Tag: web_apps

  • Windows based Treo launched!

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    I see that the Windows based Treo I speculated about a couple of days ago has been released – Engadget has a first look at it here. This has to be bad news for the Palm OS – that’s one down (Palm) for Microsoft and one to go (Symbian)!

  • Exploit code released for Firefox vulnerability

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    According to Brian Krebs blog on the Washington Post, exploit code has been released for the latest Firefox and Netscape vulnerability. To protect yourself against this code either 1) buy a Mac or 2) update your version of Firefox to the latest version – available here. The exploit code appears to allow an attacker to…

  • Lawrence Lessig backs Google Print

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    I read recently on Google’s blog that Google is being sued by the Author’s Guild for “massive copyright infringement” because of Google’s Google Print project. Google Print aims to index book content from publishers and libraries so that they can be found in your Google search results. Sound like copyright infringement? Well, Google justifies it…

  • IT@Cork Annual Conference program announced

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    The IT@Cork Annual Conference program has been announced. The theme for the conference is Breaking the Barriers and the opening talk, Blogging for Business, is being given by Robert Scoble. Other speakers include Charles Handy, Joe Gantly and Paul O’Callaghan. There will be a parallel Technical Forum in the afternoon – delegates can choose to…

  • iTunes 5.01 released

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    Apple have just released the latest version of their iTunes software – iTunes 5.01 According to Software Update: iTunes 5 features a new even more powerful instant search, including the new Search Bar which helps you find exactly what you are looking for in iTunes or from among 2 million songs on the Music Store,…

  • Palm waving goodbye to its OS?

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    Stephen Wildstrom, writing in BusinessWeek Online today reports that Palm will soon announce a Treo powered not by Palm OS software but by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5! Palm sold its stake in the Palm OS software over the last number of years so it can now be agnostic about its choice of OS for the…

  • How to speed up Firefox

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    Firefox is a great browser so, when I came across an article outlining how to make Firefox even better by speeding it up I had to pass it along! The steps involved are really straightforward – You type “about:config” into the address bar and press return You change “network.http.pipelining” to “true” (scroll down or use…

  • Flash to replace hard disks in laptops next year?

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    James Stoup has written an interesting piece speculating that Flash will be the new storage medium for laptops. He bases his speculation on the recent Samsung announcement that 16GB flash drives that can be combined to form one larger 32GB drive. James then notes that many current iBooks ship with 40gb hard drives so a…