World's First P2P DVR and Distributed DVRJanuary 29th, 2007 NDS, the company behind DirecTV PVR, came up with two very innovative products. The Distributed DVR from NDS allows users to use hard drives from anywhere on a home network instead of being restricted to a hard drive on a single PVR.
Google Personalized Advertisement Based on TV ShowsJune 19th, 2006 Google has designed and tested a system which listens to the show you are watching to deliver personalized information or advertisement. The "mass personalization" system can identify a programme from as little as five seconds of sound.
Oracle's billionaire CEO Larry Ellison gets $84.5M pay packageAugust 22nd, 2009 Oracle's billionaire CEO gets $84.5M pay packageSAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Corp.'s billionaire CEO Larry Ellison padded his fortune with a fiscal 2009 pay package the company valued at $84.5 million, down about $100,000 from the year before and made up mostly of stock options that haven't vested yet. On top of that, Ellison made $124.2 million by exercising 10 million stock options during the latest fiscal year, which ended May 31, according to the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company's annual proxy filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Worth of Network Computer / Thin-Client ConceptOctober 7th, 2005 With the recent announcement of partnership plan between Sun Microsystems and Google Inc. rumours have been around about the possible nature of collaboration.
Wall Street Journal adding mobile fees to subscription menu, expanding push for more revenueSeptember 15th, 2009 Coming to mobile phones: Wall Street Journal feesNEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 a week to read its stories on BlackBerrys, iPhones and other mobile devices, expanding the newspaper's effort to become less dependent on its print edition. The mobile fees will be imposed in the next month or two, according to Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the Journal's owner, News Corp.
Twitter launches home page with a new lookJuly 29th, 2009 LONDON - Popular microblogging website Twitter has launched a new home page. The Internet phenomenon, which boasts of an estimated 55 million visitors each month, made changes to the page, that now includes a search facility and lists the 23 most popular "trending topics" "by the minute, day, and week".
Cool Your SATA HDD Down with a Built-in FanOctober 17th, 2008 How many of us haven't had nightmares with Blue Screen Of death (BSD) in Windows? You can always be sure that one reason for Harddrive crashing is overheating. So SATA Harddisk dock has come up with a new version that has built in cooling fan to ensure your hard drive stays nice and cool.
Seymour Cray, Super Computers and Inspirational ElvesAugust 10th, 2006 Seymour Cray, the father of the supercomputer, died recently aged 71, following a car crash. He was one of the most original computer designers the world has ever seen, and a true maverick.
Apple Moves To Monthly Subscription For TV ShowsMarch 10th, 2006 Apple iTunes music and video store unvelied a new service called Multi-Pass that lets users buy TV shows on a monthly basis. iTunes, in partnership with Viacom Inc.'s Comedy Central Network, is rolling out "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" on the service.
New language protects home computersSeptember 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have developed a security language to protect home networks from cyber attacks. Companies, banks and other organisations take internet security very seriously, erecting firewalls and IT departments to protect them from attacks.
Watch your life passing by...May 7th, 2005 A nice Flash animation of timeline; innovative ;)
Facebookers, Twitterers more prone to attack by burglarsAugust 27th, 2009 LONDON - People who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are more prone to getting robbed, as burglars might be stealing their personal details from such websites, says a research. The research said that these sites could face higher insurance premiums because burglars may be using them to find out their personal details.
IBM Unveils World's Fastest Computer June 24th, 2009 World's major computer manufacturers have been battling it out to build the most powerful computer on Earth. Any guesses for the world's fastest computer? Well, the Big Blue virtuosos have made it again.
It's a Cellphone, It's a Laptop, It's The New T-Mobile MDAMarch 22nd, 2006 The new T-Mobile MDA, a cellphone powered by Windows Mobile 5.0, has so many features that you may just leave your laptop at home. The 5.6-ounce MDA supports four international cellular frequencies and can connect to newer EDGE networks.
Scientists develop new language to improve home computer securitySeptember 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Korean computer scientists have developed a novel security language for home networks that could ward off cyber attack in homes. Like companies, banks, and other big organizations, domestic and small office networks are just as vulnerable to hacking, malicious computer code, worms, viruses, and eavesdropping.