Google’s trickery of tracking users of Apple’s (AAPL) Macs, iPhones and iPads without their knowledge or permission recently raised a firestorm whenJonathan Mayer of Stanford University found that Google intentionally circumvented Safari’s privacy feature. Caught red-handed, Google offered a convoluted explanation. Mayer attempts to set the record straight here. As though violating privacy of Apple users was
In response to my recent article, ‘œFacebook IPO Is Nigh, Should You Buy,’ I have received a large number of emails asking about supply and demand in. We will not know the numbers until the filing is made public, but here are my qualitative estimates. Facebook may sell 250
On October 12, 2011, I started a series on Forbes titled ‘œFuture of Apple.’ The first article in the series was ‘˜Tim Cook’s Leadership Determines Whether Apple Hits $100 or $1,000 Next‘. Now I have come across Apple’s plan to become a $1,000 stock. Obviously, the plan is
Yes, I admit I use Google (GOOG) products. Much has recently been written about the new privacy policy from Google. The discussion in media did not bother me as I thought I would easily deal with privacy issues. Then I, too, received my Dear Google User email. The email starts
I detailed the attack by hackers on Symantec, the maker of popular Norton Antivirus software in my article, ‘œLords Of Kings Hack Norton Antivirus, Are You Safe?’ Subsequently, Symantec’s take on the hacking was detailed in ‘œSymantec Says Norton Is Safe After Lords of Kings Attack.’ Symantec had stated that
Symantec, maker of Norton Antivirus, has admitted to a major security breach by a group called the Lords of Dharmaraja, which in English means ‘˜Kings of Religion’. For background, please see my article from January 6th, ‘œLords Of Kings Hack Norton Antivirus, Are You Safe?‘ In the last piece, I
Speculation of Yahoo (YHOO) buying Netflix (NFLX) is rampant in the trading circles. The trigger for this speculation is appointment of Scott Thompson as the new CEO Yahoo.Thompson has been President of PayPal, which is a crown jewel of eBay (EBAY). Thompson has significant background in technology, mobile, and international.
Symantec, (SYMC) one of the largest computer security firms in the world, seems to need urgent help with computer security. There are reports that Symantec has confirmed that hackers have stolen a portion of its popular flagship product Norton Antivirus. Are your computers and emails still safe if protected by
Leave it to Apple (AAPL) to solve all of our problems and make our lives easier. For most of us, passwords are a hassle. Now Apple is about to make passwords obsolete. On Dec 29, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application by Apple titled
The U.S. International Commission (ITC) ruled today that HTC has infringed claims 1 and 8 of the ‘647 patent on system and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data held by Apple(AAPL). ITC has banned the importation of infringing HTC phones in the U.S. HTC