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Choose a page number: 1 Software RSS FeedsDisgruntled IT guy fells blogging site - It's better than having some jerk walk back in with a gun, but it's sure not good: The journalspace.com blog site has shut down after a "disgruntled" former IT employee used his own data-backup choice to obliterate its entire data store....Feed Source: www.betanews.com January phish buffet: Now with IRS - As regular as tax season itself, phishers pretending to offer information on an IRS "stimulus payment" are targeting thrifty (or is that greedy?) taxpayers.... Samsung announces HDTVs with Yahoo Widgets - The broadband-connected television market will be in full bloom at CES 2009, with Samsung announcing that its newest lineup of HDTVs will sport "Internet@TV", a Yahoo-powered widget interface.... RIAA: MediaSentry relationship had already ended - In the second "deflation" of a Wall Street Journal story in as many months, an RIAA spokesperson confirmed to BetaNews this morning that the termination of its use of the MediaSentry service had already happened.... Netflix and Amazon On Demand come to even more - Amazon today announced that owners of the formerly Netflix-exclusive Roku set-top box will be able to access Amazon Video On Demand, and LG announced it's building Netflix instant streaming directly into some of its upcoming HDTVs.... Apple's FileMaker launches revamped Mac and Windows database - At Macworld today, Apple's FileMaker, Inc. subsidiary will launch a major overhaul of its flagship database for Mac and Windows desktops and servers, a product used by 70 of the world's Fortune 100 corporations.... So it was a health problem after all, admits Steve Jobs - Addressing the recent announcement that he will not deliver the Macworld keynote this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs released a statement this morning about his mysterious health condition.... Twitter twormented by phishers - UPDATED A phisher or phishers operating over the holiday weekend deluged Twitter users with direct messages designed to steal sign-in information. A second, unrelated compromised dozens of high-profile accounts and spewed rude fake messages.... CES Countdown #4: Who's securing the CE device's end user? - Computer security fuels many excellent conferences. CES is not typically one of them, but the current state of the economy is compelling conference goers to refocus on their core priorities and security is one of them.... CES Countdown #5: Are the world's digital plans killing mobile DTV? - Here's a very familiar theme for us every year: Despite not only manufacturers' own best efforts but also certain governments' own regulatory bodies to drive and even enforce industry standards, there's no one way to do digital mobile TV.... CES Countdown #6: Can the PC adapt to the commodity business model? - With the consumer economy changing radically and rapidly, Microsoft and others are experimenting once again with applying the pay-as-you-go model to computing, since it seems to work well enough for other industries.... CES Countdown #7: Will someone please do something about battery life? - Vendors at CES 2009 will be displaying some interesting new workarounds to the persistent issue of short battery life, ranging from an "ECO On Mode" in MSI's Wind U115 netbook to a solar battery charging gadget from Energizer.... Web rates UK Web ratings proposal an 'F' - Every so often, the Web provides a form of entertainment that almost everyone can enjoy -- a punching bag. Enter Andy Burnham, the UK Culture Minister, and his recent musings on a movie-style ratings system for the Internet.... Top 20 BetaNews stories of 2008 - What were the stories that gathered BetaNews readers' attention, got them talking, made them think more about the meaning behind the technology? Our space-age statistics generator has provided us with the final tally.... BetaNews CES 2009 Contest: Win Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 - Before CES 2008, BetaNews debuted our "Better Questions" contest, where we asked you, the reader, what questions you wanted answered from the CES floor. This year, we're asking you again.... Copyright © 2009, Web Business Pro. All Rights Reserved. |
