Monthly Archives: December 2011
Microsoft’s Patent Victory Over Motorola Mobility a Small One
In something of a victory for Microsoft, a preliminary ruling by the International Trade Commission has found that Motorola Mobility's Android devices infringed on...
Microsoft’s CES 2012 Keynote, Booth Will Be Its Last
A keynote by Microsoft's CEO has long anchored the beginning of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the company usually accompanies...
Microsoft in 2011: 10 Things the Software Giant Should Have Done
Microsoft had a rather interesting 2011. On one hand, the company did a fine job of appealing to consumers with products like its Xbox...
Android Activations Top 700K Per Day: Rubin
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android has topped 700,000 activations per day, according to the mobile operating system's chief architect Andy Rubin.Rubin, Google's Google senior vice president...
Last Minute Tech Gadget Gifts
Last year I got myself a pair of Isotoner SmartTouch gloves at Macy's. I love these gloves and would get them again in a...
Verizon Suffers Second Nationwide Outage of December
Customers of Verizon Wireless were hit with a second nationwide outage this month of the company's 3G and 4G networks, sending wireless users to...
Kindle Fire Update Offers Reprieve from Balky Browsing
Amazon has begun rolling out the promised update for its Kindle Fire tablet.The *over-the-air software package will help remove a lot of the latency...
Reliability, Cost Major Factors in Storage System Selection: Nexsan
Nexsan, an independent provider of disk-based storage systems, announced a downloadable paper titled, "6 Tips for Selecting HDD and SSD Drives," a free educational...
Mobile Apps Offer Information, Resources for Small Businesses
An electronic application that finds loans, grants and other useful small business resources and its developer, Somesh Kumar of Fremont, Calif., won first prize...
Google, Mozilla Ink Default Search Deal for Firefox
Firefox browser fans who follow the company closely can breathe easy. Mozilla Dec. 21 renewed its search deal with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), a crucial arrangement...