eBay’s £200,000 piece of cardboard falls flat
Written by: David Swan | Published in: Mobility A bidding war that erupted over a brown piece of cardboard “shaped a bit like an iPhone 5” has ended abruptly, with eBay UK putting an end to the fun. …
Written by: David Swan | Published in: Mobility A bidding war that erupted over a brown piece of cardboard “shaped a bit like an iPhone 5” has ended abruptly, with eBay UK putting an end to the fun. …
Генпрокуратура России внесла представление министру связи Николаю Никифорову в связи с игнорированием электронных обращений граждан. Ведомство выявило, что обращения, которые отправлялись на официальный адрес электронной почты министерства, не регистрировались и оставались без рассмотрения. …
Аналитики “Лаборатории Касперского” обнаружили массовое целенаправленное заражение сайтов популярных российских СМИ. По данным компании, жертвами атаки стали сайт телеканала “Вести”, информагентства “Интерфакс”, а также онлайн-изданий “Газета.ру”, “Взгляд” и URA.ru. Все эти сайты уже устранили последствия атаки. …
Сайт агентства “Интерфакс” перестал работать восьмого ноября. Как сообщается в микроблоге агентства, ресурс не работает из-за “технических неполадок”. Через некоторое время “Интерфакс” отметил, что восстановить работу сайта пока не удается. Агентство призвало читать основные свои новости в Facebook. …
Домен me.ga, на котором должен был расположиться возрожденный файлообменный сервис Megaupload, перестал работать. Накануне власти Габона, в доменной зоне которого зарегистрирован короткий адрес, объявили о намерении закрыть сайт. Кроме того, французские хакеры заявили о том, что домен находится в их руках. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Technology Several major US players in the cloud based contact centre space are expected to enter the Australian market in the next 12-18 months. …
Оппозиционер Алексей Навальный запустил новый проект под названием “РосЖКХ”. Сайт предназначен для подачи жалоб на различные недостатки в работе жилищно-коммунальных служб. К примеру, через “РосЖКХ” можно пожаловаться на слабый напор воды дома или протекающую крышу. Чиновники должны решить проблему за 45 дней. …
Стоимость высокоскоростного интернета в Сочи на время Олимпийских игр составит четыре тысячи рублей за 34 дня для одного рабочего места. Услуги по доступу к интернету на время Олимпиады в Сочи будут дешевле, чем в Лондоне и Ванкувере. Ранее деловые СМИ сообщали о конфликте “Ростелекома” и организаторов по поводу цен. …
Социальная сеть “Одноклассники” сделает смайлики бесплатными. Руководство соцсети признало, что введение платы за смайлики в 2009 году было неудачным, так как денег от них “Одноклассники” почти не получают. В начале 2012 года смайлики уже пытались сделать бесплатными, но эксперимент кончился неудачно. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: People Brocade’s regional director of Australia and New Zealand, Graham Schultz, has resigned after a 12 year career with the company. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Mobility Symantec has warned that 200 Android apps on Google Play deliver advertising through fake SMS messages. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Networking The application of software defined networking technologies to telco networks is gathering momentum: Cyan, Ericsson and Huawei touted their products and expertise within days of each other. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: People Display specialist Image Design Technology as appointed Luke Dixon as its national sales manager. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Technology Hitachi Accelerated Flash storage is designed specifically for enterprise workloads. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Cloud Services MYOB has been talking about its hybrid desktop/cloud accounting software for some time, and AccountRight Live has finally arrived. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Home IT There’s growing interest in networked storage that is easily accessible from outside the home or office. LaCie’s entry into this market is the CloudBox. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Technology Most of the attention given to NBN plans has revolved around the residential market, but we’re now hearing more about what ISPs have planned for the business sector. …
Apple today announced it has sold three million iPads in just three days since the launch of its new iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad — double the previous first weekend milestone of 1.5 million Wi-Fi-only third-generation iPad models. The Wi-Fi + Cellular versions of both iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad …
Featured | Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: SEO Mitt Romney’s attempt to reach America’s mothers by having ads appear when people undertake specific Google searches went embarrassingly off the rails with the ads popping up alongside a range of ‘adult’ search results. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Cornered! Telstra announced last week that it had deployed new very small cellular base stations to boost mobile coverage at Flemington Racecourse during the spring racing carnival, but gave no indication that such technology will become a key part of its mobile network. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Fuzzy Logic Doubling the previous set of “first weekend sales” for the iPad 3rd-gen, Apple has announced it has sold a combined 3 million new iPad mini and iPad 4th-gen models – in only three days! …
Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Fuzzy Logic As expected, it’s the low-cost 16GB model of the iPad mini that has sold out in the US during this most early period post last-Friday’s iPad mini launch, although some stores still slim stocks of some 32GB and 64GB models – …
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: Space NASA announced on November 2, 2012 that it has a new alert called “Spot the Station”, which sends an email or test message to people who sign up to see the International Space Station when it passes over the local skies. …
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Training Charles Sturt University is the latest local institution to begin offering a free online course in computing as part of the open online course revolution currently sweeping the sector. While CSU is focussing on the postgraduate space with its course which begins …
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Technology Westpac has announced that its $2 billion Strategic Investment Priorities programme is 70 per cent complete – with the final elements scheduled to be rolled out in 2014. …
Written by: David Swan | Published in: People Infamous internet mogul Kim Dotcom is proposing to reignite his abandoned Pacific Fibre cable project, which would provide a trans-Pacific cable and free internet to all New Zealand citizens. …