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Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:49:00 GMT

Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.

3D-printed pizza may be delivered soon, thanks to NASA

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Colin Neagle) — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:51:00 GMT

NASA recently approved a $125,000 grant for a six-month project to develop 3D-printed food, and the first edible prototype may be pizza, Quartz reports.

Google improves desktop voice search in new Chrome update

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Hayden Dingman) — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:39:00 GMT

Google's latest Chrome build allows desktop users to interact with its iconic search engine simply by having a conversation.

App development not keeping up with device updates

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jack Loo) — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:00 GMT

App development teams in companies are unable to keep up the updates rolled out by device vendors, according to a survey conducted by Vanson Bourne, and commissioned by Borland, a Micro Focus company.

Rapid-growing mobile payments market is driving a financial fraud marketplace

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jack Loo) — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:00 GMT

The global mobile payments market is predicted to exceed US$1.3 trillion in the coming years, presenting opportunities for cyber crime gangs to exploit, according to a whitepaper published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

Act on technology to achieve competitive advantage

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jack Loo) — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:32:00 GMT

Mobile, social, virtualisation, big data and cloud are well past the point of exploration and are at the point where they can be leveraged for businesses to gain a competitive advantage, according to Accenture's chief technology officer Paul Daugherty.

Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:54:00 GMT

Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app.

Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:00 GMT

Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a U.S. retail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in stores and online destinations designed to appeal to Latino consumers.

MSI's GX70 gaming laptop sports AMD's fresh, new flagship APU and GPU

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Daniel Ionescu, Brad Chacos) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:43:00 GMT

Avid gamers pay attention: MSI's newly announced GX70 gaming laptop packs a pair of potentially powerful firsts from AMD. The notebook sports AMD's fresh new "Richland" A10-5750M accelerated processing unit, along with the recently unveiled flagship Radeon HD 8970M mobile GPU.

Hands on: Minbox merges e-mail and the cloud for frictionless file sharing

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Marco Tabini) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:00 GMT

In most of the world, the asymmetric nature of your average Internet connection means that, unless you are lucky enough to be on a corporate network or fiber reaches your house, sending large files to your friends and colleagues is often an exercise that requires a lot of patience. Most of it is spent waiting for files to upload and dealing with complex workflows that tend to take up more time than they're worth.

Nvidia, Citrix crank up virtual desktop delivery

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:00 GMT

Improvements to Nvidia's virtualization technology are aimed at turning graphics processors into a more important resource in data centers and could speed deployment of virtual desktops and delivery of data over the cloud.

Google I/O from an iOS perspective

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Philip Michaels) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:00 GMT

Popular as Apple's iOS mobile platform is, it doesn't exist in a vacuum. There's also Google's Android--a widely used mobile OS in its own right. Last week, Google held its I/O developers conference in San Francisco. And more than a few announcements coming out of that event should be of interest to iOS device owners--for how it may or may not influence what Apple does with its own mobile platform, if nothing else.

Growing mobile malware threat swirls (mostly) around Android

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:00 GMT

Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday.

Salesforce.com aims its customer service, social monitoring apps at governments

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Chris Kanaracus) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:47:00 GMT

Salesforce.com is hoping to set the standard for how government bodies deliver online services to citizens using mobile devices.

Aussie start up launches online document platform

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Julia Talevski) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:48:00 GMT

The founder of live video social network, Kondoot.com, Mark Cracknell, in partnership with Mark Smith, have launched a digital signature platform called SignForms.com.

Remains of the Day: Death and taxes

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Dan Moren) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:46:00 GMT

Apple's executives speak before congress, Ireland doesn't think it has a taxation problem, and iOS 7 looks to share and share alike. The remainders for Tuesday, May 21, 2013 are certain.

CIOs see potential for innovation, but lack delivery: survey

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Rebecca Merrett) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:00 GMT

There are only a few CIOs who are delivering on their innovation initiatives in their organisations, with the majority struggling to find the time and resources to make it happen, according to Harvey Nash's 2013 global CIO survey.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 review - truck-driving simulator is great fun

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Erez Zukerman) — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:09:00 GMT

Euro Truck Simulator 2 makes driving a lorry around Europe's roads great fun. Here's our Euro Truck Simulator 2 review.

Connectify Dispatch review - software load balances network adaptors

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jim Norris) — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:53:00 GMT

Connectify Dispatch is software that works by leveraging the multiple network adapters and high-speed USB ports available on modern systems to boost bandwidth and reliability. Here's our Connectify Dispatch review.

Jive's Producteev task management app now free for unlimited users

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Juan Carlos Perez) — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:26:00 GMT

Jive Software has eliminated the limit on the number of people who can use its social task management application Producteev for free within a company.

Windows Azure becoming local in Australia

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Nermin Bajric) — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:44:00 GMT

Microsoft is making Australia a new major region for Windows Azure, with plans to enhance its Cloud services in the country by opening two sub-regions located in New South Wales and Victoria.

Aurora hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (John P. Mello) — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:47:00 GMT

Chinese cyber marauders sought more than just information on activists -- they wanted access to FBI, DOJ investigations on spies in the U.S.

Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:43:00 GMT

New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available.

Opera's new Android browser hits Google Play, rebuilt from the ground up

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Daniel Ionescu) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:00 GMT

After three months of public beta testing, Opera is finally ready to take on Google's Chrome with its rebuilt Android browser. On Tuesday, Opera released the final version of its first--and possibly only--WebKit-based browser.

These are the 4 best Twitter clients for each smartphone OS

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Sarah Jacobsson Purewal) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:00 GMT

In March, Twitter announced that it would be shutting down its TweetDeck iOS and Android apps. That's bad news for TweetDeck devotees, but good news for Twitter--I'm betting that the social network plans to funnel users to its own app, which offers basic functionality but allows the company to display paid tweets (better known as ads).