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2008
Thursday 28 August 2008 Memory and Performance: The Bottom Line
Thursday 28 August 2008 Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus websites
The software, a free download for use with latest version of the Firefox Web browser, creates an additional way for people to verify whether the site they're trying to visit is authentic.
Ubiquity 0.1 is an "experiment into connecting the Web with language," Mozilla Lab's Aza Raskin wrote in a blog post. "Most people do not have an easy way to manage the vast resources of the Web to simplify their task at hand. For the most part they are left trundling between web sites, performing common tasks resulting in frustration and wasted time."
Thursday 07 August 2008 Net address bug worse than feared
A recently found flaw in the internet's addressing system is worse than first feared, says the man who found it.
Thursday Jul 24, 2008 Note to elections chief: Hands off the Internet
We are less perturbed than Quebec's chief electoral officer is by the prospect of democracy running rampant in cyberspace.
Wednesday Jul 9, 2008 Google wrings Bell for throttling Internet
Internet heavyweight Google Inc. has waded into a fight with Bell Canada, saying the telecommunications company should be...
Sunday 29 June 2008 The Web Time Forgot
MONS, Belgium — On a fog-drizzled Monday afternoon, this fading medieval city feels like a forgotten place.
...In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files.
Saturday Jun 28, 2008 Please answer secret question before reading this: What is the meaning of life?
Thursday 26 June 2008 Internet overhaul wins approval
A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet is approved in Paris, paving the way for new domain names. A second proposal, to introduce domain names written in scripts, such as Asian and Arabic, was also approved.
Tuesday 24 June 2008 'Shake-up' for internet proposed
The net could see its biggest transformation in decades if plans to open up the address system are passed.
The net's regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on so-called top level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed.
..."At the moment, there are one-and-a-half billion people online and four-and-a-half billion people for whom the Roman script just means nothing," said Emily Taylor, director of legal and policy at Nominet, the national registry for .uk domain names.
Friday 20 June 2008 firefox/central/
Saturday 14 June 2008 MONTREAL: INTERNET USE UP
Statistics Canada reports that Internet use continues to rise, with young people accounting for much of the increase. A study released Thursday reveals that 73 per cent of Canadians used the Internet for such activities as e-mails, surfing, research and weather forecasts, the number coming to 19.2 million. That compares with 68 per cent in 2005. The agency included 16 and 17 year olds for the first time in its survey. The research found that 70 per cent of the latter category had been using the Internet for five or more years.
OTTAWA: COPYRIGHT LAW WOULD BE AMENDED
The Canadian government has introduced legislation to make it easier to prosecute people who download copyrighted material from the Internet. Under the new bill, anyone caught downloading copyrighted files would be fined $500. The minister of industry says the legislation is aimed at helping Canadian businesses remain competitive. Jim Prentice also says it is critical to update copyright laws to bring Canada in line with new technologies and international standards, and to provide protection to Canadians who create content for the Internet.
Tuesday 10 June 2008 Supercomputer sets petaflop pace
A supercomputer built with components designed for the Sony PlayStation 3 sets a new computing milestone.
Monday 09 June 2008 Supercomputer sets petaflop pace
The IBM machine, codenamed Roadrunner, has been shown to run at "petaflop speeds", the equivalent of one thousand trillion calculations per second.
The benchmark means the computer is twice as nimble as the current world's fastest machine, also built by IBM.
Military Supercomputer Sets Record
SAN FRANCISCO — An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
Friday 06 June 2008 Consumer devices: Revealing the underlying technical details of electronic gadgets can have many benefits, for both users and manufacturers
THE idea of “open source” software is familiar to many computer users. Enthusiasts get together on the internet to create a new program, and as well as giving it away, they also make available its source code—the software’s underlying blueprint.
Tuesday 03 June 2008 Twenty-five years ago, Radio Shack released the first wildly successful laptop computer in the United States. The TRS-80 Model 100
Tuesday 1 May 2008 Freebase Twine AdaptiveBlue ClearForest Natural language Powerset True Knowledge Creating a global brain
video Livescribe demos new smartpen
Java-fueled pen records audio, translates languages
Jim Marggraff, CEO of Livescribe, shows off the 2GB, Java-capable Pulse Smartpen at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco. The pen records audio as the user takes handwritten notes, then synchs up the sound with the writing. Audio can then be played back when someone taps the pen on paper. The device also converts languages instantly, playing translations out loud through the embedded speaker or displaying the word on its LED screen.
