
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Lenovo Quietly Launches IdeaPad Y470p Laptop with Radeon HD 7690M Graphics

Salesforce.com Launches Desk.com Help-desk Service





iPad 2 Can Be Wirelessly Charged Using LaunchPort





Japanese carrier 'blames Android app' for recent downtime
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has reportedly identified "Android app traffic" as the cause of a recent network outage which affected some 2.5 million of its customers. According to Japanese newspaper Nikkei, DoCoMo did not identify the app, aside from saying that it offered "free voice services."
The application apparently caused DoCoMo's network to buckle by sending out "control signals" rather than VOIP data. These are small amounts of data which are periodically exchanged between a smartphone app and a remote server, in order to check that the app is still running, and/or communicate any status changes.
DoCoMo intends to ask Google to limit the frequency at which Android sends these control signals, in order to reduce the strain on its network. However, the solution may not be quite so simple. The nature of Android means that an OS-level "fix" for DoCoMo's complaint would take months to roll out, if it were even possible. And if the app in question is a third-party offering from the Android Market, there's nothing Google can do to fiddle with its internal workings besides blocking DoCoMo customers' access to the app.
However, Google has shown a willingness to selectively block Android Market access to apps with which carriers have issue, notably tethering apps in the U.S. And then there was last year's strikingly similar case of YouMail and T-Mobile, which saw the app unceremoniously pulled from the Market at the request of the U.S. carrier. Whatever happens, we'll be watching with interest to see how Google deals with DoCoMo's complaint.
Source: Mobile World Live, Reuters

Monday, 30 January 2012
Clear Introduces Spot Voyager And Hub Express 4G Modems

Chris Rock: 'Grown Ups' Cast Reunion Might Not Be A Sequel
Interactive Art: Playing With Light
Sony Introduces New Range Of Sleek Cyber-Shot Cameras

Sunday, 29 January 2012
HP Pays $425,000 to Settle Claims Over Hazardous Laptop Batteries





Asus U46SV Review: Fast, Comfortable, Enduring, but Too Much Software





50 foods that define the Philippines
by Maida Pineda, Candice Lopez-Quimpo
Filipino food may not be as famous as that of its Thai and Vietnamese neighbors. But with more than 7,000 islands and a colorful history, this archipelago has some delicious dishes of its own.
Blessed with an abundance of seafood, tropical fruits and creative cooks, there?s more to Filipino dishes than the mind-boggling balut (duck embryo).
You just have to know where to find them and how to eat them.
Don't miss: World's 50 most delicious foods
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Saturday, 28 January 2012
Best Laptop at CES 2012: Vizio's 14-Inch Ultralight Prototype




