Monthly Archives: October 2010
Skype 5.0 Gets Social
Skype 5.0 Gets Social
Skype 5 for Windows adds new social networking features through an integration with Facebook that allows users of both services to...
Benoit Mandelbrot, Father of Fractals, Dies at 85
Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, the father of fractals, died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 14, AFP reported. He was 85 years old.His work on fractals...
Zio Android Smartphone Challenges as Cost Cutter
Zio Android Smartphone Challenges as Cost Cutter
by Cameron Sturdevant
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The Zio Android handset is made by Kyocera for the Sprint network. You can see the...
GE Tests Information-Sharing Capability of Centricity EMR Platform
GE Healthcare has announced that it has opened up the architecture of its Centricity EHR (electronic medical record) software to allow physicians at various...
Google Street View Sets Stage for Matrix-like Online Gaming
Google could use its Street View imagery as the backdrop for the company's online gaming strategy if it chose to pursue this avenue.That's the...
Microsoft, Oracle Patches Lead Security Week
It was a week of patches that are sure to create some extra work for administrators.Microsoft broke its record for the most patches ever...
Microsoft, Facebook Pairing Could Challenge Google
Microsoft executives have talked for months about their company's "all in" cloud strategy, which will gradually shift its product focus from the desktop to...
Windows Phone 7, Facebook-Bing Alliance Marked Microsoft’s Week
Microsoft focused this week on launching Windows Phone 7, the company's newest smartphone platform and its next best chance at reversing its market-slide.
"I've been...
Google: YouTube, Android Drive $3.5B in Ads
Google's senior management surprised financial analysts on the company's third-quarter earnings call by disclosing some hard numbers regarding Google's display and mobile advertising businesses.Google...
Google Serendipitous Search Plans Helmed by Marissa Mayer
Google search star Marissa Mayer will head up the company's ambitious, forward-looking plans to make search queries reach out to others instead of making...