IBM reaches out to Filipino innovation
Big Blue opens training facility in Philippines to reach more developers in the country, adding to two other such centers in Asean.
Efforts underway to ensure no shortlink rots
Internet Archive and Archive Team running separate projects aimed at archiving shortened Web URLs, to ensure longevity of such links.
S'pore Wi-Fi hotspots protected from lawsuits
As long as operators of public Internet access areas aren't complicit in security breaches, they won't be liable in eyes of Singapore's law, says lawyer.
FTC presses on with Intel probe
Despite a settlement reached with AMD, company is not off hook as U.S. regulators now focus on Intel's legal dispute with rival chipmaker Nvidia.
Find more stories in: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Antitrust, Regulations, Intel Corp., Investigators, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., NVidia Corp., Chip, GPU
Microsoft to plug critical IE hole targeted by exploit code
Coming Patch Tuesday will see fixes for 12 vulnerabilities in IE, Windows and Office, three of which are critical.
Find more stories in: Network security, Security Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office 2003, Server
YouTube begins testing lighter 'feather' version
Google puts YouTube on a post-Thanksgiving diet with a new mode called "feather" that strips out many of the things that can slow videos down.
Find more stories in: Video, CBS Interactive Inc., Web Browser, video player, Tool, YouTube Inc., search bar, search tool, Video
Bing's iPhone plans (and more)
Bowing to reality, Microsoft is working on a Bing iPhone app, although it won't say when the software will be ready or just which features it will have.
Find more stories in: Search, Mobile platforms, search engine optimization, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Live Search, Phone, Microsoft Corp., software, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile
Avast update falsely flags good apps as malware
Czechoslovakia-based antivirus maker fixes security update that mistakenly identified good programs as a Trojan.
Find more stories in: Antivirus software, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Audio Card, Computer Associates International Inc., Czech Republic, Malware, Antivirus Software, software
Phone photo quality interests Google, Microsoft
Want something more sophisticated than a megapixel count to judge a phone camera? Two tech titans have joined an effort to offer a better guide.
Find more stories in: Personal applications, Digital media, Business applications, camera phone, Google Inc., OmniVision Technologies, STMicroelectronics N.V., Phone, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.
Google aims to unclog Net's DNS plumbing
Net giant, ever eager for a faster Internet, debuts its Google Public DNS service. With it, Google could become even more central to the Net.
Find more stories in: Domain names, Web sites, Google Inc., Net, advertisement, DNS Server, Web sites, IP, Service, IP Address
Developers get beta SDK for Atom
Test software-building kit for the Atom Developer Program is part of chipmaker's push to build a network of app stores.
Find more stories in: Processors, Notebooks and tablets, Software engineering/development, netbook environment, Intel Corp., Software Developer Kit, software, Developer, SDK, Beta
Blackberrys at risk from PDF flaw
Critical security flaws in a component of BlackBerry Enterprise Server could leave systems open to denial-of-service or hack attack, RIM has warned.
Find more stories in: BlackBerry, Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Attachment Service, Security, Research In Motion Ltd., Flaw, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, RIM Blackberry Enterprise Server
Yahoo brings Facebook Connect into its sites
Facebook users browsing Yahoo's sites will be able to update their status and share content without having to leave Yahoo pages, driving their friends to the network as well.
Find more stories in: Web 2.0, Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Twitter Inc., network, Web 2.0, U.S., partnership, Web Site, finance
Microsoft Bing Maps Beta adds much richer images
New enhancements for Bing Maps include a Silverlight-powered Web application that brings very detailed satellite and street-level imagery to Bing, along with other tweaks.
Find more stories in: Search, Facebook, Microsoft Silverlight, Bing Maps Beta, Twitter Inc., Imagery, Microsoft Corp., partnership, Web Application, Beta
Acer: We'll have first Chrome OS netbook
Company's chairman says in an interview that Acer has been working since earlier this year on being first to offer Chrome OS on netbooks.
Find more stories in: Operating systems, Cloud computing, Notebooks and tablets, Open Source, ARM, Google Inc., Dell Mini, Operating System, Acer Inc., Cloud computing
Another news tweak for Google
Publishers who want their content to appear in Google search results but not its Google News aggregator (or vice versa) can now automate that process.
Find more stories in: Search, Market research, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, Internet search, Microsoft Corp., CEO, revenue, News Corp.
Intel hopes 48-core chip will solve new challenges
1.3-billion transistor processor could endow computers with human-like processing abilities and meet today's data center problems.
Find more stories in: Processors, Intel Corp., Multi-core, Single-chip Cloud Computer, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Chip, Graphics, Programming, processor
Opera Mini and Mobile betas bestowed with sync
Opera Mini 5 beta, for Java phones, and nearly-identical Opera Mobile 10 beta, for Symbian and Windows Mobile, get an update that includes both Opera Link and download manager.
Find more stories in: Browser, Web browsers, Opera Software ASA, RIM BlackBerry, download manager, Opera browser, desktop browser, Java Phone, Phone, mobile
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