Monthly Archives: January 2011
Verizon iPhone Launch Dovetails with ATandT Android Uptake
Last Friday night the cry rang out: the Verizon iPhone is coming, the Verizon iPhone is coming.Several journalists and bloggers received this invite to...
Intel, Nvidia End Litigation, Sign New Patent Agreement
Chip makers Intel and Nvidia, which in recent years have been on edge regarding gray areas in patent licensing, have resolved their 2-year-old legal...
Black Duck Branches into Open-Source Consulting
Black Duck Software, which sells solutions to help enterprises manage the use of open-source software, has announced it has acquired The Olliance Group, an...
Facebook Spam Speeding Growth of Mobile Malware: BitDefender
Malware from social networking sites are a bigger security threat for mobile devices than for hacked applications or mobile Trojans, according to antivirus software...
Storage Admins Plan to Spend More on Data Protection in 2011: Survey
Several key IT researchers already have reported that global and U.S. IT spending in 2011 is expected to increase modestly over that of 2010,...
Samsung to Introduce 4G Tablets, Smartphones at Mobile World Congress
Samsung Electronics has sold more than 1.5 million Galaxy Tabs, the 7-inch, Android-running tablet that it has made available through every major U.S. carrier....
Amazon EC2 Used to Crack Password Encryption on Wireless Networks
Specialized software running over Amazon's cloud services can be used to crack passwords on wireless networks, said a German security researcher on Jan. 7.Thomas...
Cisco Unveils Compact Ethernet Catalyst Switches
Cisco Systems is rolling out new members to its Catalyst Ethernet switch family designed for situations where space, wiring or power is a concern.The...
10 Hot Global Trends IT Pros Need to Know
10 Hot Global Trends IT Pros Need to Know
by Fahmida Y Rashid
1) Agile Not the Next Silver Bullet
More project managers and developers will adopt...
Verizon iPhone Gives Irked ATandT Customers Wireless Alternative
With Apple's iPhone market share threatened by Android's growing popularity and by the steadily deteriorating service of AT&T's overburdened 3G system, Verizon Wireless will...