Recently added articles from The Star (Amman, Jordan):
Arabic language web addresses to be available.
Nov 02, 2009 ... By Zeid NasserThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) met in Seoul a few days ago to discuss the proposals to allow web addresses in non-Latin script, opening the way for Arabic and other web addresses.This is big news, and could impact all Internet businesses in ...
Google to AaemapAAE the way.
Nov 02, 2009 ... By Rob PegoraroThe imminent arrival of a no-charge navigation service on phones running Google s latest Android software, complete with real-time traffic data and satellite and street-level views of a route, is making stand-alone GPS devices look suddenly redundant. GPS manufacturers share ...
Estarta is a Microsoft Unified Communication partner.
Nov 02, 2009 ... Estarta solutions, a leading regional IT innovator has obtained Certification as the first Microsoft Unified Communication (UC) in Jordan and among few in the region. This strategic partnership with Microsoft places Estarta in leading of Microsoft UC implementation and consultation in the ...
YouGov survey finds Arabs want online sports.
Nov 02, 2009 ... A YouGov survey on media consumption among male Internet users in the Middle East found that the majority spent nearly four hours a week on sports websites.The survey asked a thousand men from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE about their online media habits for research that supported the ...
Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked last month.
Nov 02, 2009 ... Microsoft confirmed that "several thousands" of Hotmail passwords were leaked online during October, as part of a massive phishing attack that shows no signs of abating yet.An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1st at pastebin.com, but Microsoft has since taken down ...