Monthly Archives: January 2011
Microsoft Windows Tablets Can Overcome Apple’s Dominance: 10 Ways to Do It
Apple's iPad is dominating the tablet market. Whether vendors like it or not, they simply don't have what it takes right now to overcome...
Windows Phone 7 Launch Underwhelming, Says LG Executive: Report
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 smartphone is proving an early disappointment, at least according to one LG Electronics executive."From an industry perspective we had a...
Motorola Atrix 4G May Be Coming March 1
Motorola's Atrix 4G was unveiled less than two weeks ago, but the dual-core handset served by AT&T now has a March 1 landing date.Android...
Wikipedia Turns 10, Looks Forward to Next Decade
Against extraordinary odds, Wikipedia turned 10 years old Jan. 15, celebrating a decade of providing free information about almost any topic conceivable.Wikipedia, managed by...
Security News: From Sarah Palin’s E-Mail to Amazon Cloud Computing
Security vendors, researchers and the Web's bad actors all made the news this past week.The week closed with news that David Kernell, the man...
Video Game Sales Fall in 2010, but Bright Spots Emerge: Report
Video game sales were flat for 2010, according to The NPD Group, whose research showed that total consumer spending on gaming content in 2010...
Fresh Mozilla Firefox Beta 4 Drops for Testing
Mozilla released its new Firefox 4 browser beta to the public Jan. 14, offering a new look with an emphasis on speed for users...
Google Explains Why It’s Abandoning H.264 in Chrome
Google said it would not support H.264 as a baseline video codec standard for HTML video because it refuses to accept the licensing requirements...
Verizon iPhone to Curb Android Sales, but How Much?
Most high-tech analysts in the free world agree the CMDA-based Verizon iPhone 4 will impede both AT&T's iPhone sales and the growth of Google...
Oracle Preps 66 Security Patches
Oracle is slated to release 66 security patches in its first update for 2011.The patches stretch across several of the company's products, including the...