Monthly Archives: August 2008
This Week In Emerging Technology – August 14th
Here are the emerging technologies stories for the week of August 11th.Cars that Collaborate - The EU is reserving a section of spectrum to...
Google Says UPS, CNN E-Mail Viruses Stood Out in July
Google may be susceptible to serious outages for its Gmail and other Google Apps, but the company is putting the smack down on e-mail...
Google Relents over Reader Outcry
In response to the horrified rabble over how contacts are shared in its Google Reader application, Google has taken a step back from designating...
Security Firms Warn of Hackers Spoofing CNN, MSNBC News Alerts
UPDATED: Hackers believed to be behind the CNN-spam campaign have changed tactics slightly-they are now using messages claiming to be from news network MSNBC.The...
New AMD Processors Slated for Business Desktops
Advanced Micro Devices has released a pair of new Phenom processors, along with two more Athlon chips, that will round out the chip maker's...
IBM Builds Canadian Supercomputer
TORONTO (Reuters) - The University of Toronto and IBM Corp. are building Canada's most powerful supercomputer, a mammoth machine that will need its own...
Cyber-attacks Gaining Acceptance as Another Weapon in War
Lest any of us forget the age in which we live, the cyber-attacks on Georgia this past week have highlighted that the Internet is...
No Enterprise Thaw for Vista
If Windows Vista were a person, it would have an inferiority complex. Not since Windows ME has a Microsoft operating system seen such cool...
McCain: No Net Neutrality, No Internet Taxes
Long on tax cuts, free trade agreements and expanded H-1B visas, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain issued his technology policy Aug. 14, prescribing a...
Intel Remote Wake to Wake PCs with VOIP Calls
Intel announced four new motherboards Aug. 14 that will include Remote Wake capability, an improved form of the Wake-on-LAN or Wake-on-WAN technology now in...