Monthly Archives: January 2010
Apple 2010 Earnings Will Likely Be Affected by Tablet
Apple has a big week ahead of it: Not only is the company's long-rumored tablet PC expected to make its debut during a San...
Microsoft’s Week: IE Vulnerabilities, Bing Upgrades and Rumored Apple Talks
Microsoft's week revolved around patching a number of security flaws in Internet Explorer, and around the future of Bing.
Arguably the biggest news on the...
Google, U.S. Rhetoric Leaves China Unmoved
Ironic, isn't it? Almost four years ago, Google was pilloried before Congress for doing business with China. The search giant had agreed to Chinese...
Google Chrome OS to Have Media Player to Challenge Microsoft
The Google Chrome Operating System isn't expected to find its way onto netbooks until the end of 2010, but it's becoming increasingly clear that...
Apple Tablet Needs a Sub-$700 Price Tag, Says Survey
If visitors to the Retrevo Website are any gauge, price will be a major factor in the success of the tablet or slate device...
Google Sees Mobile as Key to Extend Search Might in 2010
Google's strategy to "double down" on its core search business helped the company clean up as the top search property with 87.8 billion searches...
YouTube Launches Rental Service, Undergoes Site Revamp
YouTube announced that it would begin testing an online video rental service starting Jan. 22. As the site, having undergone a substantial aesthetic revision,...
Facebook Doubled U.S. Users in 2009
News Analysis: Facebook more than doubled its U.S. audience from 54.5 million visitors in December 2008 to 111.9 million visitors in December 2009, according...
How to Enable Multitouch on the Google Nexus One
A developer has modified Google's Android 2.1 mobile operating system to endow Google's Nexus One smartphone with multitouch, which lets users navigate the device...
Poking Holes at Running IT as a Business
Bob Lewis, president of IT Catalysts and a prolific writer on technology issues, is not afraid to tell you what he thinks is wrong...