Archive for March, 2007

AMD debuts SIMFIRE tools to speed DASH adoption

March 27, 2007

AMD debuts Simfire tools to speed DASH adoptionAMD has announced new interoperability testing tools, codenamed ‘Simfire,’ aimed to help accelerate the adoption of Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) specification, a web services-based management technology that enables IT professionals to remotely manage desktop and mobile PCs from anywhere in the world, regardless of the state of the remote PC.

APPLE.BLORGE.com is now LIVE!

March 26, 2007

apple.blorge.com is now LIVE!To all you readers who have a bit of a soft spot in your heart for all things Apple, we’ve put together a little something over at APPLE.BLORGE.com that will warm your hearts.

Microsoft: Vista sales strong, adoption rate double that of Windows XP

March 26, 2007

Microsoft: Vista sales strong, adoption rate double that of Windows XP More than 20 million copies of Windows Vista have been sold in its debut month, according to Microsoft.

Citizendium injects professionalism to Wikipedia’s flaws

March 26, 2007

citizendiumkey.jpgAfter the recent rush of debacles that have arisen around the popular Wiki encyclopedia site, Wikipedia, many people have been working hard to identify and improve the site’s flaws on new websites. The last group to vie for internet encyclopedia dominance was Conservapedia, and well…just go take a look.

Things may change for Julie Amero in "porn pop-up" case

March 26, 2007

Things may change for Julie Amero in "porn pop-up" case By now you might have heard of Julie Amero, the middle school teacher who has been convicted of four counts of risk of injury to a minor, or impairing the morals of a child. If you haven’t heard, all of this happened because porn pop-ups appeared on a class room computer. Just about every computer expert has said this was due to spyware and various malware present on the system but according to the courts, it is her fault. Things may be about to change.

IBM superchip: like steroids for the Internet

March 26, 2007

IBM superchip: like steroids for the Internet IBM is pushing towards a world where you can download files faster than your hard drive can write them. At the 2007 Optical Fiber Conference, IBM will unveil a prototype optical transceiver chipset expected to reach speeds at least eight times faster than any optical component available today.

US District Court judge dismisses suit attacking Google’s search rankings

March 26, 2007

US District Court judge dismisses suit attacking Google's search rankingsA U.S. District Court judge has dismissed the case brought by KinderStart against Google, which claimed that the Internet’s leading search engine used its page ranking powers in an anticompetitive way to block competing search sites.

US Attorneys unveil cyber crime against children campaign with bill toughening penalties against sexual predators

March 25, 2007

US Attorneys unveil cyber crime against children campaign with bill toughening penalties against sexual predatorsAttorney General Bill McCollum today joined US Attorneys for the unveiling of the Public Service Announcement campaign encouraging internet safe specifically for children. The move received an official endorsement from the Florida Sheriffs Association for the CyberCrimes Against Children Act of 2007, a critical piece of legislation intended to strengthen the fight against those who commit internet crimes against children.

Internet fraud terrorized 12% of UK in 2006

March 25, 2007

internet fraud terrorized 12% of UK in 2006It has been no secret that with the advent of internet-centric business, fraud was sure to follow. The UK has seemingly fallen particularly susceptible to internet theft within the last year, says a report released by the government and Get Safe Online today.

Microsoft gets off its Soapbox temporarily over piracy concerns

March 25, 2007

Microsoft gets off its Soapbox temporarily over piracy concernsMicrosoft has closed its video sharing site to new users while it implements new technology to detect uploaded videos that could have copyright restrictions. The Soapbox, while still on its public beta stage, was poised to be Microsoft’s answer to Google’s YouTube.

Baffling million dollar laptop materializes from nowhere

March 25, 2007

Baffling million dollar laptop materializes from nowhere A million dollar laptop; let me say that again, a million dollar laptop. Okay, that laptop is reported to be worth $1,000,000. No one really knows what is so special about it, details are sketchy at best and non-existent at worse.

Anti-Clinton ad creator confesses: I did it and I’m proud of it

March 25, 2007

Anti-Clinton ad creator confesses: I did it and I'm proud of it The creator of the controversial “Vote Different” ad - a mashup of Apple’s famous 1984 Super Bowl ad and Hillary Clinton’s campaign video -  has stepped forward and revealed himself to be a designer with the web design company that created Barack Obama’s web site.

New "paint" provides wireless network protection without encryption

March 24, 2007

New "paint" offers wireless protection Forget WEP and WPA; I’m switching over to the EM-SEC Coating System, a recently revealed paint developed by EM-SEC Technologies that acts as an electromagnetic fortress, allowing a wireless network to be contained within painted walls without fear of someone tapping in or hacking wireless networks.

Google says outright "we’re not doing a mobile phone"

March 24, 2007

Google says outright "we're not building a mobile phone" It looks like we won’t be phoning home with a Google mobile anytime real soon. A top Google executive has denied outright that the company is developing a mobile phone.

Will Apple really delay Leopard to accommodate Vista integration?

March 23, 2007

leopardapple.jpgDigitimes, a technology news site, believes that Apple will delay the release of its much-anticipated new operating system, Leopard, until October. As Apple has revealed their intentions to integrate a program similar to Boot Camp that will allow users to run Windows along with Leopard, Digitimes claims Apple will need substantially more time to refine Vista integration.

Bill Gates to finally receive his Harvard degree, does he care?

March 23, 2007

Bill Gates to finally receive his Harvard degree, does he care?

Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, who left Harvard College in 1975 without a degree, will get an honorary Harvard degree when he delivers the school’s main commencement speech on June 7.

Symantec rubs Windows’ ego; third-party dominance to blame

March 23, 2007

symentec rubs windows' ego; third-party dominance to blameSymantec, the company responsible for the ever-infamous Norton Anti-Virus, has just released their 11th Internet Security Threat Report this March. The meat and potatoes of the report claim that Windows is the most secure operating system currently on the market(yes, as in Microsoft Windows).


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