Monthly Archives: July 2010
Strong Yen, Weak Sales Hurt Nintendo Profits
Reduced demand for Nintendo's most popular console, the portable DS gaming system, and a strong Japanese currency were responsible for the gaming company's first...
IBM Acquires Storwize for Data Compression
As had been rumored for months, IBM on July 29 added another storage-related company to its acquisition list-its fourth in three years-with the announcement...
Amazon Introduces New Kindle, WiFi Option
Amazon.com announced its third-generation Kindle e-reader July 28, in a bid to leapfrog competing products such as Barnes & Noble's Nook and to maintain...
Will an HP Windows 7 Tablet Be Enterprise-Capable?
Ever since the Apple iPad helped turn consumer tablet PCs into a burgeoning market, more business-oriented users have questioned whether the form factor-with its...
IT Is Heavily Invested in ERP, Application Consolidation Rising
A close examination of the IT system maturity as it relates to funding finds enterprise resource planning (ERP) to be the most mature technology...
Intel Interconnect Prototype Uses Light to Transmit Data
Intel Interconnect Prototype Uses Light to Transmit Data
By Jeffrey Burt
50G-bps Silicon Photonics Module
Mario Paniccia, Intel Fellow and director of Intel's Photonics Technology Lab, holds...
IBM to Launch Smart Infrastructure Lab at CMU
IBM and Carnegie Mellon University July 29 announced their intent to create an IBM Smarter Infrastructure Lab at CMU "to undertake research and create...
Google Piling Up Social Network Arsenal to Challenge Facebook
This Google gaming and social network story is really boiling over. In the last month, Digg's Kevin Rose tweeted that Google has a social...
Dell Streak Will Run Froyo, but Not on T-Mobile
On Dell's Direct2Dell blog, company executives offered a few teaser details and clarifications about the Dell Streak, its tablet device that's scheduled to launch...
Windows 7 Migration in Businesses’ Budgets: Survey
Windows 7 could be gaining traction among businesses looking to upgrade their IT infrastructure, according to Computer Economics' "Technology Trends 2010/2011" study.Computer Economics, which...