Monthly Archives: November 2011
Windows 8 Update, Windows Phone Tweak, Surface Marked Microsoft Week
Microsoft's relatively quiet week centered on some Windows 8 updates, an indicator that its Windows Phone could be attracting more developer interest in the...
Amazon to Sell 4M Kindle Fires For Holiday Quarter: Munster
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is on track to sell 4 million Kindle Fire tablets for the fourth quarter, according to a prominent financial analyst who boosted...
Majority of Firewall Rules Are Improperly Configured, Managed, Survey Finds
Organizations are struggling to keep track of changes in their networks and to effectively manage their firewall policies, according to a new study.Nearly 85...
SOPA, Facebook Spam Attack, SCADA Exploit Lead Week’s Security News
The Web exploded in outrage as the House Judiciary Committee conducted hearings on Nov. 16 to discuss the Stop Online Piracy Act. Consumer advocacy...
Amazon Kindle Phone On Tap, Says Citigroup
Now that Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire tablet is nearly a week out the door, the high-tech media can drool over the next hot gadget...
Amazon Kindle Fire Costs $201.70 to Build, Below Cost: IHS
Amazon's Kindle Fire costs $201.70 to manufacture, according to a preliminary finding by research firm IHS' Teardown Analysis Service. That number combines manufacturing costs...
Ultrabooks the New Tablets, at Least at CES 2012
At the 2011 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the annual January event where pretty much all manufacturers in the...
Google’s Brin, Wife Float Wikipedia With $500,000
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife Anne Wojcicki Nov. 18 doled out a $500,000 grant to the Wikimedia Foundation, the proprietor of...
Google+ Traffic Boosted by 61 of Top 100 Brands
Google+ Pages have given the young social network a boost, less than two weeks into their arrival, according to data.Experian HitWise noted that for...
Notification Center Is Superior
Notification Center Is Superior
Prior to the launch of iOS 5, Apple was criticized for not offering a reliable notification system to users. When they...