8,158 source-backed technology facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 79 of 82.
“None of these are still in Alexa's global top 20.”
“Michael Chisari founded Appleseed in 2004”
“That company is called StatusNet, which itself has created social networking software in use by 25,000 sites, with more than 1.5 million user accounts, according to Evan Prodromou, the company's head.”
“despite 11,000 people pledging to quit Facebook on 31 May.”
“It entered the world's top 100 websites only last year, and is now sitting around tenth position globally, according to Alexa”
“But many, including Bebo, Friendster and Myspace have seen their popularity decline in the last 24 months. None of these are still in Alexa's global top 20.”
“In just a few weeks, the Diaspora team has received pledges of $175,000 (£122,000). They started out asking for just $10,000.”
“which itself has created social networking software in use by 25,000 sites, with more than 1.5 million user accounts, according to Evan Prodromou, the company's head.”
“According to Mr Prodromou from StatusNet, a "federated social web summit" is planned in July”
“11,000 people pledging to quit Facebook on 31 May.”
“In just a few weeks, the Diaspora team has received pledges of $175,000 (£122,000). They started out asking for just $10,000.”
“StatusNet, which itself has created social networking software in use by 25,000 sites, with more than 1.5 million user accounts”
“a 'federated social web summit' is planned in July”
“Experts say Facebook may have little to worry about, despite 11,000 people pledging to quit Facebook on 31 May.”
“According to Evan Prodromou, the company's head. 'Any StatusNet site lets people from other (OStatus standards-compliant) sites follow the users there'... The open protocols that we use mean our software works with much higher-profile serv…”
“in 1997”
“In 2003, when we made the first synthetic virus, it underwent extensive ethical review that went all the way up to the level of the White House.”
“And there have been extensive reviews including from the National Academy of Sciences, which has done a comprehensive report on this new field.”
“Flash software is used to deliver around 75% of online video”
“Version 10.1 of Flash has been optimised to work on mobiles. The latest version of Flash was unveiled at Google's "I/O" developer conference in San Francisco.”
“only handsets running the latest version of Android, version 2.2, will be able to use Flash”
“Flash software is used to deliver around 75% of online video and is the key technology that drives websites such as YouTube.”
“The latest version of Flash was unveiled at Google's "I/O" developer conference in San Francisco. Version 10.1 of Flash has been optimised to work on mobiles.”
“However, only handsets running the latest version of Android, version 2.2, will be able to use Flash.”
“A special thank you to Adobe for their willingness to work with us and engage with us ... it's much nicer than just saying no.”
“Flash had "one of the worst security records in 2009"”
“has not performed well on mobile devices”
“is the number one reason that Macs crash”
“The latest version of Flash was unveiled at Google's 'I/O' developer conference in San Francisco. Version 10.1 of Flash has been optimised to work on mobiles.”
“Steve Jobs, Apple's boss, has previously said 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'.”
“The new bacteria replicated over a billion times, producing copies that contained and were controlled by the constructed, synthetic DNA.”
“In 2003, when we made the first synthetic virus, it underwent an extensive ethical review that went all the way up to the level of the White House.”
“Google showed off the service at a launch event in San Francisco that was plagued by technical glitches. So many people in the 5,000-strong audience were using the conference wi-fi that the demo ran into repeated problems.”
“the VP8 video codec, which it acquired when it bought On2 for $133m (£92m)”
“Whilst it will be free for the next five years”
“If necessary, we will consider using the part of the TV licence fee that is supporting the digital switchover to fund broadband in areas that the market alone will not reach.”
“The previous government had proposed a "broadband tax" of 50p per month to pay for next generation services.”
“"Before shutting down (YouTube), we did try just to block particular URLs or links, and access to 450 links on the internet were stopped," said PTA spokesman Khurram Ali Mehran.”
“Before shutting down (YouTube), we did try just to block particular URLs or links, and access to 450 links on the internet were stopped," said PTA spokesman Khurram Ali Mehran.”
“All European households will have broadband speeds of 30Mbps (megabits per second) by 2020, the European Union has pledged.”
“It also promised universal broadband coverage by 2013 while getting half of Europeans using public services and shopping online by 2015.”
“It is part of the European Union's five year plan for the digital economy.”
“Ms Kroes said that the EU invested 40% less in technology than the US.”
“It meant that nearly a third of Europeans had never used the internet and only 1% had access to fibre-based high-speed networks.”
“Laying out her plans, Ms Kroes said that the EU invested 40% less in technology than the US.”
“The total number of mobile phones sold in India has jumped nearly 300% over the past few years, from 35 million in 2005 to 130 million in 2009, according to the Indian Cellular Association.”
“Satellite images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) depict a streak of oil stretching south from the main slick into the Loop Current”
“since I've been working in the computing industry and as a technology writer for nearly thirty years”
“Associated Content has more than 380,000 contributors who receive a market-determined fee for stories they write.”
“It offers content on more than 60,000 topics, ranging from product reviews, through how-to advice, to very local news.”
“It has proved to be a popular destination for web surfers, with more than 16 million unique users per month, according to comScore.”
“more than 50% of users have changed their privacy settings”
“Its current privacy policy has 50 different settings and 170 options and runs to 5,830 words”
“It will be available through 50 mobile operators in 45 countries”
“Global sales of smartphones have continued their explosive growth, increasing by 49% in the first quarter of 2010.”
“Research from Gartner indicated that smartphone sales hit 54 million, with sales of all mobile phones rising 17%.”
“Google's Android smartphone operating system has also outperformed Microsoft's, taking fourth place for the first time.”
“It was the strongest quarter for annual smartphone sales since 2006.”
“According to the market research company, the first quarter of 2010 also proved to be the strongest yet for Apple, more than doubling its iPhone sales year-on-year.”
“But sales of Research in Motion's Blackberry also improved, with the firm taking the fourth place in manufacturer rankings for the first time, on a sales increase of 46%.”
“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.”
