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- Microsoft readies streamlined browser
- Worm found at nuclear control system
- Top word of 2014 is an icon
- Analysts tip tablet sales
- Intel set to cancel notebook subsidies
- Twitter becomes urban planning tool
- Hacker clones fingerprints
- Cheap Chromebook wave approaches
- China blocks Gmail
| Microsoft readies streamlined browser Posted: 30 Dec 2014 02:37 AM PST
And it's bowing to the inevitable by throwing out much of the clunky code that makes up Internet Explorer and introducing a streamlined browser called Spartan, according to reports. more» |
| Worm found at nuclear control system Posted: 30 Dec 2014 02:03 AM PST
The Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co was hit by a hack earlier this month and data stolen from its system. But the South Korea energy ministry said today that the control systems for three nuclear reactors were unaffected by the hack, according to a Reuters report. more» |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2014 01:40 AM PST
But this year, the top word isn't a word at all – it's an emoticon of a heart, the symbol of love. GLM believes that English is going through a huge sea change because of the number of emoticons now used – its says the Unicode Consortium now recognises a thousand emoticons as part of the language. more» |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2014 01:22 AM PST
ABI Research said that although 2014 was "lacklustre", it predicted that there will be solid growth during the next five years with shipments of tablets close to 290 million units in 2019. more» |
| Intel set to cancel notebook subsidies Posted: 29 Dec 2014 08:07 AM PST
That's according to Taiwanese government quango Market Intelligence and Consulting (MIC), which also predicts the PC industry will flatline or even fall during the year. more» |
| Twitter becomes urban planning tool Posted: 29 Dec 2014 07:56 AM PST
Brother and sister scientists Enrique and Vanessa Frias-Martinez have ussyed a report suggesting that geolocalised tweets can be used for urban planning. Vanessa is a scientist at the University of Maryland while her brother works for Spanish telco Telefonica. more» |
| Posted: 29 Dec 2014 07:22 AM PST
The BBC said Jan Krissler grabbed several photographs of von der Leyen's thumb at different angles during a press conference last October. more» |
| Cheap Chromebook wave approaches Posted: 29 Dec 2014 07:10 AM PST
Google has laid out a reference framework for Chromebooks which means they will cost less than $300 per unit, according to a report from market intelligence firm Digitimes Research. more» |
| Posted: 29 Dec 2014 07:01 AM PST
A freedom of speech group, GreatFire.org, claimed the government was making an attempt to wipe out any Google presence in mainland China, according to a Reuters report. more» |
Even though Windows 10 will not now be ready until the second half of next year, Microsoft is going to show off its latest version in mid January.
A South Korean company was hit by what authorities described as a low risk computer worm.
Every year the Global Language Monitor (GLM) scans the internet to see which are the top words used.
Despite evidence that sales of tablets showed signs of decline in 2014, one market intelligence is bucking the trend by predicting healthy sales in 2015.
Money that Intel has diverted to notebook manufacturers to stimulate demand for the machines is set to dry up next year.
Computer scientists believe that Twitter is a good way to aid urban planning and land use.
A German hacker said he cloned the thumb print of defence minister Ursula von der Leyen using little more than an ordinary digital camera.
A number of vendors plan to release large screen Chromebooks in the first half of 2015 with prices set to challenge Wintel based notebooks.
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