Governments are at it again, trying to stifle online communication with a major disconnect in Egypt and a reintroduced Internet “Kill Switch” bill in the U.S. Fax machines, ham radios, and dial-up modems are riding to the rescue as Egyptian citizens revolt against the government of Hosni Mubarak. An old-school march to keep people connected [...]
Google on Monday disclosed more details about Android 3.0, nicknamed “Honeycomb,” prior to the operating system’s official unveiling, scheduled for Wednesday. Honeycomb is designed from the ground up for tablets and has a new holographic user interface. It includes a so-called Action Bar to let users control their apps, offers five customizable home screens and [...]
Businesses are signing on to cloud-based Software as a Service Web apps to cut costs, but that can give rise to another problem — employees may have to sign on to multiple Web apps, and that could lead to security issues. Employees may forget the passwords for some apps, for instance; or someone could hack [...]
As State of the Union addresses go, Obama’s last week really wasn’t bad — with two exceptions. He kind of missed the Steve Jobs’ lesson that if you are going to imply magical, what you say should be amazing. Having our “Sputnik moment” be faster trains, more electric cars, and faster Internet was hardly magic, [...]
Most would agree there’s strength in diversity, but sometimes strength also lies in unity. Not the new Ubuntu interface, mind you — though that may well be strengthening too — but rather a consistency in the way things are done. That, indeed, is apparently the premise behind a new effort that emerged in recent weeks [...]
Maintaining time sheets for jobs you’re working on can be tedious, but an app for the iPad called “TimeTag” can make it less so. The software, which is offered in a commercial edition selling for $3.99 or a free version supported by advertising from Apple’s iAd platform, lets you tag and categorize your time sheet [...]
IT service companies rely heavily on software engineering processes and methods to deliver services that enable business to achieve their goals. As a discipline, product lifecycle management has matured and has delivered major benefits, such as reuse, increased market share, reduced time-to-market and global brand image. IT services focused on delivering IT applications in [...]
“Dear UK government,” the ominous letter begins. “It has come to our attention that you deemed it necessary to arrest five of our fellow anons for their participation in the DDoS attacks against PayPal, Mastercard, and others, that have been carried out in our name in retaliation for those organizations’ actions against WikiLeaks … [...]
As anti-government protesters take over the streets in Egypt, the country’s government has reportedly cut off most Internet and cellphone service. Cairo has labeled its crackdowns on the protests as a response to restore public order. However, critics say Egypt’s cutting of communications is an attack on free speech. “I do not see how shutting [...]
Developers of the major browsers — Microsoft, Google and the Mozilla Foundation — plan to implement so-called do-not-track features into their browsers so consumers can indicate when they don’t want their movements online to be observed and recorded by site hosts, which generally use the information to strengthen their advertising systems. The inclusion of [...]