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IHS Electronics & Media revealed how much is Apple spending to manufacture the iPhone 5S and 5C. “The iPhone 5s features a 64-bit apps processor, low-power Double Data Rate 3 (LPDDR3) DRAM, and a novel fingerprint sensor—features that have never before been seen in a smartphone,” said Andrew Rassweiler, senior director, cost benchmarking services for IHS. “In addition, it is very interesting to see that Apple continues to collaborate closely with suppliers to develop unique radio frequency (RF) solutions that give Apple a competitive edge.” Although other smartphones have included 64-bit graphics processors, the 5s is the first model with a 64-bit applications processor, an innovation that has major implications for the iPhone and for Apple’s other product lines. The A7 used in the iPhone 5s costs $19—significantly higher than the A6 used in the original iPhone 5 and 5c, which currently carries a cost of $13. The low-end version of the iPhone 5s with 16 gig...

The man behind Surfthechannel.com, a site that offered links to websites streaming copyright protected content has been sentenced to four years in jail. Found guilty for fraud and facilitating copyright infringement, 38 year old Anton Vickerman, designed the site and took others onboard to help source movies and TV shows that were available for online streaming. Surfthechannel hosted links to the media, working as a sort of database for movies and TV shows, in a similar fashion to the TV-Links website, whose owner David Rock, is still legally embattled . Arrested in 2008, Mr Vickerman was said to have generated over £35,000 a month in advertising revenue while running the site (according to the BBC ), which only ceased operation at the commence of the trial earlier this year. The indictment was spearheaded by both the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Federation against Copyright Theft (FACT). The latter of those organisations was very pleased wit...

  LONDON—The Reuters news agency said Friday that one of its websites had been hacked and used to disseminate fake stories about Syria’s rebel movement, the latest cyberattack to strike a media organization covering the country’s civil war. Thomson Reuters Corp. said in a statement that the agency’s blogging platform had been compromised and that “fabricated blog posts were falsely attributed to several Reuters journalists.” The site has since been taken down, although cached versions of bogus posts are still available online. One of the stories claimed that rebels had acquired chemical weapons from Libya and were preparing to smuggle them into Syria, while another claimed rebels were preparing to retreat to  Turkey after suffering mass casualties at the hands of Syrian government forces. Both stories appeared aimed at scoring propaganda points against the rebels, who’ve recently made several important advances in their campaign against Presid...

Naspers este o companie sud-africana de media ce are o cifra de afaceri de 5 miliarde de dolari. Firma a cumparat eMAG, cel mai mare magazin online din Romania, pentru suma de 100 de milioane de euro. Naspers a cumparat 70% din actiuni. Iulian Stanciu pastreaza 21.6% si Radu Apostolescu 8.4%. Ce inseamna intrarea in eMAG Naspers Group . Declaratie oficiala. Naspers a mai cumparat la noi Autovit, 5 milioane de euro, in 2009, si GECAD Payment, in 2010. Pana la acest moment nici cumparatorul nici vanzatorul nu au facut o declaratie oficiala.