Apple Is App Piracy Higher on the iPad? The piracy rates for apps on the iPad may be much higher than on the iPhone, if one developer's report is any indication. Developer Vladimir Roth said 50 percent of copies of the game Aqua Globs HD were pirated on the iPad, compared to an estimated five percent on the iPhone. Those figures come from comparing app downloads to the number of users… Adrianne Jeffries View comments
Microsoft Good, But Not Too Good - Microsoft Seeks Sweet Spot With Docs.com Microsoft announced new features today to Docs.com, a Facebook-integrated Web app that lets users create multi-author Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations for free. The new features themselves are not earth-shattering, but they show how the team behind Docs.com continues to improve and innovate. The question is, how far… Adrianne Jeffries View comments
Security Cloud Security Technology Should Exceed Expectations Cloud security can be a bit confusing at times. What comes with the topic are lots of contradictions. That's without a doubt. For example, Tom Mornini co-founded Engine Yard. He wrote a commentary piece for ZDnet that compares cloud security to the Maginot Line.He describes how an on-premise environment can be a trap in some ways. You think it… Alex Williams View comments
Government Open Sourcing U.S. Intelligence Needs The ideas powering the open source movement have spread from programming to publishing and beyond. The idea of it having penetrated the world of foreign intelligence might seem unlikely, but it has, with the Central Intelligence Agency's Open Source Center. "OpenSource.gov provides information on foreign political, military, economic, and… Curt Hopkins View comments
Microsoft Bing Goes Hyperlocal With Portland Food Cart Finder During an event at Alpha Broadcasting's new Bing Lounge in downtown Portland today, Microsoft announced the launch of its first hyperlocal Bing product: a food cart finder that provides Portland's food cart-crazy population with access to menus, directions and reviews for over 250 food carts. While this is obviously a very local story right now… Frederic Lardinois View comments