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Hands on: New Google Maps make maps interesting again
We may not have a new version of Android to drool over, but at least we've got more feature-filled, better-looking maps. At its Google I/O keynote Wednesday morning, Google announced an enhanced version of its popular Google Maps service. The demos shown on stage drew some applause out of the otherwise listless...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Swedish domain admin comes out against Piratebay.se seizure
Swedish top-level domain administrator .SE has to its surprise become directly involved in the local Prosecution Authority's court case to seize thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se, but it hopes to explain to the court that forcing domain names off the Internet does not help. The Swedish Prosecution Authority battle...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
First Trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins Released
Batman takes on Deathstroke for new trailer.
pastemagazine.com (9 days ago)
Review: MarkdownPad makes composing Markdown even easier than usual
HTML is the lingua franca of the Web. If you publish anything online, that's the format your text will end up in. But while easy for browsers to render, HTML isn't always easy (or fun) to compose. Some content management systems, like Wordpress, solve this problem by offering a WYSIWYG editor that lets you edit...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Pushdo botnet is evolving, becomes more resilient to takedown attempts
Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more resilient to coordinated takedown efforts. The Pushdo Trojan program dates back to early 2007 and is used to distribute other malware threats, like Zeus and SpyEye. It...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Why some Web sites are much slower than others
John asked why one Web page "comes up right away, while another takes quite a long time to load." You can't set a clock by your Internet download speed. A great many factors make one page faster than another. And a great many other factors can make the same page fast one day (or hour) and slow the next. Most of...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
How to make the power button shut down your Windows 8 system
A few days ago I showed you how to create a Windows 8 shutdown tile, the idea being to circumvent the ridiculous hoops Microsoft makes you jump through just to turn off your computer. Some would argue that doing so is an antiquated idea. After all, Windows 7 and 8 don't need regular reboots to continue running...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
German case on embedding YouTube videos referred to EU court
Embedded YouTube videos don't infringe copyright under current German law, but they could violate European rules, the German Federal Court of Justice said on Thursday. The court said that it has referred a case about YouTube embeds to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg for an opinion,...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Spiceworks' free management software gets integrated MDM
Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. As the BYOD (bring-your-own-device) trend accelerates, IT departments are seeking ways to remain in control while letting employees use their own smartphones or...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Japan warns solar flares could harm GPS, satellites, power lines
A Japanese government institute has warned that satellite transmissions, GPS readings, and power lines could be affected over the next two weeks if a recent spate of solar flares continues. Four large solar flares have been detected over the last few days, including one on Tuesday that was the largest of the year....
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Amazon gives DynamoDB a performance boost
Amazon Web Services is improving the performance of its DynamoDB database service with Parallel Scan, which gives users faster access to their tables. DynamoDB is a NoSQL database service that, like Amazon’s other cloud services, promises to offload administration tasks while allowing enterprises to scale easily...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Dell aims to cut desktop reliance with workstation for data centers
Dell intends to move workstations into the data center and then serve up intense multimedia and engineering applications to remote users over the cloud or in virtualized environments via thin clients. To that end, the PC maker Thursday introduced the Precision R7610 workstation, which is designed like a 2U rack...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Toshiba Kirabook review: The first Ultrabook with a higher-than-HD touchscreen
Toshiba's luxurious Kirabook is the first Windows laptop to feature a display rivaling Apple’s Retina technology. The Kirabook is also thinner and much lighter than Apple’s MacBook Pro, and it’s outfitted with a touchscreen. But although I wish I could report that Toshiba has crafted a masterpiece that fully...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine Review (Multi-Platform)
The problem with collapsing a genre and then writing a game around the tropes is that you end up with a game that is solely tropes.
pastemagazine.com (9 days ago)
German online copyright law to take effect in August
A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. The law was published in Germany's Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) on Tuesday. After a law is published in the gazette, it will come into...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Copyright owners denied class status in YouTube suit
A federal court in New York has denied class certification to copyright owners in an infringement lawsuit against YouTube over unauthorized hosting of content, stating that copyright claims have only superficial similarities. Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)
Google Wallet makes payments possible through Gmail
Google is integrating Gmail with Google Wallet so that users can send payments as a mail attachment, even if the recipient doesn't have a Gmail address. To send money through Gmail, the user composing the email has to hover over the attachment paperclip, click a $ icon to attach money to the message, enter the...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Megaupload can appeal evidence ruling in NZ Supreme Court
New Zealand's Supreme Court on Thursday granted Megaupload leave to appeal a ruling that denied it access to evidence the U.S. government holds. The permission gives Megaupload another chance to make its case to see a wide range of evidence it contends is necessary prior to extradition hearings scheduled for August...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
EU to investigate telecommunications equipment imports from China
The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely targeted at telecommunications equipment companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE. China has also warned the EU against any protectionist or restrictive measures. The...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Larry Page wants to see your medical records
A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google co-founder Larry Page said Wednesday that people should be more open about their medical histories. "I just disclosed yesterday my voice issues, I got so many thoughtful emails from people and advice,"...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Mt. Gox accused of violating US money transfer regulations
The seizure of funds of the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was triggered by an alleged failure of the company to comply with U.S. financial regulations, according to a federal court document. The U.S. District Court in Maryland on Tuesday ordered the seizure of Mt. Gox's funds, which were in an account with...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices
Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS. The improvements include new file compression formats for images and video, and a new commerce system that...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Cisco cites data-center, wireless for quarterly revenue increase
Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Cisco is aiming to become the leading overall IT player, breaking out of its role as primarily a network...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
A soft-spoken Larry Page makes surprise appearance at Google I/O
Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Google I/O conference, where he overcame problems with his throat to take questions from developers in the audience for almost an hour. Page hadn't been expected to speak at I/O, in part because he's suffering from a vocal-cord problem that he finally...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Does Google+ matter for small businesses?
Pop quiz for small business owners: When is the last time you updated your company's Google+page? Reuters reported this week that major brands like Domino's and McDonald's have largely ignored the social network, preferring instead to focus on the big guns of Facebook and Twitter. The time when this could be...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Google previews upcoming Maps features
Google is adding a new level of personalization and a cleaner interface to its popular Maps product. The next version of Google Maps, which will begin a limited rollout this week, will automatically add a layer of personalized landmarks for each user as long as they are logged into the service. For example, a...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Google brings voice-enabled search to the desktop
Just by saying "Okay Google," people will soon be able to search using voice commands on their Chrome-powered desktop and laptop computers, Google said Wednesday. "Okay Google, show me things to do in Santa Cruz," a person can say. They get back a list of attractions in the town as well nearby places Google thinks...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Syrian Internet service comes back online
Internet traffic in and out of war-torn Syria has been restored after a disruption of nearly eight and a half hours, according to Internet traffic charts. Internet traffic began flowing across Syria's borders again at 6:26 p.m. Damascus time Wednesday, after an outage of eight hours and 25 minutes, according to...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Google improves interface, photos in Google+ social network
Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some major enhancements to photo sharing. There's little Google can do to improve one essential feature, however -- the number of active users on the service. Speaking at...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
Google shows off Chrome improvements for better, faster mobile browsing
Google called its Chrome browser “the most popular browser used in the world” during Wednesday’s Google I/O keynote. And the company used that occasion to present updates to Chrome on both desktop and mobile, as well as new developer tools for Chrome. Google says Chrome usage continues to grow dramatically. While...
pcworld.com (10 days ago)
