Archive for ‘April, 2010’

F-Secure recommends Microsoft developing its own PDF viewer

F-Secure recommends Microsoft developing its own PDF viewer

F-Secure has prompted Microsoft to develop its own viewer for PDF files. The security company said yesterday in a blog post. Background were the numerous attacks that are performed with PDF files. Of the registered at F-Secure espionage attacks would have targeted in the first two months of this year, 61.2 percent against Adobe’s Acrobat [...]

Duet hi-end amps from Yamaha

Duet hi-end amps from Yamaha

Yamaha Japan has announced a pair of amplifiers, aimed at lovers of good sound. RX-V467 and RX-V567 will provide a good quality, they also support a variety of modern technologies: 3D-Ready, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio. In the field of surround sound and everything looks good – [...]

Ubuntu 10.04 is available for download

Ubuntu 10.04 is available for download

The developers of the Linux distribution Ubuntu yesterday, after a last-minute errors corrected in the boot manager Grub2, as planned, the final version 10.04 (code name “Lucid”, German for “bright lynx”) released. The variants of Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Studio, Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu are also available in an updated version. There is also a [...]

YouTube updated its video player

YouTube updated its video player

YouTube has after the introduction of streamlined page design now also enacted the centerpiece of the show, the player on a diet. With the basic functionality has changed in any way. The former general timeline is now automatically reduced after a few seconds playing a tight line. The volume control is now horizontal rather than [...]

Microsoft warns of XSS vulnerability in SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft warns of XSS vulnerability in SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft warns of vulnerability in the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0. The cross-site scripting vulnerability (XSS) allows an attacker to inject JavaScript code and run within a SharePoint site with the privileges of a logged in user. Previously, a victim must be enticed, for example via a link [...]

Microsoft’s Tablet PC “Courier” is not built

Microsoft’s Tablet PC “Courier” is not built

Microsoft has discontinued development of its tablet computer “Courier”. The Gizmodo reported, citing corporate vice president of Frank Shaw. The tablet was a so-called ‘Incubation Project’ and thus closer to a commercial implementation as example projects from Microsoft Research. “We are constantly looking to explore new ideas and test them,” said Shaw compared to ZDNet. [...]

The board GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 on a bunch of AMD 870 + AMD SB850

The board GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 on a bunch of AMD 870 + AMD SB850

On the issue of the motherboard under the symbol GA-870A-UD3, based on the latest chipset AMD 870 southbridge with the AMD SB850, recently announced by GIGABYTE Technology. ATX- This model is made using high quality hardware components in accordance with the original concept of the Ultra Durable 3, equipped with a power system, made by [...]

Adobe plans to move away from Apple after Jobs-criticism

Adobe plans to move away from Apple after Jobs-criticism

Adobe’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kevin Lynch has launched a new round in the dispute between his company and Apple. “Worked Apple and Adobe together so as we do with many other partners, we can produce great flash products for the iPhone and iPod Touch, because we are safe,” Lynch wrote in a blog post [...]

After Steve Jobs’ criticism: Adobe plans to move away from Apple

After Steve Jobs’ criticism: Adobe plans to move away from Apple

Adobe’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kevin Lynch has launched a new round in the dispute between his company and Apple. “Worked Apple and Adobe together so as we do with many other partners, we can produce great flash products for the iPhone and iPod Touch, because we are safe,” Lynch wrote in a blog post [...]

Apple’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the USA

Apple’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the USA

Apple has become the largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the U.S.. In the first quarter of 2010, the Group sold 8.8 million iPhones out from Cupertino and for the first time overtook his rival Motorola, which sold during the same period only 8.5 million mobile phones. The reports Forbes magazine. In the same period [...]

IDC: Global CPU market grew by 39 percent

IDC: Global CPU market grew by 39 percent

chip manufacturers have sold in the first quarter of 2010, 39 percent more processors than the same period last year. This emerges from an analysis of the market research firm IDC. The sector’s sales from January to March rose by 40.4 percent. Compared with fourth quarter 2009, sales fell by 5.6 percent and revenue by [...]

BSA acknowledges companies grace period for review of software licenses

BSA acknowledges companies grace period for review of software licenses

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is a Germany-wide “grace period” was proclaimed for companies in order to encourage them to check their licensing situation. For companies who register by the end of May 2010, the BSA promises 30-day evidence of illegal software in these companies to pursue non-proprietary. According to the BSA are by the [...]

Launch of Google Street View is delayed in Germany

Launch of Google Street View is delayed in Germany

Federal Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) and Google have reached an agreement in the dispute over privacy on the Street View service on a solution. Google has pledged to restart the service in Germany until the position taken by citizens submitted contradictions fully implemented, according to a statement from the ministry. Before Street View [...]

Yahoo loses another top manager

Yahoo loses another top manager

Yahoo has announced the departure of another top manager known. After only about a year Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president of Consumer Products Group, the company as at 28 May leave in order to devote himself to a new project. “The next few weeks, he will focus on making the transition as smooth as possible. [...]

Supplier showed up cameras for the new Apple iPhone

Supplier showed up cameras for the new Apple iPhone

Late last year, Taiwan resource DigiTimes reported that the provider of a 5-megapixel camera for an upcoming Apple iPhone will be the company OmniVision. The Korean edition of The Chosun leads other information. Modules on it will produce LG Innotek. first samples came down the assembly line of the Korean manufacturer earlier this month. Mass [...]