Toshiba says stops making LCD TVs in Japan
Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it has halted domestic production of LCD televisions in the face of price falls. The decision by Japan’s leading chip maker to stop producing LCD TVs domestically follows a similar decision by Hitachi Ltd as Japanese firms struggle to manage with a strong yen. (Reuters) More...
Viacom, Time Warner Cable reach iPad views settlement
Viacom Inc, the parent of MTV and Comedy Central, has settled lawsuits with Time Warner Cable Inc over whether cable subscribers may watch shows on mobile devices such as Apple Inc’s iPad. The accord means More...
Google makes search ‘more human’
Google has revamped its search engine in an attempt to offer instant answers to search questions. A new function, the Knowledge Graph, will make the site’s algorithms act “more human”, the site More...
Robotic arm controlled by thought
Two patients in the United States who are paralysed from the neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. It allowed one to drink unaided for the first time in nearly 15 years. The technique, More...
Virgin Atlantic allows in-flight calls
Passengers flying with Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using their personal mobile devices. Only six people will be allowed to talk at once, and phones will More...
Flipboard starts integrating audio into its app
Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, has started integrating audio into its app for Apple’s hand-held devices. The move makes it the first mobile reader of its kind to do so. Flipboard’s partners More...
New wedding web app connects guests before the big day
Planning a wedding? A new web app lets the bride and groom-to-be create a social website that connects guests with each other before the big day. Called Weduary, the web app provides a simple way of creating a modern-looking More...
AMD unveils Trinity processors
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched its new Trinity processor family boasting “twice the performance per watt” of its earlier Llano chips. Like Intel’s rival Ivy Bridge release, the update More...