14 handy WordPress tips and tricks
Make your blog smartphone-friendly by installing the WP Touch plugin. This detects the device being used to access the site and switches to a mobile friendly theme if the visitor is using an iPhone, iPod touch or BlackBerry. More...
Spirent Selected to Test IT Infrastructure of South Korea's Sejong City
South Korea's Telecommunications Research Association has selected Spirent Communications solutions to benchmark the performance and functionality of an IT network deployed in Sejong City, the country's new multifunctional administrative, business and innovation hub. More...
Window shopping goes high tech with gesture recognition
The system is controlled by the window-shopper's gestures, which are captured using motion tracking innovation that the Fraunhofer team has been working on for a decade. More...
40 best free Android apps
OK, so the Android Market is more akin to Lidl or Asda than the iPhone's enormous, indulgent Selfridges-at-Christmas time approach, however the open source nature of Google's OS means there are plenty of apps for Android to be found. More...
Ciena Reports Unaudited Fiscal Third Quarter 2011 Results
Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2011. . More...
Cops Helped Apple Hunt for Lost iPhone
History does repeat itself: San Francisco Police Department confirms it helped Apple in a hunt for a lost iPhone 5 prototype that went missing in July. More...
InQuira Says Self-Service Web Unsatisfying
The survey asked people when they purchase something new, where do they go to get information on how something works. More than 90% who use online sites had to compose multiple queries to get an answer to their question, and about half were satisfied with their answer previously abandoning the Web and calling an 800 number for support. More...
HP to split up WebOS business
Hewlett-Packard will break up its WebOS business, sending the software component to a different part of the company, according to a report Saturday at PreCentral. More...
Sony shows 3D images with glasses
Nick Barber covers general innovation news in both text and video for IDG News Service. E-mail him at Nick_Barber@idg. com and follow him on Twitter at @nickjb. More...
Why Microsoft Can't Beat Salesforce
But going 100% SaaS would end up sending a shot of poison to Office and to some degree Windows itself. This is Microsoft's second challenge: its legacy on the desktop and in packaged software will always be a reminder that this is where the profits lie, no matter how many cloud-based initiatives and press conferences it has weekly. More...