Monthly Archives: January 2011
AutoCAD 2011 for Mac a Good First Effort
Although it's taken Autodesk more than 18 years to bring the gold standard of CAD software back to Apple's Macintosh platform, there's something to...
eXo Launches Cloud IDE for Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
To help with the tooling process, eXo, a maker of Java user experience and portal technologies, has announced the eXo Cloud IDE for Elastic...
CA Acquires Torokina Networks to Expand Telecommunication Industry Services
CA Technologies acquired Australian telecomm consultancy Torokina Networks to strengthen IT services it provides to telecommunications companies, CA Technologies said on Jan. 25.The deal...
Google to Hire More Than 6,200 People in 2011
Google served notice to rivals such as Apple and Facebook Jan. 25 when it put a big help wanted notice up on the Web...
Google Buys SayNow to Boost Google Voice
Google confirmed Jan. 25 that it has acquired SayNow, a signal that the company wants to bring social applications into its Google Voice phone...
Fedora Site Hacked, but Servers, Code Undamaged
An attacker attempted to compromise the servers for the Fedora Project, the community version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but didn't damage any...
Private Clouds Top List of IT Investment Priorities: Survey
Investing in private clouds is a top priority for IT organizations in 2011, according to two recent online polls, Unisys said on Jan. 26.The...
Facebook Pushes Social Authentication, HTTPS to Bolster Security
Facebook is rolling out two new features to add an extra layer of security for users.Part one of that layer is a new authentication...
Symantec Reports Improved Revenue, Lower Profit Margin
In its fiscal third-quarter earnings report on Jan. 26, data protection provider Symantec had some good news and some not-so-good news: It reported a...
Microsoft WebMatrix Lowers Barriers to Web Development on Windows
Microsoft's WebMatrix is a freely available development tool that lowers the barriers to creating Websites atop the company's Windows operating system and IIS Web...