The Association for Computing Machinery today named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer, and the prototype for networked personal computers. ... (Continue reading)
Google is bringing the app store concept to business cloud computing, giving software developers a storefront for Google Apps customers. The Google Apps Marketplace, announced here Tuesday at the company’s Campfire One event, will allow Google Apps users to purchase third-party... (Continue reading)
Apple chief operating officer Tim Cook on Tuesday touted the firm’s role as a “mobile devices company” and said he is eager to get new iPad tablet computers to market. Apple will sell the iPad online and at retail shops keen... (Continue reading)
Iran has become the fastest growing scientific power. Such a conclusion is made in the company’s report Science-Metrix, which examined the drafters of the development of science in the world in the last 30 years. Frantic desire to conquer the... (Continue reading)
Head of the (Federal Communications Commission Julius Genachowski took the initiative to provide 100 million homes broadband internet access. As part of the 100 Squared will provide 100 million homes broadband internet access via 100 megabit per second, the site... (Continue reading)
In the United States ended a lawsuit over a hacker named Max Ray Butler, also known as Max Ray Vision and Iceman. Butler was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for breaking into computer networks and stealing credit card... (Continue reading)
Microsoft has moved from the backseat of the smartphone war to front and centre, unveiling a radically redesigned operating system that will soon become a serious challenger to Apple’s iPhone. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, the company showed... (Continue reading)
Intel and Nokia on Mobile Congress in Barcelona unveiled the platform MeeGo, which will be a hybrid of mobile systems Moblin (Mobile Linux) and Maemo. The first versions MeeGo appear in the second quarter of 2010, and devices based on... (Continue reading)
Leading cellular operators and handset manufacturers have decided to create an open platform for application delivery to all mobile users. This is stated in an official joint press release. A new organization called the Wholesale Applications Community joined 24 companies, including... (Continue reading)
What will happen when tons of software programs, “offices”, “windows” and pack the necessary licenses to them will never be needed to the user. Most i like about Google that it was created by two graduate students at Stanford University,... (Continue reading)