Monthly Archives: October 2010
Salaries in Tech Rise A Little for Enterprise Workers, CIOs
If you work in large enterprise, your salary has likely gone up a little. According to management consulting firm Janco Associates who specialize in...
Firesheep, Botnets, Adobe Lead Security News
WiFi hacking, botnets and zero-days led the news this past week in security.The release of the Firesheep extension for Firefox put the spotlight on...
Verizon iPhone Due Early 2011: Fortune
Apple's iPhone will arrive on Verizon Wireless in early 2011, another news outlet is asserting. That report, which appears in Fortune, adds to the...
Windows 7 Sales, Ozzie Blog, PDC, Earnings Marked Microsoft’s Week
Microsoft had positive news this week, as it reported strong results for its first fiscal quarter of 2011 and solid sales of Windows 7....
Google TV Getting on Just Fine in YouTube
News Analysis: Just a few short days ago, the sky appeared to be falling on Google TV, the Web and channel-surfing hybrid service based...
Google Spent $1.6B on 40 Companies Through 3 Quarters
Google racked up 40 acquisitions for $1.6 billion through the first three quarters of 2010, a frenetic pace of more than four per month...
Microsoft Bing, Online Services Burning Cash, but Company Seems Committed
Microsoft's revenue and profits rocketed upwards in the first fiscal quarter of 2011, with revenues of $16.20 billion and net income of $5.41 billion,...
Apple iPhone Leapfrogs RIM BlackBerry in Smartphone Rankings
Apple, Research In Motion and Android phone producers such as Samsung put in strong performances during a third quarter that showed smartphone sales to...
Mount Everest Now Boasts 3G Coverage for Climbers, Locals
Mount Everest is now wired for voice and data, courtesy of Swedish telecom company TeliaSonera and Ncell, its Nepalese subsidiary. Ncell plans to extend...
Texas Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Software Piracy
A Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling more than $1 million worth of pirated software via the Internet.Todd Alan...