News tagged with web services

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

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

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

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

BlackBerrys buzz back to life after long outage (Update)

BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life Thursday, leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Like a TV network, Yahoo launches fall programming

(AP) -- With TV network style, Yahoo is launching a fall slate of shows in a bid to strengthen its original programming.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fujitsu develops prototype of world's first server that simultaneously delivers high performance, flexibility

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the construction of a next-generation server that, using resource pool architecture, is the world's first to succeed in the simultaneous delivery of high performance ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google advises Iran users to change passwords

Google has advised users of its online services in Iran to change their passwords following the theft of Internet security certificates from a Dutch company.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cuba reports 16 percent online in some capacity

(AP) -- About 16 percent of Cubans are online in some capacity with access to email, the island's intranet or the worldwide Web, a government agency says.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Select tech workers are in high demand

Thousands of people in Silicon Valley are unemployed and looking for work. But for tech workers with the right skills, work is looking for them.

Technology / Business

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pandora gains point to healthy Internet IPO future

(AP) -- Internet radio station Pandora Media's IPO struck the right chord with investors Wednesday despite the static in the overall stock market.

Technology / Business

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hackers take revenge on Spanish police for arrests

The international online vigilante group "Anonymous" has taken revenge for the arrest of three of its hackers by blocking the web site of the Spanish police, officials said. ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0