Monthly Archives: July 2011
Google Could Boost Google+ With PittPatt Facial Recognition
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) confirmed it has acquired facial recognition software specialist Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt), which was born from research at Carnegie Mellon University.Pittsburgh...
Computer Systems Analysts
Computer Systems Analysts
Depending on the company and the need, computer systems analysts can be tasked with anything from analyzing a CRM (customer relationship management)...
ATandT Customers Recruited for Legal Fight Against T-Mobile Merger
AT&T customers are being sought by the New York law firm of Bursor & Fisher to help fight the merger with T-Mobile. The basis...
RIM’s Long-Term Survival Is at Risk: 10 Things That Are Killing It
Research In Motion is in trouble. The company announced on July 25 that it plans to lay off 2,000 people as it tries to...
ATandT Upgrading Android Phones to ‘Gingerbread’
AT&T (NYSE:T) pledged to upgrade all post-paid Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android smartphones it has already introduced to run the latest Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" smartphone build.The...
Biggest Threats: Unpatched Software
Biggest Threats: Unpatched Software
Malware targeting Microsoft, Adobe and Java applications continued to be the biggest threats. Cyber-attackers weren't going after 0-days, as it was...
iPad Trumps Android Smartphone Activations in the Enterprise: Good
Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad isn't just the hottest consumer tablet in the market; it's also beating all Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android-based "Honeycomb" tablets and smartphones combined...
Qualcomm Buying Gesture Recognition Assets From GestureTek
Qualcomm officials are looking to bring gesture recognitions capabilities to their Snapdragon mobile processors through the acquisition of assets from GestureTek.The deal, announced July...
Security an Issue for Businesses Offering Free WiFi
The National Federation of Independent Business, a non-profit small-business association, issued a warning to Main Street entrepreneurs who offer Internet access to their customers:...
F5 Networks Enhances Big-IP Security Platform
Application delivery networking (ADN) specialist F5 Networks announced enhancements to its application and data security solutions, which provide customers with security strategies to prevent...