Monthly Archives: April 2011
Adobe Patches Latest Critical Flash Hole in Reader, Acrobat
Adobe patched a critical Flash bug in Adobe Reader a few days earlier than expected. Rogue PDF files exploiting the bug have recently been...
It Needs 4G
It Needs 4G
The future of mobile connectivity is 4G. Unfortunately for iPad 2 owners, however, that device doesnt connect to one of the ultra-high-speed...
Cyber-Thief Hackett Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Theft
And yet another cyber-thief faces prison time.Rogelio Hacket, Jr, is the latest cyber-criminal to admitting to stealing credit card numbers and selling them to...
RSA SecurID: Hacked but Not UnWitnessed
/images/stories/knowledge_center/analysts_corner.gifIt's now been a little over four weeks since RSA SecurID, the famed two-factor authentication user token system, was hacked. It had long been...
IBM to Support Windows on System z Mainframes
IBM has announced that it will provide support for blade servers running Windows on IBM zEnterprise mainframes as early as the end of 2011.In...
Microsoft, Nokia Sign Windows Phone 7 Agreement
Microsoft and Nokia have signed a definitive agreement to partner on Windows Phone 7, formally beginning a relationship that could radically change the mobility...
iPhone Tracking Issue Prompts Franken Letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) has added his voice to the growing chorus of lawmakers demanding an explanation from Apple about a location-tracking feature...
10 Reasons the iPhone Could Eventually Hurt Apple’s Business
Once again, Apple's earnings impressed the market. In its fiscal second quarter, Apple generated a whopping $24.67 billion in revenue and a profit of...
ATandT Files T-Mobile License-Transfer Request with FCC, Sprint Objects
The Federal Communications Commission announced April 21 that it had received a request from AT&T and Deutsche Telekom to transfer the licenses currently used...
Apple’s Tim Cook Discusses Samsung Lawsuit, Steve Jobs’ Health
Apple COO Tim Cook used his company's April 20 earnings call to shed a little light on the company's upcoming legal battle against Samsung,...