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What is Oracle’s ‘major database innovation’?

Friday, September 19th, 2008

A Delphic Sibyl at the Moscone Centre
On Wednesday next week database users and buyers will behold one of the wonders of the modern world - Larry Ellison live on stage. He’ll hold them in the palm of his hand as he talks in an “Extreme. Performance.” keynote about something wondrous for the database world.

ePassport tests put biometrics through their paces

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Vendors sweat ahead of June dabs and iris scan deadline
Results have emerged from tests held in Prague last week designed to put ’second-generation’ electronic passports through their paces, and guess what - no-one failed.

BurnAware Free 2.1

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

BurnAware is the ultimate disc burning software. BurnAware Free is ideal for users with basic disc burning needs as backup, creating data, audio, video discs and burning disc images. Free, easy to set up and maintain, it enables you to save your files to disc quickly, provides more flexible interface to help you complete your [...]

NetInfo 6.6

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

NetInfo is a collection of 15 different state-of-the-art network tools on a single, easy-to-use interface. Designed from first-hand experience, NetInfo allows businesses to more effectively combat network downtime by allowing network administrators, webmasters, and Internet service providers to more accurately isolate faults, simplify processing of diagnostic data and increase internal network security.
What's new:

Windows Vista 64-bit [...]

Hackers breach Best Western in data heist

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Hackers have broken into the corporate databases for best Western Hotels and may have stolen the names, addresses and credit card information of every customer who stayed with the international group since 2007.
An investigation by the Sunday Herald found that an unknown Indian hacker got into Best Western’s databases on Thursday and accessed its databases, [...]

A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (14.0.3921.0717)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

A-Patch has been updated for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta (14.0.3921.0717). Some options have been removed due to them not being needed and some options including the “Live Preview” have been temporarily disabled until a future A-Patch build.
A-Patch is a lightweight program designed to enhance your Windows Live Messenger experience. It does this by giving [...]

Myst in Development for the iPhone

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Still haven't ever played Myst, despite the fact that it's been released across something like 10 different pieces of hardware? Then maybe you'll finally get around to it when it gets ported yet again, this time to the iPhone (via Game|Life).
The news comes by way of a very small announcement on the Myst Online forums. [...]

Sony Japan announces free WiFi internet for PSPs

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced a partnership with the world's largest global WiFi community FON - to create a new service, PSP×FON.
Under the partnership the two companies plan to roll out FON access points in the region for a free internet browser via the Sony PlayStation Portable.
Starting today, there are approximately 44,000 FON spots [...]

Russian iPhone Sales to Hit 3.5 Million in Two Years

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Electronics maker Apple expects to sell 3.5 million iPhones in Russia in the next two years, according to market sources familiar with new deals being struck by Russian carriers. Despite no official availability, up to 600,000 of the popular mobile devices have already flooded into Russia through unauthorized sales; now, at least two carriers have [...]

Microsoft Re-releases Powerpoint Patch

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Microsoft re-released one of its Aug. 11 security updates yesterday, explaining that it had posted an incomplete version to its own download center last week. Users who manually downloaded MS08-051 since Aug. 12 to patch Office 2003 should obtain the second version as soon as possible. Fortunately, users who obtained the update via Windows Update [...]

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