Articles by Richard Adhikari

Three solar flares will hit the Earth Thursday and Friday, according to scientists, possibly triggering a bigger show of the Aurora Borealis, also known as the northern lights They may also impact the Earth's magnetic field to some degree, depending on the direction of the magnetic field accompanying them....

Late last year, an online battle erupted when Wikileaks supporters attacked the websites of businesses that had attempted to sever ties with the online leak depository following Wikileaks' release of thousands of secret U.S. State Department cables. Is it fair to call the dust-up to first cyberwar? And are we facing more cyberwars now? ...

HTC unveiled its first Android tablet Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain ...

The United States will leverage IT know-how among members of the National Guard and the nation's military reserves by increasing the number of units that have dedicated cybermissions, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn announced Tuesday Government efforts alone can't fend off cyberattackers, and stronger cooperation with the private sector ...

Now that Nokia has moved away from MeeGo, its mobile OS love child with Intel, will the development of this you operating system be stunted, or will it be able to carry on? MeeGo was formed by combining Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin platforms in February of 2010, and Nokia's announcement last week that it would team up with Microsoft on Windows ...

The Mobile World Congress kicked off in Barcelona, Spain, this week, giving manufacturers a chance to flaunt the wares they hope to begin selling over the next few months. ...

Cybercrime has evolved into a professional activity, one example of which is a large-scale attack McAfee CTO George Kurtz has dubbed "Night Dragon" in a recent blog post The activity is described as a series of largely unsophisticated cyberattacks targeting energy companies and going back as far as four years....

Dell earlier this week announced plans to offer a business-ready Windows 7 tablet with a 10-inch screen later this year Whether or not Windows 7 in its current form is a suitable operating system for tablets remains to be seen. HP last year waffled between offering a Slate tablet running Windows 7 and putting out its own webOS device. It finally co...

Google has added new near-field communications (NFC) capabilities to Android 2.3, aka "Gingerbread," via a small feature release, version 2.3.3 NFC lets consumers use their mobile devices make purchases and exchange data with other devices, among other things....

HP on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited webOS tablet as well as two smartphones running the mobile operating system at an event in San Francisco ...

Anonymous, an amorphous group of cyberactivists, has set its sights on HBGary Federal, a company claiming to provide security expertise to the United States' federal government The group took down HBGary Federal's websites and posted a message denouncing the company online....

An apparent leak from Best Buy has kicked up rumors that Verizon Wireless will launch the Motorola Xoom tablet Feb. 24 with a price tag of about US$800 However, the carrier has refused to confirm that information....

AT&T has announced that the Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone will be available for preorder Feb. 13 ...

Rumors have emerged that Nokia may drop its Symbian and MeeGo mobile platforms and instead adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system The reports were kick-started last week when Nokia CEO Stephen Elop made some remarks during the company's fourth-quarter 2010 earnings call about it being time for Nokia to change....

Every time Google mentions Android 3.0's holographic interface and 3D capabilities, one perhaps imageines Princess Leia's plea to Obi Wan Kenobi played back by R2D2 in "Star Wars." Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb," is claimed to have a redesigned holographic user interface and 3D....

Seasoned Java or Android appdevs looking to create apps on Android 3.0, aka "Honeycomb," will probably find it relatively easy to get up and running "If you're a Java developer, it's going to take you three to five days to get to the point where you can be dangerous enough to develop apps," Marko Gargenta, Android expert at Marakana told LinuxInsid...

Google staged an in-depth look at its Android 3.0 operating system, aka "Honeycomb," at a press conference Wednesday. It marks the official arrival of the first version of the Android operating system to be optimized specifically with the tablet form factor in mind Features mentioned in the presentation include richer notifications for incoming mes...

T-Mobile announced two new 4G devices this week One's the Samsung Galaxy S 4G smartphone, which will be available later this month....

Several new and ongoing phenomenons, all intertwined, will mark the next phase of application development There will likely be more emphasis on mobile apps. Tablets, particularly the iPad, are already cannibalizing netbook sales, and as mobile devices get multicore processors with more power and capabilities, they'll increasingly be useful in the e...

Google on Monday disclosed more details about Android 3.0, nicknamed "Honeycomb," prior to the operating system's official unveiling, scheduled for Wednesday Honeycomb is designed from the ground up for tablets and has a new holographic user interface. It includes a so-called Action Bar to let users control their apps, offers five customizable home...