22 May 2008 Down on the server farm
The real-world implications of the rise of internet computing
Friday 23 May 2008 Launch Your Own Web Site, for Free, On Google
Google on Thursday announced the widespread availability of the new Google Sites app. Integrated into Google Apps, Sites gives users the ability to create Web pages that can be securely hosted by Google. Read this story
Friday 23 May 2008 To what good, these high-speed links?
Broadband, too, may just need more time before its real benefits show through. After all, the top six countries only have penetration rates between 30%-35%. Although policymakers and the public might feel that super-fast broadband is essential, that view is based more on faith than fact.
Thursday 22 May 2008 LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen
$200 2gb
Tuesday 22 April 2008 Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been released.
Tuesday 22 April 2008 Web 2.0 is set for spending boom
Billions of dollars are expected to be spent on the social web, as businesses gather at a San Francisco conference.
Web 2.0 is set to be embraced by Enterprise 2.0 as businesses prepare to spend nearly $5 billion by 2013 on social networking tools.
Over half of the companies in North America and Europe see Web 2.0 as a priority for next year, a report says.
,,,Analyst Oliver Young estimates that another 56% of North American and European companies regard Web 2.0 to be a priority in 2008.
Thursday Apr 10, 2008 TV junkies can adapt their computer to watch and record HD
Perhaps it's because we're spending more time in front of our computers or simply because an Internet-connected PC has become the hub for storing media, but a growing trend among television fans is to watch, record and manage TV programs on your "other" smaller screen.
Wednesday 09 April 2008 Cyber risk 'equals 9/11 impact'
The US homeland security chief calls on Silicon Valley to help secure the cyber highway from attacks.
The US homeland security chief has made a heartfelt plea to Silicon Valley workers to stand up and be counted in the fight to secure the cyber highway.
Michael Chertoff invoked the attacks of 9/11 as he sought to galvanise IT professionals and security experts.
He told the world's biggest IT security conference that serious threats to cyberspace are on "a par this country tragically experienced on 9/11".
Saturday 05 April 2008 US man gets $2.6m for domain name
A US man sell the domain name pizza.com for $2.6m - after maintaining it for $20 a year since 1994.
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Sunday 23 March 2008 Call for clarity on code patents
A legal row between the UK government and Symbian has revived the issue of whether computer programs can be patented.
Friday 29 February 2008 attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' regardless of who sent it to you.
It is a virus which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' your whole hard
Friday 29 February 2008
From Economist.com, Friday February 29th 2008
The following have been newly published on Economist.com:
Internet censorship
What does the government keep from you? ... more
Internet
Are you tired of social networking? ... more
Tech.view
It won't be as easy as providing mobile phones ... more
Monday Feb 4, 2008 Tips to keep safe online
Monday 14 January 2008 How to outfit a recycled computer
Sunday 13 January 2008 From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year
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Thursday 10 January 2008 nsnbc CES new toys
Wednesday Jan 9, 2008 Internet gets faster
Like the idea of downloading a movie in four minutes? Technology unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will make the "high-speed" Internet 10 times faster. Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable company, plans to roll out the new service this year.
Wed1347 Passing of an era: Netscape Navigator, the world’s first commercial web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run.
2007
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Saturday 10 February 2007
B.C. company's 'quantum computer' has techies abuzz
A Canadian company that claims to have built the world's first marketable "quantum computer" - a hyper-fast data processor touted by the firm's founder as potentially "the most significant invention of our generation" - has the global high-tech community buzzing ahead of the machine's scheduled unveiling next week in California.
Friday Feb 2, 2007 Videotron to boost Net speed
Expected to be fastest in canada. Firm has been testing service with Cisco ... fast enough to download a DVD-
quality movie in eight minutes or an album of MP3 songs in five seconds. ...Until now, Calgary-based Shaw Communications has offered the fastest service in Canada, with an advertised speed of 25 Mbps.
In Quebec, Videotron's main competitor, Bell Sympatico, peaks at 16 Mbps. ...Other countries have already broken the triple megabit barrier, like South Korea.
Second Life
01/30 - University is about to get a lot more interesting for those who pursue their studies online. While traditional correspodence courses offer students little interaction, a program being offered at Loyalist College in Ontario promises to make that virtually different.
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Free tool lets you "shred" your data HD ..And so a Canadian company, CBL Data Recovery Technologies, is offering a free downloadable tool for individual or corporate Windows XP or DOS users to safely and effectively wipe sensitive, private information from the hard drive.
