• Police officer privacy, should officers be protected while on duty?

  In the workplace, in public or online, privacy concerns everyone, including the employees that monitor and help the public every day - your local police department. by Doug Hanchard

  Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Privacy, Doug Hanchard, Security, Officer, NYPD

  Feb 19, 2010 9:56 AM PST

• Apple bans iBoobs, welcomes sweepstakes apps

  The moving target that is Apple's standards for inclusion in the Apple Store took a couple of twists and turns that would blow even Shaun White's mind. It has banned ...

  Tags: AAPL, Apple Inc., App, AAPL, Jason D. O'Grady, Business Operations, Quality

  Feb 19, 2010 9:13 AM PST

• EU browser ballot: Will universities let students choose?

  Windows users will soon be patched to bring up a browser ballot box, to allow the user to pick a browser to use. How will universities deal with this? by ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Zack Whittaker, Web Browser, Internet

  Feb 19, 2010 9:10 AM PST

• Bang and Olufsen introduces 55" BeoVision 7-55 flat screen TV

  Bang and Olufsen has unveiled a massive 55.5-inch LCD display with£LED backlighting named the£BeoVision 7-55. It's got lots of goodies and some impressive specs, but it costs a small fortune. ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, TVs, Rachel King, Tv & Home Theater, Bang

  Feb 19, 2010 9:03 AM PST

• Top 5 most interesting SxSW 2010 BizSpark finalists

  I'll be at SxSW this year covering the panels, parties, and people. Every year, Microsoft's BizSpark Accelerator finds young companies to showcase and compete against each other in various categories. ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Andrew Mager, Khush Khush, Collecta, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Games, Gamesalad, Food, SXSW

  Feb 19, 2010 8:46 AM PST

• Vivienne Tam unveils high-fashion Butterfly earbuds with Monster

  Another gadget with the illustrations of fashion designer Vivienne Tam has debuted. This time it's a pair of in-ear headphones made by Monster called "Butterfly." by Rachel King

  Tags: Vivienne Tam, Rachel King, Monster, Butterfly

  Feb 19, 2010 8:23 AM PST

• Maybe the recession was the best thing that ever happened to SOA

  Business-driven SOA 'is an obvious thing to say, but it's a very difficult thing to achieve' by Joe McKendrick

  Tags: Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Recession, Joe McKendrick, Business, Software, Steve, Enterprise Software, SOA

  Feb 19, 2010 8:21 AM PST

• MobileTechRoundup show #198, MWC, HTC, and webOS

  MWC took place this week in Spain and the Mobile Tech Roundup gang chatted about the main announcement, which was Windows Phone 7 Series. We also talk about HTC announcements, ...

  Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., HTCC F, Matthew Miller, MobileTechRoundup, Palm Pre, HTCC F

  Feb 19, 2010 7:53 AM PST

• Windows 7 European browser selection screen screenshot revealed

  As part of an order from the European Commission over an antitrust suit, Microsoft has released some screenshots of their browser selection screen, set to be released in select Eurozone ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows 7, Rachel King, Web Browser, European Commission, Internet, Microsoft Windows

  Feb 19, 2010 7:42 AM PST

• Mozilla patches critical Firefox bugs

  Mozilla has released fixes for five security holes in older versions of Firefox, while a security company has warned of a zero-day flaw in the latest version of the popular ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Patch Management, Mozilla, Internet, security, Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Matthew Broersma, patches

  Feb 19, 2010 7:24 AM PST

• Corsair Padlock 2 USB drive comes with password protection, 256-bit encryption

  USB drives are easy to lose, and if you're carrying a lot of sensitive information on them, consider getting something with a little more protection. And the new Corsair Padlock ...

  Tags: Flash Memory, Password Protection, Rachel King, USB Flash Drive, Encryption, Password

  Feb 19, 2010 7:22 AM PST

• Microsoft set to begin browser-ballot rollout in Europe

  Microsoft will start rolling out the European-Commission-stipulated browser-ballot screen, which will present to Windows users a list of browser choices, as of the week of February 22. by Mary Jo ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Europe, MSFT, Operating Systems, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Mary Jo Foley, Internet, Software, MSFT

  Feb 19, 2010 7:05 AM PST

• Details leak on Lenovo ThinkPads W701 and W701ds

  Although they're not going to be officially announced until next week, some slides with very specific details on Lenovo's new laptops, the W701 and the W701ds, have leaked to the ...

  Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., 992, Rachel King, Hardware, Notebooks, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets, 992

  Feb 19, 2010 6:52 AM PST

• Sprint says its first WiMAX phone will land before mid-year mark

  Sprint has announced that the mobile provider's first 4G WiMax network-enabled phone should drop before the middle of this year. by Rachel King

  Tags: Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Phone, Wireless And Mobility, Rachel King, Wi-Fi

  Feb 19, 2010 6:26 AM PST

• Text4Baby from Big Brother?

  What Chopra has done is organize all the major groups, like J&J, focused on the health problems of pregnancy and newborns, then convinced them to cooperate on a free service ...

  Tags: Human Resources, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, JNJ, Health Care, Johnson & Johnson, Dana Blankenhorn, Benefits And Compensation, White House, JNJ

  Feb 19, 2010 6:23 AM PST

• Will open source accept Microsoft leadership

  To many within the open source business community this has created a new "live and let live" attitude toward Microsoft. But is that true generally? by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: MSFT, Microsoft Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, Leadership, MSFT

  Feb 19, 2010 5:21 AM PST

• In social media how do brands monitor for sarcasm?

  Many services try to mine social media for sentiment about brands. But it's not easy... by Tom Foremski

  Tags: Ticketmaster Corp., Branding, Marketing, Brand, Monitor, Tom Foremski, Social Media

  Feb 19, 2010 5:05 AM PST

• PC makers ready iPad rivals, but can they shape an experience?

  In the wake of the announcement of the Apple iPad tablet device, computer makers are quickly rallying strategies and devices to challenge it. Is that such a smart idea? by ...

  Tags: Andrew Nusca, AAPL,SNE, Apple Inc., Hardware, Notebooks, Tablets, Sony Corp., Notebooks & Tablets, SNE

  Feb 19, 2010 5:05 AM PST

• Lower Merion laptop flap: District deactivates tracking feature

  The Lower Merion School District said it has deactivated a tracking feature on student laptops that allowed officials to potentially violate family privacy. In an FAQ, the district also denied ...

  Tags: Laptop Computer, Larry Dignan, Hardware, Notebooks, District, Notebooks & Tablets

  Feb 19, 2010 4:35 AM PST

• Citrix and Novell doing the VM certification dance

  If all industry standard system operating systems are certified with all virtual machine products, will finger pointing be a thing of the past? by Dan Kusnetzky

  Tags: Servers, Cloud Computing, Dan Kusnetzky, Storage Management, Hardware, XenServer, Certification, Desktop Virtualization, Storage, Novell Inc.

  Feb 19, 2010 4:00 AM PST

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