As many would-be Google Voice beta testers are anxiously awaiting their invitations, Google has released their first-party free Android app for the service. Available today on the Android Market, this Google-branded application includes most of the front-facing features users will expect from the Google Voice Web interface with a few surprising additional features.
In a rare show of cooperation, a team of Israeli and Palestinian software developers came together in the shadow of Israel's West Bank separation barrier to launch a product they hope will revolutionise personal computing and perhaps improve communication between the two conflicted sides.
Israeli entrepreneur Zvi Schreiber partnered with Palestinian engineers to launch G.ho.st Virtual Computer, a web-based operating system that recreates the attributes of a personal computer's desktop from any computer with an internet connection.
Instructions showing hackers how to exploit an unpatched, critical security hole in Mozilla's new Firefox 3.5 Web browser have been posted online. So, until Mozilla can ship an update to quash this bug, Security Fix is posting instructions to help readers protect themselves from this vulnerability.
Dell on Friday said it would consider testing Google's upcoming Chrome operating system, but didn't commit to offering the Linux-based OS in future products. "Dell constantly assesses new technologies as part of managing our product development process and for consideration in future products," company spokesman David Frink said in an email.
Dell's absence was noticed in a list of PC makers that Google is working with to support the OS. The list included PC makers Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Lenovo and Asus. HP and Lenovo haven't yet committed to offering the product with future PCs.
The first computer program I ever wrote, in the second grade, was composed in pencil and ran on the platform known as my friend Nicholas. We were about to start learning Logo, the program that teaches kids how to draw things on the screen by writing out commands for a turtle. Before we got some face time with an Apple II, we had to act out the simple commands—Forward 10 steps, Left 90 degrees—in real life. I eventually succeeded in programming Nicholas to walk in a square.
Your computer has exploded. Your external hard drive was stolen from your car. Then your house burned down. By all rights, you're having a total fail of an afternoon. But by backing up your computer's data to the cloud, none of these tragedies need cost you your precious memories. We're going to explain what cloud backups are, and which companies provide the best ones.
SAP has taken the unusual step of offering free access to its prized database of over 3000 actual client case engagements to help customers deliver their projects on time and on budget.
The move could potentially save SAP customers between $50,000 and $100,000 in fees they would have paid to external consultants for benchmarking projects. The repository is a culmination of nearly seven years' worth of work within SAP globally, where each customer's project experience has been detailed to the tee.
Yesterday we reported that a provision in the revamped French “3 strikes” bill will allow for the punishment of ISP account holders for the copyright infringing actions of others. Now a group of hackers has set out to compromise WiFi routers en masse, in order to create an environment of plausible deniability.
It seems that one way or another President Sarkozy is determined to bring a “3 strikes” regime to France. After underlining his determination during an historic speech to parliament in June, yesterday saw a revised bill accepted by the Senate.
Google's netbook-friendly Chrome OS takes direct aim at Microsoft, whose eight-year-old Windows XP leads the netbook market. But the odds are stacked against Google.
In competing with Windows, Google Chrome OS will have to deal with many of the same challenges Linux has: compatibility, usability, and unfamiliarity. The record isn't good: In the past year, Linux-based netbooks have rapidly lost market share to Microsoft, as people find that Linux doesn't work as expected, may not support the applications or peripherals they're used to using, and is just plain different.
Apple fixes two security risks, and improves compatibility in an update provided to Safari 4.0 users today. The update, which weighs in at 40MBs for Leopard users "improves the stability of the Nitro JavaScript engine and includes the latest compatibility and security fixes."
The security update portion of Safari 4.0.2 will fix two security risks, one of which could allow an attacker to use cross-site scripting on maliciously coded sites. You can read more about the security update on the Apple knowledge base.
