The dream of bolting security onto the Internet’s Domain Name System takes one step closer to reality Wednesday as Internet policymakers host a ceremony in northern Virginia to generate and store the first cryptographic key that will be used to secure the Internet’s root zone.
Free Nuance PDF Reader Displays and Converts PDFs
June 15th, 2010
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Nuance PDF Reader is a simple, straightforward free PDF reader with a twist–it does the best job of any PDF program I’ve tried at converting PDF files to Word, Excel or WordPerfect files. For that alone, this free program is well worth the download.
Security experts, hackers question AT&T’s iPad data safety claim
June 14th, 2010
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AT&T sent a explanatory letter to its iPad subscribers Sunday, even as new details emerged that last week’s leak of customer information was not as difficult as the company maintains, and, contrary to the company’s claims, could be used to gain additional data.
ViFiB wants you to host cloud computing at home
June 14th, 2010
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French hosting company ViFiB thinks it can save on expensive data center space by placing its servers in homes and offices with broadband Internet access, putting it somewhere between cloud computing services such as Amazon Web Services and distributed computing projects such as SETI@home.
Enterprises slowly adopting social tech
June 13th, 2010
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Attendees to next week’s Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston may find that businesses’ use of social-networking and collaboration technologies is slowly starting to take off.
Hard Candy Cases offers sleek iPhone 4 cases
June 12th, 2010
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Since the iPhone 4’s unveiling earlier this week, a feeding frenzy has commenced, with accessory makers rushing to get their iPhone 4 cases on the market. One of the latest offerings comes from Hard Candy Cases, which is offering a slick line of stylish cases for pre-order.
Read It Later app now available for iPad
June 12th, 2010
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Read It Later, an app that saves article links for future perusal, has been updated to run natively on the iPad. Previously available for the iPhone and iPod touch, version 2.1 of the app is now universal for all of Apple’s iOS devices.
India raises US$8.2 billion from wireless broadband auction
June 11th, 2010
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India’s auction of wireless broadband spectrum ended on Friday, after 16 days of bidding, with Qualcomm winning coveted slots in the cities of Mumbai and Delhi, according to data released Friday by the country’s Department of Telecommunications (DOT).
