Το Χρηματιστήριο της Αθήνας "μεταμορφώθηκε" μέσα σε... 12 λεπτά - Aύριο στις αναδυόμενες αγορές

Ιστορική η συνεδρίαση της Τρίτης για το Ελληνικό Χρηματιστήριο, το οποίο από αύριο κατατάσσεται από την MSCI στις αναδυόμενες αγορές, ενώ κάνει “ντεμπούτο” ο δείκτης MSCI Greece Emerging. Η εικόνα στην κανονική διάρκεια της συνεδρίασης ήταν μάλλον ήπια, αν και με αυξημένο τζίρο κοντά στα 290 εκατ. ευρώ...

Birth of black hole witnessed, marking watershed moment for astronomy (video)

The virtual impossibility of observational astronomy has never been clearer. With astronomers having recorded so many events, now that they’ve used so many different instruments to wring all possible insight from what little information somehow makes it all the way to Earth, simply pointing telescopes at stars is providing diminishing returns...

Google brings Street View inside more than 65 airports and train stations, calls it a 'first effort'

Foreign airports and train stations can often be confusing places to find your way around. Perhaps with that in mind, Google today launched an interactive map featuring Street Views of over 65 mass transit hubs. 

The map features some locations you may...

Κύπρος: Πόσα στοιχίζει το εξώδικο για οδήγηση υπό την επήρεια αλκοόλ

Τελικός έλεγχος Αλκοτέστ:...

Apple's Plans to Enhance Touch ID with Trackpad Capabilities and Display Integration Revealed (pics)

Late last week, we highlighted a pair of Apple patent applications offering details on the company's implementation of its "Touch ID" fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5s. The highly technical patent applications showed how the system works and revealed that Apple first moved to protect the ideas with the filing of several provisional patent applications in May 2012. 

A third Touch ID-related patent application filed by Apple also quietly surfaced...

How Facebook reveals your friends list even when it’s set to private

Facebook promises that you can control who sees your friends list. But that might not always be true.

Irene Abezgauz, a vice president of product management at Quotium, found a vulnerability in Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature.

In short, just about anyone on the Internet can find out who...

Apple Posts Black Friday 2013 'One-Day Shopping Event' Teaser

Apple has posted a teaser page on its Australian online Apple Store for a "one-day Apple shopping event" on Friday, November 29th...

NUS makes delicious discovery with virtual taste simulator (video)

In today's 'science comes up with really funny things' news of the day, a team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a prototype interface that lets you taste virtual food.

Dubbed the 'Digital Taste Interface', it has so far managed to replicate four tastes: salty, sweet, sour and bitter...

Tests show iPhone 5s A7 chip is dual-core, still beats quad-core Android competitors (data)

When Apple announced the iPhone 5s last week, it made a lot of noise about the 64-bit architecture of the phone’s new A7 chip. 

But other than that it remained pretty tight-lipped, which is how Apple tends to handle the specific details of individual components. But we have a better...

Philadelphia becomes the first US city to ban 3D-printed guns

After the release of two 3D-printable firearms was met by warnings from lawmakers, Philadelphia has become the first US city to ban 3D-printed guns. 

The Philadelphia city council voted unanimously to pass a bill banning the practice on Thursday, reports Philly Magazine. 

The bill is presumably a response to the birth of weapons like the Lulz...

How To Fix Your PC, The Right Way

It’s happened to us all. You get home from a long day at work and you want to blow off some steam with an hour of gaming or maybe browsing the web, but when you tap your mouse button or punch the power switch, the unthinkable happens. You’re SOL...

Από δόξα σε δόξα ο Κοντίδης – Σήκωσε το αργυρό στο Παγκόσμιο

Τσινγκτάρ: Μετά το αργυρό μετάλλιο στην Ολυμπιάδα Λονδίνου, την άνοδο του στο δεύτερο σκαλί του βάθρου στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Διεθνούς Ομοσπονδίας Ιστιοπλοΐας (ISAF) στο Τσινγνκτάο της Κίνας, ο πρωταθλητής μας έβαλε στη συλλογή του ακόμη ένα αργυρό μετάλλιο.   

