Technology:
Sony's Vita arrives just as market may be fading (Reuters)
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:48 pm A Teacher Responds to Call for Educator Tweets (ContributorNetwork)ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to U.S. News & World Report, the Department of Education wants students, teachers and administrators to use Twitter to provide feedback about education policies and the state of education. Since I do not have a Twitter profile, I would like to provide some opinions of a group of educators who recently lunched together after spending time working on standardized test revisions. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:41 pm Authorities tracing phone of mountain man's family (AP)
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:37 pm HP says 1Q earnings down 44 pct, beats Street (AP)
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:26 pm FCC urges Internet companies to safeguard Web (Reuters)Reuters - Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by organized crime and helping them clean out viruses, the head of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:12 pm These comedy apps will put a smile on your face (Appolicious)Appolicious - Today’s most innovative comedians are not necessarily telling jokes in front of a live audience, on TV, or in the movies. A new golden age of comedy is playing out online and via mobile applications for smartphones and tablet computers. There are apps that showcase the funniest satirists on Twitter, broadcast interviews with newcomers and comedy legends, and make classic publications like The Onion and Cracked come alive. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:00 pm Exclusive: Palo Alto Networks, other tech firms tee up IPOs (Reuters)Reuters - A series of technology companies, including security software maker Palo Alto Networks, are preparing to go public on the heels of Facebook's $5-billion filing, sensing a window of opportunity as the stock market rallies. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:49 pm IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform (Reuters)Reuters - International Business Machines is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies and organizations fight cyberattacks. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:48 pm Cable cos. shut down interactive ad venture (AP)AP - The country's largest cable TV companies are shutting down the bulk of a venture that let viewers interact with TV ads, laying off 120 employees. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:37 pm Essential iPhone apps for Getting Things Done on the go (Digital Trends)Digital Trends - Besides being a great tool to comb Craigslist, find the best restaurants and occasionally slay zombies, the iPhone makes a fine implement for getting things done. I mean that in the general sense of being productive, but also in reference to Getting Things Done (GTD), the cult productivity system that has taken hold around the world and especially in the tech community. Posted on 22 February 2012 | 3:30 pm |
