Technology
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Rachel Agius
The value of ideas
How does one quantify the value of an idea or of a creative venture? Rachel Agius speaks to Toni Attard about the work of the Creative Economy Working Group and how it is bringing to light the true worth of local creative initiatives. The impact of...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
And the winners are...
The overall winner of the Gamezing 2011 competition is Super Pibbit, a video game developed by the Minjaware team from St Martin’s Institute of Information Technology. The Minjaware team was led by Leon Cassar, with team members Andrew Brincat, Mark...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Ten young game developers get a high score
Our biased image of students shows them as lazy creatures who waste their time – and their parents’ money – on loud and late night pursuits. But the 10 students gathered in one of the meeting rooms at the St Martin’s Institute of Information...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
The real Dr McCoy
Apart from cooking up a variety of his favourite “I’m a doctor not a…” catchphrase and repeating over and over again that, “He’s dead Jim”, Dr McCoy didn’t have that much to do. Whenever someone on Star Trek fell ill or got injured, Dr McCoy would...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Giving IT a full explanation
Steve Casaletto, Key IT Group, explains how ITIL – a recognised framework for IT service management – helps in the identification, planning, delivery and support of IT services to business. From word processing and graphic design to cloud computing...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
A safe bet
Tech Sunday: What are the main IT requirements of a gaming company? Trevor Bezzina: At the very core of every gaming company are the needs to efficiently manage affiliate networks, speed up billing processes and ensure conformity to legislation. In...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Ready, get set, click
Local entrepreneurs Donna Bonello, Stefan Debattista, Krista Decesare and Gege Gatt tell Tech Sunday about building a tech business in four steps. Tech start-ups – whether a new division inside a larger company or a company that blossoms out of a...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Jesmond Darmanin
Sony PS3 Slim
The major difference in the PS3 Slim compared to the older version is the more compact design and quieter operation. The interface is easy to use while the console also doubles up as a blue-ray disk player. All PS3 games are in high definition and...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Jesmond Darmanin
Sony PSP 3000
While there’s probably not enough to get owners of the previous PSP to upgrade, newcomers will find the PSP-3000 to be a solid portable gaming and multimedia device. The screen on the PSP-3000 offers better colour reproduction than that of earlier...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Jesmond Darmanin
Xbox 360 Slim
Like the PS3, the Xbox 360 Slim console is simply a design upgrade that carries additional benefits like the polished, sleek design, better cooling and touch-sensitive power and disk eject buttons. It has a large 250 GB hard disk and Wi-Fi built-in...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
Jesmond Darmanin
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS provides an impressive 3D gaming experience that no other console is able to emulate. It offers glasses-free 3D that is controlled via a special hardware slider and also 3D photography. The 3DS also has several media consumption...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Nintendo Wii
Since this console was first launched, nothing has really changed. Apart from the recently released black version the specs are exactly the same as the older white version that was released five years ago. The Wii is ideal for casual gamers and for...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Who’s on the money
What a hit Activision Blizzard has announced a seven per cent rise in revenues for 2011. This increase – which translates into a record revenue of $4.76bn (€3.55bn) in 2011 – owes a lot to the Call of Duty franchise. Last November, the latest title...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 by
AFP
Shanghai court throws out case against Apple
A court in Shanghai threw out a civil case against Apple Inc. last Thursday, citing a lack of evidence in a trademark dispute, and ruled the US computer giant could continue iPad sales in the city. The Shanghai case marked a victory for Apple in a...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
New brand manager at Vodafone
Maria Vella Galea has landed her dream job at Vodafone. She is brand manager for the company after having worked within the marketing department for two years. She previously worked with DHL’s European headquarters in Brussels for three years, but...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Excellence through technology
Nectar Group was awarded the FHRD Excellence through Technology Award, for its solution Nectar Active Market Navigator. This solution is used by Nectar Group sales representatives and office employees to enhance their performance and facilitate...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 by
Martin Debattista
How to be a successful small ICT company in Malta
In general, Malta provides the right environment for small companies to thrive, though the market is small and the competition fierce. The trick is to be creative and improvise. This is the assessment of Kenneth Bone, managing director of Seasus...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Cisco launches ‘Video in the Cloud’
Cisco has announced that Videoscape, its comprehensive TV platform for service providers that brings together digital TV and online video content with social media and communications applications, will now help enable new “video in the cloud”...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
The new MITA data centre in pictures
Launched on December 7 2011, MITA-01 is the new data centre of the Malta Information and Technology Agency, the government’s ICT agency, in Santa Venera. Works were carried out in just seven months at a cost of €7 million. The new data centre will...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 by
Jason Vella
Medicine for a sluggish internet experience
Slow internet is probably one of the most frequent headaches that users encounter. It is one of those problems that can have its roots in many places within the computer system, and even outside of it. It is sometimes caused by the user unknowingly...
