Monthly Archives: April 2013
Social Media Users Grow More Hostile
For all their efforts to bring people from across the globe closer together, an online survey from the authors of “Crucial Conversations,” a book...
T-Mobile iPhone Sales Jam Company Stores in Washington, D.C., Elsewhere
The woman at the Manassas, Va., T-Mobile store sounded frazzled. “We’re slammed,” she said, and suggested that if I wanted to buy an iPhone...
Cyber-Criminals Putting Botnets to Work on Bitcoin Mining
As a digital currency based on tough math problems, bitcoins have mostly remained a form of underground cash used by technically savvy consumers of...
Microsoft Fixes Patch Tuesday Security Update After User Complaints
Microsoft has been forced to update its own security update to address reports that a patch was causing system errors for customers.The problem lies...
‘Software Defined’ Emerges as an Overused Term With a Kernel of Value
If you want to be with-it in tech, put the words "Software Defined" in caps at the front of whatever you are discussing and...
AMD Gets Microserver Boost From HP Moonshot, Texas School
Advanced Micro Devices executives in October 2012 said a key to turning around the chip maker was focusing its efforts on several key market...
Microsoft Office 2013, Office 365: 10 Features That Make It a Smart Buy
Microsoft Office 2013, Office 365: 10 Features That Make It a Smart Buy
by Don Reisinger
A New, Streamlined Design
One of the first things users will...
T-Mobile Merger Vote, Pushed to April 24, Looks Like a Done Deal
T-Mobile's bid to buy MetroPCS is back on track.John Paulson, head of Paulson and Co., a hedge fund that's MetroPCS' largest shareholder, has announced...
Microsoft Releases GeoFlow 3D Visualization Tech for Excel
Microsoft is giving Excel users a new way to explore data: GeoFlow. The technology, which sprang from a stargazing project at Microsoft Research, is...
Intel, Baidu Partner on Innovation Lab in China for Mobile Space
Intel, which is working to gain inroads into the highly competitive mobile device space, reportedly is joining forces with giant Chinese search engine Baidu...