Monthly Archives: June 2010
Starbucks to Offer Customers Free WiFi by July
Ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks has announced that it will implement free wireless at all its U.S. company-operated stores by July 1. Appearing at the...
Samsung Adds to Galaxy, Omnia and Wave Smartphone Lineups
Samsung announced additions to its Galaxy, Omnia and Wave lineups at the CommunicAsia 2010 show in Singapore June 15, according to multiple reports.The two...
IBM Beefs Up Analytics Play with Coremetrics Buy
IBM announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Coremetrics, a Web analytics software provider. Financial terms of the deal were not...
Ipswitch Acquires MessageWay in Managed File Transfer Play
Managed file transfer vendor Ipswitch has acquired MessageWay Solutions to combine the companies' suite of managed file transfer (MFT) products.The acquisition, made for an...
Google Earth 5.2 Offers Embedded Browser, iPad Support
Google June 14 began launching the latest version of its Google Earth and paid professional Google Earth Pro applications, adding an integrated Web browser,...
BlackBerry Maker RIM Testing Tablet, Touch-Screen Smartphone, Report Says
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion may be joining the ranks of manufacturers bringing tablet-style devices to market following the success of the Apple iPad.RIM...
Skype Brings VOIP Software to Sony Ericsson Smartphones
Skype is continuing to expand the reach of its video conferencing technology, pushing Skype software deeper into the mobile space.The VOIP (voice over IP)...
Top 10 Ways IBM Plans to Create a Smarter Planet
Top 10 Ways IBM Plans to Create a Smarter Planet
by Darryl K. Taft
IBM Invests Billions in R&D
In 2009, IBM invested approximately $6 billion to...
HP Opens HP Software Universe with Cloud, Automation
WASHINGTON-Hewlett-Packard opened its HP Software Universe conference with a high-profile presentation at the Gaylord Center here on the Potomac River, emphasizing that the company...
Verizon Set to Enter Cloud Storage Market
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Verizon Communications, which has had the physical setup for online data storage for a long while, finally joined the cloud storage services...