March 2009 - Industry News - Techies Community

Postini: Spam back up following McColo takedown

Spammers get botnets back up as spam levels return to normal in March, four months after hosting company McColo was shut down, Google's Postini says. Read More...

Published 03-31-2009 12:00 AM by CNET News.com

My painfully pokey week with IE 8

There are plenty of good things about the new version of Internet Explorer 8, a recommended upgrade. But I found its interface sluggish. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 11:00 PM by CNET News.com

Sony PS2 finally hits the $100 price point

As of April 1, the price of the PlayStation 2 will go from $129 to $99.99. Now let's see if Sony does anything with the price of the PS3. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 10:13 PM by CNET News.com

High Court maintains state anti-spam law unconstitutional

The Supreme Court is affirming a lower court's decision that a Virginia anti-junk e-mail law violates First Amendment rights. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 9:49 PM by CNET News.com

Apps to dominate CTIA Wireless 2009

The application craze is likely to be all the rage at the big U.S. wireless tradeshow in Las Vegas this week. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 9:00 PM by CNET News.com

Sprint gets the message with Sanyo SCP-2700

The Sanyo SCP-2700 offers a full keyboard and a functional feature set, including navigation, voice dialing, a speakerphone, a camera, a 600-contact phone book, and Bluetooth. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 8:00 PM by CNET News.com

LongJump to foster private clouds for corporate IT

Company to license technology to help both IT and software developers build their own private clouds Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 5:01 PM by CNET News.com

Cheating husband caught on Google Street View

A woman is expected to divorce her husband after spotting his Range Rover parked outside another woman's house when he said he was away on business. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 4:20 PM by CNET News.com

Podcast: Conficker worm dissected

Trend Micro's David Perry discusses the Conficker worm, which is scheduled to kick in on Wednesday. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 4:04 PM by CNET News.com

Woz picks up the stench of Buenos Aires

Steve Wozniak's attempt at the Argentine tango doesn't curry much more favor with the judges than his worm. He, however, claims the geeks will inherit the earth. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 3:40 PM by CNET News.com

Contrarian Google launches investment fund

Google's new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, health care. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 3:27 PM by CNET News.com

Tech jobs fair better than private sector in fourth quarter

Tech jobs in the U.S. dipped a mere 0.6 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter, while the nation's other private sector jobs fell 1.3 percent, according to a TechAmerica report. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 2:29 PM by CNET News.com

Web 2.0 Expo 2009: Downsized, but not out

Fewer people, fewer presenters heading to San Francisco Web 2.0 confab. But it could have been much worse. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 2:20 PM by CNET News.com

Microsoft to take mobile Marketplace for test drive

A few new details will emerge from Microsoft's CTIA 2009 keynote on Wednesday concerning its Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store for Windows Mobile smartphones. Read More...

Published 03-30-2009 2:01 PM by CNET News.com

Lunch.com brings yet another reviews site to the table

Haven't we gorged enough on user-generated content? No, says this new site launched by the founder of VirtualTourist. Read More...