Πιο συγκεκριμένα, ο Κύπριος αθλητής σε μια νέα επίδειξη σταθερότητας, αγωνιστικής συνέπειας και θαυμαστής αυτοσυγκέντρωσης, πήρε τη δεύτερη θέση στο Παγκόσμιο πρωτάθλημα Laser Standard ανδρών 2013, που έγινε στο Ομάν και υπενθύμισε...

Apple starts selling unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 5s in the U.S.

Apple today released an unlocked GSM version of the iPhone 5s on its online store for the United States. 

This version of the iPhone 5s includes the same exact capabilities of the non-unlocked models, but does not include a SIM card... 

Circuit Scribe Lets You Prototype Electronics By Doodling On The Back Of An Envelope (video)

After the super slick Ex1 circuit board 3D printer, say hello to Circuit Scribe: another Kickstarter project aiming to make it easier to prototype electronics by doing away with breadboards and soldering...

Google launches physical debit card for Google Wallet

Google has rolled out a physical debit card linked to its digital wallet service that will allow users to buy goods at stores or withdraw cash from ATMs.

"Your roommate finally paid you back for dinner through Google Wallet, and you want to use that money right away to pay for groceries this week. Now, you can use the new Google Wallet Card to spend the money instantly," explained Sandra Mariano, product manager of Google Wallet, in ablog post...

Jury Rules Samsung Must Pay Apple $290 Million in Damages Retrial

The jury has reached a verdict in the damages retrial between Samsung and Apple thatbegan last week. The trial was to determine the amount of money Samsung must pay for copying key iPhone features and design elements after Samsung was found guilty in a jury trial last year...

London to have 24-hour Tube service at weekends

The London Underground is to run a regular 24-hour Tube service at weekends for the first time in the capital’s history, it was announced.

From 2015, passengers will be able to take the Tube home at any hour of the night on Fridays and Saturdays.

Weekend services will run through the night on core parts of the system,..

Bill Gates funds creation of thin, light, impenetrable graphene condoms

Graphene is incredibly thin and light, and prevents all but the smallest molecules from passing through it (it’s an excellent water filter, for example). Condoms, though an excellent barrier against unwanted contaminants, are neither thin nor light — which is why they reduce sensation, and why some people really don’t like wearing them...

Logitech's iPhone Game Controller Packs Extra Battery Power

Logitech unveiled a gaming case for the iPhone 5, iPhone 5S and fifth-generation iPod Touch running iOS 7 that will add external controls for compatible games, the company announced Wednesday.

The Logitech PowerShell Controller and Battery offers players a case with a directional pad, four face buttons and two...

The end of an era: Winamp's shutting down

After more than 15 years, the famous Winamp media player will shut down on December 20, its makers announced Wednesday.

The announcement itself was a whimper—a small banner notification on the Winamp website—rather than a bang, and the end seems sadly appropriate. The skinnable media player was all the rage at the turn of the century, but barely made a peep since being acquired by AOL in 1999...

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite And The Birth Of Mars

A research team has uncovered what may be the first recognized example of ancient Martian crust.

Lead author Munir Humayun, a Florida State University scientist,
and colleagues analyzed  a 4.4 billion-year-old Martian meteorite that was unearthed by Bedouin tribesmen in the Sahara desert. 

The rock - NWA 7533 - may be the first recognized sample of ancient...

Apple releases Apple Store app for iPad, with image-centric design and new trends section

For the first time, Apple has released an Apple Store app optimised for the iPad, via TechCrunch.  The app uses the now-standard iOS 7 colour scheme and design elements, focusing on white space and text.

The app is a separate download to the iPhone app, but offers all the same functionality you would expect, although some of the location-based features for retail are absent due to the different use cases of the devices...

