Posts Tagged ‘Featured’

‘Cyber Monday’ word of caution for online shoppers

Technology.am (Dec. 07, 2009) — This Monday, 7 December, is being known as “Cyber Monday”. British shoppers are estimated to spend £350m online, a record amount for just one day.
However as they do so, customers are being warned that they are more probable than ever to become the sufferers of online fraud and false websites. [...]

Web shopping hurry sticks to top sites

Technology.am (Dec. 07, 2009) — The prevalent online retailers took in much better shares of the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush, while less significant retailers suffered. Sites like Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and Target were winners with good deal hunters. The Web sites for those three retailers captured 18.9 percent extra traffic amongst the top 500 retailers than previous [...]

Why shark fin soup is destructive for world shark populations

Technology.am (Dec. 06, 2009) All through most of Asia, the Chinese delicacy of shark fin soup is extensively known as a status symbol of the well-off. Typically only found only at special occasions – for example weddings or banquets – it is an item of such luxury that it is repeatedly served to significant guests [...]

Google customizes further of its search results

Technology.am (Dec. 05, 2009) — For a lot of its users, Google offers Web search results that are tailored based on their preceding search history and clicks. For instance, if somebody constantly favors a particular sports site, Google will place that site high in the results when they search for sports topics in its search [...]

Avast users should reinstall falsely flagged files

Technology.am (Dec. 05, 2009) — An Avast virus definition file update late Wednesday unintentionally marked hundreds of genuine files as threats. The Czech Republic-based publisher Alwil responded swiftly, issuing a fix less than six hours afterward, but some users are still dealing with the repercussion.
Going through Avast’s forums, the Avast-written guide for rescuing files incorrectly [...]

Yahoo, Microsoft settles upon search contract

Technology.am(Dec. 05, 2009) — Yahoo and Microsoft have finalized their conformity to install Microsoft as the special search provider for Yahoo’s network of sites, the companies announced Friday. The deal, initially reached in July, still needs to be accepted by the U.S. government prior to it becomes final. But the companies said in October [...]

Google Chrome currently pairs with Avast

Technology.am (Dec. 05, 2009) — You wouldn’t inevitably imagine it; however Avast and Google Chrome may be the next peanut butter-and-jelly combo in the software world. Google’s nascent browser has paired with amongst the most well-liked free of charge security programs in the world so that when users run the Avast installer on a computer [...]

Falling trade forces furrier’s shutting down

Technology.am (Dec.04, 2009) — This can be good news for all those animal activists and organizations that have relentlessly fought against brutal killing of animals particularly dogs and cats in countries like China. China is the largest exporter of fur in the world and has resorted to cheapest ways and means to kill these animals [...]

Brain tumor cells ready to be more receptive to radiation

Technology.am (Dec. 03, 20009) — Duke University Medical Center researchers have figured out how stem cells in the malevolent brain cancer glioma might be better able to defend against radiation therapy. And by a medicine to obstruct a particular signaling path in these cancer stem cells, they were capable to destroy many more glioma cells [...]

Yahoo brings Facebook Connect within its sites

Technology.am (Dec. 02, 2009) — Yahoo is bringing Facebook into just about each and every one of its Web sites, allowing users to keep posted to their Facebook status and share news matter with friend’s exactly from the Yahoo page.
The company announced the amalgamation of Facebook Connect across numerous key Yahoo Web sites including Mail, [...]