Microsoft releases details of IE 8.0 Beta 2

I was amused to read this morning that Microsoft has officially released details of the Beta 2 edition of Internet Explorer 8.0, following "leaks" appearing all over t'Internet this week.

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Sex store sues LA County over Internet access

You want to hear something funny? A storm has broken out between a sex store owner and the Los Angeles council over the council's refusal to allow an Internet cafe-style licence to a sex store.

THU 28 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

LG's X110 Netbook To Open Mobile Phone Manufacturers Flood Gates?

All the recent Netbooks have been the product of classic laptop production chains : Asus, MSI, Dell, Acer and so on but LG's entrance in the Netbook market could herald a brand new threat to the laptop segment.

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EU Human Rights Court Rejects McKinnon Appeal Against US Extradition

Gary McKinnon, who has been credited with the biggest military computer hack of all time, has seen his bid to fight extradition to the US crushed after the European Court of Human rights rejected his appeal

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Microsoft To Debut No-laser Blue LED Computer Mouse

Microsoft is readying a mouse that uses a blue LED rather than red lasers because the former can be used on a greater number of surfaces; this would mark the fourth great revolution in the way mice have evolved over the past few decades or so

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Advertising Worth GBP 6 billion To Telecom Companies by 2011

Advertising has turned out to be the major source of generating revenues for the Telecom Carriers across the globe, a research from the analyst firm Gartner revealed

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Mozilla's Ubiquity Brings Back Command Line To The Browser

Mozilla’s endeavours of snatching some significant market share are quite apparent in its recent product releases, and in the same line, the company has rolled out its first working prototype of its Ubiquity application, which helps in combining data in the web browser

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Mac Clone Maker Psystar Countersues Apple over Licensing Policies

In its response to Apple’s lawsuit for manufacturing Mac replicas, Miami based Psystar, has strike back with a counter lawsuit over the Apple, accusing that the company’s licensing policies are not in line with the US anti-trust laws

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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Introduces Private Browsing Functionality

The soaring popularity of Firefox browser, has caused Microsoft to bring upon necessary modifications in its very own internet browsing application, Internet Explorer, as the software behemoth has released the new “beta” test version of its Internet Explorer 8, with a range of user-friendly attributes

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Google Android Platform Misses Google Talk and Bluetooth Features

A Primary version of Google’s much touted mobile phone platform, Android SDK, has appeared on the web, with a couple of subtractions from its original menu

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Best Western Security Breach Hack Fright Turns Murkier

It could have been the biggest security cyberheist of all times with fears that up to eight million records being compromised as news emerged on Sunday that Best Western Hotel group central customer database had been breached

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The credit crunch is good for the environment

Is installing new, more efficient equipment good for the environment?

 

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What's the point of Nokia's N96?

From its announcement in February, Nokia's N96 has been a drawn out pre-launch

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How to Improve your Effectiveness and Make the Most of Meeting Madness

Meeting madness - how can we make them more effective and cut down on the unnecessary company gatherings

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Globalisation : How this trend has affected the way Vendors Interact with the Channel

The growth in globalisation has impacted on the type of relationships vendors have with their Channel

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Card issuer adds 2D barcodes to Visa cards

A Finnish firm is marketing an interesting add-on for Visa credit and debit cards - a 2D barcode that is added to the card for loyalty purposes.

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft discovers privacy with Internet Explorer 8.0

Reports are coming in that Internet Explorer 8.0 - which is apparently alpha testing amongst the chosen few - will have some excellent privacy features when it ships in its gold code version towards the
end of the year.

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Apple's iPhone Password Protection (Almost) Worthless, Broken In 10 Seconds

Version 2.0.2 of Apple's iPhone Firmware allows anybody to break into a given iPhone within a few seconds as long as they have physical access to the phone

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

International Space Station Laptop Infected By Earthly Malware

A virus known as W32.TGammima.AG has made it to the International Space station, 350 kilometers above our heads, last June according to a report released by the NASA

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Long time coming – a new Microsoft Mobile Standard handset

HTC have been remiss of late with the simpler version of Microsoft Mobile. The announcement of the HTC S740 brings the moribund platform back into focus

WED 27 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News