Monthly Archives: August 2011
Google+ for iPhone Gets iPad, iPod touch Treatment
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Aug. 8 cranked out another update to its Google+ for iOS application, adding support for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) popular iPad tablet and iPod...
Verizon Workers Strike, Picket After Union Talks Stall
Some 45,000 Verizon workers, or roughly a quarter of the carrier's employee base, have gone on strike across the country, potentially disrupting everything from...
Cloud Computing Brings Challenges for Health Care Data Storage, Privacy
As health care companies grapple with whether to adopt cloud computing platforms to store patient data, providers face many choices on which services to...
Black Hat Researcher Releases Tool to Bypass SSL Certificate Authorities
Researchers have long highlighted some of the security issues with the Secure Socket Layer system used to secure Internet communication. One of the issues...
Intel Touts Ultrabook Reference Design to Keep Prices Under $1,000: Report
Since Intel officials first introduced their ultrabook concept of ultra-thin and ultra-light notebooks in May, a key concern among systems makers about the form-factor...
Why Facebook Must Fear Google+: Low-Cost Social Dev Platform
Tom Anderson has returned from the depths of near anonymity (ironic, considering he created MySpace,) to write some of the more thoughtful posts on...
Stock Market Correction Unlikely to Affect IT Spending-For Now: Forrester
Between Aug. 3 and Aug. 8, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than a thousand points, prompting many investors and analysts to ponder...
Cloud Security Alliance Launches Trust and Assurance Registry
The Cloud Security Alliance announced the launch of a new initiative to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers. The CSA Security, Trust...
Desktop Service and Support
Desktop Service and Support
As IT systems become more complex (and widespread, with dozens of mobile devices entering the market), the need for service and...
Nexsan Introduces E5000 Family of NAS Storage Systems
Nexsan, an independent provider of disk-based storage systems, announced the first two models of the E5000 Family of NAS storage systems, the E5110 and...