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Update to address Windows 8 confusion will be free

In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, file photo, Steven Sinofsky, then-president of the Microsoft Windows group, delivers his presentation at the launch of Microsoft Windows 8, in New York. On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, Microsoft announced it is preparing an update to Windows 8 for release later this year. It says the changes are designed to address complaints and confusion with the new operating system. AP photo

A planned Windows 8 update to address complaints and confusion with Microsoft’s new operating system will be made available for free this year, the company said Tuesday.

Posted: May 15th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

How international cyber thieves did it

In this Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 file photo, a person inserts a debit card into an ATM machine in Pittsburgh. A gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday, May 9, 2013. AP FILE PHOTO/Gene J. Puskar

Global hackers stole $45 million in cash from 27 countries using thousands of ATMs in two separate assaults. In one, on Dec. 22, hackers grabbed $5 million from 20 countries. On Feb. 19, they made off with $40 million in 24 countries worldwide.

Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

New player Lenovo Mobile eyes big chunk of smartphone market in PH

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The Philippine smartphone market posted the highest growth in Southeast Asia in the first quarter of the year, at 402 percent, and it is seen to continue expanding in the coming years.

Posted: April 19th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Inquirer EX Twitter account hacked

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Inquirer EX (@InquirerEX), the official Twitter account for marketing of INQUIRER.net, was hacked Wednesday afternoon.

Posted: April 10th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Internet,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Facebook unveils ‘Home’ for Android phones

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, April 4, 2013. Zuckerberg says the company is not building a phone or an operating system. Rather, Facebook is introducing a new experience for Android phones. The idea behind the new Home service is to bring content right to you, rather than require people to check apps on the device. AP Photo

With its new “Home” on Android gadgets, Facebook aims to put its social network at the center of people’s mobile experiences.

Posted: April 5th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos,Social Media | Read More »

Blackberry makes a comeback

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Blackberry, the frontrunner of smartphones only six years ago, before it was dislodged by Apple and Android, makes a comeback with a redesigned look and user interface (UI) that’s finally attuned with the times.

Posted: March 31st, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Cagayan de Oro ‘photopreneur’ snags Microsoft’s Upgrade My Business promo

The winners of the Microsoft Upgrade My Business promo receive a free copy of the New Microsoft Office, a Windows 8 laptop, and a one-year subscription to Globe Tattoo Plan 999. They are also entitled to a mentorship program with top names in the entrepreneurship industry. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

After flunking art class, doing part time work as a janitor while in high school and being rejected by the college camera club and school paper, Glenn Palacio’s dream of becoming an international fashion and advertising photographer is finally starting to take shape.

Posted: March 24th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Gadgets,Headlines,Infotech,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Pope Francis’ first tweet matches Angelus call: ‘Pray for me’

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Pope Francis issued his first tweet on Sunday shortly after performing his first Angelus prayer, with a consistent message: “Pray for me.”

Posted: March 17th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

QCPD chief finds cops too hooked on Facebook

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They better click the “like” button on his order—then log out immediately. Saying a lawman’s time is better spent chasing criminals than making “friends” or hunting down virtual villains on the Net, the head of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has barred his people from accessing social networking sites like Facebook and playing interactive games while on duty.

Posted: March 16th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos,Social Media | Read More »

Online museum project unearths Van Dyck masterpiece

A woman looks at the painting entitled "Jupiter and Antiope" by Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck during the exhibition "El joven Van Dyck" (The young Van Dyck) at El Prado museum in Madrid on November 16, 2012. AFP/DOMINIQUE FAGET

A filthy oil painting locked away in a museum in the northeast of England was on Saturday revealed to be an original masterpiece by Van Dyck.

Posted: March 9th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting tech system

This Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 photo shows a detail of a video wall that shows New York city police officers an interactive map of the area, security footage from nearby cameras, locations where high radiation levels are detected and whether any other threats have been made in New York. The Domain Awareness System, known as “the dashboard,” instantaneously mines data from the NYPD’s vast collection of arrest records, 911 calls, more than 3,000 security cameras city-wide, license plate readers and portable radiation detectors and aggregates it into a user-friendly, readable form. AP/Mary Altaffer

An emergency call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security cameras, whether there are high radiation levels and whether any other threats have been made against the city.

Posted: February 21st, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

NASA rover preps for 1st test of drilled Mars rock

This undated image provided by NASA shows powdered rock in the scoop of the Mars rover Curiosity. The six-wheel rover collected the sample after drilling into a Martian rock. The next step is to transfer a portion to its onboard laboratories for analysis. Curiosity landed in August 2012 to study whether the environment was hospitable for microbes. AP/NASA

Fresh off drilling into a rock for the first time, the Mars rover Curiosity is prepping for the next step: dissecting the pulverized rock to determine what it’s made of.

Posted: February 21st, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos,Science and Research | Read More »

Space likely for rare earths search, scientists say

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The quest for rare earths vital to some of modern life’s most indispensable technologies may see mining robots jet to the stars within decades, a world-first conference in Australia was told Wednesday.

Posted: February 20th, 2013 in Featured Gallery,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Science and Research | Read More »

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