International Business News - Technology http://www.ibtimes.com.au/technology/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com.au 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/ http://www.ibtimes.com.au/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Skype has partnered with Wi-Fi hotspot provider Boingo to provide 2,016 free WiFi access spots across Australia this weekend. 119833 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/skype-offers016-free-wi-fi-hotspots-across-australia-weekend.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:00:06 GMT The owner of takeoff site, Encyclopedia Dramatica says he will not remove offensive content from the site, after being targeted by Australia's Human Rights Commission for racism. 119832 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/dramatica-owner-refuses-budge-on-racist-content-about-aboriginals.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:59:38 GMT The iPad's pre-orders have been strong enough that they could outrun even the original iPhone's first 3-month sales as "hundreds of thousands" of units are said to have been pre-ordered, according to sources quoted by the Wall Street Journal. 119831 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/data/articleimgs/240898-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/ipad-expected-beat-iphones-firstmonth-sales.htm http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/ipad-expected-beat-iphones-firstmonth-sales.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:58 GMT Google has patched as many as 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows version of its Chrome browser, including one that earned its finder the first US$1,337 check from the company's new bug bounty program. 119830 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/data/articleimgs/240896-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/google-patches-chrome-ahead-hacking-contest.htm http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/google-patches-chrome-ahead-hacking-contest.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:33 GMT Hollywood and Bollywood will join forces to combat piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets. 119829 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/data/articleimgs/240897-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/hollywood-bollywood-join-hands-against-piracy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100320/hollywood-bollywood-join-hands-against-piracy.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:58:07 GMT Social networking site Facebook has topped Google to become the most-visited website in the US for the first time ever, according to web analysts Hitwise. 119807 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/it-is-official-facebook-is-most-visited-site-us.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:46 GMT The Australian market for ebook readers is set to heat up, with giant Korean manufacturer Samsung confirming that it was planning to bring its own range of the devices to Australia "in the second half of 2010". 119806 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/data/articleimgs/240891-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/samsungs-ebook-reader-hit-australia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/samsungs-ebook-reader-hit-australia.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:14 GMT Two Australian school teachers from Warwick State High School have become the subject of controversy after posting raunchy photos of themselves in schoolgirl outfits on the popular social networking site Facebook. 119805 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/two-aussie-teachers-post-dingy-photos-themselves-on-facebook.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:59:48 GMT Security researchers at McAfee are warning that a massive spam run have targeted Facebook's 400 million users that could have their computers infected with malicious software designed to steal passwords and other personal data. 119804 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/massive-spam-run-plagues-millions-facebook-users.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:59:14 GMT Apple is removing screen protectors for its iPhone, iPod, and MacBook devices from the company's online and retail stores. 119803 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/data/articleimgs/240889-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/apple-stop-selling-ipod-iphone-screen-protectors.htm http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/apple-stop-selling-ipod-iphone-screen-protectors.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:58:51 GMT By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetanewsThe key issue at the heart of Viacom\'s case against Google and YouTube, filed in March 2007, concerns whether an Internet service that probably knows that files are traded or shown illicitly or without license there, deserves the \"safe harbor\" provisions of the Digit... 119837 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/will-viacoms-public-airing-of-youtubes-dirty-laundry-change-the-web-forever.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:25:53 GMT By Tim Conneally, BetanewsIn a message sent to developers today, Apple announced that it is now accepting iPad apps for the iTunes app store. To have apps approved (or rejected) in time for the iPad launch, they must be submitted to Apple by 5pm PDT on Saturday, March 27. Only apps built with the iP... 119835 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/let-the-rejections-begin-apple-opens-first-round-of-submissions-for-ipad-app-store.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:21:33 GMT By Tim Conneally, BetanewsThis week, documents from Viacom\'s billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement were published, and the three-year-long-and-counting lawsuit has again been brought to the public\'s attention. In case you haven\'t been following the case, here\'s a quick ti... 119836 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100319/viacom-and-youtube-timeline-of-pertinent-events.htm Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:08:34 GMT By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetanewsLiterally every day at Betanews, we get at least one security vendor \"alert\" of some type, warning us to be on the lookout for the latest malware. The message is always the same: Advise users to stay vigilant, to keep patching, to upgrade their antivirus to the lates... 119794 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/a-tale-of-two-red-alerts-which-windows-warnings-should-you-heed.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:26:02 GMT The FLIR M-Series night vision system has pulled out top honors in the DAME award, one of the world's most prominent design awards. 119747 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/flirseries-night-vision-system.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:47:03 GMT Telegent Systems, the corporation that sorts television mobile, announced today that Telegent's analog mobile TV receiver is conveying in Samsung's Star TV S5233T handset, only just launched in Southeast Asia. 119743 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/samsungs-star-tv-handset-ships-with-telegent-analog-tv.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:05:58 GMT By Tim Conneally, BetanewsLate in February, Palm issued a shareholder warning which said that profits for the full year were going to be \"well below\" expectations due to a surprisingly slow demand for Palm\'s smartphones.Today, the company issued its third quarter earnings report, and though the numb... 119766 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/palm-posts-third-quarter-results-disappointing-sales-more-net-loss.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:37:34 GMT By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetanewsDownload Nvidia ForceWare Drivers for Windows version 197.73 from Fileforum now.Version 196.75 of Nvidia\'s GeForce/Ion drivers were indeed responsible for fan overheating problems reported by users. That\'s the verdict from Nvidia, which in a second round of responses... 119767 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/nvidia-admits-geforce-drivers-responsible-for-fan-problems-issues-updates.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:14:36 GMT By Tim Conneally, BetanewsFor more than five years, Netflix has had a feature called \"Friends\" which lets users connect their Netflix account with others so they can view each other\'s queues, suggest movies to each other, or see how a movie ranks against their peers\' ratings.Todd Yellin, Netflix VP ... 119760 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/netflix-axes-friends-feature-due-to-unpopularity.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:42:50 GMT By Tim Conneally, BetanewsWhen Amazon debuted its first Kindle e-reader just over two years ago, we asked \"...but will anyone buy it?\"We still can\'t say for certain.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has made it very clear that Kindle users consume a lot of Amazon\'s e-books. But to date, Bezos has never gone pub... 119761 http://www.ibtimes.com.au/articles/20100318/kindle-for-mac-released-is-amazonsreader-moving-away-from-hardware.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:44 GMT