Monthly Archives: March 2011
iPhone 5 to Feature 4-Inch Display Says Report on Alleged Leaked Images
iDealsChina.com has posted images it says are leaked mold engineering renderings of the Apple iPhone 5, provided to third-party manufacturers to create cases for...
Japan Earthquake Sends Pacific Tsunami Warning Data Network into Action
Out in the open ocean across the Pacific there are devices called DART, or Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis, buoys. If you...
Google Site Aggregates Help for Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami
Google whipped up one of its customary crisis-response Websites to provide support information for those affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that roiled the...
Apple iPad is Most Cannibalizing e-Reader, Laptop Sales: ChangeWave
As the Apple iPad 2 launches, a new survey reveals that the tablet that reinvigorated the market is still very much its leader (despite...
Google Latitude Check-ins Follow Foursquare Rewards at SXSW
Taking a page from Foursquare's playbook, Google's Latitude application is offering incentives such as free coffee and ice cream for users who check in...
Windows Phone 7 Cut-And-Paste Update Delayed
Microsoft is delaying a major Windows Phone 7 update until the second half of March, according to the company. That long-awaited tweaking, which will...
Dell, Helped by Apple iPad, Grabs No. 2 PC Spot from Acer
In terms of PC shipments, Dell pulled ahead of neck-and-neck competitor Acer during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a March 10 report...
Microsoft Says Internet Explorer 9 Doesn’t Have Pwn2Own Bug
The vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 that researcher Stephen Fewer exploited at the Pwn2Own hacking contest this week has already been fixed in Internet...
Japan Quake Serves as Wakeup Call for IT Managers
The 8.9-magnitude March 11 earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan and its subsequent Pacific Ocean tsunami destroyed and severely damaged several cities and...
Google Users Can Block Search Results to Cut Spam
Google March 10 added a new tool to let users block Websites they don't like when searching on Google.com, part of the company's evolving...