Android’s Racking Up Points, but Is iPhone Even Playing the Game? »
So I’ve been watching all the latest smartphone and mobile device and operating system numbers come in from various analysts, and they’ve basically been saying the same thing: The Android horde is here. The NPD Group reported that Android accounted for 33 percent of all smartphones purchased in Q2, ahead of RIM and Apple. Gartner [...]
Snuffing Out OpenSolaris Dims Oracle’s Light in FOSS Community »
Just a day after Oracle filed suit against Google for its use of Java in Android, the FOSS community received another blow at the hands of the tech giant in the form of news that it plans to kill the OpenSolaris project. “This is a terrible sendoff for countless hours of work — for quality [...]
Social Engineering: Why Employees Are Your Security »
Imagine this situation: A coworker calls you in a panic. He’s facing a fast-approaching deadline, and you are the only person who can help him succeed in getting some critical task done. This hypothetical coworker explains to you what he’s working on and how it’s critical to the success of the organization in some way; [...]
Bogus Dislike Button Plagues Hapless Facebook Users »
How many times have we all seen comments like this on a Facebook status update: “Not like, but dislike,” or “I’d press Dislike if there was a button.” It’s a common complaint about the social networking site’s comment options; one can press the “Like” button to give a thumbs-up to a friend’s post, but there [...]
Diggs, Damn Diggs and Censorship: R.I.P. Linux? »
It’s not often that wildfires spread from other parts of the blogosphere into the main Linuxy downtown, protected as it is by all the surrounding free and open lands. In the past week or so, however, that protection wasn’t enough. A fire broke out on AlterNet the Thursday before last — that’s part of the [...]
Hurd Follows Fiorina and Learns Karma Is a Bitch »
I spent last week on Mark Hurd’s firing, er involuntary resignation, and watched the backstory develop, and it isn’t pretty. Hurd was likely the third-hardest guy to fire in Silicon Valley behind Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison — and yet, at least initially, he seemed to be fired as a result of a false accusation [...]
Stuxnet: Dissecting the Worm »
The Stuxnet worm is one of the most sophisticated bits of digital malware security researchers have come across in a long time. Now, those researchers want to know where it came from. Was Stuxnet the product of a den of hackers working on their own accord, or did a national government somewhere in the world [...]
Next-Gen Battery Tech Could Help Power Plants Go With the Flow »
Green tech company A123 on Monday launched a spinoff, 24M, which will commercialize next-generation energy storage systems based on its technology. 24M has received funding from the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense, as well as venture capitalists. The company will work with MIT and Rutgers University to commercialize A123′s technology. Both 24M [...]
So Google Thinks It Can Dance With the Devil? »
When reports surfaced last week that Verizon and Google were privately working out a deal that more or less flew in the face of what we thought was Google’s stance on Net neutrality, the company was eager to issue denials. At least, it denied that things were playing out exactly as they’d been reported in [...]
FileMaker Go Gives iPad a Strong, Sharp Number Cruncher »
For managing personal information on the iPad, it’s hard to beat Bento, a database application targeted at consumers and single-handed businesses. Heavy-duty data crunchers, though, have a different set of needs, not the least of which is working with databases created by Bento’s big brother, FileMaker Pro. To meet those needs, FileMaker, a wholly owned [...]
DOJ joins HP bribery probe »
The Department of Justice has requested Hewlett-Packard turn over company documents connected to an ongoing investigation by the German government into charges of bribery. Visit Source
Report: RIM offers monitoring tools to India »
Research In Motion has offered the Indian government information and tools to help government agencies monitor communications sent via the BlackBerry’s email and messaging services. Visit Source
Disney, others sued over allegedly spying with ‘flash cookies’ »
A lawsuit filed in federal court last week alleges that a group of well-known Web sites broke the law by secretly tracking the Web movements of their users, including children. Visit Source
Do-it-yourself solar panel allows tech tryout »
Start-up Clarion Technologies is developing a kit that lets you dip your toe into solar-generated electricity without having to pay the hefty cost of a full array. Visit Source
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