Monthly Archives: June 2009
Brand Loyalty for Notebooks Sliding, Report Says
Despite the growth of the notebook market among businesses, survey results from market intelligence firm IDC suggest brand loyalty among midmarket companies continues to...
Apple’s ‘Nehalem’-Based Xserve Is Feature-Rich, Competitively Priced
The Apple Xserve rack-mount server has been significantly upgraded and is now among the first servers to run the latest generation of quad-core Intel...
Obfuscation Helping PDF Attacks Beat AV
The use of obfuscation to make electronic threats harder to fingerprint is nothing revolutionary in the world of malware, but attackers are increasingly using...
Nokia Ships N97 Mobile Computer, Opening Door to Ovi
The Nokia N series N97 has begun shipping to more than 75 countries. This news comes from Nokia, which is so excited about the...
Apple Patches QuickTime, Updates iTunes
Apple has issued a slew of critical patches for its QuickTime media player and updated the digital media application iTunes. Version 7.6.2 of QuickTime...
E Ink Acquired By PVI
E Ink, the electronic paper company that provides the electronic display technology used by Amazon's Kindle e-reader (among others) announced its primary business partner,...
eWEEK Labs Tests Interoperability of Video Conferencing Systems
In a down economy, video conferencing makes a lot of sense economically. Companies can slash their travel budgets, redirecting some of that money to...
Acer to Put Google Android on Netbooks
Acer announced June 1 that it would produce a mininotebook, or netbook, that runs the Google Android mobile operating system. The devices will ship...
Microsoft Windows 7 Hits the Streets on Oct. 22
Microsoft announced June 2 that Windows 7, the operating system designed to replace Windows Vista, will roll out for general commercial availability on Oct....
Girls Still Not Choosing Computer Science as a Career, Study Says
A significant gender gap still exists among college-bound students in their opinions of computing as a possible college major or career, according to new...