Google mining fears
Data mining just got easier, what used to be a painstakingly hard and labour intensive job, data mining has become much easier with the introduction of certain programmes and tools. This means that people who use the internet to search for people and information can do this work much faster and meaning that work can [...]
February 27, 2008iTunes number two for music
The innovative company Apple have been quick to announce that their online music store iTunes has moved into second place as the in the music retailers league table. They are now above Best Buy and below the superstore giant Wal-Mart.
In this announcement the company said that they now have over fifty million iTunes registered customers [...]
Free Wi-Fi coming soon
We-Fi is a new product which once downloaded onto to a laptop will search out hot spots in the local area, this is done in conjunction with Google Maps, which will in time have a complete guide throughout the world of all hotspots, which is great for people who are travelling around and looking for [...]
February 22, 2008HD DVD to be renamed
With the war that never happened over, Blu-Ray has been declared the victor in the DVD war, which to most people was not much of a surprise considering that many large corporations had already begun to back the new format; it was like the video wars all over again!
But where does this leave the poor [...]
The 2000 year old computer
Its sounds like something out of a film, but this is in fact for real. Over a hundred years ago a diver off the coast of Greece discovered an old roman shipwreck, naturally he claimed most of the treasure that he could bring up, but when the wreck itself was raised an archaeologist discovered what [...]
February 20, 2008Wikileaks closed down by courts
The site that allows people to whistle blow from their computers has been closed down in the states, Wikileaks has been responsible for many leaks that have embarrassed politicians and the government, but now under the orders of a Judge in California the US site has been forced to go offline. But there are other [...]
February 18, 2008Social networking can come back to haunt you
It’s a sign of the times that many people have one or more accounts on a social networking site; some people put the basic details, while other go completely over the top and it is these people who could be putting their futures at risk, because frank and open comments tend to have the boomerang [...]
February 15, 2008Rogue servers on the rise
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Google have been working on a paper that looks into the rise of the rogue server; these are servers that reroute internet users whose computer has been infected to websites whose sole intention is that of fraud.
These servers which are known as servers that lie, are or [...]
Gangs recruiting via social networking
Social networking sites are the haven for young people, some even feel that age is very important there and older should not be allowed, which is why this could become a dangerous place for young people be visiting.
For the average person these sites are used to make friends, share music etc, but there seems to [...]
Bio Metrics includes skeleton image
In future security checkpoints that are using bio metrics will be also looking at your skeleton, this technology which has been seen in sci fi films could be available to the security services within a couple of years.
There has already been a patent filled for the system that could scan the whole or part of [...]