News tagged with open applications

Android vulnerability neutralised

Smart phones and tablet computers - once the latest must-have devices for technology geeks - are becoming increasingly more popular with the mainstream. The Android platform is now one of the most popular ...

Technology / Software

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Aero-engineers debut open-source fluid dynamics design application

Each fall at technical universities across the world, a new crop of aeronautical and astronautical engineering graduate students settle in for the work that will consume them for the next several years. For many, their first ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Map making, made easy: Web platform lowers barrier to collaboration

Soon, scholars worldwide will have an easier time creating, publishing, and sharing maps and other geospatial data, thanks to the release of WorldMap, an open source software platform that fills the growing ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Staggering surge in Android gadget viruses: Juniper

The arsenal of malicious code aimed at Android-powered gadgets has grown exponentially, with criminals hiding viruses in applications people download to devices, according to Juniper Networks.

Technology / Software

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The future is now

To allow web applications run on four screens, the webinos project consortium creates a full open source code base. The tagerted technology will allow different devices and applications to work together, securely, seamlessly ...

Technology / Software

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Always best connected

Design multimedia services and mobile cloud applications for smart phones and Tablet PCs. Fraunhofer FOKUS introduces the FUSECO Playground. The open testbed -- thus far unique worldwide -- enables research ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How to turn blueprints green

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even in today's increasingly energy-conscious world, it's rare for the subject of energy efficiency to be addressed in the early stages of designing a new building, whether it's a single-family ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish

(AP) -- Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Software improves p2p privacy by hiding in the crowd

Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have identified a new "guilt-by-association" threat to privacy in peer-to-peer (P2P) systems that would enable an eavesdropper ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Student open-source software brings personal finance to the iPhone (Video)

In these difficult economic times, everyone is seeking a better way to manage their personal finances. And at a time when even the newly elected president can't be separated from his wireless device, two undergraduates from ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Let's see more of these technological innovations in '09

As we begin 2009, let's take a look back at what 2008 brought us in technology. Here are four positive trends that I hope will continue.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0