Monthly Archives: January 2009
College Interviews the Webcam Way
Remember college, cramming for midterm exams in a dark, dusty library? Today's university students spend their nights scanning Web-based discussion forums and studying in...
Starting with Mobile, Google Invites Users to Crowdsource Product Ideas
Many of you may have read that Google has launched a Product Ideas site, which makes one think Google is looking to crowdsource some...
Former IBM President Jack Kuehler Dies at 76
Jack Kuehler, the former president of IBM who helped bring the company into the PC era in the 1980s and who also forged strategic...
Microsoft Fixes Zune Leap Year Freak Out
On New Year's Eve, reports began flooding across the Internet that Microsoft's Zune media player was experiencing a worldwide meltdown, leaving Zune owners across...
Five Tech Trends to Watch in 2009
With IT budgets expected to be tight this year, small business owners must make wise investments in order to stay competitive. While most analysts...
Programmers Run Google Android on Asus EEEPC 1000H Netbook
I took enough flak for suggesting that Google's Android mobile operating system would appear on netbooks in 2009 that I'm obligated to point out...
Google Spreads Cheer in the New Year with Bling, Android Market
It didn't take long for Google's Android team to get into the spirit of 2009.Google Mobile App with Voice Search for the Apple iPhone...
SSL Crack Shows You Must Advance Your Security
It's just one embarrassment after another for the digital certificate business lately. First, lax procedures at a Comodo affiliate resulted in the sale of...
Symwave to Demo USB 3.0 Data Link Protocol at CES
The USB data connectivity protocol-which connects an estimated 90 percent of all data storage devices in the world to disk or solid-state drives-hasn't had...
What Microsoft Should Do in 2009
What Microsoft Should Do in 2009
Rather than make predictions about what Microsoft might do next year, we take the bolder approach of giving unsolicited...