Year: 2010

Phone companies want Apple, others to help with bandwidth costs

Phone companies want Apple, others to help with bandwidth costs

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

European phone operators want Apple, Google and Facebook to pitch in and help pay for the billions of dollars of network investments needed for their bandwidth-hogging services, reports “Bloomberg Businessweek” (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-08/apple-google-asked-to-pay-up-as-operators-face-data.html).

As mobile and Web companies add videos, music and games, operators including France Telecom SA, Telecom Italia SpA and Vodafone Group Plc want a new deal that would require content providers like Apple and Google to pay fees linked to usage.

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O’Reilly Media releases ‘Best iPads Apps’

O’Reilly Media releases ‘Best iPads Apps’

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | |

O’Reilly Media has released “Best iPad Apps” by Peter Meyers. The 240-page book costs US$21.99 for the print edition and $17.99 for the ebook version.

“Best iPad Apps” rounds up apps for getting work done, manipulating photos, making movies, creating comics, browsing the web, taking notes, outlining ideas, tracking your health, exploring the world and more.

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Greg’s bite: WiKileaks, Googlization, Android plateau, more

Greg’s bite: WiKileaks, Googlization, Android plateau, more

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

WiKileaks. Sometimes I go awhile between hearing from readers, then hit a nerve, and get email either agreeing or disagreeing with what I have written. As could be anticipated, WiKileaks got some reader feedback. It was thoughtful and well written, but I am still of the opinion that for government to work it needs some ability to have a dialogue with various points of view not anticipating ideas or comments floated to be the fodder of headlines in the newspapers of the world.

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SubRosaSoft releases MacForensicsLab Web Agent

SubRosaSoft releases MacForensicsLab Web Agent

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

SubRosaSoft (http://www.macforensicslab.com/) has released MacForensicsLab Web Agent 1.0, an automated web site crawler designed to hunt child pornography, with a built-in skin tone analyzer to identify images of evidentiary value.

MacForensicsLab Web Agent can be utilized by anyone with any level of technical abilities, according to the folks at SubRosaSoft. Only a couple of clicks are required for setup; a fetching and analyzing engine takes care of the rest and locates images of interest.

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