Monthly Archives: March 2011
Apple’s Mac OS Chief Serlet is Leaving Company
Apple is losing its top Mac OS X executive just months before the computer giant is expected to release the next version of the...
Acer Iconia Tab A501 Android Tablet Headed to ATandT
AT&T, making good on its promise to support more Android-running devices, will offer Acer's first 4G tablet, the Iconia Tab A501.Pricing and an exact...
Startup Hadapt Aims to Focus Hadoop for Users
NEW YORK-Hadapt, a new startup that focuses on the open source Hadoop technology and solutions for Big Data and big analytics has emerged on...
VMware vCenter Client for iPad Is Only Eye Candy
The VMware vSphere Client for iPad is disappointing. Although the slick Apple iPad interface shows the promise of power, the vSphere Client for iPad...
Firefox 4 Released, Claims 7 Million Downloads
Mozilla's Firefox 4 Web browser, released March 22, is off to a promising start, if the company's download tracking statistics are to be believed....
Oracle Ends Itanium Support, Draws Ire of Intel, HP
Oracle became the latest major enterprise software maker to say that it will stop developing products for Intel's line of high-end Itanium processors.Oracle, with...
DataStax Soups Up Hadoop with Apache Cassandra
NEW YORK - At the Structure Big Data conference, DataStax, the commercial sponsor of Apache Cassandra, unveiled Brisk, a new distribution that enhances the...
RIM PlayBook Priced for Apple iPad Head-to-Head
ORLANDO, Fla.-Research In Motion has spent the past few months ramping up its 7-inch PlayBook tablet for its big debut-all while keeping two particularly...
McAfee Acquires Sentrigo to Enhance Database-Security Portfolio
For its first major move as an Intel company, McAfee has acquired database-security company Sentrigo to boost its database offerings.McAfee announced the acquisition of...
Google Pays France $142,000 over WiFi Data Collection
Google's WiSpy incident, in which its Street View cars inadvertently sniffed out and socked away 600 gigabytes of user data from unsecured WiFi networks...