Apple: Innovative IPad Mini

Apple has unveiled its widely-anticipated 7.9in tablet, the iPad Mini. The iPad Mini will compete straight with cheaper similar-sized tablets lately launched by Google, Amazon, Samsung and others. The iPad Mini launch ends years of speculation that Apple was considering launching a new, smaller version of its bestselling iPad range.

During the presentation, Mr. Schiller stressed out the importance of being able to hold the device in one hand a nod to the more travel-friendly appeal of the slighter devices. However, Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum, said he had expected the iPad Mini to be more competitively priced. It forecast that Apple would hold a 68% share of the marketplace in 2012, compared to 29% for Android tablets.

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Android application: leaks private facts

Research indicates Millions of people are using Android apps that can be tricked into enlightening personal data. Scientists tested 13,500 Android apps and establish almost 8% failed to protect bank account and social media logins. Google has yet to remark on the study and its findings. An invader could even re-direct a request to transfer funds, whereas making it look to the app user like the transaction was proceeding unmoved.

 These apps unsuccessful to apply standard scrambling systems, allowing man-in-the-middle attacks to expose data that passes back and forth when devices communicate with websites. Most prominently, investigate is needed to study which counter-measures offer the right amalgamation of usability for developers and users, security benefits and economic incentives to be deployed on a large scale.

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Devices with next-generation screens: HTC and Sharp

HTC and Sharp have unveiled devices featuring next-generation screens. This offers 25-40% higher decree than comparable devices from Samsung, Apple, Nokia and LG. Sharp's new Aquos Pad tablet is the initial to use its new Igzo technology which promises sharper metaphors while using less power. Sharp suggests at least one of its consumers also intended to incorporate the modernization in its devices.

The Taiwanese firm is marketing both the size and resolution of its screen as being ideal to watch 1080p movies. Its size spaces it anywhere between a typical smart phone and tablet in a category some term a "phablet". Over the next fortnight Microsoft, Apple and Google have all planned major product launches. According to Chris Green, principal technology analyst at Davies Murphy Group Europe, Screen decree has become a differential point for many manufacturers.

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Experts warn, Computer viruses and malware uncontrolled in medical tech

According to healthiness and security experts, high risk medical technology has been found to be infected by computer viruses and malware. Outmoded computer systems which were not able to be changed were to blame for the vulnerabilities. The warnings were specified as part of a panel discussion in Washington DC, as reported by Technology Review from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The opinion of Mark Olsen, chief information security officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is that the hospital had 664 pieces of medical equipment running on old versions of Windows. The FDA approves the use of technology through testing safety rather than security meaning any potential exposure to cyberthreats is not measured.

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Record breaking jump: Daredevil Felix Baumgartner

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner plummeted into the record books Oct. 14, breaking the mark for highest-ever skydives after leaping from a balloon more than 24 miles over Earth's exterior a standard that has lasted more than half a century. Baumgartner will try to break a 52-year-old record by skydiving from 23 miles. He wills effort to break the sound barrier while in dive.

The crane follows the balloon with the capsule carrying pilot Felix Baumgartner at the flight line throughout the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, in this October 14, 2012. His motherEva Baumgartner watches as the balloon with the capsule carrying her son Felix rises during the final manned flight. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria exits his capsule as he begins his record-setting skydives over Roswell.

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Study suggests: HRT reduces danger of heart attack

According to a study women who take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may cut their risk of heart problems. But experts are still careful about long-term safety risks. The division of Health advises women to just use it on a short-term basis. The study also found HRT is not linked with an increased risk of cancer but past studies have shown a relation. Safety concerns regarding the lasting use of the treatment have been debated by academics over the past decade.

HRT had appreciably reduced risk of death, heart failure, or heart attack, without any obvious increase of cancer, deep vein thrombosis or stroke. The women in the study were aged between 45-58 years old and lately menopausal those on treatment happening it soon after menopausal symptoms began. Still, they stressed that due to the potential time lag, longer time may be basic to take more definite conclusions.

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