March 31, 2008
Online office suite Google Docs is soon to be available offline. Google's word processor will be the first in the Google Apps line up to make the move from web application to offline software. Google Docs word processor will be available to use offline within the next three weeks. They can do this by installing the Google Gears ...
Google Docs: now with offline access
by David MastersOnline office suite Google Docs is soon to be available offline. Google's word processor will be the first in the Google Apps line up to make the move from web application to offline software. Google Docs word processor will be available to use offline within the next three weeks. They can do this by installing the Google Gears ...
China opens up its doors to 3G technology
by Peter CharalambousAfter many years of delay, the largest mobile phone market will open up 3G networks from April. The country’s main network provider China Mobile will be running a test using 25,000 3G phones and data cards, covering the eight major cities using TD-SCDMA technology, although this is dependant upon government permission. China Mobile chairman Ping Wu said that: "today's announcement demonstrates China ...
Sony Rethinks Plan For “Fresh Start”
by Lashan ClarkeAfter customer outcry, Sony has decided to do away with the new fifty dollar charge to its customers. This charge was released over Easter and would be administered to customers requesting that added software be removed from their computers. Sony stated that the costs were justifiable and that the "Fresh Start" promotion would be offered free of charge. Sony has ...
Technology Companies Named In Lawsuit
by Lashan ClarkeMany big name companys are at the subject of a lawsuit launched by a university professor. Court documents released show that Gertrude Neumark Rothschild alleges that companies such as Motorola and Nokia have infringed on her patent for short wavelenght diodes and laser diodes. These diodes are used within PDAs and HD DVD players. At least thirty tech companies have ...
March 27, 2008
Even though it has been going for only a third of the time of other sites, Amazon's popularity in downloading music is close to Applee itunes. According to the new data, it is currently second behind Amazon itunes downloads for the United States. Released in the United States in September 2007 - the above online store started with a ...
Amazon Gaining On Apple iTunes
by Lashan ClarkeEven though it has been going for only a third of the time of other sites, Amazon's popularity in downloading music is close to Applee itunes. According to the new data, it is currently second behind Amazon itunes downloads for the United States. Released in the United States in September 2007 - the above online store started with a ...
Underground credit card portal uncovered
by Peter CharalambousSecurity experts at the securing firm Finjan have revealed that an underground exchange of stolen credit cards and financial details has been in operation, promoting the sale of fraudulent credit card data with the guarantee and volume discounts for bulk buys. The SellCVV2 site which used the Google's Blogspot service as its host is one of a number such portals in ...
Mobile ads boosted by the sales of Portable media players
by Peter CharalambousThe increase in Portable media players has driven up the demand for internet access being made available on portable devises and as a result this will have a positive impact upon mobile advertising should the hardware manufacturers chose to develop their products with built in wireless internet connections. According to research firm Jupiter Research, the marketplace for mobile ads could see ...
PC sales effected by global economic slowdown.
by Peter CharalambousThe analyst firm Gartner reveals that the latest estimates will see PC sales will rise to 293 million units this year which is actually a10.9 per cent from 2007 although they have stated that a product PC’s are far from recession proof and a likely to be hit by the global economic slowdown due to the high oil prices and ...
Motorola cuts off handset division
by David MastersMotorola announced yesterday that the company will be divided into two companies - a mobile devices company and a network infrastructure company. The two new companies will have completely separate operations and will be separately traded on the stock market. If the break up receives the necessary approvals, it could happen as early as next year. The split is the result ...
March 26, 2008
Those of you needing to He needs to store or edit your digital photos can participate in the open beta launched by Photoshop. Photoshop Express claimed that "many of the best pictures on the site for has been created by customers on the Internet which makes it simple and accessible". Beta testing will begin in the United States and other countries ...
Adobe Launches New Beta Photo Editing Application
by Lashan ClarkeThose of you needing to He needs to store or edit your digital photos can participate in the open beta launched by Photoshop. Photoshop Express claimed that "many of the best pictures on the site for has been created by customers on the Internet which makes it simple and accessible". Beta testing will begin in the United States and other countries ...
