http://www.mail.com/subjects/1928-technology.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1928-technology.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763094-google-maps-return-to-iphone-with-mobile-app.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Maps has found its way back to the iPhone. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google Maps as the device's built-in navigation system and inserted its own map software into the lates... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763094-google-maps-return-to-iphone-with-mobile-app.html 2012-12-13T16:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764452-huge-dna-code-christmas-tree-revealed.html NEW YORK (AP) — To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a monster. We're talking about the conifer, the umbrella term for cone-bearing trees like the spruce, fir, pine, cypress and cedar. Apart from their Yuletide popularity, they play big roles in the lumber indus... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764452-huge-dna-code-christmas-tree-revealed.html 2012-12-13T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762738-mcafee-miami-deportation-guatemala.html MIAMI (AP) — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee told reporters outside his Miami Beach hotel that U.S. authorities have made no efforts to question him. McAfee left Guatemala and came to Miami Wednesday night after weeks of evading Belizean authorities who want to question him in a homicide. McAfee said he received "the warmest welcome of my life" fr... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762738-mcafee-miami-deportation-guatemala.html 2012-12-13T15:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763992-apple-e-book-publishers-eu-find-competition-deal.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's competition watchdog has accepted proposals by four publishers and Apple to end agreements that set retail prices for e-books — a practice the EU feared violated competition rules. The decision reached Thursday is legally binding on Hachette Livre; Harper Collins; Simon & Schuster; and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrin... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763992-apple-e-book-publishers-eu-find-competition-deal.html 2012-12-13T14:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764238-review-playstation-icons-join-battle-royale.html The holiday season is a good time to catch up with old friends. If you're an Xbox fan, you're probably getting reacquainted with galactic warrior Master Chief in his new adventure, "Halo 4." If you're a Nintendophile, you're probably frolicking with Mario on your new Wii U. Sony, meanwhile, has expanded its holiday guest list to invite nearly two decades ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1764238-review-playstation-icons-join-battle-royale.html 2012-12-13T14:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763284-senate-legislation-targets-cyberstalking-software.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For around $50, a jealous wife or husband can download software that can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse better than any private detective. It's frighteningly easy and effective in an age when nearly everyone carries a cellphone that can record every moment of a person's physical movements. But it soon might be illegal. Th... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763284-senate-legislation-targets-cyberstalking-software.html 2012-12-13T14:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763836-sprint-to-pay-21b-rest-clearwire.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion in a deal that would give it total control of the flailing company and also more space on the airwaves for data services. Sprint said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it's offering $2.90 per share for the 49 percent of the wireless network oper... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763836-sprint-to-pay-21b-rest-clearwire.html 2012-12-13T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763188-un-group-nod-greater-internet-oversight.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.N. conference weighing possible Internet rules shifted into a high-stakes showdown on Thursday after advancing a proposal for greater government oversight. The proposal was a blow to U.S.-led efforts to keep new regulations from touching the Net. The move frames the ideological divide at the 193-nation gathering in D... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763188-un-group-nod-greater-internet-oversight.html 2012-12-13T13:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763648-french-mobile-operators-hit-with-antitrust-fines.html PARIS (AP) — France's competition watchdog has slapped €183 million ($239 million) in fines on the country's two top mobile operators for anti-competitive pricing policies between 2005 and 2008. The Autorite de Concurrence said Thursday that Orange and SFR had abused their dominant market positions and hurt the country's number three operator, Bouygues Te... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763648-french-mobile-operators-hit-with-antitrust-fines.html 2012-12-13T10:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763474-google-belgian-papers-reach-accord-copyright.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Google says it has reached an agreement over copyright issues with a group of French-language Belgian newspapers, ending a six-year dispute. In a joint statement Thursday, Google and groups representing the papers and authors announced they had reached agreements to end legal proceedings and instead build business partnerships. The newspap... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763474-google-belgian-papers-reach-accord-copyright.html 2012-12-13T09:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763186-ny-agency-voting-using-smartphones-to-hail-cabs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Every New Yorker knows how to hail a yellow cab. The next step for some might be to "e-hail" a cab using a smartphone. Members of the city's Taxi & Limousine Commission are to vote Thursday on whether to allow people to nab a ride electronically. Downloaded apps would link customers with drivers. If t... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763186-ny-agency-voting-using-smartphones-to-hail-cabs.html 2012-12-13T06:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762852-10-arrested-international-cybercrime-ring.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten people have been arrested as part of an investigation into international cybercrime rings that steal millions of computer users' credit card, bank account and other personal information, the FBI said. Individuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, Britain and the U.S. were arrested in an operation car... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762852-10-arrested-international-cybercrime-ring.html 2012-12-13T00:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response." Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest all... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-13T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762016-mcafee-released-guatemala-flies-to-miami.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee was released from a detention center Wednesday and was escorted by immigration officials and police trucks to the Guatemala City airport, where he was put on a commercial flight bound for Miami. McAfee sat in a coach-class seat on the flight, which took off at midafternoon. The escort to the ai... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762016-mcafee-released-guatemala-flies-to-miami.html 2012-12-12T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762426-review-2-giant-phones-decent-size.html NEW YORK (AP) — Over the past few years, smartphones have gradually gotten bigger and tablet computers have gotten smaller. So it should come as no surprise that devices in between are starting to emerge. These Android devices, informally known as phablets, are better described as giant phones than baby tablets, as they can be used for phone calls. And fo... