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Microsoft has been awarded a patent for developing wiretapping technology for voice over IP services. The project called ‘Legal Intercept’ is being designed specifically to facilitate government requests for monitoring digital lines. Considering Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Skype, this news may be disconcerting to many. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

According to a report by NBC news, unknown hackers have compromised al-Qaeda’s Internet capabilities. The terrorist network’s ability to transmit messages and video is temporarily disabled according to outside monitoring groups. While the hackers are unknown, the attacks were sophisticated and well-coordinated. Read the full article at msnbc.msn.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110630_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] News Corp has officially sold MySpace to the advertising firm Specific Media for around $35 million. Six years ago, News Corp purchased MySpace for $580 million and quickly began to lose advertising revenue to Facebook’s popularity. Specific Media got quite the deal, as the forlorn social networking Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Simon Applebaum about Comcast’s closed test for transmitting cable television over Internet Protocol. Continue Reading →

Google recently announced its newest project, Google+, which hopes to make the search giant a competitive social network. Previous attempts to challenge Facebook and Twitter have fallen to the wayside, with both Google Wave and Buzz flopping. Will Google+ and its privacy oriented sharing finally make Google a social success? Read the full release at Continue Reading →

The mobile operating system Android is now being activated nearly 500,000 times a day. Google’s strategy of deploying Android on as many devices as possible is the main reason for its exponential growth. As if half a million devices a day wasn’t enough, Android continues to grow over 4% week-over-week. Read the full article at Continue Reading →

A new study shows that within this decade, we will create fifty times more data than we previously had. Findings also show that while the amount of data we create is vast, the data being created about us is even larger. The amount of information technology specialists in the workforce won’t be nearly enough to Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110629_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google recently announced its newest project, Google Plus, which hopes to make the search giant a competitive social network. Previous attempts to challenge Facebook and Twitter have fallen to the wayside, with both Google Wave and Buzz flopping. Will Google Plus and its privacy oriented sharing finally Continue Reading →

Microsoft recently announced an online version of its Office suite of software. Called Office 365, the software will let multiple users collaborate on documents and calendars and makes them viewable on mobile devices. The product is aimed more towards small and medium-sized businesses with subscriptions ranging from $2 to $27 per user. Read the full Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with security expert Hemu Nigam about underage children using Facebook. Continue Reading →