LABS GALLERY: Updated App Improves Facebook Experience on iPhone

The Facebook for iPhone app got a significant lift on Aug. 27 with the addition of landscape mode, an easier-to-use home screen and greater access to Facebook features including events, newsfeed and photos.

Apple ‘Snow Leopard’ Improvments Will Aid Mac OS X Business Users

The ‘Snow Leopard’ evolution of the Apple Mac OS X operating system speeds up common tasks such as startup, offers a redesigned Finder and removes unnecessary software by changing the way in which printer drivers are installed. For IT managers who oversee Apple in the enterprise, here is a look at what’s new and enhanced for Mac business users

Windows Server 2008 R2`s New IIS 7.5 Offers Management Improvements

With the Microsoft server platform getting an update in the newly released Windows Server 2008 R2, it only makes sense that Microsofts core Web server, Internet Information Services, would also gain some new capabilities. Many of the new features in IIS 7.5 are focused on easing management tasks for administrators, through both the IIS Manager console and command-line based options

Verizon Drops BlackBerry Storm Price to $50

In a quiet move, Verizon Wireless has dropped the price of the touch-screen BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone to $50, as long as users agree to a two-year service contract. The price cut by Verizon comes as RIM gears up to offer the BlackBerry Storm 2, possibly as early as September. – In a quiet move to wrap up August, Verizon Wireless is cutting the price of Research in Motions BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone to about $50, as long as users agree to a two-year service contract.

The 22nd Amendment

On February 27th, 1951, the 22nd amendment was ratified which made permanent a tradition that has profound influence on the philosophy of government in the United States of America. This amendment may not be the most well known amendment but its place in the fabric of American history cannot be overstated. That is [...]

Kace, Vizioncore Lead Cadre of New Virtualization Management Offerings

Virtualization management software vendors, including Kace, Vizioncore, Reflex Systems and Sychron, are using VMworld 2009 to launch new and enhanced offerings touching on everything from server and desktop virtualization to application virtualization. The offerings are all designed to make it easier to manage the growing virtualized environments and lower costs

Samsung`s New App Store Looks to Compete Against Windows Mobile, Apple App Store

Samsung’s new mobile applications store, due to launch in Europe on Sept. 14 before expanding to 30 countries through 2010, will run on phones run Windows Mobile operating system, putting its store in direct competition with the Windows Marketplace for Mobile

Worldwide Chip Sales Increase 5.3 Percent, SIA Says

The latest report from the Semiconductor Industry Association shows that chip sales increased more than 5 percent during a one-month period from June to July 2009. This trend is driven by new purchases of devices such as cell phones and PCs, including netbooks

OpenAjax Alliance Delivers Secure Mashup Software

The OpenAjax Alliance, a group of companies, open source projects and organizations dedicated to delivering interoperable Asynchronous JavaScript and X M L (AJAX) technologies, has announced the approval and availability of OpenAjax Hub 2.0 as an industry standard for more secure Web 2.0 mashup applications. – The OpenAjax Alliance, a group of companies, open source projects and organizations dedicated to delivering interoperable Asynchronous JavaScript and X M L (AJAX) technologies, has announced the approval and availability of OpenAjax Hub 2.0 as an industry standard for more secure Web 2.0 mashup appl…

Google Search Share at 67.5% as Global Search Soars 41%

Google continued to pace the market, landing 76.7 billion searches, good for a market share of 67.5 percent, comScore said. More than 113 billion searches were conducted in July this year, marking a 41 percent increase from a year ago