Monthly Archives: October 2009
Google Ramps Up Translation for Websites, Firefox Toolbar, Docs
Google announced three pieces of translation-related news this week to make its Web services available in multiple languages and celebrate International Translation Day Sept....
iPhone OS Still Tops, but Android, WebOS Are Gaining Share
AdMob, which measures handset use rather than sales, by analyzing data from ad requests, impressions and clicks, served up its August smartphone OS data...
General Atomics Wins Big DoD Storage Contract
The Station just came across a storage company called General Atomics. And you thought all the good names for IT companies were taken.In any...
Xiotech Raids EMC for New President/CEO
Xiotech, one of the more innovative midsize data storage companies, has a new president and CEO as of Oct. 1. He is Alan Atkinson,...
Department of Homeland Security on Lookout for IT Security Pros
The Department of Homeland Security has gotten the OK to hire as many as 1,000 new IT pros during the next three years to...
Placebase Buy Puts Apple in Mobile Apps Arms Race with Google
The rift between Google and Apple may be growing greater than we realize amid the revelation that Apple acquired Web map software maker Placebase...
MSN Debuts ‘My Health Info’ Service
MSN released Oct. 1 a beta form of My Health Info, an "online service that helps people manage their health information on the Web,"...
IBM’s New Analytics Center Hits the Big Apple
IBM has announced the launch of a New York-based IBM Business Analytics Solution Center. The New York analytics center follows on the heels of...
Verizon Wireless Dumps the Hub
Well, back to the drawing board. Verizon Wireless said Sept. 30 it was discontinuing sales for its Verizon Hub, a VOIP home phone that...
Microsoft Windows Mobile Poised for Comeback, Report Finds
Don't shed any tears for Windows Mobile, is the message of an Oct. 1 study from iSuppli. Though Palm recently announced it would discontinue...