Monthly Archives: February 2011
In 4G Race, LTE to Pass WiMax by 2012: IHS iSuppli
Worldwide subscribers to LTE (Long-Term Evolution), the 4G flavor of choice for U.S. carriers Verizon Wireless, AT&T and, eventually, T-Mobile, are expected to exceed...
Facebook Confirms Acquisition of Former Sun Campus for New World HQ
Facebook confirmed Feb. 8 what eWEEK reported on Feb. 4: That the world's largest social network has acquired the 57-acre former Sun Microsystems campus...
Open-Source Software Gives Competitive Advantage: Gartner Survey
Companies are increasingly adopting open-source software as a way to gain competitive advantage rather than just a cost-savings measure, according to the results of...
EMC, VMware Poised to Lead Hybrid Cloud Migration in 2011: Tucci
EMC is betting that its VMware virtualization platform will ride a strong wave of hybrid cloud deployments to drive robust business growth in 2011.Joe...
Microsoft’s Smartphone Share Hints at Need for Windows Phone 7 Hit
Microsoft saw its smartphone market share continue to decline in the three months ending December 2010, placing further pressure on its new Windows Phone...
Microsoft Plugs 22 Security Vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft plugged 22 security holes today in the second Patch Tuesday of the year.The fixes are included in 12 security bulletins spanning Windows, Internet...
HP webOS Tablet Challenged by iPad, Android, PlayBook
When HP introduces its webOS tablet Feb. 9, it will be casting another line into the tablet ocean where top brands Apple, Android tablet...
Verizon iPhone 4 May Offer Hints at iPhone 5: iSuppli, iFixit
Verizon Wireless' Apple iPhone 4 may appear to be essentially AT&T's smartphone with its GSM technology replaced by Verizon's preferred CDMA, but not so,...
Amazon Kindle Software Update Includes Public Notes, Recommending
Amazon.com is tweaking its Kindle e-reader software with the addition of new features such as public notes and e-book page numbers that match those...
10-Petaflop IBM Supercomputer Headed for Argonne National Lab
IBM has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will use IBM's next-generation Blue Gene supercomputer to enable advances in areas...