Monthly Archives: December 2011
Microsoft Xbox Kinect Voice Control Raises Bar for Google, Apple
When it comes to consumer electronics technology and Web services, it's not often that we can say Microsoft has beat Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google...
Google, Mozilla Still Negotiating Search Toolbar Deal
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Mozilla remain in active negotiations over their search advertising pact, the companies confirmed.Mozilla drives searches to Google.com from its Firefox Web...
HP Made the Right Move on webOS, but What’s Next?
Off the top, the open-source community appears to be happy that Hewlett-Packard has decided to save at least a modicum of face and release...
FTC Reimburses Fake Antivirus Scam Victims
In the "How Cool is This?" files, the Federal Trade Commission has decided to send reimbursement checks to more than 300,000 people who have...
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Needs More Than Nokia
T-Mobile and Nokia could launch the latter's Lumia 710, loaded with Microsoft's revamped Windows Phone software, at a New York City event scheduled for...
Google’s Opt-In Facial Recognition Avoids Facebook’s Missteps
Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) quiet introduction of facial recognition for its photos application on Google+ is drawing praise from analysts and security researchers alike because it...
Google Currents Challenges Flipboard, Zite on Android, iOS
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Dec. 8 launched Google Currents, its long-awaited magazine-reading application for smartphones and tablets, joining an increasingly competitive field led by Flipboard and...
Penguin Computers, Assembled in Silicon Valley
I think Fremont, Calif. counts as being part of the Valley, so I was shocked to find out that Penguin Computing has an assembly...
Apprenda – The Deploy Anywhere Platform as a Service (PaaS) Stack for .NET –...
Right now I'm working on a review of Apprenda's .NET PaaS. I'm struck by how much less convenient dependency-installation always is w/ the Microsoft...
There Are Many Cloud Entry Points, as Well as Barriers
Cloud computing has become an industry buzzword ripping through IT departments and forcing them to scramble to get in the game. But while the...