April
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ICT 'single most powerful tool' to combat emissions
News ITU calls for delegates at UN climate change meeting to use advanced technologies to reduce emissions across wide range of industries.
Tags: Regulations, U.N., climate change, Carbon Emission, Conference, Carbon Footprint, Tool, Information And Communication Technology, Copenhagen, International Telecommunications Union
5 security threats to watch in 2010
News Social networking sites, scareware and mobile viruses are some security threats to watch out for in coming year, finds new report from Symantec.
Tags: Policy and management, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Facebook, Social Networking, Apple Inc., Shortened URL, Malware, Cybercriminal, Security
Microsoft finalizes Windows 7 'XP Mode'
News Software maker says it has wrapped up work on an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run a virtualized copy of the older operating system.
Tags: Windows 7, Windows XP, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack
Cern: Electrical fault caused LHC helium leak
News A faulty electrical connection in the world's largest particle accelerator was the cause of a liquid-helium leak that damaged the machine, says Cern.
Tags: Magnet, CERN, barrier, Geneva, scientist, Large Hadron Collider, team, director, April
Microsoft to issue patch for critical PowerPoint hole
News Patch Tuesday will feature one fix for a critical hole in Office PowerPoint that could be the same vulnerability the company said was targeted in attacks last month.
Tags: PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, critical vulnerability, PC security, Microsoft Word
UK losing faith in ID cards?
News A single, compulsory document combining passport and driving license would prove more popular than proposed ID card, says U.K. Member of Parliament.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Home Secretary, Conference, Identity, Spokesperson, ID Card, Government, job, U.K., Security implementation/standards
LHC re-start delayed again until September
News Latest postponement puts the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, back on line a year after an electrical malfunction forced its shutdown.
Tags: CERN, Malfunction, theory, director, April, James Gillies
Intel starts shipping 160GB solid-state drives
News The 2.5-inch laptop drives are currently shipping, with the 1.8-inch version set to ship in January.
Tags: Memory, Storage, Intel Corp., hard drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, laptop company, manufacturer, Toshiba Corp., Storage
Microsoft limits XP subnotebook specs
News Reports suggest XP is being offered at a discounted rate to makers of low-cost subnotebooks, but only if they agree to limit the devices' hardware specs.
Tags: Windows XP, Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Corp., Notebook, Touch Screen, CPU speed, ASUS, performance, processor, subnotebook
LHC restart gets reset to June
News Famous CERN particle accelerator could be rebooted when warm weather returns, following repairs as expensive as US$16 million stemming from a September helium leak.
Tags: Innovation, CERN, Monitoring System, Spokesperson, monitoring, member state, Particle Beam, Alps, scientist, analysis
Yahoo's mobile home page cutting back on reloads
News Yahoo reveals an enhanced mobile home page that offers more stories that require you to reload the Web page fewer times.
Tags: Browser, Mobile/Wireless, Yahoo! Inc., partnership, mobile, Video, movie, CTIA, Apple iPhone, strategy
Time for U.S. to stop saying ICANN
Blogs This week marks the first time Barack Obama stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his in...
Microsoft's data center chief headed to Cisco
News Debra Chrapaty, one of a relative handful of women in Microsoft's top technology ranks, is headed to Cisco, Microsoft confirmed.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cisco Systems Inc., chief technology officer, financial analyst, top executive, data center, leadership, collaboration, women
Dell launching mobile phone this week?
News Dell plans to roll out a mobile phone in China, TechCrunch reports. Whether the operating system will be Android or a proprietary Chinese one, is up for speculation.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms, Development/design, Tablet, Cell Phone, Touch Screen, phone, TechCrunch, China, Dell Computer Corp.
Pacnet increases network capacity by 50 percent
News Telecommunications service provider boosts its subsea cable network with largest capacity upgrade to date, to meet Asia's growing demand for broadband.
Tags: Bandwidth, Optical networking, Business broadband, Pacnet Ltd., Asia, network, cable network, Hong Kong, Singapore, Stock
