Monthly Archives: February 2010
RSA Preview: Five Years In and Going Strong
This will be my fifth year in a row attending the annual RSA Security Conference in San Francisco and with the economy showing signs...
Microsoft’s Week Included Federal Cloud, Botnet Killing, Patents Galore
Microsoft had a big week on the government and legal fronts, ranging from lawyer-driven attempts to shut down a botnet and a watchdog site...
Apple Could Lower Prices of New iPhones Following iPad Release
Apple could lower the price of its next version of the iPhone in order to better compete in a mobile marketplace increasingly crowded by...
10 Ways Palm Could Make a Comeback in the Mobile World
Palm is working on a refresh of its Pre and Pixi software to compete more effectively in the mobile space. An update to its...
Pentagon Loosens Reins over Facebook, Twitter, Web 2.0 Apps
The Department of Defense has loosened the reins over the use of Facebook, Twitter and other user-generated applications among its personnel, ending the maddening...
Microsoft Says It Told DOJ, EC How Google Holds Search Hostage
A lawyer for Microsoft confirmed that the software giant told the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission how Google's business practices may...
Government Voice to Echo Loudly at RSA Conference
The 2010 iteration of the RSA Security Conference which opens Monday in San Francisco will feature an impressive array of influential government heavyweights among...
Apple CEO Jobs Saving Giant Money Pile for ‘Big, Bold’ Moves
Apple has not only bested analyst expectations in recent quarters-most recently setting new records for iPhone and Mac sales-but has additionally been growing quite...
UN to Appoint Independent Scientists to IPCC
After taking heat from critics and climate change skeptics for sloppy research at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations announced it...
RSA Conference to Spotlight Threats, Security Strategies
From data protection to cloud computing to application development, this year's RSA Conference is keeping an eye toward practical strategies for dealing with today's...