Saturday, September 21, 2013

Υποβάθμιση Μάλτας από Fitch

Ο οίκος αξιολόγησης Fitch υποβάθμισε την πιστοληπτική ικανότητα της Μάλτας από "A+" σε "Α" με σταθερή προοπτική, λόγω του δημοσιονομικού εκτροχιασμού της χώρας μέλους της ευρωζώνης.

Ο οίκος αξιολόγησης υπογράμμισε ότι το δημοσιονομικό έλλειμμα της Μάλτας ήταν 3,3% το 2012, δηλαδή ξεπερνούσε κατά πολύ τις κυβερνητικές προβλέψεις για έλλειμμα 2,2%...

GTA 5 Earns $1 Billion In Three Days

The most hotly anticipated console game of this season is without a doubt Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5. Only yesterday we reported that GTA 5 had earned a staggering $800 million on the first day alone. This incredible feat made it the fastest selling video game around the world. The game has smashed yet another record, it is now the fastest title to earn $1...

As the final episode of Breaking Bad draws ever closer, Sony Pictures has put hundreds of props from the show on auction. Bids start at $10 for trinkets like Jesse Pinkman's DEA mug, all the way up to $5,000 for Hector Salamanca's wheelchair, but expect the winning bids on the items to be far, far higher...

Need more clarification on how YouTube's offline video feature for mobile will work? Well, All Things D has shed a little light on the process via a memo Google sent to its YouTube partners...

Google recently acquired the company behind the Quickoffice app for iOS and Android devices. And just like with Snapseed, they have now made the app...

Η μεγαλύτερη αμερικανική τράπεζα, η JPMorgan Chase, καταδικάστηκε χθες σε πρόστιμο ύψους 80 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων από δύο ρυθμιστικές αρχές του χρηματοπιστωτικού τομέα των ΗΠΑ διότι είχε υιοθετήσει παράνομες πρακτικές στις πιστωτικές της κάρτες, ενώ της επιβλήθηκε επίσης να καταβάλει αποζημιώσεις ύψους 309 εκατ. δολαρίων σε πελάτες της, οι οποίοι υπέστησαν ζημίες...

iOS 7 How-to: Blocking FaceTime calls, Phone calls, and iMessages

Before iOS 7 it was rather inconvenient to block a phone number, and there was nothing built into iOS that would allow you do so. If you got phone calls from Telemarketers you can always register your number for free on the National Do Not Call Registry. If you wanted to block specific people, you had to contact your carrier to do so.

For example, with AT&T, you can pay $4.99 per month per line to block up to 30 numbers with their Smart Limits...

With iOS 7, Apple has debuted iTunes Radio, its answer to streaming music services like Rdio, Spotify, and Pandora. It is a free service with some occasional ads. So far the ads have been about advertising cars and iTunes Festival. If you do not want any ads, you can pay twenty-five dollars a year for iTunes Match…

The boldest software redesign in the iPhone and iPad's history shows Android what a mobile OS should look like.

Apple hasn’t just caught up with Android. Instead of...

The company that makes the image processor for GoPro cameras, just revealed the specifications for their next SoC (System on a Chip). Ambarella has been making the chips for the GoPro line for quite some time...

Facebook’s New Mobile Test Framework Births Bottom Tab Bar Navigation Redesign For iOS 5, 6, & 7

Facebook lost its ability to “move fast and break things” when it switched its apps from HTML5 to native. But it’s got its mojo back. Today it announced a big iOS 7-style app redesign featuring bottom-screen “tab bar” navigation built with an advanced native mobile testing framework. Facebook knew to ditch the pull-out navigation drawer by testing different interfaces in 10 million-user batches...

Sony is taking on Google with the unveiling of its new Bravia Smart Stick, a tiny device that works with your HDTV much like Google’s Chromecast...

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3D printing is an incredible technology, although it requires detailed information about the objects you want to print. For most people, this is a big limitation — it's not like every phone or tablet has a 3D imaging camera. Enter Occipital...

iOS 7, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, is now available for download. The update can be installed on any compatible iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch by visiting your device's settings menu, choosing "general," and then selecting the software update option. iOS 7 can also be installed with the...

