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Ubuntu Google $199 PC challenges Microsoft and computer vendors PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stan Beer   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
While the One Laptop Per Child program tries to hawk underpowered US$200 computers in lots of 10,000 to third world countries, Walmart has put quite powerful Ubuntu Linux PCs on its shelves retailing for $199. What's more, the PCs from Fremont, California vendor Everex, come pre-installed with a range of popular online applications, including Google's office suite and Skype, among others.

 
whois changes defeated: ICANN will continue study PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
Proposals to change rules requiring those registering domain names to provide contact information that will be made public have been set aside by ICANN.

 
Folding@home sets Guinness record thanks to PS3 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
Guinness World Records has recognised Folding@home as the world's most powerful distributed computing network.

 
OpenSocial to spread apps across social networking sites PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
Google's new OpenSocial API promises developers a mechanism that will allow applications to work with more than one social networking site, but at this stage the Big Two - Facebook and MySpace - aren't joining the fun.

 
Mac malware bends browsers to suspect sites PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 01 November 2007
A Trojan purporting to be a video codec for Mac OS X's QuickTime instead reconfigures the system to use a DNS server that returns bogus results.

 
Sony VAIO gets dimples for 'natural feel' PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Sony's forthcoming VAIO NR features a 'natural feel' thanks to a dimpled surface finish intended to echo the texture of fabrics.
 
Sony VAIO gets dimples for 'natural feel' PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Sony's forthcoming VAIO NR features a 'natural feel' thanks to a dimpled surface finish intended to echo the texture of fabrics.
 
Sony VAIO gets dimples for 'natural feel' PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Sony's forthcoming VAIO NR features a 'natural feel' thanks to a dimpled surface finish intended to echo the texture of fabrics.
 
Beware of phoneys at iPhone site PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
A new web site aims to put iPhone owners seeking custom applications in touch with programmers that can develop them.
 
Internode: "most popular Australian gaming website" PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stuart Corner   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Citing figures from Internet survey agency, Nielsen NetRatings, Internode claims it was the most popular Australian gaming web site during September, with more than 375,000 unique visitors - two thirds of them from overseas.

 
IBM repurposes scrap silicon PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
IBM has come up with a way of 'erasing' silicon wafers rejected as scrap during the manufacturing process so they can be used to make solar panels.

 
Leopard's 2,000,000 weekend PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Apple sold two million copies of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on its first weekend, including those shipped to customers with maintenance licences.

 
Simpler workaround for non-US FileMaker woes? [UPDATED] PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
English-speaking users of FileMaker Pro 9 outside the US are unhappy about a compatibility issue that stops the program running on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

 
iPhone jailbreak 'for the rest of us' arrives PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Withers   
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
An automated jailbreak for the iPhone and iPod touch has been developed, bringing the process within reach of anyone capable of operating the devices.

 
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