| Hackers target the Mac OS while Windows becomes safer Posted: 
Over the years the Mac operating system has remained safer than the Windows OS. This is in part due to the fact that the hackers did not see the Mac platform as a viable target compared to Windows. Although, it appears that this may be changing as more hackers are now targeting the Mac platform. [...]  |
| A-list dev calls Android apps ‘watered down’ Posted: 
How do developers write apps for the scores of hardware variations that characterize the Android platform? They shoot for the broadest compatibility and that means writing for the lowest common denominator, which has led to inferior features and quality (let the fandroid vituperation begin). GeekWire has published an interview with K.C. MacLaren, [...] Related Posts: [...]  |
| The bestselling Kindle comes with ads?!? Posted: 
The bestselling Kindle on Amazon right now is the one which comes complete with advertising. Who’d have thought it? That isn’t a sarcastic garnish to that sentence. I’m genuinely surprised by how well this model of Kindle is selling, let alone how well the Kindle is selling as a product overall. When Kindle first announced [...]  |
| PSN back online, but not in Japan Posted: 
After 24 days offline, PSN is back up and running in most countries around the world. But not in Japan, the home of Sony, or the rest of Asia, because the relevant authorities won’t allow the company to bring [...] Related posts: Hirai: Sony’s focus shifted from Japan PSP beats all-comers in Japan in 2010 [...]  |
| Amazon cloud service blamed for Sony hacking Posted: 
An anonymous source claims the person who hacked into Sony’s Playstation network did so using Amazon’s cloud computing servers. If true, it would suggest previous warnings of the potential for misuse were very much valid. An unnamed Bloomberg source says the Sony hacker carried out the attack using Amazon’s EC2 service which, unlike more basic [...]  |
| Nvidea CEO tells why Android tablets don’t sell Posted: 
Android tablets are notoriously not coming anywhere near matching the sales of market-leader Apple's iPad. Instead, sales are fairly dismal and Jen-Hsun Huang thinks he knows what is causing the problems. Huang is interested in this particular problem because he is the CEO of Nvidia, a company which supplies chips to virtually all the makers [...]  |
| Homecoming for 900-plus Playbooks Posted: 
There was a lot of buzz preceding launch, that this tablet would be the real iPad killer. After a late release and missing features, some folks were actually surprised that Playbook sales figures came in low, well below expectations. Now, there’s another disappointment. Yes, 2011 is going to be a lot like [...] Related Posts: [...]  |
