The People’s Daily, the government’s official newspaper reports, the Chinese regulator has declared that only China Telecom and China Unicom will be allowed to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in China, leaving Skype, UUCall and other similar services unavailable in China. Skype is a software application that allows […]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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Mozilla has announced the eighth beta release of Firefox 4. There is also a beta update for Android and Maemo mobile phones. Firefox 4 beta 8 has more than 1,400 bug fixes, some improvements to the new add-ons interface, better syncing and more hardware-accelerated WebGL support. Streamlined Firefox Sync Setup […]
Remembered.com is launching a Facebook application that integrates its online memorial website within the Facebook application framework. This strategic milestone in product development comes just 3 months after the website was launched in September. Remembered.com allows anyone with a computer to easily create an online memorial and send to their […]
Allot Communications and Openet, suppliers to companies including AT&T and Verizon showed off a new product, which included a PowerPoint presentation showing how it is possible for your wireless provider to monitor everything you do online and charge you extra for using Facebook, Skype or Netflix. “For instance, in the […]
Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) 2.0 adding Windows Firewall integration and network traffic inspection. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the […]
Dropbox 1.0 the file-sync tool, has been released with many bug fixes, vastly reduced resource usage, Dropbox 1.0 (“Rainbow Shell”) also offers support for extended attributes, selective sync, and a shiny new installation wizard. “1.0 is a milestone for us, and with it we want to communicate our confidence that […]
Opera has released version 11 of it’s web browser for for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux which includes performance and standards compliance improvements in its Presto rendering engine, and other updates including a new extension system and “tab stacking” for easier tab management. What’s new Tab stacking Tab stacking […]
Googel has introduced Google Maps 5.0 for Android with two significant new features: 3D interaction and offline reliability. In order to create these features, Maps has been using vector graphics to dynamically draw the map as you use it. Building a vector graphics engine capable of achieving the visual quality […]
Is there much point in having Chrome OS when Android is established and could easily be made to work on laptops, etc. Using Chrome OS will mean that Google have users data and a standalone laptop will not be much use unless it has a live net connection. Sascha Segan […]
Fossil the watch and accessories company have showed some prototypes that talk to a smartphone over Bluetooth and exchange information, reports Scobleizer. At present the watches only support Android and BlackBerry phones. Vice President of Watch Technology, Bill Geiser, said the watches will cost “around $200.” Fossil, Inc. is a […]
Twitter has added an online form to its website that companies can use to express interest in purchasing Promoted Accounts, Promoted Tweets or Promoted Trends. Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting. At the heart of Twitter are small […]
Alan Shimel writes on Network World “Open Source CMS Dominate the Market, Who Are The Leaders?” about a new report (that you can download for free) from Water and Stone which details the share of market and other facts about 20 of the leading open source CMS players. Report Findings […]