Компания Samsung официально представила смартфон Galaxy Y с дизайном Hello Kitty для Германского рынка. В Samsung переделали дизайн пользовательского интерфейса Android специально для этого выпуска Galaxy Y, например, добавлена специальная кнопка кнопка Home (Домой), логотип Hello Kitty на кнопке возврата, также добавлены рингтоны и обои для украшения главной страницы коммуникатора. Аппарат …
Featured | Written by: David Heath | Published in: Mobility Nokia’s new Lumia 920 smartphone claims to have some great features. But we don’t know how good the image stabilisation is because they cheated! …
Компания Samsung сообщила, что мировые продажи флагманского смартфона Galaxy S III дошли до отметки в 20 миллионов экземпляров. Отмечается, что с момента представления прошло 100 дней, а это значит, что смартфон распродавался по 200 тысяч штук ежедневно. А поэтому, смартфон Galaxy S III можно назвать самым быстро продавающимся коммуникатором в …
Акции Facebook выросли в ходе торгов 5 сентября почти на 5 процентов после отказа основателя крупнейшей социальной сети в мире Марка Цукерберга продавать свои акции в текущем году. За день до этого акции Facebook обновили минимум, упав до 17,55 доллара. По итогам сессии бумаги достигли отметки в 18,58 доллара. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Entertainment Kobo has announced three new e-readers including the Kobo Arc, a 7in Android tablet that will sell for less than $250. …
Секретная служба США занялась расследованием сообщений хакеров, заявивших, что они украли налоговые декларации кандидата в президенты Митта Ромни и потребовавших за них миллион долларов. 1040 файлов, по словам хакеров, были похищены из офиса компании PricewaterhouseCoopers 25 августа. …
Хакерская группа NullCrew начала атаки на сайты Камбоджи в ответ на арест одного из основателей торрент-портала The Pirate Bay Готтфрида Свартхольма. Свартхольма задержали в начале сентября по запросу Швеции. Камбоджа не имеет соглашения об экстрадиции со Швецией, но собирается депортировать Свартхольма. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Networking Sir Timothy Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web Foundation has released its first Web Index, a “multi-dimensional measure of the web’s growth, utility and impact on people and nations”. …
Хранилище “Яндекс.Диск” отменило регистрацию по приглашениям и анонсировало еще несколько нововведений. Так, максимальный объем пространства на пользователя вырос с десяти до двадцати гигабайт. Появились клиенты для работы с “Диском” для мобильных платформ iOS и Android. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Mobility A forthcoming pair of Motorola RAZR phones will be exclusive to Telstra when they arrive in Australia during the next few months. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Mobility Mapping company Geobyte has deepened its relationship with TomTom by licensing TomTom HD Traffic information for use in its MetroView iPhone navigation app for Australia. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Entertainment Music subscription service Rdio has realised there’s such a thing as sharing too much information. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Enterprise Hitachi Data Systems is getting firmly behind Windows Server 2012 with the announcement that Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP), Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS), and Hitachi Compute Blade are now fully certified with full support for Windows Server 2012. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Market Doubts have been cast on Huawei’s claim to be owned by its employees, and on its independence from the Chinese Government, after a magazine reporting details of the ownership scheme was withdrawn from news-stands in China shortly after making its appearance. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market Vodafone is to introduce a new, location-based SMS emergency warning system which, when fully operational next year, will alert mobile phone users of an emergency situation occurring in their local area. The system will also allow SMS alerts to be sent to …
Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: Games Those code masters at errrrm, Code Masters are not satisfied with working on F1 2013 and the more comical F1 Race Stars. Work is also underway on the follow-up title in the relatively new GRID franchise. …
Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Technology Oracle has been ordered to pay $US1.13 million to cover Google’s costs in the copyright and patent trial which ended on May 31 with a win for the search engine company. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Market If Apple’s iPhone was an independent company it would still be more valuable than Google or Microsoft, according to Apple watcher Horace Dediu. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Enterprise Dell has announced the 12th generation of its PowerEdge server family, with features designed to take advantage of Windows Server 2012. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Deals NBN Co has announced a range of new installation and maintenance contracts worth $142 million which it says will create 2000 new jobs across Australia. They will also make it more difficult for a future coalition government to unravel NBN commitments. …
At Forbes.com, Morgan Brennan reports on the new 8000-square foot Savant Experience Center, a typical “swanky” Manhattan apartment with one special difference — it’s automated with Apple technology. Brennan writes that nearly every feature of the multi-room center, including lighting, window shades, temperature, and even a hidden flat-screen television can …
In a new take on hands-on learning, faculty at Northwest Kansas Technical College are using iPad with select apps to teach students in disciplines ranging from auto technology to respiratory therapy and cosmetology. Instructors use iPad and AirPlay to demonstrate procedures, record them, and play them back on flat-panel classroom …
Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open Source A well-known figure in Australian free and open source software circles has created an organisation to help individuals start businesses without the overheads that prevent people from doing so. …
Featured | Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Recruitment Candle, the IT recruitment arm of listed recruitment business Clarius Group, has sounded the alarm over the prospect of a new wave of extreme IT skills shortages. It’s a view that’s sharply out of kilter with the peak IT recruitment …
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: UNI-verse Bill Nye the Science Guy has been in the news lately talking about religion and science. He says he is not attacking religion, only wanting religious people with creationist views to let their children decide for themselves. What should we take from his …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Enterprise BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 promises to provide one-stop enterprise mobility management. …