Monthly Archives: June 2009
VMware Virtual Desktops Find Homes in Hospitals
VMware officials are touting the attention their desktop virtualization technology is getting from hospitals, which are using it to enable health care providers to...
Group Highlights 10 Worst Internet Bills
From California to Connecticut states are conjuring up laws that would impact the Internet in more bad ways than good, according to the advocacy...
Opera 10 Beta Continues Browsers Innovation Trend
Opera 10 Beta Continues Browsers Innovation Trend
by Jim Rapoza
Speed Dial
Like many past Opera innovations, Opera's Speed Dial—which makes it possible to view your favorite...
Fedora 11 Launches with New Community Portal Project
The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project on June 9 announced the availability of Fedora 11, the latest version of its free open-source operating system.Red Hat...
Computer-Related Injuries Up, Be Careful Out There!
We are hurting ourselves with our computers, and more so than ever before, reports a new study from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.Back...
Apple’s Strength, Palm, Nokia and RIM Know, Is in Apps
It remains to be seen what Apple's introduction of the iPhone 3G S-in 16GB and 32GB models-as well as its price cut of the...
‘Cupcake’ Update Sweetens Android-Based G1 with Google
T-Mobile in May started rolling out an update for the Android-based G1 with Google smartphone. Dubbed "Cupcake," the update provides an appealing but modest...
Cisco Says Video Driving IP Traffic Growth
Video is going to be the primary driver behind a rapid increase in Internet traffic over the next five years, according to Cisco Systems.In...
Microsoft’s Bing Has Solid Start, comScore Says
A preliminary survey by comScore suggests that Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, has exhibited solid performance during its first week of public launch.The survey,...
Aster Data Systems Takes MapReduce to Microsoft .NET Developers
Aster Data Systems made a play for Microsoft . NET developers June 9 by enabling them to write applications using MapReduce.In Version 3.0.2 of...