Cars made smarter with internet technology are zooming into perilous hacker territory, according to a report by US computer security giant McAfee. The first-of-its-kind report, entitled ‘Caution: Malware Ahead’, warned that security is lagging as...
When you die, does your Facebook account die with you? Or that online photo album? What about your iTunes playlist, blogs or tweets? Laws in the United States and elsewhere are vague on the fate of digital rights to online accounts after death, leading...
Patent reform legislation passed by the US Congress may represent the most sweeping changes to the law in decades but the Bill is not expected to end the courtroom wrangling between technology giants. “My feeling is that it won’t change the dynamics...
Google took the unprecedented step of talking about how much electricity it takes to power YouTube, Gmail, search and other services in the internet “cloud”. “Google products for a month... our servers use less energy per user than a light left on for...
Smartphone titan HTC Corp. has ramped up its patent war with Apple with the help of ammunition provided by Google, the force behind Android mobile software. Google last week transferred to HTC a set of patents that the Taiwan-based company used to...
Microsoft said it has reached a patent licence agreement with Acer, Taiwan’s leading computer maker, that will cover tablet computers and smartphones powered by Google’s Android platform. “We are pleased that Acer is taking advantage of our...
Facebook said it would sign up to a voluntary code of conduct in Germany to protect users’ data, the first time the site has agreed to such measures in a nation especially sensitive about privacy. “We support this initiative towards self-regulation,”...
Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, is much impressed by Malta’s achievements in the field of ICT over the last 10 years and believes the company has played a part in this success. However there is still room for further...
With the recent launch of Google+, Google’s new social network, marketers will soon have a new tool at their disposal; but will it ever be more powerful than Facebook? Google’s new social network was introduced to the world on June 28 and just 21 days...
Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. These social media networks have been all the rage these past few years. Haven’t we heard enough? There is no denying their stronghold on marketing. Ignoring it would be equal to turning down an opportunity to use these...
Japanese electronics giants Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi said they planned to merge their small and medium-sized liquid crystal display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers. The move aims to create a new company, Japan Display, by next...
US computer giant IBM announced it is buying Algorithmics, a Toronto-based firm that makes risk analytics software, for $387 million. The acquisition of Algorithmics by the Armonk, New York-based IBM comes one day after it bought i2, a British firm...
Facebook is poised to pipe tunes into the world’s largest online social network in an alliance with streaming music services Rdio, MOG, and Spotify, technology blog Mashable said. People will be able to listen to music at Facebook.com, which will serve...
The IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, shaped up as a battleground for tablet computer makers to attack the Apple iPad’s dominant market position. Fears of a recession have not hit the German capital, where fair organisers said they had expanded...
A tribute to legendary Queen front man Freddie Mercury took centre stage at Google in much of the world yesterday in the latest “doodle” merging technology and art to show the internet giant’s human side. An animated video crafted into the logo on...
Sony’s first tablet computer will hit the Japanese market on September 17 as the company looks to take on Apple’s popular iPad, the electronics giant said. The Sony Tablet will be powered by Google’s Android software, allowing users to download content...
Amazon launched a test version of Kindle software that lets readers fire off questions to authors in text messages sent from the popular electronic book readers. An @author feature allows readers to highlight passages in e-books using cursors and then...
Chinese suppliers for US computer giant Apple are releasing highly toxic substances into the environment, causing health problems for local residents, a campaign group in China has said. Apple does not disclose its suppliers in China, but the Institute...
In recent years the nature of ICT in enterprises has been slowly but surely shifting from a purely technical one to one that is more concerned with the impact of technology on business processes. This has led to the introduction of new ways for...
Cloud computing has become a major growth area in ICT spending and enterprises must adapt to the changes it brings to maximise the return on investment. To help organisations worldwide get the most value from the cloud, global IT association ISACA has...
Internet users worldwide spend more hours on social media than on any other online activity. Eighty per cent of young EU internet users are active in social media while here in Malta, Facebook has become the second most visited website after Google...
A European study has concluded that in the background of a rapidly changing landscape, mainly as a result of globalisation and the increasingly clear need for deep and consistent multidisciplinary approaches in the ICT area, there is a need of...
With Steve Jobs bowing out as CEO, Apple Inc. must persuade investors and consumers that it doesn’t need the force behind the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad in charge to keep the technology hits coming. Tim Cook, his hand-picked successor, has handled the...
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has attacked the UK’s education system, saying a failure to appreciate the importance of computer science was holding the country back in the digital age. In a lecture at a broadcasting conference in Edinburgh, the chairman...
A Dutch judge has banned the sale of three smartphones built by Samsung in several European countries in the latest blow to the South Korean electronics giant from rival Apple. “Samsung’s smart phones cannot be sold. That goes for the Samsung S, the...
Back in the days when dad wore a Clark Gable side-parting without irony and looked impossibly young to be a father, and mum was in love with Cliff Richard, school provided all the drama and spectacle-shattering adventure that a little, fat,...
Apple’s legendary co-founder and top ideas man Steve Jobs resigned as chief executive last Wednesday in a move long expected after he began a dramatic fight with cancer. In a written statement, Apple, the world’s second most valuable company by market...
How can governments find balance between civil liberties and control on the web, asks Antonio Ghio.
The nD game console puts vintage fun in the palm of your hand, says Tech Sunday.
Crimsonwing (Malta) Ltd has recently completed the implementation of Jetreports for Microsoft’s Dynamics NAV financial accounting system at Melita. Melita Group already uses Microsoft Dynamics NAV for its accounts. Due to ever-increasing management...
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