Tablets set to sweep corporate offices

Just second year into their existence, tablets are set to sweep corporate offices, according to a survey.

With tablets' business apps luring them, about half of chief information officers (CIOs) at major companies say they will increase use of tablets in the next two years, according to the survey by Robert Half Technology.

Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Robert Half Technology said the survey targeted more than 1,400 CIOs at US companies with 100 or more employees.

In the survey, CIOs were asked, "To what extent, if any, do you think your company's use of tablet computers will increase or decrease in the next two years?''

While 49 percent of respondents said they will increase use of tablet, 40 percent opted to stick with PCs or laptops. Nine percent were not sure about the tablet.

"With more companies moving to Internet-based file sharing and data storage, along with an emphasis on portability and mobile productivity, it's no surprise CIOs anticipate wider use of tablet computers,'' said John Reed, executive director of Robert Half Technology, in a statement.

"The challenge for IT departments will be providing adequate support and security,'' he added.

Google to launch YouTube movie service in UK: Report

Google's YouTube plans to launch an unlimited subscription service for movies, similar to Netflix and Amazon's offering, the New York Post said.

The search giant, which has been talking with Hollywood studios for months, is looking to launch the streaming service first in Europe -- particularly the UK -- before expanding to the United States, the paper said citing executives briefed on the plan.

Google has earmarked $100 mon for content deals with studios and other premium content providers in its plan to expand its offerings.
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Scientists create world's smallest computer

Scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest computer system that is just one square millimetre in size and can fit into one's eyeball.

Developed by a team at the University of Michigan, the unnamed tiny device is a pressure monitor that can be implanted in a person's eye to treat glaucoma.

It may be just one square millimetre in size but it packs a hefty punch, containing an ultra low-power microprocessor, a pressure sensor, memory and a thin film battery, the Daily Mail reported.

It also has a solar cell and a wireless radio with an antenna that can transmit data to an external reader device, the researchers said.

The device is already being touted as the future of the computing industry, although it needs several more years to be commercially available.

Its creators -- Professors Dennis Sylvester, David Blaauw and David Wentzloff -- claim that as the device's radio needs no tuning to find the right frequency it could link to a wireless network of computers.

A network of such units could one day track pollution, monitor structural integrity, perform surveillance, or make virtually any object smart and trackable, the scientists said.

Professor Sylvester said: "When you get smaller than hand-held devices, you turn to these monitoring devices.

"The next big challenge is to achieve millimetre-scale systems, which have a host of new applications for monitoring our bodies, our environment and our buildings.

Social Media becoming popular in India: Report

Although the use of social media by Indians was first highlighted during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, social media tools is being effectively used by a cross section of society in India, says a report of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

"The Indian social media scene represents a fast-emerging and influential domain of information exchange involving nearly 60 per cent of the 83 million Internet users in the country," said the DNI report titled, "Overview of Leading Indian Social Media" .

"While Facebook and Orkut continue to dominate the social media scene, Twitter and some other Indian micro blogging websites are also becoming very popular.

The rising significance of social media in India is demonstrated by the fact that almost all the conventional media have registered their presence on the social networking websites," the report said.

According to DNI, which has based its report on open source information, in a recent instance, pressure from social media appeared to force conventional media to report on the alleged links between some noted journalists and a lobbyist.

"The lobbyist is being investigated for her role in an alleged telecommunications spectrum allocation scandal, over which IT and Communications Minister A Raja had to resign.

While the conventional media were accused of overlooking the story, Twitterati kept on building pressure for media discussion, making it virtually impossible for conventional media to ignore," it said.

Space shuttle Discovery lifts off for final voyage

US space shuttle Discovery has lifted off on its own final scheduled flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver a storage room to the International Space Station (ISS).

According to NASA TV, the shuttle blasted off at 4.53 p.m. (2153 GMT) Thursday.

"Good to be here", Discovery Commander Steve Lindsey radioed soon after the three main engines shut off and the external fuel tank was jettisoned.

After eight-and-a-half-minutes, Discovery reached orbit and was on its way to the station, Xinhua reported.

Discovery will deliver to the station the Permanent Multipurpose Module, a spare module that will provide additional storage for the station crew.

The mission will feature two spacewalks to do maintenance work and install new components. The Robonaut 2 (or R2), the first human-like robot in space after flying on Discovery, will become a permanent resident of the station.

Discovery was supposed to lift off Nov 1, but gas leaks, electrical problems and bad weather forced NASA to postpone its launch.

This is the 39th flight for Discovery, the first of the three surviving space shuttles to be retired this year. It has logged 230 million km since its first flight in 1984.

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Apple succession call nixed

Apple shareholders rejected demands that the company disclose a succession plan for ailing chief Steve Jobs , and the company kept mum on how many had backed that proposal.

The reluctance to reveal details of the vote on a proposal by the Central Laborers' Pension Fund raised speculation that a sizable contingent of shareholders may have supported it, and prompted an affiliated group to push for more disclosure.

"It appears likely that a large number of long-term, institutional shareholders voted in its favour," the Laborers' International Union of North America said in a statement following the meeting.

The fate of Apple, among the world's most powerful technology companies, is tied to how the iPhone and iPad maker handles the eventual departure of its iconic co-founder and leader. Jobs in January took a third medical leave for unknown reasons, with many not expecting him to return to lead the company he founded in 1976.

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Motorola hit with trademark suit just before Xoom launch

Just as Motorola Mobility Inc. was all ready to launch its Xoom tablet in the United States this week, it has been hit with a trademark lawsuit over the tablet name.

Motorola may now have to wait or find another name for the Xoom which is being touted as an early challenger to Apple's iPad.

San Francisco-based Xoom Corporation , which is a global money transfer service, spoiled the launch party for Motorola Mobility Inc. by disputing the name of the tablet in a trademark suit filed Wednesday.

In its suit filed by the famous firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, Xoom has said that the name Xoom is its trademark and it has been using it in its website since 2003.

The suit seeks permanent injunction against Motorola Mobility Inc. for calling its tablet Xoom and treble damages pending an immediate "temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction,'' according to the International Business Times.

"Through this long online use accessible via computer and mobile devices, Xoom's trade name and the XOOM products have become associated exclusively with Xoom. Until [the] defendants' adoption of the Xoom brand without authorization from Xoom, Xoom to its knowledge was the only entity using the name or mark for online product offerings,'' the International Business Times quoted the San Francisco company as saying in its trademark suit.

Apple had faced a similar situation after it launched iPhone in 2007 when the Cupertino-based technology giant was dragged to court by Toronto-based Comwave Telecom over violation of its trademark 'iPhone.'

After a year-long legal battle, Apple reached a deal with Comwave to get the sole rights to use 'iPhone' in Canada.

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