New Iphone Keys

Have an Iphone? Does it annoy you that you have to type using the touchscreen. Well, apple has introdced Touch keys that can be applied to the IPhone to solve this problem. This elimates many typos and makes typin easier. Have a look

Christa Marrow

Hackers target Facebook

Hackers are are targeting Facebook users by being able to access and change private user data managed by the users. The hackers are getting into Facebook by their third party application developers, which is leaving a door open for hackers into a nonexistent security and privacy protections.

 The third party developers are those cute and fun applications you dowload for your Facebook page. When yu download the application the third party developers get access to data on every person who thats user is Facebook “friends” with. Facebook does clearly warn users who install an application that these developers will have all access to their data, but its doesnt do anything at all to warn users that the same data sharing occurs with their friends install apps.many popular Facebook applications are vulnerable to trivial attacks, which permit a nefarious person to both set and read the data associated with that app.

Megan

C/net News

Businesses have designs for the poor

At MIT, Stanford, and other universities, young design and engineering talents are eagerly enrolling in courses that teach them how to meet the technology needs of the developing world. Stanford offers a course called “Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability.” One of the teachers, David Kelley, is the founder of IDEO, the industrial design firm behind such tech classics as the Palm V PDA and the first production mouse for the Lisa and Macintosh computers from Apple.

Amazon.com adds web services to its offerings

In both cases, Amazon proved them wrong. Media sales now total in the billions each quarter, and third-party merchandise, more profitable for Amazon than its own wares, makes up nearly a third of everything sold through the site.

Now, Amazon is making an even greater stretch — selling storage, computing power and other behind-the-scenes data center services.

The venture, which Amazon expects will grow into a significant business segment, could help keep the company strong if retailers get hit by an economic downturn.

Comcast agrees not to interfere with file-sharing

Since user reports of interference with file-sharing traffic were confirmed by an Associated Press investigation in October, Comcast has been vigorously defending its practices, most recently at a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in February.

Comcast has said that its practices were necessary to keep file-sharing traffic from overwhelming local cable lines, where neighbors share capacity with one another. On Thursday, Comcast said that by the end of the year, it will move to a system that manages capacity without favoring one type of traffic over another.

Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic

This blogging business hates me.  Incase this is written twice, sorry!

 Comast is working with BitTorrent to clear up the busy traffic on the Internet by the end of the year.  Their goal is to change its usual role of Internet traffic cop. Comcast will manage traffic by slowing the Internet speeds of its most bandwidth-hogging users when traffic is at it’s busiest time.  Hopefully this change will be in effect as soon as possible so that browsing the web will go more smoothely.

Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic


New electronics discovered to contain viruses

Believe it or not, some of the latest gadgets ranging from iPods to navigation systems have been found to come preloaded with virus software. These viruses steal passwords and allow easy access for hackers. The majority of these pre-infected computers are manufactured in China, which is believed to be the source of the tainted software. Here is the Yahoo! News report

Carl Moldrup

Multipurpose Printers

When printers first came out, thier purpose was just to print. Now printers can perform much more. They can scan papers and print out copies. They can double as fax machines and automatically print out your faxes. Some printers will print out high quality photographs taken directly from the memory chip in your camera. Settings atop certain printers can also allow you to alter the size and quality of those pictures being printed. As opposed to regular printers, multipurpose printers are more useful and less space consuming.

Matthew Roselli

Memory Foam

Everyone tries to find ways to rest more comfortably. We have soft blankets, neck pillows, and leg rests. Memory foam is now another option that people choose to sleep more comfortably. When warmed with your body heat, the foam molds to your body, while the underlying layers that are cool remain firm. Many people enjoy this luxury on thier beds as opposed to the regular mattress beds.

Matthew Roselli

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