Category: Computers


Microsoft readies Mango, but will it be enough?

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August 19, 2011

The battle for mobile market share is fierce. The road is littered with bloody versions of cast-off operating systems, failed handsets and shattered dreams. When it comes to manufacturers, Apple, RIM and Nokia lead the way. When it comes to operating systems, Apple and Android are dominant. But that doesn’t mean that other companies have given up. Microsoft is doing its damnedest to catch up to the others. Its latest effort is called Mango (although that may change) but it’s also known as Windows Phone 7.

By all accounts (or most accounts, at any rate), Mango does Microsoft proud. News24.com says that it has more than 500 new features, which, let’s be honest, is a lot. The article doesn’t state whether those new features offer real value, but even if only a fraction improve usability, well, that’s also a lot. It’s also upped the browsing stakes with high-speed IE9.

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Facebook facial-recognition feature sparks worldwide privacy fiasco

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June 14, 2011

By Megan Diener

 

Facebook’s facial-recognition feature has sparked worldwide criticism by Internet privacy watchdogs, activists and the European Union.

At the centre of the controversy is the recent activation of a default setting that automatically tags users, without prior consent, in photographs posted on the social networking website.

 

Although the testing phase of the advanced feature made its début in December last year, it has only recently been activated as a default setting.

 

The fiasco started when a security company, Sophos, recently published an annual report on Internet privacy.

 

Senior technology consultant Graham Cluley objected to the photo-tagging feature stating that it was enabled without notice or prior consent from users.

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Windows 8: what is fact and what is fiction?

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June 9, 2011

It used to be that Windows was the first and last word in PC operating systems. But the occasional hiccup (Vista) and the meteoric rise of Apple has taken a serious chunk out of its dominance. Now, while the debate about which is better – Mac or PC – is overshadowed by the dawn of the post-PC era, both Apple and Microsoft are furiously enhancing their mobile products. Windows 8 is Microsoft’s latest offering; at least it will be when it’s finally released. Steve Ballmer has come out and said the world can expect Windows 8 in 2012, but anything more than that is anyone’s guess.

And people do guess.

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Samsung’s transparent LCD screens

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March 29, 2011

As technology moves swiftly forward we are seeing smaller circuit boards, smarter phones and higher quality screens. Currently the trend seems to be to master the transparent LCD screen and Samsung is taking some steps forward as we speak.

The electronics company recently showed off its 14-inch transparent LCD screen on a laptop at the International Flat Panel Display (FPD) Show in China 2011. According to Life at Most, the transparent laptop has a 1680 x 1080 pixel resolution and has a white LED unit installed in each corner of the display.

It’s a futuristic-looking machine but it’s reported that the display is just a prototype for now. Samsung is hoping to release this display later this year while transparent display is expected to be widely available by the end of this year.

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Firefox 4 takes searching to new heights

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March 22, 2011

Firefox 4 hit the digital streets today, although the fanfare was probably not as great as expected owing to the fact that it “slipped” out for download a few days before its scheduled release on 22 March (which probably had nothing to do with the fact that IE 9 was released on 15 March). Nevertheless, those of you who are fans of the fox have a great deal to look forward to, while new converts will certainly be drawn to the cool new features.

It seems like Google’s Chrome has set the standard to which other browsers aspire, at least aesthetically speaking. Both IE 9 and Forefox 4 have revamped their user interface to be more in line with Chrome’s sleek features. But as this is Firefox’s turn in the limelight, we’ll focus on IE 9 at a later date.

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Google loses the plot and thousands of emails

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March 2, 2011

Google's saving grace.

Aside from the occasional glitch which allows your Gmail page to load deathly slowly or not at all there’s not much else that can go wrong with your emails right? Wrong. A few nights ago thousands of Google email users found their inboxes empty.

John D Sutter of CNN reports that on Monday night Google stated that it was attempting to restore all of the lost messages and contacts. I myself am a Gmail user and found nothing wrong with my inbox but if I did I’d probably freak out. People lost years’ worth of correspondence and the Google help forum was buzzing.

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A computer that can read your emotions?

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February 28, 2011

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could come home after an awful day at the office and tell your computer all about it? Wouldn’t it be even better if your computer actually listened, acknowledged and responded? Ok it might seem a little strange to your partner, but for single people it’d be a great way to get all that stress and worry off their chests.

With the advent of technology it’s actually surprising that no one has come up with such a device yet. According to Erica Naone of Technology Review, that’s exactly what we can expect in the near future. Naone thinks that if machines have the ability to respond to a user’s emotional state it would better help that person to focus on the task at hand.

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No more learning from books with the iSchool Initiative

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February 22, 2011

Will the physical classroom become null and void?

For a number of years there has been talk that the digital world will replace books and paper when it comes to learning and the school environment. But is the development of an online classroom really going to work across the globe? It’s hard to tell.

A CBS 19 article asks its readers to imagine a “school with no paper, no pens, and no textbooks”. When I was in primary school we relied heavily on library books for projects, workbooks for writing and maths, and paper to write our tests. Our interaction with computers (at least for most children in my grade) was limited to a one-hour lesson a week where we were taught about word documents and sending emails.

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Robo-internet

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February 16, 2011

All around the world humans spend hours on the internet, scouring it for images, information or other people to connect with. In forums hobbyists share tips and hints with one another on building miniature aircraft or learning how to do ballet. The internet is a world where people can obtain and share any kind of information.

It’s a desire for knowledge that sets us apart from the rest of the species on earth. Our scientists, engineers, mathematicians and other specialists spend lifetimes on the quest for more knowledge, but what if we’re not the only ones? Celeste Biever of New Scientist reported a few days ago that a new World Wide Web for robots is currently under development in order for the machines to directly exchange information with one another.

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Samsung’s Central Station sets new standards in connectivity

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January 31, 2011

Consumers are getting more demanding of their technology. It’s not enough that our computers are more powerful than the ones that sent man to the moon; it’s not enough that our mobile phones can do more than the computers of five years ago; and it’s not enough that laptops are getting smaller as their performance increases exponentially. Nope, we want more. We want to be able to use all of our gadgets at the same time; at the very least we want to be able to switch between them without any fuss. Well, Samsung is well on the way to making that possible with the Samsung Central Station.

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