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Blog Google Beware: Hackers Set Sights On Android G1 Handsets Author: Eric Everson, MyMobiSafe.com Could the security concerns surrounding Google’s Open Source Mobile Operating System (OSMOPS)...
This week I 'ave been mostly running chkdsk
Blog I've had a run of half a dozen seemingly mortally wounded Windows XP machines to fix this week. All were easily repaired. Most reasonably technical users know of chkdsk, a Microsoft utility that...
Novell guns for Red Hat
Blog The open source world isn't all sweetness and light. Novell is trying to take business from the market leader in Linux servers, Red Hat - with a switchover campaign. As in many such campaigns,...
Tom Cruise might make it look cool but productivity gains ar...
Talkback So my next operating system will allow to give it the proverbial two fingers, which some might say we have been doing for years. So I'm working with Excel 2003 or Word 2003 (the re-arranged...
Aussie ISPs just say 'no' to filtering
Blog Australian ISPs are not exactly falling over themselves to trial a scheme by the government to filter web content, according to an Ars Technica article. Internet censorship is dodgy at the best...
Pollution tsars call for 'urgent' nanotech regulation
News The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has called for testing and regulation of nanotechnology materials, to prevent possible damage to the environment and public health
RE:Open source Android opens Huawei eyes
Blog Comment I was interested in this story, so I did a little digging myself. Here is part of the statement I managed to get out of Huawei: "Huawei plans to introduce customized smartphones based on Symbian...
RE:Two development streams needed for next mobile killer-applic...
Blog Comment Subsequent to me posting this blog I received a comment from Mickael Remond, CEO of IM focused company ProcessOne (well, it came from an approved spokesperson via his publicity machine)... I...
Google Mail gets voice and video chat
News Skype-like functionality has been added to the popular webmail service, in a move Google says is directed at consumers and small businesses alike
Colombia to trial OLPC Windows laptop
News The Windows version of the One Laptop per Child XO notebook will be used in two schools in the Colombian state of Cundinamarca
UK gets Yahoo's voice search for mobiles
News Users of certain BlackBerry handsets and Nokia Series 60 smartphones who are based in the UK can now use Yahoo's voice-enabled oneSearch service
Wireless USB adapter kit heads to UK
News Italian PC and peripherals manufacturer Olidata has claimed it will be the first company to introduce wireless USB adapter kits to the European market
OLPC to revive 'Give One, Get One' scheme in US
News Under the reprised scheme, facilitated by Amazon.com, OLPC will send one XO laptop to the US purchaser and one to a school-age child in a developing country
Getting to grips with Windows 7 multitouch
Photo Its multitouch feature is clearly its most tactile improvement, but just how widespread the implementation will be remains to be seen
RE:Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N and Intel 4965AGN
Blog Comment Jamie: Try turning off the 802.11 configuration or wireless networking PnP services in the offending OS. If the packet coming from the computer is already formatted as 802.11x, it passes straight...
Google site tracks spread of flu in US
News The search giant's recently unveiled Google Flu Trends site tracks flu-related searches to monitor the spread of the illness across the US
Hitachi set to launch self-encrypting hard drive
News The company has announced the third generation of its 2.5-inch Travelstar hard drive with built-in encryption — the 5K500.B
RE:Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N and Intel 4965AGN
Blog Comment That sounds like a right pain Jamie I've not had anything similar, but I haven't used that combination. There are quite a few reports of problems with those two devices, including on the Linksys...
Google Enters Audio / Video Chat Market
Blog Google has released an audio/video chat plugin for their GMail service. I don't use GMail, so I'm not going to try this out personally, but from what I can tell, it is of the "browser plugin"...
SaaS, on the Progressive Side
Blog Software as a Service…a concept that seems so attractive and luring. Yet you can’t but ignore how some companies are constantly criticizing it, telling the “horror stories” of how “friends of their...
Energy industry seen as prime cyberattack target
News Critical infrastructure insiders from Europe and North America say the energy industry is the worst prepared for cyberattacks, while the financial-services industry is best prepared
Adobe delays Photoshop.com, CS4 upgrades
News Upgrades due this week for the Photoshop.com online service and Photoshop CS4 will now arrive later this month, Adobe says
Cisco router to tackle video-clogged networks
News The company has announced a router that may help phone companies and cable operators keep up with the onslaught of online video traffic
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Review This is an impressive update to Microsoft's Small Business Server that packs a big punch. However, it may be overkill for a lot of companies and isn't quite as easy to manage as it first appears.
Former Oracle executive Wookey joins SAP
News Enterprise software applications giant SAP hires former Oracle executive John Wookey, a little over a year after the executive left SAP's major rival
ISPs under strain from barrage of DDoS attacks
News Arbor Networks says DDoS-attack sizes doubled last year and were more diverse in nature, taxing the IT security resources at most internet service providers
Microsoft patches four security flaws
News One security update rated 'critical' affects Microsoft XML Core Services and IE, while another patch affects Microsoft Server Message Block Protocol
Google offers details on 'reboot' bug, Android fixes
News The search giant has begun sharing some details of the vulnerabilities fixed by patches to the T-Mobile G1's Android operating system
Google, Yahoo battle Argentina search-censorship
News About 70 public figures in Argentina are in a court battle with Google and Yahoo over whether search engines can be forced to delete allegedly defamatory material about them
Microsoft edges closer to Verizon search deal
News The tech giant is getting closer to deal to become the default search provider for Verizon Wireless, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal
I wandered lonely as an unmanaged cloud service
Blog Would you be suspicious if a piece of software claimed to be the first product capable of monitoring the “entire” enterprise infrastructure, bridging the gap between the data centre and the cloud?...
Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N and Intel 4965AGN
Blog Ok, this is driving me crazy. Why does this not work? I have a Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N router, and a laptop with an Intel 4965AGN Wireless Network Interface. When I am running Windows XP...
SMEs shrug off downturn to up IT spend
News A CompTIA survey claims over half of UK small and medium-sized enterprises expect to increase their IT spend over the next year
RSA chief: Economic turmoil to hit IT spending
Video Innovation is the only way to economic recovery, but it could be stifled by regulation, says RSA president Art Coviello
How do you pronounce pggggggh?
Talkback Live Search, MSN Toolbar, Google Desktop pgggggh! No way Jose! I actually tried Microsoft's Search version 4. What a load of bovine extrusion. Kept my machine running for a day and a half. Had...
Supercomputing budgets: Fighting the financial storm
Comment Steadily rising budgets for high-performance-computing projects are about to meet the chill winds of recession head on. The consequences could harm the real benefits this technology can offer, says...
