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Google's New App Mall Cop February 06, 2012 
Google last week announced it's beefed up security at the Android Market with a malware sniffing system called "Bouncer." Bouncer analyzes new and existing apps, as well as developer accounts. Before apps are allowed to be sold in the market, they're analyzed to see if they contain any known malware, spyware or trojans.
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Samsung Patent Blitz Attracts Scrutiny of EU Trust Busters January 31, 2012 
The European Union has begun looking into whether Samsung Electronics has engaged in antitrust behavior. Samsung years ago pledged to license its patents that are essential for the implementation of European mobile telephony standards on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms.
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SOPA Support Goes Sour January 19, 2012 
The Stop Online Piracy Act appears to be reeling in the face of growing opposition. Internet heavyweights like Wikipedia, Google and Facebook have demonstrated their opposition to the proposed legislation, in some cases protesting by temporarily blocking users from accessing content.
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Sites Rage Against the SOPA Machine January 17, 2012 
Sites like Wikipedia and Google have vowed to take new steps in opposing SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, as the debate over the controversial proposed legislation continues. SOPA seeks to give new powers to law enforcement and copyright holders to fight the illicit exchange of copyrighted content online.
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SOPA on the Ropes as White House Voices Doubts January 16, 2012 
The White House delivered a body blow to the Stop Online Piracy Act when it announced Saturday that it opposed major elements in two Congressional bills that were intended to curb copyright violations on the Internet. The reactions were immediate. Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of News. Corp., attacked the White House in an onslaught of Twitter messages Saturday night.
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Bringing Tasty E-Food Safely to Your Doorstep December 07, 2011 
Someone in the mood for a steak can always go down to the grocery store or head out to a restaurant to get one. However, some shoppers prefer to stay home, go online, place an order, and wait for a couple of days for a frozen steak to appear on their doorstep, packed tightly in a Styrofoam container with dry ice.
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The Federal Government's Map of the Clouds November 15, 2011 
The U.S. government's plan to shift major chunks of existing and future information technology programs to cloud-based systems has proven to be easy to say but harder to do. Technical, cultural and financial issues are frequently raised by agency managers as barriers to adopting cloud technology. Various initiatives have been launched to encourage cloud adoption at the federal level.
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Ecology and Technology: Jobs in the Green IT Industry November 02, 2011 
Green IT is not one industry. Instead, it refers to a number of interrelated fields that focus on designing, manufacturing, installing, using and recycling computers, data centers, electronics and other parts and pieces of information systems. And because of its broad reach, it means the possibility of many different kinds of jobs.
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Federal IT Management Comes Up Short November 01, 2011 
The inventors of Google began their collaboration in 1996 but did not adopt the brand name until 1997. The BlackBerry mobile device came on the market in 1999. And the Clinger-Cohen Act was enacted by Congress in 1996 for the purpose of improving the way the federal government manages IT. Now, 15 years after Clinger-Cohen, federal agencies are still struggling to meet the objectives of the 1996 legislation.
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Which Tech Giant Will Own the Future? October 31, 2011 
Over the years, it has often seemed like the companies in power have people inside who can accurately see the future but are often cursed by people running the business who can't or won't execute against that vision. They are able to see the future but in some terrible parody of the cursed Greek prophetess Cassandra, who could see but not change the future, they are unable to benefit from it.
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Recycle, Reuse and Employ: Jobs in the Recycling Industry October 26, 2011 
It might not be as glamorous as some industries, but recycling is booming. The industry supports more than 450,000 jobs for Americans and generates $10.3 billion in revenue for federal, state and local governments -- making it larger than the forestry and fishing industries combined.
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How Much for That ICANN gTLD? October 25, 2011 
Is $185,000 the right price for a single generic top-level domain? No, it's definitely not. If a gTLD is supposed to provide worldwide exclusive use of a name identity with unlimited sub-name-brand-extension-domains, this amount is insufficient for ICANN to add critical features to the same application process.
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Can the Shriveling BlackBerry Brand Be Saved? October 20, 2011 
RIM had a tough week with another outage. This time, I am afraid it will cost them customers. RIM is at a crossroads. It has a choice. Only one way is the right way toward success. Does RIM know what to do? Has its leadership learned the right lesson? The next steps will either heal the company and it will succeed again, or it will continue to drop like a rock.
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Heating Up: Jobs in the Geothermal Industry October 19, 2011 
Compared to solar and wind, geothermal energy is still a small fraction of the renewable energy market. It's holding its own, however, and it's likely to become a much bigger player in the not-so-distant future. "The resource is enormous," said Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association. "We're looking for how to solve our energy problems, and this is a huge resource we're only starting to tap."
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RIM's Outage: Body Blow or Flesh Wound? October 13, 2011
RIM announced that BlackBerry service has been reinstated to millions of users following more than three days of service interruption. The outage prevented many users from sending and receiving text messages and emails, or surfing the Web, although some experienced limited or sporadic service. Users may suffer further delays due to the backlog of messages that built up during the outage, said RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.
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Blowing in the Wind: Jobs in the Wind Industry October 12, 2011 
Like other renewable energy resources, wind energy is taking off. The second quarter of 2011 saw more than 1,003 megawatts of wind power capacity installed, and the wind industry has contributed upwards of 35 percent of all new generating capacity during the past four years, second only to natural gas, according to the America Wind Energy Association.
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