Wired has an interesting article on why the iPhone isn’t as popular in Japan as in the US. The magazine points out that “from a Japanese perspective, […] almost everything [is wrong with the iPhone]: the high monthly data plans that go with it, its paucity of features, the low-quality [...]
NetworkWorld writes that “[t]he figures from the latest Web Hacking Incidents Database Annual Report suggest that stealing money and data is not always the overriding motivation for hackers, although it has been a rising trend in recent years. ‘While financial gain is certainly a big driver for Web hacking, ideological [...]
On February 6, the U.S. Senate voted to put stricter limits on banks and other recipients of taxpayer money through the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, that want to hire high-skilled workers from overseas under the H-1B visa program. The Senate approved the measure – introduced by Senators Charles [...]
The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting and fun articlein which venture capitalists comment on ideas for startups that were submitted to the paper by its readers. Yahoo!Tech reportsthat “Amazon.com's product search engine appeared to malfunction early Tuesday, with searches for well-known books and CDs producing no results. At [...]
Yahoo!Tech has an interesting article on the mysterious criteria used by Apple’s App store to approve or reject an application, and on a movement “growing within the developer community” to persuade Apple to use a more open and transparent application process for new iPhone apps. The International Herald Tribune has [...]