Monthly Archives: January 2010
IT Spending in 2010 to Grow 4.6 Percent: Gartner
IT spending worldwide will see a jump of 4.6 percent in 2010, according to research firm Gartner.However, while the 4.6 percent figure-spending should reach...
Rockyou Breach Analysis Reveals Insecure Passwords
Database security vendor Imperva released an analysis of 32 million passwords exposed in the Rockyou.com breach. What they found is not good.According to their...
EC Finally Approves Oracle’s Sun Acquisition
Oracle won its protracted legal disagreement with the European Commission Jan. 21 when the agency's antritrust regulators approved the company's $7.4 billion acquisition of...
Tech Sector Saw Nearly 175,000 Jobs Cut in 2009
Job cuts in technology were fierce in 2009. Last year saw 174,629 jobs lost in the sector, catapulting up 12.3 percent from the 2008...
Nokia Offering Free Driving, Walking Navigation
Nokia is rolling out a new version of Ovi Maps on Jan. 21 that will offer free walking and driving navigation to users of...
Google Q4 Grows on Paid Clicks, Strong Shopping Season
Google faces high expectations for its fourth quarter earnings Jan. 21, as the consensus among Thomson Reuters analysts pegs the search engine to post...
Cachengo Announces Director Local File Server Appliance
Cloud storage start-up Cachengo announced its cloud-based data management solution, a local file server appliance called Director. Aimed at small to medium-size businesses (SMBs),...
IBM Lotus Connections Adding Social Analytics, Moderation
IBM's Lotus Connections software, which company officials said will be a key backbone of Big Blue's Project Vulcan, is getting several upgrades as it...
Spammers May Be Hoping for Looser China Net Policies
As the Chinese government reconsiders its recent ban on individuals attempting to register its designated .cn domain names - in response to massive outcry...
LSI Offers MegaRAID Controller Cards, Host Bus Adapters
Networking technology and storage specialist LSI Corp. announced it is expanding its portfolio of 6Gb/s SATA+SAS storage adapters with the introduction of MegaRAID controller...