Archive for April 7th, 2008

Apr7

Apple unsupports the AirDisk?

According to a Monday post on the Tidbits Mac news site, Apple representatives confirmed that it won’t support Time Machine backups to a hard drive connected to Apple’s Airport Extreme router.

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Filed in: Apple/Mac

Apr7

Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?

Just like most of us thought, Google’s new App Engine appears to be a direct competitor for Amazon web services. And in true Google fashion, the service is being opened up to the first 10,000 developers that request an account — free of charge. Of course, that will only last until the beta […]

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Filed in: Google


Apr7

Microsoft to recommence pushing Vista SP1 prerequisite

After a number of users reported endless-reboot problems in February after installing one of the prerequisites for Windows Service Pack (SP) 1, Microsoft pulled automatic distribution of it. As of April 8, however, Microsoft will resume pushing out that prerequisite.

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Filed in: Microsoft

Apr7

BFX On Location: Extreme Nose Bleed

This week we unveil a brand new type of BFX episode called "BFX On Location"! We’ve been invite by directors Giancarlo Fiorentini and Jonathan Grimm to create an extreme nose bleed effect for their film "The Old Man and the Seymour". This movie stars Streeter Seidell, Amir Blumenfeld and a VERY bloody nose. Check out all the action as Erik’s skills get a real world test!

Author: avatarindymogul
Tags: bfx on location bloody nose old man seymour college humor streeter seidell
Posted: 07 April 2008
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 1

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Filed in: Enterprise Tech


Apr7

How a geek hacked his way to a billion dollar business — and it’s not Bill Gates

Sometimes you would think that there aren’t any interesting characters in the technology business whose names are not Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. While Gates and Jobs have both had fascinating journeys over the past three decades, if you want to hear about some of the most colorful and influential…

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Filed in: Software

Apr7

Yahoo not opposed to Microsoft deal at right price (Reuters)

Reuters - Yahoo Inc is not opposed to
Microsoft Corp’s bid for the Web media company, as long
as it is at the right price, Yahoo’s board said on Monday in a
letter to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.

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Filed in: Internet


Apr7

DoCoMo losing stranglehold on Japan mobile market (Reuters)

Reuters - After a decade as the dominant provider,
NTT DoCoMo Inc (9437.T) can no longer say it provides most
Japanese with their mobile phones, March figures show, with
smaller rivals grabbing share in a fierce fight ahead of the
start of the academic and business year.

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Filed in: Cell Phones

Apr7

Borland touts Web 2.0 for lifecycle management (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Borland Software has announced Borland Silk 2008, an application lifecycle management product line featuring capabilities for Web 2.0. It is intended to break down barriers among business, development and quality assurance, the company said. Enhancements to Silk products improve the quality process by delivering better manual testing, expanded automation, and improved enterprise support of the quality lifecycle, according to Borland.

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Filed in: Internet


Apr7

Security news roundup: Bumper Patch Tuesday from Microsoft tomorrow, Intel to release anti-theft tech for laptops

Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities, alerts, and news, which covers Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for the month of April, news of Intel work on anti-theft technology for laptops, a critical hole in Cisco’s Unified Communications product series, and the release of a new version of Opera. …

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Filed in: Security



 

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