Late last year, the Mariposa Working Group (comprised of Defence Intelligence, the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, Panda Security, and other international security experts and law enforcement agencies) worked together to bring down what is considered to be the largest botnet in history. This botnet, called Mariposa, wreaked havoc on up to 12,000,000 individual computers

For the golfing set, Chubbs Peterson said it was all in the hips. While this is very true, for the technology crowd, it may be all in the wrist. Case in point, the Universal Gadget Wrist Charger from ThinkGeek. Tipping the scales at 82 grams and pricing in at $35, the Universal Wrist Charger is a ...

Via Mobile Entertainment, these are the stories that have been missing from the Flash Lite community and do exists!! Gree has operating margins of 57 per cent and was ranked by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as the fastest growing tech company in Japan, with over 2,600 per cent revenue growth over the past three years. It has

Native Unions Moshi Moshi Collection has reinvented the concept of Bluetooth handsets, by getting back to the basics of communication. The folks behind Native Union understand that people are using their landlines less and less, and that cell phones are becoming our primary communication tools which we can use for hours on end each day. They set out to offer better, more comfortable and convenient...

The popular Microsoft Bing iPhone App has crossed 1 million downloads on the Apple App store according to a posting by Florian Voss on  the official Bing community A new updated version of the app is ...

Small form factor, low-power computers seem to be coming ever more popular with several of the big name brands releasing their own small-box style units that can fix to the back of your monitor. ViewSonic are perhaps better known for display products but they have also recently introduced a few laptop/netbook products and now this the ViewSonic PCmini VOT120 is their first small form PC. When I sa...

Global shipments of GPS-enabled handsets increased 92% in 2009 to 150 million units, according to a new research report by Berg Insight. Growing at CAGR of 38.7%, shipments are forecasted to reach 770 million units in 2014. Adoption of GPS technology started in smartphones and is now essentially a standard feature on all new models. However, ...

Verizon Wireless has deployed a temporary cell site, or Cell on Light Truck (COLT), at Centennial Elementary School in South Fargo to enhance coverage and capacity of its wireless voice and data network in this area. The school is a staging area for first responders to the flooding Red River which is predicted to crest this weekend.  In addition to deploying the COLT, the Verizon Wireless net...

If you are on the market for a navigation software for your iPhone, give NDrive a chance and try its full featured US map system demo. But be quick, as the trial expires March 27. ... ... Related posts:Google Maps Navigation, Free Turn by Turn Navigation from Google! TomTom Promises Free Lifetime Map Updates On Selected Personal Navigation Devices (Q2, 2010) Comics by comiXology for iPhone Now Fre...

In Greek tragedy, the flaw of hubris was the decisive plot point that brought down many great men. Palm, then, is the Oedipus of a modern tragedy, their efforts to rebuild hampered by a failure to see past their own greatness and a refusal to enter the market on the market's terms. To be honest, I was a Palm fan, then I wasn't a Palm fan, and now am part of the chorus of voices bemoaning...