Monthly Archives: July 2011
Microsoft’s U.S. Smartphone Share Hits 9 Percent: Nielsen
Microsoft occupied some 9 percent of the U.S. smartphone market in June, according to new data from Nielsen.That total included the company's Windows Mobile...
DOJ Asks Google for More Info on AdMeld Buy
Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) proposal to acquire display ad provider Admeld is getting a second request for information from the Justice Department.Google in June agreed to...
Federal Debt Ceiling Debate Will Slow US IT Spending: Forrester
The ongoing debt-ceiling debate in Washington, D.C., and the looming threat to the U.S. economy will negatively impact the global IT market at least...
RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger 6 Will Challenge Apple’s iMessenger
Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger will now support a variety of social applications, increasing the functionality of a core BlackBerry feature targeted by Apple's...
U.S. ISP Data Retention Bill Goes to House for Debate
The House Judiciary Committee approved a controversial bill that would require Internet service providers to retain customer data for 12 months.The data retention clause...
Android Hits 39% Smartphone Share, iOS at 28%: Nielsen
Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system rose to 39 percent U.S. market share through June, up from 38 percent in May, according to Nielsen.Apple's iOS-based...
Cisco, LISP and workload mobility
I spent another day getting tutored on LISP at the Cisco campus yesterday. See below for a bit more on the details of my...
Oracle Acquires InQuira, Buttressing CRM Portfolio
Oracle has agreed to acquire InQuira, a company whose portfolio includes analytics and knowledge-base offerings for CRM platforms. Terms of the deal were undisclosed."The...
Hollywood Wins Court Order to Force BT to Block Pirate Site Newzbin2
Hollywood movie studios won a legal victory as Britain's highest court ordered a telecommunications company to block access to a Website serving up pirated...
Samsung Galaxy S II Sales Hit 5M Ahead of U.S. Debut
Samsung said it has sold 5 million Galaxy S II handsets in 85 days of availability in South Korea, Japan and some European countries,...