Monthly Archives: April 2011
Windows App Store Could Counter Apple’s Mac App Store
Microsoft's next version of Windows could include an applications storefront similar to the one already available for Macs, according to purportedly leaked screenshots.Winrumors and...
McAfee Adds Virtual Network Traffic Analysis to Intrusion Prevention System
McAfee has updated its intrusion prevention system to add network analysis capabilities to virtual machines and to improve its botnet detection capabilities. With the...
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Previewed at MIX11
LAS VEGAS-Just four weeks after the release of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft unveiled the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 at the MIX11...
Turnkey Linux Uses Ubuntu as a Foundation
Turnkey Linux Hub 1.0 is a Web-based service that sits atop Amazon's Web Services to provide cloud hosting and backup capabilities for the line...
Google Should Target the Unlit Social Graph Before Facebook
Ever since Google launched its Facebook Like +1 recommendation button, super smart people have weighed in with a number of suggestions on what Google...
Sony, GeoHot Settles PS3 Hacking Lawsuit
Sony has settled its lawsuit against GeoHot, the hacker who published the secret key to jailbreak the PlayStation 3 console. George Hotz's code allowed...
Nokia’s Symbian Treatment Stirs Criticism on Eve of Symbian Event
Nokia has a big Symbian announcement planned for April 12, but it is already receiving heavy criticism regarding its treatment of the mobile operating...
Google Buys PushLife to Bolster Music Strategy
Google, long rumored to be creating a Web-based music service to compete with Apple and now Amazon.com, confirmed it has purchased mobile music startup...
Winklevosses Lose What May Be Final Appeal in Facebook Lawsuit
April 11, 2011, was a memorable legal day for Facebook and its co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. One lengthy bit of litigation is petering...
Oracle Posts First MySQL 5.6 Development Release
It seems as if all IT software and hardware development is positioned toward-or at least trying to be in the same picture with-cloud computing...