Tag: Technology

More work ahead in Apple, Samsung antitheft crack attack

Representatives from Samsung demonstrate LoJack security technology on Thursday. (Credit: San Francisco District Attorney’s office) SAN FRANCISCO — There’s still more work to be done before the public learns whether experts were able to circumvent the latest antitheft measures from Apple and Samsung on their smartphones. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón told reporters here that results from Thursday’s security tests on Apple’s iOS 7 and the LoJack program for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 are still being compiled, and urged patience for the results

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Intelligent ‘iKnife’ diagnoses cancer midsurgery

The knife tells surgeons in real time whether tissue is malignant or benign. (Credit: Imperial College London) A new surgical knife that leans on both old and new technology could reduce surgery time and the need for follow-up operations by diagnosing cancer midcut. Developed by Zoltan Takats of Imperial College London, the iKnife is based on a technology that dates back to the 1920s called electrosurgery, where an electrical current rapidly heats tissue to make incisions with minimal blood loss.

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Larry Page lives the future with Google Glass

A rare appearance of Larry Page with his Google Glass attached to his head. (Credit: The Daily Conversation/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Unlike his co-founder Sergey Brin, you won’t find Google CEO Larry Page in public much sporting his Google Glass, except at weddings in Croatia, but don’t think that he isn’t a big fan.

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Recharging iPhone blamed for another serious shock in China

A shock from an iPhone being recharged is being blamed for shocking another user in China, leaving a man in a coma for the past 10 days. Wu Jian Tong received an electric shock when he picked up an iPhone 4 while it was recharging, according to a report in Beijing Wan Bao that was translated by ZDNet. The incident, which according to Wu’s sister occurred July 8 when Wu was plugging in the handset, left the 30-year-old man in a coma at a Beijing hospital.

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