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Desktop in my Pocket

TechGrid Staff — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:55:08 +0000

I’ve been playing around with an Android Galaxy Nexus running ICS and have been overly impressed. The operating system is polished and has a intuitive workflow. Increasingly, I’ve been thinking about the utility of using a phone as a desktop (after watching the YouTube video below). It seems that the fantasy is now a reasonable [...]

CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming

TechGrid Staff — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:43:12 +0000

“The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.” Source: CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming | Reuters

Hacker – What I do meme

MattD — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:47:15 +0000

7 things to expect from Apple in the next 7 months

MattD — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:16:34 +0000

iPad 3 – Retina display, LTE networking, and faster processor. iPhone 5 – Larger form factor, faster processor, and LTE networking. Apple can no longer ignore the big phone movement, especially with a content-consumption device. MacBook Pro Air – The 13″ MacBook Pro will be discontinued with the 13″ Air filling the void. The 15″ [...]

Facebook IPO filing: Plans to raise $5 billion

TechGrid Staff — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:21:12 +0000

“At long last, the Holy Grail of Internet IPOs is here. Facebook filed Wednesday to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering. In 2011, Facebook earned $1 billion on sales of $3.7 billion. As of December 31, Facebook had 845 million daily active users.” (Source: Facebook IPO filing: Plans to raise $5 billion – [...]

American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs

TechGrid Staff — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:31 +0000

“American Airlines told its unions Wednesday it plans to cut 13,000 jobs from the staff of 88,000 at the nation’s No. 3 airline.” (Source: American Airlines: We’ll have ‘many fewer’ jobs – Feb. 1, 2012.)

Anonymous attacks DOJ site after feds shut down Megaupload

TechGrid Staff — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:46:45 +0000

“In one of the U.S. government’s largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads.” (Anonymous attacks DOJ site after feds shut down Megaupload – Jan. 19, 2012)

Eastman Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

TechGrid Staff — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:35:00 +0000

” Eastman Kodak, the once mighty icon of the photography industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday.” (Source: Eastman Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection – Jan. 19, 2012.)

Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest

TechGrid Staff — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:33:44 +0000

“Wikipedia was one of several websites that shut down at midnight in protest of anti-piracy bills that critics say could amount to censorship. Instead of the usual encyclopedia articles, visitors to Wikipedia were greeted by a message about the decision to black out its English-language Web page for an entire day. “ (Source: Wikipedia, other [...]

Zappos.com hacked; 24 million customers affected

TechGrid Staff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:47:54 +0000

“Online retailer Zappos.com is asking its 24 million customers to reset their passwords after a cyberattack, according to a posting on the company’s website.” (Source: Zappos.com hacked; 24 million customers affected – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs.)