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  • Google abandons big, black drop-down menu

    Google has begun replacing the chunky, black drop-down menu of services it launched in November as part of an effort to integrate Google+ across its whole platform.

  • Election fever: 6 mobile apps that can keep you informed

    The big game is on -- and by that, we don't mean football, basketball, baseball or Angry Birds. We're talking about the biggest pastime in the U.S.: Watching (and taking part in) the current Republican primaries and the upcoming presidential elections.

  • Japan's largest carrier to launch test service to combat Android fragmentation

    Japan's largest mobile operator is prepping an elaborate testing center, with hundreds of handsets monitored by streaming web cameras, to help software developers debug their apps on the growing morass of Android devices and software versions.

  • David Jones taps IBM for multi-channel platform

    David Jones Limited (ASX:DJS) has contracted IBM to provide a new multi-channel retail sales platform.

  • 3D mapping revives underwater city

    A marine robotics team from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies at the University of Sydney has received top honours in Canon Australia’s Extreme Imaging competition for their 3D mapping and digital reconstruction of an ancient underwater city in Greece.

  • Eolas loses in Web patents claim against Google and others

    A jury in Texas gave the verdict that two patents of Eolas Technologies that enable Internet browsers to host embedded interactive applications were invalid, in a protracted legal battle which involved top Internet companies like Google and Amazon.com.

  • Power profiles to help electronics go Green

    The energy usage of electronic devices could be reduced simply by changing and improving the way it is measured, a study from the Australian National University (ANU) has found.

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    NeuroSky MindWave: Fun with Brainwaves

    In <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/toolshed/smart-hat-monitors-brain-waves-watch-fatigue-levels">last week's Gearhead</a> I discussed, in part, the science of electroencephalography or EEG … the detection and measurement of the neurological activity of the brain via electrodes attached to a subject's scalp.

  • Start-up spotlight: Smart Sparrow targets next-generation learning

    Dr Dror Ben-Naim -- the founder of Australian e-learning company, Smart Sparrow -- grew up knowing that one day he’d start his own company.

  • Oracle extends SAP rivalry with Taleo buy

    Oracle is escalating its rivalry with German business-software maker SAP and plans to pay $US1.9 billion ($A1.77 billion) for Taleo Corp, a company that helps businesses hire and manage their employees.

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