Monthly Archives: July 2009
Verizon Announces FiOS TV Widget Bazaar
Broadband and wireless communications company Verizon Communications announced the launch of two social TV services-the Widget Bazaar applications store and Internet Video on TV....
Lawsuit Charges Amazon Kindle Has Design Flaw
The much publicized, much scrutinized e-reader from online retail giant Amazon.com, the Kindle, is now under fire from one of its users, who claimed...
Apple Blocks Palm Pre from Syncing with iTunes
The Palm Pre's ability to sync with Apple's iTunes is no more. On Wednesday, July 15, Apple updated iTunes and put a stop to...
Twitter Attack Bigger Than Password Strength, Cloud Security Talk
In the aftermath of the latest Twitter breach, much has been written about password strength and the risks of cloud computing. But when it...
HP Makes Pitch to Sun Customers Prior to Oracle Vote
On the day that Sun Microsystems shareholders are voting on Oracle's proposed $7.4 billion acquisition, rival Hewlett-Packard is making a pitch to Sun customers.HP...
Cisco to Lay Off Up to 700 Workers, More Layoffs to Come
Not even highly successful IT companies with plenty of cash in the bank are immune from layoffs during this down economy.Cisco Systems, the world's...
Google Search for My Location Comes to Apple iPhone 3.0
Google yesterday pumped out a new location-based update to its suite of mobile applications, this time for the latest iteration of Apple's iPhone software.Search...
IBM Upgrades 2009 Outlook on Q2 Rise in Profit
IBM announced on July 16 second-quarter profits of $3.1 billion, up 12 percent over the same period in 2008, despite seeing a 13.3 percent...
Blade Pioneer and RLX Founder Chris Hipp Dead at 49
Chris Hipp, one of the founders of RLX Technologies and a pioneer in blade system technology, died of an apparent heart attack July 14...
NASA Releases Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Video
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the July 20, 1969, walk on the moon, NASA July 16 released newly restored video of mankind's first...