Web apps could become more secure through the use of a ‘web cryptography API’, a working draft of which has been published by the World Wide Web Consortium. The draft, published late last week, was put together by engineers from Google and Mozilla and is the first for the API to be publicly released. It […]
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Google and Mozilla’s web cryptography API gets first working draft
O2 pushing for faster 4G rollout
O2 is lobbying to speed up the process of clearing the 800MHz spectrum band for 4G services in order to reducerival operator Everything Everywhere’s head start. O2 wants to see a faster rollout of 4G services, after EE gained a head start on its rivals. O2 confirmed to ZDNet on Monday that it was in […]
O2 pushing for faster 4G rollout
O2 is lobbying to speed up the process of clearing the 800MHz spectrum band for 4G services in order to reducerival operator Everything Everywhere’s head start. O2 wants to see a faster rollout of 4G services, after EE gained a head start on its rivals. O2 confirmed to ZDNet on Monday that it was in […]
How do you take a photograph of big data?
Big data is not hype and its importance and impact will be more far-reaching than the Internet, says a journalist tackling the subject in a new photobook. Rick Smolan who is working on “The Human Face of Big Data” project said, in an interview with ZDNet on Friday: “I really think that [big data] is […]
How do you take a photograph of big data?
Big data is not hype and its importance and impact will be more far-reaching than the Internet, says a journalist tackling the subject in a new photobook. Rick Smolan who is working on “The Human Face of Big Data” project said, in an interview with ZDNet on Friday: “I really think that [big data] is […]
UK’s O2 to get first taste of HP’s augmented reality via Telefonica deal
Telefonica has signed up to use augmented reality (AR) from HP. The Aurasma AR tech, developed by Autonomy and subsequently acquired by HP when it took over the British company last year, will be used by Telefonica to create new marketing offerings. Aurasma will be integrated into a range of media services to be used […]
UK’s O2 to get first taste of HP’s augmented reality via Telefonica deal
Telefonica has signed up to use augmented reality (AR) from HP. The Aurasma AR tech, developed by Autonomy and subsequently acquired by HP when it took over the British company last year, will be used by Telefonica to create new marketing offerings. Aurasma will be integrated into a range of media services to be used […]
Apple’s iPhone 5: 2 million preorders, 24 hours and a unique upgrade cycle
Apple said it landed 2 million iPhone 5 preorders in just 24 hours and handily topped previous records for the device. Meanwhile, Apple is seeing iPhone 5 demand outstrip supply. More importantly, the iPhone 5’s preorders may be highlighting a fundamentally different upgrade cycle for Apple’s iconic device. Simply put, Apple’s new normal for the […]
Apple’s iPhone 5: 2 million preorders, 24 hours and a unique upgrade cycle
Apple said it landed 2 million iPhone 5 preorders in just 24 hours and handily topped previous records for the device. Meanwhile, Apple is seeing iPhone 5 demand outstrip supply. More importantly, the iPhone 5’s preorders may be highlighting a fundamentally different upgrade cycle for Apple’s iconic device. Simply put, Apple’s new normal for the […]
Why Android has a reason to be paranoid
August and September have been pretty challenging months for Android; there are now two new range-topping handsets in the market that weren’t there just a few weeks ago — the iPhone 5 and the Lumia 920. Even so, October will be worse, especially when it comes to the Android on tablets. Has the sheen come […]
Why Android has a reason to be paranoid
August and September have been pretty challenging months for Android; there are now two new range-topping handsets in the market that weren’t there just a few weeks ago — the iPhone 5 and the Lumia 920. Even so, October will be worse, especially when it comes to the Android on tablets. Has the sheen come […]
Why O2 and Vodafone won’t be reusing 900MHz for 4G LTE
A number of reports have suggested that O2 and Vodafone have approached Ofcom about refarming the 900MHz band currently used for 2G/3G services for 4G LTE instead. While the suggestion in itself could seem logical — after all, it’s what EE did with the 1800MHz band and its 4G service will be launching shortly — […]
Why O2 and Vodafone won’t be reusing 900MHz for 4G LTE
A number of reports have suggested that O2 and Vodafone have approached Ofcom about refarming the 900MHz band currently used for 2G/3G services for 4G LTE instead. While the suggestion in itself could seem logical — after all, it’s what EE did with the 1800MHz band and its 4G service will be launching shortly — […]
Tech Mahindra snaps up stake in Comviva
Tech Mahindra has confirmed it is to take a controlling stake in mobile payments and services company Comviva. Tech Mahindra will buy the 51-percent stake in India-based Comviva from its current owner, the Bharti Group conglomerate, for 2.6bn rupees (£30m). Tech Mahindra will pay out around half of the agreed amount upfront, and the rest […]
Tech Mahindra snaps up stake in Comviva
Tech Mahindra has confirmed it is to take a controlling stake in mobile payments and services company Comviva. Tech Mahindra will buy the 51-percent stake in India-based Comviva from its current owner, the Bharti Group conglomerate, for 2.6bn rupees (£30m). Tech Mahindra will pay out around half of the agreed amount upfront, and the rest […]
Quit pussyfooting around virtualisation: Melbourne uni
Organisations that are slow in adopting virtualisation should stop messing around and just do it, according to the University of Melbourne’s technology services team leader Drew Poynton. Poynton and his team of five cover all Microsoft services used internally, including Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, and the university’s Windows Server fleet, which 110,000 staff and students […]
Quit pussyfooting around virtualisation: Melbourne uni
Organisations that are slow in adopting virtualisation should stop messing around and just do it, according to the University of Melbourne’s technology services team leader Drew Poynton. Poynton and his team of five cover all Microsoft services used internally, including Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, and the university’s Windows Server fleet, which 110,000 staff and students […]
iiNet wholesales Optus 4G
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet has confirmed that it has signed on with Optus Wholesale to offer long-term evolution (LTE) 4G wireless broadband services. iiNet, which already wholesales 3G phones and mobile broadband through Optus, has signed a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Optus Wholesale to provide 4G wireless broadband services to its customers. […]
iiNet wholesales Optus 4G
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet has confirmed that it has signed on with Optus Wholesale to offer long-term evolution (LTE) 4G wireless broadband services. iiNet, which already wholesales 3G phones and mobile broadband through Optus, has signed a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Optus Wholesale to provide 4G wireless broadband services to its customers. […]
Java zero-day leads to Internet Explorer zero-day
While looking around a compromised server that was being used to exploit Java vulnerabilities, a security researcher stumbled upon another exploit that he claims affects fully patched versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8. Eric Romang found four files on the server: an executable, a Flash Player movie and two HTML files called exploit.html […]