Monthly Archives: October 2010
Congressmen Question Facebook Privacy
Two congressmen have sent Facebook a letter with questions about privacy in light of the recent controversy regarding applications exposing user data.An investigation by...
Google Adding Location Tab to Search Results Pages
Less than two weeks after we learn that Marissa Mayer has been moved over to run Google's geo/local efforts, the search engine she helped...
Attackers Adopt ‘Advanced Evasion Techniques’ to Beat IPS
Attackers are advancing their techniques, and intrusion prevention systems need to advance as well. That is the lesson to be taken from new research...
Verizon Android Phones Support Field Force Manager App
Verizon Wireless Oct. 18 refreshed its mobile worker management application to work with phones based on Google's Android operating system.The wireless carrier's Field Force...
Why Facebook Applications Expose User IDs
Facebook has found itself in the middle of another privacy flap.This time, the Wall Street Journal uncovered that many Facebook applications are sharing user...
Adobe Launches Acrobat X
Adobe announced its new Adobe Acrobat X software family of products Oct. 18, including Acrobat X, Reader X, the Acrobat X Suite and...
ATandT’s iPad Package Is Better Than Verizon’s: 10 Reasons Why
Apple's iPad is coming to Verizon store shelves starting next week. When that happens, the largest U.S. carrier will have at least one device...
Windows Phone 7 Needs Apps, Price, Marketing to Succeed
Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 with a New York City event Oct. 11 and hopes that the smartphone platform will attract customers who would...
Apple’s Steve Jobs Attacks Google, RIM During Earnings Call
Apple CEO Steve Jobs made an uncharacteristic appearance on his company's quarterly earnings call Oct. 18, offering attacks on both Google and BlackBerry maker...
Google Instant Costly as It Prepares for Mobile
Google Instant, the predictive search technology the company launched last month to serve users results without making them hit the Enter button, is popular...