IT News Digest

Archive: 11-2007

• Scientists read brain of paralyzed man

  By means of electrodes implanted into the brain of a paralyzed man, scientists say that they may be on the brink of translating his thoughts into words.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 18, 2007, 9:24 AM PST

• Microsoft wins patent lawsuit over boot-up technology

  A U.S. District Court jury in Texas has ruled that Microsoft did not infringe on patents claimed by Computer Acceleration Corp., a subsidiary of patent warehousing firm Acacia Research Corp.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 18, 2007, 8:49 AM PST

• Legit Web video distributor asks FCC to stop ISP traffic throttling

  A Web-based distributor of online video content has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, asking for traffic throttling be prohibited by ISPs. The petition was filed...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 18, 2007, 8:35 AM PST

• PGP to offer dynamic key management

  PGP Corp. wants to go into dynamic management of encryption keys as opposed to the current static method of managing them, according to Phil Dunkelberger, president and CEO of PGP.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 18, 2007, 8:08 AM PST

• Amazon to launch Kindle e-book reader

  Amazon.com’s CEO will unveil the Kindle e-book reader in a high-profile event in New York on Monday. Reportedly delayed so as to “perfect the details,” the Kindle will come...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 17, 2007, 11:59 PM PST

• Sun teams up with Dell to put Solaris on PowerEdge servers

  Sun Microsystems and Dell have announced a distribution agreement to put Sun’s Solaris 10 operating system on Dell’s PowerEdge servers.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 17, 2007, 11:59 PM PST

• P2P video piracy rampant in South Korea

  For South Korean university student Seong-sun, accessing peer-to-peer video services is a daily norm. His laptop is his entertainment gateway, allowing him to access to a dizzying array of pirated...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 17, 2007, 11:58 PM PST

• BitMicro unveils 1.6 TB solid state drive for the enterprise

  BitMicro unveiled a flash memory-based solid state drive this week that is designed for the enterprise. The E-Disk Altima will come in capacities of up to 1.6 TB capacity, 3.5-inch format, as well...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 17, 2007, 11:42 PM PST

• Macedonia to install Ubuntu on 20,000 school PCs

  The Macedonia Ministry of Education and Science has received its first batch of 7,000 PCs with Ubuntu Linux installed. Ubuntu sponsor Canonical expects the figure will soon reach 20,000 units.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 17, 2007, 7:50 AM PST

• Firefox 3.0 may ship with serious bugs unfixed

  Mozilla will fix just 20 precent of the remaining 700 “blocker” bugs now in Firefox 3.0 before the final version is released next year, the open-source developer’s Web site...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 16, 2007, 9:43 PM PST

• Start-up to build motion-charged electric batteries

  Start-up M2E Power said it has raised money to commercialize battery technology that converts motion to electrical energy.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 16, 2007, 9:20 PM PST

• Governments worldwide the cause of WiMAX delays

  Giant telecom firm Huawei has accused dilatory behavior by governments across the world of delaying the implementation of WiMAX.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 16, 2007, 8:52 PM PST

• Oracle jumps into virtualization fray with free VM offering

  At its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Oracle became the latest player to jump on the virtualization bandwagon with the announcement of Oracle VM.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 16, 2007, 8:43 PM PST

• Microsoft releases Vista SP1 RC Preview

  Microsoft has released Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview as part of its private beta program.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 16, 2007, 8:16 PM PST

• Sixty years on, Colossus cracks codes again

  The Mark II Colossus was reinstated at the Bletchley Park to challenge modern day PC technology in a Cipher Challenge. The project to rebuild the Colossus has taken more than a decade.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 16, 2007, 10:43 AM PST

• Alfresco brings enterprise content management to Facebook

  Alfresco claims that it created the first business application for Facebook with its enterprise content management system integration with Facebook APIs.

  Posted by Arun Radhakrishnan | November 16, 2007, 10:07 AM PST

• IT News Digest Week in Review, November 16, 2007

  The stories that are covered this week include a data loss bug in Leopard, PCs in Japan, Blu-ray’s BD + DRM technology, the hottest certifications for 2008, Canada’s stance on...

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | November 16, 2007, 6:11 AM PST

• Two billionth photo uploaded to Flickr

  Staffers over at Flickr HQ are apparently squealing with joy at the two billionth photo uploaded earlier in the week. Posted by a user named yukesmooks from Brisbane, Australia, it shows a gum...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 15, 2007, 11:59 PM PST

• Marvel to bring comics online

  Marvel Entertainment will start a Web site that will feature access to thousands of its comic books and the famous heroes who populate them. To prepare for the launch of the offering, Marvel has...

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 15, 2007, 11:58 PM PST

• Are you a Wi-Fi thief?

  More than half of computer users have illegally logged on to someone else’s Wi-Fi connection, according an investigation by UK-based The Times.

  Posted by Paul Mah | November 15, 2007, 8:51 PM PST