Monday, 08 September 2008
Mozilla updates Firefox 3.1 with Alpha 2 build
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Mozilla on Friday launched the second alpha of Firefox 3 .1, adding new video support and boosting the speed of some JavaScript computations.
Monday, 08 September 2008
BBC Trust launches review of license fee collection
Jonny Evans
Wide-ranging review will look at information, enforcement and collection rates for the BBC license fee, will not address rates.
Monday, 08 September 2008
Best Buy US begins selling iPhones
Jonny Evans
Apple extends coverage/distribution of its iPhone in the US with a Best Buy deal, as Apple mobiles begin appearing on the retailer's shelves this week.
Monday, 08 September 2008
Oasis turn to GarageBand for latest album
Jonny Evans
Oasis created the demo tracks for the latest album using Apple's GarageBand, main man Noel Gallagher has revealed.
Monday, 08 September 2008
NetSuite says Chrome-optimized apps are flying
Martin Veitch, CIO (UK)
"I'm seeing a five-fold increase in speed on type-aheads and lists over Internet Explorer," a developer reports. "In quick-add portlets [plug-in user interface components] the browser returns to a 'ready' state much faster."
Monday, 08 September 2008
Apple event: pre-show rumours
Jonny Evans
Apple may be holding its cards close to its chest, as iPod and iTunes rumours fly, a swift round-up of this weekend's latest rumours surrounding Cupertino.
Monday, 08 September 2008
iPhone raises bar for smartphone sales
Jonny Evans
Gartner claims 32.2 million smartphones were sold in the second quarter this year, up 15.7 per cent from the year ago quarter...
Monday, 08 September 2008
Microsoft starts its photocopiers - calls in its 'gurus'
Jonny Evans
Is Microsoft imitating or flattering with its clarion call response to keep Windows in the limelight? New corporate strategy owes a debt to Apple.
Monday, 08 September 2008
Mozilla: Firefox 3.1 faster than Chrome
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online)
"We're trying to make the lives of web application developers easier so that the internet is the place to be," said Brendan Eich, Mozilla's chief technology officer and the creator of JavaScript,. "In that way we're aligned with Google."
Monday, 08 September 2008
Microsoft sticks up for $10m Seinfeld ad
Eric Lai, Computerworld, MW edit
One size may not fit all, but does Microsoft's Seinfeld ad fit anyone? Critics speak against while others are in favour of Microsoft's latest ad campaign
Monday, 08 September 2008
GeoEye imaging satellite launched
Martyn Williams
The highest resolution commercial Earth imaging satellite to-date, GeoEye-1, was launched over the weekend on board a Delta-II rocket.
Saturday, 06 September 2008
New Product: NEC Multisync EA261WM
by Cliff Joseph
If you’re looking for a monitor that’s a little larger, there’s the MultiSync EA261WM from NEC.
Friday, 05 September 2008
Western Computer offers free photography sessions
Jonny Evans
Learn to take, organise, share and print pictures during Western Computer's free photo sessions, running all through September
Friday, 05 September 2008
Researchers build malicious Facebook application
Jeremy Kirk
A team of researchers have built a malicious Facebook program that demonstrates the possible dangers of social networking applications.
Friday, 05 September 2008
O2: 89% of Brits happy to pay via mobile phone
Carrie-Ann Skinner, PC Advisor
Will iPhone users soon carry all their money on their mobile phone? Who knows - but an experimental field trial in London showed many people like the notion...
Friday, 05 September 2008
Google exec praises iPhone, Chrome
Paul Krill, Infoworld
"I'm a huge Apple fan, I'm a huge iPhone fan. It's really opened up computing in the mobile world," says Google's Matthew Glotzbach, product management director for Google Enterprise
Friday, 05 September 2008
New Product: Net Nanny for Mac
by Cliff Joseph
Intego, the company that specialises in internet security products for the Mac, has announced that it will be working with ContentWatch to produce a Mac version of the popular Net Nanny program.
Friday, 05 September 2008
Beatles for iTunes in 2009?
Jonny Evans
Rumours that music from the Beatles will be made available through iTunes surface once again, begging question if there's no smoke without fire will anyone still care by the time the music makes it online?
Friday, 05 September 2008
Blizzard in iTunes Store
Jonny Evans
Blizzard continues to explore game music spin-off deals, offering tranche of fresh content through iTunes.
Friday, 05 September 2008
iFund manager talks Apple, iPhone, Google
Jonny Evans
"10 million iPhone users are outselling the entire US market of 250 million mobile devices,” notes iPhone application development fund manager
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