Tag archive: Czech Republic

Computer security firm Sophos has released its Security Threat Report 2009 (PDF), summarizing the battle against malware and ticking off the top threats against computers, operating systems, Web sites, and consumers out there in the wild. And, despite massive increases in spam and malware that originate internationally, the United States still claims the top spot for hosting malware and sending spam. According to Sophos, some 37 percent of… Read More

Internet search giant Google has released its 2008 End-of-Year Zeitgeist, noting what was hot worldwide in Internet searches for the year. Unlike search engines like AOL and Yahoo who base their end-of-year summaries mostly on the frequency of terms—hence allowing Britney Spears to rule the search engine listings for years on end—Google bases its Zeitgeist both on frequency and on the novelty of terms. In other words,… Read More

The Center for the Digital Future, part of USC's Annenberg School, has released its World Internet Report, detailing the global impacts of Internet and online technologies, including its use in communication, media, social and political processes, information, commerce, and other facets of everyday life. Once of the findings? While some 88 percent of young Americans have access to the Internet, that figure is far behind Internet… Read More

International mobile operator Vodafone—which owns part of the U.S.'s Verizon Wireless—has announced that it has reached an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten international markets—including Italy, where Telecom Italia had recently been reported to have made a non-exclusive deal with Apple to sell a 3G iPhone. In addition to Italy, Vodafone says it will offer iPhones in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt,… Read More

In its continuing march to march product available in retail outlets, computer maker Dell has signed a deal with Tesco, whichowns stores in England, Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, to sell its desktop and laptop machines starting next month.   "With over 13 million customers per week shopping atTesco's stores, this deal will result in substantial exposure for Dell's brand and products," Mark Ormerod, vice… Read More

New figures released by Eurostat show that mobile phone subscriptions in the 27 EU states increased a staggering 14 times between 1996 and 2005. At the start of the period, the average was seven subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, but just nine years later it had increased to 96 for each 100. With 158 and 127 respectively, Luxembourg and Lithuania were top of the list, with Romania the lowest, having just 62 mobile subscriptions per 100… Read More

Garmin International has introduced two new widescreen GPS systems&mash;the nuvi 200W and nuvi 250W—intended for in-car use, offering 4.3inch touchscreen displays, integrated map information, and a selection of convenience applications. “Many customers want a larger display on their personal navigation device, and the nuvi 200W series delivers,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin's vice president of worldwide sales. “The… Read More

Britain's Omnifone has announced an ambitious new MusicStation mobile music service, aiming to provide an all-you-can-eat subscription-based music from all major music labels to owners ot 2.5G and 3G mobile phones throughout Europe (and, eventually, other regions). The service will be priced at £1.99/&euro2.99 a week, and has already set up partnership deals with 23 mobile network operators. "The launch of… Read More

More than 200 university programmers, from San Diego to Seoul, and from Wisconsin to Warsaw, have earned the right to compete at the most prestigious programming competition of its kind. Seventy-eight teams of three students each will take part in the 29th Annual World Finals of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), April 3 – 7, 2005, in Shanghai, China. And, for the first… Read More

Acer became the number one provider with 16 percent of the unit marketshare in the second calendar quarter of 2004. These exceptional results in the notebook segment were highlighted with annual year-on-year growth rates (2Q 2004 vs. 2Q 2003) of 68.6% versus the industry average growth of approximately 29% during the same period. “We are delighted with the significant growth that Acer posted during the second quarter 2004 and the fact… Read More

From the press release: Through its relationship with these carriers, Chaoticom's service is now available to some 20 million mobile phone customers in a growing number of European countries. Using Chaoticom's direct-to-mobile music download service, customers of these carriers can now browse, preview and download full music tracks, master-recorded ring tunes and wallpaper directly to their mobile phones. Subscribers can listen… Read More

Privacy International is the latest to step in line. The group filed a complaint Monday asking the privacy and data protection commissions in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Portugal, Poland, Austria, Australia and Canada to investigate potential invasion of consumers' privacy. The international electronic privacy watchdog complained that the proposed service… Read More

A fashionable black version of the stylish phone will be sold for a limited period exclusively through T-Mobile in its European markets (Germany, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, and Poland). The triple-band GSM/GPRS phone features a built-in camera, bright 65K TFT colour screen, t-zones soft key and a new sleek T-Mobile branded design. It is ideally suited for… Read More

The Vogtland Public Transit Association (Zweckverband Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr Vogtland) has commissioned Siemens Business Services to devise a pilot solution for electronic ticketing. The association expects this model project for a "pocket-sized ticket machine", the first of its kind in Germany, to lead to lower costs, increased revenue and improved customer loyalty. Since passengers in the Vogtland and the so-called EgroNet… Read More