The US Federal Reserve sprung a surprise on markets by keeping its asset purchases steady at $85bn a month as it cut growth forecasts for 2013...

There is no denying that YouTube has become part and parcel of today’s video watching culture, but it is, at least through official methods, completely dependent on an active Internet connection. This causes no small amount of aggravation whenever one’s viewing experience on a tablet or smartphone is ruined by a suddenly broken connection...

Nexus 5 specs get confirmed as an alleged press shot leaks

An alleged official press photo of the Google Nexus 5 has surfaced after the smartphone made severalappearances in the past weeks. The press shot of the Nexus 5 confirms the phone's exterior, while a good chunk of its specification sheet also leaked in a benchmarking website GFXBench...

A new study commissioned by NBC Universal shows that piracy worldwide is on the rise. The report estimates that in January of this year 432 million people used the Internet to access copyright infringing material. The total bandwidth consumed by these unauthorized transfers...

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You don't have to wait to receive the new iPhone 5S to check out its new slow-motion mode. Just turn to Burberry's Instagram feed. Apple lent the British fashion house the device to capture its pastel-colored Spring/Summer 2014 collection...

Για το ποσό των £9.375 πωλήθηκε χθες σε δημοπρασία η μεταλλική ταμπέλα από τα κεντρικά γραφεία της Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. στο Λονδίνο.

Σύμφωνα με το πρακτορείο Bloomberg, πρόκειται για το ένα τέταρτο της τιμής στην οποία πωλήθηκε την πρώτη φορά η ταμπέλα πριν από τρία χρόνια.

Η δημοπρασία πραγματοποιήθηκε από τον οίκο...

Η κυπριακή φλόγα από ..αέρος (pics)

Η κυπριακή φλόγα από ..αέρος (φωτογραφίες)

Νέες φωτογραφίες από το οικόπεδο 12 και το άναμμα της φλόγας βλέπουν το φως της δημοσιότητας.

Οι ελέγχοι στην πλατφόρμα της Noble στην κυπριακή ΑΟΖ συνεχίζονται χωρίς πρόβλημα, από τις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου, μέρα που η φλόγα άναψε για πρώτη φορά...

Apple has announced that iOS 7 will be available tomorrow, September 18th. Before installing the update, it is recommended that you have a backup of your data. This how-to is going to walk you through backing up your iOS 6 device and transitioning it over to iOS 7:..

Bump lets users share data, such as contact information, by bumping their phones together.

Remember 2008, when people at conferences and cocktail parties would bump their phones together to exchange digital business cards? Ever wondered what happened to that app, called Bump?

On Monday, Bump announced that it was acquired by Google.

Bump, despite raising $20 million from high-profile venture capital firms like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, struggled to find its footing. Google paid about $40 million for it, two people who had been briefed on the sale said. The...

Apple has begun allowing users on legacy versions of iOS to download the latest version of apps that are backwards compatible with their devices, as highlighted by a user onReddit (via The Next Web). Specifically, when a user tries to download an app that is not compatible with his or her version of iOS from the App Store , Apple offers the user the option to download an older version of the app that is compatible with the device...

Engineering teams lifted the wrecked Costa Concordia liner upright on early Tuesday, as part of a nearly $800 million project, the most complex and costly maritime salvage operations ever attempted.

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright early Tuesday after a...

Police arrive at the scene of a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington

WASHINGTON — The FBI is asking the public for help in determining why a former Navy reservist opened fire early Monday at the Washington Navy Yard, killing at least 12 people before he was shot dead by police.

The suspected gunman was identified by the FBI as Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old civilian contractor from Queens, N.Y., who most recently...

Watch Costa Concordia, a 115,000-Ton Cruise Ship Get Righted (Live Streaming)

Reuters Live: Costa Concordia cruise ship salvage operation, Giglio Island, Italy...