2006
Monday 25 December 2006 Flaws Are Detected in Microsoft’s Vista
....notified Microsoft that it had also found that flaw, as well as five other vulnerabilities, including one serious error in the software code underlying the company’s new Internet Explorer 7 browser. .... it would make it possible to alter files and potentially permanently infect a target computer
Hasta la Vista
Dec 22nd 2006
From Economist.com
Why Windows rules the world
FROM the end of January any Windows-based personal computer
that you buy will come with a new version of Microsoft's operating system, called Vista. Make no mistake, this is more than just a slicker, prettier version of Microsoft’s current operating system for desktop computers, Windows XP. Vista is considerably quicker, easier and more pleasant to use, and far more stable and secure, than was its predecessor. One of its particular attractions is its more intuitive way of storing, organising and locating files. Included too are better parental controls, a built-in DVD maker, and lots of other improvements. In many ways, especially in its look and feel and ease of use, Vista out-Macs the Mac’s latest operating system—the Tiger version of OS X. However, that could change when Apple releases its Leopard version of OS X in spring.
Saturday Jan 14, 2006 it Windows Vista, when it launches later this year, may turn out to be a great operating system for IT users. Or at least for male IT users. Or least white male IT users between the ages of 15-37 who were raised in Irish Catholic households in a relatively temperate climate. Then again, it might not. Only an ethnographer would know.
2005
Sunday Dec 25, 2005 nyt Wall St. Bets on Gambling on the Web
By MATT RICHTEL
Internet casinos are illegal in the U.S., but they look like solid investments to many of Wall Street's largest firms.
Friday Dec 23, 2005 ew Beware of Strange iTunes/QuickTime Movies
A private security researcher publishes a proof-of-concept
exploit for a potentially serious bug in Apple's popular
iTunes and QuickTime media players.
ew Botnet Uses BitTorrent to Push Movie Files
The BitTorrent peer-to-peer software has been hijacked by
hackers to distribute video files onto infected computers.
Tuesday Dec 6, 2005 ew Firefox 1.5 Is a Small Step Up
The enhancements in the latest release include improved
privacy functionality, a rebuilt options configuration screen,
multiple interface tweaks and a reworked automatic updating
18/10/2005 nt British inventor asked to help build clockwork laptop
design and build a wind up generator for a new laptop computer that is hoped will bring the internet to even the most impoverished and far flung parts of the third world.
Saturday Oct 1, 2005 mit MIT unveils its design for a $100 laptop>
Aimed at the world's children. Within a year, Negroponte expects to get up to 15 million machines in production
Tuesday Sep 27, 2005 The Chinese government has tightened regulations that govern Internet use. The latest rules ban a number of Internet activities, including the spreading of false information and pornography, or the publication of information that endangers national security or reveals state secrets. The new rules ban as well material that "instigate(s) illegal gatherings...marches, demonstrations..." Last April, notices of demonstrations against Japan was posted on Internet bulletin boards. The Chinese authorities were already blocking information on the Internet about sensitive subjects like Taiwan or the Tienanmen Square massacre.
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Saturday Nov 6, 2004 cbc
FIRST CONVICTION IN U.S. FOR E-MAIL SPAMMERS
A brother and sister from North Carolina have become the first people in
the U.S. to be convicted of fraudulently sending spam e-mails.
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1) open Nero and click 'Cancel' if 'Create CD' window opens
2) Choose File---> Burn Image. Version 5.5.9.9 and above have support for .CUE files, too. On versions under 5.5.9.9 you neet to select 'all files (*.*)'
3) Open the image file.
4) If the image type is .ISO and a popup 'Foreign Image file' opens BE CAREFUL: the .ISO is non-standard and you are at very high risk to burn a coaster. In this case choose 'Correct', select 'Data Mode 1' by default and 'Data Mode 2' if you know you're dealing with PSX, PS2, Video CD or Mixed Mode CD (data+audio). Also choose 'RAW data' ('Block size' = 2352 should set automatically).
5) Set the proper write speed (as low as possible for PSX and VCD). All other setting should be 'Write' 'Fnalize CD' 'Justlink/Burnproof', Choose 'Disc-At-Once' if available, then click on 'Write'
Friday Jul 9, 2004 A study shows that the popularity of the Internet continues to grow in Canada. A study by the federal gatherer of data, Statistics Canada, says that at least one member of 64 per cent of the country's 12 million households used the Internet regularly in 2003 at home, at work, in school, in Internet cafés or elsewhere. That's five per cent more than in the previous year. StatsCan's study indicates that Canadians with higher income and the most years of education are the most likely to use the service. The survey also shows that almost two-thirds of those using the Internet did so to obtain information about health and medication. The other two Internet functions that are most popular are electronic mail and surfing.
