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Symbian Foundation makes progress, but challenges remain
The Symbian Foundation expects to begin beta testing of a new version of its mobile phone operating system within the next few weeks. Symbian, the first version of the software since the foundation said it planned to go open source, should be ready for release six months after that, so smartphone buyers may see the first devices using the software in the first half of next year.
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Qld Health Commission injects virtual desktops
The Queensland Health Quality and Complaints Commission (HQCC) is nearing completion of a $400,000 IT infrastructure overhaul that will see virtual servers and desktops used throughout the organisation.
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CSIRO sells Funnelback search engine
CSIRO has sold its Funnelback search engine technology business to open source content management company Squiz.
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Online ad groups release new behavioral ad principles
Online consumers should get more information about what information is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioral advertising, and they should have more control over what data is being collected, according to new privacy principles released Thursday by four advertising trade groups.
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Outback communities get $7m Internet access boost
The Rudd government has announced it will spend $7 million over four years on improving public Internet access facilities in remote Indigenous communities.
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Judge temporarily dismisses MySpace cyberbully case
A U.S. judge on Friday overruled a jury verdict and dismissed a case against a Missouri woman convicted last November in a cyberbullying case that led to a teenager's death.
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Apple may patch serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone
Apple is working to fix an iPhone vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone.
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The Geek Atlas: terrific tech shrines that every geek should see
I seldom own a book that makes my fellow geeks here at PC World go wild when I show it to them, but John Graham-Cumming has done the trick with The Geek Atlas.
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Reports: Microsoft will sell Windows 7 'Family Pack'
Microsoft will offer a multi-license "family pack" for Windows 7, according to a pair of bloggers who cite details in the end-user licensing agreement (EULA) of a recently-leaked build.
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Mozilla slates first Firefox 3.5 patch
Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday.
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Couple gets prison time for Internet obscenity
Husband and wife owners of a California company that distributed pornographic materials over the Internet have been each sentenced to one year and one day in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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Vendor squabbles cause W3C to scrap codec requirement
The latest rewrite of the Web's mother tongue won't recommend the use of specific audio and video encoding formats that could make it cheaper and easier for people to distribute multimedia content.
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Vista Ultimate users fume, rant over Windows 7 deals
Consumers running Windows Vista Ultimate, who have blasted Microsoft for breaking promises to deliver a host of extras, are now knocking the company's upgrade plans and discount pricing for Windows 7.
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Google updates some Apps functions
Google made a few updates to various Apps services this week, including one that lets users within an organization share templates with each other.
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Cloud control systems tame the ether
Signifying a formless haze of computing power and storage that is somewhere "out there," computerdom's current buzzword is as difficult to get one's arms around as a real cloud. A seemingly limitless pool of processors and memory and disk space, and you just scoop out what you need. Sounds great, doesn't it?
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