David Needle

“Android enables Google to have a longer and deeper relationship with the consumer.” When the chief product was search, “it was fast. Now you walk around with Google in your pocket. You have a sense that Google has your back.” Andy Rubin, head of Android development at Google. (Forbes). “These anything-but-iPad (ABi) tablets promise enticing […]

Social networking tools are sprouting up rapidly in the enterprise. Blogs and wiki are already old hat and newer applications like microblogging and other real-time chat services are proving popular. But while the goal might be to create a kind of “Facebook for the enterprise” corporate customers require a different level of security and manageability […]

Is the war against spam winnable? It’s not clear spam will ever be completely eradicated, but security companies, IT departments, government regulators and others continue to develop solutions that, with varying degrees of success, head off annoying spam emails. Now Google is claiming a first among major email vendors in providing a digital signature option […]

When it comes to mobile applications, consumers don’t lack choice. There are hundreds of thousands of mobile apps available for smartphones and the emerging new class of tablet devices. But finding the right application can be a challenge. Online app stores like the wildly successful iPhone App Store and Google’s Market for Android are designed […]

Microsoft’s Bill Gates once said his vision for the company he cofounded back in 1975 was to see a PC in every home. Mission accomplished? Certainly not in every country or every single household, but 93 percent of consumers surveyed by Accenture said they owned a computer. But buying a new PC may no longer […]

IT security was a hot area in 2010 and things are already heating up in the New Year. Today Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) announced it’s purchased SecureWorks, the Atlanta-based security management firm that counts over 1,500 banks and credit unions among its customers. The deal follows several big security acquisitions by tech firms in 2010. Just […]

Do tablets require a custom Web browser? Opera Software thinks so. The Norwegian browser developer announced it’s going to be giving a sneak peak at Opera for Tablets, a touch-oriented Web browser designed for tablets, at the big Consumer Electronics Show later this week in Las Vegas. The move seems logical given the speedy Opera […]

Mobile was one of the hottest, if not the hottest, tech categories in 2010 and it looks like that trend will continue in 2011. At the big CES show this week, a number of companies are expected to debut new smartphones and tablet devices. Verizon Wireless is set to be among those making the biggest […]

“At what point will Google’s algorithm become self-aware and turn on its masters?” A question Stephen Colbert posed to Google CEO Eric Schmidt during an episode of The Colbert Report. “Hopefully not in our lifetime,” Schmidt responded. (ColbertNation.com) “I’ve never seen a document describing the ROI of restrooms and urinals. There are some things you […]

Just what will the IT industry bring in 2011? The end of the year always inspires the great guessing game of the big trends lurking on the horizon, so InternetNews.com asked some of the leading tech pundits and analysts to read the tea leaves. Here is the second of a two-part series looking ahead to […]

Just what will the IT industry bring in 2011? The end of the year always inspires the great guessing game of the big trends lurking on the horizon, so InternetNews.com asked some of the leading tech pundits and analysts to read the tea leaves. Here is the first of a two-part series looking ahead to […]

Is a closed social network an oxymoron? Not really. Facebook started out as a very closed social network, available only to registered college students. As the social media site expanded to a more open membership, it was also repeatedly forced to revamp and enhance its privacy options to give users more control over what information […]