Date: 06/08/12 eBay tests same-day merchandise delivery service
Still in beta, eBay Now will allow users to arrange for same-day shipping of goods purchased from local retailers. eBay is testing the same-day merchandise delivery waters with a new service called eBay Now. The company began sending invitations this morning to eBay users
Date: 06/08/12 Reuters Twitter account hijacked, fake tweets sent
The hack of news agency's tech feed comes two days after its Web site was breached and defaced with a phony pro-Syrian government story. Reuters has suffered a second security breach in two days after hackers gained control of one of its Twitter accounts, the news agency revealed this morning.
Date: 06/08/12 Airline attacked on Facebook for treatment of passenger
An Alaska Airlines passenger either has Parkinson's or is drunk. However, once an Oregon man writes a Facebook post criticizing Alaska Airlines, the airline comes under attack. It's not good when someone is moved to go onto Facebook to call you "the worst of humanity."
Date: 06/08/12 Converged Systems Rapidly Adopted in European Organizations
European IT organizations are set to revolutionize the way they deploy, run, and manage IT infrastructure, as seen in the recent 2012 European Storage Survey from International Data Corporation (IDC). While focusing on European enterprise storage, the survey also provides insight into
Date: 03/08/12 Net growth of registered domains in Azerbaijan exceeds 1,400 names in 2012
This year net increase of registered domains in Azerbaijan made up 1,427 domain names.According to statistics of website www.whois.az, since early 2012 it has been registered 3,222 domains and removed 1,795 and, and as a result, 14,591 domains have been registered in the country,
Date: 02/08/12 UK internet consumer business model 'doesn’t work' says Level 3
Current internet subscription business models are ineffective, and are holding up development of services in the UK, fibre communications firm Level 3 has told Computing. James Taylor, EMEA content service product manager at Level 3, which is currently working on advancing and refining technology for streaming sports broadcasts,
Date: 02/08/12 Public accounts committee slams public sector organisations over open data
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticised public-sector organisations that dump raw data into the public domain insufficiently formatted to enable people and companies to analyse and make use of it, the Computing reported. The publication of the data is required by government
Date: 01/08/12 State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents conducts patent digitalization
The State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents is conducting patent digitalization, e-governance application, and e-services for intellectual property rights registration and protection, the committee reported. According to the information, the project is
Date: 31/07/12 Amazon's Bezos donates $2.5M in support of same-sex marriage
The e-commerce magnate wholeheartedly gives his support to the same-sex marriage campaign in Washington State, donating millions of dollars. Amazon is the latest tech company to come out in support of same-sex marriage. And judging from the size
Date: 31/07/12 Why Facebook's CEO ought to tell Wall Street to Zuck off
The tension between short and long-term thinking leads to very different ideas about how Facebook ought to manage its business. I'm sure Mark Zuckerberg won't lose any sleep about Wall Street's ongoing hissy fit about Facebook -- nor should he.
Date: 31/07/12 Opera reaches 200M active users; Facebook tops Africa sites
The mobile browser company says it has reached the milestone of 200 million users, a massive increase year over year, as users in Africa reach out to social networks and more. The combined number of mobile users around the world using the Opera
Date: 31/07/12 Twitter: Olympics opening ceremony saw 9.66 million mentions
From retweeting Tim Berners-Lee to criticizing NBC's decision to delay its broadcast of the ceremony, users around the world took to Twitter to share their opinions on the Games. Talk of the London 2012 Olympic Games was expected to take over Twitter,
Date: 31/07/12 Google Maps, Earth updated with high-resolution imagery
In time for the Olympic opening ceremony, Google released a huge update of aerial and satellite imagery for both Google Maps and Google Earth, including for the Olympic Park in London. Google has added fresh high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery to
Date: 31/07/12 Spoilsports rejoice: Olwimpics wipes Olympics from your browser
If you're suffering from online Olympics overload, let the Olwimpics browser extension shield Olympics news from your tender eyes. We get three weeks of athletic prowess, medal counts, moving personal stories, and slow-motion replay of
Date: 31/07/12 Facebook update aims to beautify its Photos service
Like all of the social network's updates, the new feature is being rolled out gradually.Facebook has once again redesigned the look of its Photos service. This time, the company is attempting to beautify the look of Photos on your Timeline, as well as the Timeline of anyone's
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