Monthly Archives: July 2009
Amazon Lowers Price on Kindle eReader
Online retail giant Amazon quietly dropped the price of its heavily promoted Kindle 2 e-reader today, lowering the price to from $359 to $299-a...
NetApp Should Consider Another Acquisition, Experts Advise
In the wake of what certainly had to be a crushing blow to NetApp's strategic plans-not to mention its corporate ego-when EMC outbid it...
Acronis Debuts Backup and Recovery 10 Product Line
Storage management software provider Acronis announced the next generation of its backup and recovery products, the Backup & Recovery 10 line of products, designed...
Nine Cell Phones and Smartphones That Will Bust Your Budget
Nine Cell Phones and Smartphones That Will Bust Your Budget
by Nate Eddy
Nokia N97 ($700)
This one barely makes the list, coming in at an almost...
Microsoft Bing Grew 25% per Week in June, Says Hitwise
Microsoft's Bing search engine owned 5.25 percent of the U.S. online search market in the four weeks ending June 27, growing at an average...
Microsoft to Plug DirectShow, Video ActiveX Security Holes
Microsoft plans to swat two Windows bugs that have come under attack by hackers as part of the July 14 Patch Tuesday.Among the collection...
Weather Clouds Endeavour’s Third Attempt at ISS Mission
Grounded twice in June by a potentially dangerous launch pad hydrogen leak, the space shuttle Endeavour's third attempt to lift off for the International...
Inside Intels Chip Creation and Innovation
Inside Intels Chip Creation and Innovation
by Jeffrey Burt
Starting with Sand
Sand is the base ingredient for semiconductor manufacturing, given its high percentages of silicon. The...
Sprint Leaves the Networking to Ericsson
Sprint announced July 9 a seven-year deal with Ericsson for the Swedish telecommunications services giant to manage and operate Sprint's voice, data and wire-line...
Microsoft’s New CRM Accelerators Embrace Social Networking, Web Portals
Microsoft plans on issuing free CRM Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that will help businesses pull data from social networks, Web interaction channels and...