Сбой в работе “Живого Журнала” в конце декабря 2012 года и начале января 2013-го возник из-за срабатывания сервиса защиты от DDoS-атак. По словам главы LiveJournal Russia Ильи Дронова, вредоносный трафик необязательно был связан с DDoS-атакой. ЖЖ был недоступен в России 31 декабря, 1 и 2 января. …
Исследователи из университета Южной Калифорнии назвали топ-10 рекламных сетей, чаще других размещающих объявления на пиратских ресурсах. На первом месте оказалась компания Openx, а на втором – Google вместе с принадлежащей ей рекламной сетью Double Click. Yahoo! разместилась на шестой строчке рейтинга. …
Несколько лет назад мы даже не могли подумать , что наши телефоны смогут поддерживать игры или симулировать компьютерные игры. Сегодня мощность наших смартфонов совместно с симулятором, имя которого Winulator, позволяют играть в культовую игру Starcraft Brood Wars на устройстве с ОС Andriod. Это не первый раз, когда Starcraft монтирован на Android. Ранее …
Председатель совета директоров Google Эрик Шмидт отправится в Северную Корею с гуманитарной миссией. Об этом сообщили анонимные источники Associated Press. Визит должен состояться уже в январе 2013 года. Шмидт войдет в группу, возглавляемую бывшим губернатором штата Нью-Мексико Биллом Ричардсоном. …
В июне 2012, FCC дала сертификат смартфону GT-B7810, работающему на Andriod и оснащенному QWERTY клавиатурой. Тогда, Samsung взяла с FCC обязательство о конфиденциальности и не оглашении информации и не показывать фотографии коммуникатора. Срок данного соглашения закончился, и теперь FCC опубликовала изображения телефона с разных сторон. Пока неизвестно, будет ли Samsung выпускать аппарат …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Deals As the new year begins, speculation has again arisen that 2013 will be the year that Microsoft buys Nokia. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Space Some of the best meteors, but just for a few hours. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Fuzzy Logic In the news again is Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and mother to their children, who has previously been reported as saying her kids weren’t allowed iPods, and has been quoted saying so again, but is …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Entertainment On New Years Day Australia’s new R18+ adults-only video game category came into force. Games with the new rating can only be bought or rented by people over 18. …
Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open Sauce The Free Software Foundation is an organisation for which I have the utmost respect. Without it, the whole phenomenon of free and open source sofware would never have come to be. …
Written by: David M Williams | Published in: The Linux Distillery Ubuntu, possibly the most popular desktop release of Linux, is presently teasing website visitors with a countdown. Might Canonical be about to announce an Ubuntu Linux-powered tablet? …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Mobility Canonical is about to announce an entire ecosystem for smart phones based on the Ubuntu platform. …
Written by: David M Williams | Published in: The Wired CIO GoToMeeting, by Citrix, is a major player in online collaboration and teleconferencing, offering sizeable savings in business travel costs. Yet, if GoToMeeting doesn’t match your budget perhaps Vyew may better fit the bill, starting at $0 for up to …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Biology Sauropod neck could be a delicacy! When palaeontologists gather around the barbecue, beer in hand, talk will generally turn to thoughts of the best dinosaur steaks. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Fuzzy Logic Even though the iPhone 5 is only a few months old, it should come as no surprise to see Apple already testing what is assumed to be prototypes of the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, as well as what …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! The real-time social web: remember, 15 year-olds are the next wave of users moving into the Internet (with money to burn). …
Pakistan reinstated its YouTube ban on Saturday after it was briefly lifted, reportedly without approval from the country’s prime minister, local media reported. …
LG Electronics is hoping to make its smart TVs more attractive by making it easier to share and find content, while Samsung Electronics is only hinting at what its plans are for 2013. …
Japan’s biggest cellular network operator, NTT DoCoMo, is working with Intel and Samsung on development of the Tizen operating system and the first smartphone based on the platform could be out in Japan in 2013. …
A number of signs suggest that next year will see a surge in tech companies selling off assets and product lines for both financial and strategic reasons, according to a recent report by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. read more
Could 2013 be the year of the TV for the high-tech industry? read more
Is your business still using Windows XP? If so, you're not alone. But, you should also seriously consider moving to a newer operating system. You could just step up to Windows 7, but there's also a pretty strong case to be made for moving to Windows 8–particularly Windows 8 Enterprise. …
Google, the Internet search leader, removed more than 50 million links from search results this year for allegedly infringing the intellectual property of copyright holders. read more
Facebook's new Poke app has apparently been a blessing in disguise for Snapchat. read more
Pakistan reinstated its YouTube ban on Saturday after it was briefly lifted, reportedly without approval from the country's prime minister, local media reported. read more
LG Electronics is hoping to make its smart TVs more attractive by making it easier to share and find content, while Samsung Electronics is only hinting at what its plans are for 2013. read more