iPhone 5 users are Europe's biggest data consumers

iPhone 5 users are Europe's biggest data consumers
Apple cuts LCD panel orders for iPhone 5 on weak demand: Nikkei
Websense names CEO; states prelim fourth quarter results
5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week
The Most Blinged-Out iPhone Cases and Headphones Spotted at CES 2013
HTC seeks Myanmar edge with local font phones
Women pry open door to video game industry's boys' club
France's Iliad behind on mobile network deployment: paper
ShaqDown tops Android Games of the Week
Oracle updates Java, security experts say bugs remain
Reddit co-founder dies in NY weeks before trial
Swartz' death fuels debate over computer crime
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Harsh Reaction After Aaron Swartz's Death Prompts MIT Investigation
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Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:12 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Users of Apple's iPhone 5, launched in September 2012, have the most voracious appetite for data in Europe, consuming on average more than four times the amount of a typical person still using a iPhone 3G, according to a study. Mobile data analysis firm Arieso examined more than 1 million smartphone users on European 3G networks over a 24 hour period to gauge data demand. ...

Apple cuts LCD panel orders for iPhone 5 on weak demand: Nikkei

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 07:38 PM PST

(Reuters) - Apple Inc has almost halved its order with suppliers of LCD panels for the iPhone 5 in the current quarter due to weak demand, the Nikkei reported on Monday. Apple has asked suppliers Japan Display Inc, Sharp Corp and South Korean company LG Display Co Ltd, to cut supply, down from an initial plan to order about 65 million units in the quarter, the Japanese daily said. ...

Websense names CEO; states prelim fourth quarter results

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 05:37 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jan 13 (Reuters) - Websense Inc has named John McCormack, president of the firm, as its new chief executive officer. The San Diego, California-based online security firm also released its preliminary fourth quarter 2012 results, indicating it expects revenues of $91.5 million to $92 million, versus guidance of $90 to $92 million, according to a company statement issued Sunday night. McCormack, who has been with Websense since 2006, was named president in 2009. He replaces Gene Hodges, who is retiring. ...

5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:05 AM PST

1. Dana Carvey sued his heart surgeon and gave the money to charity.

The Most Blinged-Out iPhone Cases and Headphones Spotted at CES 2013

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:30 PM PST

Minnie Mouse Headphones

HTC seeks Myanmar edge with local font phones

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 01:11 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Peter Chou, CEO of Taiwan smartphone company HTC Corp, will on Monday launch what he hopes will be a major boost to both a backward tech sector in Myanmar, his country of birth, and to his company's share of one of the few untapped mobile markets: a phone that locals can use out of the box. Until now, Chou says, Myanmarese users of mobile phones and computers must install fonts in their own language, a process that is cumbersome, often invalidates the device's warranty and has, he says, slowed innovation and the embrace of technology. ...

Women pry open door to video game industry's boys' club

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 08:49 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980s, she could count the number of female developers in the industry on one hand. Today, many "Women in Games" roundtables she attends are filled to capacity with new faces. The 46-year-old, sometimes referred to as the longest-serving woman in the video game arena, jokes that these days one can even encounter long lines for the ladies' room at the Game Developers Conference, one of the industry's largest gatherings. ...

France's Iliad behind on mobile network deployment: paper

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 11:33 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France's newest mobile operator Iliad has fallen behind schedule in building its mobile network, having installed 1,779 antennas by the end of 2012, short of its target of 2,500 antennas, Les Echos newspaper reported. The report is likely to spark criticism from Iliad's larger rivals - France Telecom, Vivendi's SFR, and Bouygues - which have at times accused the newcomer of not investing enough to build its network. ...

ShaqDown tops Android Games of the Week

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:21 PM PST

The new year continues with a lot of promise. Releases are generally slow, but when you have such bombastically silly games such as ShaqDown to top your weekly list, you wouldn't even notice! We've also got a great new twin stick LEGO game, a smartly written point and click adventure, a simple and small indie platformer with a big heart, the silliest Square Enix game of 2013 so far, and a Sonic the Hedgehog re-skin of Doodle Jump. Here are this week's top Android games!

Oracle updates Java, security experts say bugs remain

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 08:17 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing cyber crimes. The software maker released the update just days after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged PC users to disable the program because of bugs in the software that were being exploited to commit identity theft and other crimes. ...

Reddit co-founder dies in NY weeks before trial

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 05:52 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a Reddit co-founder is blaming prosecutors for his suicide just weeks before he was to go on trial on federal charges that he stole millions of scholarly articles.

Swartz' death fuels debate over computer crime

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 05:28 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Friday, struggled for years against a legal system that he felt had not caught up to the information age. Federal prosecutors had tried unsuccessfully to mount a case against him for publishing reams of court documents that normally cost a fee to download. He helped lead the campaign to defeat a law that would have made it easier to shut down websites accused of violating copyright protections.

New Corvette bursts onto the road after 9 years

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:53 PM PST

DETROIT (AP) — When General Motors engineers and designers started work on the next-generation Corvette, they drew up the usual requirements for the star of American muscle cars.

Harsh Reaction After Aaron Swartz's Death Prompts MIT Investigation

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:08 PM PST

After the initial emotional outpouring over Aaron Swartz's death, those close to Swartz are heaping the blame on MIT and the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office. One of those two will look at what role they may have played in Swartz's death.

Oracle updates Java, security expert says it still has bugs

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 03:01 PM PST

BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp released an emergency update to its widely used Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, days after the U.S. government urged PC users to disable the program because of a bug it said made computers vulnerable to attack by hackers. Java security expert Adam Gowdiak, who has discovered several bugs in the software over the past year, said that the update from Oracle leaves unfixed several critical security flaws. "We don't dare to tell users that it's safe to enable Java again," said Gowdiak, a researcher with Poland's Security Explorations. ...

4 gadgets that defined Vegas electronics show

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 08:11 AM PST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The world's largest gadget show wrapped up on Friday, and the organizers said it was the biggest ever, beating last year's record in terms of the floor space companies purchased to display their wares.