Technology
Siri says Nokia Lumia 900 the best smartphone ever
Apple’s Siri virtual personal assistant certainly has said some rather interesting things in the past. But to diss its overlord seems a bit much, don’t you think? When iPhone 4S owners ask Siri which smartphone is the best ever made, the obviously disgruntled virtual personal assistant responds saying it’s the Nokia Lumia 900 4G running on AT&T’s network. It … Continue reading
How to remove your Google Web History
March 1 is the day Google’s new unified privacy policy goes into effect, which means your Google Web History will be shared among all of the Google products you use. Do you know if Google is tracking your Web activity? If you have a Google account (for, say, Gmail) and have not specifically located and … Continue reading
IIS7 Application Pool Idle Time-out Settings
Whether you host in-house or with a managed Windows hosting provider, if you self-administer a web server it is good to know that by default IIS7 sets application pools to “time-out” after 20 minutes of inactivity. So if you don’t have a visitor to your site within 20 minutes the application pool will shut down … Continue reading
Google Circles – The latest Social Network
Online news websites are currently rife with talk of search engine giant Google apparently planning to launch a new social networking service imminently, dubbed Google Circles. But what is Google Circles exactly? And what can the service add to the already oversaturated genre of social networking? The new service is rumoured to be one which … Continue reading
Chip Prices Jump As Japan Disaster Hits Tech Supplies
(Reuters) – Prices for key technology components extended gains on Tuesday, as damage at Japanese plants and infrastructure caused by Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami threatens to disrupt the global manufacturing chain longer than many had expected. Dozens of Japanese firms from component makers to electronics firms and automakers are keeping their plants shuttered, while … Continue reading
Facebook unveils e-mail, the sequel
SAN FRANCISCO–“We don’t think that a modern messaging system is going to be e-mail,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a press conference this morning as it unveiled a hotly anticipated revamp of its messaging system that many pundits had characterized as a “Gmail killer.” But unveiling an e-mail product wouldn’t take into account all … Continue reading
Microsoft says Windows 8 roughly two years away
In its most concrete comments yet about the next version of Windows, Microsoft said in a blog post on its Dutch Web site that Windows 8 is about two years from hitting the market. Microsoft is working on the next version of Windows, the blog says in Dutch, but it will be about two years … Continue reading
Apple Unveils 6th Generation Ipod Nano
At a media event on September 1, 2010, Apple announced the sixth generation iPod Nano, which among many new features, will be designed around a high resolution “square shaped” touch-screen. Some notable changes are as follows: the device now features a smaller 1.54 inch lower resolution (higher pixel density) screen which supports multi-touch, as opposed … Continue reading
NVIDIA GTX 470M highlights rollout of 400M mobile GPU series
Not everybody needs the world’s fastest mobile GPU, so NVIDIA is sagely trickling down its Fermi magic to more affordable price points today. The 400M family is being fleshed out with five new midrange parts — GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M, to give them their gorgeous names — and … Continue reading
Ethical Hacking
White hat hackers are computer security experts, who specialize in penetration testing, and other testing methodologies, to ensure that a company’s information systems are secure. Such people are employed by companies where these professionals are sometimes called “sneakers.” Groups of these people are often called tiger teams or red teams. These security experts may utilize … Continue reading