Twitter for iOS and Android now let you search for news stories, pictures, and videos

Twitter is adding new search features to its Android and iOS app today that'll make it easier to discover just the type of content that you're looking for. 

Both apps will now offer the option to search for only...

JPMorgan Reaches $13 Billion Settlement With U.S. Government

JPMorgan Chase has reached a $13 billion agreement with the U.S. government settling claims that the nation's largest bank by assets misrepresented the quality of its mortgages in the lead up to the financial crisis, the New York Attorney General announced Tuesday...

Καιρός για… Ρίο! Η Ελλάδα πάει Μουντιάλ!

Η Ελλάδα πάει σε Μουντιάλ για τρίτη φορά στην ιστορία της. Το 1-1 κόντρα στη Ρουμανία, σε συνδυασμό με το 3-1 στο Φάληρο, «τσέκαρε» τα εισιτήρια των διεθνών μας για τη Βραζιλία...

PlayStation 4 review: Sony scores a direct hit in latest console war

If the PlayStation 4 is any indication of the quality of the next generation of gaming, then it was worth the wait after all. I’m writing this review seven years to the day after Sony brought the PlayStation 3 to the United States, a console I swore I would never buy after Sony revealed the ridiculous price tag at E3. Seven years later, the Japanese electronics giant has value in mind and the PlayStation 4 is a bargain at $399.99...

9 Things You Should Know Before Buying an Xbox One

Another next-generation release is about to rock the gaming world: The Xbox One debuts Nov. 22 in 13 countries, including the United States.

Microsoft hasn't released a game console since the Xbox 360 arrived in 2005, and a lot has changed in the world of gaming in the past eight years...

Rumor: Supplier now building 12.9-inch Apple iPad displays for early 2014 launch

A "first-tier display supplier" is building 12.9-inch Retina displays for use in a new jumbo-sized iPad set to launch in early 2014, a new report out of Korea claims...

First iOS 7 Game Controller 'MOGA Ace Power' Now Available

The first iOS 7 game controller launched today, with MOGA officially announcing its MOGA Ace Power controller for the iPhone 5/5c/5s and the fifth-generation iPod touch. The expandable controller is designed to plug into the Lightning port on Apple's newer devices and features dual analog sticks, a d-pad, action buttons, a headphone jack, and L1/R1 L2/R2 buttons... 

ΗΠΑ: Σε ύψος ρεκόρ έκλεισε ο βιομηχανικός δείκτης Dow Jones

Καταγράφοντας νέο ρεκόρ έκλεισε σήμερα στο Χρηματιστήριο της Νέας Υόρκης ο βιομηχανικός δείκτης Dow Jones που κατά τη διάρκεια της συνεδρίασης ξεπέρασε --προσωρινά-- ακόμη και το συμβολικό όριο των 16.000 μονάδων...

Ζημιές €87 εκ. για Ελληνική

Ζημιές €87,2 εκ. ανακοίνωσε για το εννιάμηνο του 2013 η Ελληνική Τράπεζα έναντι κερδών €220 χιλ. πέρσι. 

Αρνητικά στα αποτελέσματα επηρεάζει η επιδείνωση του δανειακού της χαρτοφυλακίου που οδηγεί σε μείωση των εσόδων και αύξηση των προβλέψεων ενώ επηρέασε επίσης η αύξηση των εξόδων λόγω αποζημιώσεων στο προσωπικό που επέλεξε την εθελούσια έξοδο. Παρά τις ζημιές, η τράπεζα...

2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class loses all camo in latest spy pics (pics)

We have just received a fresh batch of spy photos with the 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class completely undisguised.

This isn't the first time we are seeing the new C-Class without makeup but these latest photos are considerably much better. 

They were taken while the car was participating in a shooting of a...

Inside Coin's techie vision for the all-in-one credit card (pics & video)

In a compact San Francisco office suite equipped with soldering stations and swipe-testing machines, Coin's team of seven has been working furiously to perfect the final prototype of an unlimited credit card. 

