Monthly Archives: August 2008
Google Launches Android SDK, Development Road Map
Google's Android team took significant technical and procedural steps Aug. 18 with the release of a beta version of the new Android 0.9 SDK...
Web Leaders Seek JavaScript Harmony
The specification that was to lead to a revised JavaScript language has been taken off the table in lieu of a more harmonious approach...
Google Gets Offensive About White Spaces
As the Federal Communications Commission finishes field testing white spaces devices to determine the practicality of tapping the unused spectrum between digital television channels,...
Security Admins Love Social Networks-They’re Just Wary of Malware
Most security pros like social networking sites-at least that's what Symantec found in a survey of security administrators in Europe and North America.The survey...
Google Android to Appear First on T-Mobile, Then the World?
If we are to believe reports from the blogosphere, T-Mobile USA is expected to be the first carrier to offer the first Google Android-based...
Security Software Reviews Done Wrong
I don't do a lot of reviews anymore, but I spent about 13 years in the reviews business, testing a wide variety of products....
What Constitutes a Hot Job in IT?
I don't want to irk the professional analysts too much because I think they are accomplishing good, smart work. When done right, research is...
Proxim Considers Sale of Harmonix Division
Proxim Wireless is exploring possible strategic alternatives for its Harmonix Division, including already finding a favored, but undisclosed, bidder. A division of Proxim's Terabeam...
Intel Nehalem and Intel Atom Processors to Star at IDF
Intel's Nehalem Core i7 microprocessor is the main event at the IDF (Intel Developer Forum) Aug. 18-21 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco,...
Intel USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB, Specifications Take Shape
Intel has a draft specification of its Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) of USB 3.0 and will likely demonstrate the concept at its IDF...