Monthly Archives: December 2010
Salesforce.com’s Heroku Acquisition a Play for Ruby Developers
Salesforce.com has signed a definitive agreement to acquire cloud-application company Heroku for approximately $212 million. Heroku offers a cloud application platform for Ruby-based applications."The...
Red Hat Delivers New JBoss Business Rules Management System
Red Hat's JBoss division has introduced a new version of its Business Rules Management System (BRMS), JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1.JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1 is...
Smartphones, Tablets Empowering Consumer Health Care Technology in 2011
Consumers are increasingly using smartphone and tablet PCs, such as the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, to monitor their own health. This,...
Salesforce.com Unveils Database.com, Enterprise Database Built for Cloud
Salesforce.com is using its annual Dreamforce conference to unveil Database.com, its new standalone cloud database for IT pros creating applications. The company claims that...
WikiLeaks’ Assange Denied Bail, Looks to Fight Extradition
WikiLeaks' chief spokesman and founder Julian Assange was denied bail after being arrested today by U.K. police for rape and other charges.Assange, 39, stands...
Motorola Android Tablet Will Run Honeycomb in 2011: Rubin
Motorola is launching an Android tablet based on Google's next-generation Android operating system, code-named Honeycomb, which will be optimized for tablets.Google Android creator Andy...
Samsung Aiming to Boost Phone Shipments by 18% in 2011: Report
Samsung has plans to boost mobile handset shipments by 18 percent in 2011, toward a goal of 330 million units, according to a Dec....
HP, Canon, OKI Data Offer 2010s Best Printers for Small Businesses
HP, Canon, OKI Data Offer 2010s Best Printers for Small Businesses
by Nathan Eddy
Dell 2350d/dn ($599)
The Dell 2355dn monochrome laser printer offers a color touch...
Google Chrome OS Samsung, Acer Netbooks Coming in 2011
Computers running Google's Chrome Operating system won't ship to consumers until the second half of 2011, with netbooks slated to come from Samsung and...
Apple Verizon iPhone Could Blunt Google Android Growth: Analyst
Apple's iPhone on Verizon would curb Google Android's explosive growth, according to a new analyst report."Android phones outsell iPhones in the U.S., but we...