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June 02, 2008
Verdiem has just released the Surveyor 5.0. It is the latest version of its Surveyor line of energy saving applications. The Surveyor program is a power management program that reduces the amount of energy used by a computer. The main improvement on the program is the ability to further reduce the e...
June 02, 2008
Google has released a statement about Facebook blocking their Friend Connect feature. Google´s Friend Connect feature allows users to bring profiles, photos, and connections they make from one social network site to other parts of the Web. Facebook has recently blocked the use of this feature on the...
June 02, 2008
Intelliborn has just released the Intelliscreen application for the Apple iPhone. Intelliscreen places updates of the iPhone´s applications on the wake-up screen. The program is available for iPhone and iTouch devices that are allowed to use applications from third-party programmers.
Intel...
June 02, 2008
Lori Drew was recently indicted for three counts of accessing protected computers to harass a juvenile along with one count of conspiracy. This continues an almost two-year legal battle related to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier. The girl hung herself after receiving insults and hateful messa...
May 19, 2008
The Air Force has begun intensive research and development to create cyber warfare tools. An announcement was placed in the government website soliciting ideas for business opportunities. The solicitation notice was released as the Dominant Cyber Offensive Engagement and Supporting Technology effort...
May 15, 2008
Google begins testing face-blurring technology for its Street View option. Street View is a feature that gives users a 360° view of selected cities. The street view feature was launched in May 2007 as an addition to the Google Maps application.
Google launched a computer algorithm that can detect...
May 15, 2008
The Norwegian software company Opera just launched the beta version of its popular mobile phone web browser. Opera Mini 4.1 contains similar functions as the Opera 9.5 Beta 2 for Windows and Macintosh computers.
The mobile phone browser can predict the URL of a site based on a few letters typed ...
April 27, 2008
Symantec Corporation recently published the latest edition of its popular Global Internet Security Threat Report. This release highlighted Microsoft Active-X as the most vulnerable web browser plug-in technology currently in use.
Of the 239 web browser plug-in vulnerabilities documented in the s...
April 26, 2008
A vulnerability in Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) allowed a hacker to vandalize more than half a million web pages this week.
The hacker exploited unidentified vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS to post his own hidden code on these web pages.
The hidden code attempts to break into t...