5 Reasons Why Downloads Won't Kill CD and DVD Sales
Latest figures have shown that sales of DVDs and CDs are still strong despite the growing challenges posed by online piracy, music downloads and the current economic conditions
Apple Mac OS Reaches 10 percent of Operating System Market
Beating its own market share records, Apple’s Mac OS X has registered a remarkable surge in terms of web traffic in the month of December, showing a rise to 9.6 percent as compared to 8.6 percent for November, according to reports.
New Year Bug Causes Microsoft's Zune Player To Fail
Microsoft Corp. announced on Thursday that the leap year issue in its Zune music players has been resolved, and the device is now functioning properly.
UK Housewives Spend Nearly Half Their Leisure Time Online
A survey carried out by market intelligence firm TNS Global Interactive amongst more than 27500 people across 16 industrialised countries showed that UK housewives spend nearly half of their leisure time online.
Tech Lady Made A Dame By The Queen
Professor Wendy Hall, whose works influenced the development of the semantic web and digital libraries, has been appointed DBE for services to science and technology.
HP To Launch Mac-Friendly MediaSmart Home Servers
Hewlett-Packard on Monday has rolled out the next generation MediaSmart Servers, which is said to offer four times the memory capacity as compared to its prior versions, and is expected to be compatible with Mac systems.
Windows Media Player Has No Flaws Says Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. has denied reports that a security hole in its Windows Media Player application could be exploited to execute remote code on user’s PC.
Verizon Wins $33 million Damage Against OnlineNIC
In the largest cybersquatting ruling ever, a US District Court in Northern California has granted a whopping $33.15 million to Verizon Communications, in a case against OnlineNIC, an internet domain registration firm.
LG Releases LCD TV With 0.5KHz refresh Rate
LG on Tuesday announced that it is all set to unleash 480 Hz LCD TV panels in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas scheduled for next month.
Sony Still Loses Money on PS3 Despite Massive Cost Reduction
Sony has trimmed down the costs of manufacturing its next-generation PlayStation 3 gaming consoles by 35 percent, to $448.73, according to a recent reports by the analyst company iSuppli.
Microsoft Downplays MD5 Hashing Algorithm Hack
In its response to security researchers’ claims of a method to launch undetected attacks on users’ PC by creating forged digital certificates, Microsoft Corp. has asserted that it is not expected to pose any significant threat to users.
Newsletter:
