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HTC to Change Its Bootloader Policies

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation might alter the bootloader locking policy it is currently applying to some of its handsets, and which already made a lot of users unhappy. The company has been long locking the bootloaders on its devices, so as to prevent users from installing custom ROMs on them. Thi...

25 May 2011
01:58 GMT

WP Marketplace Policies Changed, App Publishing Made Easier

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has just announced a series of changes brought to the Windows Phone Marketplace policies and technical requirements, which should translate into making the application publishing process much simpler than before. According to the company, the new changes are meant to offer a be...

7 May 2011
12:31 GMT

Climate Skeptics Humiliated at Their Own Game

Those with an interest to say that global warming is not happening were dealt a tremendous blow on March 31. A scientist that they themselves funded to prove their point bowed down to the evidence, and testified in front of Congress that past researches validating the phenomena were true. Dr. Richard Muller is a prof...

5 April 2011
03:34 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements Updated

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft has just released updated Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements, in an attempt to make things clearer, more efficient and more transparent for all application developers interested in the company's platform. The WP7 App Certification Requirements include a...

30 October 2010
03:35 GMT

Microsoft Updates Windows Phone Marketplace Policies

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft recently announced a series of changes made to the Windows Phone Marketplace policies. According to the company, the new set of policies are set to govern the submission and certification process for applications meant for Windows Phone, and should attract more developers to it...

8 June 2010
04:46 GMT

Census Preview Shows 5,000 Aquatic Species

For the last ten years or so, a large international group of researchers, featuring marine biologists, oceanographers and so on, has been involved in one of the largest reviews ever. The goal of the investigation is to produce new scientific data to explain things such as the diversity of marine species, their distri...

19 February 2010
05:59 GMT

Google Apps for Mobile Features New Administrative Controls

Mountain View-based company Google has recently announced that it has included new administrative controls in its Google Apps for mobile (available on the iPhone, Nokia, and Windows Mobile devices). According to the developing team, the new features are meant to offer administrators the possibility to manage the han...

5 February 2010
03:27 GMT

Tobacco Companies Shaped EU Policies Favoring Their Profits

Experts at the University of Bath, working together with colleagues from the University of Edinburgh, have recently established that the current, economy-oriented approach of European Union policies was heavily influenced by tobacco companies such as British American Tobacco. The end-result was a set of instruments f...

12 January 2010
07:00 GMT

Governments Hinder Innovation

While visiting the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010, held in Las Vegas, the United States first chief technology officer was told that governments often acted as a block in the path of innovation. While also receiving praise for the role that America played in the field of science and technology, Aneesh Chopra wa...

8 January 2010
16:01 GMT

Genetic-Screening Guidelines to Prevent Bioterrorism

Over recent years, synthetic-biology companies have become capable of producing very accurate and valid scientific results when it comes to genetic screening. These improvements have allowed them to enter the market, providing customers of all types with the data they need. But, with this ability has also come a new ...

5 December 2009
04:52 GMT

Obama Urged to Allow Offshore Drilling

Former President Bush apparently left office before he could do “right” by all his supporters, as proven by the fact that only yesterday Republican senators urged President Barack Obama to resume the proceedings on an offshore drilling plan, meant to last for the next few years. The politicians also asked...

5 February 2009
04:04 GMT


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