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40% of iPhone Users access web more from phone than PC
Written on 27 Jun, 2009 at 10:37 in Featured, Technology | viewed 249 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
comScore has surveyed 7,300 users of iPhones (and iPod Touches) and found that 40% of them now use their iPhones to access the internet more than they use personal computers. This is similar to findings earlier reported for Blackberry users with email and consistent with the early anecdotal evidence about the iPhone. iPhone users are also quite wealthy and relatively old (76% are over the age of 25) and seven out of ten iPhone owners are men. Full Story : Sociallyminded.co.uk…
Opera Unite turns browser into door to PC
Written on 16 Jun, 2009 at 10:22 in Featured, Technology | viewed 210 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Opera has released an early version of a browser-based sharing and collaboration service called Unite, which has been criticized by some security experts as having a level of protection that is too low. Opera Unite, an application platform that turns the user’s PC into a web server, was unveiled in an alpha version by the Norwegian company on Tuesday. Components of the browser-based service include file-sharing, photo sharing, a shared media player, a chat lounge and the ability to run websites hosted on the user’s PC. Full Story : ZDNet.co.uk…..
PC firms face China decree
Written on 8 Jun, 2009 at 10:40 in Featured, Technology | viewed 171 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
CHINA plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain websites, a move that could give government censors unprecedented control over how Chinese users access the internet. The government, which has told international PC makers of the requirement but has yet to publicly announce it, says the effort is aimed at protecting young people from “harmful” content. Full Story : Theaustralian.news…..
Vista Service Pack 2 Now Ready for Download
Written on 27 May, 2009 at 14:13 in Featured, Technology | viewed 366 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is now available for download. The Vista SP2 update includes new support for recording Blu-ray discs straight from the Vista OS, updated support for Bluetooth v2.1, and bug fixes that address slow shutdowns and mysterious crashes. You can download Vista SP2 directly from Microsoft at its Web site (348MB) or it will be automatically delivered to your Vista system via Windows Update within a few weeks, according to Microsoft. You must have Vista SP1 installed on your system to install the SP2 Vista. Full Story : PCWorld.com….
Botnet master hits the kill switch, takes down 100,000 PCs
Written on 9 May, 2009 at 12:50 in Featured, Technology | viewed 259 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Zeus/Zbot is a software kit that sprung up in March that harvests financial and personal data from PCs through the use of a Trojan. Zeus, unlike many other malware programs, managed to make each installation appear different to virus trackers so that it would be more difficult to remove. But Zeus had another interesting feature—one that isn’t terribly uncommon among botnet software, it turns out. A command was built into the software to kos—or “kill operating system”—and it was apparently executed some time last month. Full Story : Arstechnica.com……
Microsoft may soon drop Vista
Written on 4 May, 2009 at 13:30 in Featured, Technology | viewed 233 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Microsoft may stop selling its Windows Vista operating system as soon as an upgraded version is available, a company manager said. Microsoft customers complained that the Vista system was slow and included cumbersome prompts that required granting permission for various tasks. Full Story : UPI.com…..
First Android-Powered Netbook Due in Three Months
Written on 27 Apr, 2009 at 12:55 in Featured, Technology | viewed 246 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Skytone Transmission Technologies, based in Guangzhou, China, says it is just three months away from producing the world’s first Android-powered netbook, the Alpha 680. The new device is powered by the ARM11 533 Mhz processor, 7-inch LCD monitor with 800-by-480 resolution, Wi-Fi, optional 3G antenna, an unspecified keyboard size, and a two-cell battery with approximately two to four hours of battery life. Full Story : PCWorld.com…..
Apple found guilty of willful patent infringement
Written on 26 Apr, 2009 at 14:44 in Featured, Technology | viewed 294 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Apple has been ordered to pay $19 million to Opti Inc., a technology company based up the road in Palo Alto, for patent infringement. The verdict came out of Patent Lawsuit Valley (also known as the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall) late Thursday, where a jury found that Apple had “willfully” infringed on Opti’s patent for “Predictive snooping.” Full Story : Arstechnica.com……
‘Sleep talking’ PCs save energy and money
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 12:16 in Featured, Technology | viewed 441 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by “sleep talking.” Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers that induces a new energy saving state known as “sleep talking.” Normally PCs can be in either awake mode where they save substantial power but are essentially inactive and unresponsive to network traffic. Full Story : Eurekalert.com….
Linux the Greenest Operating System?
