Monthly Archives: August 2010
Apple iPad, Ultraportables Driving Graphics-Enabled Chip Market: Analyst
Fueled by strong netbook sales and form-factor-pushing devices like the Apple iPad, worldwide shipments of graphics-enabled microprocessors are expected to follow a straight path...
Google Makes Gmail Contacts Easier to Use
Google Aug. 10 moved to improve Gmail Contacts, a move based on constructive criticism from some of the Webmail application's roughly 200 million users.Gmail...
IBM Acquires Datacap
IBM has announced its acquisition of Datacap, a provider of software that enables enterprises to improve the way they capture, manage and automate the...
BlackBerry-Maker RIM, Saudis, Reach Messaging Agreement
The ban on BlackBerry Messenger services in Saudi Arabia is over, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 10, citing a statement from the country's...
HP Palm Pre Designer Leaves, Days After Hurd Departure
Peter Skillman, the lead designer on a team that created the Palm Pre, has left Hewlett-Packard, Tech Crunch has confirmed. Where Skillman is headed...
Sybase Replication Server Looks to Cut Latency
Sybase announced a new release of its database replication product armed with functionality designed to reduce latency when moving data between enterprises data stores.In...
Motorola Droid 2 Coming Aug. 12 for $199
Verizon Wireless will begin accepting preorders online for the ballyhooed Motorola Droid 2 Aug. 11, with availability in Verizon stores the following day for...
Apple’s Corporate Culture: 10 Lessons for Staying in Steve Jobs’ Good Graces
The announcement that Apple Senior Vice President Mark Papermaster left Apple sent shockwaves through the tech industry. Papermaster came to Apple from IBM after...
Google, Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal Is ‘Socially Irresponsible’: Analyst
Executives from Google and Verizon introduced a joint proposal for an "open Internet" Aug. 9, and called on the Federal Communications Commission to create...
Dell Streak Will Begin Pre-Sales Aug. 12
Dell will begin pre-sales of its Streak tablet PC on Aug. 12, the day before general availability. As the tablet PC market begins to...