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Engineers at Motorola Mobility are hard at work on a sophisticated handset—known internally as the "X phone"—but the Google Inc. unit is running into some obstacles in its effort to provide more potent competition for Apple Inc., said people familiar with the matter. Seven months after being acquired by Google for $12.5 billion, Motorola is designing its marquee handset with cutting-edge features to stand apart from existing phones when it is released next year, these people said.

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Over the last few years, Facebook's growth has been phenomenal. The world's no. 1 social networking site also sometime back beat Google to become the most visited Web site in the US for an entire week at a stretch. However, the site has also lately being receiving lot of flak for its privacy policies.  An expert in online privacy drew attention to the five dangers of sharing information on social networking site Facebook. Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online, said that marketing efforts by the company often results in a compromise on account holders' privacy.  Goodchild noted five risks of using Facebook. They are: Risk 1: Your information is being shared with third parties According to Facebook policy last updated on April 2010, "When you connect with an application or website it will have access to General Information about you. The term General Information includes your and your friends' names, profile pictures, gender, user

Keep misplacing your car keys? Just wave your smartphone to unlock the door!  Engineers at South Korean automobile major  Hyundai  have invented a new system that will allow your smartphone to double as your  car keys , and the technology will be made available to buyers within two years.  Rather than using Bluetooth, the system by Hyundai uses wireless Near Field Communication (  NFC ), allowing you to lock and unlock the car by waving your phone over a small tag on the car window.  Inside the car, you place the phone on a pad in the centre console that wirelessly charges it while the content is synced and streamed to the car's infotainment system and touchscreen.  The system can also store in-car preferences, including radio stations, seating positions and even mirror adjustment - with multiple profiles able to be saved for different drivers.  The system was demonstrated on a concept version of Hyundai's popular i30 in Germany.  Hyundai said developing the system was part of

Microsoft’s “Transparent PC” – The Next Era Computer Microsoft’s “20 years research program” is a well designed and a very organised program that shows us that where will we be heading in the next 20 years. Today we would like to introduce one of their very amazing technology on which Microsoft has been researching for quite some while. Its dubbed as the “Transparent PC”, its basically a computer that has a 3D projected display which can be manipulated by the user with the help of his hands. The PC uses kinect which gives user the ability to manipulate the 3D screen with his hands, adding more usability and ease of use. IMAGES: VIDEO:

Windows 8 made a huge splash last month with the highly anticipated launch and was received to great reviews. A ‘radical makeover’ from the previous versions, Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft said, “Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is and is a bold and innovative break from past Windows versions.” And to further stoke the enthusiasm, YourStory.in in association with Microsoft is launching the Windows 8 App contest – a campaign targeted towards startups, aspiring entrepreneurs and developers who want to leverage the Windows 8 platform and ride the early advantage. We are looking for innovative apps on the Windows 8 platform and here is a great opportunity to showcase your app. Here are the categories for which the apps can be made and the monthly prizes to be won. Prize Category Top 3 Best Apps selected by a Jury (one each month) Top 3 Most Popular Apps selected by audience voting (one each month) Top 3 Star App Publishers with max no. of published