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Google to abandon older browsers

Google is phasing out support for older browsers from 1 August. Those using IE7, Safari 3, Firefox 3.5 and their predecessors to view Gmail, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites will then lose some functions. Eventually, it warned, these web services will stop working for those sticking with older browsers. The move is part of [...]

Jun 3 2011 | Posted in Internet,Search Tech,Tech News | Read More »

Microsoft warns on IE browser bug

Microsoft has issued a warning about a serious vulnerability in all versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) browser. If exploited by a booby-trapped webpage the bug would allow attackers to take control of an unprotected computer. Code to exploit the bug has already been published though Microsoft said it had no evidence it was currently [...]

Dec 23 2010 | Posted in Internet,Security,Tech News | Read More »

Application Service Providers and Hosting

Application service providers (commonly referred to as ASP’s) have quickly sprouted onto the web hosting scene in effort to provide businesses with new and innovative services. The term ASP should not be confused with Microsoft Corporations software application. The number of applications provided through the ASP model is growing. Accordingly, there is a growing business [...]

Dec 14 2010 | Posted in Hosting,Internet,Tech News | Read More »

Making money from Asia’s expanding blogosphere

Nuffnang is a middleman between bloggers and advertisers, putting them in contact with each other. After graduating from The London School of Economics Cheo Ming Shen was inspired by the business opportunities the internet was providing in the West. He decided to set up his own business in Asia, taking advantage of the region’s undeveloped [...]

Nov 16 2010 | Posted in Blogging,Hosting,Internet,Tech News | Read More »

Broadband usage growing even as gaps persist

The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold between 2001 and 2009. What’s more, even when controlling for key socio-economic characteristics, the U.S. continues to confront a racial gap in residential broadband [...]

Nov 8 2010 | Posted in Internet,Mobile Tech,Tech News | Read More »

Facebook Mobilizes Its Army

Facebook has renewed its mobile effort not by building a phone, but by adding more features to its existing app. It’s also made it more consistent across platforms, thrown in new ideas for mobile commerce and let third parties in on its mobile data feeds. Meanwhile, T-Mobile slapped a 4G label on HSPA+, a jury [...]

Nov 7 2010 | Posted in Internet,Social Networking,Tech News | Read More »

Will the real 4G please stand up?

Earlier this week, T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest cell phone operator in the U.S., launched a marketing campaign calling its newly upgraded network “America’s Largest 4G Network.” The claim has ruffled more than a few feathers at T-Mobile competitors, namely Sprint Nextel, which has been helping its partner Clearwire build a nationwide network using a [...]

Nov 6 2010 | Posted in Communications,Internet,Mobile Tech,Tech News | Read More »

Buzzkill: Google settles Google Buzz privacy suit for $8.5 million donation

A drop in the bucket for the search behemoth. Google today settled the class action lawsuit it earned when it launched Google Buzz without any privacy controls. Google Buzz is a social networking tool similar to Twitter that allows users to share information with their connections. In order to jumpstart users’ social graph, Buzz users [...]

Nov 4 2010 | Posted in Internet,Social Networking,Tech News | Read More »

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 has its pluses, but …

The heat is on Microsoft to make a splash with Windows Phone 7, its brand new smartphone operating system. Apple and Google have seduced the masses with attractive iPhones and Androids, while Microsoft until now has gotten creamed with its snooze-worthy devices that ran the creaky, complicated and uber-corporate Windows Mobile operating system. And if [...]

Nov 3 2010 | Posted in Communications,Internet,Mobile Tech,Tech News | Read More »

Google API Powers Global SCVNGR Hunt

The real-world location-based game SCVNGR is going global with the help of the Google Places application programming interface. Google Ventures has also dug up a second round of funding for the mobile game. Opening itself to a worldwide audience could give SCVNGR an edge over similar outfits like Foursquare and Gowalla.SCVNGR, a Boston-based company that [...]

Nov 3 2010 | Posted in Computing,Internet,Servers,Social Networking,Tech News | Read More »