Monthly Archives: April 2011
Nokia Astound: Beautiful Hardware Marred by Clunky Symbian
Stephen Elop made the right decision to abandon Symbian.The Nokia CEO generated some controversy in early February when he announced a new partnership with...
Bing for iPad Includes Voice Search, Trending Topics, Maps
For decades, Microsoft and Apple have engaged in the oddest of rivalries. Ostensibly at each other's throats over operating systems and smartphones, the pair...
Android to Command 49% Smartphone Market Share: Gartner
In the most bullish estimate for Google's Android platform yet, Gartner said the open-source operating system would grab 49 percent worldwide market share by...
Dell to Spend $1 Billion to Grow Cloud, Virtualization Capabilities
Dell is investing $1 billion in its current fiscal year in new data centers, solution facilities and technologies designed to broaden its capabilities in...
Chase Bank Phish Emails May Be First Post-Epsilon Scam
The first post-Epsilon phishing emails have been spotted. In this case, cyber-crooks are targeting bank customers with a phony warning and a malicious link.An...
Samsung Galaxy S II Not Yet Shipping, But Already Updated
The Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, scheduled to begin shipping later this month, is already getting an update.Several sources-including the Facebook page of Samsung's...
Google Called to Capitol Carpet for Enabling Web Piracy
Congress held an antipiracy hearing April 6, in which Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of a U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee that is investigating Web sites...
Former Gucci Employee Indicted for IT Rampage
A network engineer at Gucci America was indicted on charges of illegally accessing the company's network and deleting documents shortly after he was fired....
Nokia, Despite Microsoft Deal, Is Planning Symbian Event April 12
Nokia's new commitment to Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system doesn't mean it has given up on Symbian all together. The phone maker, which had...
Novell Launches Mono for Android
Novell has announced the availability of Mono for Android, the first solution for developing Microsoft .NET applications for the Android platform using Microsoft's Visual...