SEATTLE – Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device — yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google’s application outright. “Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study [...]
The launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is postponed minutes before lift-off. The exact reason of the halt was not been announced. However, the problem is rumored to be a technical glitch. The launch was stopped Wednesday exactly 7 minutes and 56 seconds before the firing. It was not immediately known why the [...]
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The fans of the popular video game Championship Manager are been offered a deal by the developer Eidos they can hardly resist. The game is on sale for only “a penny” with a £2.50 transaction fee until 10 September. It is the first time that a pay-what- you-want model has been tried with videogames, said [...]
Reporter:ManojUnder: Gaming On August 19, 2009(2 years, 5 months ago.) At last, the much awaited price cut of PS3 consoles has announced by Sony. The price of PS3 consoles has been curbed worldwide except in Japan. And, upgraded versions of the consoles with 120 GB hard drives are going to hit the market. Sony also announced that it will stop manufacturing the pricey models to [...]
Reporter:ManojUnder: Gaming On August 19, 2009(2 years, 5 months ago.) Federal prosecutors accused a US man of stealing 130 million credit card numbers. The charge filed on Monday is said to be the biggest case of identity theft in US history. Albert Gonzalez, 28, the prime accused of the case, is already facing a charge of theft of 40 million credit card numbers. According to [...]
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So far, the future of netbook seems to be unrivaled. Even a 139 million shipments by the tear 2013 was predicted by reasearch firm ABI. But a new line of low cost notebooks, costing as low as $298, have thrown in a serious challenge towards the netbook market. These laptops with big screens, large memory [...]
Security holes of Twitter has been exposed here again. An employee of Arbor Networks has recently discovered a botnet that uses Twitter as its command and control structure. The Twitter user “upd4t3″ has been operating an infostealer operation using his account. The user posts status updates with links which contains commands or executables to download [...]
Reporter:ManojUnder: Internet On August 15, 2009(2 years, 5 months ago.) It appears that the Green Dam project has been dropped by the Chinese government, after the Industry and Information Technology minister, Li Yizhong said that it was a misunderstanding which sprawled the notion that the Green Dam would be required on every computer. According the minister the controversy was raised by poorly written regulations. The [...]
Reporter:ManojUnder: Internet On August 15, 2009(2 years, 5 months ago.)