Monthly Archives: September 2009
Apple Store Robbery Took 31 Seconds, Thieves Netted 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones
Call it the Great iCaper of 2009: At 2:05 a.m. on Sept. 2, a crew of thieves smashed their way through the plate-glass front...
Space Debris Streaking Toward Space Station
NASA officials are closely tracking space debris from a 3-year-old European rocket that is expected to come within two miles of the International Space...
Amazon Revs Rivalry with Google over Book Search
Amazon dramatically opposed Google's Book Search settlement in a 49-page legal brief filed Sept. 1 with the U.S. District Court in New York presiding...
Colorful Nokia Mural Phone Arriving on ATandT Sept. 6
Amidst the high-tech, high-priced items emerging from the Nokia World 09 show in Stuttgart, Germany-including new details on the Booklet 3G, as well as...
Database Concerns Fuel EC’s In-Depth Probe of Oracle-Sun Deal
Oracle will have to wait through an in-depth investigation by the European Commission before it is able to close its $7.4 billion acquisition of...
Sprint HTC Hero Pictures (and Pearls of Wisdom)
So what if Android application developers are a broke lot?They've got another vehicle on which to launch their non-money-making applications. It's the HTC Hero...
Microsoft Xbox 360 Least Reliable Console, Report Finds
A report from independent warranty provider SquareTrade, which analyzed failure rates for over 16,000 new game consoles covered by SquareTrade Care Plans, found Nintendo's...
Smartphone Users Ignoring Security Risks
A recent survey conducted by researchers at Trend Micro found that many smartphone owners remain oblivious to security risks despite using their handhelds for...
Steve Jobs Wanted to Make a Deal on Employee Poaching
Legal fees. No one wants to pay them, and no one wants to lose innovation while being mired in a legal battle over an...
Hiring Up, Salaries Down in Latest Small Business Payroll Report
The August report from online payroll SurePayroll, which tracks small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), said that while small businesses are continuing to add employees,...