Monthly Archives: April 2009
Android-Powered Netbook Coming in 3 Months at $250, Reports Say
While PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard and Acer have said they are looking to build netbooks that use Google's Android operating system, a Chinese...
1 Billion iPhone Apps: eWEEK’s 10 Favorite iPhone Downloads
1 Billion iPhone Apps: eWEEK's 10 Favorite iPhone Downloads
Name: OmniFocusCost:
$19.99One of the biggest-selling productivity-oriented Apps during the App Store's initial rollout (as opposed to,...
12 Cost-Conscious Smartphones from Samsung, RIM and … Apple?
12 Cost-Conscious Smartphones from Samsung, RIM and ... Apple?
by Nathan Eddy
Palm Centro (from $29.99)
This smartphone from Palm is available from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint,...
Facebook Confirms Open Stream API
Facebook April 27 confirmed that it was releasing Facebook Open Stream API, allowing designers to create new applications and widgets that utilize the continuous...
Lawmakers Introduce H-1B Visa Reform Bill
Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Charles Grassley of Iowa are continuing their quest to reform the H-1B visa program, on April 23 reintroducing...
DMTF Group to Create Cloud Computing Specs
The Distributed Management Task Force is creating a group that will look at the need for open management standards for cloud computing.The group-called the...
Tandberg Data Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Even as the data storage industry has shown itself to be relatively resilient during the world recession, individual players certainly are not immune to...
Bill Calls for Open-Source Electronic Health Records
Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia introduced legislation April 24 that would fast-track open-source electronic health records. The Health Information Technology Public Utility Act...
Will Windows XP Mode Put Compatibility Before Security?
Colleague Larry Seltzer raises some interesting questions about Windows XP Mode, which Microsoft plans to make available in beta sometime in the near future....
Google Mapping Swine Flu Epidemic
Google is mapping outbreaks of the swine flu, one of the many ways that the company is organizing all the world's information. Google already...