Monthly Archives: July 2009
DOJ Launches Formal Investigation into Google Book Search Settlement
The U.S. Justice Department July 2 said it is formally investigating the $125 million settlement between Google and authors and publishers that lets the...
Unemployment Rate Rises in June to 9.5 Percent
June's monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics came out today, along with the weekly Department of Labor unemployment numbers.The verdict: The...
Five Continuing Storage Trends for Mid-2009
Since we're we're right smack in the middle of the calendar year -- and the news flow is slowing down a bit due to...
Google Apps Gets the Shaft but It’s the Broader Cloud That Needs to Improve
You know what really grinds my gears?There's a popular argument circulating that Google Apps isn't good enough for enterprises, that the SAAS collaboration software...
Mozilla Rushing to Fix Firefox 3.5 Bugs
Mozilla will rush out a patch to its Firefox 3.5 browser to correct a number of bugs that users have cited as causing them...
Why Facebook Wants to Open Your Data to the World Wide Web
Facebook July 1 ushered in new rules designed to make user privacy more fine grained and less confusing, but analysts and bloggers see the...
Michael Jackson Malware Rings in July 4 Weekend
July 4 weekend is usually a time for barbecues, beach parties and Independence Day spam. But the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson may...
Buzz Aldrin: Forget the Moon, Aim for Mars
Buzz Aldrin: Forget the Moon, Aim for Mars
by Roy Mark
Outsource Moon to International Consortium
NASA should "Scrap our go-it-alone lunar program and let international partners—China,...
AMD Rolls Out Latest Quad-Core Opteron
Advanced Micro Devices officials are keeping the spotlight on the issues of performance per watt and compatibility with their latest quad-core Opteron chip.The latest...
Is the BlackBerry’s Advantage over the iPhone Ubiquity?
Research In Motion announced earlier this week that it plans to bring the BlackBerry Tour, the latest in its lineup of BlackBerry devices, to...