Category: Technology

Gadget Maker or Service Provider?

Gadget Maker or Service Provider?

Remember when Nokia used to be just a cellphone maker? How about just a few years ago when all Google was solely an Internet company. It seems now Nokia wants to be an Internet...

Making A Microserf Smile

Making A Microserf Smile

Steven A. Ballmer had an epic morale problem on his hands. Microsoft Corp.’s stock had been drifting sideways for years, and Google envy was rampant on the Redmond (Wash.) campus. The chronically delayed Windows...

Air Force Pulls In Cyberwarriors From Microsoft, Cisco

If the U.S. Air Force is ever ordered into a real cyberwar with a foreign country or computer-savvy terrorist group, the 100-plus citizen cybersoldiers at the Air National Guard’s 262nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron...

The Next Generation of Online Shorthand

By now, everybody, I hope, knows what LOL stands for. Most people probably recognize IMHO, BRB, and AFK. Online shorthand like this arose, of course, because it’s so hard to type full English words...