Simple Thoughts (Technology) – Newsletter for November 11, 2010

European cyber defences ‘must improve’, tests show

LONDON – Europe needs to do more to prepare itself for cyber attacks, a EU report has concluded.

Cyber Europe 2010, a so-called “cyber stress test”, aimed to give member states better understanding of how to handle such cyber incidents and create best practices for the future.

The BBC quoted organizers as saying that while the exercise … Original article on : European cyber defences ‘must improve’, tests show.

Queen’s Facebook page gets 200K fans in just 2 days!

LONDON – The Queen’s face Facebook page has attracted close to 200,000 fans within just two days of its launch.

Royalists and republicans alike have logged on to the social networking site to catch up with the latest on the Royal Family on Facebook page, which contains images, videos and news about them.

It also features information …. Source  : Queen’s Facebook page gets 200K fans in just 2 days!.

Users write abusive posts about Camilla on Queen’s Facebook page

LONDON – Many Internet users have reportedly targeted Queen’s new Facebook page to post abusive messages about the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles.

The Queen’s Facebook page – The British Monarchy – has attracted nearly 200,000 visitors since it launched.

Royalists and republicans alike have logged on to the social networking site to view images, videos and …. Read the original article  : Users write abusive posts about Camilla on Queen’s Facebook page.

How to fully read InputStream to a String with Default Charset

If you are out there puzzled, knowing not what to do and yet transforming that InputStream to a String with Default Charset is an utmost necessity, then let me tell you don’t just wait around thinking cause its going to take a lot of time for the whole procedure to run. Now, there are …. Original article  : How to fully read InputStream to a String with Default Charset.

Microsoft to Issue Critical Patches for MS Office

Microsoft released a patch for to fix several critical security gap of its Office productivity suite and warned that hackers can use RTF (Rich Text Format) e-mails to initiate code execution type attacks. The company issued three security bulletin for the November patch. The single most critical update in the list (MS10-087) affects …. Read the original article  : Microsoft to Issue Critical Patches for MS Office.

Microsoft Sues Motorola over their demand of Excessive Royalty

WASHINGTON (GaeaTimes.com) — Microsoft has filed suit against Motorola on Tuesday for its demand of “excessive” royalties.

The software giant, at its headquarters in Washington state accused Motorola of demanding “excessive and discriminatory” royalties related to patented technology.
Previously, Microsoft accused the reputed telecom company of violating its smartphone patents.
Now, Microsoft says, Motorola was in breach of … Read more >>.

10 Reasons Defining Success Secrets for Google Android OS

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — Google Android OS has been defining the smartphone market and within a short period of time it has curbed a whopping share in the smartphone market. Of course, it was possible because it was Google, the search engine giant but are some defining reasons that had foretold the success of …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : 10 Reasons Defining Success Secrets for Google Android OS.

Apple Takes Over Wi-Gear Headphone Company?

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — Apple has acquired Wi-Gear, a company that is specialized in wireless headphones. This acquisition of Apple sparks the speculation that the next generation iPhone will boast Bluetooth earphones.
Wi-Gear is a company, famous for making audio accessories. According to reports, next version of Apple iPhone as well as iPad will include [..] Read the original article: here.

Apple Teams up with Ad Agency to bring iAd Advertising Network in Japan

TOKYO (GaeaTimes.com) — Apple has teamed up with an advertising company in Japan known as Dentsu to bring its iAd advertising network for portable devices to Japan within next year.

Now the iPhone and iPod users in Japan can see the advertisements in their devices as Dentsu Inc. will sell advertising space and produce commercials to …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Apple Teams up with Ad Agency to bring iAd Advertising Network in Japan.

Happy Birthday Firefox

Mozilla’s super popular browser Firefox is celebrating its sixth birthday today. It was officially launched on 9th November, 2004.
Soon after its launch it soon became an incredibly famous web browser and became a direct alternative to Internet Explorer. It holds 31 percent of global market share and with the passage of time this number …. Source article  : Happy Birthday Firefox.