Monthly Archives: July 2009
Cyber-Attacks Prompt Call for New Laws
The wave of distributed denial-of-service attacks that hit U.S. government Websites last week have prompted U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) to renew his call...
Google Introduces the Chrome OS
Google has introduced its new Google Chrome OS, an operating system project separate from Android and targeted at PCs-from, initially, small netbooks to full-size...
What Google Can Learn from Microsoft About Operating Systems
We just learned that Google has decided to enter the operating system business. Microsoft, as of this writing, has not commented. I can only...
What Gmail Labs Features Do You Want to See Google Keep?
Google's Gmail team removed the right-side labels feature in the Webmail application last week.The removal spurred some fiery protest: Check out the comments at...
Vintage Spam Recipes: Remixing Nigerian and HTML
In the latest evidence that spam and malware techniques never truly die, they only go away for a little while, spammers have rehashed and...
EMC vs. NetApp: Culture Takes a Back Seat to Making Bucks
There's no question that whether EMC or NetApp ends up owning storage deduper Data Domain, the top bidder will have paid far too much...
How to Mitigate the Increasing Botnet Threat
The Internet is in the midst of a global network pandemic, with millions of computers on the Internet compromised in some fashion. It is...
Facebook Sees 500% Boost in Users Aged 55 and Older
Months after research indicated that Twitter's growth burst was fueled by working users in the 25- to 54-year-old age range, Facebook has experienced a...
Google Watching at the T-Mobile-Google myTouch 3G Launch
On Sept. 23 2008, media and bloggers flocked to New York City to see T-Mobile, HTC and Google unveil the G1, the first U.S.-targeted...
Gartner Lowers Global IT Spending Numbers for 2009
Gartner is the latest research firm to lower its projections for IT spending this year.Gartner analysts July 7 said corporations are continuing to slash...