Opinion: In depth with Apple's Snow Leopard Server
We dig in to explain the new networking, performance and
collaboration improvements
Ryan Faas
November 24, 2009
Computerworld
I've worked with various versions of Apple's Mac OS X Server for
nearly a decade now. Each new release has brought m
The Medium
The Google Alphabet
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN
The New York Times
February 14, 2010
If you have asked Google to "show suggestions" in your browser
toolbar, you know the keen comfort of discovering you're not alone in
asking the Internet questions it's not quite equipped to answer,
includ
20 Years of Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop has been a part of every web designer's life since they
picked up their first mouse.
On February 10th, 2010, Photoshop turns twenty. To mark this
anniversary, we've come up with an article that takes you through the
evolution of Photoshop from its modest
Opera Mini for iPhone: Will Apple approve it?
by Dan Frakes
Macworld.com
Feb 16, 2010
With Opera Software's announcement that the company is this week
demonstrating an iPhone-app version of its eponymous Web browser,
we've seen quite a bit of commentary about the app being dead in the
water,
Cell phone subscriptions to hit 5 billion globally
by Lance Whitney
February 16, 2010
On a planet with around 6.8 billion people, we're likely to see 5
billion cell phone subscriptions this year.
Reaching 4.6 billion at the end of 2009, the number of cell phone
subscriptions across the globe
Annual Global Threat Report 2009
The World's Largest Security Analysis of Real-World Web Traffic
http://www.scansafe.com/downloads/gtr/2009_AGTR.pdf
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
* Malicious PDF files comprised 56% of Web-encountered exploits in
1Q09, growing to 80% of all exploits by 4Q09; Flash exploits
Jobs Is Said to Assist With Book on His Life
By BRAD STONE
The New York Times
February 16, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - A handful of presumptive biographers have, over the
years, tried to tell the remarkable story of Steven P. Jobs: the
youthful visionary who, after being ousted from Apple, the compan
Background
In February 2009, Jim McKelvey wasn't able to sell a piece of his
glass art because he couldn't accept a credit card as payment. Even
though a majority of payments has moved to plastic cards, accepting
payments from cards is still difficult, requiring long applications,
expensive ha
Sezmi Inks Best Buy Pact To Promote Hybrid TV Service In L.A.
Startup Touts TV Service With 23 Cable Nets For $19.99 Per Month
By Todd Spangler
Multichannel News
2/18/2010 5:59:00 PM
http://www.multichannel.com/article/449943-Sezmi_Inks_Best_Buy_Pact_To_Promote_Hybrid_TV_Service_In_L_A_.php
St
February 17, 2010 4:45 PM PST
How to save satellite radio
by Molly Wood
News.com
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-10455416-256.html
It feels like a critical time for music listening right now. Free
streaming services like Pandora and Last.fm are poised to take off, but
they're hampered by s
February 19, 2010
Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks
By JOHN MARKOFF and DAVID BARBOZA
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19china.html?ref=technology&pagewanted=print
SAN FRANCISCO — A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other
American corpora
February 19, 2010
NBC Microphones Pick Up More Than They Hoped For
By BILL CARTER
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/sports/olympics/19nbc.html?ref=business&pagewanted=print
NBC got the best — and worst — of intimate commentary during its
coverage of the Olympics on Wednesday night, th
Dish Mobile Video Plans Come Into Focus
By Harry A. Jessell
TVNewsCheck
Feb 18 2010, 12:49 PM ET
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/02/18/daily.10/
Dish Network, the second leading satellite TV provider, is still not
saying what it intends to do with the 700 MHz spectrum that it bought
February 18, 2010 8:39 AM PST
Toyota software bugs unlike those in flaky PCs
by Brooke Crothers
News.com
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10454331-64.html?tag=newsFeaturedBlogArea.0
The electronic issues dogging the Toyota Prius signal that cars are
increasingly susceptible to software bugs.
Mobile Data, the Next Generation: High Speeds but at What Cost?
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
The New York Times
February 16, 2010
BARCELONA - The next great leap forward in wireless broadband
networks, a superfast technology called Long Term Evolution, is being
hailed as a breakthrough that will transf
Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study Hall
By SAM DILLON
The New York Times
February 12, 2010
VAIL, Ariz. - Students endure hundreds of hours on yellow buses each
year getting to and from school in this desert exurb of Tucson, and
stir-crazy teenagers break the monotony by teasing, texting,
Safe Travels for You and Your Data
By RIVA RICHMOND
The New York Times
February 18, 2010
You're a smart traveler. You pack sunscreen and Pepto, locks for your
luggage and a pouch to hide cash under your clothes. But what digital
precautions do you take?
It's hard enough to make sure the data
Skype in a Struggle to Be Heard on Mobile Phones
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
The New York Times
February 18, 2010
BARCELONA, Spain - Josh Silverman, the chief executive of Skype, the
voice-over-Internet phone service, could tick off the names of mobile
phone operators that block his company's service.
McSlarrow on C-SPAN Communicators
Watch a top industry lobbyist do his thing.
Don't miss NCTA head Kyle McSlarrow on C-SPAN's "The Communicators."
The Q&A session covers prospects for forward movement at the FCC, the
national broadband plan, TV/internet convergence and more.
Air times for the
Apple's Prices for E-Books May Be Lower Than Expected
By MOTOKO RICH
The New York Times
February 18, 2010
Maybe e-book prices won't be rising so much after all.
Since Apple announced plans to sell digital books on its forthcoming
iPad, it has been cast as something of a savior of the publishin
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw
and his ability to speak. Now television's most famous movie critic
is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped.
By: Chris Jones
Roger Ebert's cancer took away his ability to
One huge milestone for music.
Help iTunes reach 10 billion song downloads, and you
could win a $10,000 iTunes
iTunes changed the way you buy music, making songs and albums
available for download, day or night. Seven years later, we're about
to celebrate our biggest milestone for music, yet -
US school district spied on students through webcams, court told
Pennsylvania district accused of using remote-control laptops to
photograph teenage students at home without their knowledge
Daniel Nasaw in Washington
guardian.co.uk, Friday 19 February 2010 13.54 GMT
A school district in Pennsy
How to compete with iPad
Matt Legend Gemmell
February 5, 2010
This is an open letter to the many companies who want to compete with
the iPad. Sony, HP, the JooJoo people; all of them.
Dear Potential iPad Competitors,
We've all seen the media furore about the iPad, and we know that this
day ha
February 18, 2010 5:35 PM PST
The iPhone app for instant booty calls
by Chris Matyszczyk
The urge to have sex is something that many find difficult to control.
Some, indeed, find this urge gets them into trouble. It can affect
your marriage, your work, even your golf swing.
However, now that t
Malicious Software Infects Computers
By JOHN MARKOFF
The New York Times
February 19, 2010
A malicious software program has infected the computers of more than
2,500 corporations around the world, according to NetWitness, a
computer network security firm.
The malicious program, or botnet, can c
He got $500 million but lost the spotlight. Can the legendary shock jock
reinvent himself?
http://bit.ly/aM4Znz
Remember the "King of All Media?"
For many people, Howard Stern has been off the radar since he moved to
satellite radio more than four years ago. But in recent days it is not
just his
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