Friday Jul 9, 2004 ts
Hundreds of users left without e-mail through Sympatico
Hundreds of Sympatico customers have had trouble accessing their e-mail since the Internet service provider introduced new services from MSN early last month.
Monday 29 Mar 2004 tsGROWTH OF HIGH-SPEED INTERNET BOOSTS E-COMMERCE: STATSCAN
Expanding use of high-speed internet connections helped e-commerce sales
grow by 40 per cent last year, but web sales still accounted for only
about 1 per cent of private sector operating revenues, Statistics Canada
said Friday.
Tuesday Jan 27, 2004 bbcMydoom spreading as fast as Sobig
The latest e-mail computer virus could be worse than last year's Sobig worm which infected millions of computers.
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Saturday Jan 24, 2004 bbc MAC STILL CLICKS WITH FANS AFTER 20 YEARS
Apple's Macintosh computer and its little mouse that roared turned 20
Saturday, marking a milestone in the history of personal computers.
Saturday Jan 24, 2004 bbc Cuba law tightens internet access
The Cuban Government introduces a new law making it impossible for many Cubans to access the internet.
Thursday Jan 22, 2004 cbc
U.S. RECORDING INDUSTRY RESUMES INTERNET MUSIC OFFENSIVE
The American recording industry is once again taking aim at people who
share music files over the internet. The Recording Industry Association
of America filed 532 suits Wednesday against computer users it said were
illegally distributing songs.
Thursday Jan 22, 2004 cbc
MUSIC INDUSTRY GOES AFTER HUNDREDS IN ONE ROUND OF LAWSUITS
The recording industry has filed lawsuits against 532 computer users for
illegally distributing songs over the internet.
Thursday Jan 15, 2004 cbc
INTEL BEATS ESTIMATES ON STRONG REVENUES
Intel, the largest maker of microchips in the world, reported after the
market closed Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profits doubled as
revenues surged more than 20 per cent.
Sunday Jan 11, 2004 Cuba cracks down on internet use
Cuba passes a new law making internet access more difficult for its citizens at home.
Thursday Jan 8, 2004 cbc
JUDGE APPROVES 'FREE INTERNET' CLASS ACTION SUIT
A Quebec judge has authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of
Quebecers who signed up for free internet service for life. The deal
lasted a couple of months.
2003
Thursday Jan 1, 2004 cbc
NEW HACKER THREAT: YOUR MONEY OR YOUR FILES
Computer security experts in England are warning about a new type of
cyber-crime in which hackers demand money in return for not wreaking
havoc on the recipient's computer.
Tuesday Dec 23, 2003 cbc
ETHICISTS DASH HOPES FOR INTERNET KIDNEY DONORS
A young woman who appealed on the internet for a kidney donation has
stirred up controversy among health administrators, ethicists and
ordinary citizens.
Monday Dec 22, 2003 ts
Make Digital Videos Worth Watching Use these TV-style editing techniques to make home movies people will actually enjoy.
very little panning or fast zooming, hold static screen for longer than 10 to 15 seconds. something doesn't change every 10 to 15 seconds, your viewers will get bored.
Monday Dec 22, 2003 MONTREAL: INTERNET USE CONTINUES TO GROW
A public opinion poll suggest that that about two-thirds of Canadians
surfed the Internet at least once during a one-month period earlier
this year. The Leger Marketing survey indicated that 64 per cent of
Canadians used the Net in the month before the August poll was
conducted. A similar survey in 2002 put Internet use in Canada at 61
per cent. Regional breakdowns in this year's poll were British
Columbia, 71 per cent; Ontario, 67; Alberta, 66; Manitoba and
Saskatchewan, 63; the Atlantic provinces, 60; and Quebec, 58.
Fifty-one per cent of the Canadians polled said they had used the
Internet to gain access to government services in the previous 12
months. That placed Canada sixth out of 32 countries, whose overall
average was 30 per cent. The Canadian number compares with 48 per
cent last year and 46 per cent in 2001.
Saturday Dec 20, 2003 cbc
U.S. RULING A BOOST FOR ONLINE MUSIC COPIERS
The recording industry cannot require online service providers to track
down people who copy music from the internet, a U.S. federal appeals
court ruled on Friday.
Wednesday Dec 17, 2003 cbc
RICH, POOR DISCUSS INTERNET AT WORLD SUMMIT
Disputes between industrialized and developing countries over control of
the internet threaten to steal the spotlight at a UN summit aimed at
expanding access to information technology.
Tuesday Dec 16, 2003 bbc
South Korea's professional gamers make more than $100,000 a year.
