Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The powerful processors in Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console now have another use: cracking passwords.
New Zealand-based security researcher Nick Breese claims to have used the year-old gaming console to crack passwords at speeds 100 times greater than Intel hardware is capable of. Breese, a security consultant with Security-Assessment.com, presented his ...
Posted in Video Games and Consoles, Ideas, Internet, Gadgets, Computers | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Firefox has confirmed it is working on first a Linux version, followed by Windows Mobile 6 version. Christian Serjersen of Mozilla wrote in his his blog that a Symbian version will come down the line as well.
He listed out the goals of the program as:
provide Mozilla’s standards-based open-source browser engine, ...
Posted in Mobile Linux, Internet, Linux, Mobiles | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
A study by the Nemertes Research Group is predicting that the Internet could run out of capacity by 2010 if backbone providers don’t invest in new infrastructure. It says the backbone needs an estimated $42 to $55 billion invested in capacity in the next 3-5 years to keep up with ...
Posted in Networking, Internet, Computers | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Penn State University engineers say that a transmission rate of 100 G bps is obtainable over in-expensive Category 7 copper cables, but only on a length of 100 meters or less.
This research has been done by a team including two graduate students in electrical engineering, Ali Enteshari and ...
Posted in Research, Networking, Internet, Trends, Computers, Technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Firefox 3 Beta version is now available for download for testing purpose.
These beta releases are targeted to Web developers and our testing community to gain feedback before advancing to the next stage in the release process. The ...
Posted in Software, Open Source, Internet, Computers | No Comments »
Friday, November 9th, 2007
Mass production of the so-called $100 laptop has begun, five years after the concept was first proposed. The laptop, which was originally promoted as a $100 computer that would change education in the developing world, now costs around $188.
Computer manufacturer Quanta has started building the low-cost laptops at a factory ...
Posted in Ideas, Innovative, Internet, Gadgets, Computers, Technology | 1 Comment »
