Archive for ‘August, 2005’

Lover Spy: The “Dear guardian” threatens long prison sentence

Lover Spy: The “Dear guardian” threatens long prison sentence

In California, the producer of a particularly insidious surveillance and spy software indicted for violation of U.S. federal laws on computer data in 35 cases. The suspect, Carlos Enrique Perez-Melara, should have developed the monitoring software “Lover Spy”, marketed and sold. The software has enabled people to record all activity on remote computers and send [...]

IFA: Interactive TV on mobile soon become a reality

IFA: Interactive TV on mobile soon become a reality

Samsung and T-Systems will exhibit at IFA that interactivity can go for mobile television in Germany “on air”. After a test run in the currently active DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) infrastructure in Berlin is the technical feasibility of value added services no longer stand in your way. No later than the football World Cup 2006 [...]

3Com VoIP module for large companies

3Com VoIP module for large companies

3Com has introduced an IP Telecommuting module for large companies, will allow remote users secure access to corporate communication network. The new module is standards based and uses the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). It provides IP conferencing, IP messaging, IP contact center services and other communication services from almost any location outside the LAN. The [...]

Tenth Anniversary: ​​Opera browser away

Tenth Anniversary: ​​Opera browser away

On the occasion of its tenth anniversary Opera gives away its Internet browser. On the website of the company will also take place a few celebrations. Opera offers its browser in two ways. The free version provided with banners and the advertisement-free counterpart for 34 €. This money can you save yourself by sending an [...]

USA: $ 50 for defective Ipod Battery

USA: $ 50 for defective Ipod Battery

Apple has been in litigation for faulty iPod batteries agreed with the plaintiffs and agreed to take over the repair costs. Affected, 1.3 million iPods of the first, second or third generation, before 31 May 2004 were sold in the U.S.. Against Apple in December 2003 filed a class action, as the life and duration [...]

Consumers want TV on mobile phones

Consumers want TV on mobile phones

Finnish Mobile TV pilot project, which statements are based on the latest Nokia mobile TV based, began in autumn 2004 in Helsinki and aimed to get empirical data about the acceptance of television on mobile phones to the consumer. The project participants were able to use it on their mobile devices, television and radio via [...]

Hauppauge: Satellite TV in Windows Media Center

Hauppauge: Satellite TV in Windows Media Center

Hauppauge has announced a software that allows users to use the satellite-card WinTV-NOVA-S-Plus from within Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE). The solution will be presented at the IFA in Berlin. Until now, the reception of DVB-S is an external set-top box required by many multimedia features of the operating system but could not [...]

With flypaper effect against spam

With flypaper effect against spam

robots of spammers who are looking for new e-mail addresses, may soon get a nasty surprise. With “Spont 2.2″ Iku, the German software company has launched a solution on the market to attract the bots with fake e-mail addresses (spam Tramps). The bots, according to the company to remain a sender server like flies stuck [...]

IBM plans to introduce software for real-time backup

IBM plans to introduce software for real-time backup

IBM will introduce today with “Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files” an application for real-time backup of data. Normally these are secured only at certain time intervals. The solution will cost $ 35 per laptop for each server processor, $ 995. Even if you make a backup every 30 minutes, one must find out after [...]

Sun completes acquisition of SeeBeyond

Sun completes acquisition of SeeBeyond

Sun Microsystems has completed after approval by the shareholders, the acquisition of SeeBeyond. The shareholders of the specialist in business integration solutions will receive $ 4.25 per share. This corresponds to taking account of existing employee stock options and a purchase price of approximately $ 383 million. With the completion of the acquisition transaction is [...]

Intel Yonah and single-core variant

Intel Yonah and single-core variant

Although the previous yesterday to end Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco was designed for dual-core processors up, the chip maker will continue to produce single-core CPUs. The dual-core Yonah processor, Intel’s current flagship project is, shortly after the introduction in January 2006 are also available with a calculator. In this way, the chip maker [...]

Strato: € 4.99 flat rate for City now in 50 cities

Strato: € 4.99 flat rate for City now in 50 cities

Strato offers his “City flat” in future for € 4.99 a month in 50 cities. The tariff may be used with all DSL access. So far, the only flat in City in 25 cities were available. Who can use even after the expansion, the 4.99-euro offer can not, must rely on the Germany-wide flat rate [...]

Google is gearing up for Microsoft trial

Google is gearing up for Microsoft trial

prepared to order in the lawsuit against Microsoft to be Google’s small but prestigious California law firm Keker & Van Nest has committed. Keker & Van Nest has been the operator of the online exchange Grokster, the former Enron chief Andrew Fastow and the Wall Street banker Frank Quattrone in criminal justice processes represented. From [...]

Viacom includes marketing deal with Yahoo

Viacom includes marketing deal with Yahoo

The U.S. media group Viacom has signed a multi-year marketing agreement with Yahoo. The search company plans to provide various services for Viacom sites BET.com, CBSNews.com, CMT.com, MTV.com, SHO.com, VH1.com and NickJr.com. Viacom wants the users through the cooperation with Yahoo search functions allow the page and search the Internet via Viacom Web sites. The [...]

Watermark to make pirates arrested

Watermark to make pirates arrested

drivers are identified at a speed exceeding by their license plate. Something similar could happen soon, pirates, share the music without authorization. A new watermarking technology from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Publication and Information Systems (IPSI) makes it possible to make auszuforschen music pirates and arrested. “The music industry still scared away their customers [...]