South Korea likes to describe itself as the world's most wired country - 70% of households have high-speed internet connections.
Monday Dec 15, 2003 cbc
MP3 PLAYERS HIT WITH COPYRIGHT LEVY
The cost of MP3 players is going up after the Copyright Board of Canada
slapped a levy on the sale of digital audio recorders on Friday.
Monday Dec 15, 2003 cbc
COPYRIGHT BOARD TAXES MP3 PLAYERS, HOLDS LINE ON BLANK CDS
The cost of MP3 players is going up after the Copyright Board of Canada
slapped a levy on the sale of digital audio recorders on Friday.
Monday Dec 15, 2003 cbc
NEW ZEALAND BANS MURDEROUS VIDEO GAME
The extreme violence depicted in the popular video game Manhunt has led
New Zealand's media classification office to ban the PlayStation 2
title.
Thursday Dec 4, 2003 bbc TOP COURT HEARS PITCH FOR TARIFF ON WEB USE
Internet users will have to pay more for access if Canada's music
composers and publishers convince the Supreme Court of Canada to add a
tariff on web use.
Thursday Dec 4, 2003 bbc GOOGLE TIGHTENS PHARMACY AD REQUIREMENTS
Internet search engine Google has stopped taking ads from unlicensed
pharmacies. Google joins other popular web sites that have bowed to
pressure to curb the illegal distribution of prescription drugs.
Thursday Dec 4, 2003 bbc Microsoft suffers Longhorn loss
Pirated versions of Microsoft's next operating system are on sale in Malaysia well before the official release date.
Thursday Dec 4, 2003 bbc China plans to ease rapid growth
China is hoping to touch the brakes in 2004 to slow the rapid growth which risks overbalancing the economy.
Monday Nov 24, 2003 How to make files and folder easier to find
icon tools for making files and folders stand out
Monday Nov 17, 2003
Product: Google Deskbar
Google, in its never-ending quest to bring faster, more effective searching to your fingertips, has just introduced the Google Deskbar, free software download that sits in your Windows taskbar. Once you type in a search term, a small window pops up above the taskbar with the results. In addition, when you highlight text on your screen and press Ctrl + Alt + G, the highlighted text is automatically inserted into the search box. The window also includes Forward and Back buttons for easier navigation.
Availability: Now, at labs.google.com Price: Free
Friday Nov 14, 2003 cbc
NEW COMPUTER WORM HARVESTS CREDIT CARD DETAILS
New variants on an existing e-mail worm target Paypal customers and try
to trick recipients out of their credit card information.
Tuesday Nov 4, 2003 pc
File Sharers, Beware
File sharing doesn't just raise legal issues; it can also leave your computer open to privacy and security threats.
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Tuesday Nov 4, 2003 c|net
MICROSOFT OFFERS $5 MILLION US IN REWARDS FOR VIRUS LAUNCHERS
Software giant Microsoft is offering rewards totalling $500,000 US for
information leading to the capture of the culprits behind two of this
year's most damaging computer viruses - part of a $5 million US
reward program it announced Wednesday.
1 October, 2003 bbc
All Is Not Lost
Here's how to get back data you thought was long gone—or how to delete it for good.
Monday Oct 27, 2003 California wins anti-spam case
A court fines a marketing firm $2m in a landmark case for sending out unsolicited e-mails.
Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 bbc
Microsoft backs e-mail controls
In Office 2003, people can limit who else can open, edit, copy or even print a document.
You can even set a time limit on it, so that a document will 'self-destruct' after a set period, though a copy will most likely remain on a central server. ...Office 2003 will be available in a set of packages at range of prices, starting at around £120 [$264cad] for students.
But the programs will only run on a PC with Windows XP or 2000.
Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 cbc
SOFTWARE PIRACY UP ACROSS CANADA: INDUSTRY
The software industry says piracy increased in most Canadian provinces
in 2002 and represented $408 million in lost sales.
A new report indicates that the problem of software piracy in Canada
is worsening. The study was carried out by the Canadian Alliance
Against Software Theft, a coalition that represents such firms as
Microsoft, Apple and Adobe. The report says that 39.4 per cent of
business software is pirated, compared with 38 per cent in a similar
study published a year ago. Software piracy is worst in Prince Edward
Island, where more than 65 per cent of all software is illegal.
Ontario's figure is 35.5 per cent, its lowest level in five years.
But the province suffered 51 per cent of the losses due to piracy.
Office 2003: A guided tour
Come and knock on the doors of government and enterprise users who have installed the latest version of Microsoft's suite and find out why they upgraded. Plus: Make room for the competition
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