Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Internet: 40 Years of Breathtaking Innovation
It was October 1969 and Paul McCartney was not dead. He even said so in a press conference. The 100-to-1 shot New York Mets...
Asus Motherboards Support USB 3.0 Performance
Asus' latest family of enhanced motherboards, announced this week, delivers USB 3.0 and SATA 6G-bps data throughput performance, featuring Hybrid Technology-Hybrid Processor, Hybrid Phase...
Einstein Still Rules Despite New Theories
Score one for Albert Einstein. In May, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope and other satellites spotted a short gamma ray burst, an explosion...
Google Voice Has 1.4 Million Users
It's not even rolling out to everyone yet, but the Google Voice phone management application already has 1.42 million users, 570,000 of which use...
ICANN Moves Ahead with Multilingual Domains
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers approved Oct. 30 the new Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Process to allow nations and territories to...
Microsoft’s Web Apps Give Older Office Versions Some Difficulty
Microsoft is optimizing its upcoming Office Web Apps for .docx, .pptx, and .xslx, which will boost the online accessibility of documents uploaded from users'...
Twitter Lists Beta Goes Live for More Users
Twitter Lists, a new feature that lets users lump Twitter contacts into various groups, went live as a beta to more users this week...
IBM Debuts Public Service Platform
IBM debuted a new software platform Oct. 30 that Big Blue says is designed to change the way that local, state and national governments...
Facebook Awarded $711 Million in Spam Case
Facebook scored a win against a notorious spammer in federal court.The social networking site was awarded $711 million in damages Oct. 29 by a...
Business Architecture Focus Helps CIOs Set, Meet IT Objectives
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