News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
Google apologised on Saturday, saying it has made several changes to its new social-networking application Buzz to allay privacy concerns.
Jeremy Kirk | Feb 16, 2010
Companies such as Continental Airlines rely on Internet advertising from Google to deliver customers to their Web site. It constitutes essential marketing in the digital age. But despite new methods and tools to stop fraud, companies such as Continental and others sometimes get the short end of the stick, paying too much for online advertisements.
Jeremy Kirk | Jan 13, 2010
Google will end Gears, an open-source plug-in project it launched two years ago to allow Web applications to function even when a computer isn’t connected to the Internet, according to a statement from the company.
Jeremy Kirk | Dec 4, 2009
Some Facebook users have been infected with a worm after clicking on an image of a scantily clad woman, which then redirects the victims to a pornography site, according to security researchers.
Jeremy Kirk | Nov 26, 2009
Networks of hacked computers are being used more than ever to click on advertisements, a scam known as click fraud that cheats search engines, publishers and ad networks out of revenue.
Jeremy Kirk | Oct 23, 2009
In an effort to promote the “general health of the Web,” Google will send Webmasters snippets of malicious code in the hopes infected Web sites can be cleaned up faster.
Jeremy Kirk | Oct 15, 2009
A federal appeals court has found eBay and Skype have not infringed on two peer-to-peer patents held by Peer Communication, according to Skype’s general counsel.
Jeremy Kirk | Oct 12, 2009
Google has restored The Pirate Bay to its search engine index after briefly removing it last week following a copyright infringement complaint.
Jeremy Kirk | Oct 6, 2009
Web sites such as Twitter are becoming increasingly favoured by hackers as places to plant malicious software in order to infect computers, according to a new study covering Web application security vulnerabilities.
Jeremy Kirk | Aug 18, 2009
Apple has told the U.S. Copyright Office that modifying the iPhone's operating system could crash a mobile phone network's transmission towers or allow people to avoid paying for phone calls.
Jeremy Kirk | Jul 30, 2009
In less than a week, Microsoft could reach an alliance with Yahoo that could compete better with Google in online search advertising, according to media reports.
Jeremy Kirk | Jul 20, 2009
About one in six consumers have at some time acted on a spam message, affirming the economic incentive for spammers to keep churning out millions of obnoxious pitches per day, according to a new survey.
Jeremy Kirk | Jul 15, 2009
This morning Apple released a new version of its iPhone SDK for developers. iPhone SDK beta 2 includes Interface Builder, a component of Apple’s development tools that lets developers create the interface for their applications. That seems to be the only major change in the latest build, according to the SDK’s read me, which continues to list some known issues. Apple says “this second beta is known to be incompatible with installation folders other than the default /Developer.” Given the importance of UI on the Mac, Interface Builder is a pretty critical tool in the development process, and some developers had chosen to hold off on their efforts until the SDK was revised. Apple unveiled the iPhone SDK at a special event earlier this month, allowing developers to begin building applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Several high-profile companies have already jumped onboard, demoing their applications at the event. Highlighting the demos was AOL with a native AIM client; other applications from Electronic Arts, Salesforce.com, and Apple were also shown.
