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According to a report in the Financial Times, Google is not allowing new employees to use Microsoft Windows, as a security measure. The search giant will offer new employees the choice of Apples OS X or Linux, according to the report, in order to reduce the risk of a repeat of an attack in January which Google says originated in China, and which came through a flaw in Internet Explorer "WeҒre not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort," a Google employee told the FT, and apparently the operating |
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Telecommunications watchdog, Ofcom has confirmed the names of the UK broadband providers that will have to act as mediators in the fight against online piracy. It recently published a draft of its Code of Practice in which it revealed initially, only seven of the largest internet service providers will have to conform. Only those with over 400,000 broadband subscribers will be forced to conform to the Code of Practice meaning BT, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, Sky, Orange, O2 and the Post Office will be obliged |
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Microsoft's Bing search engine may replace Google as the default search engine on the Apple iPhone, according to sources widely quoted by media reports. Google has been the default search provider on every generation of iPhone since the iconic handset first appeared in 2007. But with Google and Apple increasingly at odds over competing technologies, speculation has been mounting that Apple is looking at alternative browsers for the iPhone 4G, which is widely expected to be unveiled at Apple's Worldwide Dev |
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Teenagers tempted by computer games when they should be studying for the national college entrance exam this month won't have anywhere to escape to in central China, where Internet cafes have closed. High school seniors gearing up for the massive national college entrance exams in Linchuan in China's central province of Jiangxi have been able to focus only on studying now that all of the town's Internet cafes have closed, said an official with the Linchuan culture affairs bureau, who refused to give his |
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Every WiFi wireless router the device that links most computer owners to the internet - in every home has been entered into a Google database. The information was collected by radio aerials on their Street View cars, which have now photographed almost every home in the country. The data is then used on Google's Maps for Mobile application to locate mobile phones such as iPhones in order for users to access information relevant to the area such as restaurants, cinemas, theatres, shops and hotels. The |
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German automaker Audi this week said it will offer an optional factory-installed WLAN hotspot in the 2011 model of its Audi A8 sedan. Audi, like other major automakers, is advancing communications options in its vehicles. Chrysler began offering an in-vehicle Wi-Fi system in some 2009 models. Ford, in January, unveiled MyFord Touch -- a move toward making its vehicles mobile communications hubs. A8 passengers traveling in the front or rear of the vehicle can simultaneously access the Internet through the |
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HP grabbed the worldwide market share lead from IBM in the first quarter as sales globally continue to rebound, according to market research firms IDC and Gartner. Both firms said HP saw server revenues jump, while IBM figures slid in the quarter. HP and IBM were both helped by increasing demand for their respective x86 servers, but IBM was hurt by businesses waiting for refresh cycles in its Power and mainframe businesses. IBM officials introduced their first Power7 systems in February as the company |
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Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company. Changes in the share price values of the two in Wednesday's choppy trading left the total value of Apple at USD222bn (154bn). Microsoft is now valued by investors at USD219bn. However, Microsoft still enjoys higher profits than Apple. Its most recent annual net profit was USD14.6bn (ã10bn), compared with USD5.7bn for Apple. Microsoft also reported bigger full-year revenues of USD58.4bn, with Apple on USD36.5bn. |
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate corporate browser use more so than it does private use, with its nearest rival, Mozilla's Firefox, lagging far behind with one in seven businesses opting for it, according to data collected by Internet-based security service Zscaler. Businesses are also more careless about upgrading IE than the general public with 27 percent still using IE6, which has known vulnerabilities, says Zscaler, including the one that led to the notorious Aurora attack against |
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Social network giant Facebook will roll out a new set of privacy settings to all its users starting on 26 May. Founder Mark Zuckerberg and other senior Facebook executives will discuss the changes at its Palo Alto headquarters at 6.30pm (BST). Facebook faced a barrage of criticism from users over a series of tweaks that left its members unsure about how public their information had become. Some profile owners have threatened to quit the site on 31 May in protest. Founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted the |
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The issue of Network Neutrality on the National Broadband Network (NBN) has raised its head again with Google Australia arguing that regulation or legislation was required to foster innovation on the NBN. Speaking at CeBIT Australia 2010, Alan Noble, engineering director, at Google Australia and New Zealand said Net Neutrality was "tremendously important" and needed both public debate and commitment from the Federal Government. "Our views are that the network - Internet - needs to be open - open access, |
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ISOHunt.com and three other websites are subject to an injunction issued by the US District Court for the Central District of California that bars the sites from serving up torrents leading to certain content under copyright. Torrents are small data files that enable the downloading of content using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs such as uTorrent. The permanent injunction, issued on May 20 by US District Judge Stephen V Wilson, marks the latest court action against ISOHunt. In December 2009, the court |
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Global Verge, a multilevel marketing firm, has won a US$43 million judgment against Zer01, the company that once promised to deliver an unlimited voice and data cell phone service. Last Thursday, a judge in the District Court in Clark County, Nevada, ordered that Zer01 and Ben Piilani, the company's CEO, pay more than $43 million for breach of contract, tortious interference with contractual relations and long-term profit losses, said Brian Hardy, a lawyer with Marquis & Aurbach representing Global Verge. |
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Offering a direct competitor to a widely used Amazon.com service, Google on Wednesday launched an early version of an Internet-based storage system. As with the better established Amazon Web Services (AWS) option called Simple Storage Service (S3), Google Storage for Developers provides a mechanism to tap into data that Google houses and keeps safe and accessible. The service is designed to offer low-level access to information stored on the Net. Web sites and Web applications can tap into the data as |
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Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers' names and other personal details, despite promises they don't share such information without consent. The practice, which most of the companies defended, sends user names or ID numbers tied to personal profiles being viewed when users click on ads. After questions were raised by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook and MySpace moved to make changes. By Thursday |
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