The BBC has created a version of the iPlayer that works with both Mac and Linux computers. The two systems, which have been able to stream BBC programmes via the iPlayer for a year, will now be able to handle downloads. The iPlayer is the BBC’s online media player that lets viewers stream programmes for [...]
01.7.09 | Computer News | admin
For the first time, there are signs that YouTube is driving significant revenue for itself and some of the video site’s partners. Universal, the home of such acts as Akon, has a two-part licensing deal with YouTube, as do the other major labels. Under the deal, the recording companies post music videos on the site [...]
01.7.09 | Computer News | admin
Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise polished ways to take over unwitting people’s machines. Virus-infected computers are woven into “botnets” used to attack more machines and to send erroneous sales pitches to email addresses in low-cost quests to deceive readers out of cash. Junk email referred to as [...]
01.7.09 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Microsoft alerted customers that the company would deliver an update to fix a flaw in all versions of its Internet
01.7.09 | Computer News | admin
Apple released an update to its Mac OS X operating system, closing 21 security holes in various components, including the software’s kernel, core services and the Adobe Flash Player plug-in. The patch, which upgrades the operating system to version 10.5.6, fixes at least a half dozen vulnerabilities that could allow remote-execution attacks. The fix for [...]
01.7.09 | Computer News | admin
We never heard about security flaws in rival browsers to Internet Explorer, but this past week Firefox, Opera, and Safari all got patched as well, leaving only Google’s Chrome as the safer alternative after Microsoft released yet another critical update to IE. Firefox patched up four serious flaws in Version 2.0 and three in Version [...]
01.7.09 | Computer News | admin
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