatch from hit movie Thunderball has turned up following years of mystery about its whereabouts after it was found at a car boot sale. The prop, one of the many gadgets used by 007 during his half century on-screen - was key to the plot of the film as it helped the secret agent locate stolen atomic weapons during underwater scenes in the 1965 film. The ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632122/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:13 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632122/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon May 20, 2013 7:47am EDT * Dell says board to evaluate if Icahn's offer is "superior" * Says Icahn affiliates have made number of requests for information * Company has asked for details on Icahn's proposed offer May 20 (Reuters) - Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632812/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:47:50 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214632812/scat/d805653303cbbba8 >Editor's note: Meg Urry is the Israel Munson professor of physics and astronomy and chairwoman of the department of physics at Yale University, where she is the director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics.(CNN) -- On Wednesday, NASA officials announced a serious problem with the Kepler satellite, the world's most successful planet-finding machine. Since its launch four years ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633942/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:02 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214633942/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Reuters © Liu Tienan, then head of the National Energy Administration and deputy chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attends a news conference about Spring Festival transport in Beijing in this January 8, 2012 file photograph. The latest bureaucrat to fall from grace thanks to the Internet was Liu Tienan, sacked from his job last week as deputy chief ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631136/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:43:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631136/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Jolla announced the first smartphone to run its Salifish mobile operating system (OS) on Monday, ahead of its European release later this year. Despite us thinking the firm had named the phone "The Movement" as if it was a rapper or wrestler, the phone apparently is named, somewhat confusingly, Jolla. Its specifications are a bit more straightforward though, with the handset boasting a ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631759/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:42:50 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631759/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Computerworld - Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631635/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:16 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631635/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nowhere is the opulence of Old Hollywood more palpable than on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. Arching just inside the front gate is an eight-story rainbow. This grand $1.6 million sculpture, a condition of a lot expansion, rose last year and became a symbolic link between past glories - "The Wizard of Oz" was filmed here - and current ones. Years of cutbacks have taken the shine ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631760/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:29:10 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631760/scat/d805653303cbbba8 MUMBAI Stricter norms and higher rejection rate of work permits have pushed up the visa-related cost of country's second largest software services company, Infosys by more than 50% to Rs 308 crore in 2012-13 fiscal. According to Infosys' Annual Report 2012-13 , the company's overseas travel expenses included visa charges of Rs 308 crore for year 2012-13. Compared to visa charges of ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631761/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:29:07 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631761/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Breitling watch was picked up for 25 but is now to be sold by Christie's in London with an estimated price of up to 60,000.The Top Time model by the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631435/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:27:00 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631435/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631763/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:15 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631763/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Connective is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631762/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:15 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214631762/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:36 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630908/scat/d805653303cbbba8 More profit Tumblr may add a few percentage points in quarterly revenue in the next year, and potentially a few drops of profit, but not enough to move the needle unless the service continues its user growth rate and increasing rate of revenue growth. The real profit will come as Tumblr scales and improves its ad targeting, which Yahoo's technology can help nurture. In addition, Tumblr ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630902/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:36 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630902/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo has revealed that its Japanese users might have had their data stolen. Yahoo Japan sent out a wooly note saying that many of its users might possibly have had their personal data compromised, but stopped short of actually confirming it. Yahoo is playing the safe, not sorry, game. Yahoo Japan warned users that an unauthorised attempt to access its admin systems could have exposed 22 ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630647/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:45:54 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630647/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sony's UK store and we're still greeted with the message that the tablet will be available "at the end of March", but this is likely to be updated any minute now. For those looking to order the tablet, Sony is offering 16GB and 32GB WiFi models priced at £399 and £449, respectively, while a 16GB LTE 4G model is available for £499. O2 will also be offering ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630646/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:45:54 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630646/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple's iPhone and iPad have received security approval from the US Department of Defense (DoD), following in the footsteps of Samsung and Blackberry. Earlier this ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630648/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:45:53 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630648/scat/d805653303cbbba8 its new audio line . Like other headsets in this line, the Plyr1 (pronounced "player one") is designed for casual gamers. At $180, it's more expensive than rivals, but it does offer a few advantages. For starters, the headset is wireless, which means no cables snaking across the floor. This allows you to roam while playing without fear of tripping over or pulling out a cable (a ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630649/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:55 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630649/scat/d805653303cbbba8 US immigration bill is one such headwind, and we are closely watching it, Chandrasekaran told ET Now. "We need to see how these things develop. We should be ready to change in the way we position our business model," he said. With technology becoming increasingly relevant for every business, Chandrasekaran feels that TCS has had a good run as a company. "I have always maintained ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630650/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:32:51 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630650/scat/d805653303cbbba8 ZTE India posted a small rate of growth, realising revenues of $700 million, around half the $1.5 billion it received in 2009, a write up in the state run China Daily titled "ZTE banks Indian telecom market" ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:32:50 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630651/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft is set to make a splash this week 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 $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 in a shifting market. Gamers are gravitating to online ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630652/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:32:49 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630652/scat/d805653303cbbba8 If you drive down I-15 past State Highway 160 in Beaver, Utah, you'll see a 30-foot-tall silo with white letters that spell out "Blu." Next to it is a truck stop. It is no ordinary truck stop. The silo contains liquefied natural gas (LNG) chilled to -200 F and ready to fuel specially outfitted 18-wheelers. The facility is owned by Blu Transfuels, a partnership between ENN, one of ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630653/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:30:12 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630653/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the French backed Junta which took control of the English colony of Virginia is desperate to populate its Big Brother databases on its citizens using its award winning "no taxation without representation" laws. A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, claiming that they seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans under the ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630656/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:25:51 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630656/scat/d805653303cbbba8 of German researchers from the Fraunhofer Instiute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has come up with a new technique to boost wi-fi speeds, much like MW-50 injection on interceptor variants of Kurt Tank’s FW-190. Their technology uses what they simply call "better hardware" and it works on a high radio frequency of 240GHz. It can deliver speeds up to 40GB/s to a distance ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630654/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:25:49 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214630654/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Youtube has been serving its clips of animals, planking, people falling over and monkeys in sheepskin coats for eight years. The video streaming website launched eight years ago with a single video. Now, 100 hours of video are uploaded per minute. "When Youtube's site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire, inform and ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:49:28 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629110/scat/d805653303cbbba8 its fully immersed liquid cooled server system that's in operation at the University of Leeds. Using a non-conductive liquid, the liquid cooling system has a low dielectric constant such that, as far as the electronics inside are concerned the liquid acts like air, meaning the electronics can be submerged in it. However, as there are no fans or moving parts needed to pump the liquid around ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:49:27 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629111/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google executive-turned-whistleblower says he has 100,000 emails that expose an "immoral" tax avoidance scheme used by his former employer, that has "cheated" British taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:42 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629112/scat/d805653303cbbba8 that Huawei and ZTE are dumping their products on the European market. If the EU takes action against the two, then they could lose their most important trading partner. Chinese exports of goods to the 27-member bloc reached $372 billion last year but cheap capital for these Chinese companies creates a distorted playing field, De Gucht said. Huawei denied it had broken any rules, claimed that ... http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629113/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:35 -0400 http://www.sacramentosun.com/index.php/sid/214629113/scat/d805653303cbbba8