Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary.
Source: CNET News
Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external company Google and other companies use to handle human resources functions, were stolen in a burglary on May 26. An undisclosed number of employees’ details [...]
How Does the iPhone compare?
Originally posted at wirefly.com
The iPhone drives a lot of interest in the cell phone market these days, and deservedly so. Its sexy touch screen, smooth multimedia interface, and effective ad campaign make it an appealing option.
But what if you’re looking for a phone with a true productivity suite and high-speed data [...]
Link or URL shortening services are nothing new–TinyURL, for example, has been around since January 2002, when site creator Kevin Gilbertson wanted to link directly to newsgroup postings with really long addresses. Indeed, that’s the true impetus behind these services; taking really long and unwieldy Web links (to an Amazon or eBay item, for example), [...]
Your email account can contain a lot of personal information, from bank alerts to love letters. Email that, I’m sure, you don’t always want other people to see. We understand how important your Gmail accounts are to you, so we’re adding a new layer of information and control. With this new feature, you can now [...]
If you’re a Windows user you know full well the tight integration among Microsoft products that has made the operating system a little less than friendly when it comes to tying in various Web apps. E-mail in particular is one of those actions that will usually pop up Outlook or Outlook Express, forcing you [...]
The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Justice Dept. Tuesday for information regarding the use of cellphones as tracking devices. The Washington Post reports that the ACLU had filed, back in November, a Freedom of Information Act request for documents, memos and guidelines on tracking cellphone users.
The groups suspect the government seeks the [...]
Less than 60 percent of Web users are outfitted with up-to-date, fully patched browsers, according to a new, IBM co-authored research study, which relies on examinations of users’ Google log records to help reach that conclusion.
Jointly produced by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google, and IBM Internet Security Services, the study places most of [...]
The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox.
Mozilla’s Download Day on June 17, whose server-crippling success delayed its official start, sought to popularize the open-source Web browser. Mozilla, which oversees the Firefox project, projected at the time that [...]
El Segundo (CA) – If we believe the public statements of AMD executives, then the company’s market strategy has always been based on maintaining and growing market share at virtually any expense. So far, this game cost AMD more than $4.3 billion, but according to iSuppli, AMD may have reached a point where it may [...]
Microsoft is offering iPod nanos, shuffles, and touches as prizes to promote their Live Search in Australia, according to the Brisbane Times on Wednesday. Microsoft is working through a joint venture in Australia with Nine Network, ninemsn, for Internet search.
Microsoft said that using a competitor’s products in this way is frowned upon. However, the Zune [...]
