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Chrome could be catching on Firefox

Posted by Molly Newton Featured, Telecommunications Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Chrome, the Google powered browser, is apparently catching on Firefox as the second most used browser in the global browsing market. Some industry analysts and firms focused on monitoring the browsing trends across the world have indicated that Chrome is increasingly gaining prominence among internet users, and is now projected to be at the verge [...]

Windows Phone Turned Xbox Remote Controller

Posted by Judy Tillman Featured, Telecommunications Monday, December 5th, 2011

You can now use your sleek Windows Phone as a remote controller for your Xbox 360 thanks to a new app update on the dashboard. The application which is dubbed, “Xbox LIVE for Windows Phone” will not just act as a remote controller via your Windows smartphone, but will also enable users to filter through [...]

AT&T Breakup With T-Mobile Costs $4 Billion

Posted by Judy Tillman Featured, Telecommunications Friday, November 25th, 2011

When AT&T filed for a merger with T-Mobile via the FCC, they probably didn’t anticipate a change of heart, and an expensive one at that. Following the AT&T application for a merger through the Federal Communications Commission in what would be a major deal worth $39 billion, AT&T later sought to withdraw the application and [...]

Nexus Bites The Icecream Sandwich: Google’s 4.0 Android

Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Telecommunications Thursday, November 24th, 2011

So much for a sandwich is Google’s Android 4.0, (“Icecream Sandwhich”) which sandwiches an array of top-notch specs, promising to take mobile operating systems to a higher level. So aptly named, the Icecream Sandwich ver. 4.0 already has the Droid fraternity raring to upgrade. This latest installment from Google’s Android house of embedded /mobile operating [...]

Russian Space Capsule Soyuz Touches Down In Kazakhstan

Posted by Molly Newton Featured, Telecommunications Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

The Russian-made space capsule, “Soyuz”, touched down safe and sound in Kazakhstan. The space capsule which was jetting from the International Space Station arrived early Tuesday morning at the snow-capped prairies in Kazakhstan, not far from the targeted landing point. The Soyuz was sailing in space for a total of 165 days, after which it [...]

Earlier Americans Killed Mastodons!

Posted by Charlie Waddington Featured, Telecommunications Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

American’s initial population has been subject for debate for centuries. One theory suggests foreign discovery, while others believe Native Americans came to be by crossing the frozen Strait that separated 2 lands before our country was known as America. They were known as the Clovis people; a group of early settlers dating back 13,000 years [...]

An Additional 25 Million Sony Users Could Be Affected By 2nd Data Breach

Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Telecommunications Monday, May 23rd, 2011

The online security woes of Sony Corp. were elevated on Monday following the company’s revelation of a data breach affecting an additional 25 million Sony users on the Sony computer game system in what was the second large-scale data breach to hit the electronics manufacturer. Sony estimated that personal data for about 24.6 million [...]

Symantec Findings: Cyber Attacks Shot Up 93% In The Year 2010

Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Telecommunications Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

A recent report released on Tuesday by Symantec Corp., an authority name in software security solutions, revealed that the day-to-day volumes in cyber attacks or (internet-based attacks) had shot up 93% between the years 2009 and 2010. The Symantec analysis, dubbed the ‘Internet Security Threat Report’, found that cyber attacks had grown in terms [...]

Windows Phone 7 Out And Problems Already Brewing

Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Telecommunications Friday, February 25th, 2011

The Windows Phone 7 release for SP1 was unveiled only just yesterday, and problems have already started arising. Various phones have been reported to jam from the operating system update that is available either as a direct download from Microsoft, or as an update through Windows Update. Windows Phone 7 users would download the [...]

New CDMA Apple iPhone on Verizon An Improvement Of Former

Posted by Harris Newman Featured, Telecommunications Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

What’s uncertain is whether or not Apple will extend the network coverage of the new CDMA iPhone to include other carriers in addition to Verizon Wireless; but one thing’s for sure, it brings forth new features that are more than welcome. The new iPhone, which was on display at a press conference on Tuesday, [...]

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