Sharif Sakr
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How a keyboard case can turn your 8-inch tablet into a productivity machine
What's up with 8-inch tablets? Microsoft reportedly canceled the Surface Mini at the last minute. Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 is long overdue for a → Read More
Google says it's struggling to cope after being asked to censor 250,000 EU webpages
Google's top lawyer has spoken out to try to explain the mess that happened last week, when the search giant censored, and then partially reinstated, → Read More
ZTE clones the LG G3's specs for a lot less money
Aside from a couple of intriguing revelations earlier in the year -- including a phone with a rumored 4GB of RAM, and another with a 13MP selfie camera → Read More
Samsung admits 'weak demand' for its phones is damaging profits
Samsung's marketing budget has always been vast, but in the last quarter it was far larger than even the manufacturer itself would have liked. The → Read More
Retired NASA probe brought back to life after 27 years drifting in space
The last time ISEE-3 fired its engines, Madonna was moving up the charts, the stock market was booming and President Reagan was busily denying that he'd → Read More
Google forced to 'forget' history of Merrill Lynch CEO's incompetence
Welcome to the happy Google search page. Where links to historical articles can be deleted at the request of cowards people with fragile reputations. → Read More
Third-person Oculus Rift hack delivers a true out-of-body experience
Who says VR needs to be experienced in the first-person? Using a stereo pair of GoPro cameras, mounted to a tall antenna carried in a backpack, some → Read More
Listen as a Google-backed piano turns live radio streams into 'world music'
If Google promised to fund your bohemian lifestyle for six months, in return for some kind of interactive art installation, what would you create? For → Read More
Tinder co-founder hits company with sexual harassment lawsuit
The corporate culture at Tinder HQ is about to get a public airing, now that its female co-founder and former VP of marketing has raised a lawsuit over → Read More
Samsung's new consumer SSDs shoot to the top of the benchmark league
For the last year or so, Samsung has been touting a "paradigm shift" in the way it constructs flash memory: from a horizontal to a vertical arrangement → Read More
Boston turns park benches into solar-powered charging points
Let it not be said that public parks are anti-technology. Over in Boston, city officials are more than happy to try new things in green spaces, including → Read More
Robot builders work together to create structures much bigger than themselves
If you've ever read a novel from Iain M. Banks's Culture series, then you'll know that builder-bots play a huge role in his vision of the future: A → Read More
Germany's green energy boom is leaving a 'trail of blood' on coal companies
Ever since it started, the commercial growth of renewable energy has been a laborious, often painful matter of government pushes, tax incentives and → Read More
Google will pay for coding lessons for thousands of female tech workers
We know the stats by now, and they're grim: women hold just a quarter of IT jobs, and they make up a mere 18 percent of recent computer science → Read More
Google Play for Education comes to student Chromebooks
If Google really is on a quest for global domination, as some folks loudly proclaim, then it's wisely starting its efforts in the classroom. In addition → Read More
Roku's remote control app comes to Windows Phones and tablets
This is not a great day for developers of the various third-party Roku apps available at the Windows Store. It's an excellent day, however, for those → Read More
Ford and Intel want to make cars that respond to your face and gestures
Where do anthropology students go when they leave college? Apparently, instead of travelling the Andaman Islands investigating the social impact of → Read More
Toyota's first hydrogen car is priced to go head-to-head with Tesla
Sure, Elon Musk is giving away Tesla patents to boost the battery-powered car industry, but don't surprised if more established manufacturers politely → Read More
Safety zealot hid a phone jammer in his SUV to stop other drivers taking calls
If you happen to notice a second-hand Toyota Highlander being offered for a quick sale in Seffner, Florida, you'll know exactly who it belongs to. A → Read More
Russian government dumps Intel and AMD in favor of homemade processors
Russia's policy on Western technology is clear: It can live without it, especially if key issues like economic sanctions, NSA spying and GPS cooperation → Read More