A strong performance is not without its effects. The new Concept S-Class Coupé promises to leave an impression on all the senses...

Wireless charging is a great idea – but it has yet to realise its potential.

Use a current-gen wireless charging system like Qi, and you'll need to plonk your phone on a charging pad – which needs to be plugged in, rather defeating the purpose of wireless charging...

Στο χαμηλότερο επίπεδο από τις αρχές Ιανουαρίου μειώθηκε τον Αύγουστο η έκτακτη ρευστότητα (ELA) που αντλήθηκε από το κυπριακό τραπεζικό σύστημα, μετά την απόφαση της ΕΚΤ να εγκρίνει την απευθείας χρηματοδότηση της Τρ. Κύπρου από το ευρω-σύστημα.

Σύμφωνα με στοιχεία που δημοσίευσε σήμερα η Κεντρική Τράπεζα, η συνολική χρηματοδότηση του συστήματος μέσω ELA μειώθηκε τον Αύγουστο στα €9,9 δισ. από €11,1 δισ. τον Ιούλιο.

Η μείωση τον Αύγουστο φαίνεται να σχετίζεται με το ότι η Τράπεζα Κύπρου έλαβε στο τέλος Ιουλίου καθεστώς αντισυμβαλλόμενου για πράξεις νομισματικής πολιτικής της ΕΚΤ...

Last updated (22:21) At least 12 people are dead and others were wounded after a shooter opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, police said, spreading...

Relax – it was worth the wait, and then some. The sprawling, ingenious, hilarious Grand Theft Auto 5 is a contender for the best game of the current generation of consoles, and might just be the best game of all time.

It's certainly the most anticipated game of all time, with 3 million pre-orders in the UK...

In a move that seems to be becoming increasingly fashionable, this German BMW owner, apparently disgruntled by the service received from his local dealership, pulled-up outside the entrance to 2013 Frankfurt motor show and proceeded to take an axe to his E63 M6...

A 1,476-foot tower equipped with its very own cloaking device

The South Korean government has granted approval to begin construction on what will be the world's first "invisible" tower. Called the Infinity Tower, it will be equipped with an LED facade system and optical cameras to give it a reflective skin — and a striking translucent appearance...

Από 10 εκατομμύρια Ευρώ έλαβαν τρεις Κύπριοι και δύο Ρώσοι ως μίζες για την αγορά της Ρωσικής Τράπεζας Uniastrum από την τράπεζα Κύπρου το 2008. Οι ποινικοί ανακριτές της αστυνομίας, που διερευνούν τα εγκλήματα που διαπράχθηκαν στην οικονομία της Κύπρου, εντόπισαν τη διαδρομή της μίζας των 50 συνολικά εκατομμυρίων που εμβάστηκαν σε πέντε εταιρείες, στον

An aerial view shows the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side next to Giglio Island taken from an Italian navy helicopter August 26, 2013. (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)

An unprecedented salvage operation costing $800 million to recover a cruise liner that ran aground off the coast of southern Italy will go ahead Monday.

Cutting-edge engineering work is required to rescue the Costa...

Watch the commemorative time-lapse movie, highlighting progress at the World Trade Center site from October 2004 to September 2013. Witness the rise of One World Trade Center, including the installation of the spire, bringing it to a staggering height of 1,776 feet. Hundreds of thousands of high definition images were...

Vaccine seems to clear AIDS-causing virus from monkeys, scientists say

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University said the vaccine appeared to remove SIV, an HIV-like virus that causes AIDS, from half of the inoculated monkeys. They hope the findings will lead them to a similar vaccine for humans...

Helium balloons lift aviator Jonathan Trappe Up for transatlantic trip

Jonathan Trappe soars in bid to be the first man to cross the Atlantic in a balloon cluster system

An American aviator has begun the first attempt to cross the Atlantic suspended by hundreds of coloured balloons. Jonathan Trappe took off from Caribou, Maine, on Thursday morning as his capsule was lifted by 370 helium-filled balloons in heavy fog and he headed east from the US...

