InformationWeek - All StoriesInformationWeekHome Broadband Adoption Stalls Among Some Americans- July 3, 2008 A recent Pew Internet report finds just 25% of American households with annual incomes of $20,000 or less had broadband connections in their homes.http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802474&am... Hands-Free Driving Likely To Spur More Voice Recognition- July 3, 2008 New rules in California and Washington make the market ripe for improved speech-enabled cell phone applications, a Nuance study suggests.http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/messaging/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2088023... Unemployment Rate Holds Steady At 5.5 Percent- July 3, 2008 U.S. employers cut workers from their payrolls for a sixth straight month in June for the longest losing streak for the labor market since 2002, and a jump in first-time claims for jobless benefits points to more weakness ahead.http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/trends/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20880236... Avocent Restructures, Announces Acquisitions- July 3, 2008 The acquisitions will bring Avocent into closer competition with full-spectrum IT infrastructure management vendors, such as IBM and HP.http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/data_centers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2088... Just How Many 'Brains' Does A PC Need- July 3, 2008 Chips from Intel and AMD offer lots of options.http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802... Firefox 3 Boosts Browser's Market Share Over 19%- July 3, 2008 Gains came mostly from users upgrading from Firefox 2, while only a small portion came at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer.http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20880226... Sony Confirms Pulling PS3 Firmware Update- July 3, 2008 The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board.http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2... High-Tech Card Cheat Pleads Guilty- July 3, 2008 One of the devices used by the group was a wireless transmitter to anticipate the cards players would be dealt, according to a Justice Department indictment.http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802... MySpace Ties Up With Russia MTS For Mobile Network- July 2, 2008 Under the agreement, MySpace will create an exclusive WAP-portal for subscribers of MTS Russia, who currently number more than 60 million.http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20... Security Analysis: The Case For Disclosing Breach Data- July 2, 2008 Read this chapter from <i>The New School Of Information Security<i> before your company gets hacked, and learn why covering up a data breach is a bad short-term strategy and a risky long-term one.http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/encryption/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802... |