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SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. SAP will introduce a cloud-based service at this week’s CTIA Wireless trade show that will collect...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Iranians face new Internet curbs before presidential election
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest.
reuters.com (2 days ago)
Boutique PC seller laughs all the way to the bank on the back of Windows 7
A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines. Auburn, Wash.-based Puget Systems grew sales 20% in 2012, said Jon Bach, president of the independent PC seller, by specializing in high-performance, buit-to-order PCs-primarily...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use
Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S. FedRAMP is a mandatory government-wide program that standardizes...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to £44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended March 31, and net profit fell sharply from £7 billion to £673 million. Behind those...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Mageia Linux 3 brings a raft of key updates
Mageia has long been what you might call a “best-kept secret” of the Linux world, consistently residing among the top five distributions in DistroWatch's page-hit rankings despite minimal marketing and hoopla. The distro has only been around since it was forked from Mandriva Linux back in 2010, of course, but after...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Pentagon clearance for iOS could open even more doors for Apple in the private sector
The Pentagon's decision to grant Apple the security clearance required for iOS 6 devices to go head-to-head with BlackBerry 10 and certain Samsung Galaxy S4 devices on secure military networks could have with a cascading effect that spills over into the private sector. BlackBerry 10 and the Samsung Galaxy S4...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
10 tech patents that should have been rejected
Welcome to the wacky world of tech patents-a place where you’ll find not just the crazy-sounding ideas that inhabit any category of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but some ideas that seem so minute or so obvious that you wonder how they ever qualified as patentworthy. Once...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Toshiba shrinks 64Gbit flash chips, but still lags Samsung
Toshiba said it will soon begin mass producing a new type of 64Gbit NAND flash that is the smallest and fastest in its class, though it still lags rival Samsung Electronics in the development of an even denser flash technology. Toshiba said Tuesday that it will begin mass production this month of a 64Gbit chip with...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Canadian regulator takes lighter view of Bitcoin
It appears Canada's anti-money laundering regulator will leave Bitcoin exchanges in the country alone for now. LibertyBit, which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to register with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
EU investigation could affect business from China's 4G deployment
The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying technology to China's upcoming 4G services launch, according to analysts. Last...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
How to upgrade your external hard drive to USB 3.0
Ready for an unconventional upgrade? How about this: You can turn an old, pokey external hard drive into a blazingly fast one with about 10 minutes of your time and $15 of your money. See, most modern computers have at least one USB 3.0 port. You can plug an older, USB 2.0 drive into one, but you won't get the...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Nokia Siemens unveils tools to boost mobile video performance
Mobile network builder Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled tools to optimize video performance on mobile devices on Monday, just in time for the CTIA Wireless trade show that begins Tuesday in Las Vegas. The new capabilities come out of Liquid Broadband, a portfolio of network performance technologies that NSN announced...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Google Checkout to shut down in November
Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform. Checkout, which launched in 2006, was merged with Wallet, which is a mobile payments tool, last November. The product was aimed at taking on eBay's PayPal...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Sprint gets SoftBank clearance to negotiate with Dish
Sprint Nextel said it had received permission from SoftBank to negotiate a rival acquisition offer from Dish Network. The board of Sprint Nextel has the right to terminate its existing merger agreement with SoftBank, subject to certain requirements, to accept a "Superior Offer," the company said in a statement late...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Yahoo unveils Flickr makeover
YAHOO has unveiled a redesigned Flickr that offers users 1 Terrabyte of free photo storage only hours after acquiring Tumblr.
news.com.au (2 days ago)
Yahoo revamps Flickr and offers a terabyte of free storage
Yahoo has made some radical changes to its Flickr photo sharing service, which now has a more photo-filled interface and comes with a free terabyte of storage so that users can upload images at their original resolution. The changes were announced Monday evening at an event in Manhattan and follow Yahoo's news...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Mum spends £20,000 on designer clothes for her son aged EIGHT
He is covered from head to toe in top brands, he owns more than 200 pairs of shoes and even his swimming trunks are Armani
mirror.co.uk (2 days ago)
Planview overhauls the look of its portfolio management software
Planview has updated the interface of its flagship project portfolio management (PPM) software to make it easier to navigate and appealing to a wider range of potential users. "Traditionally, portfolio management has been very IT-centric, and it continues to be the biggest part of our business, but [PPM is]...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says
Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices. The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will have a 10.1-inch display and run on a version of Intel's Atom chip known as...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
How to prepare for Windows 8
Windows 8, released to the wild last October, seems stuck in a no-win situation. On the one hand, it is not catching on with Android- and iOS-loving consumers turned off by the Windows 8 tile-based interface and the Windows App Store, which by Android and Apple standards, is anemic and disorganized. And these days,...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
The good, the bad and the ugly of Tumblr under Yahoo
Yahoo has promised "not to screw up" Tumblr now that it has acquired the freewheeling blogging site. But there are still several ways Tumblr could get better, and worse, as a Yahoo-owned company. On the bad side, there's the threat of excessive advertising. "Tumblr has been unprofitable, and Yahoo has to figure out...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Parents stung as their children hack accounts
Most children know their parent’s computer passwords and pin codes, whether the grown-ups want them to or not, according to...
thetimes.co.uk (2 days ago)
Should your business start accepting Bitcoins?
Few phenomena have been so widely discussed yet remain so puzzling as the world of Bitcoins. Businesses galore are now asking themselves whether Bitcoin is something they need to take seriously… yet most have absolutely no idea what it is. First, a primer. Bitcoins are, in the words of the Bitcoin Project,...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
How Twitter dictates the fortunes of country folk
To many Archers listeners, Twitter is no more than the sound of birdsong in the background as Jazzer does his...
thetimes.co.uk (3 days ago)
Review: Microsoft Flight looks beautiful, might as well stay grounded
Microsoft Flight is the current incarnation of a long and illustrious franchise of games, dating back to 1977. Unlike SimCity, you can start playing Microsoft Flight for free: Simply download the game and embark on a series of missions planned to both teach you the basics of flight, and hook you into buying later...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
Chinese hackers resume attacks on U.S. targets
For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defense contractors have engaged in a war of shame on China to pressure it to cool its cyber-attacks on U.S. targets. The campaign appeared to be yielding results, but it seems that Chinese hackers were only catching their breath. The notorious...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
April Jones trial: Murder accused Mark Bridger 'admitted he could have burnt body'
He llegedly admitted to Stephen Carr that he may have torched her body after pieces of a child’s skull were found smouldering in his lounge
mirror.co.uk (3 days ago)
Review: Connectify Dispatch combines network adapters to increase speed and reliability
Beyond the Hotspot software that comprises the bulk of their business, Connectify Inc. makes another utility for laptop enthusiasts: Dispatch. The adapters list appears at the bottom of the main interface window, and a handy graph provides throughput information over time.Connectify Dispatch works by simultaneously...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
Attack on Telenor was part of large cyberespionage operation with Indian origins, report says
A recent intrusion on the computer network of Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor was the result of a large cyberespionage operation of Indian origin that for the past few years has targeted business, government and political organizations from different countries, according to researchers from security...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
