Monthly Archives: June 2009
Palm Pre App Downloads Top 1 Million
The Palm Pre App Catalog has passed 1 million downloads, ad analytics company Medialets is reporting. On June 6, the day the Palm Pre...
Enterprise Security: Educate Employees or Leave It to Microsoft?
Quite a few security issues have impacted the business world over the past few months. The Conficker worm was considered a possibly damaging issue....
Microsoft Windows 7 Push Includes Price Cuts, Additional Vista Upgrades
Microsoft plans on cutting prices for its upcoming Windows 7 operating system as part of a massive and rapid worldwide rollout for the operating...
Predicting the Next Breakthrough Product for Google
Predicting the Next Breakthrough Product for Google
Google Apps
This is the obvious place to start. Google had high hopes for the Google Apps suite when...
Google Says Microsoft Wants to Help Outlook Users Use Gmail. What?!
I had a chat with Google Apps Senior Product Manager Rajen Sheth this week about cloud computing, interoperability with Microsoft and enterprise applications. If...
MetroPCS Offers $5 International Calling Plan
Wireless communications company MetroPCS Communications, known for its unlimited, flat-rate, contract-less service parameters, announced an offer of unlimited calling to more than 100 countries...
Facebook Tightens Privacy Controls
Facebook is testing out granular privacy controls for its users that will allow them to exercise more control over who sees published content. Just...
Apps Whitelisting Proponents Tout Growing Acceptance
Applications whitelisting technologies are gaining rapid adoption based on that fact that the tools serve as an ideal foil to the challenges that plague...
NASA June Space Missions Falter After Successful May
NASA June Space Missions Falter After Successful May
JUNE 3: Martian Reboot
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter goes into safe mode after an unexpected rebooting of its...
Businesses Losing Money on Bad Hiring Practices, Survey Finds
A survey conducted by online payroll company SurePayroll found three out of four surveyed business owners admitted to hiring at least one employee they...