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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Ballmer: Windows 7 slates coming "as soon as they're ready".

Ballmer: Windows 7 slates coming "as soon as they're ready".
   

We’re all very interested in learning more about Microsoft’s plan to respond to Apple’s iPad, and during a speech given at Microsoft’s Financial Analysts Meeting, CEO Steve B…

YouTube increases maximum video length to 15 minutes

YouTube increases maximum video length to 15 minutes
   

The YouTube team has today confirmed that videos uploaded to the popular video sharing service can now be as long as 15 minutes, allowing those uploading videos 5 more minutes of length than…

Barnes & Noble’s Nook gets its own boutique

In order to promote its Nook e-book reader and compete with Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble is creating 1,000-square-foot Nook Boutiques in its stores. The first, shown here, is at a Barnes & Noble store in Livingston, N.J.Barnes & Noble said Friday it’s creating boutiques within its stores for its Nook e-reader to “showcase” the digital device, software and accessories.

Another ugly reminder to check your Facebook settings — NOW!

Hey you! Don't be blind to your Facebook privacy settings! Adjust them now! Do it! Do as I say! Obey me!If we take any lesson from this latest Facebook privacy brouhaha, it’s one we should have already learned: Facebook isn’t for people who don’t wish to be known. Because here’s the deal: Facebook has not now, nor will it ever, protect your information.

SIMposium 2010 - SIMalliance reflects on it’s two day event in Rome

London, 30th July 2010 - SIMalliance, the global association of SIM card manufacturers, announces that the fourth edition of its SIMposium conference gathered more than 250 participants in Rome from 33 countries over the two days. Participants represen…

Cell phone shipments up 14.5 percent worldwide

The number of cell phones shipped worldwide rose 14.5 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, with much of the growth coming from smaller challengers like the iPhone and BlackBerry, according to research firm IDC.

Virtual cookie monster controls flavor

The Meta Cookie headset contains virtual reality video screens (in the white box), a camera to register the augmented reality marker on the cookie (the black box on the bottom) and tubes for the cookie scents. At the SIGGRAPH computer animation and interactive technology conference, a research team unveiled a Meta Cookie system, which uses virtual reality to try to control the flavor of a cookie.

Mars rover finally sees Martian dust devil

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Texas A&MAfter more than six years roaming the surface of Mars, NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has spotted its first dust devil on the red planet.

Contact centre survey highlights opportunities for savings

In a survey carried out by call centre software provider Rostrvm Solutions, over 70% of contact centres relied on back office teams to complete customer transactions, yet nearly half were not measuring operational performance in the back office. Anothe…

Internet ‘key holders’ are insurance against cyber attack

In a move that seems inspired by “The Lord of the Rings,” seven “keys” have been handed out to a trusted circle of people who might get called upon to “save” the Internet in the aftermath of a cyber attack.