UK Government To Outsource Internet Tracking
The UK government is planning to use a private company to run its proposed database of every phone call, text, email and web site visit. In a prop... More »
Intel And Adobe To Put Flash On Appliances
Adobe and Intel are working together to port and optimise Adobe's Flash technology to the Intel Media Processor CE 3100. The aim is to bring Flash content to devices such a... More »
FileMaker 10 Focuses On Ease Of Use
FileMaker has released the latest version of its database tool, which features a new-look user interface and other features to help newcomers get started with database work, while... More »
Parallels Updates Desktop 4.0 For Mac
Parallels has released a revised version of Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac, adding a handful of new features such as improved DirectX IT support for gamers and exper... More »
Phishers Outwit Twitter Users
A large number of Twitter users have been temporarily locked out of their accounts as a phishing scam continues to attack the social messaging site. Users are being sent a... More »
CA To Acquire Orchestria
Identity management company CA has announced plans to acquire Orchestria Corporation, a provider of data loss preventiontechnology, for an undisclosed sum. CA sa... More »
Analyst Claims Vista Capable Made Microsoft Over 1.5bn
An expert witness in the class action suit against Microsoft over its Vista Capable has claimed that the company made over $1.5bn as a result of its Vista Capable market... More »
Google Works On Android For The Blind
Google is working on an add-on to its Android mobile phone operating system that would make it much easier for blind people to use. Google researcher T.V Raman, who has been blin... More »
Lenovo Rolls Out New Models
Lenovo has rolled out its latest line of notebook and desktop systems. The new lineup includes four new notebook models for the IdeaPad line and a new all-in-one ... More »
China Vows To Clean Up The Internet
The Chinese government has named 19 web sites, including Google, as failing to remove ‘vulgar’ material such as pornography which it says is harming its citizens. The ... More »
VeriSign Drops Vulnerable Certificate Algorithm
Following a recent report that an algorithm for creating secure Web-site certificates could be vulnerable, VeriSign has announced it will no longer use the a... More »
Madoff Victims Selling Memorabilia On eBay
Madoff, who was arrested last month after allegedly telling investigators he lost as much as $50 billion of investors' money in a giant Ponzi scheme, promoted his firm by put... More »
Recession To Steal Some Glitz From Gadget Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the p... More »
UK Govt Looking Into National Digital Grid
There's been debate in the UK for 20 years about installing fibre optic cables into all UK homes, taking care of the so-called 'last mile problem' and giving the ... More »
Cisco to Introduce Digital Stereo System at CES
Cisco has won much attention from consumer news sites since the New York Times reported Monday that the network giant at CES next week is expected to... More »
Mac-compatible Bluetooth Web Cam Debuts
Ecamm Network on Friday introduced its BT-1Bluetooth wireless Web cam, which it calls the world's first such device. Designed for Mac compatibility, ... More »
Analysts Expect Evolutionary Products At Macworld
While Steve Jobs won't be giving the keynote address during next week's Macworld Conference & Expo, analysts still expect the company to introduce some pro... More »
Mac Gains On Windows
Windows lost nearly a full percentage point of market share for the second month in a row in December, pushing Microsoft Corp.'s operating system to a n... More »
Samsung to Unveil 7mm Thick TV At CES
Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as just 6.5-millimeters at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it said... More »
Tech Jobs May Increase Despite Economic Trends
The outlook for IT support jobs in 2009 may not be as bad as some observers suggest. While some indicators and surveys are showing some declines in tech jobs... More »
Nokia Unveils Latest Touchscreen Phone
Nokia's previous stance of 'No touchscreens for us, thank you sir' has now been well and truly blown away after the announcement of another touchscreen device, the 6208c, whi... More »
Panasonic Invents The Paperless Fax Machine
A high-tech invention heralds a new era of electronic messaging, allowing you to send digital files through the ether without using a scrap of paper. Panasonic's paperless fax ... More »
Microsoft MD5 Hack Poses No Major Threats To Users
In reaction to the news today that security researchers have come up with a way to spoof the digital certificates that secure many Web sites, Microsoft downp... More »
Gmail Notice Touts Chrome And Firefox, Dismisses IE
Google is pushing users of its Gmail e-mail service to dump Microsoft's Internet Explorer for its own Chrome browser or Mozilla's ... More »
Regulator fines E-Trade units US$1 million
The independent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined two units of E-Trade Financial a total of US$1 million for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering (A... More »
Startup Founders Turn Android Into Desktop OS
Matthaus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, founders of the stealth startup Mobile-facts, have found that you can take Google's smartphone operating system, Android,... More »
Twitter Phishing Scam May Be Spreading
There's a scam spreading through Twitter. Direct messages (DMs) are showing up in Twitter accounts with appealing come-ons to visit a site on blogspot.com. The text... More »
College Interviews The Webcam Way
Remember college, cramming for midterm exams in a dark, dusty library? Today's university students spend their nights scanning Web-based discussion forums and studying in a wirele... More »
Hollywood Loses SOC in Analog Hole
Hollywood has again failed to convince the Federal Communications Commission to lift its ban on selectable output controls that would allow video distributors to re... More »
Microsoft Urges Organizations to Patch Server Vulnerability as New Attacks Surface
Microsoft advised organizations yet again to deploy the patch for a flaw affecting the Windows Server service that was fixed in October. The latest attacks are coming courte... More »
'Curse of silence' Smartphone Flaw Disclosed
