The year of the mobile security breach is here: Attacks skyrocketed in 2011
Sep 30, 2011 Software
The number of mobile security exploits is on track to double year over year between 2010 and 2011. “For years, observers have been wondering when malware would become a real problem for the latest generation of mobile devices,” said Tom Cross, a manager at IBM’s X-Force security research arm.
Google Chrome Could Beat Firefox by Year-End
Sep 30, 2011 Software
Chrome’s market share has climbed roughly 1% each month this year, while Firefox’s share has slid by roughly half a percent monthly.
Why Facebook will never charge you
Sep 30, 2011 Software
The rumor that Facebook will suddenly start charging users to access the site has become one of the social media era’s perennial chain letters.
IBM Tops Microsoft to Become Second-Most Valuable in Technology
Sep 30, 2011 Software
International Business Machines Corp. passed Microsoft Corp. to become the world’s second-most valuable technology company, a reflection of industry changes including the shift away from the personal computer.
Why It’s (Finally) the Time of the Tablet
Sep 30, 2011 Software
The rise of tablets has been forecast and disputed for years now, but it’s finally arrived. Why the tablet is here to stay.
10 Apps for the Amazon Kindle Fire
Sep 30, 2011 Software
Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet ($199), available for pre-order now and shipping in mid November, will run apps for Android (although which version of the OS hasn’t been announced yet). As a multimedia device, the Kindle Fire will merge all of Amazon’s services, including Amazon Web Services, Prime, Kindle, Instant Video, and MP3, as well as Amazon’s new web browser, Amazon Silk…
How Adobe Flash lost its way
Sep 30, 2011 Software
Despite early successes on the Web, the latter years of Flash have been a tale of missed opportunities
Oh Lawd: New Phone App to Tell You If Your Son Is Gay
Sep 30, 2011 Software
This week a new app hit the Android market, aimed at helping families figure out once and for all if their sons are homosexual or not.
5 Reasons Why Google Plus Will Never Replace Facebook
Sep 30, 2011 Software
With the launch and humungous growth of Google Plus, many people have begun to think that Facebook’s reign of the social networking world may be (relatively)soon close to be being over.
Anonymous starts activism via corporate securities research
Sep 30, 2011 Software
Anonymous online activist collective adds research arm to expose corporate fraud and scandals.