Monthly Archives: April 2011
Kaspersky CEO: Stop Talking About My Family
Kaspersky Lab has finally commented on reports that the CEO's son may have been kidnapped. It told Russian media to stop talking about it."Kaspersky...
Microsoft Windows InTune Keeps PCs Updated, Secure
Microsoft Windows InTune subscription service for managing PC systems keeps end user systems (not servers) updated and secure without the need for the on...
Will Amazon EC2 Outage Negatively Affect Attitudes Toward Cloud? Nah
Okay, so Amazon Web Services, one of the largest, most secure and most trusted Web services in the world, showed a vulnerability April 21...
Michigan State Police Deny Warrantless Data Scans of Motorists’ Phones
The Michigan State Police use portable machines called data extraction devices that can download personal information from mobile devices. The state's branch of the...
Apple’s Cloud iTunes Beating Google Music to Market? Duh
Reuters reported that Apple has finished its cloud-based music service and will launch it before Google in news that should come as a shock...
Apple Produces the Dirtiest Data: Greenpeace Report
A report from environmental watchdog Greenpeace found that although Apple has become increasingly transparent about the environmental footprint and operational performance of its products,...
Amazon Kindle for Android Now Honeycomb Optimized
Amazon has expanded its Kindle app offerings yet again, with an update to Kindle for Android that optimizes the e-reader software for tablets running...
Microsoft to Power Data Exchange Network for Physicians in Hawaii
Microsoft has announced that its Amalga data-aggregation application will provide the infrastructure for application service provider TeamPraxis' leading physician data network in Hawaii.Founded in...
BlackBerry PlayBook Teardown Finds Nothing to Scoff at: iFixit
Research In Motion's long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook tablet finally began shipping April 19. While some early reviewers were iffy on RIM's software decisions, it was...
Google Buying Wind Power for Oklahoma Data Center
Google April 21 inked its second clean power purchase agreement, agreeing to buy 100.8 megawatts of wind energy to power its new data center...