Articles Posted on 09 April 2009
Highways Agency Uses Mobile Service To Monitor Easter Holiday Traffic
News Hardware
The Highways Agency seems all geared up to handle the heavy traffic and greater loads this Easter, with the authority coming up with a new service to provide handy traffic updates from its website to mobile handsets and other...
97% of email is spam, says Microsoft
News Security
Spam and phishing attacks make up 97% of the email that is sent, according to an information security report from Microsoft. The figure is a three percent rise on the previous year.Microsoft said that 97% of the email sent around...
Facebook blocks Pirate Bay Torrent Links
News Web
Facebook has blocked users of the notorious Pirate Bay torrent link site from sharing their links via the social networking site. One technology law expert had warned that the links could pass liability for copyright infringement...
Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770
News Hardware
First things first: the Radeon HD 4770 is faster than existing 4800 series hardware (namely the 4830). Yes, this is by design.We hate to start another article complaining about naming (there seems to be some sort of pervasive...
Google App Engine Now Comes With Full Java Support
News Security
Celebrating the first birthday of its App Engine cloud service, Google on Tuesday announced that it has added Java as one of the supported languages for the App Engine platform. The App Engine service, which allows...
Foreign Spies Penetrate US Power Grid, Planning Cyber Attacks?
News Security
Foreign cyberspies have reportedly infiltrated the US electrical grid and planted backdoor software that could result in several potential damages in future, according to the reports from The Wall Street Journal(WSJ)....
Virgin Media To Offer Free Goodies With Broadband Package
News Web
Virgin Media has unveiled a number of bonus services called "V Stuff" for all its broadband customers both on cable and non-cable networks. Web users on the most expensive XXL 50Mbps package will get non metered (unlimited)...
Microsoft Slapped With $388 million Fine Over Patent Dispute
News Software
Microsoft Corp. has been instructed to pay as much as $388 million in penalty for violating a patent held by the anti-piracy software firm Uniloc Inc. A jury in Rhode Island ruled out that the software giant had infringed...
Virgin Media Accused Of Broadcasting Misleading Broadband Claims
News Security
UK's Advertising Standards Authority has criticised Broadband Provider Virgin Media for approving adverts that contained misleading data over connection speeds that its customers could expect to get. Following a complaint by...
LG Sells 2 Million Cookie Smartphones
News Mobile & Telco
Korean Manufacturer LG has announced that it has sold more than 2 million "Cookie" smartphones worldwide only five months after it was launched. The KP500 and KP501 have been selling exceptionally well in Europe when they are...
SaaS Solutions To Own 20 Percent of Commercial Email Sector
News Security
The software-as-a-service model, better known as “SaaS” model, for providing email solutions is turning out to be quite attractive for a major proportion of the customers and will account for as much as 20 percent of...
Youtube Still Losing Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Per Year Claims Analyst
News Security
Although Google-owned YouTube has undoubtedly been a big hit in online video sharing domain, it is likely to face some serious financial repercussions this year, a financial analyst claimed. Spencer Wang, a financial...
We Won't Close Street View Argues Google Maps Head Honcho
News Security
Google Maps chief John Hanke asserted that Google will continue taking images of the streets of UK and keep them placing online for its contentious Street View service. In an interview with The Times, Hanke purported that...
Fake Security Apps, A Major Threat To Computer Users warns Microsoft
News Security
Cybercriminals are increasingly using rogue computer security software, popularly referred to as “scareware”, to trick users into installing malicious content on their machines, a recent report from Microsoft...
