Monthly Archives: January 2010
How Google Tackles Synonyms in the Search for AI
Google Jan. 19 said it has improved the way its search engine understands synonyms, a big step in the company's effort to make its...
How to Protect Against Insider Security Breaches
XYZ Corporation's trusted employee, Harry, scanned his computer screen, whistling through his teeth. "Nearly there now," he thought. "Just a few more clicks and...
Microsoft IE Patch for Zero-Day Vulnerability Coming Jan. 21
Microsoft will release an out-of-band patch Jan. 21 to fix the Internet Explorer vulnerability at the center of recent attacks on Google and other...
10 Reasons Why Amazon Should Worry About an Apple Tablet
Unlike so many e-readers that came before it, the Amazon Kindle captured consumer attention by combining a nice reading experience with a convenient distribution...
Microsoft Bing Will Follow Yahoo Privacy Policy in Search Deal
Microsoft recently announced that it would delete the stored IP addresses of Bing users after six months, but that data may be purged even...
Hot Tech Jobs 2010: Look to Mobile and the Cloud
What will be the hot technology careers in 2010? To answer that question, you have to look at the technologies companies are expected to...
Opera Acquires Mobile Ad Solution Firm AdMarvel
Opera Software has announced its acquisition of AdMarvel, a maker of solutions to improve the performance of mobile advertising.In a Jan. 20 press release...
Acer Founder Says U.S. PC Makers May Become Extinct
PC makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Apple aren't likely to be pleased by the idea that they may not be in business in 20 years'...
IBM Traveler for Google Android Coming in 2010
IBM will release its Lotus Notes Traveler for Android application sometime in the second half of 2010, but the company is not sure whether...
Microsoft Calls for New Cloud Computing Laws
Microsoft called for modernizing existing statutes and new federal laws Jan. 19 to provide privacy, security and transparency for consumers, businesses and government migrating...