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Archive for June 2008

Yahoo Mail Hit by XSS Vulnerability

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 26, 2008

Yahoo has admitted that its Yahoo Mail online e-mail service was at risk from a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
XSS flaws are among the most common and risky type of vulnerability in Web-based applications potentially allowing attackers to steal users’ information or infect them with malicious code.
After investigating and confirming that it’s a serious [...]

Adobe announced that Adobe Creative Suite 3.3 Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, and Master Collection editions are available immediately for creative professionals.
Creative Suite 3.3 incorporates Acrobat 9 Pro, bringing together the power, reach, and richness of the Adobe PDF and Adobe Flash formats and introducing numerous enhancements to print production workflows. Adobe Creative [...]

Google Launches Ad Planner

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 26, 2008

Google launched another tool for their advertisers to pick the right website to run their campaigns on. The new service is called Google Ad Planner.
With Google Ad Planner, users can:
- Define audiences by demographics and interests.
- Search for websites relevant to your audience.
- Access aggregated statistics on the number of unique [...]

Panasonic unveils Atom-based Toughbook UMPC

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 26, 2008

Panasonic Computer Solutions Company announced the availability of the Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1, the first ultra mobile PC (UMPC) to integrate the new low power Intel Atom processor in a rugged handheld computer for use in the field.
The CF-U1 comes with an Intel Atom processor Z520 CPU (1.33 GHz with 533 MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache), [...]

Dell Launches Studio Brand

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 26, 2008

Dell introduced “Studio,” a new consumer line designed for “self-expression and creative living.
Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops will be available in seven colors – Plum Purple, Tangerine Orange, Flamingo Pink, Midnight Blue, Ruby Red, Spring Green or standard Jet Black.
The laptops include dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo processors, support for up to 4G bytes [...]

Ubuntu for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) Released

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 25, 2008

A version of Ubuntu targeted specifically towards mobile internet devices (MIDs) has been released by Canonical.
The MID version of Ubuntu allows OEMs to customise the look and feel of the operating system with HTML, Flash, Clutter, Python with GTK, C/C++ with GTK and Java.
Canonical announced that it would be creating a version of Ubuntu for [...]

Google, Yahoo and Baidu dominates in Asia

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 25, 2008

Market research company comScore has revealed in a report that the Asian search engine market is dominated by Google, Yahoo and Baidu.
The report further said that Korean web users are the heaviest users of search engines in the region.
Google dominated the market with 39.1 percent of all searches in April 2008.
Yahoo had a 24 [...]

Lenovo ThinkPad SL series for SMBs

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 25, 2008

Lenovo has confirmed that they are going to launch the SL series of their ThinkPad laptops which would be targeted at the small and medium-size businesses.
These laptops would be priced between USD 699 to 1,199 and would come bundled with online backup services and LoJack technology.
The LoJack technology is useful if the laptop is stolen [...]

Nokia acquires Plazes social networking service

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 25, 2008

Nokia has announced that they are acquiring Plazes. Plazes is a social networking service that helps friends locate each other using GPS enabled mobile devices.
This is Nokia’s third major investment in this field after they acquired Gate5 and Navteq.

D-Link adds BitTorrent to NAS

Posted by: ADMIN on: June 25, 2008

D-Link has added integrated BitTorrent support to its DNS-323 network attached storage (NAS) device, enabling torrent downloads and uploads independently of a computer.
The D-Link DNS-323 two-Bay Network Storage Enclosure now includes the latest BitTorrent software development kit (SDK) from the BitTorrent Device Partners program, turning it into a “media hub” for BitTorrent content.the aim of [...]