Linkpost | 5.5.2012
• AT&T Chief Regrets Offering Unlimited Data for iPhone – Randall Stephenson says the iPhone’s unlimited cost AT&T plenty. Of course, now that the company has moved to tiered data, it’s making...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.8.2012
• Nielsen: Smartphones Used By 50.4% Of U.S. Consumers, Android 48.5% Of Them – Nielsen joins a growing number of research firms who say more than half of mobile phone users now have smartphones. Also...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.9.2012
Updated 2:40 p.m. • HP on laptop design similarities with Apple’s: it’s a struggle as we drive to simplicity – HP’s head of notebook design says function often dictates form, which is why HP’s...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.10.2012
• Microsoft Accused of Hindering Firefox Browser and Google agrees with Mozilla’s Windows RT browser concerns – Because Windows RT – the version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM processors – won’t allow...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.24.2012
• Here comes Yahoo’s own Web browser — Axis – Well, actually, no . . . it’s not a full browser, but rather an extension for Chrome or Firefox on the desktop, and a wrapper for Safari in iOS. But it...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.1.2012
• Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran – A book excerpt in the New York Times says the Stuxnet worm was a joint U.S.-Israeli effort to slow down Iran’s nuclear program. The program,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.6.2012
• LinkedIn’s iOS app collects and transmits names, emails and notes from your calendar, in plain text – The iOS app for LinkedIn is discovered to be sending detailed personal information from the...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.15.2012
• iPad mini will look like a large iPod touch with smaller side bezels [Gallery] – A roundup of mockups and external parts that might or might not represent what a smaller iPad would look like. And...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.31.2012
• Exclusive: Google, Apple CEOs in talks on patent issues – Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Larry Page are talking about intellectual property, according to Reuters. Will this lead to a truce in the...
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.5.2012
• The end of Android tablets: can Google match Amazon’s success before Microsoft closes the window? – The failure of Android tablets to catch on gives Microsoft an opening with Windows 8, argues The...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.12.2013
• The White House rejects Death Star petition: We have a space station and blowing up planets is bad – The guy who wrote the White House rejection clearly had a great sense of humor . . . and relished...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.13.2013
• Some future gadgets I’d maybe buy (aka a realist’s guide to CES) – Forget the breathless coverage and overhype of CES. Here’s Wirecutter’s 13 items introduced at the show that you might actually want...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.14.2013
• Oracle ships Java 7 Update 11 with vulnerability fixes, increased security level for Java applets – The update fixes a hole that was being actively exploited with malware. • Apple Cuts Order for...
View ArticleDo you have Java on your computer? Update it NOW.
Do you have Java installed on your personal computer? If so, regardless of whether the operating system is Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, you need to take action immediately. On Sunday, Oracle released a...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.23.2013
• Dell Said to Near Buyout as Microsoft Discusses Deal Financing – Microsoft might help Dell with its plans to go private by contributing about $2 billion to the deal. • Microsoft Surface Pro on sale...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.17.2013
• Microsoft’s Windows 8 Plan B(lue): Bring back the Start button, boot to desktop – Sources tell Mary Jo Foley that Microsoft is considering restoring the Start button and allowing users to boot...
View ArticleLinkpost | 5.9.2013
• Microsoft Mulling Nook Media LLC Purchase For $1 Billion – According to documents related to the proposed purchase, Nook tablets would be discontinued and Nook content would be read through software...
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