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New Kindle Rocks the E-Book World - PCWorld Podcast #87
The gang takes a look at the new Amazon Kindle, and puts Apple's iPhone 4 antenna claims to the test.
IPhone - Apple - Amazon Kindle - Handhelds - Smartphones
How to Steal Corporate Secrets in 20 Minutes: Ask
Participants in a Defcon social engineering contest had no problem getting data from Fortune 500 companies on Friday.
Social engineering - Business - Las Vegas Nevada - Ask an Expert - Recreation
Kindle's E-Reader Price War: Who'll Blink First?
E-Reader competition heats, prices drop -- if you're shopping, watch for bargains.
Amazon Kindle - History - Twentieth Century - Wars and Conflicts - Barnes & Noble
Remains of the Day: Zuck's Not an IPhone, He's an Android
Returning from an inadvertent hiatus due to...er...inclement conditions in my office, I'm here to tell bring you the latest in stories you might have missed. It...
Android - IPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds - Facebook
Terry Childs Is Denied Motion for Retrial
San Francisco network administrator Terry Childs was denied a motion for a new trial.
Terry Childs - Network administrator - Business - San Francisco - Resumes
Windows 7 Tablets: Just Say No, Microsoft
Redmond's desktop operating system is a bad fit for today's touchscreen tablets.
Microsoft - Operating system - Microsoft Windows - Apple - Steve Ballmer
World Tech Update: Defcon Hacking Conference, Electric Cars, and More...
Exclusive video of the unique Defcon hacking conference badge, a new Kindle from Amazon, hybrid electric cars, and more...
Defcon - Electric car - Technology - Las Vegas Nevada - Black Hat
Microsoft Scrambles to Catch up with the iPad
Analysis: Ballmer backpedals on tablet talk; can Microsoft imitate Apple once again?
Microsoft - IPad - Steve Ballmer - Apple - Business
FCC Concerned Over DefCon Mobile Hacking Talk
The FCC is concerned over a planned Defcon demonstration of GSM mobile-phone interception.
GSM - Mobile phone - Telecommunication - Business and Economy - Mobile
Free Android Apps Caught Stealing Personal Info
An estimated 4 million users of Android phones have downloaded wallpaper apps that pass along personal data to a site in China.
Android - China - Handhelds - Google - Smartphone
Microsoft Readies Critical Windows Patch
Emergency patch for so-called shortcut bug falls out of the usual security fix schedule.
Microsoft - Patch - Malware - Security - Windows
FCC OKs First LTE Phone
Samsung won regulatory approval to be the first manufacturer with a phone based on the 4G LTE standard.
3GPP Long Term Evolution - 4G - MetroPCS - Business - Telecommunications
Diaspora: Like an Open Source Facebook
Students create decentralized, open source alternative to Facebook that they say will give users full control over their privacy.
Open source - Facebook - Social network - Programming - Languages
Making the Case for a Microsoft Phone
There’s a good chance that Microsoft will build a “Microsoft phone” at some point, simply because the temptation may prove irresistible.
Microsoft - Monopolies and Oligopolies - Economic - Business - Companies
OpenAppMkt Wants to Be the App Store for Web Apps
As Apple is fond of reminding those who complain about the App Store, native apps are only one prong of developing software for iOS devices--there's also Web...
Apple - App Store - IPhone - Handhelds - Smartphones
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Apple to Turn Attention to OS X 10.7 for WWDC 2011
The Mac is far from dead, and Apple's gradual move to bring touch to the desktop -- which it has with its Magic Trackpad -- is a clue about the future of OS X.
Apple - Operating system - OS X - MagicTrackpad - Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
Private Facebook Data Becomes Big Business
Major corporations are jumping on BitTorrent to download the gold mine of data contained in the Facebook file containing profile information on more than 170 million users.
BitTorrent - Facebook - Gold - Filesharing - Google
Twitter Spammers: What's Not to Hate?
These days, a search for just about any popular term returns a huge, steaming pile of automated tweets from an army of fake Twitter users.
Twitter - search - Social network - Online Communities - Trending and Popularity
Gmail Like a Jaguar with 'Vinyl Seats,' Microsoft Disses
The annual Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond featured the usual number crunching, along with point-by-point challenges to five of Microsoft’s top competitors.
Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - Monopolies and Oligopolies - Economic - Business
Microsoft Will Try to Block Google-Yahoo Japan Deal
Microsoft said Friday it will present evidence to Japanese competition authorities that a recent Google search deal with Yahoo Japan is anticompetitive.
Google - Yahoo - Microsoft - Search - Search Engines
Facebook on the Job: Educating, Monitoring Are Key
Pondering the problems with employees and social networking, it's clear that simple nannying won't cut it.
Facebook - Social network service - Online Communities - Social Networking - Software and Services
SAP Warms to Open Source
SAP catches up with rival Oracle on the open-source software front.
opensource - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Articles - Operating system
Just Mobile Releases Sleek Aluminum UpStand for IPad
Just Mobile, maker of fine mobile stands and accessories for Apple products, has released the UpStand--a sleek aluminum stand for the iPad.
Apple - IPad - IMac - Business - IPhone
StarCraft II in Review: Media Love, Player Plaudits
The StarCraft II reviews are trickling in, so how are folks reacting to Blizzard's grand reiteration of real-time rock, paper, scissors?
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Blizzard Entertainment - Games - StarCraft - Strategy
PCalc 2.2's New Theme Takes You Inside the Machine
A calculator is a calculator is a calculator, right? Unless you're talking about TLA Systems's PCalc, which is, of course, the calculator. The latest update to...
calculator - Math - Windows - Shareware - Mathematics
CRM's Evolution to Be Showcased at NY Event
The continuing evolution of CRM (customer relationship management) will be the focus of a conference next week in New York.
