Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 24th 2012 | no comments
It seems that hackers can infiltrate lots of systems in various manners. For example, this month, one hacker managed to infiltrate various conference rooms from the world, with the aid of video-conference equipment. He managed to control the cameras from his home, zooming in and out, basically doing anything he wanted.
These cameras are very professional, and they have a very powerful [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 24th 2012 | no comments
It seems that this year, the gifts of choice for the adults were the e-readers and tablet computers. According to some studies, the number of adults from the United States of America who own an e-reader and a tablet has doubled from mid-December to January.
The book seller stated that they expected an increase in e-book sales after the holidays, and they did. The same thing happened in [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 21st 2012 | no comments
There are numerous debates about the online privacy, many of the users believing that some of the websites are abusive. On Friday, the Digital Advertising Alliance, a group of digital advertising trade organizations will release its first ad campaign related to a new icon they will release: a turquoise triangle in the upper right-hand corner of the banner ads.
This will be one of the [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 21st 2012 | no comments
You might have heard that on Thursday, the website Megaupload was shut down. The website was one of the biggest file sharing websites on the online world. The ones who operated the website, risk spending more than 20 years in jail.
However, Megaupload wasn’t the only site of this kind. There are numerous other similar website which host files in an illegal manner. RapidShare, Dropbox, [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 20th 2012 | no comments
It seems that eBay’s net income reached very high levels in the fourth quarter of last year, and the reason for the success is the fact that the website invested in Skype, and continued its partnership with PayPal. John Donahoe promised his investors four years ago, that the website will make a huge profit, and it seems that he was right.
The company’s marketplace business invested [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 20th 2012 | no comments
The internet is going through some major changes these days. For example, various large websites such as Google and Wikipedia protested against the SOPA bill on Wednesday. On Thursday, the US authorizes managed to shut down one of the biggest file sharing websites in the world: Megaupload.
They charged seven people connected with running the website. The success of the government was [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 20th 2012 | no comments
You might be aware of the protests that took place yesterday, Wednesday, 18th of January on the internet. Various giant websites such as Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, and Craigslist took action against SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act.
The move was an unusual one, as it was the first time when websites joined in order to fight against a governmental bill. Wikipedia blacked out its [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 19th 2012 | no comments
Flying can be pretty tiring, especially if you need to travel for a long period of time. Many people who travel for long distances use various products in order to increase their comfort. They use neck pillows, eye masks, laptops, and so on. In the more recent period of time, more and more people use noise-cancelling headphones.
There is a difference between the regular headphones and [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 18th 2012 | no comments
As you might have heard, or even seen, Wikipedia is one of the websites which has decided to protest against SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, which the U.S government intends to use. The act intends to stop illegal downloading and the streaming of TV shows on the internet. Everyone is against piracy, but the tech industry is afraid that the act will give the media companies too much [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 18th 2012 | no comments
It seems that the popularity of the apps, movies, and games, has reached a very high level. Ford, BMW, and Mercedes intend to build cars which will be able to support applications through its entertainment system. However, these apps, games, and so on cause distractions, and the automakers need to make sure that the drivers will not be too focused on the applications. They want to make [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 18th 2012 | no comments
It seems that there are lots of people against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP bills. There are many online companies and famous websites which are against these two bills, and which consider them to be unwanted, and unbeneficial. One of these websites which decided to take a stand against the bill is Wikipedia. It seems that the website will shut down tomorrow, starting at [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 17th 2012 | no comments
The popularity of the personal computers has been on a decline in the past previous years. The reasons are varied. Some people cannot afford buying the computers, whereas other people do not find them very useful, since the release of the iPad. So the PC manufacturers stopped, and analyzed the situation, taking a closer look at the way Apple handled business.
The profits of Acer and HP, [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 16th 2012 | no comments
People love to root for the underdog. This can be clearly seen in sports, where people will always root for the team who has less chances of winning. They will always root for David, and not for Goliath, so to speak. It seems that this trend happens in the online world as well, as more and more people are willing to buy things from the smaller websites, than from the larger [...]
