Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox 3, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 duke it out to be the program you use most. Which one's best for you?
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Latest News
Asustek Computer and Intel have teamed up with electronics retailer Tsann Kuen Enterprise to promote PC recycling in Taiwan... 22-Apr-2008

The delayed PlayStation Home community online service for the PlayStation 3 console is to be delayed again, Sony Computer... 21-Apr-2008

Environmentalist groups say tech firms get great publicity from their green PR efforts, but they wonder how deep the commitment really is. 21-Apr-2008

The latest and final handset in Samsung's Ultra edition range of cell phones goes on sale in the U.K., France and Germany this... 21-Apr-2008

Hewlett-Packard said its new online storage service will protect your data "whether your hardware fails, your computer is lost... 21-Apr-2008

When Charlie Miller won US$10,000 for hacking into a Macbook Air laptop last month, he exploited a flaw that had been publicly... 21-Apr-2008

Dell will soon offer a paid support service that allows consumers to call a dedicated support team to help troubleshoot their... 21-Apr-2008

A new drive shipping next month from Fujitsu increases hardware-based encryption strength, and offers a range of capacities up to 320 GB. 21-Apr-2008

Apple has posted a revised version of its MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update, to version 1.5.1. The software is available for... 21-Apr-2008

African governments must commit to transparency to eliminate barriers that hamper entrepreneurship and business and economic... 21-Apr-2008

Spanning Sync, the iCal to Google Calendar synchronization software for Mac OS X, will add Gmail contact sync to its... 21-Apr-2008

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has condemned the ongoing strike by the staff of ... 21-Apr-2008

Agile Web Solutions has released AllBookmarks 3.0, a new version of the bookmark manager for Mac OS X. The software is free. 21-Apr-2008

Drastic internal restructuring at the One Laptop Per Child Project has led to the resignation of one of the nonprofit's top... 21-Apr-2008

Microsoft has formed a partnership with the government of Angola and plans closer collaboration with the European Union to... 21-Apr-2008

Driven by increasing economic activity, centers offering basic computer training have begun to spring up around Freetown. 21-Apr-2008

Kenya's technology experts are developing a community Web site to monitor quality of service by ISPs. 21-Apr-2008

Voice over IP (VoIP) service provider Skype has announced a new calling plan that enables users to make unlimited calls in the... 21-Apr-2008

The Kenyan government has developed a plan to use technology to tackle the problem of recruitment of young people into the... 21-Apr-2008

Six months after France Telecom paid US$390 million for a 51 percent stake in Telkom Kenya, employees are threatening to... 21-Apr-2008

Security and wide-area network acceleration company Blue Coat Systems has made a deal to buy Packeteer, a longtime WAN... 21-Apr-2008

Can iWork '08 really replace Office 2008? That was the question we sent out to answer in last week's series pitting Pages '08... 21-Apr-2008

Reader Dick McMains is concerned about Photo Booth's mirror-image nature. He writes: 21-Apr-2008

MySpace is testing what it calls a new advertising platform designed to let marketers build and manage profiles for their... 21-Apr-2008

Microsoft East Africa has dismissed allegations that it threatened to withdraw funding to Kenya if the government did not vote... 21-Apr-2008

Popular RSS reader NetNewsWire has been updated fixing a couple of bugs with the application. 21-Apr-2008

For Emmanuel Bangura, owner of a video game center on Kissy Road in the eastern part of Freetown, the PlayStation is a good... 21-Apr-2008

Reminiscent of a hip flask, Iomega's eGo portable hard drive, with its solid metal construction, smooth finish, and sleek... 21-Apr-2008

New apps are emerging for unlocked and maybe even iBricked iPhones, including this musical use. 21-Apr-2008

Psystar, the controversial seller of Mac clones that has drawn a lot of press scrutiny over the past week, seems to be in the... 21-Apr-2008

Macwireless.com has introduced a powerline network adapter for the Macintosh that enables you to route your network through... 21-Apr-2008

Agile Web Solutions has released an update to 1Password, its password manager for Mac OS X. The update, v2.5.13, is free for... 21-Apr-2008

Now Software has released an update for Now Up-to-Date & Contact, the company's calendar, contact management and group... 21-Apr-2008

Western Digital (WD) on Monday announced its VelociRaptor Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive. The new drive costs $299.99 and... 21-Apr-2008

