Tech

  • Can Lenovo be a tablet player? You bet via the ThinkPad brand

    Given the parade of Apple iPad competitors—Motorola’s Xoom, BlackBerry’s PlayBook, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and tablets from Dell and HP—and the lack of traction the have it’s almost too easy to dismiss a player like Lenovo. Don’t. Lenovo reportedly has an interesting Android 3.0 ThinkPad tablet slated for June. Big deal? […]

  • Planning & Design-Key to Custom Application Development

    Custom application development means designing and developing an application to suit a specific need or demand. Technically, all application development outsourcing is customized, with the only difference that packaged apps have a general set of features to be used by wide range of users. Application may be for your site […]

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    RIM BlackBerry PlayBook: The Unboxing

    Next week, RIM’s first tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, will finally go on sale. Before we took the PlayBook to the labs for testing and itsfull review, we unboxed the tablet and played with it, taking photos all along the way, to give you a look at what you’ll get if […]

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    Six Apple Stores to Visit Before You Die

    Apple opened its first retail store in 2001. Since then the number of brick-and-mortar Apple stores has soared to more than 320 worldwide. In fact, there’s even a Web site, ifoAppleStore that exists for the sole purpose of reporting Apple store news. A recent report from the site suggest that […]

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    The Top 40 Free iPhone Apps 2010

    11. ESPN ScoreCenter 1.5.3 ESPN Inc.,www.espn.go.com Sports fanatics with iPhones should download ESPN Scorecenter. It allows you to keep track of your favorite sports teams on a single page, read the latest analyses from ESPN, and provides push notifications when games start or teams score. Sportacular is also a smart […]

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    Verizon study: data breaches quintupled in 2010

    Criminals carried out more but smaller data thefts last year than in previous years, indicating a shift toward simpler exploits that run lower risk of punishment, according to Verizon’s latest data breach report. In 2010 the number of breaches skyrocketed to 760 from 141 the year before, according to the […]

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    Verizon study: data breaches quintupled in 2010

    Criminals carried out more but smaller data thefts last year than in previous years, indicating a shift toward simpler exploits that run lower risk of punishment, according to Verizon’s latest data breach report. In 2010 the number of breaches skyrocketed to 760 from 141 the year before, according to the […]

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    Open source programming tools on the rise III

    Open source programming tool on the rise: Emacs LISP Every so often, I come back to emacs and recognize just how wonderful it is, 20-odd years after it first took hold. Even today, it is easier to record macros, rebind keys, and customize the tool kit than many of the […]

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    Harris: Why Apple Isn’t The Top Tech Brand

    Why isn’t Apple a top tech brand? Essentially, the company’s products are too expensive, the executive vice president responsible for Harris Interactive’s brand consulting division said late Wednesday. A Harris poll of 25,000 U.S. consumers raised eyebrows Tuesday when the survey revealed that Apple’s brand didn’t win out in either […]

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    The Roots of Piracy

    There was an interesting article in Information Week regarding the state of piracy and whether piracy represents a market failure. In the piece, the various remedies for software companies are outlined and various pundits chime in with opinions about the cause of piracy, missing many points. Understanding why piracy exists […]