Five years ago, Mozilla made it clear that the browser wars weren't over after all. In the 1990s, Netscape had lost its dominance in the browser market to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and the Netscape-spawned open-source project called Mozilla had sunk into obscurity. Even a federal antitrust suit accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive practices with its browser and Windows was not enough to turn the tide.
T-Mobile said on Wednesday that a software glitch was to blame for a massive outage on Tuesday that left many customers unable to send or receive calls or text messages.
Mozilla may have released the first beta of Firefox 3.6 nearly two months late, but the organization believes the final version still will arrive on schedule before the end of the year.
Asus unveiled its first supercomputer on Monday, the desktop computer-sized ESC 1000, which uses Nvidia graphics processors to attain speeds up to 1.1 teraflops.
NEC Japan has introduced the world's smallest WiMAX router with Wi-Fi capability on Tuesday. The Aterm WM3300R is battery-powered but can still reach 40Mbps downstream and 10Mbps upstream when on a suitably fast 4G network. The pocketable device is meant to share access through Wi-Fi but can also be plugged into a PC using a USB adapter for mobile Internet access on a specific system.
In a survey of more than 20 top service providers, Cisco Systems finds that video and other visual applications now constitute 30 percent of traffic running through service provider networks, feeding into Cisco's assertion that such visual apps will dominate networks by 2013. In addition, the top 1 percent of broadband subscribers worldwide generate 10 percent of the traffic.
As with IBM’s leadership manufacturing microchips using copper interconnect technology, the company has now announced what it believes to be the first commercially-viable implementation of silicon-on-insulator (SOI). For more than three decades, scientists have been searching for a way to enhance existing silicon technology to speed computer performance. This new IBM success in harnessing SOI technology will result in faster computer chips that also require less power -- a key requirement for extending the battery life of small, hand-held devices that will be pervasive in the future. SOI is a major breakthrough because it advances chip manufacturing one-to two-years years ahead of conventional bulk silicon. The following provides a step-by-step look at the developments leading up to the development of SOI technology including: a basic description of what a transistor is, a description of how chips are made, the need for improving the way chips are made, the elements of SOI technology and the impact of SOI technology.
Windows Security has been a particular pain point for users with every new edition Microsoft has released since the advent of the Internet. Effective security is essential in any operating system in preventing malware, protecting a network and ensuring data protection. But reliable security is especially important to restore trust in the Windows ecosystem. If Windows 7 isn't as secure as it could be, Microsoft could face significant trouble going forward.
Microsoft is working on 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 and Windows 9 kernels. Consequently, the company is also forming relationships with major partners, including Intel, AMD, HP, and IBM.
Facebook acknowledged on Tuesday afternoon the presence of an internal glitch that left some members with their accounts inaccessible.