Posted in: Reviews by Vidican Sergiu | January 16th 2012 | no comments
It seems that technology is able to fix anything, and to solve lots of problems. Dr. John McClure, a pathologist in Edina, Minnesota, wanted to learn how to play the bagpipes. However, his friend, the very same person who gave him lessons, moved away, and that complicated things. However, the problem was fixed with the aid of technology, as Dr. McClure is taking lessons from Jori [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 13th 2012 | no comments
The American intelligence agencies have recently made a public announcement that Russia and China are the top governments which use the internet in order to steal technology information from them. The report stated that both of these countries hide behind numerous proxies and use routers located in different parts of the world in order to gain access to the technology information which [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 13th 2012 | no comments
Technology simplifies lots of things for us, and now thanks to the development of the smartphones applications, dating could be one of those things. It seems that a constantly growing number of people use various applications which might help them find their soul mates.
The Rise Of The Dating Applications
If you think of it, it is risky to date someone whom your mobile phone [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 11th 2012 | one comment
You might have noticed yesterday that Google’s Realtime Search feature was no longer present on the search website. It seems that the reason for that is the fact that Twitter decided not to renew an agreement with Google, which was established in 2009. The agreement expired on July 2, and since Twitter did not make a move, they decided to drop it.
However, according to Google, [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 10th 2012 | no comments
The credit card details of more than 20,000 Israelis were made public on the Internet this week by a team of hackers who stated that they were from Saudi Arabia. The Israeli officials stated that the release of this information is cyberterrorism. Other people stated that it is too early to jump to conclusion because it is unknown who the actual attackers are.
Yoram Hacohen, the head of [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 10th 2012 | one comment
Technology has evolved a lot in the past period of time. Fujitsu recently introduced at CES 2012, a tablet which accepts hand gestures. There are also numerous tablets which can be commanded with the aid of the voice. Now, Tobii wants to use eye-tracking in order to command the tablets, laptops, and so on. Tobii created a device which has infrared sensor and lights.
The light illuminates [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 9th 2012 | no comments
3D is very popular nowadays, as many movies are made in this manner. It gives the viewers a unique experience, as they have the possibility of seeing the movie in a different and interesting manner. It seems that the medical schools are starting to make this change as well. The future doctors use 3D glasses in order to look at the human body, which allows them to prepare better for their [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 9th 2012 | one comment
There were many people who believed that the Microsoft phone will be a total flop, that it will not have a single chance in a world dominated by Apple, Samsung, and other well-known brands. It seems that they were wrong, as the critics love the smartphones created by Microsoft.
Slate considers it one of the best-looking smartphones on the market, whereas TechCrunch considers it superior [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 6th 2012 | no comments
Yahoo! has had some problems in the past period of time. A few months ago they fired the chief executive Carol Bartz, and it seems that they now found a replacement. They hired Scott Thompson, the president of PayPal, as the new chief executive. PayPal is an online payment service owned by eBay.
Mr. Thomson, who is 54, joins a company which is in a very difficult position. Yahoo! is [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 6th 2012 | no comments
Barnes & Noble, the biggest book chain in the United States of America, stated that they want to spin off its Nook division. They hope that by doing so, the digital reader will become more popular.
The Nook could benefit from the move, but in the same time it could mean that the company does no longer stand a chance in the e-reader domain. The company managed to capture almost one [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 4th 2012 | no comments
When it comes to smartphone applications, Apple is the leader. However, it seems that with each passing year, Android is right behind. In what follows I am going to present you some of the most popular Android applications.
In case you like to use your phone in order to take pictures, you might enjoy the Paper Camera application. Unlike the other similar applications, which take lots of [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | January 4th 2012 | no comments
Schools in Idaho want to make a change which is not accepted with much ease by the professors. They want to rely more on technology in classes, and less on the teachers. Their main idea is to introduce the computer in classes, and each student to take certain online classes in order to be order to pass.
The main reason for the change is to embrace the technology. However, this change [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | December 27th 2011 | one comment
Now it is the perfect time to buy a television. Ram Lall, a television salesman stated that times for making lots of money from selling televisions have gone. In comparison to three or four years ago, the prices of the televisions have dropped. For example a television which could have been sold for $6,000 three years ago, can now be found at $2,500.
Mr. Lall stated that he and the other [...]
Posted in: Featured by Vidican Sergiu | December 27th 2011 | no comments
More and more people have smartphones, because they are very useful. They have numerous applications which can be used on various occasions. However, the more time people spend using these applications, the faster the battery depletes.
Because of this, numerous places have added charging stations for the smartphones. They can be found in airports, malls, and so on. The companies which [...]
