Monthly Archives: July 2011
Microsoft Gets It Right Sometimes: 10 Recent Smart Moves
Microsoft has inked a deal with China search engine Baidu, allowing the software giant to bring its Bing technology to all English language searches...
Secret Service Probes Fake Fox News Twitter Posts Claiming Obama Killing
Cyber-attackers hijacked a Fox News Twitter account and posted bogus messages claiming President Obama had been assassinated on Independence Day.A group calling itself the...
Fake Google+ Invites Divert Users to Online Pharmacy Scams
Anyone angling for a Google Plus invite beware of email invites arriving in the Inbox that may actually be fake pharmaceutical spam.Spammers are sending...
Tablets, E-Readers Fuel Semiconductor Sales in May: SIA
The semiconductor market continued to grow in May, thanks in large part to the growing popularity of such devices as tablets, according to the...
Yahoo Orchestrates Move of Hadoop Analytics to Its Own Garage
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Apache Hadoop, the data analytics science project that has been ensconced in Yahoo's nurturing cocoon for the last half-dozen years,...
HP TouchPad a Solid Start, but No iPad Killer Yet
Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad represents a substantial bet for the company.Success will validate webOS as the operating system of HP's future, and anoint it a viable...
Intel Looks to Fuel ‘Ultrabook’ Adoption Among PC OEMs: Report
Intel officials reportedly are offering financial incentives to systems makers in hopes of enticing systems them to adopt the new "ultrabook" mobile-device conceptAccording to...
Toyota Joins Linux Foundation to Rev Up Car Infotainment
Toyota is the newest member of the Linux Foundation, the organization aimed at accelerating the growth of Linux.Toyota is joining The Linux Foundation as...
Will an Amazon Tablet Be Based on Android?
Will an Amazon Tablet Be Based on Android?
This question might seem to be a laugher for many of you who view an Android-based Amazon...
Apple iPhone 5, iPad 3 Will See Fall Release: Report
Apple could be prepping for a fall release of a new iPad on top of the iPhone 5, according to a new report by...