Monthly Archives: March 2010
10 Reason Why the Apple Lawsuit with HTC Could Set Back the Mobile Industry
In a statement released earlier this week, HTC said that it plans to vigorously fight the patent infringement suit Apple recently filed against it....
11 Tech Companies Willfully Violating H-1B Laws
11 Tech Companies Willfully Violating H-1B Laws
by Donald E. Sears
Employer: Amtech ElectrocircuitsCity: Troy, Mich.Debarment Period:
3/1/2008 to 2/28/2010
Employer: API Accounting & Computer ConsultingCity: City of...
Sprint Mobile Broadband on Demand Offers Easy Internet Connectivity
Sprint, with self-service provider Telespree, introduced Mobile Broadband on Demand on March 18, a prepaid way to offer mobile broadband services to Sprint Wholesale...
FTC Should Put Up or Shut Up on Google Buzz
What grinds my gears about the current miniwave of backlash over Google Buzz is that it seems like a lot of psychoanalysis after the...
NoSQL Database Movement Gains Ground as Alternative
The buzz around the NoSQL movement in the past year has grown considerably, to the point where advocates organized a one-day conference in Boston...
Siemens Plans 4,200 Layoffs from IT Division
Engineering and industrial-technology conglomerate Siemens announced March 18 it will lay off 4,200 employees in the IT division, in what some news sources are...
INSIDE MOBILE: Planes, Trains, Automobiles: Why Computers Should Be In Control
In the renowned 1987 movie, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles," advertising exec Neal Page (Steve Martin) and shower ring salesman Del Griffith (John Candy) are...
The Vocabulary of Spam
Spammers have their favorite words, too.An interesting analysis by Symantec compared the language patterns of the busiest botnets on the Web. Starting with an...
Novell Adds Ingres DB to SUSE Studio Online
SAN FRANCISCO-Novell and open-source database provider Ingres March 18 announced that they have hooked up to make the long-established, enterprise-class Ingres DB available in...
Xiotech Ships New Virtualization Optimization Package
Xiotech, which positions its storage software as "intelligent" because it can store files automatically across different networks, March 18 released a new virtualization optimization...