Training specialist MacProVideo has released a new series of tutorial videos for Apple's professional video software suite... 21-Apr-2008

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Latest News
CIO Douglas Merrill is leaving Google to join EMI Music as president of its digital business division. 03-Apr-2008

Dutch film that says the Koran incites violence prompts outrage in Indonesia, may cause YouTube ban. 03-Apr-2008

Microsoft's Surface coffee-tables find a home in AT&T stores. 03-Apr-2008

Adobe is introducing a 64-bit version of Creative Suite 4 for Windows Vista; Mac users will have to wait. 03-Apr-2008

Nickelodeon is working on a virtual world based on "SpongeBob SquarePants" and developing a new social networking site/game. 03-Apr-2008

Google will lay off about 25 percent of DoubleClick's U.S. workers, sell part of its Performics division. 03-Apr-2008

Beijing organizers have assured the IOC that reporters covering the Olympic Games won't be affected by Internet censorship. 03-Apr-2008

Research shows that many mobile phone users would be happy to receive nonintrusive ads in exchange for free content. 03-Apr-2008

Comcast is launching a new premium service that offers download speeds starting at 50 mbps. 03-Apr-2008

MIDs running Intel's touted Centrino Atom chip are unlikely to appear until the end of the year. 03-Apr-2008
Microsoft and Symantec have asked a court to dismiss their ongoing lawsuit over storage management technology. 03-Apr-2008

Sprint Nextel's April Xohm WiMax rollout is delayed due to problems setting up microwave wireless links. 03-Apr-2008

Research In Motion beat industrywide slowdown with 14 million shipments in 2007, a record high in the Q4. 03-Apr-2008

Sony's HDR-TG1 weighs only 10.6 ounces and records 1920-by-1080 digital video to a memory card. 03-Apr-2008

Motorola is closing its high-end cell-phone factory in Singapore; R&D facilities to remain open. 03-Apr-2008

Apple released a slew of patches for QuickTime, fixing a variety of security problems. 03-Apr-2008

Intel unveiled an updated version of its Classmate PC laptop, but changes made to the device are largely cosmetic--at least for now. 02-Apr-2008

Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that it is shipping its DualShock 3 game controller for the PlayStation 3 game console this week for $54.99. 02-Apr-2008

AT&T plans to sell phones based on Google's Android operating system, after being assured by the search giant that it won't be forced to offer all-Google applications, the company said today. 02-Apr-2008

Adobe announces the Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta program, following up on the successful beta for the first version of the photography workflow application. 02-Apr-2008

EA Sports confirms that the latest Madden game will not be coming to PC. 02-Apr-2008

Online phone services offer stand-out features for small businesses that can't afford their own full-scale systems. 02-Apr-2008

Mozilla also says it will move on to the release candidate stage by freezing changes as early as next week. 02-Apr-2008

The new server and desktop variants of Ubuntu Linux version 8.04 will include features aimed at making the open source operating system easier to use and to deploy. 02-Apr-2008

PayPal seems to be having technical difficulties with a debit card that allows users instant access to the money in their PayPal accounts. 02-Apr-2008

U.S. carriers say they are developing commercial services that will take advantage of IPv6. 02-Apr-2008

Yahoo opens some of its search technology to third-party content providers. 02-Apr-2008

FCC chair urges fellow commissioners to dismiss a petition filed last year asking carriers to open up their networks. 02-Apr-2008

Five laptop makers have signed on to use Qualcomm's Gobi technology, a cell modem that can switch between the two dominant worldwide 3G standards: EVDO and UMTS/HSPA. 02-Apr-2008

Valve and Ubisoft announced a partnership to deliver 40 new games via the Steam digital distribution service. 02-Apr-2008

Web filters go head-to-head in battle to block Web porn. 02-Apr-2008

Google's Gmail lacks spit and polish but it still shines. Diverse features and ease of use make Gmail a superb option. 02-Apr-2008

Sophos warns Mac users against "iMunizator" download calling the software "scareware." 02-Apr-2008

Major League Baseball's MLB.TV online broadcasting service encountered serious technical difficulties for the second straight day. 02-Apr-2008

Microsoft may be set to extend Windows XP's availability in some cases, but it's not expected to give the aging operating system a general reprieve. 02-Apr-2008