A denial-of-service attack that limits the number of SMS messages that can be received by Nokia smartphones has been disclosed and demonstrated. Dubbed the "curse of ... More »
Wikimedia Foundation Raises $6.2 Million For Wikipedia
The Wikimedia Foundation announced Friday that it has reached its goal of raising over $6 million to sustain Wikipedia. With the help of over 125,000 donors from a... More »
Military Hoping Chat Bots Will Replace Deployed Parents
The U.S. Department of Defense is looking to develop virtual parents to comfort children when moms and dads on active duty aren't available to talk. In a solicitation for pr... More »
Google To Offer Paid Android Apps Soon
Mobile application developers soon will be able to offer paid apps in the Android Market, according to Eric Chu, group marketing manager with Google's Android group. Chu s... More »
Microsoft Windows, IE Usage Declined In 2008
Microsoft's browser and operating system market share suffered in 2008 while competitors' products thrived. According to statistics provided by Net Applicat... More »
iPhone 3G Gets Unlocking Software
A group of iPhone hackers has released software that makes it possible to use Apple's touch-screen smartphone on nearly any GSM carrier. As p... More »
RIM Extends Takeover Bid For Certicom
In the latest development of Research In Motion's takeover bid of security-specialist Certicom, RIM said it will extend its expiry date of its offer from Jan. 15 to... More »
Open Document Format Has Been Accepted By 16 Governments
The Open Document Format continues to gain ground with governments as the format in which they wish to create important documents, despite Microsoft's Off... More »
Verbatim Unveils Quad-Interface Desktop Hard Drives
Hardware manufacturer Verbatim Americas on Friday launched two external, quad-interface desktop hard-disk drives. The drives, one 500 GB and the other 1 TB, offer Mac... More »
Recession Slams Global Semiconductor Sales
Worldwide semiconductor sales fell in November, as the economic downturn continued to hammer chipmakers, industry figures released Friday showed. Excluding memory products, which ... More »
Deutsche Telekom To Share Fibre With Vodafone
Deutsche Telekom (DT), Germany's incumbent telco, has agreed to cooperate with at least one rival on next generation broadband investment, following political pressure... More »
PageOne Launches MoodleMobile With 2-Way Functionality
PageOne, the UK's leading mobile messaging company announces that it will be launching its ‘MoodleMobile' plug-in module with 2-way messaging functionality. By exte... More »
'Boom year' For Hi-Tech Criminals
If 2007 was witness to the rise of the professional hi-tech criminal, then 2008 was the year they got down to work. Statistics gathered by firms combating the rising ti... More »
Pioneer Of Cyberspace Honoured
A professor who invented a forerunner of the world wide web has been made a dame in the New Year Honours. Wendy Hall created the "open hypermedia system" Microcosm wi... More »
'World's biggest' Software Pirates Jailed
The Futian People's Court in Shenzhen, China, handed down sentences to 11 ringleaders of the world's largest software counterfeiting syndicate today. The pirates were responsib... More »
Asus Unveils Latest Eee PC Ultra-Netbook
Asus has unveiled the latest ultra-netbook at the top end of its massively successful Eee PC line, with a notably bigger screen and better keyboard to satisfy even the most fat-... More »
British Housewives Are World's Biggest Surfers
A huge internet survey has discovered that British housewives are the world's biggest surfers - spending close to half of their leisure time online. A massive po... More »
Sharp To Record $475 Million Losses On Stock Drops
Sharp expects to record extraordinary losses of around ¥43.2 billion (US$475 million) this year as a result of writedowns in the value of stock it holds in other companies, it... More »
AMD Costs Layoffs at $70M
Advanced Micro Devices has put the cost of the layoffs and other cost reductions it announced during the fourth quarter at around US$70 million, higher than it had expected. As p... More »
India Postpones Auction of 3G Spectrum
India has postponed to Jan. 30, 2009, the auction of 3G spectrum to give potential bidders more time to study bid documents and rules for the auction, a government agency said Tue... More »
Online Holiday Sales Fall
Online sales for the holiday period up to Dec. 23 fell 3 percent from the same period last year, marking the first decline in online spending since comScore Inc sta... More »
Dell Unveils Massive Reorganization
Dell, which has seen PC sales slow in the economic downturn, announced on Wednesday a massive reorganization that establishes three separate global units for selling to businesses... More »
China Approves 3G Licenses
China agreed to start issuing licenses for its 3G mobile data network support, but questions remain about which companies will get a slice of the estimated $... More »
LG Adds CinemaNow, YouTube Access To Blu-Ray Player
LG Electronics has added CinemaNow and YouTube access to its Blu-ray disc player, expanding the device's IT support of online video content. The new IT... More »
Microsoft Scrambling To Thaw Zune Freeze
A surge of online complaints suggests widespread freezing problems with 30-GB version of Microsoft's Zune music player. Online forum threads have ... More »
Alaska Air Taps Oracle To Build Customer Loyalty
The poor economy and high fuel costs created a difficult year for airlines, and Alaska Airlines was no exception. The airline, which primarily serves the West Coast, had to drop... More »
The Internet's Cool, But TV Remains Ad King
The Internet is growing in importance in advertising, but old-fashioned television remains the most influential medium, a study shows. In a wide-ranging survey of more ... More »
HP Unveils UPS Products
HP announced the launch of three models of HP Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) products especially designed for the growing businesses. This new product line from HP, o... More »
Tech Companies Push Stylish, Personal Design
With consumers showing an appetite for stylish personal devices, PC and gadget makers will need more than just vibrant colors, rounded edges or an elegant metallic finish to stand... More »
China's Lenovo Considers Restructuring
China's Lenovo Group, the world's No.4 personal computer maker, is considering a restructuring because of tough economic conditions, China Business News reported on Wednesday. ... More »
