The recent appearance of the Firesheep plugin for Firefox has raised concerns over the lack of security for browsing sessions that are conducted at public hotspots, so the release of Fireshepherd to stop digital eavesdropper is welcome news. Hotspot sessions are more vulnerable than many realize. Read More »
Archive for October 2010
We’ve been following solar, wind and even the idea of offshore wind-powered data centers … but trash-powered data centers? That’s the aim of a Colorado Springs, Colo. developer who wants to build a data center campus with servers powered by waste and wood. Read More »
Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett believes the typical cord cutter is 40 years old, poor and settling for a “dog’s breakfast” of Netflix and short-form video. But recent research from Strategy Analytics shows that, as it turns out, nothing could be further from the truth. Read More »
Facebook is testing the addition of Groupon-style discount offers to its Facebook Places location feature, according to a report based on an email received by an anonymous merchant. Although unconfirmed, such a move — which would bring Facebook into direct competition with Groupon — makes sense. Read More »
Jumping past Research in Motion, Apple has entered the top five in global mobile phone sales, trailing only Nokia, Samsung, and LG. Number four may not count for much in the realm of professional sports, but it means a lot in the technology business. Read More »
Mobile Tech Manor is my home office where all sorts of gadgetry is always arriving. In this column, I look back at the week in the Manor and recount the happenings and lessons learned. I love sharing my weeks with you, so welcome to the Manor. Read More »
Using the APIs really isn’t as hard to use as people seem to think. In this post, I’m going to show you how you can make use of APIs (perhaps to gather data, or to carry out some automation) with no programming. Read More »
Fortune magazine today has joined the cavalcade of mainstream media outlets which have confirmed that a Verizon iPhone is in fact a certainty. And it’s coming in 2011, so in case you had any lingering doubts, banish them. Read More »
For Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, it has been a good week. His company reported uptick in new subscribers and revenues even as losses deepened. In this first part of a three-part interview, Hesse shares his thoughts on smartphones, iPads, and importance of a rock-solid network. Read More »
Five years after co-founding YouTube, long-time CEO Chad Hurley is stepping down from that position, according to TechCrunch. He’s been transitioning away from the CEO role for the last two years, ceding most day-to-day business decisions to Google’s former VP of web applications Salar Kamangar. Read More »
It wasn’t a heavy news day aside from Microsoft’s big announcement, but the great discussion around the future of new technologies continues, including the bittersweet NoSQL proposition, avoiding cloud lock-in and building systems for real-time BI. Read More »
Here are three strategies by First Solar for 2011: keeping its solar panel prices low to encourage its customers to open new markets, use its project development business to offset any drop in solar panel sales, and build new factories like mad. Read More »
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