Monthly Archives: January 2012
Google, EU Data Privacy Policies Lead Week’s Security News
Data privacy dominated security headlines this past week as the European Commission set out to change its 17-year-old data privacy law. The changes would...
Flash Memory Moves Into Enterprise Tier 1 Storage Space
When it comes to performance, flash-based memory has always been the undisputed king. However, flash memory has also been the leader in another area...
Rubinstein Departure Final Nail in HP webOS Coffin
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard. His departure is the final nail in the coffin of HP's current round of mobile-device efforts....
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Costs $99 at Amazon
Consumers may purchase the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $99 from Amazon Wireless for a limited time, a $200 discount, the e-commerce giant said Jan....
Google Privacy Policy Update Challenged by Lawmakers
Several U.S. senators Jan. 26 fired off a bipartisan letter to Google CEO Larry Page, asking for more information about the search engine provider's...
BUMI No Dumi When It Comes to Replication-less DR
No, it's not pronounced "bummy." "Boo-mi" would probably be a phonetically more desirable description of the company that calls itself BUMI (Backup My Info!),...
Google Earth Meets Google+, Includes Seamless Imagery
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) continued its wholesale integration of Google+ with its existing applications, launching Google Earth 6.2 with the capability to let users share their...
Intoxicase Unbottles Imagination
Intoxicase Unbottles Imagination
Newcomer Spicebox had one of the most talked-about items at MacWorld: the Intoxicase. Intoxicase and Intoxicase Plus are sturdy, rear-mounted bottle openers....
Innovation High, Attendance Dips at Macworld 2012
SAN FRANCISCO--For the third consecutive year since the event began way back in 1985, Apple was nowhere to be found at the Macworld 2012...
Apple Rules Q4 but Samsung Takes 2011 Smartphone Sales Crown
Apple and Samsung continued their neck-and-neck race as the top smartphone vendor through the fourth quarter of 2011, with Apple bolstered by sales of...