Monthly Archives: September 2008
T-Mobile Backtracks on 1GB Data Cap for Android-Based G1
Acting on eagle-eyed reporting from DSL Reports, the New York Times' Saul Hansell challenged T-Mobile for its policy of capping data usage at 1GB...
Transmeta Microprocessor Chip Business for Sale
Transmeta, which once challenged Intel by producing a line of low-power processors for desktops and notebooks, is putting itself up for sale and is...
Maserati Hacker’s Extortion Gambit Stalls
An aging hacker with an interesting angle on electronic extortion and a taste for expensive European sports cars is awaiting trial for his crimes...
Google Maps Expands Transit Coverage in New York
In its bid to map everything in the world -- this sounds portentous but it's no more a joke than Google wanting to digitize...
Google’s Larry Page Doesn’t Get It
WASHINGTON -- Larry Page doesn't get it and he admits it. Fresh off introducing the T-Mobile G1 smart phone in New York Sept. 23,...
Malware Code Moving to Rich Content
As security pundits have been predicting literally since the dawn of the YouTube era, researchers report that they are now finding rapidly increasing levels...
Google Android G1 and the Bitter Taste of Crow
Crow tastes lousy, but it's the dish I'm eating now.I suggested Sept. 17 that the first T-Mobile G1 phone based on Google's Android could...
IBM Expands Overseas Cloud Computing Centers
IBM is preparing to open four new cloud computing centers in India, Brazil, South Korea and Vietnam, which will give the IT giant a...
HP Oracle Database Machine Makes Waves in Data Warehousing Space
Not too long ago, Microsoft sought to shake up the data warehousing market with the purchase of DATAllegro. Not to be outdone, Oracle jumped...
Oracle, HP Deliver HP Oracle Database Machine Data Warehouse Product at Oracle OpenWorld
In a move meant to shake up the data warehousing market, Oracle has unveiled a data warehouse product focused on high performance.Dubbed the HP...