A team of Android programmers has raised a $7m (£4.3m) investment to turn their hobby project into a rival to Google’s phone operating system.
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Blackberry reveals date BBM messaging will go to rivals
From this weekend, users will no longer need to own a Blackberry device to access its BBM messaging service.
How to work without Microsoft Office
By Shira Ovide
The NSA surveillance machine grew too big
By Matt Apuzzo
Canadian’s phone ‘scares off’ polar bear attacker
A Canadian reportedly had a lucky escape as a polar bear mauling him was apparently scared off by the light from the man’s mobile phone.
James Webb telescope: ‘First starlight’ instrument complete
Europe has reached another milestone in its contribution to Hubble’s successor – the James Webb Space Telescope.
Virgin spaceship passes technical milestone
What looks like being the world’s first commercial space plane has just passed another technical milestone.
Nasa’s LADEE Moon probe lifts off
By Jonathan Amos
Samsung beats Apple, unveils smartwatch
Samsung beat competitor Apple in the race to introduce a smartwatch. India will be one of the first 129 countries where the wearable device will be available on September 25.
UISCs turned digitisation into part and parcel of common life
The digitisation process has created an irreversible social renaissance for progress making civic life dependant on online digital services and facilities easing civic life everywhere in recent years.
Mystery mummy found in German attic
German police, prosecutors and forensics experts are facing a mystery after a 10-year-old boy found a human mummy in a sarcophagus in a corner of his grandparents’ attic.
How hackers can grab your car
With AAA predicting the biggest Labor Day travel weekend since the recession hit, many Americans will be stealing away for that final summer trip. Unfortunately, they won’t be the only ones stealing.
A glimpse into the future of robotic technology
By Eurasia Review
Faulty ‘switch’ may trigger schizophrenia
LONDON — Researchers say delusions and other symptoms of schizophrenia may be caused by a faulty “switch” in the brain, preventing people from knowing what’s real.
Xbox One team courts indie developers
Microsoft is offering free Xbox One development kits to approved video games makers to encourage small teams to make titles for its forthcoming console.
Laraki Epitome 1,100-hp supercar revealed
Founded in Morocco but now based in California, Laraki Motors unveiled the Laraki Epitome at Pebble Beach. Powered by a reworked 7-liter V-8, the $2 million Epitome can deliver anywhere from 1,100 hp to 1,750 hp — and designer Abdesslam…
3 futuristic car technologies
The recent Hyperloop announcement by Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ) CEO Elon Musk has spurred a lot of conversation about the future of travel. But while Hyperloop technology may be years away, some really cool car technology is already on the…
Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight
A University of Colorado Boulder research team has moved closer to what some call the Holy Grail of a sustainable hydrogen economy — splitting water with sunlight.
Cell phone drivers not associated to accident
Researchers have found no link between the number of drivers making phone calls while on the road and the number of accidents recorded.
First talking robot ‘Kirobo’ sent into space
Japan has launched the world’s first talking robot into space to serve as companion to astronaut Kochi Wakata who will begin his mission in November.
7 technologies can include in your next car
If Back to the Future II got it right, by 2015 flying cars will be whizzing across the skyways of America — in towns even as sleepy as Hill Valley. In reality, the marketplace won’t have a Hovercraft in two…
SIM card protection can prevent hijacking of phones
Vulnerability in the security key that protects the card could allow eavesdropping on phone conversations, fraudulent purchases, or impersonation of the handset’s owner, a security researcher warns.
Robots to revolutionize farming
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, refrigerator-sized contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered with the software on a laptop to ensure the…
1st solar impulse plane started journey
The Solar Impulse plane has landed at New York’s JFK airport, completing the final leg of a journey across the US on solar power alone.
NASA astronauts to Spacewalk || watch it live
Two astronauts will work outside the International Space Station for 6 1/2 hours on Tuesday, and you can follow all the free-floating action live.
Computer problems restrict UK flights
The number of aircraft flying and taking off in southern England has been restricted because of air traffic control computer problems.
Telescopic contact lenses
The contact-lens-and-spectacles combination magnifies scene details by 2.8 times.
Robot World Cup tropy goes to Germany
ROBOTS REPRESENTING GERMANY have triumphed in this years medium sized Robocup, a sporting competition for, well, medium sized robots.
Wanna ‘unwrap’ a mummy by yourself?
A museum in Sweden will digitise its mummy collection in 3D to allow visitors to unwrap a real mummy in digital form.
‘Artificial Pancreas’ a major step towards diabetes
Doctors h Doctors are reporting a major step toward an “artificial pancreas,” a device that would constantly monitor blood sugar in people with diabetes and automatically supply insulin as needed. A key component of such a system — an insulin…