News tagged with web service

Researchers take virus-tracking software worldwide

A biomedical informatics researcher who tracks dangerous viruses as they spread around the globe has restructured his innovative tracking software to promote even wider use of the program around the world.

Technology / Software

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format

Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google.

Technology / Internet

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google uses mobile Web to bypass Apple's app block

(AP) -- Google Inc. is trying to make its Voice application easier to use on the iPhone, whether Apple Inc. likes it or not.

Technology / Software

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 4

NetZero to launch free wireless broadband service

It's like the '90s never left: Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars. Internet IPOs are back. And NetZero is returning with free Internet service -only this time it's wireless.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Farm 'weeds' have crucial role in sustainable agriculture

Plants often regarded as common weeds such as thistles, buttercups and clover could be critical in safe guarding fragile food webs on UK farms according to Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wolfram Alpha shows flights overhead

Wolfram Alpha, the online search service launched two years ago, now lets inquiring minds in the United States find out what flights happen to be overhead at any given moment.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 21

White House threatens veto over net neutrality

The White House warned on Tuesday that President Barack Obama would veto a resolution introduced in the Senate that seeks to overturn "net neutrality" rules aimed at ensuring an open Internet.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Review: Motorola revives Razr name with smartphone

With its super-slim, stylish frame, Motorola's Razr phone became incredibly popular in 2004 - a smash hit that Motorola hasn't been able to replicate. Now, many years later, the company is trying to recapture ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google to launch online music service: report

Internet giant Google could launch an online music service as early as Tuesday to rival Amazon's "cloud" service, which allows users to store digital music online, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Technology / Internet

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SeaMicro releases a new low-power server for web service providers

(PhysOrg.com) -- SeaMicro has announced that they have developed a low-power usage server. The machine, which has been dubbed the SM10000-64, includes 256 of Intel's latest Atom N570 dual-core processors. ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

This article will self-destruct: A tool to make online personal data vanish (w/ Video)

Computers have made it virtually impossible to leave the past behind. College Facebook posts or pictures can resurface during a job interview. A lost cell phone can expose personal photos or text messages. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3

Google unveils Web-free 'tweeting' in Egypt move

Google, in response to the Internet blockade in Egypt, said Monday that it had created a way to post messages to microblogging service Twitter by making telephone calls.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

How an unfixed Net glitch could strand you offline

(AP) -- In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw that sometimes caused online outages by misdirecting data. In 2003, the Bush administration concluded ...

Technology / Internet

created May 09, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 2

Wolfram Alpha answer engine best of show at SXSW

A new Wolfram Alpha search engine that delivers factual answers to online queries instead of links to Web pages won top honors late Sunday at the South By South West (SXSW) awards ceremony.

Technology / Software

created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

FBI access to e-mail, Web data raises privacy fear

(AP) -- Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 4