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Articles Posted on 21 August 2008

FEMA phones hacked - loads of international calls made

FEMA phones hacked - loads of international calls made

News Security

Now here's an irony. It seems that hackers have broken into the Homeland Security Department's telephone system in the US last weekend and chunked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia.According to the Associated...


More cheating at the Beijing Olympics

More cheating at the Beijing Olympics

News Security

Interesting to see that a hacker has apparently uncovered some skulduggery and cheating at the Olympics.And guess what, it's the host nation that's alleged to have cheated.Surely not? This isn't the same country that faked most...


Nehalem Integrates “Turbo Boost” For Better Efficiency, Says Intel

Nehalem Integrates “Turbo Boost” For Better Efficiency, Says Intel

News Hardware

Company’s Senior VP, Pat Gelsinger elaborated the “turbo mode” of its new 45 nm processors that helps in increasing the efficiency of the chip without dissipating energy in form of heat.Nehalem series is...


Microsoft Woos Photo Enthusiasts With Photosynth

Microsoft Woos Photo Enthusiasts With Photosynth

News Security

Few days after showing the glimpse of 3D computing in the guise of spherical computers, Microsoft unveils its 3D photo integrating service, Photosynth, which seems offer an unmatched photo viewing experience to its users.The...


Intel Pens Deal With Yahoo To Offer Internet Services On TV

Intel Pens Deal With Yahoo To Offer Internet Services On TV

News Web

Intel has joined forces with Yahoo Inc. to bring the web content on TV, with an aim to deliver matchless viewing experience to its users.Intel will employ its specially designed chips in TVs, namely, Media Processor CE3100, that...


Screenshots Depicting iPhone Nike + Application Appear On The Web

Screenshots Depicting iPhone Nike + Application Appear On The Web

News Hardware

Apple is all buckled up to employ the Nike + iPod concept to its iPhone. The information is reportedly spread through several leaked screenshots that have cropped up on a French website iPhon.fr, but the company...


VMware Links With Microsoft’s Virtualization Support Program

VMware Links With Microsoft’s Virtualization Support Program

News Hardware

After the much-touted virtualization battle, VMware has finally become a member of Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) from Microsoft.The decision is reportedly taken after the software giant moderated the software...


Google Begins Experimenting Ads On YouTube Mobile

Google Begins Experimenting Ads On YouTube Mobile

News Web

Google has begun the test for displaying adverts on the mobile version of its popular video sharing site YouTube.The search engine behemoth is working to develop an apt mobile interface for the purpose, and purported that a...


Microsoft To Announce Details Of Windows 7 In October

Microsoft To Announce Details Of Windows 7 In October

News Software

Despite Microsoft’s claims of Vista’s success, the operating system apparently didn’t get the much deserved acceptance from the market, and thus the company’s concerns over its new launch, Windows 7, is...


Palm Is All Set To Take On Blackberry With Its New Treo Pro

Palm Is All Set To Take On Blackberry With Its New Treo Pro

News Mobile & Telco

Palm has unleashed a new addition to its Treo series, Palm Treo Pro smartphone, which is equipped with Windows 6.1 Mobile software, and primarily aims to serve the business users.The new device seems to present a stiff...


Microsoft Employs Intent Based Search To Challenge Google’s Dominance

Microsoft Employs Intent Based Search To Challenge Google’s Dominance

News Security

Microsoft is trying every possible method to allow its search business to get some breathing space in an intensely challenging market and in the same quest, the software giant is said to employ intent based search method for its...



Continuing creativity in trojan distribution

Continuing creativity in trojan distribution

News Security

We’ve seen the same trojan being sent to inboxes in all kinds of ways — and seemingly obsessively on the subject of Angelina Jolie. Minor shift, now they’re putting the fake codec window right in the spam....


Efficient IT is better for the environment

Efficient IT is better for the environment

News Hardware

Rising power costs are going to squeeze data centre operators, whether commercial or corporate, in a very painful way.  Some, just in order to survive, others because their profits are threatened, but all will be looking at...


Document Management : Understand the key drivers behind the trend

Document Management : Understand the key drivers behind the trend

News Cloud

There has been a prolific growth of unstructured information (85%unstructured, 15% structured) and along with it a burgeoning requirement for compliance and regulatory conformance. Unstructured data has much larger storage...

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