Monthly Archives: May 2010
Microsoft’s Week Involved Apple, Shakeup, Alcatel Appeal
Microsoft's week involved some major shakeups: in addition to the departures of two top executives from its Entertainment and Devices Division, responsible for consumer...
Extreme Gamers Spend Two Full Days Per Week Playing Video Games, Report Finds
According to "Gamer Segmentation 2010," the most recent report from market research company The NPD Group, the "extreme gamers" segment, which represents four percent...
Apple Needs Big iPhone 4G Announcement at WWDC, Expert Says
Now that prototypes of the fourth-generation iPhone have been leaked-twice-what surprises await the Apple faithful at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference? Apple CEO...
Google Doesn’t Need to Buy Salesforce.com, Experts Say
Analysis: Google has $26.5 billion in its coffers, so it's become fashionable to wonder what big vendor Google could buy next, what statement it...
Leave Your Computer at Home
Tiny doses of personal technology helped me enjoy a great two-week trip through France and Spain. With the help of my iPhone, some temporary...
Apple TV Will Run on iPhone OS 4, Cost $99, Rumors Say
The upcoming version of Apple TV will run iPhone OS 4 and cost $99, according to rumors reported by technology blog Engadget, which also...
Facebook Crushing All Comers with 540M Unique Visitors, Google Says
Google said Facebook.com is the leading Website in the world with 540 million unique users, reaching 35.2 percent of the total Internet population through...
Apple Would Be Foolish to Drop Google for Bing
The recently dispatched rumor du jour that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would appear onstage at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference has been supplanted by...
Some Final (for now) Thoughts About the iPad
I swear to heaven that this will be the last thing I write about the iPad until the other side of Labor Day, unless...
Koobface Botnet Revisited
An anagram of Facebook, Koobface has remained one of the successful pieces of malware to target social networks.First appearing in 2008, Koobface has targeted...