August 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Expect more Gmail users to start shedding their land lines soon as “Google Voice” starts to spread among users of the popular e-mail service. Google recently announced the debut of Google Voice, which turns Gmail into a phone.
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Tags: gmail, Google, Google Voice, phone calls
August 23, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Wondering which Cloud service provider to consider for a move to the emerging technology? It depends on whether you want public or private Cloud computing.
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Tags: cloud computing, Evans Data, leader, study
August 4, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Frustrated by software vendors that drag their heels on fixing reported vulnerabilities in their products, the folks at Tipping Point’s Zero Day Initiative have drawn a proverbial line in the sand: Fix bugs in six months or we’ll release the limited details on the vulnerability.
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Tags: deadline, flaws, Tipping Point, vendor, vulnerability, Zero Day Initiative
July 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The latest software upgrade to Amazon’s Kindle reader adds some powerful social networking capability to its stripped down, early entry into the e-book reader market: Twitter and Facebook updates.
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Tags: Amazon, Facebook Twitter, Kindle, Kindle Reader, Software, tweets, update
July 21, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The financial juggernaut that is Apple continues unabated by minor blips like the iPhone 4 antennae and fears that the iPad’s phenomenal popularity might eat away at Mac sales.
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Tags: Apple, earnings, iPad, iphone, ipod, macs, third quater
July 12, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
There’s good news and bad news for the Brazilian banker whose computer drives may hold valuable evidence in the case against him: The prosecutors who are trying to get at the encrypted data can’t crack it — even with the help of the FBI.
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Tags: banker, Brazilian, Daniel Dantas, encryption, FBI, hack, TrueCrypt
June 23, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Yes, I know reading the manual means you lost. And yes, I know Apple computer products are so intuitive they don’t require instructions — NOT.
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Tags: Apple, iphone, OS4, Software, update
June 22, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Putting off that Windows XP service pack update could finally catch up with you in a couple of weeks.
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Tags: deadline, Microsoft, security, SP2, SP3, update, XP
May 27, 2010 by Sam Narisi
Anyone still using Internet Explorer 6 recently got a stern warning from Microsoft: Dump the browser now.
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Tags: browsers, Internet Explorer, Microsoft
May 24, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
World Cup year is a very big deal around the world, and with the global popularity of the iPhone, it’s only natural that someone would look to provide video of the games on the device.
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Tags: BBC, iphone, live, watch, World Cup
