Industry

IBM buying National Interest Security Company

The consultancy focuses on defense and security agencies

Hello World: Bill Gates joins Twitter, Facebook

A big week for social networking with former Microsoft chairman and Obama tweeting

New York Times plans to charge for some online access

The newspaper is building a new online system for this purpose

NASA wants your Mars photo ideas

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will take public photo suggestions

iPass gives IT more control of mobile access

With a new set of services, enterprises can set their own policies and preferred networks

Skype video goes multipoint with ViVu plug-in

The service to be launched Wednesday will enable multiple Skype users to video chat for $9.95 per month

AT&T, T-Mobile 3G Upgrades Meaningless for BlackBerries

DOJ: Operators helped FBI illegally obtain phone records

The DOJ issued a report detailing ways that the FBI skirted the law to get phone records

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Analyst: AT&T needs to spend US$5B to catch up

The carrier's 3G service lags while it spends too much on its wired network, TownHall Investment Research said