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China unveils own mapping service

The web-based service gives people access to increasingly detailed satellite images of China and high-level images of other nations.

Oct 23 2010 | Posted in Communications,Internet,Mobile Tech,Software,Tech News | Read More »

Intel unveils 48-core cloud computing silicon chip

Intel has unveiled a prototype chip that packs 48 separate processing cores on to a chunk of silicon the size of a postage stamp. The Single-chip Cloud Computer (SCC), as it is known, contains 1.3 billion transistors, the tiny on-off switches that underpin chip technology. Each processing core could, in theory, run a separate operating [...]

Dec 3 2009 | Posted in Computing,Hardware,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Black Friday’s Top Tech Deals

Black Friday discounts bleed a little red as tough times in retailing call for sharp cuts on prices at a few big tech shops. These ten top deals show just how much pressure is riding on holiday sales. No. 10: Apple Apple is traditionally the stingiest of tech discounters in the gadget market, and this [...]

Nov 27 2009 | Posted in Communications,Computing,Home Tech,Personal Computers,Tech News | Read More »

China joins supercomputer elite

China has become one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five supercomputers in the world. Its Tianhe-1 computer, housed at the National Super Computer Center in Tianjin was ranked fifth on the biannual Top 500 supercomputer list. The machine packs more than 70,000 chips and can compute 563 trillion calculations [...]

Nov 16 2009 | Posted in Computing,Hardware,Internet,Operating Systems,Personal Computers,Servers,Software,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Intel in threats and bribery suit

Intel is facing a federal lawsuit that accuses it of using “illegal threats” to dominate microchip sales. The New York attorney general accuses Intel of using “bribery and coercion” to make computer manufacturers buy its chips instead of those from its rivals. Andrew Cuomo said the anti-competition federal lawsuit follows an investigation lasting almost two [...]

Nov 4 2009 | Posted in Computing,Hardware,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Microsoft bets on Windows success

Microsoft is hoping that its newly-launched operating system will be one that “doesn’t let you down”. Speaking at the official launch of Windows 7 in London, Microsoft executives said they had listened to consumers and delivered a more streamlined, feature-packed system. It follows widespread criticism of predecessor Vista. Windows 7 faces stiff competition from [...]

Oct 21 2009 | Posted in Internet,Software,Tech News | Read More »

Data losses in Snow Leopard bug

Users of the new Apple operating system Snow Leopard are experiencing massive data losses when logging into their machines under a guest account. The problem appears to affect those who had a guest account enabled before upgrading to Snow Leopard. Users have in some cases lost their entire main profile, including sites, pictures, videos and [...]

Oct 13 2009 | Posted in Computing,Internet,Open Source,Software,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Microsoft launches free security

Microsoft has released its free computer security package to the public. From 1700 BST on 29 September, Windows users will be able to download the software from Microsoft’s Security Essentials website. The free software gives basic protection against viruses, trojans, rootkits, and spyware. The Essentials software is Microsoft’s second try at making an own-brand security [...]

Sep 29 2009 | Posted in Cybersecurity,Internet,Operating Systems,Security,Software,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

China clarifies web filter plans

Protests have forced China to clarify whether net-filtering software has to be used on every new PC. From July, every PC sold in China was supposed to be supplied with the Green Dam Youth Escort software. The software was created to stop people looking at “offensive” content such as pornographic or violent websites. But [...]

Jun 18 2009 | Posted in Communications,Computing,Internet,Social Networking,Software,Technology | Read More »

What is a Proxy Site?

Proxy sites are web pages that provide Internet users with the ability to browse web sites that may be blocked by a content filter of some type. By making use of the proxy site as the portal to the blocked site, it is possible to circumvent the work of whatever filter is in place. At [...]

May 31 2009 | Posted in Computing | Read More »