Monthly Archives: January 2011
Motorola Atrix 4G Listed at $150 at Amazon, Costco
Despite wearing the mantle of being the most powerful smartphone on Earth, the Motorola Atrix 4G may not have a price tag that reflects...
NASA Marks Day of Remembrance for Challenger, Columbia, Apollo Disasters
Throughout the storied history of the U.S. space program, which put a man on the moon, sent unmanned satellites into the farthest reaches of...
Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb Demo Slated at the Googleplex
Google Feb. 2 is taking the unusual step of offering a media preview of its new Android 3.0 operating system, the next-generation build of...
Google Tests Gmail Display Ads, Boost for Android, iPhone
Google stepped up its desktop and mobile advertising efforts this week, testing display ads in Gmail and launching its Boost small business ads for...
Google, Connecticut Avoid Court for Street View Data Grab
Google Jan. 28 struck a deal with Connecticut state officials to avoid court for collecting user information via unsecured wireless networks from 2008 to...
Microsoft’s Cloud Revenue and Ramp-Up Speed Uncertain
Microsoft may have adopted an "all in" strategy with regard to the cloud, but its Jan. 27 earnings call suggests the company-at least publicly-is...
Intel Eases Data Center Complexity with Free FCoE Stack
Intel is giving away a Fibre Channel over Ethernet software stack as it looks to accelerate the transition in data centers to a simpler...
Oracle Financial Services Data Warehouse Aimed at Financial Firms
In the midst of the global recession, most businesses put a lockdown on IT spending. No upgraded hardware or software, executives insisted, until we...
Transforming DIY Projects from the Painful to the Productive
Business knowledge lives close to business users and far from IT staff. Filling the gap between the two are professional developers who use a...
LinkedIn IPO Filing Opens Floodgates for Facebook, Groupon
LinkedIn Jan. 27 confirmed it has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with designs on raising at least...