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Entries from July 2010

Researcher detained at U.S. border, questioned about Wikileaks

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

Jacob Appelbaum, who volunteers with Wikileaks, is questioned for three hours and has mobile phones confiscated on his way back to the U.S. for hacker show.

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Twitter passes 20 billionth tweet

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

Twitter, the social networking site which allows users to say something in up to 140 characters, sees its 20 billionth message sent.

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Detergent uses GPS to stalk customers

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

A Brazilian promotion for Omo detergent involves 50 boxes that have GPS inside. Customers lucky enough to buy one of these boxes will be followed home in order to be given a very technological prize.

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Hedge your bets in cloud computing

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

The future role of cloud computing is in many ways unpredictable and ever changing. What balance of traditional infrastructure, private clouds, and public cloud services will your IT department consume in the next three years? Five years? The trick is to hedge your bets wherever you can.

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In IPO-signaling move, Zynga adds fancy CFO

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

The fast-growing social-gaming site says it has hired Allen & Co. investment banker David Wehner as its new chief financial officer.

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Will Apple’s ‘Spinning Wheel of Doom’ become chic?

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

An enterprising marketer is attempting to persuade geeks that the new geek chic consists of wearing Apple’s Spinning Wheel of Doom on their chests. Will it work?

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Intel may be destined for iPhone, iPad

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

Multiple reports indicate that an Intel buyout of chipmaker Infineon’s wireless unit may be imminent.

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Contest finds workers at big firms handing data to hackers

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

Organizers of contest at hacking confab hope showing how easy it is to get data from cold calls to companies will help alert firms to the threat of social engineering.

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Passenger planes of the future

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

Fast Track investigates whether we are likely to be flying in transparent aeroplanes powered by solar energy by the year 2050.

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Picture of the Day 7/31: What is this?

July 31st, 2010 · Comments Off

If you know what this is and where it’s located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.

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