News from ZDNet | | DoT hopes to raise $17.9 Billion from spectrum freed by defense services The Department of Telecommunication has asked the Defense Ministry to vacate another 80MHz for commercial telecommunication needs. According to DoT the sale of this spectrum can make close to... Read more | What a Mac malware attack looks like Remember last month when I showed you a malware attack that was targeting Google Chrome users? In a follow-up post, I wondered whether Macs would be far behind. Today I found one such attack, in... Read more | Report: Large drop in freelance writing work following Google algorithm change The most significant change in Google's search algorithm in years is having an effect on a lot of businesses... Read more | Apple dumping Intel for ARM? Pros, cons and a lot of questions The rumor of the day is that Apple is dumping Intel and its x86 architecture for ARM---at least on laptops. The big question is how much credence do we give to these reports. Here are the key... Read more | HTC Flyer digital stylus to be sold separately, priced at $79 HTC is breaking hearts with the confirmation that the Flyer will not come bundled with its digital stylus. Those hearts will be further broken once customers discover that the stylus will sell for... Read more | Nokia falls to No. 2 mobile device maker in its own backyard Nokia is the largest company in Finland as well as the number one mobile device maker in Western Europe for many years. But Nokia must learn to say number No. 2 now. Read more | Quick poll - Mac OS X security There has been a lot of discussion here on Hardware 2.0, across ZDNet as a whole, and wider on the internet and social media lately, about how safe Mac OS X users are from malware and whether... Read more | T-Mobile loses 471,000 contract customers, cites 'competitive pressures' According to T-Mobile, "the decline in net contract customers was driven primarily by fewer contract gross customer additions and continued high contract churn due to competitive pressures." Read more | Can the Open Data Center Alliance make a difference? Can the ODCA find a direction and live up to its lofty goals? Read more | Red Hat's diversification, cloud moves look promising Red Hat this week enhanced its JBoss middleware portfolio and bolstered its cloud computing efforts. Couple those moves with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the company is no longer a one-trick tech... Read more | Intel's update to Wireless Display 2.0 allows streaming of protected content to HDTVs It didn't make a big deal of it in the same way it did with, say, its new 3D transistors, but Intel has quietly updated its Wireless Display 2.0 technology, which allows you to stream content from... Read more | Yahoo wants to take over your TV, launches 30 new apps Forget about mobile apps. Yahoo wants to sell you apps for your 'net-TV. Read more | Facebook CEO buys a $7 million house Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has purchased a new $7 million house in Palo Alto. Read more | The Facebook gaming gold rush: Is it over? Has the bubble already burst on the Facebook gaming market? A recent AdAge article says 'yes,' especially for smaller game developers who are trying to make their games stand out in an otherwise... Read more | |  |  | About this newsletter | The Tech Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the world of technology. You'll get my opinions, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief
|  | | My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My official Facebook page | The 10 best ways to visually represent IT data The right chart, image, or diagram can be invaluable in clarifying and conveying IT information. The trick is finding the best tool to illustrate the specific concept or type of data you're representing. | | |
No comments:
Post a Comment