August 10, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
There could be a serious threat to mobile phone service if new software from Pinger catches on. The application lets users make phone calls and send texts on a smartphone without mobile service — or without a mobile phone at all.
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Tags: application, calls, iPad, ipod, mobile phone, Pinter, Software, Textfree, texting
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
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
March 11, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
If you’ve got a PayPal account, you’re likely a target for phishers who’ll try to nab your login credentials by sending phony e-mails that lure victims to a bogus site so they’ll unwittingly give up the info. The solution?
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Tags: download, Iconix, PayPal, phishing, protect, Software
November 30, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Here’s the question of the week: Should the U.S. government shell out the $19 billion that’s earmarked for electronic health records (EHR) if computerization doesn’t improve health care quality, reduce costs or boost administrative efficiency?
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Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, doctors, electronic health records, healthcare, hospitals, Software
September 8, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The blogs are abuzz with chatter among iPhone users who were promised multimedia messaging capability for their iPhone back in June when the popular smartphone’s software got an update. So where is it?
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Tags: Apple, AT&T, iphone, MMS, SMS, Software, update
August 10, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
As the iPhone’s getting more popular in the enterprise, the demand for business applications is likely to soar — along with the number of apps available. Sorting through the good ones can take time many folks don’t have.
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Tags: applications, business, iphone, ReadWrite Web, recommendations, Software
July 9, 2009 by Sam Narisi
Could Microsoft have prevented the recent Internet Explorer attacks that experts are comparing to Conficker?
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Tags: Microsoft, security, Software, software bug
June 10, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Microsoft’s latest go at the search engine market’s been a respectable effort so far. But it seems the jury’s still out on whether or not Bing will actually challenge Google’s overwhelming lead in the cyberspace race.
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Tags: Bing, Google, Microsoft, plug-in, search engine, Software, Yahoo
June 9, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Rumors about Apple products are a dime a dozen. But when Apple announced the upgrades and new features for its iPhone yesterday, a dozen seemed pretty paltry.
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Tags: Apple, iphone, new features, smartphone, Software
