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Internet phone calls on the rise.
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A third of people in the US and Europe will abandon phone lines in favour of wireless and broadband telephony come 2009, say analysts Gartner.
By 2009, 70% of voice connections around the world will be wireless, the Gartner report found.
This is due to falling mobile costs and greater penetration in countries such as China and India. |
Posted 03 Nov 2005 by Matt
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Google to improve OpenOffice
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Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense.
OpenOffice has its roots in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice suite of programs. Five years ago, Sun turned its proprietary software into an open-source project. Only recently, however, has the competitor to Microsoft's Office attracted serious attention.
Now Google believes it can help OpenOffice--perhaps working to pare down the software's memory requirements or its mammoth 80MB download size, said Chris DiBona, manager for open-source programs at the search company. |
Posted 31 Oct 2005 by Matt
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AOL hit by IM virus
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AOL’s instant messaging service has been hit by a virus which downloads spyware onto computers via a special website.
The virus spreads via messages on AOL’s AIM software, either saying HILARIOUS!!! Or see thing!!!, with a URL. Clicking on the link takes the user to a web page that attempts to download a Trojan onto the computer using patchable flaws in the browser. |
Posted 29 Oct 2005 by Matt
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Supercomputer doubles own record
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The Blue Gene/L supercomputer has broken its own record to achieve more than double the number of calculations it can do a second.
It reached 280.6 teraflops - that is 280.6 trillion calculations a second.
The IBM machine, at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, officially became the most powerful computer on the planet in June. |
Posted 29 Oct 2005 by Matt
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Gmail UK becomes Google Mail
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After a drawn out copyright dispute over the "Gmail" name, Google have finally agreed to change the name of their email service to Google Mail in the UK only. |
Posted 25 Oct 2005 by Jason
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