Apple's Worth More Than Google?
Was it buzz over the iPhone App store? Its tie-up with Best Buy? The Mac's comeback vs. the PC? Worries about an online advertising slowdown?
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Apple's IPhone Software Sales Take Off
Apple's bet on cellphone software seems to be paying off.
In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in an interview at Apple's headquarters. While most of those applications were free, Apple sold an average of $1 million a day in applications for a total of about $30 million in sales over the month.
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Vista Security Rendered Useless by New Exploit
This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers, Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov, of VMware Inc., will discuss their findings which could completely bring Windows Vista to its knees.
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Introducing Snowl - Messaging in the Browser
Could the web browser help you follow and participate in online discussions?
Snowl from Mozilla Labs is an experiment to answer that question. It’s a prototype Firefox extension that integrates messaging into the browser based on a few key ideas Read MoreMicrosoft
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008
Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the new version of the company’s acclaimed data management and business intelligence platform. “Microsoft developed this release of SQL Server with the customer in mind,” said Ted Kummert, corporate vice president of the Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft. “SQL Server 2008 is the only major database that includes comprehensive, tightly integrated functionality for data management as well as advanced business intelligence out of the box."
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Announcing Google Insights for Search
Google is launching Google Insights for Search, a new product designed with the advertiser in mind. It provides more flexibility and functionality for advertisers and marketers to understand search behavior, and adds some cool new features like a world heat map to graphically display search volume and regional interest.
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Steve Jobs: MobileMe "not up to Apple's standards"
In an internal e-mail sent to Apple employees Steve Jobs admitted that MobileMe was launched too early and "not up to Apple's standards." The e-mail, seen by Ars Technica, acknowledges MobileMe's flaws and what could have been done to better handle the launch.
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Google Translation Center, a New Human Translations Service in the Making
Google looks set to launch a beta test of a document translation service, a new move in the company's efforts to break down language barriers.
Google Translation Center is the fast and easy way to get translations for your content. The site allows you to upload documents that are translated by (paid) human translators.
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Sun Releases Preview of JavaFX
Sun has published a preview of Javafx, a family of products for creating rich internet applications (RIA) with immersive media and content, across all the screens of your life. It includes a runtime and a tools suite that web scriptersm designers and developers can use to quickly build an deliver the next generation of rich interactive applications for desktop, mobile devices, TV, and other platforms.
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