Email Server Settings Update
Since our email server was upgraded nearly a month ago the feedback on the speed and reliability of this has been overwelmingly positive which is fantastic news. To our knowledge we have also had zero downtime in this period which is something that we would have expected and also should expect to continue. There have been some comments on 2-3 points RE the new email system and mainly concer...full article >>
Mozilla to shift 12m surfers off 2-year-old Firefox 3.5
Mozilla is planning to shunt 12 million users, who are still surfing the web on its aged Firefox 3.5 browser, over to a more recent version. "We need a plan to obsolete [sic] Firefox 3.5 as we can't support it into perpetuity," said Mozilla. "We have been frustrated with our efforts to move users off of old releases and are worried too many people do not upgrade a...full article >>
Skype bug gives attackers access to Mac OS X machines
Mac users running Skype are vulnerable to self-propagating exploits that allow an attacker to gain unfettered system access by sending a specially manipulated attachment in an instant message, a hacker said. “The long and the short of it is that an attacker needs only to send a victim a message and they can gain remote control of the victim's Mac,” Gordon Maddern of Australi...full article >>
Microsoft confirms takeover of Skype
Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype. The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition. Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold. Internet auction house eBay bought Skyp...full article >>
HTC Facebook branded, buttoned phones appear online
HTC will have two Facebook-branded phones out next month, according to Amazon.co.uk, which has now posted pages for the handsets. Both will go on sale on 26 June, the retailer reckons, Sim free and complete with a dedicated Facebook button. HTC ChaCha The £250 ChaCha is a BlackBerry-style boy with a fixed Qwerty keyboard and a 2.6in, 480 x 320 screen. It&...full article >>
Intel debuts '3D transistors' with 22nm chip recipe
How do ya like them, Apple? Intel has unveiled its 22nm manufacturing process. The process marks the debut of Intel's "Tri-Gate" transistors, first revealed as a research project over eight years ago, and the company has demonstrated its first microprocessor built with the new process, a chip codenamed "Ivy Bridge". Equip...full article >>
