Industry

Chile to get world’s largest telescope

European telescope will point 138ft mirror to space

Abracadabra! Japanese show motion-controlled smartphone

Front-facing camera captures finger gestures, without touching display

Social network Blippy to hire CSO in wake of security woes

The site for shoppers will revamp security plans and bring in an executive after user credit card numbers are exposed

Tech Vendors Admit Service Stinks

Mobile phone tapping allegation disrupts Indian Parliament

Opposition leaders want changes in the rules to protect people’s privacy

RIM continues its reach to consumers with new Blackberries

New Pearl and Bold models to go on sale in May

Rhapsody adds offline music play to iPhone app

Caches tunes on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad; no WiFi or 3G connection required

RIM unveils tool to allow BlackBerry voice over Wi-Fi

Software from RIM lets BlackBerry Wi-Fi calls be routed through corporate PBX

Counties, M2Z propose free broadband network

A group of 12 counties apply for a broadband deployment grant from the NTIA

Hackers target iPad owners with bogus update

Dupe Windows users into downloading backdoor Trojan; Mac owners not at risk