Monthly Archives: April 2011
Terracotta Enhances Quartz Java Job Scheduler
Terracotta, a provider of some of application-scale and performance software, has upgraded its Quartz job scheduler.The company has introduced new enhancements to the open-source...
Platform Computing Supports MapReduce
Platform Computing, a provider of cluster, grid and cloud management software, has announced support for the Apache Hadoop MapReduce programming model.Platform officials said the...
Google Cancels QR Codes to Pave Way for NFC Platform
Google this week proved just how bullish it is on NFC (near field communications) technology, ending support for QR codes on Google Places and...
Android to Have 45% of Smartphone Market in 2016
Google's Android operating system will rise to command 45 percent of smartphone market share worldwide by 2016, ABI Research said March 31.The market researcher,...
EMC Mozy Launches iPad, iPhone Apps for Cloud Storage
If consumer software makers don't know this by now, they must be living in some other world. It's now mandatory to make your application...
HP Printers Now Support Google Cloud Print
HP March 31 made it possible for users of Google Cloud Print to print documents, Web pages and other files to any HP ePrint-enabled...
Phishing Declined in 2010 as Overall Vulnerabilities Rose: IBM
Cyber-criminals shifted focus in 2010 to launch more sophisticated targeted attacks, IBM said in a new report. In short, 2010 was the year cyber-attacks...
HTC Flyer Tablet Teaser Aims to Make a Stylus Not Lame
The HTC Flyer, HTC's answer to the Apple iPad, became available for preorder in the United Kingdom and Germany this week, and is expected...
True 4G Standard WiMax-2 Approved by IEEE
WiMax is getting a boost. Global standards body Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved IEEE 802.16m, the wireless standard for the next...
Oklahoma Health System Loses PC Holding Personal Data of 84,000 Patients
Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Okla., has become the latest health care provider to report a major data breach, this one resulting from...