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Adobe Plays the Porn Card in Flash Campaign Against iPad

Apple has clearly hurt Adobe’s feelings. When Steve Jobs demonstrated an iPad at Wednesday’s tablet event, its Safari browser clearly did not support Flash.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Week in Apple: iPad mania! Hands-on, reactions, and more

Do we even need to summarize what this week’s top Apple news was all about? Aside from iPad mania, Apple also announced a record fiscal quarter and the Ars staff opined on what we want out of iPhone OS 4.0 and more. Read on for the goo…

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Week in tech: iPad protestors, RIAA vs. Thomas-Rasset redux, and stupid Facebook users

The iPad made finally debuted last week, but not everyone was happy to see it. A group of protesters from the Free Software Foundation picketed the launch event saying that Apple’s new tablet is nothing more than a golden calf of DRM.A…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Virgin Mobile Canada lights up HSPA+ network, iPhone 3GS, Bold 9700 in tow

Well, it’s a bit earlier than the invitation to the big launch event suggested, but it looks like Virgin Mobile Canada is now officially part of the HSPA+ club, and it’s now also selling a couple of new phones you might be interested in. Naturally, …

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |
 

The Slate Walloped the State in Social Media

Two events dominated discussion last week: the unveiling of Apple’s iPad and President Obama’s State of the Union address. Leading up to last Wednesday, many wondered if Apple’s event would…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Some baby black holes give boost, but no burst

A pair of papers that appear in this week’s edition of Nature report onsome interesting astrophysical observations. Two teams from differentcontinents have found supernovae that have an anomalousfeature: matter is moving away from them at significan…

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |
 

Leading IT Training Firm K Alliance Sponsors Training 2010 Conference & Expo

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — K Alliance, a Tampa-based IT training company, is a sponsor of Training 2010 Conference & Expo, a major event held at the San Diego Convention Center from February 1 through February 3, 2010.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

McGraw-Hill on iPad launch: We didn’t get booted; we weren’t part of it

Remarks by CEO led some to believe the publisher was privy to iPad details before the launch, but that wasn’t the case. It was never part of the event to begin with, says a spokesman.

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Technology |

Kingston DataTraveler 5000 gets 256-bit AES encryption

Carry plenty of data around on a USB flash drive? If that is so, why not make it all the more secure with the Kingston DataTraveler 5000, as this model comes with a built-in 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption. In addition, it is FIPS 140-2 Level …

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Gadgets |

Hands-On – Early Impressions Of The Apple iPad

The iPad isn’t finished yet. With sixty days still to go before the Wi-Fi version appears in stores worldwide, Apple still has time to add new features and tweak existing ones. The iPads that were on display in Apple’s post-event demo room …

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Blogs |