New York City - Business - New York - Marketing - Customer Service
Negroponte Offers OLPC Technology for $35 Tablet
OLPC is offering its hardware and software technology to the Indian government for the $35 tablet.
One Laptop Per Child - Tablet - Nicholas Negroponte - Government of India - Hardware
Citrix Tops VMware in Desktop Virtualization, Again
Citrix is the first desktop virtualization company to meet every enterprise requirement, the Burton Group says.
VMware - Desktop virtualization - Citrix Systems - Networking - Thin Clients
Mobile Health Requires Grasping Smartphone, User Connection
Health-care companies must recognize the personal nature between people and their smartphones when introducing mobile health initiatives.
Smartphone - United States - Health - IPhone - Politics
What I Learned on My Summer Vacation: 2010 Edition
I have a problem. And that problem is that when I travel for the purposes of pleasure, I can't completely switch off the work-beast within. Even in the most...
Recreation - Travel - Daily Beast - Travel and Tourism - United States
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Amazon Updates Kindle App With Inline Dictionary, More
Amazon on Thursday released significant upgrades to its Kindle app for iPhone and iPad. Just days after the company announced the new Kindle 3, Amazon's made the...
iPhone - Amazon Kindle - IPad - Amazon - Peru
Strategy's Limits: A Chat With Ernest Von Simson
The longtime IT consultant and industry observer talks about three decades of working with corporate leaders and the stories in his new book.
Information technology consulting - Business - Management - Information technology - Consultants
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The Omni Group Releases OmniFocus for IPad
If your life is inundated with tasks that are crying out for management, then you probably have at least a passing familiarity with The Omni Group's OmniFocus...
Omni Group - OmniFocus - IPhone - Health - AppStore
Bugs & Fixes: What's the Risk With Citi Mobile Security Flaw
If you use Citigroup's Citi Mobile iPhone app, make sure you update to the new version released this week. The update fixes a security flaw that, according to a...
IPhone - Citigroup - Smartphone - Handhelds - Citi Mobile iPhone
Microsoft, Get Back to Work!
Microsoft is still in pursuit of the tablet market according to Ballmer, but it needs to get back to its roots and stop dabbling in every consumer technology that comes along.
Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - Apple - Business - Monopolies and Oligopolies
Where To? Updated for IOS 4
FutureTap has updated its points of interest finder, Where To?, to embrace the features of iOS 4 and the iPhone 4. Along with an interface overhaul, the app now...
IPhone - IPhone OS - Smartphone - Handhelds - Apple
Intel's Legal Issues Help AMD Gain in Graphics Market
Intel's legal issues and Nvidia's weak product execution help AMD gain market share in the graphics space, Jon Peddie Research said on Friday.
Nvidia - Advanced Micro Devices - Intel Corporation - Jon Peddie Research - ATI Technologies
Refreshed Magic Trackpad Joins New Mac Pro, iMacs
Apple upgrades its Mac Pro and iMacs, whiles introducing new Cinema Display and brand new Magic Trackpad device.
Apple - IMac - Macintosh - MacPro - Hardware
Ironkey Looks to Secure Mobile, Business Banking
Cyber criminals are increasingly looking at business rather than consumer accounts to hack and transfer money as banks scramble to shore up their defenses.
Business - Money - Financial services - Banking Services - Banks and Institutions
How Business Is Putting the IPad to Work
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in January, he pitched it mostly as a consumer device--a relaxation tool people would use to read books, play games, watch...
Steve Jobs - Fujitsu iPAD - History - Pioneers - Shopping
How Froyo Will Boost Business
Sprint announced that the EVO 4G will get the Android 2.2 "Froyo" update next week, making it possibly the best business smartphone available.
Android - Smartphone - Handhelds - 4G - Business
Amazon's New Kindle Spells Doom for Other E-Readers
The e-reader price war is helping shake out the also-rans. Here's the current crop -- and who'll be dropping out of sight soon.
Amazon Kindle - Wi-Fi - Peru - Loreto - Departments
HTC EVO 4G to Get Android 2.2 Next Week
It's official: Sprint will begin rolling out the Android 2.2 upgrade to EVO users on Tuesday, August 3.
Android - Sprint - HTC Corporation - 4G - Handhelds
YouTube Now Supports 15 Minutes of Fame
The popular video-sharing site has boosted maximum length of shared clips from 10 to 15 minutes.
YouTube - Video hosting service - Arts - Entertainment - Video
Microsoft Vows Tablet Comeback, But When?
CEO Ballmer calls tablet development "job-one urgency" and prefers Windows 7 to mobile phone operating system.
Microsoft - Steve Ballmer - tablet - Windows 7 - Apple
Foxconn Resumes Production at Indian Factory
Foxconn factory in India resumes work after clearance by local authorities
Foxconn - India - Asia - Apple - Business and Economy
FBI Rings Organizers Over Defcon Contest
A social engineering contest run at Decon has caught the attention of the FBI and the FS-ISAC.
United States - Government - Freddie Gibbs - Extended play - Arts
Alcatel-Lucent's Revenue Drops, but Operating Loss Shrinks
Alcatel-Lucent's Q2 revenue fell 2.4 percent year on year, dragged down by slow sales in fixed-line network equipment and terrestrial optical networks
Alcatel-Lucent - Business - Telecommunication - French language - AT&T
Qualcomm Finalizes Indian Partners for LTE Joint Venture
Qualcomm announces Indian partners for its Indian LTE joint venture
3GPP Long Term Evolution - Business - India - Financial services - Venture Capital
Black Hat Gets Its Video Feed Hacked
A security expert found a way to hack into Black Hat's video stream this year.
Black Hat - Hack - Video - Security - Las Vegas Nevada
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