Hard time: 10 tech CEOs sent to the slammer
Capture-Enabled Business Process Management Organizations this day must deal with a vast amount of incoming information from many different sources. Efficient, automated business processes are critical to managing it, improving productivity and serving customer needs. But getting there can be a challenge. Each step may contain internally and externally generated information, combined with human interactions and decisions that can cause processing delays, introduce potential for error and pose a compliance risk.
ISPs facing global clamp down on piracy
Aussie ISP iiNET might have won the battle in a High Court ruling this day but the war internationally is swinging in the favour of the copyright holders, with service providers facing increasing pressure to act on notifications of infringement, according to one legal expert. The long-running lawsuit ended in victory for the Australian ISP after the court ruled that it had not “authorised” copyright infringement by virtue of failing to act in stopping its customers engaging in illegal P2P ...
Google I/O snafu greenlights crap code, angers devs
There are red faces across Mountain View this day after angry developers pointed out a flaw in the Chocolate Factory’s Code Jam competition for tickets to the Google I/O conference in June. Tickets for the event sold out in 20 minutes after they went on sale last month, and prices on eBay hit $4,500 before the auctions were taken down. Google opened up 100 tickets to developers who successfully wrote solutions in a Code Jam competition, but the checking mechanism ...
Specs for Verizon-bound LG Lucid 4G droid leak
The leaked specs of the LG Lucid 4G mark the second LTE-enabled LG phone rumor for the day. The Lucid 4G (also known as Cayman) is a Gingerbread droid of the mid-range variety that is heading to Verizon. It has a 4″ NOVA IPS-LCD display with 480×800 and Gorilla glass protection. There’s a 1.2GHz dual-core processor powering the LG Lucid 4G (the chipset is not clear yet). There’s also 8GB of built-in memory. The connectivity side is well covered – ...
Nokia Lumia 719 image leaks, coming soon to Asia and America
What we have this day is the first picture of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 719. The phone is destined for the Asian and American markets and as can be deduced from the name will be placed above the current Nokia Lumia 710. The Lumia 719 has a very basic design. Although it’s hard to tell, the phone seems to be much thinner than the Lumia 710 and keeps the physical keys below the display. The phone is stated to have ...
Windows exploit leaked — by Microsoft?
An attack exploiting a recently patched critical Windows flaws appeared on a Chinese site Thursday — and the source of the code appears to be Microsoft itself. The discovery comes less than 48 hours after Microsoft released a patch for a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol, a Windows service that grants administrators and support personnel to remotely connect to a user’s computers. Early Friday morning, Luigi Auriemma, the security researcher who originally reported the vulnerability to the Zero-Day ...
Fanbois will get wet queuing for Ipad 3
Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Brisbane each have a 75% chance of rain on March 16th, the day Apple will put the new iPad (which our US agency covers in magnificent detail) on sale in its Australian retail stores. Even Perth, the other city graced with an Apple store, has a 25% to 50% chance of rain on the day. So states Weatherzone’s handy 28 day rain prediction service which states southern Australia will experience “cold front events with potential to ...
Microsoft takes a leap of faith with Windows 8
Just when you thought it was safe to return to your desktop, Microsoft spoils it all by introducing another version of Windows. Today, on leap day, Microsoft takes a leap by unleashing the Windows 8 Consumer Preview edition on an unsuspecting public. Whether it’s a leap forward, backward, or straight into a bottomless pit is the question everyone is now asking. You can download your very own copy. Good luck. [ InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard reveals potential gotchas for business users ...
Tegra 3-powered LG X3 impressive benchmark scores leak
After the Optimus 3D 2 the other day we now got some extra info on the other hot droid, which LG will unveil at the MWC. We stumbled upon the benchmark results of the LG X3 – the quad-core beast with an impressive 4.7″ HD screen we first saw in January. According to the author of the leak, the specs we heard last time around were spot on. This means the LG X3 will be built around the Tegra 3 ...
Sony Xperia S delayed in the UK until February
If you are a UK resident and on the lookout for Sony’s Xperia S flagship, this day is not your lucky day, that goes for the people who’ve pre-ordered the device from on-line retailer Play and were anticipating shipment starting today. Play has delayed the device, which was previously on track for a release on January 30 – today, and states the new expected date to be February 13, even though that is subject to change too.
