‘Nano-earthquakes’ result in faster electronic components Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) are looking to shake up the world of electronics, both literally and figuratively. The key to harnessing the power of 2D materials is so-called “nano-earthquakes,” according to Dr. Sumeet Walia and Dr. Amgad Rezk. They’ve found that sound waves, properly

Google has decided press releases belong in ‘news’ search results The way Google selects what shows up in the “In the news” section of its search results has changed to allow company statements to join genuine media reports. Reuters reported the change in policy, which has actually been in effect since September. A Google spokesperson told the news

Google accidentally invited some Apps users to try Inbox   This morning, Twitter lit up with people excitedly exclaimingthat they’d finally gotten access to try Google Inbox on their Google Apps accounts, then, after a few hours it retracted a whole lot of those invitations. Some people managed to actually get up and running on Google

Apple and Microsoft release patches to fix FREAK vulnerability Apple and Microsoft have released patches to fix theFREAK security vulnerability found last week in Mac OS X, iOS and Windows operating systems. FREAK — short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys — allows hackers to decrypt HTTPS-protected Web traffic between browsers and millions of websites,

New Facebook Marketing Tool Chews Up Data, Spits It Out Facebook last week launched Topic Data, a new service that reveals to advertisers the subjects users discuss, the brands and products they use, and the activities they follow. Marketers will be able to sift through data compilations of what users say about events, brands, subjects