Steve Wozniak Finds iOS And Android ‘Generally The Same’

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, knows his electronics well. The sixty-two year old Apple computer whiz has owned his share of Android and iOS products. However, Woz certainly wasn’t impressed by the Cupertino based company’s latest handset – iPhone 5; one he had to get from Australia. He stated that the differences between iOS and Android are minimal, certainly a stunning remark coming from the Apple co-founder himself.

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Portuguese Made Copying Music And Movies From Internet Legal

In the beginning of 2011, a Portuguese local anti-piracy organisation named Audiovisual, Cultural and Entertainment Trade Association (in short, ACAPOR) lodged a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against around 2000 web users who used peer-to-peer (P2P) websites to share movies and stuff which was absolutely illegal. But after reviewing the complaint, now after a little more than one year, Portuguese prosecutors have ruled last Wednesday (September 26) that file sharing is legal in the Iberian country if the copyrighted material is downloaded for personal use.

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MIT Built A Real-time Indoor Mapping System For Firefighters’ Rescue Work

Computer scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) claim that they’ve built a wearable piece of gear called SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) that can map a building in real time with the aid of a Microsoft Kinect, a laser range finder and a laptop. It is specially being created for firefighters and other first responders reacting to an emergency.

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Tech Giant Like HP, Microsoft, Apple, Google Dodging Taxes With Offshore Business

U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found and later reported on Thursday, September 20 that the Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp. and other multinational corporations have hoaxed $billions taxes by shifting profits offshore and taking advantage of weak, ambiguous sections of the tax code. Will the presented report be able to reduce dodging billions of dollars in taxes each year with potentially illegal schemes to move the company’s profits offshore?

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Ever Imagined A Digital Dinosaur? It’s Waiting In Kickstarter!

Kickstarter projects are gaining popularity to people. People appreciate the projects and therefore open their wallets for funding. Now, a new and an interesting project named “Digital Dinosaur: Dryptosaurus” is seeking fund through Kickstarter. Award winning Paleoartist Tyler Keillor wants to create a most realistic, accurate, and up to date life-reconstruction of the predatory dinosaur, Dryptosaurus. Keillor will use the latest paleontological information as the foundation for his creation, and later paleontologist Steve Brusatte will review his work for accuracy.

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Can This Wearable Computer Make It To Our Wrists By 2020?

With the pace at which technology is becoming a critical part of our lives, it is no wonder that we see new tablet, smartphone or computer designs every other day. And, our hunger for something new, something more is increasing exponentially. At this pace, even the thinnest, slickest smartphones may fail to satiate our hunger in the coming days. Does is mean that devices such as this wearable Sony computer envisioned by a designer are inevitable?

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Amazon Is Accepting Pre-order Of New Apple Devices And BestBuy Offering Discount On MacBook

Amazon is accepting pre-order of Apple’s new iPod Touch (5th Generation), Nanos (7th Generation) and Shuffles (5th Generation). Recently, the online shopping giant has launched its pre-order pages. The pre-ordered devices will be shipped within 2 to 5 weeks. Amazon most probably will start shipping when Apple will start sales in some states.

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Samsung Series 9 900X3C 13.3-Inch Ultrabook

Samsung’s latest Series 9 Ultrabook is now available in the market. This beautiful ultra-thin laptop with a thickness of 0.5-inch weighs 2.55 pounds only. The design is amazingly smooth, and offers fast computing experience. Check more in the specifications.

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