Articles Posted on 21 August 2008
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
