|
Yahoo eyeing sale of Japan stake
Yahoo is consider selling its stake in Yahoo Japan as a way to maximize value for shareholders, a Dow Jones report said, quoting local media.
telecomasia.net |
|
AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip
Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.
IT World |
|
Loud fan probably is OK, but it could signal trouble
Question: My computer is about 2 years old. I added 1 gigabyte of RAM so I would be able to play newer games on it. Normally I use it all day for gaming, Web surfing and word processing.
The Palm Beach Post |
|
Google becomes UK's top brand
Google has beaten Microsoft to take the title of the UK's number one brand, according to a new poll. The search engine was named the public's top "superbrand" for the first time, rising from last year's third position.
Channel 4 |
|
Sex Offenders Caught
EAST TEXAS (KTRE) - Attorney General Greg Abbott has posted these mug shots on his web site to warn parents. He said, "Despite clear legal prohibitions, all five of these sex predators accessed MySpace.com.
KTRE-TV East Texas |
|
Unlike John McCain, Many Seniors Rely on the Net
Blogs are buzzing over Sen. John McCain's recent admission that he's internet illiterate. According to data compiled by the Pew Internet Project, McCain is unusual for a college-educated white man over the age of 65.
Wired News |
|
Games are big sellers among new iPhone apps
The big winners in Apple's new online App Store are gamemakers, who dominated sales in the week since the new iPhone 3G hit stores. Seven of the top 10 paid applications, including the top five, were video games, led by Sega's Super Monkey Ball, a rolling...
San Francisco Chronicle |
|
New travel Web sites do more than book trip
A new generation of travel Web sites is using creative features to help travelers customize their vacation, whether it be a kayaking adventure or a lazy stay at the beach. Tips, ratings and itineraries - often supplied by everyday travelers rather than...
San Francisco Chronicle |
|
Green computing as a way to reduce IT operational costs
NEW tenders for information technology (IT) initiatives across Asia Pacific are increasingly incorporating green IT standards, said Citrix Systems product marketing manager (Application Networking Group, Pacific) Kunaciilan Nallappan.
The Star |
|
Computer Mouse Heading For Extinction
slatterz writes "The computer mouse is set to die out in the next five years and will be usurped by touch screens and facial recognition, analysts believe. Steven Prentice, vice president and Gartner Fellow, told the BBC that devices such as Nintendo's MotionPlus for the Wii and Apple's iPhone point the way to the future, offering greater accuracy in motion detection." Read more of this ...
Slashdot |
|
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 17th Nov 2005 20:22 UTC
The same sources that correctly predicted the Mac Mini and the photo iPod, have now confirmed that Apple will release an Intel-based iBook in January 2006, 6 months ahead of schedule.
OS News |
|
Defra moves staff to green laptops
The move to laptops started in June and is planned for completion by the end of December. It will cover all staff within the department and its agencies Natural England and Animal Health, with the cost included within the department's outsourcing contract with IBM.
KableNET |
|
Human rights body not pursuing hacker complaint
The Human Rights Commission has decided against pursuing a complaint arising from a break-in to the University of Otago computer system which allowed a hacker to send out hundreds of private emails allegedly written by a departmental head.
Otago Daily Times |
|
Google knocks Microsoft off top of Britain's biggest brands
The internet search engine Google has been named as Britain's top "superbrand", after it beat Microsoft for the premier spot, according to a YouGov survey published today. The search engine, which came third in the same consumer poll last year, took pole position in a list of 500 brands available in the UK, beating Mercedes-Benz, the BBC, British Airways and Royal Doulton. Since Google was ...
Guardian Unlimited |
|
Emily Bell: If Google should falter, how many others will follow?
Nothing says "recession" like a bit of a dip in the rate of growth of Google's profits, which is what we saw this week. The search engine company has built up such a mythical presence in the minds of the old media, most spend their evenings behind the sofa shivering with primal fear, waiting to be disaggregated by the jolly primary coloured beast. But there are a couple of things to remember - ...
Guardian Unlimited |
|
Solve IT: How can I chat to people with different Instant Messenger applications?
Instant Messenger isn't just the favoured mode of communication for depressed teenagers avoiding homework; it can be invaluable for those urgent work questions that need an answer sharpish, too. Unfortunately it's unlikely that all your friends and colleagues have the decency to choose the same messenging client - some will use Yahoo, others can dabble in Google Talk or AIM. So what do you do ...
Guardian Unlimited |
|
Explainer: Keeping an eye on city lives
At precisely 13:05:27 yesterday Big Pun arrived at an east London cafe. As the Big Pun name flashed up on a mobile screen, his unique code was automatically sent to a central database. There the code was made available for checking against his other movements, providing a detailed map of his whereabouts over time. In the cafe a man with a moustache had walked in at precisely the same time and ...
Guardian Unlimited |
|
Newsletter Subscription
AMD confirmed it was developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, ending speculation that it had abandoned the project.
ARNnet |
|
New "telescopic pixel" displays could outperform LCD, plasma
A new display technology based on telescopic pixels dramatically increases efficiency and response time over LCDs. Read More...
Ars Technica |
|
Monty Python star takes over city hall
Aberystwyth, Wales, Mayor Sue Jones-Davies says she is OK with the publicly available nude images of her in the movie Monty Python's Life of Brian.Jones-Davies, a professional actress and singer, played Judith in the 1979 comedy. Her nude scene is widely available on the Internet, but the movie has been banned in her town -- and she plans to use her new position to repeal the prohibition, The ...
Moldova.org |
|
Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web
NEW YORK (AP) — If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help. Robinson is now 106 — that's 35 years older than McCain — and she began using the Internet at 98, at the Barclay Friends home in West Chester, Pa., where she lives.
The Post-Standard |
|
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 10th Mar 2006 19:57 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"One of the most novel and differentiating features of a UNIX system is its command line. With just a few keystrokes, including a bit of 'glue', you can use the command line to combine a finite set of UNIX utilities into innumerable, impromptu data transforms."
OS News |
|
Convenience at your fingertips
THINGS are so simplified with the advent of the Internet which has transcended from a tool of communication to a platform in facilitating E-payment.
The Star |
|
CTA Bus Tracker online program adding more routes
Fifteen more bus routes and a new online map with a streamlined look and more information will be added Monday to the Chicago Transit Authority's Web-based Bus Tracker program.
Chicago Tribune |
|
Reading Device Enlisted to Help French Papers
Through a project called Read & Go (yes, in English), a new device allows users to download the contents of the newspapers over France Télécom?s wireless network.
New York Times |
|
|