If you were searching the Web via Google at just the wrong time this morning, you probably got a bit of a shock, in the form of warnings that said every site on the World Wide Web was a malware suspect.
A group known as the Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum, made up of major technology players like Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, is preparing to offer recommendations for new data privacy regulations.
Wondering what the best free antivirus software is? There’s a myriad of questions most people have when trying to figure out the best antivirus software, especially ones that are free. While some maintain that no free antivirus software works as well as the robust (and expensive) alternatives, there are several great options for both Mac and PC that perform as well or better then their pricey brethren.
The $10 laptop first announced last year has once again reared its improbable head. Can the Indian government really deliver an ultra-cheap laptop? And if so, how?
The European Union is currently in the process of banning traditional light bulbs due to their non-efficient, environment-harming properties. Which is admirable. But new LED light bulbs could be on the way that make fluorescent bulbs, the current darling of the green movement, look like something from The Flintstones.
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell announced plans to invest in green technology projects within his state to boost the economy, get people back to work, and save his electorate money. He sounds a bit like the President.
Rumors have been floating around the blogosphere for a few weeks about something called the Google GDrive. Further reports are making the Google device in the sky hard to ignore.
The FBI says it’s foiled a bomb attack on the government-backed mortgage giant Fannie Mae. But the alleged offender shunned dynamite and semtex for an attack of pure logic.
Dell is apparently set to enter the smartphone market, offering models running both Windows Mobile and Google’s Android system. The handsets may be on sale as early as mid-February.
While retail sales for 2008 posted the first loss in recent memory, Amazon bucked the trend, recording double-digit growth. But how long can the leading online retailer maintain its momentum?
Google Earth is a brilliant piece of technology that has been used in a number of intriguing ways. And it’s now being used to discover crimes taking place. Remember kids, if you’re doing something illegal outside in the open, Google could have you on camera.
Google is launching online tools to help users detect when their internet provider is slowing down particular types of traffic such a peer-to-peer filesharing. It says the tools are more accurate than any rivals because they use a wider variety of servers.
MGM, Paramount, and Lionsgate are reportedly joining together to form their own TV channel called Epix. The channel would show movies from the three studios nine months after they are released in theaters. In addition to the television channel, the group also plans on launching a Web site where users can stream movies on demand.
Plans to delay the switch off of analog TV signals until June have hit an unexpected stumbling block in the House of Representatives. A bill to sanction a four-month delay failed to attract the required two-thirds majority.
We all love how computers and the Internet have made life easier, right? But there could be a hidden cost to this new easy storage, easy-to-share, mass media age: the destruction of history in the making.
Batteries are to last much, much longer. In March Energizer will release new Advanced Lithium batteries, which offer four to eight times the power of the company’s existing alkaline Max brand when used in digital cameras.
Can an Australian Android still make it? Victorian based consumer electronics importer/ retailer Kogan Technologies, which got the launch of the Agora so horribly wrong, is still hoping it can market an Android phone in Australia.
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