Technology
MICROSOFT GIVE THANKS...FOR XBOX 360!
Source: Latest News - TeamXbox (20-Nov-09)
The company gives us many reasons to be thankful on Turkey Day, as long as we're sitting in front of an Xbox 360 in addition to watching football games and contributing to the obesity epidemic.
QINETIQ MAIL VIRUS PATENT ATTRACTS BARBS
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
Looks a bit familiar
An anti-virus expert has poured cold water on a patent from British technology firm QinetiQ that supposedly offers a new technique for tackling malicious email attachments.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
LAWYERS PURSUE BANNED XBOX LIVE GAMERS
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
Anti-Microsoft class action in the offing?
Are you an Xbox 360 owner recently banned from Xbox Live? Has the ban left you feeling short changed? Perhaps you’ve experienced other console problems as a result of the ban? If you can answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then US law firm Abington IP wants to hear from you.…
NOKIA SWINGS AXE AGAIN
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
Suffers from arrested development
Nokia is streamlining again, this time to the tune of 230 employees in Finland and another 100 in Copenhagen.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
BALLMER WAXES LYRICAL ABOUT WINDOWS 7 DOUBLE BUBBLE SALES
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
Shy about numbers, mind
Microsoft’s shouty boss Steve Ballmer made a few big noises about Windows 7 sales yesterday, by declaring it was jumping off retail shelves at twice the level of its unloved Vista operating system.…
MS DENIES WIN 7 BACKDOOR RUMOURS
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
Oooh, spooky!
Microsoft has once again denied rumours that it built a backdoor into Windows 7.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
UBUNTU IN TRUFFLE SHUFFLE WITH CHROME OS
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
'Sloth love Chunk'
Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor Canonical revealed late yesterday that it has been working with Google on its Chrome OS platform since before Mountain View announced its game-changing plans in July this year.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
MS DISCOVERS FLAW IN GOOGLE PLUG-IN FOR IE
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
Google whacked
Microsoft has helped discover a flaw in the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
WHY CHROME OS WILL FAIL -- BIG TIME
(INFOWORLD)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News (20-Nov-09)
InfoWorld - The Chrome OS is here -- sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system. And after months of speculation (and more than a few bogus screenshot galleries), I can finally say that I've seen the future ... and it's not Chrome OS.
YOUTUBE GETS AUTOMATIC SUBTITLES
Source: BBC News | Entertainment | World Edition (20-Nov-09)
Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google.
GAMELOFT SAYS IT, OTHERS REINING IN ANDROID PLANS
(REUTERS)
Source: Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News (20-Nov-09)
Reuters - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.
AUCTION'S OVER FOR SKYPE
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
eBay rid of troublesome VoIP biz
The saga of eBay's sale of Skype is over - Silver Lake, Joltid Limited and other partners are now the proud owners of the VoIP provider.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
GOOGLE OFFERS PEEK AT OPERATING SYSTEM, A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE TO WINDOWS
Source: Business - International Herald Tribune (20-Nov-09)
Computers using Chrome, which uses “cloud computing,” will not arrive for a year, but it is already seen as a potential challenger to Microsoft.
HIGH COURT RULED AGAINST SKYPE FOUNDERS ON DAY OF SETTLEMENT
Source: The Register (20-Nov-09)
US eBay action scooted over Atlantic
Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis were told their case against Skype-owner eBay had to be conducted in the English courts on the day that they later agreed a compromise with eBay.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
AT&T'S ANTI-VERIZON AD IS A STINKER
(PC WORLD)
Source: Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology (20-Nov-09)
PC World - For some reason, Luke Wilson is taking AT&T's side in the 3G coverage wars, appearing in a new ad that retaliates against Verizon Wireless' stinging assault.
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