Monthly Archives: February 2011
Plextor Shipping M2 Series SSD Based on Marvell Controller
Plextor is introducing a new line of solid state storage drives that promises speed and performance.The M2 will be available in three capacities, including...
AMD Eyes Tablets, but Not Smartphones, Interim CEO Says
Advanced Micro Devices officials reportedly have no plans to enter the highly competitive smartphone space, but they see opportunity in the burgeoning tablet PC...
Bahrain Restricts Internet Traffic, Blocks YouTube in Crackdown on Protests
Another round of anti-government protests, another wave of Internet crackdowns. This time, the crackdown appears to be happening in Bahrain.As demonstrations enter Day 4...
VDI security at RSA Conference
RSA Conference, San Francisco--I sat in in the "Securing the virtual desktop: best practices in enterprise VDI deployments." The bottom line from the panelists...
IBM’s Watson: ‘Jeopardy!’ Win Just the Beginning
NEW YORK -- After soundly defeating its human competition in two "Jeopardy" quiz show matches, IBM's "Watson" computer is ready to move on to...
Microsoft Rolls Out On-Premises Dynamics CRM 2011
Microsoft is releasing an on-premises and partner-hosted version of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. Meant to complement the on-demand, cloud-based version of Microsoft Dynamics...
IBM, Nuance to Tune Watson Supercomputer for Use in Health Care
IBM will continue its longtime collaboration with speech-recognition software developer Nuance Communications to bring the analytics capabilities of supercomputer Watson into the health care...
Microsoft’s Bing Bar Includes Facebook, Controversial Feedback Feature
Microsoft is unveiling Bing Bar 7, a redesigned and updated version of its search-engine toolbar. The Bing Bar not only gives users easy access...
Motorola Atrix 4G Launching Feb. 22, Says ATandT
Motorola's Atrix 4G smartphone is coming early, according to its proud carrier AT&T.Two weeks after AT&T said it would begin selling the Atrix 4G...
Google Social Search Spreads to Fight Facebook
Google Feb. 17 said it will begin mixing its Social Search results throughout results pages based on their relevance, an effort to raise the...