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…
World of Warcraft has hit yet another milestone – this time clocking up a massive nine million subscribed players worldwide. Blizzard Entertainment said yesterday that the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is currently working towards releasing its first expansion pack in China which is expected to further swell player numbers. World of Warcraft: The…
On the back of Acer president, Gianfranco Lanci’s open attack on Microsoft Windows Vista comes a serious round of speculation regarding what might constitute Microsoft’s upcoming sequel to Vista, currently called Windows 7.0. More so because Microsoft remains tight-lipped about it’s next major release — except for a few details like Windows 7.0 will release…
One Laptop Per Child\’s XO (commonly referred to as the “$100 laptop”) is designed to change the world by bringing computing resources to children in the developing world. But the many innovations in the XO may also end up changing the world of technology. When you first see the XO, the thought that immediately jumps…
Looks like Sony finally took the wraps off its Network Walkman NWD-B100, which we first heard about months ago. The featherweight player is landing in Europe come August (sorry, no Indian release info as of yet), and has a 3-line color LCD, comes in 1GB (NWD-B103 / B103F) and 2GB sizes (NWD-B105 / 105F), and…