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: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:11:09 -0700
Symantec Tuesday unveiled updated storage and backup gear, giving Enterprise Vault 9.0 new tools for lawyers.
Microsoft - Enterprise Vault - Backup - Site Management - Storage
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:52:00 -0700
The iPhone 4 is the first to use 802.11n for Wi-Fi connectivity. But it runs only in the crowded 2.4GHz band.
IPhone - IEEE 802.11n-2009 - ISM band - Handhelds - Smartphones
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:39:00 -0700
Launching the Fascinate with Verizon this week completes Samsung's strategy of offering the same Galaxy S Android smartphone platform through all four major wireless carriers.
Android - Smartphone - Samsung Group - Verizon - Samsung
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:30:00 -0700
LG on Tuesday announced new smartphones with dual-core processors.
Smartphone - processor - Hardware - Components - Multi-core processor
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:10:00 -0700
If you’ve ever wanted to spice up your iOS device’s e-mail messages with a little styled text, you’ve run up against one of the limitations of Apple's mobile...
Apple - IPhone - Smartphones - Handhelds - App Store
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:24 -0700
The World Wide Consortium is investigating integrating speech capabilities into Web standard
HTML5 - World Wide Web - HTML - Data Formats - Google
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:50:00 -0700
The ACLU and other groups file a lawsuit challenging a U.S. policy allowing border agents to search electronic devices without suspecting wrongdoing.
American Civil Liberties Union - Federal government of the United States - Lawsuit - United States - Anwar al-Awlaki
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:40:00 -0700
MomentumSI is leading a coalition of companies to offer private cloud services
Cloud computing - Business - United States - Minnesota - Saint Cloud
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:12:00 -0700
Apple announced last week that more than one million users signed up for Ping in the service's first 48 hours of availability. Ping, as apparently a million of...
Apple - iTunes - Social network - 48 Hours - Facebook
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:11 -0700
Ever since the iPhone, gadget makers of all kinds got busy replacing real buttons with virtual ones on touch screens, but touch alone isn't what the new generation is all about.
iPhone - Touchscreen - Smartphone - Handhelds - Apple
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:53:00 -0700
The app can track your route and upload it -- along with the rest of your run data -- to Nikeplus.com, Nike's Web service and community for gadget-enabled runners.
Global Positioning System - Nike+ - IPhone - Nikeplus.com - Web service
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:50:00 -0700
The phone, which Verizon will start selling this week, is sort of a midway point between HTC's Droid Incredible and Motorola's Droid X.
Motorola - Droid - Verizon - Android - Smartphone
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:34:00 -0700
Opponents say the decision to close the section is a good idea, but others say the end of the Adult Services section is a blow to free speech, and is unlikely to stop illegal activity on Craigslist or anywhere else online.
Craigslist - Freedom of speech - Crime - Adult Services - Craig Newmark
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:15:00 -0700
Mac users who want different people to work on the same QuickBooks files at once will soon get their wish fulfilled when the next update.
QuickBooks - Apple - Multi-user - Macintosh - mac
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:40:00 -0700
A Japanese journalist freed from Afghanistan managed to access Twitter while teaching a captor how to access the Internet on a new cell phone, he said Tuesday.
Twitter - Mobile phone - Afghanistan - Online Communities - Social Networking
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:40:00 -0700
The vulnerability could be used to access users' data and Web-based e-mail accounts and send illicit tweets.
Internet Explorer - Microsoft - Browsers - Clients - WWW
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:38:00 -0700
The accounting program gives businesses the ability to set user permissions, have improved handling of everyday tasks and better integration with Apple's spreadsheet program, Numbers.
Apple - Spreadsheet - QuickBooks - Macintosh - IPhone
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:22:00 -0700
Sometimes the flood of information that we get from the Internet can be overwhelming. But you can turn your flood into a more manageable trickle that focuses on...
WWW - Clients - Flood - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Warnings and Forecasts
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:20:20 -0700
Samsung announced a dual-core A9 processor--codenamed "Orion"--which will soon be available to provide more power and capabilities for next-generation smartphones and tablets.
Multi-core processor - Samsung Group - Smartphone - ARM architecture - Samsung
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:09:00 -0700
The newest version of Chrome 6 is 17% faster, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari.
Safari - Google Chrome - Opera - Google - browser
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:33:00 -0700
Police across Europe conducted raids on Tuesday against ISPs and private individuals to collect evidence of illegal file sharing.
Filesharing - Internet service provider - Copyright - Intellectual Property - Law
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:50:08 -0700
Google's bouncy logo sparks guessing game as to what the search giant is celebrating.
Google - Search Engines - Searching - Companies - Google logo
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:27:00 -0700
Users claim Sony's latest PS3 firmware update disables a recent hardware-based hack designed to allow play of pirates games, but what's really in it?
PlayStation 3 - Sony - Game - Video game - Firmware
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0700
Samsung has announced a dual-core application processor for tablets PCs, netbooks and smartphones that will be able to handle 1080p video playback
Multi-core processor - 1080p - Personal computer - processor - Hardware
: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:00:00 -0700
Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle.
