Monthly Archives: April 2010
Barnes and Noble Nook Now Has Android-Based Games
Barnes & Noble announced a software update for its Nook e-reader, complete with new features such as a Web browser and games, on April...
Air Force Launches Top Secret X-37 Space Plane
The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the top secret Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), also known as the X-37B and commonly described as an unmanned...
Twitter Buys SMS Startup Cloudhopper to Scale Mobile Tweets
Twitter, which has struggled with scale as its user base exploded to hit 105 million users, purchased startup Cloudhopper for an undisclosed sum April...
Gear6 Reportedly Shutting Down Operations
This doesn't happen very often in the bustling storage hardware and storage-related software businesses, but The Station received tips April 23 from several reliable...
Cell Phone Spying Research May Force Policy Revisions
New research illustrating how attackers can uncover the geolocation of cellular phone users should prompt corporations to begin rethinking their approach to choosing cell...
Microsoft Windows Mobile, GPS, 3.5G Lead Handset Trends
ABI Research offered a snapshot of the global mobile handset industry on April 22, announcing that approximately 1.15 billion mobile handsets shipped in 2009....
Analysts Expect BlackBerry 0S 6.0 Preview at RIM’s WES
Analysts are bullish on Research In Motion's upcoming Wireless Enterprise Symposium, where the company is expected to unveil OS 6.0 for its BlackBerry smartphones,...
How HP Envisions Making Printing Available Anywhere You Happen to Be
How HP Envisions Making Printing Available Anywhere You Happen to Be
by Chris Preimesberger
HP Starts Whole New Printing Initiative
Paper docs aren't going away, probably ever....
Microsoft Pulls Windows Security Bulletin
Microsoft has pulled support for a Patch Tuesday update that fails to properly fix a critical vulnerability on Windows 2000 Server.The company issued MS10-025...
ATandT’s Free WiFi Service Continues to Grow
Amidst all the competitive talk of 2G versus 3G versus 4G among carriers, the free WiFi connectivity offered with AT&T Wireless service contracts has...