Monthly Archives: August 2007
Google Admits to, Fixes Video Refund Gaffe
Everyone loves a good mea culpa and posted a big one on its Google Blog site August 20.Seems the company underestimated the firestorm of...
Report: Mobile Users Often Lax About Security
When it comes to securing a wireless workforce, enterprises may have their hands full, according to a study performed by the research firm InsightExpress,...
Google Market Share Larger than Thought
Googles share of the online search pie is bigger than previously thought, after metric research firm, comScore decided to add results from non-search engines...
Jive Talks Itself into $15 Million in Funding
Jive Software, a startup with designs on competing against IBM and Microsoft in the burgeoning market for business collaboration software, is priming for a...
Microsoft Moves UC Ball Forward
San Francisco, Calif.—Microsoft, here at VoiceCon, acknowledged the need to provide more fine-tuned monitoring of call quality on VOIP (voice over IP) calls when...
The Trouble with Vista
The Trouble with Vista
It took a while to get out of the starting blocks, and when it did, Vista stumbled. Here are 12 reasons...
Book Review Monday:::Virtual Honeypots
"Virtual Honeypots" is a must-read book that should be added to any security professional's bookshelf today. It's my "analyst's choice" for the month of...
Podcast: Next Generation Homeland Security
Click here to download the Tech Rising podcast or click here to listen to it using the integrated eWEEK podcast player.Emerging technologies can have...
American Airlines Guns for Google
American Airlines last week sued Google, accusing the search giant of selling keywords using the airline's name.The company sells keywords, such as "American Airlines"...
Skype Blackout Fixed, Caused by Massive PC Restart
The blackout that left millions of Skype users without the ability to make Internet phone calls from their PCs for two days was, ironically,...