Monthly Archives: June 2010
Motorola Intros Flipout with Android 2.1, Flash, Motoblur
The Motorola Flipout, a pivoting smartphone with Android 2.1, Adobe Flash and support for Microsoft Exchange, was formally introduced June 2. Motorola shared details...
SGI Computing Platform Puts Petaflop of Power in a Server Cabinet
SGI has created a computing platform that takes advantage of graphics processing capabilities to get a petaflop of compute power into a single cabinet.
SGI...
FCC Releases Broadband Speed Survey Results as Pelosi Backs Oversight
The Federal Communications Commission released the results of a survey on the consumer broadband experience, which found 80 percent of broadband users in the...
Microsoft Responds to Google’s Windows Ban
Microsoft officials are highlighting the security of Windows in response to Google's reported plans to transition its employees away from Windows-based systems because of...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Talks iPhone, iPad Development
Apple CEO Steve Jobs claimed during the D8 Conference that the iPhone, despite being released in 2007, had its origins in a rough prototype...
10 Reasons Why ATandT’s New Data Plans Hint at Verizon iPhone
AT&T has announced a new iPhone and iPad data plan that's scheduled to go into effect on June 7, the same day that Steve...
Android Fragmentation Is a Figment of the Imagination, Google Says
The use of the term "fragmentation" to describe Google's Android operating system has no merit because people can't agree what the term means, according...
ATandT to Offer iPhone Tethering, Cheaper Data Plans
AT&T began to answer the question of how wireless carriers will wean data-devouring customers away from the all-you-can-eat pricing plans they've become accustomed to...
Oracle Upgrades Its Sun Ray Thin Clients
It's been about five months since Oracle took over Sun Microsystems, but it still is strange to report that the world's third-largest software company...
HP Launches Its Own Unified Computing System for SMBs
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard, during a June 2 press conference introducing a new set of data center products for small and midrange business systems, also revealed...