Monthly Archives: January 2010
Samsung Previews Slim External DVD Writer at CES
Consumer electronics company Samsung announced a showing of a prototype of its slim external DVD writer, the SE-S084D optical disk drive (ODD), at this...
Best Buy Launches Blue Label 2.0 Notebook Line
Big box retailer Best Buy used the Consumer Electronics Show this week to announce the launch of a line of notebooks, called Blue Label...
Microsoft Asks for Review of i4i Patent-Infringement Decision
Microsoft has asked for a review of a recent court decision, apparently wanting all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Lenovo, HP, HTC Team Up with Qualcomm for Smart Devices
LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm, most recognized for its mobile device chips and Brew operating system, is beginning to make significant news in the small-size portable PC...
Symbian Preps Next 2 OS Versions
The Symbian Foundation is gearing up to deliver Symbian^3, the next major version of the Symbian OS, and the foundation has shed more light...
Judges Question FCC’s Network Neutrality Authority
A three-judge federal panel appeared Jan. 8 to question the Federal Communications Commission's legal authority in the 2008 decision that found Comcast guilty of...
Five Techies Who Could Fix Government’s Business Intelligence Chasm
Five Techies Who Could Fix Government's Business Intelligence Chasm
Five Techies Who Could Fix Government's Business Intelligence ChasmBy Eric Lundquist
Larry Ellison
Yes, Larry, "Mr. Oracle," "Sail...
TmaxSoft OpenFrame Challenges IBM Mainframe Business
Software vendor TmaxSoft for several years has been using its OpenFrame solution to help businesses migrate their mainframe workloads from IBM's massive systems to...
Heartland Agrees to $60M Settlement with Visa over Breach
Heartland Payment Systems on Jan. 8 announced that it has agreed to pay up to $60 million to Visa to cover losses to credit...
T-Mobile No Longer Offering @Home Land-Line Service
T-Mobile will no longer be offering its T-Mobile @Home land-line replacement service to new customers, the carrier announced Jan. 7.It will, however, continue to...