Monthly Archives: January 2010
NASA’s Kepler Discovers Five New Exoplanets
Launched in March of last year, NASA's Kepler telescope has discovered its first five new planets beyond Earth's solar system. Known as exoplanets, the...
MySpace Launches Developer Challenge
MySpace has launched a developer contest to find new developers to write compelling applications on the popular MySpace social networking platform.In a Jan. 4...
Spring Design Will Feature Google Books on Its Alex E-Reader
Spring Design announced on Jan. 5 that users of its Alex e-reader will have access to Google Books, days before company is to debut...
REVIEW: Lexar JumpDrive SAFE S3000 FIPS Survives Torture Testing, Keeping Data Intact and Safe
Lexar's JumpDrive SAFE S3000 FIPS is the first USB flash memory storage device to use a smart card for authentication and encryption to keep...
Polycom, IBM to Demo Consumer Video Conferencing at CES
Polycom will be teaming up with IBM at the Consumer Electronics Show to demonstrate a high-definition video conferencing system aimed for the home.Video conferencing...
T-Mobile Woos Nexus One Users with Super-Fast HSPA+
As Google officially introduced its Nexus One smartphone on Jan. 5, T-Mobile thought you might like to know that its network is now really...
Adobe Keeps Focus on Security in 2010 as Attackers Circle
Adobe Systems took its share of security hits in 2009. It changed its update schedule and took steps to improve application development, but still...
Microsoft Announces Office 2010 Prices Ahead of CES
During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Microsoft will be highlighting a number of initiatives, including the launching of certain...
Apple Buys Quattro Wireless to Battle Google in Mobile Ads
Apple has acquired mobile ad network Quattro Wireless in a deal worth a reported $275 million, or roughly one third of what Google bid...
Google Book Search Debated on PBS NewsHour
The hubbub over Google Book Search was quiet toward the end of 2009, with Google, authors and publishers anxiously waiting for their next day...