David Needle

Target said it was among the victims of computer hacker Albert Gonzalez, mastermind of the biggest identity theft in U.S. history. The 28-year-old college dropout pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he stole more than 170 million payment card numbers by breaking into corporate computer systems from businesses including Target. Gonzalez, under the plea […]

The International Trade Commission said on Tuesday that it would investigate allegations by Prism Technologies that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion violated one of its patents. Prism Technologies, whose one-page Web site says it does “Internet Security Technology Management and Licensing,” accused RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) of violating a patent having to do with authentication systems. […]

HardwareCentral reports that Google may be planning to enter the netbook fray itself with a branded device set for release next fall. Will Google risk alienating potential hardware partners by producing a netbook of its own? That’s the question on industry watchers’ minds as new rumors abound that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is talking to Taiwanese […]

The arrival of a new tablet hasn’t been this anticipated since that Moses guy came down from the mountain top with two of them. Rumors have swirled for months that Apple is readying a new kind of tablet computer geared toward interacting with multimedia content and surfing the Web. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has remained […]

Yahoo said its announced holiday shutdown is a cost-saving move during a traditionally slow time of year. Most of the Internet giant’s employees worldwide will have mandatory time off from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, 2010. Employees responsible for “essential functions,” such as customer service, will continue to work during this period. It’s been a […]

When it comes to online video, YouTube is the unquestioned volume leader. Nielsen ranks YouTube as the top U.S. brand ranked by number of video streams. In October alone, Nielsen counted more than 6.5 billion video streams on YouTube, and more than 105 million unique viewers in the United States. Hulu was a distant second […]

The Apple iPhone has overtaken other popular mobile devices like the RIM BlackBerry to lead wireless usage among U.S. users. Datamation looks at Nielsen’s report on the trend. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 3G is the most-used mobile device in the U.S., according to new figures from Nielsen. The report covered U.S. users over the period […]

YouTube is the latest to give a big thumbs up to [shorter links](http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3853536/Google-Adds-URL-Shortener-Bitly-Goes-Pro.htm). Today, the video megasite said it’s launched youtu.be as a shortener for, and only for, YouTube video links. “…so you can rest assured that when you see a link with this URL, you are indeed about to click on a YouTube video,” […]

Twitter’s been dropping hints about tinkering with different plans to start bringing in real money. In recent weeks, it’s reached agreements with some of the biggest names on the Web to sell access to its content as excitement mounts about real-time search. Datamation has the story about how those deals might have carried the social […]

Hot on the heels of its look back at the most popular videos of the year, YouTube today showed its continued dominance as a video-sharing service by announcing tighter integration with Facebook. YouTube, a Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary, said in a blog post it’s experimenting with a new “feed” feature connecting YouTube and Facebook. The […]

Good news for Web developers and those looking to get into mobile development — especially for the Android platform: Your skills are in high demand by IT organizations as the new year starts. CIO Update takes a look. IT contractors with Web-related development skills have the most sought-after talents heading into 2010, while demand for […]

Internet retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) said on Thursday that its Kindle electronic book reader posted its best sales yet in the month of December, as the battle for the digital reader market heats up. Without giving figures or comparisons and barely halfway through the month, the online retailer said that the Kindle was the most […]