iCloud Media Hub Titilates but is it For Everyone?
iCloud, which was said to be conceptualized by the late Steve Jobs back in 1996 when he was still with NeXT, was formally released to the public yesterday and Apple fans can now experience…
Likes and Check-ins Add Up to 2M Springpad Users
Springpad, the smart notebook app that helps you remember anything you come across when you need it most, today announced that it has saved 27 million products, books, movies, music, recipes, places and digital…
Google Not Planning to Buy Akamai, Debunks Early Rumors
Yesterday Business Insider reported that internet search giant Google may be planning to acquire Akamai, a web acceleration solutions maker. This resulted in a 10 percent rise in the latter’s shares, which have been…
Microsoft Calling for Beta Testers for the New Xbox Metro-Style dashboard
Metro is permeating through just about every product in Microsoft’s arsenal and word came out during the last week that even the Xbox 360 would be getting a Metro make-over. According to the rumor,…
Dennis Ritchie RIP: Computer Science Pioneer and Father of the C Programming Language
By Kyt Dotson
Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of the programming language C and the co-inventor of the UNIX operating system has shuffled off this mortal coil. His contributions to contemporary computing are so far reaching that his…
Dell’s Next Steps for Mobile, PC and Enterprise
“Dell World 2011: Unlocking Innovation in the Virtual Era” These are the words used to entice technology lovers intrigue for Dell’s 3-day event, which started on October 12 and will last until October 14,…
RIP Dennis Ritchie, Co-Creator of Unix and Creator of the C Programming Language
By Klint Finley
Computer scientist Dennis Ritchie wasn’t as famous as Steve Jobs, but his contributions to technology are at least as mammoth. Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs confirmed today that Ritchie died October 8th. He was best…
Monetizing Mobile Security: the Good and the Ugly
Let’s start with the bad news. Android’s currently dealing with a phony Netflix app that looks identical to the original one. It was first spotted on an online user forum and works by sending…
Did Mafia Wars Bring Down Air Force Unmanned Drone Operations?
By Kyt Dotson
The computer virus that has poxed the United States Air Force drone fleet appears to be a type routinely used to steal credentials from players who play Mafia Wars online. According to unofficial reports,…
Mobile Traffic Surging, iOS Devices Dominate
We are now seeing the horizon that harbingers the domination of mobile traffic. It was previously predicted that mobile devices will soon topple traffic from desktop computers, and it’s starting to happen now as…