Is the Chatroulette Sleazefest Giving Video Chat a Bad Name?
It's a good bet that when "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart spends six minutes making uber-ironic fun of a particular trend or topic, it's pretty much arrived as a legitimate Mainstream Media Phenomenon. Such was the case recently with Stewart's hilarious deconstruction of Chatroulette the Web site that facilitates random video chat conversations. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100
Apple Tosses In a New iPad With $99 Battery Replacement
Apple has announced a new service plan its upcoming iPad tablet devices: The company will replace iPads whose batteries can't hold a full charge for a $99 service fee plus $6.95 for shipping as well as taxes. This is not a matter of a technician removing the old battery and installing a new one. The whole device will be replaced with a brand-new iPad. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:11:18 +0100
Why Keeping the Bar Low May Be Good for Google
The Google model survived the dot-com mess but its success seems based largely on the belief that advertising can fund everything. If the users are unhappy, well it doesn't really matter. In fact, Google's customers (the folks paying them money) and the folks they actually serve are quiet different, causing me to question the viability of many of their non-search efforts. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100
North Korea's 'Red Star' Linux, and Is FOSS an Enemy of the State?
If a totalitarian regime uses Linux, does that mean Linux is an enemy of the state? That's the mind-bending question of the day following some politically charged Linuxy news that emerged over the past few weeks. North Korea, it appears, has developed its own Linux-based operating system. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100
FileMaker Pro Goes to 11
Fans of relational databases will find a lot to smile about in the latest release of FileMaker Pro. The program, long a favorite of Mac users, simultaneously released last week a new version of the data crunching powerhouse for both OS X and Windows. "This is a pretty significant release in the sense that there's a lot going on in it," FileMaker Group Product Manager Rick Kalman told MacNewsWorld. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100
As part of a campaign to end childhood obesity, the $40,000 contest calls for innovators to incorporate U.S. Department of Agriculture nutritional data into games and tools.
EU businesses investing in R&D despite economic crisis
Corporate investment in research and development (R&D) increased by 8.1% in the EU in 2008 in spite of the economic crisis, according to new figures published this week in the 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The figures reveal that European companies outperformed their counterparts in the US and Japan, who increased their R&D spending by 5.7% and 4.4% respectively. Corporate R&D investment worldwide increased by 6.9%. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:51:50 +0100
EU mishandled Intel case: ombudsman
The European Commission was guilty of maladministration in its its record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, the European ombudsman said on Wednesday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:58:39 +0100
EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard 2008
Worldwide corporate R&D investment increased by 6.9% in 2008, in spite of the economic crisis, according to the 2009 "EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" published today. With an 8.1% increase, the R&D investment growth of EU companies', defined as companies having headquarters within the EU, is significantly higher than US ones for the second year, at 5.7%, and Japanese ones, at 4.4%. Two EU companies feature in the top ten: Volkswagen in the 3 rd place with an R&D investment of €5.93 billion and Nokia in the 8 th. The world's biggest investor in R&D was Toyota Motor, with €7.61 billion. The report also shows that companies from emerging countries have the highest R&D investment growth. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:33:14 +0100
Oracle vows fight as EC objects to acquisition of Sun
The European Commission objected on competitive grounds Tuesday to the
proposed 7.4-billion-dollar acquisition of Sun Microsystems by US business software giant Oracle. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:29:21 +0100
EU gets tough on climate change, intensifies energy investment
Growing concerns on climate change, energy supply and competitiveness weigh heavily on the minds of Europeans. The European Commission is determined to fight this escalating problem and has called on public officials, industry and researchers to pool their resources and develop key technologies that would address this nagging issue. The target date is 2020. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:48:14 +0200
Apple Tosses In a New iPad With $99 Battery Replacement
Apple has announced a new service plan its upcoming iPad tablet devices: The company will replace iPads whose batteries can't hold a full charge for a $99 service fee plus $6.95 for shipping as well as taxes. This is not a matter of a technician removing the old battery and installing a new one. The whole device will be replaced with a brand-new iPad. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:11:18 +0100
FileMaker Pro Goes to 11
Fans of relational databases will find a lot to smile about in the latest release of FileMaker Pro. The program, long a favorite of Mac users, simultaneously released last week a new version of the data crunching powerhouse for both OS X and Windows. "This is a pretty significant release in the sense that there's a lot going on in it," FileMaker Group Product Manager Rick Kalman told MacNewsWorld. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100
Will the iPad Bookshelves Be Sparsely Stocked?
There are rumors that Apple's iPad launch has already run into some rough patches that are uncharacteristic for the company, but how much substance is actually behind them? One frequently mentioned challenge is having a sufficiently impressive array of available content that's compatible with the device. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100
Vlingo Faces Off With the Dragon: A Speech-to-Text Smackdown
When Apple enabled in-app purchases for iPhone applications, it seemed as though the days of "free" and "paid" versions of any given app were coming to an end. Soon, I thought, everything in the store would start out free as a teaser and then charge for an upgrade. That hasn't exactly panned out universally, but Vlingo's new voice application does charge in the way I thought all apps would charge by now. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100
EFF Knocks Apple for Dumping on Devs
The first rule of Apple's App Club is: You do not talk about App Club. Any developer who writes an app for the App Store is forbidden from making any public statements about the iPhone Developer Program Licensing Agreement. Second rule of App Club is: Said developers also can't sell their apps to other app stores, even if that app is eventually rejected by Apple. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:17:12 +0100
Tories may 'lose broadband vote'
Research suggests that key Tory constituencies could suffer most from the Conservative policy on super-fast broadband. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:59:44 GMT
Dotcom marks silver anniversary
The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:15 GMT
China's stern warning to Google
China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:17:52 GMT
Net clash for web police projects
A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:30:43 GMT
HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:02:22 GMT
Internet fraud's U.S. price tag put at $550 million
U.S. citizens reported losing more than $550 million in 2009 in Internet fraud, falling prey to a variety of increasingly sophisticated scams, according to a report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:04 EST
U.S. firms working to lower cost of solar energy
One piece of the American effort to find a way to make solar energy cheap enough that everyone will want it is unfolding in a modest redbrick building in this Midwestern city once known as one of the nation's top makers of glass. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:02 EST
Harvard University releases Profiles Research Networking Software as open source
Harvard University has released Profiles Research Networking Software, a form of social networking and expertise mining technology, to the open source community. Developed with the support of Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, the software is now broadly available to institutions seeking a web-based means of facilitating collaboration among their academic researchers. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:50:01 EST
State Department launches 'Opinion Space' website
The US State Department launched a new website on Monday seeking the opinions of people around the world on global issues and US foreign policy. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:40:01 EST
FCC unveiling sweeping national broadband plan
(AP) -- Communications regulators are unveiling a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans and make access much faster for people who already have broadband. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:10:01 EST
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