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Usman Khalid
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Japanese automotive industry shows healthy vitals going into 2012

Japanese automakers showed increase in sales this the year, according to a report published by Santa Monica-based automotive industry analysis organization, TrueCar.com. The Japan automotive companies had a warm reception this year in the US. Toyota Motors and Nissan Motors had increased sales since April 2011. However, sadly for Honda, the dice roll did not […]

Warren Buffett purchases his native newspaper Omaha World-Herald

Warren Buffett has again been seen shopping this week. The world’s second richest person recently bought one more company to his personal portfolio. The newest enterprise, now under his leadership, is newspaper giant, Omaha World-Herald. The Omaha’s Oracle seems to have a change of mind in recent years. Earlier this month, Buffett purchased a huge […]

Carrier IQ found engaged in illegal wiretapping activities on smartphones – Part 2

Further explaining their activities, CIQ added: “The information gathered by Carrier IQ is done for the exclusive use of that customer, and Carrier IQ does not sell personal subscriber information to 3rd parties. The information derived from devices is encrypted and secured within our customer’s network or in our audited and customer-approved facilities.” According to Ohm, Carrier IQ’s […]

Carrier IQ found engaged in illegal wiretapping activities on smartphones – Part 1

World renowned rootkit developers, Carrier IQ have been found involved in wiretapping activities in Nokia’s Symbian OS, Google’s Android OS and Research In Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry OS. Connecticut systems administrator Trevor Eckhart revealed on Tuesday that CIQ has been keeping logs of keys punched on these smartphones and deliberately sending them to major carriers like […]

Dual-Screen smartphones actually are dumbphones

Many technology companies have taken the dual-screen technology in their strides but to date there has been none seen with a success. Including another screen into the equation seems an incredible idea but thus far there has been little or no success observed. The addition of an LCD either increases the depth of the phone […]

Facebook’s new location indicator: Another irritating feature

Facebook has added another feature to its network that will certainly raise some eyebrows among the users. This new feature shows the user’s location on the webpage’s status bar. The most frustrating thing about this new addition to the network is that it has no TURN ON/OFF switch in the settings. After pulling out their […]

Facebook caught in the thick of violating users’ privacy, their biggest trade weapon

What could be worst for Facebook on the brink of announcing Initial Public Offering? Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned Facebook to straighten things up before leaping ahead in the corporate world. The FTC gave the social network a nudging wake-up call after concluding their 2-year long investigation into their privacy mechanism. It was more of […]

Apple starts importing new 4-inch display screens for iPhone 5

More rumour related to Apple’s next generation iPhone pure in with the day. The tech goliath recently released the iPhone 4S, an upgrade to the 2010 release of their signature smartphone, iPhone 4. Rumour has it that new iPhone will have a 4-inch wider screen as compared to the currently trending 3.7 size. However, where […]

Chevrolet Volt’s post-accident conditions under NHTSA microscope

More bad news for environment friendly vehicles as the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has taken serious notice of Chevrolet Volt’s battery stability in post-accident conditions. The NHTSA has been persistently keeping tabs on the performance and safety of electric vehicles. In particular, the Chevy Volt has caught their eye in some road […]

Latest Rumour surrounding the release of third generation iPad

New editions to the Apple devices are always highly awaited right after the release of the latest one. With the launch of iPhone 4S, the customers started counting sheep until the iPhone 5 hits the market. Now that almost three quarters have passed since the iPad 2-release in March, the new iPad 3 is highly […]

Stuxnet-like virus to rise soon from soil of the Three Lions

The United Kingdom government has given the green signal to Government Communications Headquarters-UK to group up a team of experts for the prevention of cyber crime and launch of e-attacks on rogue states that are behind major malicious activities in the world. However, it is anticipated that this new group which is expected join hands […]

Black Friday hits a record $11.4 Billion in sales this year

The Black Friday this year saw the busiest customer traffic in its 26-year history. According to several reports the Friday sales were a whopping 6.6% increase to last year’s sales on the same holiday. In the US and all over Europe, one Friday is celebrated as the day of huge discounts. In the US, it […]

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