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762426-review-2-giant-phones-decent-size.html 2012-12-12T21:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760796-indy-to-replace-entire-fleet-with-electric-hybrid.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis is aiming to become the first major U.S. city to replace its entire fleet with environmentally friendly vehicles, in a move the mayor said is aimed at reducing the nation's reliance on foreign oil. Mayor Greg Ballard signed an executive order Wednesday requiring the city to replace its nearly 500 non-police sedans with ele... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760796-indy-to-replace-entire-fleet-with-electric-hybrid.html 2012-12-12T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761222-facebook-poised-to-roll-privacy-controls.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is trying to make its privacy controls easier to find and understand in an effort to turn the world's largest social network in to a more discreet place. The fine-tuning announced Wednesday will include several revisions that will start rolling out to Facebook's more than 1 billion users during the next few weeks and continue... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761222-facebook-poised-to-roll-privacy-controls.html 2012-12-12T15:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760634-pope-hits-1m-mark-tweets-dear-friends-.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and urging them to listen to Christ. In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, the 85-year-old Benedict tapped the screen of a tablet brought to him at the end of his general audience... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760634-pope-hits-1m-mark-tweets-dear-friends-.html 2012-12-12T14:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761232-un-group-to-pick-global-emergency-number.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators at a conference on U.N. telecommunications regulations say they've found one bit of common ground — how to call for help. Envoys from 193 nations will decide between 911 or 112 as a standard global emergency number for new generations of mobile phones and other devices. Wednesday's announcement marks a rare s... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761232-un-group-to-pick-global-emergency-number.html 2012-12-12T14:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760506-iran-copy-captured-cia-drone.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is now capable of manufacturing its own copies of an advanced CIA spy drone captured last year, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday. Avaz Heidarpour, a member of the parliament's national security committee, said experts have reverse-engineered the RQ-170 Sentinel drone, and Iran now is capable of launching a production line ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760506-iran-copy-captured-cia-drone.html 2012-12-12T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761048-dishonored-tops-diverse-year-video-games.html The video game universe in 2012 is a study in extremes. At one end, you have the old guard striving to produce mass-appeal blockbusters. At the other end, you have a thriving community of independent game developers scrambling to find an audience for their idiosyncratic visions. Can't we all just get along? Turns out, we can. For while... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761048-dishonored-tops-diverse-year-video-games.html 2012-12-12T13:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's missile program is a point of national pride, with state TV regularly broadcasting past liftoffs set to rousing military anthems. But Pyongyang provides precious few details about its program's inner workings, leaving outside analysts to squeeze details from satellite photos and comparisons with other countries' missiles. Here's a look... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html 2012-12-12T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going hungry, and the bitter cold had only increased the risk of the launch becoming the latest of several embarrassing failures. Some of Pyongyang's reasons are calendar-related: It's been 100 years since the birth of ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760328-redbox-instant-streaming-plan-takes-netflix.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — DVD kiosk operator Redbox is launching a challenge to Netflix's streaming-video supremacy. Later this month, Redbox will offer an unlimited streaming-video plan that includes movies from Warner Bros. and pay TV channel Epix, along with four nights of physical DVD rentals, for $8 a month, or $9 a month if customers want Blu-ray discs. ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760328-redbox-instant-streaming-plan-takes-netflix.html 2012-12-12T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760136-us-expert-nkorea-rocket-launches-satellite.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An American space expert said North Korea has succeeded in launching a satellite into space. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said late Tuesday from Cambridge, Massachusetts, that the three-stage Unha-3 rocket launched early Wednesday morning delivered the satellite into orbit and constituted "a pe... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760136-us-expert-nkorea-rocket-launches-satellite.html 2012-12-12T03:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759838-lawyer-guatemala-judge-orders-mcafee-released.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lawyer for John McAfee said Tuesday that a judge has ordered the software company founder released from a Guatemalan detention center where he has been fighting being returned to Belize. Attorney Telesforo Guerra said the judge notified him verbally of the ruling, but added that it might take a day for formal written notification t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759838-lawyer-guatemala-judge-orders-mcafee-released.html 2012-12-12T00:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this troubled West African nation despite handing back authority to civilians after a coup in March. The prime minister's ouster comes as the United Nations considers backing a military interventi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757434-malis-pm-forced-to-resign-arrest-junta.html 2012-12-11T23:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759564-microsoft-increases-surface-tablet-production.html NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft says it's increasing production of its Surface tablets and will sell them in more stores. Staples says it will start carrying them starting Wednesday. The Surface is the first tablet Microsoft Corp. is selling under its own brand, and the company is promoting it heavily after its late-October launch. But reviews have been mixed, ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759564-microsoft-increases-surface-tablet-production.html 2012-12-11T21:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758710-air-force-sends-mystery-mini-shuttle-to-space.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind. The Air Force launched the unmanned spacecraft Tuesday hidden on top of an Atlas V rocket. As if on cue, clouds quickly swallowed up the rocket as it disapp... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758710-air-force-sends-mystery-mini-shuttle-to-space.html 2012-12-11T21:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759004-yahoo-revamps-email-bid-to-catch-up-with-gmail.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is spiffing up and expanding its email service in an attempt to regain some of the ground lost to a Google alternative that lured away millions of users. The changes unveiled Tuesday are meant to make Yahoo's email faster and easier to use on the Web. To cater to the growing audience checking their email on smartphones and table... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759004-yahoo-revamps-email-bid-to-catch-up-with-gmail.html 2012-12-11T20:24:00Z