Monthly Archives: May 2011
Yet Another Bad Week For SONY (Donegal Post Article 01/06/11)
After the big crash of the Playstation Network at the end of April, Sony were only beginning to get their security and network back in order when it was revealed that there has been another attack on Sony through their Sony BMG Greece music site. The attack once again caused loss of user’s data and email addresses and the hackers even shared the acquired data in an online forum. The attack comes as another blow to the Sony Empire and raises questions of how these hackers have been able to breach the network and gain access to all this information. It has been pointed out by many bloggers and tech advisors that the hacks to the network have left the Sony network exposed to further attacks as Sony has become the ultimate target for hackers everywhere. Read the rest of this entry
Meet the man who claims he owns 50% of Facebook (Donegal Post Article 25/05/11)
Paul Ceglia, the latest in the line of individuals looking for a pay-out from Facebook claims that he has a written contract which Zuckerberg had signed in 2003 stating Ceglia as 50% owner of “the facebook” project in exchange for funding its development. The allegations brought against Zuckerberg are brought 6 years after the breach of the contract but remain within the statute of limitations in New York as according to DLA Piper who are taking the case against Zuckerberg on behalf of Ceglia. The claims were made early in 2010 but were not taken too seriously by the company with Facebook claiming the accusations as nothing more than farce. Read the rest of this entry
Microsoft Purchases Skype (Donegal Post Article 18/05/11)
Last week we saw great speculation in the IT world surrounding talks between Microsoft and Skype. It was revealed on 10th May that Microsoft purchased Skype for a whopping $8.5 Billion – the largest purchase in the history of the company. With news spreading fast of the new acquisition, many technology buffs questioned why Microsoft would decide to purchase Skype at this time. Many believe it was a very strategic move on behalf of Microsoft to keep Skype away from competitors such as Google. According to Microsoft, the acquisition of Skype will “increase the accessibility of real-time video and voice communications”, and generate “significant new business and revenue opportunities”. Read the rest of this entry
Office 365 (Donegal Post Article 11/05/11)
With embracing Cloud Power at the forefront of Microsoft’s campaigns, the recent release of the Office 365 beta suite comes as the prefect alternative to worrying about software and licencing. Office 365 comes with all your regular Office software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote and offers a great alternative for business users as all the software is hosted on the cloud. Read the rest of this entry
Product Review: Samsung Galaxy Tablet
As the tech giants battle it out for the title of tablet king, we take a look at one of the latest tablets in the market that aims to offer you value for your money. The Samsung Galaxy tab with its 7 inch LCD screen offers a nifty little number to compete with the larger and sometimes robust iPad. The Samsung Galaxy tab also runs under the usual Android OS which gives users unlimited access to an array of various apps and customisations for the device. Read the rest of this entry
Thinking With Career’s in Mind (Sin Article 2008/9)
Now that the exams are upon us, students everywhere are faced with the stress and strain of having to put their knowledge to the test. As I stated in one of my previous articles, this causes a great amount of pressure for students to do well as we all want to be able to make it for another year. Read the rest of this entry
PSN still out for the count
People are counting the days passing by as we are hitting weeks into the Playstation Network outage. Frantic gamers and users wait by their consoles and check the Playstation blog only to hear that the best they have is that they are working on it…. Read the rest of this entry
PSN Comes Crashing Down (Donegal Post Article 04/05/11)
From the 17th to the 19th April, the Playstation Network experienced a worldwide outage which resulted in no access to the Network for several days. It was then revealed that the network outage was caused by a security breach which led to long network downtime along with loss of information. Patrick Seybold, the director of communications at Sony publicized the details of this incident in the Playstation Blog. He stated that the security breach resulted in the ability of the unauthorised hacker to gain the information of the 70 million users that subscribe to the network. While it is believed that only the basic profile information was accessed there was still a chance that the various email, phone and even credit card details of the PSN users were also hacked during the attack. Read the rest of this entry
Procrastinator’s Guide to Exams (SIN Article)
Crap it’s exam time again and of course I have spent all my precious hours trying to finish COD that I have completely forgot to study (that and the fact that studying is the last thing I would want to do with my time) However, now that I have gotten myself into this mess yet again I must look back on how I managed to get past another year of college. Read the rest of this entry
What’s the phone for you
With the competitive market that is in it and times being as they are the concept of the perfect mobile for me becomes a wide array of different things that must be considered and features become replaced with functionality and flashy becomes replaced with affordable (or durable as the case may be) However, the real question that arises is what really is the phone for me? With the various arrays of commercials and promotions that lurk around every phone shop and appear on every television it is important to understand what it is you need and being able to distinguish these wants and needs. Below I have compiled a list of a couple phones from various operators to help you figure out what is the phone for you. Read the rest of this entry
