Monthly Archives: April 2009
Microsoft Claims 96% of Netbooks Run Windows
Microsoft claims that Windows runs on 96 percent of the mininotebooks known as netbooks that currently constitute one of the fastest-growing segments of the...
Future for Cloud Computing Looks Good, Report Says
Cloud computing will continue to gain acceptance, despite concerns around such issues as security, availability and functionality, according to research company iSuppli.iSuppli analysts, in...
Teradici Receives $17M in New Funding
Teradici, a 5-year-old Canadian startup that works with heavyweights such as IBM, Dell and VMware, is receiving an additional $17 million in funding from...
Google Book Scans Lead to Department of Justice Call
Google's recent and far-flung attempt to digitize the world's "orphan" books, or out-of-print tomes that remain under copyright but whose rights-holders cannot be found,...
Sun Shares Plummet After IBM Talks Collapse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. tumbled 23 percent on Monday after the company rejected rival computer and software maker International...
Cisco Aims to Improve Nurse Communications
Cisco Systems is looking to improve communications capabilities for nurses.At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in Chicago April 6, Cisco unveiled...
Dell IdeaStorm Offers Crowdsourcing for Medical Records, Biotech
Dell launched on April 6 IdeaStorm for Healthcare and Life Sciences, an online community for collecting ideas on how to improve health care with...
New Symantec CEO Officially Takes Reins
Enrique Salem has officially stepped into the role of chief executive officer of Symantec.Salem replaces John W. Thompson, who captained the company for the...
Skype’s iPhone App May Force FCC Hand on Wireless Net Neutrality
Skype's introduction of its VOIP service for the iPhone may well be the tipping point for wireless network neutrality. While the right of hardwired...
Spam in the Neighborhood
It seems like everyone is putting out their spam stats this week...It was inevitable that mass mailers would begin using more localized information to...