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// 1 decade ago
Launch of HTC 'Facebook' phone put on hold in Europe
BRUSSELS, May 24 (UPI) -- Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC says the European launch of its "Facebook phone" has been delayed following disappointing U.S. sales and negative reviews.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Swiss nanotechnology pioneer Heinrich Rohrer dies
WOLLERAU, Switzerland, May 24 (UPI) -- Heinrich Rohrer, a Swiss nanotechnology pioneer who helped invent the scanning tunneling microscope to observe and manipulate individual atoms, has died.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Russian 'Facebook' inadvertently put on Internet blacklist registry
MOSCOW, May 24 (UPI) -- VKontakte, a Facebook-like social networking site that is Russia's largest, was put on a state registry of blacklisted websites by mistake, officials said.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Apple-1 going once, twice, sold for ... a lot
COLOGNE, Germany, May 24 (UPI) -- An auctioneer in Germany said he has set the starting bid for an Apple-1 computer at a stunning, but not record-setting, $116,000.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Solar-powered plane lands in Texas after record-breaking flight
DALLAS, May 23 (UPI) -- The Solar Impulse plane, in the second leg of a coast-to-coast flight, landed in Dallas early Thursday, breaking a distance record for solar-powered flight.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Spray-on technology creates revolutionary flat optical lens
VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 23 (UPI) -- Canadian and U.S. researchers say they've developed a spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Twitter rolls out two-factor authentication for more account security
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22 (UPI) -- Twitter has announced a two-factor authentication system it says will protect users' accounts from being hacked even if someone has obtained their password.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Saudi researchers say drones could warn of desert flash floods
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 22 (UPI) -- Researchers in Saudi Arabia say they're working on a drone system that could track potentially deadly floods in real time to sound an alarm before they hit.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Most U.S. hospitals and doctors use electronic health records
BETHESDA, Md., May 22 (UPI) -- More than half of U.S. doctors and other health providers adopted electronic health records, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Russia designs reusable spacecraft good for as many as five missions
MOSCOW, May 22 (UPI) -- A Russian company designing a new spacecraft for the country's space program says the craft will be reusable and able to make as many as five flights.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Apple picks Texas for $100 million plant
CUPERTINO, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Apple's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said the company would build a factory in Texas to assemble Macintosh computers.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Facebook falling out of favor with teens, survey finds
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Teens are sharing more about themselves on social media but many favor Twitter to avoid parents and "oversharing" they see on Facebook, a U.S. poll indicates.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Device like Star Trek 'tricorder' can quickly scan body vital signs
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- A U.S. firm said it has developed a device that can monitor vital signs just by holding it to the forehead for 10 few seconds.
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Family's walk-out from son's inquest termed 'regrettable'
SINGAPORE, May 22 (UPI) -- The family of an American engineer who died in Singapore walked out of an inquest into his death Wednesday, an action a top official called "regrettable."
Technology
// 1 decade ago
Immigration reform legislation sent to Senate floor
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 Tuesday night to send U.S. immigration reform legislation to the Senate floor.
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