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Chrome browser 'is becoming number 2'
Chrome browser 'is becoming Number Two'
Could supplant Firefox - analysts predict tight finish
Google's Chrome browser will edge past Mozilla Firefox in a matter of months, web stats poking firms have concluded. Irish company StatCounter foresees the Google browser becoming the second most used browser on the net by December.
In the StatCounter predictions, relayed to Computer World, Chrome will sweep 26.6 per cent of the market share by December and Firefox will be sitting on 25.3 per cent. Internet Explorer will retain its dominance through user inertia, holding approximately 40 per cent.
The actual measured statistics for last month show that Chrome is closely tailing Firefox. The Google browser's global average user share for September was 23.6...
Apple unveils refreshed iPhone 4S, but no iPhone 5
Apple unveils refreshed iPhone 4S, but no iPhone 5
Apple has unveiled the latest iteration in its iPhone range, but there was no sign of the widely rumoured iPhone 5.
The iPhone 4S, as the model will be known, boasts an improved camera and significantly extended battery life.
It will run the latest iOS5 operating system, which is set for release on 12 October.
The event was the first major announcement for new boss Tim Cook who took over from Steve Jobs in August.
The iPhone 4S, which will go on sale on 14 October, will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models - in both black and white.
It has the same look and feel as the existing iPhone 4 which was launched 15 months ago.
However, Apple said that updates to iOS meant the phone would boast some "200 new features".
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HTC to release urgent privacy fix for smartphones
HTC to release urgent privacy fix for smartphones
HTC is to release an urgent update for several of its smartphones to fix a vulnerability which could leave personal information at risk.
The Android Police blog discovered that a user's GPS location and call logs could be easily accessed by net-enabled apps.
After investigating, HTC admitted the flaw could be "exploited by a malicious third-party application".
It said affected users will be notified of the update automatically.
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Apple expected to launch iPhone 5
Apple expected to launch iPhone 5
Apple is expected to launch the fifth version of its best-selling iPhone today.
Journalist have been invited to a "Let's talk iPhone" event at its California campus due to start at 10:00 PDT (18:00 BST).
Doubts surround how different the iPhone 5 will be to its predecessor though some do expect big changes.
The launch will be hosted by Tim Cook, now Apple's full time boss following Steve Jobs' retirement in August.
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BT suffers huge broadband failure across much of UK
BT suffers huge broadband failure across much of UK
A "power failure" at a major exchange in Birmingham has seen huge numbers of BT Broadband customers across the UK cut off.
The company said those affected numbered into the hundreds of thousands - about 5% of its total customers.
Business users were particularly badly affected, with many reporting considerable lost revenue as a result.
BT said the service has now been fully restored, advising customers to "turn their hub or modem off and on again".
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Air traffic control data found on eBayed network gear
Air Traffic control data found on eBayed network gear
A switch with networking configurations and passwords for the UK traffic control centre was offered for sale on eBay, raising serious security concerns.
The £20 Cisco Catalyst switch was bought by security consultant Michael Kemp, co-founder at Xiphos Research Labs, who quickly discovered that it has been used at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) centre in Prestwick by contractor Serco. Data on the switch included supervisor credentials, internal VLAN and other networking configurations and upstream switch addresses as well as domains, gateways and syslogs.
"For twenty quid, I have got full switching details (and creds) for a switch that was in use (managed by Serco) two years ago to help keep planes in the air at Prestwick," Kemp explained. "Obviously this is a security fail, especially as the seller had 13 of the units that may well have come from the same estate."
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Skills Shortage Behind High Cost of SharePoint Deployments (Study)
Skills Shortage Behind High Cost of SharePoint Deployments (Study)
An industry study of Microsoft SharePoint shows that usage of the collaboration platform is growing, but maintenance costs can be high especially given the lack of trained personnel.
An Osterman Research study, "State of the Market," pegs the average cost to manage SharePoint at $46 per user per month. Osterman, which surveyed "more than 120 IT executives, managers, and staffers at mid-to-large enterprises" in August, was commissioned by Seattle-based Azaleos Corp., a provider of management services for e-mail, collaboration and unified communications, based mostly on the Microsoft stack.
Osterman found a similar average management cost for SharePoint of $45 per user per month in a February 2009 survey, which also was commissioned by Azaleos....
Smart cities get their own operating system
Smart cities get their own operating system
Cities could soon be looking after their citizens all by themselves thanks to an operating system designed for the metropolis.
The Urban OS works just like a PC operating system but keeps buildings, traffic and services running smoothly.
The software takes in data from sensors dotted around the city to keep an eye on what is happening.
In the event of a fire the Urban OS might manage traffic lights so fire trucks can reach the blaze swiftly.
The idea is for the Urban OS to gather data from sensors buried in buildings and many other places to keep an eye on what is happening in an urban area.
The sensors monitor everything from large scale events such as traffic flows across the entire city down to more local phenomena such as temperature sensors inside individual rooms.
The OS completely bypasses humans to manage communication between sensors and devices such as traffic lights, air conditioning...
Broadband providers face speed advertising crackdown
Broadband providers face speed advertising crackdown
ISPs will have to be more careful with their use of 'unlimited' and 'maximum speed'
Internet service providers (ISPs) have been warned over misleading customers with their broadband speed claims.
New guidance from the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), the bodies responsible for writing the Advertising Codes, states that maximum speed claims should be based on the actual experience of users.
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Windows Server 8 Ups Data Transfer Ante
Windows Server 8 Ups Data Transfer Ante
The audience broke into applause at last weeks BUILD conference when some of the new blazing fast data transfer capabilities were demonstrated by Microsofts Bryon Surace during a keynote address.
"With Windows Server 8, we can use multiple NICs [network interface controllers] simultaneously to help improve throughput and fault tolerance," Surace said.
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