Mark Hurd - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Larry Ellison - Hewlett-Packard
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:20:08 -0700
An overwhelming majority of online users are opposed to Craigslist's self-censorship measures banning the adult services section of the site.
Craigslist - Censorship - United States - Prostitution - Web Design and Development
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:40:00 -0700
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is Going to be Pricey. Or Cheap. Or Maybe Both
Samsung Galaxy Tab - Samsung - IPad - Galaxy Tab - Android
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0700
The latest leaked draft of the secret ACTA copyright treaty sets out some fundamental principles -- and then offers to change them to match the negotiated text
Copyright - Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - United States - Intellectual property - acta
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:10:07 -0700
Small point updates to its mobile operating system often give Apple the chance to smooth the edges of its major releases, while adding a few smaller features...
Apple - Operating system - Macintosh - IOS - IPhone
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:50:07 -0700
Universal Mind bills iBrainstorm, its free iPad app, as a “creative collaborative tool.” The productivity offering aims to replace the whiteboard—or at least...
Collaborative - IPad - Business - Servers - Apple
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:30:07 -0700
Quincy Jones is a legendary record producer and composer responsible for producing Michael Jackson’s Thriller album as well as the hit charity song “We Are the...
Michael Jackson - AKG Acoustics - Record producer - Thriller - Headphones
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:10:08 -0700
Swedish police have searched houses belonging to people suspected of illegal file-sharing in Stockholm, Haparanda and Östersund in the last two weeks.
Stockholm - Swedish language - Swedish Police Service - Sweden - Filesharing
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:50:10 -0700
If you’re one of those people who likes to keep their life organized (or, like me, one of those people who forget everything all the time), you may...
Operating system - Alternative - OS-2 - United States - BlackBerry
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:30:10 -0700
The European Commission is considering opening a second enquiry to investigate if China is illegally subsidizing tech companies that produce wireless modems.
European Union - European Commission - China - Business - Asia
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:20:14 -0700
Apple is hyping new features like Game Center and iTunes Ping, but the reasons iOS 4.1 is crucial are related to finally resolving serious issues with the iOS 4 mobile OS.
Apple - iTunes - Facebook - Operating system - iTunes Ping
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:11:00 -0700
Could Craigslist's sudden move to dump adult services be a stunt the site's only option?
Craigslist - Censorship - Stunts - Prostitution - Human Rights and Liberties
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:41:00 -0700
The Israeli company Mobileye Products has added a pedestrian and cyclist alert feature to its collision prevention device,
Cycling - Mobileye - Shopping - Business - Consumer Goods and Services
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:30:06 -0700
The Samsung Galaxy Tab looks like a promising Apple iPad competitor, but being shackled to a wireless contract is a significant handicap that could cause the Android tablet to fail.
Apple - Android - Samsung i7500 - IPad - tablet
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:16:00 -0700
Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google's China operations, is funding a dozen startups through a new business incubator he founded.
Google - China - Kai-Fu Lee - Search Engine - Searching
: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:43:20 -0700
Silverlight will offer a richer Web experience than HTML5, Microsoft says -- besides, the HTML5 spec isn't stable yet.
Microsoft - HTML5 - Multimedia - Silverlight - HTML
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:54:00 -0700
Former HP boss Mark Hurd is in talks to take a job at Oracle, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing unnamed sources.
Mark Hurd - Wall Street Journal - Hewlett-Packard - Oracle - Larry Ellison
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:50:00 -0700
Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet is an interesting piece of hardware crippled by the fact it mostly runs blown-out smartphone applications.
Samsung Group - Smartphone - tablet - Android - Samsung i7500
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0700
Manufacturing plants have doubled iPad production since its launch, and Apple wants to push volume to 3 million a month during the holiday shopping season.
Apple - IPad - Morgan Stanley - Macintosh - Apple II
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:37:00 -0700
Consumer Watchdog lampoons Google's CEO in a mega-ad questioning the search giant's privacy policies.
Google - Consumer Watchdog - Privacy - Search - Search Engines
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:05:00 -0700
The new iPod Touch is the latest example of how Apple hooks users into the iOS culture and the advantage Apple gains when users are familiar with the interface and invested in the apps.
Apple - iPod - IPod Touch - Apple iPod - Peripherals
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:22:00 -0700
Powering the new Apple TV with an A4 saves costs and space, and makes for a more profitable product.
iPod - IPod Touch - Apple TV - Apple - Apple iPod
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:18:00 -0700
Development tools ship this month, and the first handsets should soon follow.
Microsoft Windows - Operating system - Microsoft - Windows 2000 - FAQs Help and Tutorials
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:44:00 -0700
"We think some of our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers," Steve Jobs jabbed at Google and Android on Wednesday. Google disagrees. Who's right here?
Google - Steve Jobs - Apple - Searching - Search Engines
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 06:00:00 -0700
The popular classified ad site swaps a "censored" sign into spot previously occupied by the controversial section.
Craigslist - Classified advertising - Business - United States - Business Services
: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:59:00 -0700
Philips introduced the GoGear Connect, a portable media player that runs Android 2.1
Philips GoGear - MediaPlayer - Android - GoGear Connect - IpodTouch
: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:20:09 -0700