Monthly Archives: January 2014
Mac’s Graphical Screen Transformed Personal Computing 30 Years Ago
When I was introduced to the original Macintosh early in 1984, I looked at the device on the table in front of me with...
Google Testing Its Same-Day Delivery Service in Santa Monica
Google is now testing its fledgling Google Shopping Express same-day ordering and delivery service in the Los Angeles suburbs, starting with a new pilot...
Password Security Requires Multiple Layers of Protection
All week, friends and family have asked me if I had heard about the story on the most commonly used password. It's a story...
Tech Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.5 Percent: Dice
The unemployment rate for technology professionals fell to 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 from 3.9 percent in the preceding quarter, according...
eWEEK at 30: Glory Days of Nokia, Motorola, BlackBerry Ended With iPhone
The history of mobile phones is the story of a single lesson repeated: Don't get comfortable.Or, put more bluntly, as it often is, you...
Apple Marks Mac’s 30th Anniversary as Observers Look to the Future
Apple is celebrating the day 30 years ago that the first Macintosh said hello to the world."It was approachable and friendly, starting with the...
Emulex Aims New Adapters at Virtual, Cloud Environments
Emulex officials are looking to make it easier for organizations to run their virtualized data centers and cloud environments. The company has introduced a...
Gmail, Other Google Services Suffer Outages
Google's Gmail, Google+ Hangouts and other services experienced shutdowns and slowdowns for many users today, starting about 2:12 p.m. Eastern Time and appeared to...
Mobile Phone’s History in 10 Industry-Changing Devices
Mobile Phone's History in 10 Industry-Changing Devices
by Michelle Maisto
1983: Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
In 1974, a Motorola engineer made the first-ever mobile phone call. (He, of...
Microsoft Fixes CPU-Spiking Bug in Skype for Windows
Resource-intensive software and malware infestations aren't the only things that push PC processors to their limits. Buggy software can also overtax CPUs.Microsoft found itself...