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- IM worm squirming through Skype
- Internet phone company Skype is warning about a new piece of malware spreading through the software's instant messaging feature. The confirmation comes on the heels of forum posts from Skype users asking for help deciphering IMs from contacts attempting to lure them into clicking on a rigged...
- Tags: Trend Micro Inc., IM, Malware, Skype Technologies S.A., Worm, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- New IM worm targets Skype users
- New IM worm targets Skype usersWhich version of Skype?What OSs is/are affected?Come on now, this is a multi-platform application, a little more detail as to who is affected would be spiffy! ]:)"Only affects Skype on Windows"?Ahh, another Windows security exploit affecting an application which can be used quite safely on...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktop publishing, WINDOWS USERS, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Windows, Skype Users, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- MOBIVOX lets Skype users access contacts via cell
- MOBIVOX lets Skype users access contacts via cellSounds good for International callingThe concept sounds great for international calling. With LD minutes being the same as 'local' minutes I see no reason to use for calls from US to US numbers. Big savings for international calls however. Skypeout rates are much...
- Tags: MOBIVOX, Skype Users, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-07
- Service lets Skype users chat on cell phones
- Service lets Skype users chat on cell phonesno need to worry over the telcos worriesthey'll buy up whatever instructures they need and lobby govt to enforce "protections" of their consumer lockins by forcing people to pay once or twice for connectivity and free services over that connectivity. They'll also...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Skype Technologies S.A., Skype Users, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-02-08
- Guess how many Skype users have "Harry Potter," "Voldemort" names
- Because the new Harry Potter book went on sale Friday at Midnight, I made it a point not to go within about three parsecs of any bookstore all day Friday.The newest Harry Potter, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold 6.9 million copies in the first 24 hours. When I...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., HARRY POTTER
- Blog posts 2005-07-18
- Single and Skype? If you're lookin' for love, read on
- Entirely by accident, I've stumbled across Jyve. Jyve is an online community for Skype users. It's organized around members interests and passions - sometimes literally. You can look for members who are interested in computers, old movies, politics, sports, love, and dozens of other topics.The topic pages are listed in,...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Skype Users, Jyve
- Blog posts 2005-01-16
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- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- ISP snoops slink away: Adzilla quits US market
- The bottom is falling out of the market for spying on Internet users. Adzilla says it is leaving the North American market to focus on a part of the world with a seemingly limitless appetite for snooping – Asia. Adzilla's home page says: ...
- Tags: Privacy, Internet Service Provider, Adzilla, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Government, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- Is OpenOffice good enough?
- Yes. OK, obviously there's more to this story than my tongue-in-cheek answer. This came up after one of our supercool, power user secretaries (who is an Office 2003/2007 wiz) ran a training session for the other secretaries in the district. The other secretaries are largely...
- Tags: Secretary, Training, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Look who's buying Vista Home Basic (hint: it's not home users)
- Who's buying new PCs with Windows Vista Home Basic? Judging by the name, you'd assume those OS editions would be loaded on underpowered machines for starving students and penny-pinching families. But you'd be wrong. Based on my observations of the PC market over the past year or two, I think...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Small-business Buyer, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed
- Apple has shipped another whopper of a patch to cover a total of 40 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Mac OS X ecosystem. The Security Update 2008-007, available for Tiger and Leopard, covers a range of third-party components and Mac OS X flaws that could users at risk...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Vulnerability, Arbitrary Code Execution, Application Termination, Apple Mac OS X, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- The five products Apple must make
- What ought to be Apple's next leap of faith? Here are a few ideas for where Apple should go next. What are your ideas? Apple made its latest big move into new territories last year with the launch of the now ubiquitous iPhone, expanding beyond the desktop and...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Keyboards, Games, Monitors & Displays, Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Apple, iPhone, video games, tablet, Jo Best, Silicon.com
- News items 2008-10-09
- Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug
- Buried in the flurry of feature-related news surrounding the release of Opera 9.6 is the fact that the update fixes an "extremely severe" vulnerability that could expose Opera users to code execution attacks. According to an Opera advisory, which is not mentioned anywhere in Opera's giddy press...
- Tags: Opera Software, Web Browser, Applet, Rohlf, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Tickerz 3 (exe)
- Revolbyte Tickerz is a multimedia client which allows you to enjoy TV and radio channels via Internet. You don't need any additional TV-Card in your PC order notebook. You just need an ordinary Internet connection. With Tickerz you have access to thousands of radio- and TV-streams from all over the...
- Tags: Radio, Video, Revolbyte Tickerz, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Oracle + Primavera
- Where are the lucky couple registered? Yesterday, Oracle announced that it would be purchasing Primavera. Details of the transaction have not been made public. Already we see that Oracle has stated that Primavera management and employees will become part of a global business...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Professional Services, Primavera, Project Management, It Operations, It service Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- YouTube teams with iTunes, Amazon to offer e-commerce feature
- It's Business 101: Don't wait for your customers to come to you. Go to the places where they are. That's why you've seen the launches of music streaming services within MySpace and Google's AdSense program extended into Web-based video games. Now, YouTube has partnered with Amazon and...
- Tags: Team, YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Video, Apple iTunes, E-business, Corporate Communications, Web Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
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