Disney hopes game character makes it to big screen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has used mobile games to promote its movies, but now it’s trying something new: launching a cuddly character in a game in the hope he makes it to the big screen someday….
Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said…
Internet Fax Services
Internet fax (also known as email fax, online fax and digital fax) utilises an Internet fax service provider to convert a facsimile transmission into a digital file that can be received via email and vice versa. Internet fax services bridge…
Glossary of computer and Internet terms
Computers and the Internet have their own terminology that can be very confusing at first. I have compiled a glossary of the most common ones you will come across. For a more comprehensive list go to www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html and the very…
Nintendo seeks to rev up 3DS with holiday games
TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo is readying an array of video games for the holidays in an aggressive attempt at catch-up for lost time from the sales delay of the 3DS portable machine last year. Nintendo Co., which makes the Wii…
Hacker group draws increased scrutiny from feds
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Anonymous is not so anonymous anymore. The computer hackers, chat room denizens and young people who comprise the loosely affiliated Internet collective have increasingly turned to questionable tactics, drawing the attention of the FBI, the…
Google buys restaurant review service Zagat
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has swallowed restaurant review service Zagat to ramp up its efforts to connect people with local businesses. The founders, husband and wife team Nina and Tim Zagat, said they will remain co-chairs of the 32-year-old…
Bluetooth is standardised wireless
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia, that has left Encyclopaedia Britannica (the ultimate reference source in my days of learning) collecting dust on the shelves, provides this concise description of Bluetooth. It is not a rotting tooth in your mouth so read…
Twitter expanding the number of ads shown to users
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re on Twitter, expect to see more ads flowing through your stream of tweets in the next few months. The ads will show up even if the promotion is from a company that a person…
Man accused of threatening Google exec via Twitter
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal grand jury in San Francisco has charged a San Antonio man with harassing a high-ranking Google executive with more than 20,000 Twitter posts, some of which were threatening. According to court records, Gregory Calvin…
