Monthly Archives: April 2009
How Terrorism Touches the ‘Cloud’ at RSA
When it comes to the war on terrorism, not all battles, intelligence gathering and recruitment happen in the street. Some of it occurs in...
Bookins’s Top 10 Online Bartered Books and DVDs
Bookins's Top 10 Online Bartered Books and DVDs
by Nicholas Kolakowski
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseinis debut novel is a drama set against the backdrop of several...
Google to Highlight GWT at Google I/O Developer Conference
Google plans to focus significantly on its Google Web Toolkit, among other things, at its upcoming Google I/O developer conference at the end of...
House Passes E-Waste Bill
In an Earth Day nod, the U.S. House of Representatives April 22 approved legislation for grant programs to reduce the volume of discarded electronic...
Competing for Sun’s Hardware Business
In the aftermath of Oracle's move to acquire Sun Microsystems $7.4 billion, some industry observers and analysts have begun to question the value of...
Windows 7 Security Enhancements Summed Up
The evidence that Windows Vista is far more secure than Windows XP, both in theory and in practice, is abundant. With new features and...
Google Product Search Formatted for Android, iPhone
Google announced a mobile-friendly version of its Product Search application, emphasizing its utility for iPhone and Android-powered devices, in an April 23 corporate blog...
Apple CFO: Netbooks Are ‘Not Something We Would Put the Mac Brand On’
Apple is once again coming out against netbooks, or mini-notebooks as many analysts call them. The company's second-fiscal-quarter results perhaps show that netbooks aren't...
MySpace CEO DeWolfe Resigns, Facebook Executive Eyed As Replacement
MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe will step down from his role "in the near future," according to the social-networking site's parent corporation, News Corp.A press...
BlackBerry App World: Show Me the Relevant Apps
Research In Motion this month launched its answer to the Apple App Store, releasing a mobile application storefront for BlackBerry devices called App World....