6,872 source-backed technology facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 66 of 69.
“In the battle for operating systems, Google's Android platform performed well in North American markets, with sales of Android-based phones there increasing 707%.”
“And Nokia's Symbian OS stays in the global number one spot, but with overall market share declining from 49 to 44% between 2009 and 2010.”
“British web users are spending 65% more time online than three years ago, according to research of net habits.”
“The average surfer spends 22 hours and 15 minutes on the net each month, according to the UK Online Measurement company (UKOM).”
“Three years ago 14% of online time was spent using IM but that has fallen to just 5%.”
“But e-mail, also predicted to suffer as more people used Facebook and its rivals, is still healthy and accounts for 7.2% of time compared to 6.5% of time three years ago.”
“The use of online classified adverts and auctions is creeping up the usage table, accounting for 4.7% of time.”
“Online news has also seen strong growth with 2.8% of online time spent browsing such sites compared to just 1.5% three years ago.”
“We divide the internet into 85 different sections so the fact that adult content is in the top 10 shows it is still one of the most heavily used sectors," he added.”
“Last week, the search firm openly admitted that it had collected information people had sent over unencrypted wi-fi networks for the last three years.”
“In a blog post, Google said that the problem had been traced to 2006 when "an engineer working on an experimental wi-fi project wrote a piece of code that sampled all categories of publicly broadcast wi-fi data".”
“Eric Schmidt said that there was "no, harm, no foul", after the firm admitted that it had been collecting snippets of web activity from people's wi-fi.”
“He admitted the incident had done more harm to the firm's reputation than any single person. In addition, he said, it was "highly unlikely" that any of the collected information was "useful" and that there appeared to "have been no use of…”
“"No one has taken it, done anything with it. It has not been given to anyone," he said.”
“Google co-founder Larry Page said that it was important to distinguish between "worry versus harm" when it came to privacy online.”
“"We're not going to delete it unless we're ordered to," said Mr Schmidt.”
“He did, however, make an enthusiastic endorsement of British activity in space. 'I do think we've got something there that's incredibly important, and one of the conversations I've had is about ways - including non financial - in which we …”
“I have not arrived in Whitehall to discover all these departments have signed in blood to a deal to have a genuinely coherent, single funding pot for space”
“The 7m-long unit known as Rassvet”
“packed with over a tonne of stores”
“equipment for a Russian science lab which will join the ISS in 2012.”
“In two remaining spacewalks in the coming days, they will substitute six new batteries on the exterior of the platform”
“When it comes back from the station, Atlantis will not go straight to a museum. It will instead be prepared as a standby vessel ready to go to the rescue of the astronauts on the Endeavour shuttle's November's flight to the ISS”
“The next shuttle mission - what should be the second to last - will see Discovery deliver a container full of supplies and spares to the ISS. Nasa is working towards a September lift-off.”
“Professor J Alex Halderman, who led the project, said the device allowed them to change the results on the machine by sending it messages from a mobile phone.”
“"We made an imitation display board that looks almost exactly like the real display in the machines," he told the BBC. "But underneath some of the components of the board, we hide a microprocessor and a Bluetooth radio."”
“In addition, they added a small microprocessor which they say can change the votes stored in the machine between the election and the vote-counting session.”
“he argued that Flash had "one of the worst security records in 2009", "has not performed well on mobile devices", and "is the number one reason that Macs crash"”
“whilst Adobe says that "75% of video on the web is in Flash"”
“He also said he thinks iPhone users will see "support for Flash...sometime in the next few years"”
“Much larger companies like Microsoft, Apple and Real Networks ... were focused on ... building businesses around their players and content delivery. The YouTube guys then used Flash to decisively demonstrate that there was an opportunity f…”
“HTML5 is completely open and controlled by a standards committee, of which Apple is a member”
“Earlier this year, Adobe was busy creating software that would have helped iPhone App creators translate Flash website content for use on the iPhone.”
“but the patent licensing fees would have cost around $5m (£3.5m) per year.”
“whilst Adobe says that "75% of video on the web is in Flash", what they don't say is that "almost all this video is also available in a more modern format, H.264, and viewable on iPhones, iPods and iPads."”
“He also said he thinks iPhone users will see "support for Flash...sometime in the next few years".”
“I would guess that my next phone will be an Android phone because I think the more open Google model will meet my needs and the needs of the carriers providing the phones better.”
“40% of girls identified Facebook as one of the most important things in their lives - compared with 6% of boys.”
“Social networking was a much lower priority for boys - only 6% selecting it in their top three things in their lives, compared with 40% of girls.”
“While 41% of girls think technology is one of their biggest influences, only 17% of boys believe this.”
“According to Facebook's own policy, children should not register to use the website until they are aged 13.”
“at least 2Mbps”
“the third of the country”
“by 2012”
“some 40 communities around the UK are looking at installing their own fibre networks, which will offer speeds of up to 100 Mbps.”
“around 400,000 subscribers”
“next few weeks”
“for a year”
“Artists, musicians, engineers and hackers from around the world recently descended on Manchester for a three day celebration of digital culture.”
