Monthly Archives: June 2011
Facebook Facial Recognition Goes Where Google Doesn’t Dare
Facebook finally flipped the switch on facial recognition technology to improve photo tagging software, and admitted it should have told users all over the...
‘Windows 8’ Needs Windows Phone Apps, Good Coding to Dent Apple iPad
Can "Windows 8" on a tablet undermine the Apple iPad's dominance?That's perhaps the wrong question to ask. Over the past several months, several manufacturers...
Oracle Wants Google’s Mobile Ad Money in Android Legal Spat
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) lawyers asked the judge presiding over Oracle's (NASDAQ:ORCL) patent infringement case against the search engine to discount an expert's suggestion that Google...
Apple’s iCloud Storage, Data Backup Service: 10 Good Reasons to Use It
At the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 6,Apple unveiled iCloud, its Web-based platform that will allow users to store content in the cloud and...
Cisco Brings Network Virtualization to ASR 9000 Routers
Cisco Systems officials earlier this month released a report that found that by 2015, global Internet traffic will approach the zettabyte level, driven in...
Apple Topped Semiconductor Purchasers in 2010: Report
Apple, with its popular iPhones and iPads, became the world's largest buyer of semiconductors in 2010, according to new research from IHS iSuppli.In the...
Motorola’s Jha Criticizes Android Apps, PR Says ‘No He Didn’t’
Are Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha's frustrations with the Android platform his company relies on to survive peeking through?That's the question I ask after...
Open Data Center Alliance part 1: IT Users Band Together
Early data center cloud computing adopters likely had a competitive "secret sauce" that they didn't want to share. Apparently, the balance is shifting from...
Microsoft Planning Branded Windows 8 Tablet: Report
Microsoft is apparently planning to manufacture its own brand of Windows 8 tablet, according to a new report.Citing unnamed "sources from the upstream supply...
Dell Launches New Compellent, EqualLogic Storage Packages
It's noteworthy that both Hewlett-Packard and Dell, which each bought young, progressive storage companies last year, have taken their prized new IP and made...