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Protect PayPal users — there’s an app for that


March 11, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, User behavior, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware, online banking

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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Lessons from Obama: How to waste an IT budget


November 30, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Budgets and spending, Communication, Data centers, Databases, Green technology, Software, Special Report

money-and-computers

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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U.S. iPhone users ticked off about upgrade delay


September 8, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, Gadgets, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, cell phone, mobile technology, smartphones

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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iPhone business apps that rock


August 10, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Budgets and spending, Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, Software shortcuts, Travel and entertainment, cell phone, file-sharing, mobile technology, smartphones, telecommuting

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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Did Microsoft know about IE bug for months?


July 9, 2009 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

Could Microsoft have prevented the recent Internet Explorer attacks that experts are comparing to Conficker?

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Go Bing yourself


June 10, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, Gadgets, Hardware, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Search engines, Software, cell phone, mobile technology, smartphones

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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iPhone gets 100 new features


June 9, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, Gadgets, Hardware, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, cell phone, mobile technology, operating systems, smartphones

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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Software sales, a buyer’s market


June 4, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Budgets and spending, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, e-commerce

Many IT budgets have taken a big hit during the economic downturn — but the news isn’t all bad.

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iPhone gets more business friends


May 12, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Budgets and spending, Communication, Gadgets, Hardware, Latest News & Views, Software, Travel and entertainment, cell phone, mobile technology, smartphones

Users of Lotus Notes and Domino have fewer reasons to resist getting an iPhone now that the latest version of the e-mail client and server product will push e-mail, contacts and calendar items to the hot Apple smartphone.

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Tethering a phone and a laptop


April 2, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, Gadgets, Green technology, Hardware, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, Travel and entertainment, operating systems

“Tethering” may sound a bit confining, unless you’re talking about it as a way to link mobile devices. Then it’s actually very cool.

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