Pro-Tibet groups the latest targets of Malware
by Peter CharalambousThe latest swathe of attacks have been focused on Pro-Tibet organizations following the well publicized riots and police attacks as various groups. It is reported that they have received email messages that have supposedly come from 'The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization' and contain the signatory malicious attachments although researchers believe this to be a forgery. The email contains a short ...
ABI predicts bright future for PCs at the heart of connected homes
by Peter CharalambousABI Research said that network-connected PC media servers and living the room PCs will grow and adapt over time, and analysts predict that PC’s will play an ever increasing role in the management, distribution and playback of multimedia content in the modern connected living room, although it does not mean the loss of the traditional use. Predictions reveal that by 2013, ...
The iPhone drives smartphone sales.
by Peter CharalambousResearch by ABI predicts that there has been "meteoric growth" of the smartphone market that currently stands at 10 percent of the market, although it is predicted that by 2013 it will account for a 31 percent of phones. The research points to this trend being caused by the ‘iPhone effect’. The research showed how the iPhone has set the benchmark ...
Yahoo joins MySpace and Google in backing OpenSocial
by David MastersYahoo have now joined the ranks of MySpace and Google in backing the OpenSocial platform as the standard specification for building social networking applications. In a statement yesterday, Yahoo said: "Yahoo believes in supporting community-driven industry specifications and expects that OpenSocial will fuel innovation and make the Web more relevant and more enjoyable to millions of users." OpenSocial was launched in November ...
Intel releases faster quad-core processors
by David MastersIntel announced yesterday that they are releasing two new Xeon quad-core processors. The Xeon L5410 and L5420 processors run faster than previous models in the range, whilst keeping the same level of power efficiency. The new processors are designed for use on both workstations and servers, and run at speeds up to 25% faster than Intel's previous quad-core processors, with ...
March 25, 2008
An appalling attack was reported by Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Communications in which the researcher claimed to uncover a new wave of attacks on hacked profile on Facebook that were used to upload images of child torture. In a blog posting Boyd claimed to have discovered many instances of attacks on accounts that were stolen and used ...
Facebook used to spread torture pics
by Peter CharalambousAn appalling attack was reported by Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Communications in which the researcher claimed to uncover a new wave of attacks on hacked profile on Facebook that were used to upload images of child torture. In a blog posting Boyd claimed to have discovered many instances of attacks on accounts that were stolen and used ...
Microsoft buys up Komoku
by Peter CharalambousKomoku the market leader in rootkit detection has been acquired by Microsoft and will integrate the new technology into its Windows Live OneCare product line up. The Komoku brand name which was made famous by the firms high range products and root kits that was highly sophisticated in dealing with malicious software and malware and have done work for ultra security-conscious ...
BT Yahoo customers without email for 2 weeks.
by Peter CharalambousBT Yahoo have experienced problems with their service resulting in thousands of angry BT customers who have been struggling with their email accounts leaving them unable to access their email because the broadband provider suffered technical difficulties with the server equipment. A spokesperson for BT admitted that a small number of users had been affected "for a couple of days". BT have ...
3Com shareholders approve outlawed offer from Bain
by David MastersOn Friday 3Com shareholders approved Bain's merger offer after Bain withdrew the offer the day before, as reported in Office Review. The vote in favour of the merger means that 3Com is likely to receive a US$66 million break up fee in compensation for the retracted $2.2 billion offer that was received from a partnership between Bain Capital Partners and Huawei ...
Netflix site died and resurrected on Easter Monday
by David MastersFilm rental site Netflix went down yesterday morning for reasons that the company has yet to reveal. Netflix rents DVDs and streaming movies to 8 million customers across the United States. Steve Swasey, a spokesperson for the company, said that the outage started at 7am Pacific time. The company quickly worked to resolve the problem. The outage was unplanned, which ...