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| Posted: 12 Jul 2010 11:09 PM PDT
Facebook in deal to sell site credits in Asia Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian company to sell credits at retail outlets across Asia for the first time, aiming to make it easier for millions of people to purchase virtual goods and play games on the social networking site while boosting revenue for developers. Electronic payments company MOL - part of the business empire of tycoon Vincent Tan - will offer the online currency from Aug 1 at more than 500,000 outlets including 7-Eleven stores, Internet cafes and online banks in five Southeast Asian countries, India, Australia and New Zealand, company spokesman Nor Badron said. The move is targeting people who don't have a credit card, particularly younger Facebook users, and those who don't want to take the risk of making electronic payments online. - AP Scientists develop mobile phone that doesn't need reception Researchers from Australia built a software that incorporates a mobile phone tower into the phone itself. Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen said it used a WiFi interface to carry voice that didn't need to go back to a central repository. He tested the technology in the remote desert of central Australia, where there was no mobile or satellite phone reception, and was able to talk to a colleague on another mobile phone several hundred metres away. He said the system could provide an instant mobile phone network in a disaster such as the Haiti earthquake during which mobile phone towers were destroyed. The scientists are now working to increase the range, improve sound quality and develop a way of quickly getting the system working in a disaster zone. - dpa Virtual personal networks allow secure Internet passage Sometimes it takes a tunnel to provide safe passage from point Ato B. The same applies to the internet. The solution is a virtual personal network (VPN) for sending secure data packets. The technology is especially popular for people who want to access work computers from home or for university students who need secure access to their academic network. VPN creates an encrypted connection between a remote computer and an existing network, says Gunnar Troitsch of Chip, a German computer magazine. The VPN essentially integrates the remote computer into the network, letting it operate as if it were on-site. Additionally, data packets sent between the two are safe from snooping, thanks to encryption. Software needed to set up a VPN is usually available as freeware online, says Troitsch. It's important that the server and client use the same software. "Normally, users just have to enter a password and the server name once to get a connection." - dpa Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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