Monthly Archives: September 2011
Cloud Security, Weak Passwords, Data Breach Law Lead Week’s Security News
Cloud security news was prominent at the VMworld user show in Las Vegas the week of Aug. 29 where Symantec and VMware announced a...
Windows 8, Silverlight 5, Windows Phone Marked Microsoft Week
Microsoft spent much of the past week beating the drum for two of its biggest projects: Windows 8 and Windows Phone.Microsoft's official "Building Windows...
Microsoft Sued Over Alleged Phone Tracking Despite User Opt-Out
A lawsuit filed in Washington state accused Microsoft of tracking Windows Phone users without their consent even after users have opted out of information...
Amazon Kindle Tablet Has 7-inch Screen, Custom Android
Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Android tablet has been one of the worst kept secrets for months since CEO Jeff Bezos alluded to it.Analysts have predicted features...
Google+ Gets Suggested User List
Cribbing notes from Twitter's playbook, Google+ has begun offering a suggested user list and it's already causing quite a stir in social media circles.Bradley...
ISIS Earmarking $100M to Challenge Google Wallet
With summer days dwindling, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has less than two weeks to make good on its pledge to launch its Google Wallet mobile payment...
DHS Warns of Anonymous Cyber-Attack Tools, Planned Mass Protests
The United States Department of Homeland Security warned the security community about potential attacks from hacking collective Anonymous over the next few months.The Sept....
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Optimism: Justified or Delusional?
Windows Phone is set to outperform even relatively optimistic analyst projections over the next two or three years, Achim Berg, vice president of business...
Windows 8, Mac OS X ‘Lion’ Show Apple, Microsoft Philosophies
How will Microsoft's Windows 8 match up against Apple's Mac OS X?Certainly, both operating systems are reflections of their respective companies' evolving needs and...
Google Buys Zave Networks, Coupon Platform Provider
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) fortified its commerce team by acquiring Zave Networks, a startup that built a point-of-sale platform for coupons and loyalty rewards, for an...