Friday, 21 November 2008
MySpace app for BlackBerry gets big downloads
Mikael Ricknäs
The MySpace application for the BlackBerry is being downloaded in record numbers, according to Research In Motion and MySpace.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Virgin's in-flight Wi-Fi coming Monday
Stephen Lawson
Virgin America’s in-flight Wi-Fi service will launch on Monday for a beta test that is intended to last just one week before a planned commercial launch 1 December.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Psystar case reveals Apple's shaky email retention policy
Jordan Golson The Industry Standard
Apple has yet to embrace systematic email and document retention policies that are common among publicly traded companies.
Friday, 21 November 2008
18-30 year olds have mixed views on online banking
Jordan Golson The Industry Standard
Those aged 18-30. prefer to conduct their banking online rather than in a bank branch, according to a Microsoft-sponsored survey conducted by Javelin Strategy.
Friday, 21 November 2008
IBM posts $3 million bond in Apple Papermaster lawsuit
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
A court reported on Thursday that IBM had met an earlier deadline and posted a $3 million bond in their fight with Apple over Mark Papermaster.
Friday, 21 November 2008
IT slowdown hits Dell's revenue, net profit
Agam Shah
Dell's revenue and net income dropped in its third quarter as the company tries to cope with a global IT spending slowdown and less demand for its products.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
BT ban dirty Phorm talk as forum threads get deleted
Carrie-Ann Skinner PC Advisor
Telecoms giant BT, has banned members of its support forums from discussing its Phorm webwise trials after a change in policy over controversial targeted ads system.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
New HP TouchSmart offers Apple MacBook Air like touch-screen technology
Oliver Garnham PC Advisor
Building on the growing consumer trend for touch-screen technology, including Apple iPhones, iPod and laptops, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has introduced its new TouchSmart tx2 Notebook, a laptop that features multi-touch functionality.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Adobe accommodates Visual Studio, Eclipse
Paul Krill InfoWorld
Adobe Systems at its Adobe Max 2008 conference heralded a slew of new technologies, including links between its Flex application development platform and Microsoft's Visual Studio software development platform.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Apple shines spotlight on third-party iPhone apps
Jason Snell and Philip Michaels Macworld.com
Apple's spotlight on the work of iPhone app developers took on another dimension on Wednesday when the company hosted a press briefing in San Francisco that showcased half-a-dozen developers and their iPhone apps.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
NASA test deep space communications network modelled on the Internet
Zafar Anjum Computerworld Singapore
Scientists have successfully tested the first deep space communications network modelled on the Internet according to NASA, Google has a role to play.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
IBM looks to bring the brain's processing power to computers
Agam Shah
IBM Research is today expected to uncover work that aims to add brain-related senses like perception and interaction to hardware and software.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Rumours suggest Wal-Mart to sell iPhone 3G
Dan Moren Macworld.com
US customers can already buy their iPhone 3G from Apple stores, AT&T stores, Best Buy stores and now possibly Wal-Mart according to a report.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Yahoo rolls out Glue search pages in the US
John Ribeiro
Yahoo has rolled out a beta version of its new Glue search concept in the US after tests in India in May.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Microsoft Zune Pass drops DRM, allows users to keep some tracks
John Ribeiro
Microsoft changes terms of its Zune Pass subscription service allowing users to keep some songs, plans to offer DRM (digital rights management) free MP3's.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Google search deal produces 91% of Mozilla's revenue
Gregg Keizer Computerworld
Firefox accounted for nearly 20 per cent of all browsers used during October, according to data collected by Web metrics firm Net Applications as revenue is up 13 per cent on previous year thanks to Google deal.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Ahead of schedule?
Jim Dalrymple Macworld.com
A slide presented by an Apple employee at a recent conference suggests Snow Leopard may be ahead of schedule by up to three months. This suggests that Apple is gearing up to ship Snow Leopard in Q1 2009, rather than June 2009.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Adobe pushes Flash platform for business apps
James Niccolai
At its Adobe Max conference in San Francisco this week, Adobe broadened its partnership with SAP and promoted several other companies on the show floor that are using Flex and FlashPlayer to liven up business software.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Toshiba sets high storage capacity for small drives
Ephraim Schwartz InfoWorld
Toshiba Storage Division has announced a breakthrough half-terabyte hard disk drive in a 2.5-inch form factor.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Major League Baseball dumps Microsoft for Adobe
John Fontana Network World
Major League Baseball's MLB.com Web site drops Microsoft's Silverlight browser add-on in favour of Adobe's Flash.
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