NICOLE KIDMAN CREAMED BY PHOTOG ... CAUGHT ON TAPE (video)

TMZ has obtained video of a paparazzo on an out-of-control bicycle Thursday ... careening into Nicole Kidman and knocking her flat on her butt -- and he was going FAST...

Το Eurogroup ενέκρινε σήμερα την εκταμίευση της επόμενης δόσης του €1,5 δις χαιρετίζοντας την πρόοδο που καταγράφει η αξιολόγηση της τρόικας.

Σε γραπτή δήλωσή τους για την Κύπρο, οι Υπουργοί Οικονομικών της Ευρωζώνης «χαιρετίζουν το συμπέρασμα της πρώτης αξιολόγησης της Τρόικας ότι το πρόγραμμα προσαρμογής για την Κύπρο είναι στο σωστό δρόμο»...

Μηδενική ανοχή σε καθυστερήσεις λόγω γραφειοκρατικών εμποδίων, κατεστημένων και απηρχαιωμένων αντιλήψεων, ήταν το μήνυμα που έστειλε ο Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας, Νίκος Αναστασιάδης, παρουσιάζοντας σήμερα το σχέδιο δράσης για τον εκσυγχρονισμό και τη μεταρρύθμιση της δημόσιας υπηρεσίας...

Ο Κυπριακός Εργοδοτικός Σύνδεσμος Τραπεζών ανακοίνωσε ότι, κατά την περίοδο από την 1η Οκτωβρίου 2013 μέχρι την 30η Απριλίου 2014, οι τράπεζες θα εφαρμόζουν το χειμερινό ωράριο...

Ο Ray Dolby, ο «πατέρας» του συστήματος ήχου «surround», απεβίωσε σε ηλικία 80 ετών στην κατοικία του στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο...

The button-less front-face of the Nexus 5

So we can almost certainly say that the next Nexus smartphone will be manufactured by LG once again. After FCC filings revealed some of the specs of the next-gen Nexus, largely believed to be called Nexus 5, and this time we have clear pictures of the...

Twitter has announced it has filed paperwork with US regulators ahead of a planned stock market flotation...

Ελλάδα - Ισπανία 79-75

Μετά από έξι συνεχόμενες ήττες, η Εθνική ομάδα βρήκε τον τρόπο να νικήσει την Ισπανία (79-75) και να ανανεώσει τις ελπίδες της για πρόκριση στα προημιτελικά του Ευρωμπάσκετ. Εξαιρετική άμυνα από τους παίκτες του Αντρέα Τρινκιέρι που έπαιξαν με καρδιά και έβαλαν...

Τη νέα βελτιωμένη σύμβαση για το ρωσικό δάνειο υπέγραψαν την Πέμπτη, στη Μόσχα, ο Υπουργός Οικονομικών Χάρης Γεωργιάδης και ο Αναπληρωτής Υπουργός Οικονομικών της Ρωσίας Sergey Storchak...

Δεν άντεξαν το δύσκολο περιβάλλον που δημιουργήθηκε στον χώρο του λιανικού εμπορίου οι υπεραγορές Σαρρής και τέθηκαν υπό διαχείριση. Στις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου διορίστηκε παραλήπτης διαχειριστής της εταιρείας Δημήτρης Σαρρής Λίμιτεδ ο Κρις Ιακωβίδης της CRI Group...

While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders...

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Google recently acquired the company behind the Quickoffice app for iOS and Android devices. And just like with Snapseed, they have now made the app...

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Engineering teams lifted the wrecked Costa Concordia liner upright on early Tuesday, as part of a nearly $800 million project, the most complex and costly maritime salvage operations ever attempted.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Last updated (22:21) At least 12 people are dead and others were wounded after a shooter opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, police said, spreading...

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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University said the vaccine appeared to remove SIV, an HIV-like virus that causes AIDS, from half of the inoculated monkeys. They hope the findings will lead them to a similar vaccine for humans...

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