Google to Challenge Microsoft With Computer Operating System
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most- visited Internet search engine, is developing a computer operating system based on its Chrome Web browser, taking aim at Microsoft Corp. in its strongest market.
July 08, 2009, 10:27am
Stephen Hawking: "Humans Have Entered a New Stage of Evolution"
Although It has taken homo sapiens several million years to evolve from the apes, the useful information in our DNA, has probably changed by only a few million bits. So the rate of biological evolution in humans, Stephen Hawking points out in his Life in the Universe lecture, is about a bit a year.
July 07, 2009, 3:40pm
Judge throws book at Usenet.com in RIAA lawsuit
A court has found newsgroup provider Usenet.com liable for copyright infringement. Advertising to file-sharers, putting “warez” in your site’s meta tags, and tampering with evidence don’t amuse federal judges.
July 02, 2009, 10:09am
First look: Firefox 3.5 released, ready to "upgrade" the Web
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 3.5, the next major version of its popular open source Web browser. Ars takes a close look at the new version and evaluates its enhancements. Support for HTML 5 video and other important emerging Web standards make this one of the most significant Firefox releases ever.
June 30, 2009, 3:15pm
That Reinvention Of The Web Thing Opera Was Talking About? It’s Called Opera Unite
We told you last week that browser maker Opera was generating quite some buzz by being secretive about their plans to ‘reinvent the web’. Well, the company this morning unveiled what it was referring to: technology that essentially turns every computer running the Opera browser into a full-fledged Web server. Behold Opera Unite.
June 17, 2009, 11:48am
Windows 7 to be shipped in Europe without Internet Explorer
Microsoft has responded to the EU’s antitrust investigation into its bundling of its browser with Windows by deciding to ship Windows 7 in Europe without Internet Explorer 8 installed. Say hello to the spiritual successor of Windows XP N: Windows 7 E.
June 17, 2009, 10:53am
Report: kids' use of tech growing exponentially
Kids these days have it all—their own laptops, cell phones, music players, and even digital cameras. A new report from the NPD Group says that use of these devices has grown by an “impressive” rate among 4 to 14 year olds, and that their usage is even changing over time as technology matures.
June 17, 2009, 10:45am
Black Hat Founder Tapped To Advise Homeland Security
Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences, is one of 16 people appointed to the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council, as the government casts a wide net for perspectives on cybersecurity.
June 13, 2009, 12:46am
Onset of the "Great Dying" extinctions linked to volcanism
A link between massive volcanic activity and a mass marine extinction event is unearthed in southwestern China. The ensuing shift in the ratios of carbon isotopes suggest a major disruption to the planet’s carbon cycle.
June 10, 2009, 12:24pm
Kindle competition heats up as Google floats e-book plans
Late last week, Plastic Logic demonstrated a touch-screen reader designed to compete with the Kindle DX. Then, over the weekend, Google pitched its upcoming book content store to publishers at BookExpo America. It’s looking like the e-book market is on the verge of getting very crowded.
June 09, 2009, 4:49pm
Google Wave mashes communication, collaboration together
Google has previewed a new technology called Wave that combines collaboration with chat, e-mail, event planning, document sharing, and nearly anything else you can think of. The service makes use of the Federation protocol and already offers a set of APIs for developers to work with.
June 09, 2009, 4:25pm
Kevin Bankston, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, recently made that statement to this reporter. A few years ago, it might have sounded far-fetched. But if you’re one of the growing number of people who are using more and more products in Google’s ever-expanding stable (at last count, I was using a dozen), you might wonder if Bankston isn’t onto something.
May 13, 2009, 11:31am
Thousands of Vulnerabilities Detected In FAA's Air Traffic Control Apps
A government audit (PDF) has pinpointed more than 3,800 vulnerabilities — 763 of which are high-risk — in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Web-based air traffic control system applications, including some that could potentially put air travel at risk.
May 13, 2009, 9:30am
Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour
The Torpig botnet was hijacked by the good guys for ten days earlier this year before its controllers issued an update and took the botnet back. During that time, however, researchers were able to gain a glimpse into the kind of information the botnet gathers as well as the behavior of Internet users who are prone to malware infections.
May 06, 2009, 3:07pm
Mozilla ponders policy change after Firefox extension battle
The NoScript Firefox extension faced a major backlash last week when users discovered that it was surreptitiously disrupting the operation of AdBlock Plus. The developers behind the two extensions turned the browser into a battleground as their conflict escalated. Mozilla has responded by proposing a new policy that sets boundaries for appropriate extension behavior.
May 06, 2009, 3:04pm
