From the monthly archives:
September 2010
by Admin on September 30, 2010
Google is everywhere, yet despite its big Internet footprint, the company has its challenges. On this week’s New York Times Tech Talk podcast, Bettina Edelstein speaks with Claire Cain Miller, a Times technology reporter who covers Google, about the search giant’s relationships with Apple , Facebook and Microsoft .
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by Admin on September 30, 2010
SMS mobile virus intercepts one-time passcodes sent by text message A new variation of the Zeus banking malware that intercepts one-time passcodes on mobile phones is still transmitting data to hackers as of Wednesday, although UK police have been notified, according to security researchers.
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by on September 29, 2010
Microsoft’s latest version of Internet Explorer is available for download, and developers hope. We’ll tell you whether the software giant has done well enough with it to catapult itself back into the so-called “browser wars.” Technology reporter Adam Balkin filed the following report.
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by Admin on September 29, 2010
The T-Mobile Vibrant is, simply put, one of the best phones I’ve handled. After weeks with its cousin, the Sprint Epic, and phones like the Droid 2, the Charm, the Blackberry Curve and my friend’s iPhone 4, I can say T-Mobile REALLY got it right this time.
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by on September 28, 2010
Researchers uncover version of Windows-targeted malware that tricks people out of mobile numbers to thwart two-factor authentication text message confirmations from banks.
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by on September 27, 2010
In the five years since Gabe Rivera founded Techmeme, the speed and volume of technology news has increased dramatically. And that’s helped the San Francisco firm’s website become the go-to place for the technorati. It uses a computer algorithm refined by… Gabe Rivera – Techmeme – Technology – San Francisco – United States
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by on September 26, 2010
Wireless customers now hold on to their mobile phones for 20.5 months on average, a notable increase over the 17.3 months they averaged in 1999. Originally posted at The Digital Home
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by Admin on September 26, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission wants to get more bang from the federal dollars that subsidize Internet access in schools and libraries by lifting some of the restrictions that come with the funds.
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by Admin on September 24, 2010
Facebook sees a promising future in mobile phones but the online social networking star is not building its own handset, the founder said in a TechCrunch interview posted online Wednesday.
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by Admin on September 24, 2010
CARLSBAD —- Coming to flights on JetBlue Airway Corp:in-flight Internet, courtesy of ViaSat Inc.
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by on September 23, 2010
LG Mobile Phones has received the Highest in Customer Satisfaction with wireless mobile phones by J.D. Power and Associates for the fourth consecutive time. Recognized in the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 U.S.
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by on September 22, 2010
KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid who spent some time at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania, discusses a proposal for a new global internet treaty that’s being compared to the Space Treaty of 1967. It [...]
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by Admin on September 22, 2010
The mobile phone can be handy in tracking outbreaks of communicable diseases in rural areas, according to pilot studies carried out by a global consortium in Sri Lanka and India’s Tamil Nadu state.
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by Admin on September 21, 2010
Microsoft recently released the “Beta” (mostly working, test version) of its latest browser – Internet Explorer 9. Let’s take a look at what’s in store for users when it’s officially released. For the average PC user, Internet Explorer is probably the browser of choice.
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by on September 21, 2010
NO longer just for talking and texting, it seems we prefer phones over PCs for web surfing.
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