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Canalys: Apple losing 'shipment' share in global mobile market

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:30:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1305/GalaxyS4-iPhone5-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Canalys is reporting on what it calls "worldwide smart mobile device shipments" for the first quarter of the year -- a term that includes smartphones, notebooks and tablets. Of the 308.7 million devices that fall under one of t...]]>

IDC releases tablet 'shipment share,' claims Android topping Apple

Thu, 02 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367473223_Tablets-various-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />questionable study on tablet "market share" that makes the claim -- not supported by sales evidence -- that Android has outgunned Apple in the tablet market, with 56.5 percent share in the first...]]>

DARPA research aims to create sub-$3,000 robotic hands

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:41:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364833819_darparobothandsthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DARPA has demonstrated the results of its research into creating low-cost robotic hands. A clip released by the agency shows a robotic torso using an ordinary elec...]]>

Sony, InterDigital to work on Machine-to-Machine research

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:34:00 GMT

Department of Energy creates $120M battery research hub

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1345096316_carlionbatterybank-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />newly-formed Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), originally the Batteries and Energies Storage Hub, hopes to develop batteries f...]]>

Researchers claim 4G LTE vulnerable to $650 radio jammer

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:03:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/att-lte-coverage-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Virginia Tech believes that a battery-operated transmitter the size of a small briefcase could, if operated correctly, knock out 4G coverage for miles around a large base stat...]]>

WiFox boosts Wi-Fi network throughput by 700 percent

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:42:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352994721_DAP1360Leftthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NC State University, software called WiFox is able to monitor data traffic and set priority for various users, balancing traffic flow between multiple ...]]>

British researchers work on 20Gbps networking project

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:19:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352229819_bangoruniversityoofdm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Bangor University in the UK have succeeded in creating a 20-gigabit fiber optic connection, and will spend the next three years wor...]]>

Researchers create ForcePhone for squeeze-based conversation

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:03:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350379070_nokiaresearchpressagesthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia Research and the Helsinki Institute of Information Technology ame...]]>

Georgia Tech receives $900,000 to build 'MacGyver' robot

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:32:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350070865_georgiatechmacgyverbotthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MacGyver. A three-year, $900,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research has been handed to the Georgia Institute of Technology, to try and create a machine that ca...]]>