Archive for October, 2008

Improvements & new features in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2

It hasn’t been too awfully long since Windows Vista SP1 hit the intertubes for real, but the Vista team is already talking up SP2. We all know Redmond is focused on moving beyond all of this Vista hoopla and forging ahead with Windows 7, but there’s apparently still some work to do on the outfit’s [...]

Security Flaw Is Revealed in T-Mobile’s Google Phone

Just days after the T-Mobile G1 smartphone went on the market, a group of security researchers have found what they call a serious flaw in the Android software from Google that runs it. One of the researchers, Charles A. Miller, notified Google of the flaw this week and said he was publicizing it now because [...]

Woman in jail over virtual murder

A woman has been arrested in Japan after she allegedly killed her virtual husband in a popular video game. The 43-year-old was reportedly furious at finding herself suddenly divorced in the online game Maplestory. Police say she illegally accessed log-in details of the man playing her husband, and killed off his character. The woman, a [...]

Gain City Expo Fair 2008

BAK2u is proud to be one of the stage sponsors with our mobile security software. Location: Singapore Expo Hall 5Date: 24th – 27th October 2008Time: 1200 – 2100hours

India launches first moon mission

India blasted into the international space race Wednesday with the successful launch of an ambitious two-year mission to study the moon’s landscape. var CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger(‘cnnImgChngr’,’/2008/TECH/space/10/22/india.space/imgChng/p1-0.init.exclude.html’,1,1); //CNN.imageChanger.load(‘cnnImgChngr’,’imgChng/p1-0.exclude.html’); The unmanned lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1, or “moon craft” in ancient Sanskrit, launched at 6:20 a.m. (8:50 p.m. ET) from the Sriharikota space center in southern India. The [...]

T-Mobile sold first cells with Google Android

Christopher Laddise of San Francisco on Tuesday became the very first private owner of a T-Mobile G1, unwrapping the first smartphone running Google’s open-source Android software platform to wild applause at a special pre-launch event in the City by the Bay.T-Mobile, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., will officially launch the G1 at its retail stores in [...]

Android Source Code released as promised

Google announced the availability of android source code today . Android is one of the most promising product of Google. It better be. This will give them a major boost in the mobile market, where the advertisement arena is still wide open. This should be a boon to all those developers that want to build [...]

Charlotte Bobcats going HD this season

Last season, the Charlotte Bobcats didn’t make many TV appearances beyond a premium-tier package on Time Warner cable. This year, the team is going HD. Fox Sports Carolinas and sister network SportsSouth will televise 16 Bobcats games in high definition this year. The first game is Monday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. against the Detroit [...]

Some parents think videogaming is beneficial for kids

A new survey from Sony Online Entertainment claims that parents across the country think that playing videogames has some benefit for their children. Who knew? The results were published in the November issue of Family Circle magazine and suggest that parents are seeing improved hand-eye coordination plus better problem-solving and typing skills. The survey also [...]

New games for Sprint cell phone users

Do you have a Sprint cell phone? If so, you’ll soon be able to play some new games on it thanks to a partnership between Konami and Sprint. It means Sprint subscribers can access “Contra 4″ and other popular Konami titles, including “Frogger,” “Castlevania” and “Metal Gear Classic.” * “Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2009″ was [...]