Monthly Archives: May 2010
Yahoo, Nokia Partner on Messaging and Maps Services
Yahoo and Nokia announced a partnership May 24 in which Nokia will become the global provider of Yahoo's map and navigation services, while Yahoo...
10 Ways Facebook Can Improve Privacy and Security
Facebook is in a world of danger. The world's largest social network has been facing increased pressure from privacy advocates, legislators and its users...
Google Preempts Apple iAd by Revealing AdSense Revenue Share
Google May 24 came clean on its revenue-sharing practices for its two core AdSense advertising products, weeks before Apple is expected to turn on...
10 Things Steve Jobs Won’t Announce at Apple’s WWDC
Apple announced recently that Steve Jobs will be taking the stage at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 7. Apple stopped short of...
Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff Calls Microsoft ‘Alley Thugs’
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff minced no words in describing the recent patent-infringement lawsuit leveled against his company by Microsoft, using the pulpit of a...
Facebook CEO: ‘We Missed the Mark’ with Complex Privacy Controls
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines earlier this year when he declared privacy was no longer a "social norm." But in a column published...
New Intel Low-Power Chips Aimed at Ultrathin Laptops
Intel is filling out its notebook offerings with ultra low-voltage processors that company officials hope will spark greater demand for ultrathin laptops.Speaking on a...
Tech Data to Distribute Avaya Enterprise Communications Solutions Portfolio
Tech Data, a distributor of IT products, announced it finalized an expanded distribution agreement with Avaya, a provider of enterprise communications. In addition to...
Typhoid Adware Could Spell Trouble at Internet Cafes
Researchers from the University of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada, have developed proof-of-concept implementations of a scheme that exploits unencrypted wireless connections to blast PCs...
ATandT Starts Online Backup Service for Mobile Devices
IT markets seem to be getting more splintered all the time. AT&T on May 24 started operating a cloud-based backup service specifically for mobile...