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Part-time app designer makes serious cash

Simon Lui likes to be self-sufficient. He says, “If I need it, I develop it.” The 28-year old computer science instructor needed faster information about the MTR (Hong Kong’s subway) so he simply designed an app for his iPod Touch.  Read more...

More Than A Third Now Watching TV Online

The term couch potato could soon become obsolete as Britons switch to watching television at their desks and even on the move.

Research published today has discovered that a third of television viewers now watch their favourite programmes online, on computers and mobile phones.  Read more...

Gmail Looks To Clear Clutter With Priority Inbox

Gmail users who feel swamped by a virtual flood of messages will get some help sorting them out.

Priority Inbox, a feature designed to push a user’s most important e-mails to the top of the inbox and leave them there, was scheduled to be rolled out at midnight ET Monday.  Read more...

Facebook Feeds Narcissism, Survey Says Online

In a rather small survey conducted by a young psychologist, Facebook was shown to have some interesting correlations with self-esteem and narcissism in young adults.

In a survey of 100 college students, young people with narcissistic personality traits were shown to exhibit Facebook activity that was distinctly more self-promotional.  Read more...

Google Adds ‘Priority Inbox’ To Gmail – New Feature Aims

New feature aims to automatically prioritise important emails to help people manage the deluge of messages they receive every day

Google has launched a new ‘priority inbox’ service for its web-based email service, Gmail. The search giant has developed a complex set of algorithms that can analyse a user’s email behaviour, and rank emails depending on their perceived importance.  Read more...

Cyberattack In 2008 Prompted New Pentagon Cyberdefense Plan

An infected flash drive put in a US. military laptop in 2008 set off the most significant cyberattack ever against the military and brought a turning point in cyberdefense strategy, a top defense official wrote in an article published Wednesday.  Read more...

Is Apple Working On A ‘Desktop iPad?’

Apple may be developing a computer that combines the look of a desktop with the touch-screen functions of its tablet-style iPad, according to reports about a patent filed by the company.  Read more...