Monthly Archives: October 2011
Duqu Worm, Nasdaq Spying Lead Week’s Security News
Symantec set the tone for the week when it released information about Duqu, a sophisticated worm found in the wild that appeared to share...
Microsoft Earnings, Windows Phone Talks Dominated Week
Microsoft's week largely centered on its Oct. 20 earnings report, which suggested the company's predominant revenue model-traditional software sales providing the bulk of the...
Why Steve Jobs Was Wrong About Android Being a ‘Stolen’ Product
One of the many revelations in the biography of Steve Jobs from author Walter Isaacson is Jobs' assertion that Android was a "stolen product."...
FBI Official Backs Alternative Internet to Secure Critical Systems
BALTIMORE - With malicious perpetrators increasingly devising sophisticated, complex attacks against critical systems controlling critical infrastructure, such as power plants and financial institutions, the...
Google Reader Preparing for Google+ Integration
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is removing social features of its Google Reader application in preparation of the RSS feed reader's imminent integration with the Google+ social...
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Coming From Verizon This Year
Verizon Wireless Oct. 21 said it would sell Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone this year, but fell short of naming a launch date and a...
RIM’s BBX Plans: Can They Reverse BlackBerry’s Fortunes?
For months, Research In Motion executives have done their absolute best to convince media and analysts that the company's upcoming round of "superphones" will...
Apple’s Jobs Vowed to Nuke Android: Biography
Google Android's very existence drove Steve Jobs into a fury, according to Walter Isaacson's upcoming biography of the late Apple CEO.The book, quoted extensively...
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Needs to Attack the Midmarket
Can a lower-cost Windows Phone carve off a significant portion of the smartphone market?After months of positioning its smartphone platform as the counterpoint to...
Android Tablet Share Hits 27% Vs. iPad’s 67% Plot
More than 4.5 million tablet computers based on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system shipped in the third quarter, comprising 27 percent of the market...