No, not one that will let you charge with abandon. Rather, a device as slim as a standard piece of payment plastic that can hold countless credit, debit, and gift cards in its dynamic magnetic...

Sony sells over 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in just 24 hours

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 4 console is off to a good start. The company announced today that it has sold over 1 million consoles in just 24 hours. Sony’s PlayStation 4 only launched on Friday in the US and Canada, so it's an impressive start for just two regions. 

"We are thrilled that consumer reaction has been so phenomenal," says Andrew House, president and group CEO of...

On Celebrity Guys and Their Baby Model Girlfriends

As Cher Horowitz would say with an eye-roll, "Older guys like younger women. Film at 11."

Like the transformation of a well-respected chrysalis into a semi-tragic, mid-life-crisis butterfly, Leonardo DiCaprio has slowly becomes a parody of himself. One day he's swimming in St. Barth's...

All hail the mothership: Norman Foster's $5bn Apple HQ revealed (pics & video)

On the third floor of an innocuous office building in southwest London, flimsy sheets of tracing paper are taped to the windows, leaving only an inch gap to glimpse the real world outside.

 Rolls of drawings are hurriedly dispatched, unmarked boxes carried up in the secure, swipe-card lift. 

Tired architects drift in and out at unusual times of day and night, forbidden from uttering a word of what lies beyond the doors...

Πρόστιμο €50 αν ο αστυνομικός κρίνει ακατάλληλα τα ελαστικά

Η Αστυνομία, με αφορμή πρόσφατο συμβάν στο οδικό δίκτυο κατά το οποίο προκλήθηκε ταυτόχρονη έκρηξη δύο ελαστικών, ανακοινώνει τα ακόλουθα σε σχέση με τις διατάξεις της Νομοθεσίας για την κατάσταση στην οποία πρέπει να βρίσκονται τα ελαστικά των μηχανοκινήτων οχημάτων και τις ενέργειες στις οποίες πρέπει να προβαίνουν οι οδηγοί για να βεβαιώνονται ότι έχουν ασφαλή ελαστικά.

Σύμφωνα με τους Κανονισμούς που διέπουν την Τροχαία, τα ελαστικά που είναι προσαρμοσμένα πάνω σε οποιοδήποτε όχημα...

Έφυγε απο τη ζωή ο Γλαύκος Κληρίδης - Βιογραφικό

Έφυγε από τη ζωή στις ο πρώην Πρόεδρος της Κύπρου, Γλαύκος Κληρίδης.

Ο Γλαύκος Κληρίδης, νοσηλευόταν από την Τετάρτη στο Ιατρικό Κέντρο Ευαγγελίστρια.

Στο πλευρό του, τις τελευταίες του στιγμές, ήταν η κόρη του και στενοί του συνεργάτες.

Το βράδυ της Πέμπτης ο ίδιος είπε σε δικούς του ανθρώπους: «Ξέρω ότι τελειώνω και όταν πέσω σε καταστολή δεν θέλω να με τοποθετήσετε στον αναπνευστήρα»...

Έξοδος Ιρλανδίας και Ισπανίας από το πρόγραμμα χρηματοοικονομικής στήριξης

Την έξοδο της Ιρλανδίας και της Ισπανίας από το διακρατικό πρόγραμμα χρηματοοικονομικής στήριξης ανακοίνωσε χθες βράδυ το Eurogroup, διαπιστώνοντας παράλληλα την πρόοδο στην εφαρμογή του κυπριακού προγράμματος και ζητώντας περισσότερα μέτρα από την Ελλάδα. 

Μετά το τέλος συνεδρίας του Eurogroup, ο πρόεδρος του Jeroen Dijsselbloem συνεχάρη την Ιρλανδία και την Ισπανία για την ισχυρή δέσμευση τους στην εφαρμογή των προγραμμάτων τους, που έφεραν αποτελέσματα...