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Facebook adds voluntary authentication step to prevent illicit access of users’ account

Facebook adds voluntary authentication step to prevent illicit access of users’ account

Facebook, the popular social networking site, added a voluntary authentication step to its login process to help millions of its users to prevent illicit access to their personal accounts. Login Approvals, the latest feature for login security, is a form of two-factor verification that adds a step to the fundamental verification of username and password. [...]

Google’s Chromebook to be offered next month

Google’s Chromebook to be offered next month

Google’s latest line of laptops called Chromebook, made by Acer and Samsung Electronics, will be offered in June, furthering the effort of the company into computer hardware. The latest line of laptops, which will run the Chrome operating system of Google, will be available online in June 15 in the United Kingdom, the United States, [...]

Survey shows 7.5 M children use Facebook despite of its official veto

Survey shows 7.5 M children use Facebook despite of its official veto

A new survey released by Consumer Reports showed that as many as 7.5 million children, which are below 13 years old, are using Facebook in spite of the official veto of the company. The survey also revealed that 5 million of those children were below the age of ten years old. According to Consumer Reports’ [...]

Microsoft settling deal to acquire Skype for $8 B

Microsoft settling deal to acquire Skype for $8 B

The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft is settling a transaction to purchase Skype for as much as $8 billion. The reports from The Wall Street Journal stated that an agreement between Microsoft and Skype can be released as early as Tuesday. Moreover, people familiar with the matter said that the agreement is projected to [...]

Sony plans to bring back PSN before month ends

Sony plans to bring back PSN before month ends

According to Sony, it plans to completely bring back its PlayStation Network (PSN) before the month ends after shutting it down due to enormous infringement happened last April. Satoshi Fukuoka, Sony Computer Entertainment’s spokesperson, stated on Tuesday that investigation into a previous attacked of hacker on the company’s network is constant. However, Fukuoka refused to [...]

NASA to set Endeavor’s final launch on May 16

NASA to set Endeavor’s final launch on May 16

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated that the space shuttle Endeavor’s final launch will set on May 16 to ship a pioneering physics experiment worth $2 billion. In addition, NASA was almost four hours away from lifting off the Endeavor on its 25th and last mission on April 29 when a heater in [...]

New report shows iOS 5 of Apple to receive future updates for both Verizon, AT&T’s iPhones

New report shows iOS 5 of Apple to receive future updates for both Verizon, AT&T’s iPhones

A new report showed that the iOS 5 of Apple may receive future updates over the air for both iPhones of Verizon Wireless and AT&T. According to 9to5Mac, Apple-centric blog, the next version of the company’s mobile operating system will feature iOS updates over the air. Both Verizon Wireless and AT&T are said to be [...]

NASA commemorates 50th Anniversary of US’s first manned spaceflight

NASA commemorates 50th Anniversary of US’s first manned spaceflight

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the first manned spaceflight in the United States on Thursday. The celebration also showed a time-synchronize multimedia replay of the significant event held at the same launch pad that was employed on May 5, 1961 by late Alan B. Shepard. The video and [...]

Nissan Motor to design, provide cab for NYC in 2013

Nissan Motor to design, provide cab for NYC in 2013

Nissan Motor was selected to design and provide a cab for New York City and Limousine Commission, the biggest cab fleet in the United States, beginning in late 2013. The Nissan taxi, a customized version of NV200 compact vehicle of the company already available in China, Europe and Japan, will be manufactured at the factory [...]

IHS iSuppli report Apple to gain 76% of all mobile apps profits

IHS iSuppli report Apple to gain 76% of all mobile apps profits

A new report from IHS iSuppli showed that Apple, maker of iPhones and iPads, will gain 76 percent of all mobile application profits this year. IHS, a research company, is expecting the profits of App Store of the company for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone applications to swell to $2.91 billion in 2011, up from [...]