Just hours after the much awaited re-launch of the PlayStation Network, it suffered a crash. The crash resulted in the turning off of the online service once again. The re-launch has been eagerly awaited by the PSN gaming community as the service went offline after a series of much publicized hacker attacks. After a month [...]
A report published by Juniper Networks, an IT company, has stated that there has been a 400 percent increase in Android malware since the summer of 2010. The information was released via a report titled "Malicious Mobile Threats Report 2010/2011". Juniper Networks further stated that the attention of cyber criminals has now turned to mobile [...]
Samsung has confirmed speculation and rumors that have been circling the Internet. A new version of their Galaxy S II handset with an added special feature is set to be released this year. The new Galaxy S II will come with Near Field Communication enabled. Near Field Communication, or NFC Technology is a contactless and [...]
According to an American news site, Facebook has admitted that they had hired a PR company to host a smear campaign against Google. The campaign was created to bring certain negative tales and speculation about its biggest and strongest rival to public attention. Burson-Marsteller, the PR company responsible for the campaign to dig up negative [...]
Nokia X7 is all set to be launched next month. The latest version will come with the latest update of the Symbian operating system for smart phone. The all new version of the OS installed in the X7 is dubbed as ‘Symbian Anna’ The Symbian operating system has been overshadowed bythe likes of Android an [...]
Google has issued an official announcement stating that they are currently making attempts to fix a flaw in the security. The statement was made after a German research paper highlighted that Android phone owners were facing threats to security. The research paper, published last week, stated that services such as Picassa, Contacts, and Google Calendar [...]
Stefan Weitz, director of Microsoft's search engine Bing, has stated that traditional search engines have failed to address to the ever changing needs of Internet users. Bing’s main competitor, Google, is on the receiving end of this criticism. According to Weitz, Google’s search algorithm which measures the strength of back links is not effective to [...]
SEGA is the latest victim of the wave of internet attacks on gaming companies. The company falls in line with Sony, Codemasters, and Nintendo, who have all suffered online security breaches recently. SEGA stated that credit card details were not compromised. The hacking group LulzSec has come forward in a public tweet to offer their [...]
SEGA is the latest victim of the wave of internet attacks on gaming companies. The company falls in line with Sony, Codemasters, and Nintendo, who have all suffered online security breaches recently. SEGA stated that credit card details were not compromised. The hacking group LulzSec has come forward in a public tweet to offer their aid [...]
The Ministry of Defense of UK has released a set of videos for YouTube. The videos highlight the dangers associated with seemingly harmless social networking. They are created to advice and encourage service personnel to not share any personal or sensitive information on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. The videos are [...]
Significant changes have been made to Google’s image search this week.The new added features are said to make users’ image searching experience smoother and to deliver more relevant results. A recently released report by Google’s Software Engineer, Grant Dasher, highlighted the latest additions made to the world’s most popular search engine. According to him, the [...]
Kevin Lynch, the chief technology officer of Adobe has made a statement about his vision on the future of smartphones. According to his belief, the next step in to the future of smartphones involves location-based applications. Lynch voiced his opinions at the Open Mobile Summit and made a demonstration of the technology on a Samsung [...]
