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When Heavy Web Traffic Hurts: MJ Mourning Crashes Google

Crashes on the Web are common, but you don't often hear of crashes on Google's Web search engine, which reportedly has the infrastructure muscle...

iPhone App Store Puts Apple in Sticky Situation

Since the debut of the Apple App Store in July 2008, iPhone and iPod touch owners have been able to access a rapidly increasing...

Attackers Use Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett as Lure

One of the first things I did when I heard pop singer Michael Jackson passed away yesterday—besides decide which of his music videos I...

Weekly Unemployment Numbers: An Exercise in Futility

Want a break from the recession? Me too.How about the Department of Labor take a few weeks off and report on these things a...

Senate Confirms Genachowski as FCC Chairman

A major piece of President Obama's technology policy fell into place June 25 with the Senate confirmation of Julius Genachowski as the next chairman...

Palm Reports Profit of $20.1 Million for Q4 2009, Just After 1 Million App Hits

Palm reported total revenues of $86.8 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009, which ended May 29. A June 25 statement additionally...

Labs Gallery: Verizon MiFi 2200 Keeps Users Connected—Anywhere

Labs Gallery: Verizon MiFi 2200 Keeps Users Connected—Anywhere by John Dodge MiFi Access Manager The MiFi Verizon Access Manager looks different than its incarnation in the HP...

Michael Jackson’s Death Causes Web Traffic Surge

Traffic to both news and social-networking sites spiked following the death of Michael Jackson on the afternoon of June 25.The Los Angeles Times reported...

ICANN Appoints Former Cyber-security Chief CEO

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a non-profit corporation created in order to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...

Gartner Predicts PC Market to Show Growth in Fourth Quarter, Strength in 2010

Gartner has good news for the PC industry. In a June 25 statement, the research firm predicts worldwide PC shipments will reach 274 million...