Monthly Archives: September 2010
Sony E-Reader Line Is Revamped, with a Higher Price
Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble's strategies for conquering the e-reader market? Cut the prices of their respective Kindle and Nook devices.Sony's strategy for boosting...
Apple TV, iPods, Ping Will Challenge Google, Facebook, Microsoft
Apple's Sept. 1 event in San Francisco saw the debut of new iPods, a revamped Apple TV and several new services, including a social...
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Released to Manufacturing
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 reached its release-to-manufacturing milestone Sept. 1. From here, the smartphone operating system will be released to Microsoft's partners, who will...
Google Gmail Voice Would Benefit from Cooperation Not Competition
As it currently stands, Google's recent addition of Public Switched Telephone Network voice calling to Gmail is much ado about nothing. While the feature...
Google Chrome Bounces Back with 7.5% Share
Google's Chrome Web browser bounced back from a down July with a new high of 7.5 percent market share, according to the latest data...
Back-to-the-Wall Dell Faces Deadline in 3PAR Love Triangle
Early Sept. 1, Dell -- which simply wants to get better at serving high-end storage customers -- was still revisiting its options. Hewlett-Packard on...
IBM Corrects Security Vulnerability Numbers in Threat Report
IBM has revised some of the findings in its "X-Force 2010 Mid-year Trend and Risk Report" after complaints that its vulnerability tallies were inaccurate."After...
T-Mobile Takes Aim at Sprint with Clearwire Investment Offer
A growing coziness between T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel has been rumored for months. At one point there were rumors that T-Mobile's parent company,...
Amazon.com Will Challenge Google: 10 Possible Ways
Amazon.com is making plans to add a subscription-based video streaming service to its list of offerings and is trying to drum up support for...
Spammers Stay Busy Despite Pushdo Botnet Hit
From the shutdown of McColo to last week's disruption of the Pushdo botnet, spammers have continually found ways to stay in business.Nearly 20 of...