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Thursday May 24, 2012. 02:15 PM
Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links.Axis shortens the time it takes a user to get from an initial query to the desired result, whether it's...
Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended. Nine jurors thought Google's use of the APIs (application...
Hewlett-Packard was a no-show in the emerging world of tablets and smartphones.
In our first Rogues Gallery, we looked at 10 infamous social engineers -- con men who exploited human weaknesses rather than technical vulnerabilities.
I don't know what it is about Microsoft and.Net Framework patches, but it seems that every time we have a sizable.Net patch, it doesn't work on enormous numbers of PCs
If you've ever been to a store, you know the drill: Browse the merchandise, pick something, carry it to the checkout counter, maybe wait in line, pay, then walk out with your purchases and a receipt. Whether it's a clothing store, a grocery store, or a coffee shop, you're...
Most calls for new TLD (top-level domain) names seem like little more than real estate developers proposing the creation of entire new continents just to lease the land.
Wednesday May 23, 2012. 09:16 PM
Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found today in a setback for Oracle. The jury delivered its verdict after more than a week of deliberations. It found no infringement of any of the claims in two Java-related...
The biggest problem with Windows 8 isn't so much the lack of a Start button as the Jekyll-and-Hyde jumping between the 'legacy' desktop -- where most of us work and want to keep working -- and the Metro Start menu.
Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday. According to the Ontario, Canada, company, which specializes in software...
Privacy fans, take note: A new technology, called Indoor Positioning System, could push your worry meter to the max. IPS allows pinpoint tracking of any Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smartphone or tablet, within a building. This means that an IPS service could easily track ...
Google on Tuesday hauled out a tool it last used nearly a year ago to warn users infected with the 'DNSChanger' malware. Starting Tuesday, special messages will be displayed at the top of a Google search results page to people whose Windows PCs and Macs have been infected...
Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, Dell's CEO said on Tuesday. Dell will offer a full complement of Windows 8 products when Microsoft launches its new OS, CEO Michael Dell said during...
Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away. Do you agree or disagree? Let us know. NEWS: FBI issues warning on hotel Internet...
Tuesday May 22, 2012. 11:22 PM
It's official: Google is now a hardware company. Google said Tuesday morning that it has closed the deal to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.
SAP is buying cloud-based e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. Ariba's platform focuses on business-to-business commerce transactions. It makes a natural fit with SAP's 'broad customer base and deep business process expertise,' SAP said...
Microsoft said last week that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system's first service pack. Data from the company's newest security intelligence report showed that in the second half of 2011, Vista SP1...
WHMCS, a provider of online billing services, is the latest victim of a high-profile security breach launched by a hacker group claiming moral high ground for its actions.
Salesforce.com, which has placed ample emphasis on its Chatter social networking application, will actually begin providing real-time chat functionality as part of an imminent upgrade to its family of cloud-based software, according to a company document. Chatter Messenger...
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said Monday that its application system for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) has reopened, more than a month after it was brought down because of a software glitch. Registered applicants can now log in, review...
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