Monthly Archives: May 2011
Google Collects Location Data to Drive Location-Based Ads
Google cares about location. A lot. Duh.As congressional inquiries against smartphone software providers' use of location data to improve Web services mount, The Wall...
Hackers Compromise bin Laden Live-Blogger’s Site
The man who inadvertently live-blogged on Twitter the Navy SEAL operation that took out Osama bin Laden on May 1 received an unexpected gift...
What’s Next in Networking?
Alongside dedicated, physical network gear that just keeps on working, virtualization technologies and the cloud are plowing up fields of alternatives to single-purpose, silicon...
Will RIM’s Rope-a-Dope Pay Off?
Research in Motion's BlackBerry devices have a solid place in the enterprise, due in no small part to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server. I admit...
Making Social Networks Work for SMBs
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Osama Bin Laden’s Death a Party for Spammers, Fake AV Scammers
Cyber-criminals have seized on the killing of Osama bin Laden as a fresh opportunity to push out rogue antivirus products, fake video codecs and...
Space Shuttle Endeavour to Launch No Earlier Than May 8: NASA
Technicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have identified the likely source of what caused heaters on a fuel line for...
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Experiencing New Update Snafus
Microsoft may be experiencing some additional issues with its Windows Phone 7 updates."We've temporarily stopped sending updates to Omnia7s," Michael Stroh, a writer...
Osama bin Laden’s Death, Hideout Spur Web Media Frenzy
Celebratory users have marked multiple possible sites of the late Osama bin Laden's "mansion" hideout on Google Maps and Google Earth. They also posted...
RIM Buys Ubitexx for Android, iOS Device Management
ORLANDO, Fla. - Research In Motion May 2 said it acquired Ubitexx, a software maker that will enable RIM to help its enterprise customers...