Written on 19 Apr, 2009 at 16:37 in Technology | viewed 276 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Linux requires less processor power and less advanced hardware than Windows or Mac OS X, you can use hardware much longer with Linux. That means less landfill problems, and less production of new equipment overall. According to a new study Windows users have to upgrade their computers twice as frequently as Linux users. Full Story : Greencomputing…..
Microsoft begs Windows 7 testers to start from scratch
Written on 10 Apr, 2009 at 18:58 in Featured | viewed 304 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Microsoft is imploring millions of Windows 7 beta testers to perform a clean install of the forthcoming Release Candidate, rather than upgrade from the beta. Microsoft warns that those who don’t perform a clean install may suffer “some oddities after upgrade”. Full Story : PCpro…..
Windows XP support runs out next week
Written on 8 Apr, 2009 at 11:40 in Featured, Technology | viewed 270 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Windows XP will pass another milestone on the road to retirement next week when Microsoft withdraws mainstream support for the operating system. While the company said that it will continue to provide free security fixes for XP until 2014, any future bugs found in the platform will not be fixed unless customers pay for additional support. Full Story : PCAuthority.com…..
U.S. companies waste $2.8B per year powering unused PCs
Written on 2 Apr, 2009 at 0:45 in Featured, Technology | viewed 289 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Computers that are powered on but not in use are expected to emit approximately 20 million tons of CO2 this year alone, roughly equivalent to the impact of 4 million cars, according to a report released by 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy . In U.S. alone companies waste $2.8 billion annually to power 108 million unused machines. Full Story : Infoworld.com…
Conficker Set to Strike Windows Computers tomorrow
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 13:31 in Featured, Technology | viewed 240 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Security watchdogs warn that millions could be affected by the Conficker worm tomorrow. Over nine million PCs are already infected and a new variant of the virus could threaten those who didn’t patch their PCs with the latest security updates. Security experts recommend that you run good antivirus software and that you keep updated with all the latest patches and updates. Full Story : PCWorld.com…
Symantec Warns of Worm’s Return
Written on 9 Mar, 2009 at 9:27 in Featured, Technology | viewed 237 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
A third version of Downadup worm has been identified by Symantec. The new version gives infected machines more powerful instructions to disable antivirus software and analysis tools. The W32 Downadup.C variant was discovered Friday in a Symantec honeypot and is still under investigation.
(Continue reading)SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Written on 20 Jan, 2009 at 19:57 in Technology | viewed 255 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface devices to a host computer. The current version of USB 2.0 was introduced a decade ago. Symwave, a semiconductor startup, and hard-drive maker Seagate are showing the first working demonstration of USB 3.0,this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2009) in Las Vegas. USB 3.0 promises 10 times faster speed than the earlier version and backward compatibility with USB 2.0.
Microsoft Windows 7 hits Public Beta
Written on 8 Jan, 2009 at 17:45 in Technology | viewed 205 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced a free public beta of the new OS, at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Microsoft says Windows 7 only requires 1 GB memory. Its notable that Vista has the same memory requirement but runs extremely slow on systems with 1GB of RAM.
Samsung Digital Picture Frames shipped with Virus
Written on 27 Dec, 2008 at 18:47 in Technology | viewed 289 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Samsung says its XP version of Frame Manager 1.08 software contains the virus W32.Sality.AE. The virus reaches the computer when the Frame Manager is installed on a PC. The virus doesn’t affect Vista PCs. Samsung encourages users to download and install the updated version of Frame Manager XP software available here. Most of the anti virus software detect W32.Sality.AE.
Russsia Vs Georgia Computer Game
Written on 24 Nov, 2008 at 8:20 in Entertainment, Technology | viewed 296 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
“Confrontation: Peace Enforcement” is the name of the computer game developed by Russian programmers,which will be released next month. The strategy game, supposes what might happen if Georgia decided to have another go at retaking the region with support from NATO. “Nato does not stay out of it, pushing Poland forward as its representative and Ukraine blockades the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol,” according to the description of the game supplied by its creators.
Research May Extend Moore’s Law
Written on 28 Oct, 2008 at 8:17 in Technology | viewed 245 views times and users have made 1 comment so far
Moore’s law describes an important trend in the history of computer hardware. Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has increased exponentially, doubling approximately every two years. But some observers have predicted that law cannot be sustained indefinitely. The McGill scientists , though, think they may have a way around those roadblocks. The research conducted by the McGill scientists may be the answer to continuing Moore’s Law .