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It seems like I was walking out of Moscone Center at the end of the 2010 edition of Macworld Expo just the other day. (It was actually about nine days ago.) But organizers of the annual Mac trade show have already opened up registration for next year’s event. And for the next two weeks, registration [...]
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Wal-Mart Stores is taking another swing at the online movie business with the acquisition of Vudu. The retail giant announced the deal on Monday following widespread speculation that an acquisition would be coming soon. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vudu has developed software that is built into TVs and Blu-ray players and lets users rent [...]
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The hero and the villain. It’s the age-old formula that pervades today’s reality TV showdowns, the shenanigans of professional wrestling and cinematic classics like Star Wars. Tech is no different, with its passionate heroes who balance profit with innovation and social responsibility, and the money-mad, egomaniac villains who simply cannot be trusted. Here’s a look [...]
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Apple is selling more Macs than ever these days. And according to a survey from a computer support company, those new customers are enjoying some very reliable machines. On Monday, Rescuecom released its 2010 computer reliability report, with Apple winning the top spot in the survey. The company also led the pack in Rescuecom’s last [...]
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Rather than targeting Web and email servers, attackers these days are prone to going after enterprises from the inside out, compromising end user systems and then using them to access confidential data, according to a Web traffic analysis report by security-as-a-service provider Zscaler. Based on a recent study of traffic passing through its global network, [...]
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If there was anything even vaguely comforting about the data breaches that were announced this year, it was that many of them stemmed f Artwork: Chip Taylor rom familiar and downright mundane security failures. Companies continued to be felled more by usual issues such as lost laptops, unpatched or poorly coded software, inadvertent disclosures and [...]
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Well, it’s that time of the year again. Time to enjoy the glow of a nice LED backlit display and huddle with the warmth that only an overclocked PC can produce. Yep, it’s time to take a look at what’s going to happen in technology in 2009. Here are my five predictions for the new [...]
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Looking forward to 2010 while trying to erase the memory of 2009 — here are my security predictions for the new year. * Security funding increases by more than 10% to recover from a year of cuts. Our research shows that security is one of the areas least likely to suffer severe funding cuts. However, [...]
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A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications. What does a real green data center look like? Officials at Viridity Software — the name means “greenness” — argue that today’s power monitoring products focus only on the [...]
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For you pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, the Apple retail store on Friday announced a way to get a jump on your holiday list. The Reserve And Pick Up option will let you choose hardware products online and swing by your local store to collect them between December 15 and 24. Currently, the line-up of offerings includes iPods, [...]
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