Monthly Archives: April 2008
Build a Mini-‘Second Life’ on Facebook
Facebook plays host to roughly 17,000 applications already, but this week it's become the playground for new virtual worlds thanks to Vivaty.
The startup March...
Security Vendors Flunk Vista SP1 Detection Tests
Some of the biggest names in the anti-virus industry have flunked detection tests for known malware samples on Windows Vista Service Pack 1.Seventeen of...
Backscatter Spam Is Back
Spammers increasingly used an old standby in March to reach e-mail inboxes- backscatter.The practice is back and Symantec researchers are calling it a wake-up...
Microsoft Gives Up on Vista
Vista is dead.That's not what Bill Gates said at a seminar on corporate philanthropy in Miami on April 4, but it might as well...
Qualcomm Plans Expanded Mobile TV Service
Qualcomm plans to use its newly acquired airwaves from the 700MHz spectrum auction to expand the company's mobile TV offerings. In the recently concluded...
Scams Threaten Businesses at Tax Time
With the April 15 tax deadline looming, security experts are cautioning businesses to be on the lookout for new tax-related scams that can lead...
Intel Looks to Lock Down Laptops
Intel, which is looking to add an additional layer of security for laptops, will introduce what company executives are calling anti-theft technology later in...
GM’s Ralph Szygenda Drives IT Innovation
Amid ongoing corporate difficulties, General Motors has been leaning heavily on CIO Ralph Szygenda to cut waste and speed innovation through a fully outsourced...
At CTIA, the Cool Gadgets Come Out at Night
At CTIA, the Cool Gadgets Come Out at Night
Captions and photos by Wayne Rash.
At CTIA, the Cool Gadgets Come Out at Night - Motorola...
An Enterprising Approach to RFID
OATSystems is releasing OATenterprise, a scalable platform designed to centrally manage the deployment of radio-frequency identification systems at multiple sites."As companies start to deploy...