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Ciencia y Tecnología |
- Mobile Users Brush Off Reports of Cell Phone, Cancer Link
- Microsoft Survey Reveals Extent of Emerging Internet Phone Scam
- T-Mobile Local Deals App Hits Android Market
- Google Sync Improved for Corporate iPhone, iPad Users
- Growth of Public Cloud Unified Communications Sluggish: Survey
- T-Mobile Doubles Speed of 4G Network in 41 Markets
- Buying a Chromebook: 10 Factors in Its Favor
- Panasonic Toughbook Android Tablet Coming to Rival RIM PlayBook
- Lawmakers Add 48-Hour Rule to Data Breach Notification Bills
- RIM Quarterly Results: 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks Shipped, Layoffs Coming
- Microsoft Releases Kinect for Windows SDK Beta
- HP, Toshiba Connect for Future IT, Cloud Services Projects
- Six IT Skills With Rising Pay, and Four Certifications Paying Less
- U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict Mobile Location Data Collection
- Globalfoundries Begins Search for New CEO Amid $12 Billion Spending Plan
| Mobile Users Brush Off Reports of Cell Phone, Cancer Link Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT Less than 20 percent of mobile users would adjust their cell phone habits based on the recent cell phone cancer scare, according to a survey by research firm TNS. - Although 80 percent of mobile users are aware of a recent World Health Organization report that cell phones could possibly cause brain cancer, less than 20 percent plan to do anything about it, market-research firm TNS reveals. The firm conducted a poll of consumers to gauge their reaction to t... |
| Microsoft Survey Reveals Extent of Emerging Internet Phone Scam Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT The vast majority (79 percent) of people deceived by phone scammers suffered some sort of financial loss. - Technology giant Microsoft Corp. released findings of a survey, commissioned by Microsoft Trustworthy Computing and conducted by Dynamic Markets, into an emerging form of Internet scam that targets English-language markets and costs victims on average $875. The scam works by criminals posing as comp... |
| T-Mobile Local Deals App Hits Android Market Posted: 17 Jun 2011 05:37 AM PDT T-Mobile launched a More for Me local-deals-aggregation service to Google's Android Market. The app will let consumers pick and choose from Groupon and Living Social deals from most Android phones. - One of the knocks on the burgeoning local-deals market Groupon and LivingSocial have fostered has been that its low barrier to entry means almost anyone can launch such a service. No. 4 U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile advanced that argument June 15 by launching a free local-deals application to... |
| Google Sync Improved for Corporate iPhone, iPad Users Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:57 AM PDT Apple iOS users are in luck. Google Sync now lets iPhone and iPad users search Gmail, send email from any address they want, and accept, decline or edit calendar events. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) June 15 added new features to its Google Sync application geared toward improving the work experiences for corporate iPhone and iPad users. Google released Google Sync in February 2009 to let users synchronize their Gmail Contacts and Google Calendar with their iPhone, Wi... |
| Growth of Public Cloud Unified Communications Sluggish: Survey Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:47 AM PDT Asked if they had to choose a public-cloud UC provider, one-third said they would choose Microsoft Office 365. - Among organizations not currently using a public-cloud-based unified communications service, only 10 percent plan to deploy such a service within the next year, according to the findings of a new survey. Respondents to the survey cited concerns over loss of customization, uptime and security. H... |
| T-Mobile Doubles Speed of 4G Network in 41 Markets Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:49 AM PDT T-Mobile's 4G network reaches more than 200 million Americans in 184 markets. - Mobile operator T-Mobile announced it is doubling the speed of its 4G network in 41 additional markets including Albuquerque, N.M.; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Sacramento and San Diego, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah and San Antonio, Texas. Now, customers in 96 markets across the country have access... |
| Buying a Chromebook: 10 Factors in Its Favor Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT News Analysis: Chromebooks are available to consumers now. Although they might not be the best options for every customer, there are some that see good reasons to buy such a device. - Now that Chromebooks are available to consumers at Best Buy and Amazon, speculation abounds over how Googles Chrome operating system will fare in the increasingly competitive desktop OS space. Some say that Chromebooks will catch on with customers, thanks to their small footprint and unique op... |
| Panasonic Toughbook Android Tablet Coming to Rival RIM PlayBook Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT Panasonic is launching an Android-based Toughbook tablet later this year, a 10.1-inch slate targeted more toward RIM's enterprise users and not Apple's iPad consumer base. - Research in Motion's (TSE:RIM) Blackberry PlayBook is going to get some competition later this year from an unlikely source. Panasonic Solutions Company, whose focus is on building rugged IT solutions for government and commercial enterprises, said it is building its Android-based Toughbook tablet ... |
