Monthly Archives: October 2010
Pentagon to Help Homeland Security Fight Cyber-attacks on U.S. Soil
The Obama administration changed federal policy allowing the military to step in and assist during a cyber-attack on domestic soil, reported the New York...
Amazon to Launch Free Yearlong EC2 Usage Tier for Developers
Amazon.com, which jumped way out ahead in the cloud computing trend in 2006, is putting out an offer to potential software development customers that...
Man Pleads Guilty in Pump and Dump Scheme
An Arizona man described by the FBI as a computer specialist pleaded guilty Oct. 20 to participating in a scheme to artificially inflate stock...
PostgreSQL vs. MySQL: How to Select the Right Open-Source Database
Traditionally, the comparison between PostgreSQL and MySQL gets heated from both sides of the religious camps. They are both technically strong, open-source databases with...
Nokia Announces Layoffs, Restructuring, Despite Q3 Profit
Nokia will cut 1,800 jobs and restructure its smartphone business, despite a strong third-quarter performance, the Finnish phone manufacturer disclosed on Oct. 20.Reporting a...
Windows 7 One Year Later: Win for Microsoft
Microsoft was in a bad state last summer, just as its teams were putting the finishing touches on Windows 7. The global recession had...
HP WebOS-Powered Palm Pre 2 Sports 10 Key Features
HP WebOS-Powered Palm Pre 2 Sports 10 Key Features
by Clint Boulton
Palm Pre 2
Following lackluster sales of its Palm Pre predecessor, the Palm Pre 2...
Cisco-RIM Rumors Heat Up Again
Cisco Systems buying BlackBerry maker Research In Motion would make sense, given Cisco's unified communications ambitions and RIM's smartphone capabilities, according to analysts at...
Apple MacBook Air Notebooks Feature iLife ’11, OS X Lion
Apple MacBook Air Notebooks Feature iLife '11, OS X Lion
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Apple MacBook Air Two new versions of the Apple MacBook Air are now available,...
ATandT Posts a Quarter for the Record Books
AT&T's pending loss of exclusive U.S. rights to the Apple iPhone will likely be a low day for the carrier. But no matter. For...