After years of technical development and months of regulatory hurdles, the BBC iPlayer was launched to the public at midnight. The iPlayer offers an online, on-demand catch-up service for the bulk of the BBC’s TV output. Initially, it will only be available to users of computers that run Windows XP, but versions for other platforms…
On Thursday, software giant Microsoft threw light on some more details on Windows Vista’s financial performance, adding that it is apparently meeting and surpassing market expectations. Whilst making a presentation at Microsoft’s annual financial analysts meeting at its Redmond headquarters, Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft stated that since its worldwide public launch on…
The Metal Gear Solid series has just turned 20, and now that it has come of age you can expect a lot of treats. At the recent 20th anniversary party hosted by the series’ creator Hideo Kojima, details of the upcoming Metal Gear Online game were revealed. More importantly, a Metal Gear Solid 20th Anniversary…
Software giant, Microsoft, is hitting on the online advertising space — big time… According to reports, the company has tied-up both- with popular news site, Digg.com, and with game developer, Electronic arts (EA); for selling adverts online. However what is interesting is in case of the Digg deal, Microsoft has managed to replace previous online…
Ethical hackers, or white hats, have discovered that an iPhone could theoretically be taken over by not-so-well-meaning hackers if the owner of the device visits a corrupted website or Wi-Fi hotspot, it emerged yesterday. Employees of US-based Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), which tests its customers’ computer security by hacking into it, have found a way…