This past weekend, beta-phase PaaS offering PHP Fog was hacked and vandalized by a couple of teenagers, a situation that raises serious questions about cloud security. But the questions aren’t just about technology; the case also raises issues about who’s ultimately responsible for security breaches. Read More »
Archive for March 2011
Now that all four U.S. national carriers offer 4G mobile broadband service, you’d think it was all the same, right? Using an innovative crowdsourced application, Root Metrics tested all of the 4G providers in Seattle and the visual results immediately highlight the vast difference in service. Read More »
The fact that the Google Books settlement has been rejected puts the spotlight back where it should be: on the fact that Google is doing nothing wrong, legally or morally, in scanning books without the permission of the authors or the publishers of those books. Read More »
Working with virtual staff members can take some getting used to. Just like other management skills, it takes practice; working with virtual staff is not a skill you pick up overnight. But there are some steps you can take to make the process a little easier: Read More »
Contractual rules prevent Current.tv from launching Keith Olbermann’s daily show until late spring, but that doesn’t stop the former MSNBC commentator from going in front of the camera. Olbermann posted a few clips on his own site this week, drumming up support for his upcoming show. Read More »
AT&T committed two years ago to make one of the largest purchases of compressed natural gas vehicles in the U.S. to date. On Friday, the telco released more details on how it will reach that goal: buying 101 Chevrolet Express Cargo 2500 natural-gas-powered vans. Read More »
Apple just pushed out iOS 4.3.1 for iPhone (GSM), iPad, iPad 2 and iPod touch devices. The minor update brings a number of welcome bug fixes, including a resolution for image flicker some where experiencing when connecting the new Digital AV Adapter to televisions. Read More »
Recently the App Store has been in the news quite a bit for some controversial apps it accepted, and it seems a route savvy marketers can now use to skip traditional media and go straight for big exposure. But is it good for Apple? Read More »
When it comes to productivity, you can deploy all the software in the world you want, but it’s people, not tools, that foster productivity, says Daniel Debow, co-CEO of Rypple, a social software application that sets out to help teams work better. Read More »
It turns out that “big data” isn’t just a buzzword, but a legitimate concern for companies across the board. Their interest in the tools to take advantage of the opportunity for data analysis has sparked a land grab among software vendors centered around Hadoop. Read More »
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