Archive for December, 2009

Adobe to fix a patch named zero-day Reader

Technology.am (dec 17, 2009) — Adobe on January 12 will patch a important hole in Reader and Acrobat that is being browbeaten in various attacks. This date is the company’s next planned quarterly security update release.
The zero-day hole, which basically affects Reader and Acrobat versions 9.2 and earlier, could crash the entire system and lets [...]

Bing and Google both budding, at yahoo’s expenditure

Technology.am (Dec 16, 2009) — Even with the danger of Microsoft’s Bing, Google continues to take a larger share of the search engine market. However Bing is budding, too; it’s Yahoo that is trailing behind.
According to comScore’s November statistics (via eWeek), Google and Bing are basically having a feeding whirl on Yahoo’s vanished market share. [...]

Microsoft finally settles 10-year battle with Europe on browsers

Technology.am (Dec 16, 2009) — Microsoft has reached accord with European Union anti-trust regulators to permit European users a selection of web browsers. The agreement ends 10 years of disagreement between the two sides.
Over that time, the EU forced fines totaling 1.68bn Euros ($2.44bn, £1.5bn).
The European Commission said Microsoft’s lawfully binding agreement ended the dispute [...]

Taiwan reveals super-tiny microchip

Technology.am (Dec 16, 2009) — Taiwan has developed tiny microchips that could show the way to lighter and cheaper laptops or mobile phones, researchers and observers said Wednesday.
State-backed National Nano Device Laboratories in northern Hsinchu city said it had succeeded in packing additional transistors into smaller chip space than anybody else so far.
“Electronic gadgets like [...]

Bing app for iPhone reaches App Store racks

Technology.am (Dec 16 , 2009) — Microsoft announced that a Bing application customized for Apple’s much-loved iPhone has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival’s online App Store.
“We like everybody and the key thing is what platforms and experiences users would like and how to meet their requirements,” Bing for Mobile product manager Justin [...]

Microsoft confesses code theft for Chinese blog Juku

Technology.am (Dec 16, 2009) — Microsoft has until further notice suspended its Chinese microblogging service MSN Juku after admitting that it “copied” code used to form the site. A vendor constricted to work for the software giant was caught lifting code from a competitor Canadian start-up, Plurk.
According to Plurk as much as 80% of the [...]

LG all set to roll out 3D TV line-up

Technology.am (Dec 15, 2009) — LG Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 2 TV brand by income, set an aggressive sales goal for 3D televisions, aiming to put together a leadership position in a budding market where competition is anticipated to heat up.
Digital 3D TVs, which utilize double layered images and special glasses to trick viewers [...]

Samsung electronics names new CEO in key reshuffle

Technology.am (Dec 15, 2009) — Samsung Electronics named a new CEO on Tuesday as the company undertakes a major reorganization planned to perk up its competitiveness.
The company named Geesung Choi as CEO. Choi takes over from Yoon-Woo Lee, who will become chairman of the company. Choi formerly served as the chief of Samsung’s digital media [...]

Review on LG Shine II (AT&T)

Technology.am (Dec 15, 2009) — The LG Shine II is in fact the third handset in the Shine series that has been reviewed. The first model, the Shine KE970, was an unlocked phone that we saw in 2007. It presented a bright display and a unique navigation array; however it was not worth the unlocked [...]

Australia to introduce web filters

Technology.am (Dec 15, 2009) — Australia plans to launch filters which will forbid access to websites containing criminal content. The disqualified sites will be chosen by an independent classification body guided by complaints from the public, said Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
A seven month trial in combination with internet service providers found the technology behind the [...]