“Now in its 15th year, FutureEverything (previously called Futuresonic) has quietly established itself as an annual gathering for the technology avant garde.”
“With a £10,000 prize up for grabs for the best innovation, the stakes were high for the exhibitors at a local pop-up art gallery called The Hive.”
“The first prize went to Eyewriter, a team who developed a pair of glasses designed to track and record eye movement, enabling people to draw pictures using their eyes.”
“"You could put it together at home without a soldering iron for about £30."”
“Groups in five cities around the world including Sao Paulo and Sendai joined the conference via a network system called Glonet designed specifically for one day of the event and co-ordinated on big screens.”
“Manchester's newly-opened Fab Lab also threw open its doors with an eight hour challenge for anyone with a good idea to make a prototype product using the lab's computer controlled 3D printers, laser cutters and wood carver for free.”
“In the real world, Argleton is an unmarked field in Lancashire. One visitor who took up the challenge was visual artist Rosie Farrell. She was inspired by an anomaly on Google maps to create a signpost for the town of Argleton, which does …”
“Figures from research firm Comscore show that Yahoo mail still dominates the free e-mail market in the US, with Microsoft in second place.”
“It claims to have more than 360 million members and it handles more than eight billion messages per day.”
“It claims to have more than 360 million members”
“it handles more than eight billion messages per day”
“the tighter connection to its latest version of Office ... will not happen until the autumn of 2010”
“Windows Live Hotmail is currently the world's biggest e-mail provider. It claims to have more than 360 million members and it handles more than eight billion messages per day.”
“Google's Gmail service is quickly adding to its market share.”
“However, said Mr Harp, the tighter connection to its latest version of Office - launched last week - will not happen until the autumn of 2010.”
“Most of the elements of the refresh will be available after the summer update.”
“The launch of Office 2010 was seen by many analysts as a direct response to Google, which offers its own suite of Office software - known as Docs - for free online.”
“Within the first day something like two million people had downloaded the trailer”
“Sky has more than two million landline phone customers”
“Customers on its Sky Talk Freetime package will now pay for calls between 0700 and 1900, rather than between 0600 and 1800.”
“It is following the recent example of BT and Talk Talk, who have both announced similar tariff changes.”
“The new Sky charges, which start on 1 June, involve a 12% rise in the cost of daytime calls to 5.9 pence per minute.”
“Sky has about 2.3 million customers for both its Freetime and Unlimited landline packages”
“the latter offering free calls to other landlines at any time, but for a monthly fee of £5”
“If customers don't change their calling habits, they could see hundreds of pounds added to their annual bill.”
“We're holding our breath to see if Virgin Media will follow suit”
“It is thought that modern vehicles have about 100 megabytes of binary code spread across up to 70 ECUs.”
“In one attack, the team transformed the instrument panel into a clock that counted down to zero from 60 seconds.”
“The team are presenting a paper on their results at the IEEE symposium on Security and Privacy in California on 19 May.”
“Law and Order has been shelved after 20 years.”
“It has also said it will produce a contemporary remake of 1970s detective series The Rockford Files”
“The network is also planning a special programme to mark the 35th anniversary of comedy show Saturday Night Live.”
“Creator Tim Kring said it would return to its roots during its fourth season”
“Desktop lawyer, an online service offering a range of legal documents has seen a 17% increase in the number of pre-nups it has drawn up over the past year.”
“26m German homes have wifi according to official figures.”
“Greyson Chance has had more than 10m hits on YouTube for his piano rendition of the hit single.”
“He was appearing on Ellen DeGeneres' US chat show when Lady Gaga phoned in to wish him luck.”
“Sony plans to launch 3D televisions this June, along with 3D-ready video games.”
“It is the first underground system in the world that has encountered the problem of traffic jams,”
“the London Underground, with 3.5 million passenger journeys a day,”
“the London Underground is 1.6 times larger than the Moscow one.”
“the London Underground, with 3.5 million passenger journeys a day”
“Around 4.5 trillion of these remnants find their way into the environment every year.”
“Capable of surviving up to 15 years in the sea, cigarette ends contain chemicals that are toxic to many forms of fish.”
“The scientists found that by immersing the butts in water they were able to extract nine different chemical compounds, including nicotine.”
“China itself has no shortage of cigarette butts for scientists to experiment with - one third of the world's cigarettes are consumed there.”
“Cigarette Butts and Their Application in Corrosion Inhibition for N80 Steel at 90C in a Hydrochloric Acid Solution”
“"We believe that consumers should be able to freely access their favorite content and applications, regardless of what computer they have, what browser they like, or what device suits their needs," the letter reads. "No company - no matter…”
“"While Adobe's Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe."”
“Amongst other criticisms, he also said Flash performed poorly when used on touchscreen smartphones and handheld devices.”
“But Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen described Mr Job's letter as a 'smokescreen' and said the decision had made it 'cumbersome' for developers who were forced to have 'two workflows'. Adobe has said it will stop making the tools. The new letter…”
