Facebook invents a PHP virtual machine
Social networking giant Facebook has taken another step at making the PHP Web programming language run more quickly. The company has developed a PHP Virtual Machine that it says can execute the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Internet Explorer 11 is the right browser for business
Today, Microsoft released a Developer Preview version of IE 11 for Windows 7. Newer doesn’t always equal better, but IE 11 has some power under the hood that business users will benefit from. To some...
View ArticleWhat's next for Dish after losing out on Sprint?
As the dust settles after SoftBank's US$21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint, losing bidder Dish Network may be just getting started at stirring up the U.S. mobile industry.The satellite TV and Internet...
View ArticleDrone show attendees flock to new $700 model
3D Robotics gave a sneak preview of a comparatively cheap consumer drone at an unmanned aircraft convention in San Francisco this week.The company's new quadcopter, or four-rotor helicopter, can be...
View ArticleReview: Hover Zoom expands images without extra clicking
Hover Zoom is one of the best and most useful browser plugins in existence...provided you use the Chrome browser, as it is not available for anything else. It allows you to move your mouse over a...
View ArticleGlobal cybercrime costs billions, new estimates suggest
Cybercrime and espionage could be costing the world between $70 billion and $400 billion a year from a total global economy of $70 trillion, a new estimate by the Center for Stategic and International...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tech firms squirm over their role in Prism surveillance
The disclosures about the National Security Agency's massive global surveillance by Edward Snowden, the former information-technology contractor who's now wanted by the U.S. government for treason, is...
View ArticlePut Office on the iPad for tablet success, analyst advises
Armed with a $900 million argument, an analyst has raised the Office-on-iPad banner, saying that the flop of the Surface RT gives Microsoft a chance to make billions in lemonade from its lemon. "...
View ArticlePetition Against Passwords pushes next-gen security
With no practical alternative, a small tech group has launched a campaign to rally consumers against the use of passwords for logging into websites and services. The Petition Against Passwords,...
View ArticleGoogle Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says
A steady stream of questionable applications is flowing daily into Google's Play store for Android devices, according to security vendor Symantec.Over the last seven months, Symantec found more than...
View ArticleUS patent office rejects claims of Apple 'pinch to zoom' patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the...
View ArticleApple supplier Pegatron slammed for alleged labor abuses in China
Apple supplier Pegatron is facing criticism from a watchdog group for poor working conditions at its factories in China. The Taiwanese electronics maker came under fire for allegedly violating Chinese...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Toshiba announces Satellite E series notebooks
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division announced its Satellite E series ultrathin notebooks today: The 14-inch Satellite E45T and the 15.6-inch Satellite E55t/E55Dt will feature touchscreens and will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to put your DVD library in the cloud
DVDs are so analog. Sure, they’re digitally encoded versions of your favorite movies and TV shows, but they’re trapped on physical platters. If you want to watch something, you have to find the disc,...
View ArticleUse of Amazon's cloud approved for Dutch banks
The Netherlands banking regulator has approved Amazon Web Services (AWS) for use by financial organizations, Amazon said on Monday. This clears AWS cloud services for use across all areas of Dutch...
View ArticleIntroduction to backup
Rickaber asked the Utilities forum to explain the basics of backing up. Not backing up is like not wearing a seatbelt. You can go months or even years without a problem, then disaster strikes and...
View ArticleUniversity condemns court ban of research paper on flaws in car lock system
A court ban on a research paper that analyzes flaws in a car-lock system should be overturned, according to the Dutch university that employs two of the three researchers who wrote the analysis. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement, asks Google to scrub...
Chalk this up in the "funny, but not really" category: Last week, a company working with Microsoft to combat copyright pirates asked Google to remove multiple Microsoft web pages from Google...
View ArticleIcahn criticizes Dell for vote rule change on proposed deal
The takeover bout for Dell resumed on Monday, with investor Carl Icahn sounding off on the proposal from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners to change rules governing the shareholder vote for a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five bookmarks every computer user should have
The Boy Scouts got it right: be prepared. Whether you've just purchased a new PC or you've been using the same one for years, chances are good that at some point, you're going to need help and/or...
View Article