Monthly Archives: May 2011
Endeavour Astronauts Complete Final Spacewalk
Astronauts Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff completed a seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk at 7:39 a.m. on May 27, NASA reported. The primary objectives for the...
IBM Rational Rated Top Dev Tool Suite: Survey
According to a recent Evans Data survey, IBM's Rational tool suite ranked tops in user satisfaction according to data collected from developers in April.In...
Health Care IT Industry Shies Away from Cloud Adoption: CDW
Although health care organizations have taken small steps toward using cloud-based applications, the industry has been slow to adopt a comprehensive cloud computing strategy,...
Lenovo X1 Trumps MacBook Air for Business
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 13.3-inch laptop can be seen as Lenovo's response to the MacBook Air. However, the heavier, angular and much more capable...
Baaaaackup a Mac to the Cloud
I'm taking a look at a cloud-based enhancement to the Time Machine backup feature in Mac OS X. It's called Dolly Drive, a nod...
Google’s Wallet. Whatever happened to Microsoft epayments?
Google introed its near field communication electronic wallet and even stuffed $10 in it to get you started. This is seen as a challenge...
LinkedIn Goes Public
LinkedIn Goes Public
LinkedIn? No. 1? Really? Yes, really. LinkedIn was built from the ground up as a business-to-business social network. It grew up in...
A Nice, Big Display
A Nice, Big Display
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 comes with, as one might expect, a 10.1-inch display. The iPad 2, on the other hand,...
Damballa CSP Automates Botnet Identification, Removal for ISPs
Damballa updated its cyber-threat monitoring service for internet service providers and telecommunications providers. The appliances detect malware infections affecting any device on the CSP...
Microsoft Encouraging Higher-Priced Windows Phone Apps
Microsoft is encouraging developers to charge more for their Windows Phone apps."I'd rather developers sell fewer than a million downloads and get to a...