Monthly Archives: August 2011
Colbert Wants the Feds to Hire Kevin Mitnick, Legendary Hacker
Kevin Mitnick, one of the individuals included in eWEEK's Top Hackers slideshow, appeared on Comedy Central's Colbert Report on Aug. 18. Mitnick, on a...
HP Bombshell Has Big Data Written All Over It
If anybody had any previous doubts about the long-term effect so-called Big Data now has on the IT business, they ought to be dispelled...
ATandT to Offer Only Unlimited Texting Plan
Wireless carrier AT&T signaled the consolidation of options for consumers on its network by dropping its $10 bundle that offers 1,000 messages, which will...
Research Editor Guy Currier Discusses Trends in New Mobile Apps
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Apple iPad Health Care Check-in App Cuts Duplicate Data Entry
Drchrono, maker of an EHR (electronic health record) application for the Apple iPad, has introduced OnPatient, a free cloud-based patient check-in application for the...
HP Hopes for IBM-Like Success as It Spins Off PC Business
IBM's decision in 2005 to sell its PC business to Lenovo has proven to be an incredible boon for Big Blue, which has seen...
Google Maps Finally Gets Weather Layer
Google Maps has many layers but it's just gotten perhaps one of its more important layers since traffic patterns: weather.This makes total sense. People...
Google+ Hangouts Now Triggered Via YouTube
Ever since Google+ launched June 28, users of the social network's Hangouts group Web chat feature have been able to watch YouTube videos together.Google...
Google Adds More Sitelinks, Like Them or Not
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Aug. 16 boosted the number of sitelinks from eight to 12 and added a URL and one line of snippet text to...
Cyber-Attackers Find It’s Easy to Trick Bank Workers to Divulge Passwords
While cyber-attackers can probe Websites to find application flaws and network holes, employees at many financial institutions are just as vulnerable to social engineering...