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Apple Ipad to hurt e-reader market, says survey

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:07 +0100

Apple's iPad could seriously disrupt the e-reader business of Amazon, Sony and others, according to a survey last month that queried American consumers on their purchase plans.

Twitter sees 347% growth in mobile browser access

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:41:44 +0100

There's good reason tweets are limited to 140 characters - the microblogging social network was developed specifically with mobile in mind and 140 characters is the size limit for a text message. With that in mind, it's no surprise that Twitter has experienced a 347% jump since a year ago in people accessing the site via mobile browser.

YouTube turns on automatic captioning for all videos

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:41:01 +0100

YouTube may be one of the biggest success stories of the Web 2.0 era, but if you are hearing impaired, the site is only of limited value. Starting today, however, Google will begin to offer auto-captioning for all English-language videos on YouTube. Until now, only videos from a select number of YouTube's partners were captioned using the Google's automated speech-recognition software.

US cybersecurity plans revealed

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:40:22 +0100

“In order to be successful against today's cybersecurity threats, we must continue to seek out innovative new partnerships — not only within government, but also among industry, government and the American public," announced Howard Schmidt in his keynote address at this year's edition of the RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Security monitoring: Having vision for the future

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:12:42 +0100

A study published in the March 2010 issue of Psychological Bulletin claims that it proves a connection between violent video games and aggressive children.

Microsoft tolls out browser ballot

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:11:52 +0100

Microsoft on Monday formally commenced its plan to update Windows 7, XP, and Vista systems with a so-called "ballot screen" that lets users in Europe more easily select a browser other than Internet Explorer as the default on Windows-based systems.

US defense department Oks social networking

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:10:50 +0100

Following a ban on social networking by some sectors of the U.S. Department of Defense, the agency has now decided that social networking is integral to its operations and is to be encouraged.

Huge number of websites barely visited, report finds

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:18:10 +0100

The Internet, famously, has a long tail, but a new analysis has revealed another characteristic of this vast slew of obscure websites. Huge numbers of them are never visited.

The decline of the credit card, the rise of micropayments

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:17:33 +0100

In "The Future of Money," Daniel Roth of Wired offers a brief evolution on the flow of cash, and describes how the credit card is poised upon the brink of decline. With the current system of point-of-sale card readers, banks and credit card companies, businesses are at the mercy of an antiquated queue of fees, transfers, and other headaches.

Survey says: Android users mostly male, webOS not just for women, Ipod Touch for kids

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:16:55 +0100

Jump down off that scud missile and holster your brew Droid owners, the stats are in for smartphone gender preferences. The numbers reported above are based on a AdMob survey of 963 total respondents consisting of 318 Android, 244 iPhone, 356 iPod touch and 45 webOS users in english speaking countries.

Internet attacks traced to Chinese schools

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:29:52 +0100

Computer security experts investigating Internet attacks on Google and other U.S. companies say computers at Chinese educational institutions may have been involved, according to U.S. media reports.

Does Google Buzz worry parents? Here are alternatives

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:29:19 +0100

Are you concerned about your child's use of Gmail since the search giant introduced Google Buzz two weeks ago? Perhaps you should be. Buzz is relatively easy to use for sharing messages, photos and more, but a child may have difficulty understanding the complexity of Google Buzz's privacy settings. Here's a brief explanation of how one blogger found that out the hard way, and what you can do to keep your child's online life safer

Apple adult content purge ecnouraged by developers

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:28:21 +0100

The company is removing "overtly sexual content" from its iTunes App Store in response to complaints from users and developers.

Why we don't trust Devil Mountain Software (and neither should you)

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:09:25 +0100

Devil Mountain Software has been a thorn in the side of Microsoft for years and is adept at garnering headlines. The latest effort is a report claiming that 86 percent of Windows 7 PCs were gobbling up too much memory. Can you trust these findings and the company overall? The short answer: No. Here’s why.

Mobile banking doubles every year

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:40:34 +0100

In 2015, about 244 million people worldwide will carry out financial transactions with their banks using their mobile phones.

Facebook now second most popular site on web, beating out Yahoo

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:39:56 +0100

Facebook is now the second most popular Web site in the United States, passing Yahoo with 133 million unique visitors in January, according to new research.

Google Buzz fuels rising privacy, security concerns

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:37:58 +0100

Despite two rounds of privacy-setting revisions, Google Buzz continues to come under widening criticism by privacy advocates and cybersecurity experts.

Hacker Iceman gets record 13 year sentence

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:15:36 +0100

Former security researcher Max Butler has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for hacking financial firms and stealing nearly two million credit card numbers from banks, businesses and other hackers. The judgement is the longest sentence for a hacker in US history.

Computer savvy activists launch attacks to punch holes in online shields of authoritative regimes

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:13:30 +0100

It is the Internet version of David vs. Goliath — computer savvy activists who launch guerrilla tech attacks to punch holes in online shields erected by governments to control what their citizens do online. One of the newest cyber warriors is Austin Heap, a 25-year-old San Francisco software developer who helped launch Haystack, a program to help Iranians wiggle past government filters as tensions between authorities and the opposition movement surge.

Shell security under microscope after massive data leak

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:12:04 +0100

The security measures at Royal Dutch Shell are under close scrutiny after the details of 176,000 employees and contractors were emailed to campaigners.