Monthly Archives: September 2012
Forrester Finds Half of World’s Population Will Be Online by 2017
The number of Internet users around the world is soaring and will total about 3.5 billion-or about half the Earth's estimated population of about...
McAfee: Ransomware Malware on the Rise
The number of new ransomware samples jumped roughly 50 percent between the first and second quarters of 2012, according to a new report from...
ARM Warns of Mobile Chip Sales Slowdown, Curbs Hiring Plans
ARM Holdings, whose chip designs can be found in more than 90 percent of smartphones worldwide, is scaling back its employee-recruitment efforts as worries...
iPhone 5 Introduction Officially Set for Sept. 12
Apple's iPhone 5 introduction just got a little closer. On Sept. 4, Apple finally mailed out invitations for a San Francisco event on Sept....
Facebook, Twitter Are Not Used to Debate Politics: Pew Survey
While many people are getting some of their news and information about the approaching November elections from social networking sites like Facebook, most of...
Samsung Galaxy Stellar, LG Intuition Phablet Headed for Verizon
Verizon Wireless will add two new Android smartphones to its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network during the week of Sept. 3, the LG Electronics...
Nokia, Microsoft Ready to Demo Windows Phone 8 Lumia Smartphones
Nokia and Microsoft executives are scheduled to appear together at a Sept. 5 New York City event to unveil some of the first Windows...
AMD Talks of Upcoming ‘Surround Computing Era’
Advanced Micro Devices executives have started talking about what they are calling the upcoming "Surround Computing Era," a vision of a future with myriad...
Facebook to Crack Down on Fake ‘Likes’
The social media giant Facebook is taking steps to delete false "likes" that are posted to company Facebook pages, often by users who don't...
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested in Cambodia
The trials and tribulations of the world's most notorious file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay, continue this week as the site's co-founder, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg,...