First LTE phone from Verizon expected mid-2010
Verizon Wireless plans to launch its first LTE-based wireless phone in mid-2011, three to six months after the carrier rolls out its new LTE network, according to a report.
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Salesforce.com outage has customers tweeting
Salesforce.com customers were abuzz on Twitter Thursday morning as the result of what they described as a North American outage.
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Banish Seven Bad Tech Habits
You floss daily, rotate your tires regularly, file your taxes on time, and exercise at least twice a week. In other words, you have lots of good habits. But when it comes to technology, well, we need to talk. You know all the icons cluttering your desktop, and the passwords you keep in Notepad, and the half-baked backup you make once a month? Those are the results of bad habits--and they're not the only ones.
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Tighter security coming for .org names
The Public Interest Registry will add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain in June -- a move that will protect millions of nonprofit groups and their donors from hacking attacks known as cache poisoning.
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Verizon's One-on-One Droid Training
Verizon has taken a page from Apple offering free 30-minute one-on-one training for the Droid phones it sells (the Motorola Droid and the HTC Eris Droid.) Although I've spent several enjoyable hours exploring the features of my new Droid, I still have a bunch of questions about how to get the most out of my Droid. So I called Verizon to schedule some training. Here is an account of my experience. Up front I can say that I had a very positive time with the training, but not before encountering some real annoyances in scheduling it.
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Icon software aids desktop makeovers
The need to customize our workspace--to enliven it and make it our own--extends well beyond colorless cubicles and dreary desks; we also feel compelled to customize our digital workspaces. Mac users have been creating custom desktop and application icons for over two decades now, often with the help of third-party utilities. It's a trend that shows no sign of slowing, especially since we're now making use of such icons for other purposes, such as Websites, favicons, and social networking.
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EU Parliament rejects secretive ACTA in vote for openness
The EU Parliament has voted 663 to 13 against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.
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IE zero-day exploit code goes public
An Israeli researcher has published exploit code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft had just disclosed on Tuesday.
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When IT projects founder, emotions run high
Problem projects -- killed, euthanized or launched to disappointment -- can leave techies with unresolved feelings that linger for years. Here are some suggestions for avoiding major pain.
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HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought
HSBC said on Thursday that about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.
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