| Lawmakers Add 48-Hour Rule to Data Breach Notification Bills Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:07 PM PDT U.S. Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Mark Pryor joined U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack in filing legislation that requires companies to notify customers about data breaches within 48 hours of when an incident assessment is completed. - Two draft versions of data breach bills were introduced in Congress: one by U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif., and the other by Sens. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. The Bono Mack draft bill would require companies to notify the Fe... |
| RIM Quarterly Results: 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks Shipped, Layoffs Coming Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT RIM saw its revenue decline in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. The BlackBerry maker shipped 500,000 PlayBook tablets. And layoffs are coming. - Research In Motion earned $4.9 billion in revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, down 12 percent from the previous quarter. Net income also declined, and RIM executives on a June 16 earnings call acknowledged that the BlackBerry maker is undergoing a turbulent period in its long history. ... |
| Microsoft Releases Kinect for Windows SDK Beta Posted: 16 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Microsoft has released its Kinect for Windows SDK beta, opening its hands-free gaming technology to developers and researchers. - Microsoft has released its Kinect for Windows SDK beta, bringing the motion-control and voice-recognition technology to developers and researchers. Microsoft had originally designed the Kinect controller as a way to play Xbox 360 games via gesture and spoken words, in the process targeting tho... |
| HP, Toshiba Connect for Future IT, Cloud Services Projects Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:42 PM PDT The new partnership will provide hardware, software and services to public networks that provide power, water and gas services in the Far East and other regions. - Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba, longtime enemies in the global portable PC marketplace, are reaching over that chasm to collaborate in a different sector: IT infrastructure and cloud computing services. The two companies said June 16 they have created a new partnership to provide hardware, softwa... |
| Six IT Skills With Rising Pay, and Four Certifications Paying Less Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:12 PM PDT How much are your IT skills worth? Well, it depends on your particular area of specialization. According to research firm Foote Partners' IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index, updated for the first quarter of 2011, pay premiums for certain certifications have hit their lowest point in years& even as certain noncertified skills have seen a significant uptick in pay. "Our survey is showing the lowest average pay for an IT certification since our firm began formally surveying and publishing skills pay benchmarks back in 1999," David Foote, Foote Partners' co-founder and CEO, wrote in an introduction to the report. "But we're also at the highest average premium pay for a noncertified skill since September 2001, so this is the largest gap in pay for skills and certifications in 10 years." During the quarter, average premium pay for 252 noncertified skills increased 1.4 percent in value. Meanwhile, pay for 231 individual IT certifications declined some 1.9 percent. "The fact is that employers still think highly enough of the 231 certifications we do survey to be willing to pay a cash premium to workers who have earned them," Foote wrote. At the same time, though, "what I think we're seeing is that there are hundreds of skills that may not have certifications that are being valued more highly by employers." - ... |
| U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict Mobile Location Data Collection Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:03 PM PDT U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced the Location Privacy Protection Act in the Senate to require companies to notify users when location data is being collected. - Two United States senators have introduced a bill that would require companies to explicitly get permission from mobile users before sharing location data with other third-parties. The Location Privacy Protection Act would close loopholes in existing law, Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard ... |
| Globalfoundries Begins Search for New CEO Amid $12 Billion Spending Plan Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT Globalfoundries, a two-year-old chip manufacturing company that spun off from AMD, is looking for a new CEO after Doug Grose left the position. - Globalfoundries, formed in 2009 when Advanced Micro Devices spun off its manufacturing arm, is looking for new leadership. The company, which is owned primarily by ATIC (Advanced Technology Investment Co.), which is operated by the government of Abu Dhabi, announced June 16 that Doug Grose is ... |
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