Monthly Archives: February 2010
10 Reasons Why a Google Fiber Network Could Reshape the ISP Landscape
Google announced Feb. 10 that it plans to deliver up to 1G-bps Web speeds to 50,000 people across the United States as part of...
Microsoft Acquiring RIM May Be Bad Idea, Says Analyst
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be interested in purchasing BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, according to online reports, but substantial roadblocks may exist to...
Mozilla Mistakenly Labels Firefox Add-on Malicious
Mozilla has backtracked on its decision to remove an "experimental" Firefox add-on.Last week, the company reported that two add-ons available for download, Sothink Video...
Garmin Asus M10 Smartphone Runs Windows Mobile
Navigation guru Garmin and computer-maker Asustek have teamed up again, this time to offer the Garmin-Asus M10, an enterprise-geared smartphone running the Microsoft Windows...
T-Mobile HTC myTouch 3G, with Swype, Replaces Original
T-Mobile introduced the myTouch 3G on Feb. 10, announcing that the new smartphone will replace the original myTouch.New to the myTouch 3G is a...
Facebook Chat Taps XMPP to Connect with AIM
Facebook has opened its Facebook Chat application to work with outside instant messaging applications such as AOL Instant Messenger, the social network said Feb....
IT Employment Up Ever So Slightly
Technology workers saw a 0.3 percent increase in employment or roughly 12,900 more jobs in January, as reported by TechServe Alliance, which publishes a...
Microsoft Investigates Windows Blue Screen of Death Reports
Microsoft is investigating reports that users are experiencing the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" after installing one of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday security updates.According to...
Dell Acquiring Kace to Handle Application Virtualization
Dell, already one of the world's top three IT hardware sellers, remains focused on building up its data center software catalog.The server, storage and...
Wowd Guns for Google with Real-Time Tag Cloud, SearchStream
Wowd, one of a number of real-time search startups trying to differentiate from traditional search engines like Google and Microsoft Bing, has added a...