Could the Internet run out of space?
March 31, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Top Stories
When a small group of university scientists began linking computers on different campus sites at the very end of the 1960s, they had no idea that their work would one day spiral into a globally-accessible network in which the total number of pages is measured in the tens of billions.
Such has been the Internet’s phenomenal and dizzying growth that much of the technology which supports it has grown organically and without much forward planning.
Skype for iPhone — it’s official
March 31, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Partnership
Months after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype’s native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday.
We got a chance to sit down with the application’s principal engineer before the announcement was made at CTIA 2009, to see Skype for iPhone do its thing.
While most of the features aren’t too surprising–Skype does want to maintain some consistency across its mobile applications, after all–there are a few capabilities that are notably missing, and a few iPhone-only perks that are refreshing to see.
The many ways to earn online
March 31, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under In Focus, Netrepreneur
They say “If they can do it, So can you” specially so if you started out early, back then it’s more complicated to make websites and more expensive, but now things are different, Search engines are getting wiser, getting online and internet access is cheaper and faster. Nowadays you can even get a website for free, But hey.. there’s always a catch so watch out for them… nothing is free or as it seems to be…Scams are everywhere…
OnLive.com – End of the Game Consoles
March 29, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Interesting Sites, Top Stories
OnLive is launching the world’s highest performance Games On Demand service, instantly delivering the latest high-end titles over home broadband Internet to the TV and entry-level PCs and Macs.
Founded by noted technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman (WebTV, QuickTime) and incubated within the Rearden media and technology incubator, OnLive spent seven years in stealth development before officially unveiling in March 2009.
Shuttle Discovery Back on Earth
March 29, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Headline, Space Exploration
Space shuttle Discovery returned in good shape, after traveling more than 5 million miles and circling Earth 202 times. The 13-day flight — which ended as a Russian-launched crew was settling into the space station — was highlighted by the installation and unfurling of the station’s last pair of solar wings. The $300-million addition brought the orbiting outpost up to full power, a vital part of NASA’s plan to double the space station population and boost scientific research in a few months.
Nvidia sues Intel
March 27, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Lawsuits, Top Stories
Nvidia countersues Intel for breach of contract related to a chip licensing agreement between the two companies. When Intel sued NVIDIA earlier this month alleging that the GPU maker had infringed upon its patents.
The suit seeks to terminate Intel’s license to Nvidia’s patents related to graphics processing and three-dimensional computing and comes in response to a related suit by Intel last month.
Nvidia believes that without a licensing agreement, Intel’s line of integrated graphics chips violate Nvidia’s patent portfolio, according to Nvidia spokesman Hector Marinez.
Microsoft’s Latest Anti-Apple Ads
Microsoft’s latest, anti-Apple ads are all over the Web and broadcast TV. The new Microsoft “Laptop Hunters-Lauren” commercial suggests that there is only one Apple laptop under $1,000 and it has a 13-inch screen. For the same money, it claims, you can get a better Windows-based laptop with a 17-inch screen. True? It is, but that isn’t the whole story.
Computer Worm to attack on April Fool’s Day
March 27, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under Internet Security, Top Stories
Rumors has it, the dreaded fast-moving computer that infected at least 3 million computers, is set to attack again on April 1, 2009.
The army of Conficker-infected machines, known as a “botnet,” could be one of the greatest cybercrime tools ever assembled. Conficker’s authors just need to figure out a way to reliably communicate with it.
Infected Machines need commands to come alive. So far, Conficker-infected PC’s have been trying to connect each day to 250 Internet domains. The hackers needs to get just one of those sites under their control to send their commands to the botnet. (The name Conficker comes from rearranging letters in the name of one of the original sites the worm was connecting to.)
Obama Girl Busted!
These mall cops have Obama Girl right where they want her!
The New Youtube Edu
March 27, 2009 by NetCrunch
Filed under In Focus, Interesting Sites
At a glance, it looks like the same old YouTube, nothing special except the black “youtube edu logo”, What is interesting is the new Directory menu, showing a list of schools, which are actually youtube Channels..
Accordingly it was a volunteer project by a group of employees who wanted a better way to collect educational contents uploaded to YouTube by colleges and universities.
