Google to restore deleted Gmail accounts

Google said that it expects to fully restore the Gmail accounts of users who saw their emails deleted from their inboxes over the weekend.

"We hope to have everybody back by the end of the day," said Andrew Kovacs, a Google spokesman. "It is our expectation that we will restore all accounts."

Google said less than 0.02 percent of the users of the free Web-based email service had been affected by the problem, fewer than previously reported.

Google had said earlier the problem affected 0.08 percent of Gmail users. Google does not release official figures for the total number of Gmail users but they are estimated to number around 200 million.

Gmail disruptions, while rare, are seen by some industry analysts as a setback to the Mountain View, California-based Google's efforts to promote Gmail and other Web-based services to businesses.

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Now, a new mobile app that you can use to spy

Want to know what your spouse or child does when you are not around? Don't worry, scientists have developed a new mobile phone spying application which can help you keep a tab on their activities.

Made by Retina Software , ePhoneTracker allows users to monitor every move made on a person's mobile phone.

It silently records everything including text messages, call info, GPS locations, websites visited, contacts added and retrieved. Even deleted e-mails and texts can be retrieved by the new application, its developers claimed.

Logs are then e-mailed directly to your e-mail address, allowing you to read the results at home on your computer or on your smartphone while you're away.

According to the company, the application has another unique feature called SpyCall.

Using this feature, "you can call the phone from any other phone and secretly listen to surroundings without anyone knowing you've called," the company said on its website.

"If you think your spouse is cheating, then statistics state you are probably correct. Cell phones are the primary communication tool for affairs," Gerald Carvey , VP of Product Development at Retina, said in a statement.

Intel completes acquisition of McAfee

Chip giant Intel today said it has completed the acquisition of security software solution provider McAfee.

In August last year, Intel had announced the acquisition of McAfee for USD 7.68 billion.

While McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand, Intel and McAfee plan to bring the first products of their strategic partnership to market later this year, Intel said in a statement.

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, McAfee will report into Intel's Software and Services Group. The group is managed by Renée James, Intel Senior VP and General Manager.

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Social platform Ning weaves in smartphone contacts

Social website platform Ning on Monday went mobile with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch applications that weave lists of contacts into virtual cliques that people can take with them on the go.

Free Mogwee software lets people exchange text messages, photos, YouTube videos and even sheep cartoons while talking on their smartphones, according to Ning chief executive Jason Rosenthal .

"We are striving for the re-invention of communication through your phone," he said.

"We took (text) chat and rewrote it completely... We added a bunch of social actions like the ability to throw a sheep at someone while you are talking to them, or toss them a heart or toast them."

Ning provides the first five virtual gifts free, and then charges 99 cents for each time the stock is replenished.

Along with sharing pictures or videos people can use Mogwee for "hang-out" actions such as finding movies or restaurants that friends want to enjoy together.

"We think the address book on the phone represents the most important social graph you have," Rosenthal said. "Those are the people you carry around with you."

Panasonic drops game project 'Jungle'

Consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp said it had dropped development of a handheld online gaming device that had been tentatively named "Jungle."

News of the project had raised eyebrows when it emerged last October.

Panasonic withdrew from the games industry more than a decade ago and most analysts saw it having little chance of competing against established players like Microsoft Corp, Nintendo Co Ltd and Sony Corp.

The project also appeared to be at odds with President Fumio Ohtsubo's strategy of pursuing growth in areas like environmental technology and healthcare.

"Panasonic decided to suspend further development due to changes in the market and in our own strategic direction," the company said in a statement.

Panasonic had set up a new US subsidiary, Panasonic Cloud Entertainment, to handle the game project, technology blog TechCrunch said last year.

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Chip could open way to lighter laptops, smarter phones

There was a time when a laptop weighing five kg was sold, a mobile phone was larger than a pocket and an iPod played only music. But now a new chip may lead to "smarter" smartphones, lighter laptops, and more energy-friendly data centres.

Harvard graduate student Wonyoung Kim's on-chip, multi-core voltage regulator (MCVR), addresses what amounts to a mismatch between power supply and demand and help reduce power consumption.

"If you're listening to music on your MP3 player, you don't need to send power to the image and graphics processors at the same time," Kim says, according to a Harvard University statement.

"If you're just looking at photos, you don't need to power the audio processor or the HD video processor. It's like shutting off the lights when you leave the room."

The on-chip design means that the power supply can be managed not just for each processor chip, but for each individual core on the chip.

The short distance that signals then have to travel between the voltage regulator and the cores allows power scaling to happen quickly - in a matter of nanoseconds rather than microseconds - further improving efficiency.

The MCVR also uses an algorithm to recognize parts of the processor that are not in use and cuts power to them, saving energy. Kim says it results in longer battery life, while providing the same performance.

Although Kim estimates that the greatest demand for the MCVR right now could be in the market for mobile phones, the device would also have applications in other computing scenarios.

Used in laptops, the MCVR might reduce the heat output of the processor, which is currently one barrier to making slimmer notebooks.

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Google's email service faces glitch

Internet search engine giant Google has been searching for a solution to a glitch in its email service, which has affected the Gmail accounts of tens of thousands of users across the world.

Around 600,000 users were thought to have been affected, with Google spending several frantic hours trying to restore the service used by an estimated 200 million people, the Daily Mail reported.

Google said 0.08 per cent user email accounts were affected by the glitch.

The company said its Gmail users complained that their entire email accounts, including every email, application, contact and calendar information, were deleted.

A Google worker called Michelle posted a message saying: "We're looking into this issue right now. I know how important your messages are to you. Thanks for reporting on the forum."

On Sunday a Google spokesman told the Huffington Post: "We've already fixed the problem for some individuals. Our engineers are working as quickly as possible and we hope to have everything back to normal soon. We're very sorry for the inconvenience to our customers."

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Google repairing disrupted Gmail accounts

Google was restoring service to Gmail users on Monday who had email messages deleted from their inboxes over the weekend.

"For those Gmail users reporting missing messages, our engineers are working to restore them as soon as possible," Google said on a webpage that provides updates on the status of its various products.

"Affected users will be temporarily unable to sign in while we repair their accounts," the Mountain View , California-based company said.

Google said less than 0.08 percent of the users of the free Web-based email service had been affected by the problem.

Google does not release official figures for the total number of Gmail users but they are estimated to number around 200 million.

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